“Lineages of Sociological Thought and Practice: Rethinking Continuities and Transformations in Contemporary Society”

Date of the Conference: December 3, 2025

Venue: Prishtina and Online

Conference Languages: Albanian and English

The Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Prishtina “Hasan Prishtina,” is pleased to invite local and international scholars and researchers to participate in its inaugural international scientific conference. This academic forum seeks to critically examine the trajectories, continuities, and transformations of sociological thought and praxis in response to the pressing complexities of contemporary social life.

In an era marked by intensifying global crises, systemic inequalities, and structural transformations that continue to reshape the foundations of collective existence, the conference aims to create a space for revisiting, reimagining, and rearticulating sociology from the margins. These margins are understood not only as geographical peripheries but as epistemic spaces—sites of alternative knowledge production, resistance, and potentiality—through which sociological inquiry might be expanded beyond frameworks that have historically constrained and defined it.

Within the thematic scope of the conference, we welcome scholarly contributions that critically engage with, but are not limited to, the following areas of inquiry:

• Genealogies and legacies of sociological thought
• Engagements with peripheral epistemologies and alternative knowledge formations
• Trajectories of Albanian sociological thought – continuities and ruptures
• Historicity, structures, and epistemic encounters in the development of sociological knowledge in Kosovo
• Sociology and artificial intelligence: challenges and opportunities
• Doing sociology today: fieldwork, practice, and methodological challenges
• Empirical practice and peripheral realities in a globalized world
• Sociological knowledge and the shaping of public policy
• Toward a public and engaged sociology: intervention as academic responsibility

Submission Guidelines

• A paper title, an abstract of 200–300 words, 3–5 keywords, and a brief biographical note for each author (up to 100 words).
• Submissions must be original and not previously presented or published elsewhere.
• Papers may be written in either English or Albanian.
• All materials should be submitted via email to: [email protected]
• Abstracts will undergo a peer-review process conducted by the conference’s International Scientific Committee.

Key Dates

Abstract submission deadline: August 15, 2025

Notification of acceptance: September 15, 2025

Final paper submission deadline: November 15, 2025

Conference date: December 3, 2025

Registration and Practical Information

Participation in the conference is free of charge.

For further details, please visit:
🔗 https://filozofiku.uni-pr.edu/
🔗 https://www.facebook.com/departamentiisociologjise

Publication Opportunity

Selected papers will be considered for publication in the journal of the Department of Sociology, which will be published in both print and digital formats following the conference.

We look forward to your contributions and to welcoming you to the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Prishtina, in December 2025.