The European Sociological Association Conference 2019, held August 20 – 23 in Manchester, was the fourteenth in the organization's 27-year history. Interestingly enough, the first two conferences actually took place in our region with a significant Hungarian contribution: first in Vienna in 1992, then – as the only exception to the biannual rule, after three years – in Budapest in 1995. (The host institution of that conference happened to be the predecessor of the Corvinus University of Budapest.) Recalling the past is not an end in itself, as, based on browsing the documents of past conferences, the focal points have not changed fundamentally over the past two and a half decades. Just a few of the mainstream themes today include the social impact of environmental problems, gender studies, social inequalities, migration processes, and the emergence of “new” minorities: all topics that have not lost their relevance in the last few decades, and have even been incorporated into everyday social discourse. However, alongside the relatively unchanged core topics, the organizational background, the range, and the number of participants have changed over time. The number of attendees has increased five to six times in past decades: attendance has continued to grow, with the initial 600 participants having recently reached over 3,000. The circle of participating countries has tripled, obviously not independently of the restructuring (typically, fragmentation) of the continent's internal borders.

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欧洲社会学协会第十四届会议——个人见解

2019 年欧洲社会学协会会议于 8 月 20 日至 23 日在曼彻斯特举行，是该组织 27 年历史上的第十四届。有趣的是，前两次会议实际上是在我们地区举行的，匈牙利做出了重大贡献：首先是 1992 年在维也纳，然后——作为两年一次规则的唯一例外，三年后——1995 年在布达佩斯。那次会议恰好是布达佩斯考文纽斯大学的前身。）回顾过去本身并不是目的，因为在浏览过去会议的文件的基础上，过去两年半的焦点并没有发生根本性的变化几十年。今天的主流主题包括环境问题的社会影响、性别研究、社会不平等、移民过程、以及“新”少数民族的出现：所有在过去几十年中都没有失去相关性，甚至被纳入日常社会话语的话题。然而，除了相对不变的核心主题之外，组织背景、范围和参与者数量都随着时间的推移而发生了变化。在过去的几十年里，参加人数增加了五到六倍：参加人数持续增长，最初的 600 名参加者最近已超过 3,000 名。参与国的圈子增加了两倍，这显然与非洲大陆内部边界的重组（通常是分裂）无关。除了相对不变的核心主题外，组织背景、范围和参与者人数都随着时间的推移而发生了变化。在过去的几十年里，参加人数增加了五到六倍：参加人数持续增长，最初的 600 名参加者最近已超过 3,000 名。参与国的圈子增加了两倍，这显然与非洲大陆内部边界的重组（通常是分裂）无关。除了相对不变的核心主题外，组织背景、范围和参与者人数都随着时间的推移而发生了变化。在过去的几十年里，参加人数增加了五到六倍：参加人数持续增长，最初的 600 名参加者最近已超过 3,000 名。参与国的圈子增加了两倍，这显然与非洲大陆内部边界的重组（通常是分裂）无关。