Using the three broad themes of capitalism, warfare, and the conservative turn, the Critical Social Research Collaborative is seeking papers and/or creative submissions which address how the ‘public’ (broadly defined) is constituted, contested and enforced in contemporary society, for its 5th Annual Conference in Critical Social Research. The conference is being held in conjunction with The 2013 Great Lakes Graduate Conference in Political Economy, hosted by the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University. We expect to showcase high quality, compelling analytical works backed up by robust research on topics relating to the transformation of the ‘public’. For more information on the conference, deadline for abstracts and list of possible topics, please click here.