For the first time, two leading international associations in the field will hold a joint meeting in the sociology of the arts to showcase innovative work: the Sociology of the Arts Research Network of the European Sociological Association, and the Sociology of the Arts Research Committee of the International Sociological Association. The congress will focus on 'New Trends in the Sociology of the Arts'. Part of the conference will be devoted to tributes to established leaders in the field beginning with a plenary on the legacy of Pierre Bourdieu in sociology of the arts. Howard S. Becker, Raymonde Moulin and Vera Zolberg will be invited and a tribute will be paid to their work in the first part of the plenary sessions. The general themes for the rest of plenary sessions and the contributed paper sessions are still provisional. Submit abstracts electronically in three formats (pasted into the body of the message, and as attachments saved in WORD and RTF formats) to Madame Dominique Lhote : lhote@univ-mlv.fr For more information, please contact quemin@univ-mlv.fr