Remembering Margaret S. Archer
Watch the 2023 IACR Conference delegates' celebration of the life and works of Professor Margaret Archer at the 2023 IACR Conference in Manila on 09 August (Wednesday) at 18:00 Manila Time.
We also invite you to share your online reflections and memories of our dear Maggie, particularly, how she has made a difference in your own work and your life.
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Prof Archer was scheduled to deliver a keynote at the upcoming 2023 IACR Conference in Manila this coming August, but had to cancel due to health concerns. She will be sorely missed. Please join us—onsite or virtually—in honoring her memory at the IACR Conference.
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Professor Margaret S. Archer
(January 20, 1943 - May 21, 2023)
The local organizing committee for the 2023 IACR Conference joins the worldwide critical realism and sociology communities in mourning the recent passing of Professor Archer, an intellectual hero, colleague, and friend to many. We shall dedicate the upcoming conference in August to her memory.
[A message from Professor Douglas Porpora, president of the International Association for Critical Realism (IACR)]
23 May 2023
Hi everyone,
We all at the International Association for Critical Realism are greatly saddened by the death of Margaret Archer this week. For me personally as for many of you, it is the loss of a beloved friend.
Beyond us personally, Maggie made a tremendous contribution to the development of critical realism, critical realist social theory and research. As a sociologist, she occupied important positions of leadership. For example, she was the first female President of the International Sociological Association (1986-90) and President and founder member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (2014-19). She was a member and trustee of the Centre for Critical Realism from 1996 and Director of The Centre for Social Ontology from 2011. Her books on a realist social theory of reflexivity and the morphogenic approach are influential and vital contributions to critical realist thought and have been widely adopted in critical realist empirical research methodologies.
We will miss Maggie’s energetic contribution to learning and discussion at IACR conferences. Her passing is a huge loss to the critical realist community. We will offer a commemorative session about her at the upcoming IACR meeting in the Philippines. Other commemorations may be planned as well.
With all of you in mourning,
Doug
Douglas Porpora
President, IACR