Glocal Imaginarieswriting/ Migration / Place

07 - 09 September 2009

Lancaster University & the Whitworth Gallery, Manchester

Call for Papers

With an interest in both the material and the imaginative (re)configuration of location, mobility and migration in cities across the world, this conference invites papers from colleagues working in all disciplines/media including the creative arts. Plenary speakers include:

Mieke Bal, Roger Bromley, Shirley Chew, David L. Eng, Gayatri Gopinath, Ranjana Khanna, Susheila Nasta, James Procter, John Thieme, John Urry, Robert J.C. Young, Ruth Wodak
Conference 'streams' include:

The Glocal City; Queer G/localities (Jackie Stacey); G/local Mobilities (Allison Hui); G/local Diasporas (Lindsey Moore); G/local Economies (Sondra Cuban); Discourses of the G/local (Bethan Benwell); Moving Stories: Rewriting Space and Place; (Shirley Chew); Virtual Diasporas (Graham Miekle), Migration and Diaspora (Maggie O'Neill), the Black Atlantic (Alan Rice) and Gendering Diasporas.

Papers are invited from colleagues with an interest in any of these areas but we are also happy to consider proposals which fall outside of them. Papers will be limited to 20 minutes and, in most cases, will be presented as part of a panel of three.

In addition, we are willing to consider proposals from colleagues who would like to present their work collectively and / or constitute their own 'three paper' panel.

We also welcome papers and presentations from creative writers / arts' practitioners for the 'Moving Stories' stream (to be led by Professor Shirley Chew, editor of Moving Worlds ) but advise that these should include a reflective element; readings and performances per se will be incorporated into the conference programme outwith the parallel sessions.

We expect the conference to deliver several publication outputs, both in the form of journal 'special issues' and a book of 'conference proceedings'.

Abstracts - of no more than 300 words - should be submitted by 16 January 2009 to our conference administrator, Mrs Jo McVicker, Room 190, County College, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YD mailto:j.mcvicker@lancaster.ac.uk. They should include full contact details and, where appropriate, an indication of the stream they would like to be considered for. We hope to be in a position to let prospective delegates know whether their paper has been accepted before the Easter vacation.

In the meantime, please consult the website for further updates on the conference. Registration details will also be posted in due course.

3rd International Conference on Sociology

11-14 MAY 2009
ATHENS, GREECE

The Sociology Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) will hold its 2nd International Conference on Sociology in Athens, Greece, 11-14 May 2009. The conference website is www.atiner.gr/docs/Sociology.htm

The registration fee is 250 euro, covering access to all sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with local hotels for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a one-day cruise to picturesque Greek Islands and a half-day tour to archaeological sites will be organized.

Papers (in English only) from all areas of Sociology, Criminal Justice and Social Work are welcome. Selected (reviewed) papers will be published in a Special Volume of the Conference Proceedings. If you think that you can contribute, please send an abstract of about 300 words, via email only (atiner@atiner.gr), before January 12th, 2009 to: Dr. Gregory A. Katsas, Head, Sociology Research Unit, ATINER and Associate Professor, The American College of Greece-Deree College, Greece. If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, evaluate papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos (gtp@atiner.gr), Director, ATINER.

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic organization with the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers from all over the world could meet in Athens and exchange ideas on their research and discuss the future developments of their discipline. Since 1995, more than 100 international conferences were organized and more than 80 books have been published. The Institute is organized into four research divisions and 19 research units. Each research unit organizes at least an annual conference and undertakes various small- and large-scale research projects.

Second Global Studies Conference

Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
30 May to 1 June 2009
http://www.GlobalStudiesConference.com

The Global Studies Conference and Global Studies Journal are devoted to mapping and interpreting new trends and patterns in globalization. The conference and journal attempt to do this from many points of view, from many locations in the world, and in a wide-angle kaleidoscopic fashion.

Plenary speakers include:
*Georges Corm, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
*Lena Jayyusi, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
*Habibiul Haque Khondker, Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
*Vibodh Parthasarathi, Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, New Delhi, India
*Mouin Rabbani, International Crisis Group, Amman, Jordan
*George Ritzer, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

In addition, the Conference will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the Conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed Global Studies Journal. If you are unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this fully refereed academic Journal, as well as access to the electronic version of the Conference proceedings.

Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this Conference, we also encourage you to present on the Conference YouTube Channel. Please select the Online Sessions link on the Conference website for further details.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 11 January 2009. Future deadlines will be announced on the Conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website -
http://www.GlobalStudiesConference.com/.

We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Dubai in 2009.

Yours Sincerely,

Jan Nederveen Pieterse
University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
For the Advisory Board, Global Studies Conference and Global Studies