A conference organized by the Midlands Regional IR Network
Hosted by the Department of Political Science and International Studies
University of Birmingham, Tuesday 15th September 2009.
Call for papers:
The study of International Relations (IR) has often borrowed from, and built upon, the work produced in diverse academic disciplines. These range from philosophy to economics, sociology to criminology, geography to cultural studies, and from international law to the philosophy of science. Despite the significant debt that the development of IR as a field of study in its own right owes to interdisciplinary scholarship, debates over the future development of interdisciplinarity in IR are too often treated as a marginal concern. In addition, while many IR scholars borrow from the research insights of other disciplines, disciplinary boundaries such as the organizational structures of universities and the specialization of academic journals and publishers often inhibit rather than facilitate dialogue between scholars and students working in similar research areas.
This one-day conference aims to bring together scholars working on contemporary issues in International Relations from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds to discuss the future of interdisciplinarity in the study of International Relations.
The organizers invite potential participants to submit one of the following two types of proposals:
1. Individual conference paper proposals that directly address issues related to interdisciplinary scholarship in IR. The organizers are especially interested in papers that draw on the wide pool of relevant scholarship from outside the traditional 'IR canon', but which also seek to address the challenges involved with producing interdisciplinary scholarship that attempts to engage with an often sceptical 'mainstream' IR audience.
2. Research project proposals that will contribute to - and draw on - interdisciplinary scholarship in IR. This may include PhD research proposals, post-doctoral research proposals, or academic research grant proposals, and may be completed project designs that have already been submitted or works-in-progress. Successful proposals will be presented in a similar manner to conference papers, but with the specific aim of strengthening scholarly dialogue and knowledge exchange over interdisciplinary project design, access to funding for interdisciplinary research projects, and how to publish interdisciplinary research outputs.
Additional information:
The deadline for paper proposals and research project proposals is 1 June 2009. Successful conference applicants will be notified by e-mail by 30 June 2009. Further additional information, including the conference programme, will be published on the conference website in July 2009.
Conference organizers:
Dr. André Broome
a.broome@bham.ac.uk <mailto:a.broome@bham.ac.uk>
Dr. Nicola Smith
n.j.smith.1@bham.ac.uk <mailto:n.j.smith.1@bham.ac.uk>
Dr Annika Bergman-Rosamond
abr3@leicester.ac.uk <mailto:abr3@leicester.ac.uk>
Monday, 23 February 2009
Monday, 16 February 2009
European Consortium for Political Research
5th ECPR General Conference, Potsdam 10 - 12 September, 2009
The 5th ECPR General Conference will be held at Potsdam Universität from 10-12 September 2009. The Academic Convenors for the conference are Professor Luciano Bardi (ECPR Executive Committee) and Professor Martin Bull (ECPR Academic Director). The main academic programme will be organised in the format of sections and panels, with each Section Chair organising a variety of panels in a different field. The programme is intended to be very broad, with over 50 accepted sections. Further information will be continually added to this website, so check back regularly!
WELCOME WORDS FROM THE LOCAL ORGANISER
Dear Colleague,
I am delighted to be able to welcome you to the ECPR General Conference 2009, which will be held at the University of Potsdam on 10-12 September 2009. The University was founded in 1991, partially on the grounds of research institutions established during Socialist rule. With approximately 16,000 students enrolled in the University’s five faculties, including about 1,300 foreign students from more than 85 countries, the University of Potsdam is the largest research institution in a city that prides itself on having the highest density of academic and scientific facilities in Germany. The campus site at Griebnitzsee, where the General Conference 2009 will be held, has just been transformed by the addition of a new building, in which most of our events will be held. The Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, which acts as our host, focuses on public policy and public management (broadly understood). It offers BA degrees in political science and public administration, sociology and economics as well as a range of postgraduate degrees, including a Master of Public Management, a Master of Global Public Policy, a Master of European Governance and Administration (offered in cooperation with ENA and Sorbonne in Paris and Humboldt-University in Berlin), and an Executive Master of Public Management with the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.
Potsdam -- a brief look at history
Beyond offering the comforts of a generously refurbished campus, the conference location at Potsdam also serves as a stark reminder of the turbulent history that is the backdrop of modern-day European politics. Throughout modern times, the city and region of Potsdam have served as the stage for some of Europe’s defining movements and moments. In 1685, the Edict of Potsdam ended religious discrimination and triggered an influx of immigrants to the city, most notably of French Huguenots. During the reign of Frederick the Great, the city and, most of all, the Prussian monarch’s summer residence Sanssouci became almost synonymous with European enlightenment. Voltaire joined Frederick’s court, where French was the official language, and stayed at Sanssouci for extended periods.
But Potsdam also played its role during dark moments of German’s more recent history. In 1933, the city hosted the meeting during which Germany’s ailing President Hindenburg shook hands with the newly elected Chancellor Hitler. The ‘Day of Potsdam’ came to symbolise the tragic miscalculation of Germany’s old elites and the rise of the national-socialist movement to power, as the Weimar Republic collapsed. Less than ten years later, a mansion at Lake Wannsee just outside Potsdam hosted the notorious meeting of Nazi officials charged with organising the deportation and extermination of European Jews.
After the Second World War, the allied forces chose Cecilia Court Palace as the site of the ‘Potsdam Conference’ to negotiate the terms of German occupation and Europe’s post-WWII order. The Cold War that soon split the continent saw some of its most secretive moments played out in Potsdam. As recently as during the mid-1980s, Glienicke Bridge, separating the East from the West, was used to exchange captured spies and political prisoners. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, and in recognition of its architectural and landscape treasures, Potsdam was declared UNESCO world heritage site in 1990.
We hope you will enjoy your stay at the University of Potsdam and also find the time to experience some of the unique sites this city and region have to offer.
visit:
http://www.ecprnet.eu/ecpr/potsdam/default.asp
The 5th ECPR General Conference will be held at Potsdam Universität from 10-12 September 2009. The Academic Convenors for the conference are Professor Luciano Bardi (ECPR Executive Committee) and Professor Martin Bull (ECPR Academic Director). The main academic programme will be organised in the format of sections and panels, with each Section Chair organising a variety of panels in a different field. The programme is intended to be very broad, with over 50 accepted sections. Further information will be continually added to this website, so check back regularly!
WELCOME WORDS FROM THE LOCAL ORGANISER
Dear Colleague,
I am delighted to be able to welcome you to the ECPR General Conference 2009, which will be held at the University of Potsdam on 10-12 September 2009. The University was founded in 1991, partially on the grounds of research institutions established during Socialist rule. With approximately 16,000 students enrolled in the University’s five faculties, including about 1,300 foreign students from more than 85 countries, the University of Potsdam is the largest research institution in a city that prides itself on having the highest density of academic and scientific facilities in Germany. The campus site at Griebnitzsee, where the General Conference 2009 will be held, has just been transformed by the addition of a new building, in which most of our events will be held. The Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, which acts as our host, focuses on public policy and public management (broadly understood). It offers BA degrees in political science and public administration, sociology and economics as well as a range of postgraduate degrees, including a Master of Public Management, a Master of Global Public Policy, a Master of European Governance and Administration (offered in cooperation with ENA and Sorbonne in Paris and Humboldt-University in Berlin), and an Executive Master of Public Management with the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.
Potsdam -- a brief look at history
Beyond offering the comforts of a generously refurbished campus, the conference location at Potsdam also serves as a stark reminder of the turbulent history that is the backdrop of modern-day European politics. Throughout modern times, the city and region of Potsdam have served as the stage for some of Europe’s defining movements and moments. In 1685, the Edict of Potsdam ended religious discrimination and triggered an influx of immigrants to the city, most notably of French Huguenots. During the reign of Frederick the Great, the city and, most of all, the Prussian monarch’s summer residence Sanssouci became almost synonymous with European enlightenment. Voltaire joined Frederick’s court, where French was the official language, and stayed at Sanssouci for extended periods.
But Potsdam also played its role during dark moments of German’s more recent history. In 1933, the city hosted the meeting during which Germany’s ailing President Hindenburg shook hands with the newly elected Chancellor Hitler. The ‘Day of Potsdam’ came to symbolise the tragic miscalculation of Germany’s old elites and the rise of the national-socialist movement to power, as the Weimar Republic collapsed. Less than ten years later, a mansion at Lake Wannsee just outside Potsdam hosted the notorious meeting of Nazi officials charged with organising the deportation and extermination of European Jews.
After the Second World War, the allied forces chose Cecilia Court Palace as the site of the ‘Potsdam Conference’ to negotiate the terms of German occupation and Europe’s post-WWII order. The Cold War that soon split the continent saw some of its most secretive moments played out in Potsdam. As recently as during the mid-1980s, Glienicke Bridge, separating the East from the West, was used to exchange captured spies and political prisoners. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, and in recognition of its architectural and landscape treasures, Potsdam was declared UNESCO world heritage site in 1990.
We hope you will enjoy your stay at the University of Potsdam and also find the time to experience some of the unique sites this city and region have to offer.
visit:
http://www.ecprnet.eu/ecpr/potsdam/default.asp
Sunday, 15 February 2009
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
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.
Friday, 9 January 2009
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.
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.
Tuesday, 6 January 2009
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
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
Tuesday, 23 December 2008
Beyond NGOs: Civil and Uncivil Society in the 21st Century
Goodenough College, London, UK
February 26-27, 2009
Abstracts: November 8, 2008
This international conference will be a joint cooperation between the LSE Centre for Civil Society and the CINEFOGO Network of Excellence under the 6th EU Framework Programme.
Taking as its point of departure recent debates on “uncivil” society, political society or the dark side of associational life, the conference will invite research abstracts which address themes that go beyond the equation: civil society = NGOs. The aim of the conference is to investigate the role of organizations and movements that fall outside conventional civil society analysis and to develop new perspectives on issues of transnationality, migration and citizenship in and beyond Europe.
Research is invited on instances of “actually existing” civil societies - on religious movements and faith-based organizations, migrant networks, as well as on dimensions of “uncivil” society—vigilante groups, criminal networks, gangs, trafficker networks, mafias, and border-crossing systems of kinship and patronage.
Proposals are also sought on NGOs working with already established social organisations and social movements in instances of advocacy, welfare provision and humanitarian relief. From a theoretical perspective a key concern is to explore those analytical categories which challenge existing paradigms of civil society research. The meaning of religion, violence, migration, kinship, ethnicity and new configurations of identity politics in relation to civil society theory are all themes which should be explored and investigated within the thematic framework of the conference.
There are three key strands to the conference. The first strand will explore the role of civil society organizations beyond the NGO sector. These would include churches, mosques, religious movements, migrant networks, criminal groups and gangs. This research strand will raise issues around the diversity of social and political society both in European and in developing country contexts.
The second strand will explore the engagement of governments with social organizations outside the formal NGO sector. A key focus will be on changing European government policies towards the funding and management of civil, social and religious groups. Included in this strand would be the growing interest in working with faith-based organisations, diasporas, transnational advocacy networks as well as the work and international connections of Christian and Islamic organisations.
The third strand will examine civil society theory in the light of recent challenges, which have seen notions of civil society as European or Western impositions, and criticised their deployment within European and World Bank policies. Questions of what is civil and uncivil, or what is political society versus civil society open up new social science perspectives on the value of civil society as an analytical device and possible different understandings and applications of it.
CINEFOGO members will be expected to cover their own travel and accommodation costs. Non-CINEFOGO paper-givers can apply for travel funds of up to Euros 1,000. Non-CINEFOGO paper-givers should indicate upon submission of their abstract whether they wish to apply for a travel grant.
If you wish to present a paper at the conference, please submit an abstract of 300 words + CV by 8th November 2008 to Maria Schlegel at the Centre for Civil Society at ccs@lse.ac.uk. Your abstract should indicate clearly the strand into which it falls. You will be informed by December 5th as to whether your abstract has been accepted. Conference papers should be 6,000-7,000 words in length and would need to be submitted in full by January 31st 2009.
February 26-27, 2009
Abstracts: November 8, 2008
This international conference will be a joint cooperation between the LSE Centre for Civil Society and the CINEFOGO Network of Excellence under the 6th EU Framework Programme.
Taking as its point of departure recent debates on “uncivil” society, political society or the dark side of associational life, the conference will invite research abstracts which address themes that go beyond the equation: civil society = NGOs. The aim of the conference is to investigate the role of organizations and movements that fall outside conventional civil society analysis and to develop new perspectives on issues of transnationality, migration and citizenship in and beyond Europe.
Research is invited on instances of “actually existing” civil societies - on religious movements and faith-based organizations, migrant networks, as well as on dimensions of “uncivil” society—vigilante groups, criminal networks, gangs, trafficker networks, mafias, and border-crossing systems of kinship and patronage.
Proposals are also sought on NGOs working with already established social organisations and social movements in instances of advocacy, welfare provision and humanitarian relief. From a theoretical perspective a key concern is to explore those analytical categories which challenge existing paradigms of civil society research. The meaning of religion, violence, migration, kinship, ethnicity and new configurations of identity politics in relation to civil society theory are all themes which should be explored and investigated within the thematic framework of the conference.
There are three key strands to the conference. The first strand will explore the role of civil society organizations beyond the NGO sector. These would include churches, mosques, religious movements, migrant networks, criminal groups and gangs. This research strand will raise issues around the diversity of social and political society both in European and in developing country contexts.
The second strand will explore the engagement of governments with social organizations outside the formal NGO sector. A key focus will be on changing European government policies towards the funding and management of civil, social and religious groups. Included in this strand would be the growing interest in working with faith-based organisations, diasporas, transnational advocacy networks as well as the work and international connections of Christian and Islamic organisations.
The third strand will examine civil society theory in the light of recent challenges, which have seen notions of civil society as European or Western impositions, and criticised their deployment within European and World Bank policies. Questions of what is civil and uncivil, or what is political society versus civil society open up new social science perspectives on the value of civil society as an analytical device and possible different understandings and applications of it.
CINEFOGO members will be expected to cover their own travel and accommodation costs. Non-CINEFOGO paper-givers can apply for travel funds of up to Euros 1,000. Non-CINEFOGO paper-givers should indicate upon submission of their abstract whether they wish to apply for a travel grant.
If you wish to present a paper at the conference, please submit an abstract of 300 words + CV by 8th November 2008 to Maria Schlegel at the Centre for Civil Society at ccs@lse.ac.uk. Your abstract should indicate clearly the strand into which it falls. You will be informed by December 5th as to whether your abstract has been accepted. Conference papers should be 6,000-7,000 words in length and would need to be submitted in full by January 31st 2009.
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