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Call for Papers Theme: Refugees and Forced Immigration Type: 2nd International Interdisciplinary Conference on Refugee and Forced Immigration Studies in Social Sciences, Humanities and Art Institution: Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center (DAKAM) Location: Istanbul (Turkey) Date: 29.–30.9.2017 Deadline: 23.6.2017 __________________________________________________ REFUGEES AND FORCED IMMIGRATION '17 / II. International Interdisciplinary Conference on Refugee and Forced Immigration Studies in Social Sciences, Humanities and Art will be held at Nippon Meeting Halls in Istanbul. The conference is coordinated by DAKAM (Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center) and will be organized by BILSAS (Science, Art, Sport Productions). We live in a rapidly changing world in which refugees and forced migration have a significant impact on the economic, political and social agendas of sovereign states, intergovernmental agencies and civil society groups. Today, tens of millions of people are refugees, raising fundamental challenges for governments around the world. The definition of a refugee, as enshrined in the 1951 Refugee Convention, is someone who ‘is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.’ But this definition has been regularly challenged over the past 60 years, and is under constant review by academics, governments and humanitarian agencies. Many forcibly displaced people around the world do not easily fit within this formal category. The conference takes a critical approach to question normative understandings and address empirical puzzles regarding how refugees and international refugee advocacy networks mobilize international and national law and policies to offer new understandings of refugee protection and vulnerabilities. All research seeking to deepen understandings regarding how national institutions define, mediate and respond to refugee legal concerns in crisis will be taken into consideration. In addition to the contemporary refugee crises, historical case studies will be an important part of the event. Scholars from difference fields such as political science, history, sociology, anthropology, gender studies, urban studies, architecture, literature, poetry, art history, life sciences and other fields are welcomed to propose their interdisciplinary work at the conference. All abstracts are going to be selected according to double blind reviews and accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings E-Book with an ISBN number that will be given to you in a DVD box during conference registration. We invite you to join us at the event in Istanbul and would like to emphasize that proposals from different parts of the world are welcomed. For the publication opportunities, registration conditions and presentation instructions, please visit the REGISTRATION INFO page: http://www.dakamconferences.org/registration-info Topics - Understanding Global Refugee Policy - Refugee Rights and Protection - Politics of Forced Immigration and Displacement - Refugee Settlements and Camps - Integration of Refugees - Living Conditions of Refugees and Immigrants - Transformations of Place, Power and Social Ties - Injustices of Displacement - Racism and Relation to the Locals - Representation of Forced Immigration in Media - Methodologies of Forced Migration Research - Documentation and Art: Photography, Film, Novels, Contemporary Art - History of Forced Immigraration and Immigration: Case Studies Agenda Abstract submission: June 23, 2017 Registration: August 18, 2017 Full papers submission: August 25, 2017 Conference Chair: Prof. Dr. Ulas Sunata, Bahçeşehir University Contact: Ozgur Ozturk Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center (DAKAM) Phone: +90 212 2442303 Email: confere...@dakam.org Web: http://www.dakamconferences.org/refugeesandforcedimmigration __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
