FYI..Stefanie
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Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997 11:35:06 -0500
From: Mark Stoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Conference Up-Date/Final CFP: National Identities
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Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997 10:29:55 +0800
From: Christopher Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Conference Up-Date/Final CFP: National Identities
Conference Up-Date and Final CFP
NATIONAL IDENTITIES
history, geography, image
Dates: 20-22 April 1998
Organiser: Institute of Contemporary British History
Venue: Institute of Historical Research
Senate House
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HU
Abstract (100 words) Deadline: 1 September 1997 (e-mail submissions are
encouraged)
The Institute of Contemporary British History are organising a conference
on the above theme in London on 20-22 April 1998.
The conference aims to be a forum for historical and geographical research
into the origins and development of nationality. Themes will include
analysis of the uneven nature of the process of the development of national
identity, and of the emergence of nationalism within territorially based
ancien regime states; the role in forging identity of cultural (language,
gender, religion, the media, sport, encounters with "the other", etc) and
political (state forms, wars, boundaries) factors; how far identity is
constructed by, as Hobsbawn and Ranger argue, 'The Invention of Tradition',
and the uses to which it is put. Furthermore, the significance of 'nation'
in political and cultural terms will be considered in relationship to other
important and in some cases countervailing forms of identity such as
religion, region, tribe or class. Finally, it is hoped that the
relationship between national identities and the rise of supranational
aspirations (ranging from Esperantoism to the European Union) can be
explored.
It is hoped that the topics addressed at the conference will range widely,
both chronologically and geographically in their scope.
Session at the conference may include:
the rise of nationalism
national identity and mental maps
nation, state and region
culture and national identity
the invention of tradition
nationalism and supranationalism
Empire, colonialism and nationalism
identity, landscape and environment
homelands and territorial integrity
gender and national identity
national identity and archaeology
national and sub-national identities
The Institute of Contemporary British History (ICBH) invites all interested
in giving papers to send a 100 word abstract by 1 September 1997 to:
Dr Peter Catterall
ICBH, Rm 357
Senate House
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HU
United Kingdom
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NB Response to our previous calls for papers has been quite strong. The
organisers wish to make it clear that **only 35 papers will be accepted**.
Authors of papers selected for conference presentation will be notified by
the end of October 1997. Full papers then are due by 1 February 1998.
Christopher Vernon, Co-Editor 'National Identities'
NB Please note new contact details below
Christopher Vernon
Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture
School of Architecture and Fine Arts
The University of Western Australia
Nedlands, Perth WA 6907
Australia
tel 61 8 9380.1565
facsimile 61 8 9380.1082
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Stefanie S. Rixecker
Department of Resource Management
Lincoln University, Canterbury
Aotearoa New Zealand
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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