Call for Papers
"Theorizing Power in the post 9/11 World"
7th Annual International Social Theory Consortium Conference
Alliance of Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought
(ASPECT), Virginia Tech
International Social Theory Consortium (ISTC)
Roanoke, VA (USA)
18-21 May 2006
The objective of this annual conference is to provide a
forum for multidisciplinary dialogue between social
theorists of all disciplines and occupations. The conference
organizers invite paper and panel proposals from a variety
of theoretical perspectives and intellectual traditions, and
especially welcomes proposals that continue the Consortium's
dialogue among theorists working in the Global South and
North. This conference also explicitly welcomes social
activists engaged in transforming power relationships at
various scales. As this year's host, ASPECT is particularly
interested in inviting panels that embrace in equal measure
social, political, ethical and cultural theory in
relationship to the conference theme.
Possible sub-themes to be addressed may include, but are not
limited to the following.
1. New theorizations of power post 9/11
2. Classic theories of political, cultural, and social power
3. Geographical theorizations of power
4. Empire and its discontents
5. National and comparative perspectives on "race,"
racialization, ethnicity and nativism
6. Cultural forms of neo-liberalism
7. Non-corporate and corporate models of globalization
8. Islam, Christianity and Judaism as forces for social justice
9. Technology, Science and Democracy
10. Analytic approaches to power and justice
11. Visualilty, media and representation
12. Memory and mourning
13. Theories and practices of civil society
14. Mediations of post 9/11 power: Race, Gender, Class
15. Militarism, war, and the disciplining of national bodies
16. Patriotism and class
17. Discourses on Inter-civilizational dialogues
18. Terror, torture, and human rights
19. Gender, sexuality and Critical Theory
20. Postcoloniality in an (ongoing) age of imperialism
21. Theorizing development and anti-development
22. Varieties of capitalism and anti-capitalisms
23. Global civil society and the ethics of place
24. Transnational social movements
25. Governance and governmentality
26. Radical, plural, and other varieties of democracy
27. Techno-nature
28. Health: Bio-ethics and bio-power
29. Demographies and cartographies of power
30. Immigration, citizenship and imagined national communities
31. Contemporary and historical perspectives on civic
nationalism and patriotism
32. Constitutionalism and its institutions
Submission
Abstracts (between 150 and 200 words in length) for paper
and panel. Proposal should be submitted by February 15, 2006
to the address indicated below. All conference papers will
receive consideration for inclusion in a publication
containing the proceedings.
Contact:
7th ISTC Conference
Professor Wolfgang Natter
531 Major Williams Hall (0130)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
USA
Phone: +1 540 231-5342
Fax: +1 540 231-6078
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.aspect.vt.edu
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