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Call for Papers "Nationalism, Ethnicity and Citizenship: Whose Citizens? Whose Rights?" International Conference Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism (CRONEM), University of Surrey Guildford (UK) 30 June - 1 July 2008 __________________________________________________ CRONEM's 2008 conference will address issues bound up with nationalism, ethnicity and citizenship from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Multicultural societies raise crucial challenges for traditional conceptions of nations and citizenship. Ethnic diversity can mean that significant numbers of people are excluded from national projects, while the 'melting pot' metaphor belies the complexities of societies in which minority communities seek to protect their heritages and resist incorporation into the nation or state. At the same time, conceptions of citizenship appear to be undergoing transformation. Civic engagement and participation is frequently viewed as being more effective in achieving social change than traditional forms of political representation. Levels of both civic and political participation vary significantly across ethnic communities, while political institutions are required to adjust to accommodate marginalised communities more effectively into democratic processes. At the international level, the sovereignty of the nation state has been increasingly challenged in the name of protecting or asserting universal human rights. Regimes, deemed oppressive by powerful external actors, have been subjected to sanctions or military intervention. The question of national citizenship, with its attendant rights and obligations, is being reframed in the light of new expectations. The implications of this process for the future of states and their citizens remain unclear, but they appear to encourage the erosion of national sovereignty in favour of participation at both sub-national and international levels. Confirmed speakers: - Professor Lord Bhikhu Parekh Labour Member of the House of Lords and Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Westminster - Professor Nick Emler Professor of Psychology, University of Surrey As in previous CRONEM conferences, there will be ample opportunities for papers to be presented in parallel panel sessions and for poster presentations. Panel proposals (including a general introduction panel of about 300 words, plus 300-word abstracts of each of the papers) and proposals for individual papers and posters (300-word abstracts) are invited on any aspect of nationalism, ethnicity or citizenship, particularly those addressing the following themes: - Conceptualising citizenship in ethnically diverse societies - Comparisons of old and new forms of citizenship - Political versus civic engagement and participation - Incorporating marginalised groups into democratic processes - The concepts of intercultural, multicultural and cosmopolitan citizenship - Citizenship and religion - Citizenship and migrants - The role of civic/citizenship education in multicultural societies - National citizenship and universal human rights - Ethnic conflict regulation and the roles of international actors In addition, there will be a roundtable discussion in which experts from different disciplines will address a common problem from the perspectives of their own disciplinary backgrounds. Please send your submissions to Mirela Dumic: [email protected] Deadline for submissions: 1st February 2008 Notification of acceptance will be sent to presenters by 3rd March 2008. Contact: Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism (CRONEM) Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences University of Surrey 21 AC 05 Post Box I4 Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH UK Tel: +44 (0)1483 682365 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/Arts/CRONEM/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
