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Call for Papers "New Worlds, New Sovereignties" Cross-community Interdisciplinary International Conference Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service School of Political Science, Criminology and Sociology, University of Melbourne Melbourne (Australia) 6-9 June 2008 __________________________________________________ Which human groups have possessed sovereignty and who has been excluded? Can different sovereignties overlap and coexist? Is sovereigntys ultimate sanction violence? Should nation-states refuse to interfere in each others affairs regardless of the treatment of minorities? In what ways are sovereignties gendered? Are settler democracy and Native sovereignty compatible? Our conference will address questions such as these with a view to bringing history to bear on the problems of the present. The conferences standpoint is from below. We will be focusing on sovereigntys consequences for those whom the prevailing order excludes or diminishes. We will be exploring the possibilities for change and redress. Abstracts, in English, should be submitted by APRIL 4th 2008 or earlier. Decisions on acceptance of abstracts will be made within one week of submission. The Early Bird deadline for conference registration is April 11th 2008. To submit, please go to the Abstract section of the conference website at: http://www.newsovereignties.org An edited collection of papers from the conference will be published by a major international publisher. Conference themes will include: - Indigenous concepts and practices of sovereignty - Historical genealogies of Western concepts of sovereignty - Limits and contradictions of sovereignty - Sovereign subjecthood human rights, gender and the nation-state - Plural sovereignties: Natives, minorities, and the nation-state - Sovereignty and the new global order - Sovereignty, land and nation - Refugees, asylum seekers and national borders - Sovereignty and the internet - Sovereignty regained Nations and Homelands will include: - Aboriginal Australia/Torres Strait Islands - Native North America - Palestine - Timor Leste - Aotearoa/New Zealand - Hawai'i - Kurdistan - Post-Soviet Europe - Samiland We now invite submissions of abstracts for papers relating to these or related topics. Abstracts related to research or practice are welcome. Abstracts should describe original, completed work. Responsibility for copyright issues rests with authors. At least one author of an accepted abstract must register for the conference and attend to present the paper. Convenors: Julie Evans (University of Melbourne) Patrick Wolfe (La Trobe University) Host organisations: Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service School of Political Science, Criminology and Sociology, University of Melbourne Supporting organisations: Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies, Monash University Victoria University This conference is taking place on Wurundjeri land. We pay our respects to Wurundjeri elders past and present. Conference website: http://www.newsovereignties.org __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
