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Call for Papers "Freedom and Democracy: European Perceptions, European Perspectives" 1st International Conference Department of Philosophy, University of Primorska Department of Politics and International Relations, Swansea University Seminar für Philosophie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Koper (Slovenia) 4-6 December 2008 __________________________________________________ The program committee welcomes original contributions on the following topics: - Hermeneutics of freedom and democracy in modern Europe - Treaties of the European Union: political and philosophical aspects - EU institutions (courts, parliaments, executives, bureaucracies) and the understandings of freedom, responsibility and/or democracy in their respective contexts - Eastern Europe (1989-91) and political philosophy - Southeast Europe, Turkey and the European Union - A European ethos and the concept of European civil society - Social solidarity, integration and conceptions of European citizenship - The European Union as a liberal legal order - Freedom, justice, democracy and capitalism(s) in Europe - Migration, borders and the new territories of multiculturalism: political, legal and social aspects - Comparative issues (for example, the EU and the USA) Other topics falling under the conference's remit will be considered. Sections: Political philosophy, philosophy od law, political and social ethics, political science, interdisciplinary studies Student session: Graduate and postgraduate students are invited to register for the conference with a 10-minute presentation on a selected topics. Selected contributions from postgraduate students will be integrated into the senior sessions. The conference languages: English and German Registration: Please register by emailing <[email protected]>, giving your full name, contact address, institutional affiliation, academic position, e-mail and telephone, title of your presentation, abstract (see below). Registration fee: free Abstract submission deadline: September 1, 2008. All abstracts will be published in a Book of Abstracts. The Book of Abstracts will be available at the conference. Please send abstracts of no more than 150 words to: [email protected] Conference papers: Papers should be suitable for a 15-minute presentation. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers will be published in Fall 2009 in a special volume of journal Poligrafi - International Edition (ISSN 1318-8828). For journal information see: http://poligrafi.nova-revija.si Contact: Toma Gruovnik University of Primorska Science and Research Centre Koper Garibaldijeva 1 SI-6000 Koper Slovenia Phone: +386 5 6637 700 Fax: +386 5 6637 710 Email: [email protected] Web: http://poligrafi.nova-revija.si/callforpapers.php __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
