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Call for Papers "Allegiance and Identity in a Globalised World" 4th International Workshop College of Law, Australian National University Canberra (Australia) 19-21 July 2010 __________________________________________________ This fourth workshop focuses on the impact of the movement of people on the concepts of allegiance and identity within a globalised world and its impact on law and policy at the domestic and international levels. The intention of the workshop is to explore how law, philosophy, psychology and other disciplines engage with the concepts of allegiance and identity so that the engagement can enrich public and international law’s frameworks for categorising membership, in the context of the large-scale movement of people throughout the globe. Issues to be addressed include, but are not limited to: - What is allegiance and has its meaning changed over time? - How does domestic/public law recognize identity and how does this sit with concepts of allegiance and identity? - How does international law conceive of identity and how well does it reflect and incorporate movements of people? - How do understandings of geopolitical conflict and their presumed allegiances affect the legal or social treatment of asylum-seekers and immigrants? - Has the rise of dual citizenship had an impact on allegiance and national identity? - How does a person’s formal legal status impact on their sense of membership? - Should citizenship policy and social policy develop to better incorporate multiple citizenship and multiple/layered identities? - Are there particular forms of commitment (for example, religious or based on kinship) that might conflict with the national allegiances required by secular and democratic states? - What does it mean in terms of identities and identifications to become a ‘member’ of a community? - If the aim of policy is to promote social cohesion, how does allegiance and identity fit in developing that aim? - Is a singular legal status of citizenship insensitive to the deeper conditions of active membership integral to a dynamic involvement in the identities, principles and values held out by a liberal democratic society? - Does the concept of multiculturalism deal sufficiently with concepts of dual citizenship, and multiple national identities? - Do international human rights frameworks incorporate well the rise of dual citizenship? - Should a ”national” be subject to an ever-increasing array of extra-territorial forms of legal regulation? - Does the nation-state have a greater obligation to protect its nationals when their recognised rights under international law are infringed? - Are there other legitimate categories of ‘membership’ for individuals within the international legal system, which should result in entitlements and also obligations? - How should national Constitutions respond to movements of people and changes in the composition of society? Participants address specific questions and issues regarding the theme so as to better develop each other’s understandings and knowledge about public and international law and policy and the links between the disciplines as they intersect with the chosen subject. Each participant prepares a draft paper for debate and discussion during the workshop. Each paper is allocated an hour. Twenty minutes is for presentation and 40 minutes for discussion. At the end of the workshop participants, with the benefit of discussion, finalise their papers for a refereed book that will become part of the CUP book series ”Connecting International law with Public law.” The workshop will be held at the ANU College of Law, The Australian National University, Canberra, at the proposed date of Monday 19th through Wednesday 21 July 2010. Participants are expected to be at the whole conference as the aim is for all participants to engage fully with the other papers to ensure a coherent book is produced. Accommodation and all meals will be provided throughout the workshop. This workshop is open to anyone whose abstract is accepted and researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the globe are encouraged to consider submitting an abstract. Due to the nature of the workshop there is a limit to the number of abstracts that can be accepted to fit within the 3 day timetable, allowing an hour for each paper as explained above. We would be delighted if you would submit an abstract (of between 200-500 words maximum) for a paper addressing any of the issues raised by the topic of the workshop by Friday 12 March 2010. Professor Kim Rubenstein Director Centre for International and Public Law ANU College of Law [email protected] Dr Mark Nolan Director of Higher Education Degree Programs ANU College of Law [email protected] Dr Fiona Jenkins Director, Philosophy The School of Humanities ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences [email protected] Conference website: http://law.anu.edu.au/CIPL/2010_Workshop/Call_for_Papers.pdf __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
