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Call for Papers Theme: Nationalism and Revolution Type: 23rd Annual ASEN Conference Institution: Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) London School of Economics and Political Science Location: London (United Kingdom) Date: 9.–11.4.2013 Deadline: 30.11.2012 __________________________________________________ The theme of the 23rd annual Association for the Study of Ethnicity & Nationalism Conference is Nationalism and Revolution. There are three broad perspectives at the conference, reflected by the plenary sessions on each of the three days. The first concerns itself with conceptual and theoretical issues concerning nationalism and revolution. The second looks at historical connections between nationalism and revolution. The third focuses on contemporary issues of nationalism and revolution. We welcome proposals from a range of disciplines including Political Theory, Political Science, Sociology, Social Theory, Social Anthropology, History, Economics, as well as those with interdisciplinary perspectives. Paper proposals are invited on issues on or broadly related to any of the following themes: Conceptual-Theoretical: - Theories of nationalist revolution - Class conflict, nationalism and revolution - Popular nationalism and revolution - Nationalist ideology and revolution - Nationalist ideology and counter-revolution - Elite nationalism and revolution Historical: - Nationalism and the “great” revolutions (English, French, Russian, Chinese) - Revolutions and national liberation movements - Revolution and the diffusion of nationalism - Internationalism, nationalism and revolution - The art and media (printed, visual, etc.) of nationalism and revolution Contemporary: - Nationalism, revolution and the collapse of communism - Radical nationalism (left and right) as revolutionary – e.g. European cases - Popular national resistance to dictatorship – e.g. in the Middle East - State nationalism as anti-revolutionary We hope that the papers accepted for the various panel sessions will join with the three plenary sessions in raising big questions such as whether modern revolutions more often than not have taken a nationalist form, whatever their popular basis, forms of leadership or specific ideological preferences. If this is the case, the important question is, what does this mean for the validity of the widespread view that transnational institutions, processes and ideologies (such as international capitalism, globalization, cosmopolitanism, and religious fundamentalisms) are destined to marginalize nationalism and the nation-state? Alternatively, what does it entail for the view that nationalism is best seen as a counter-revolutionary or conservative movement? It is in addressing questions such as these that we hope you will join us in participating in the ASEN 2013 conference. Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words by 30th November using the online form available at: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/researchAndExpertise/units/ASEN/Conference/AbstractSubmission.aspx For further information on the conference, Gellner lecture, and/or ASEN, please visit: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/researchAndExpertise/units/ASEN/Conference/Conference2013.aspx Conference Co-Chairs: Carys Moseley ([email protected]) Pheroze Unwalla ([email protected]) Contact: Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) London School of Economics Houghton Street London, WC2A 2AE United Kingdom Email: [email protected] Web: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/researchAndExpertise/units/ASEN/Conference/Conference2013.aspx __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
