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Call for Papers Theme: Ethnicity and Power Subtitle: Politics of Memory and Cultural-Symbolic Resources of Ethno-Political Mobilization Type: XIII International Workshop Institution: Taurida National V.I.Vernadsky University Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Network of Cultural Exchange and Interethnic Trust Location: Yalta, Crimea (Ukraine) Date: 20.–25.5.2014 Deadline: 25.1.2014 __________________________________________________ Our discourse shall include the following topics: - Collective Memory as a Socio-Political Phenomenon; - Politics of Memory and Metamorphosis of Historical Truth in Post-Soviet Society; - Ethnic Identity as an Object of Manipulation Technologies; - Historians and their Role in Shaping the Politics of Memory; - Conflict of Values as a Factor of Ethno-Political Mobilization; - Construction of European Identity and New Challenges of Post-Secular Society; - Political Myths and Ethno-Cultural Stereotypes; - Social Networks and Social Capital as Factors of Sustainable Development of Multiethnic Communities; - Ethnicity and Politics in Cultural/Symbolic Space; - Politics of Memory and City Life: Problems and Prospects of Political Urbanistic Studies; - Virtualization of the Living World and Conflict of Generations in Divided Society; - Minority Rights: European Standards and Post-Soviet Reality; - Management of Ethno-Political Conflict: Theoretical and Applied Problems; - Limits of Tolerance in Interethnic Relations as a Problem of Political Theory and Practice; - Role of Media in Ethno-Political Mobilization; - Linguistic Aspects of Intercultural Communication. The list of issues is open for continuation. Two Round tables will be held within the framework of the Workshop: - “Rethinking the Future through the Prism of the Past: Cultural and Symbolic Heritage of the Orthodox Civilization” (in commemoration of Alexander Panarin); - “Political Mobilization of the Arab World and Strategies of Geopolitical Development in the Middle East”. Chairs of the Workshop: - Dr. Tatiana Senyushkina, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Taurida National V.I. Vernadsky University (Simferopol, Ukraine), Director of the Network of Cultural Exchange and Interethnic Trust (Ukraine) - Dr. Malkhaz Matsaberidze, Head of the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (Tbilisi, Georgia). Coordinator of the Workshop: Federico D’Agostino, University of Rome III, University of Napoli, Professor of Sociology, Rome, Italy. Abstracts will be published before the workshop. Registration fee: € 100 EUR to be paid upon arrival, for an accompanying person – € 50 EUR. Fee for virtual participation is € 50 EUR. Registration fee includes conference materials (badge, program, abstracts book, list of participants), coffee breaks, welcoming dinner and concert, publication (3 pages abstract) and certificate of participation. Languages: English, Russian, Ukrainian Accommodation: The Bristol Hotel, 10 Roosevelt St., Crimea, Yalta http://bristol.ua/en/ +38(0654)27-16-06 Prices: € 75 EUR – € 250 EUR per room per night. The price includes accommodation, breakfast, swimming pool, fitness hall, luggage service, WI-FI, VAT, beach-solarium. To find out about other options of accommodation, please feel free to contact the Organizing Committee. To participate in the Workshop, please send your application form no later than January 25, 2014 on the following address: [email protected], [email protected] More information about the Workshop is on the web-site: http://nce.sevhost.net And on the Facebook page of the Workshop: https://www.facebook.com/EthnicityandPower __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
