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Call for Papers Theme: Societies Beyond Borders? Subtitle: New Perspectives in Transnational Studies Type: International Colloquium Institution: Center for Research on the English-Speaking World (CREW), University of Paris 3 Location: Paris (France) Date: 17.–18.9.2015 Deadline: 15.12.2014 __________________________________________________ The Center for Research on the English-Speaking World (CREW) of the University of Paris 3 - Sorbonne Nouvelle, will be hosting, on September 17-18, 2015, an international colloquium to bring together scholars from a broad range of academic fields who have innovated in transnational approaches or in one way or another put them to fruitful and creative use. The purpose of this gathering will be to pursue discussions about the directions new research is taking or could take, in terms of theory, methodology or choice of objects. The following areas will be privileged, although proposals falling outside these fields will also be considered if they promise to open new pathways in transnational studies more generally. - social history, including colonial/imperial history, transnational social movements in colonial and post-colonial contexts; - migrations studies, includinghistory, geopolitics and political economy,sociology/ethnography, as well as the cultural dimension and the politics of migrant transnationalism; - sociology of international/transnational relations involving various categories of state and non-state actors, such as non-profit organizations, multinational firms, financial actors etc.; dynamics and stakes of regional and cross-regional models of economic integration; - sociology of transnational mobilizations and social movements of all sorts, including labor movements, women’s movements, ecology and global justice movements; - media and communications studies, including history/sociology/political economy of communications and the media; media theory in its transnational dimension; - epistemic communities and the transnational circulation of ideas; - public policy studies in their international/transnational and comparative dimension; the circulation of ideas, theories, and models of public policy. Models of citizenship: multiculturalisms, republicanisms, anti-racism and anti-discrimination policies. Keynote speakers confirmed: - Nina Glick Schiller, emeritus professor of social anthropology, University of Manchester (U.K.), member of the Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures; - Robert O’Brien, professor political science, McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) and associate editor of Global Labour Journal. Submissions Proposals for papers, to be presented orally, in English or French, in about 20 minutes, may be submitted to the organizers (see addresses below) by December 15, 2014. Replies will be made by January 30, 2015. Proposals should fit on one page and include some bibliographical references. Authors are asked to include in their e-mail message a short autobiography and summary of their works. The publication of selected papers in an edited volume is envisioned. Submit proposals to: James Cohen: [email protected] Yann Béliard: [email protected] Jean-Baptiste Velut: [email protected] Evelyne Payen-Variéras: [email protected] Contact: James Cohen, Yann Béliard, Jean-Baptiste Velut, Evelyne Payen-Variéras Institut du monde anglophone Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3 5 rue de l'Ecole de médecine F-75006 Paris France Email: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
