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Call for Papers Theme: Identity Studies Type: 2nd International Conference Institution: Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities Location: Vienna (Austria) Date: 27.–28.6.2015 Deadline: 10.6.2015 __________________________________________________ Identities are various: personal, national, religious, regional, racial, gender etc., and it is very difficult to determine which identity is affecting us most. Sometimes it can be one, and sometimes the other. For example, during the presidential race in the United States between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, black women wondered which of the two identities represented them most: their racial or their gender identity. National identity bears huge relevance and people are willing to die for their nations. Religious is as important as ever, and people are willing to sacrifice their own comforts and sometimes even to discriminate others because of their religious identities. European identity had been an issue of debate since the foundation of the EU when founders envisaged European unification based on a particular set of values shared among founders and prospective future members. The notion of identity is often ending up in stereotyping and othering of those who have different identities, and irrespective of the approach we take in identity studies we always end up with the same dilemma: why are identities and identifications so important? These and other issues will be a subject of our conference. Papers are invited (but not limited to) for the following panels: - Identity and Identifications: theory and methodology - Identity and Nationalism - Gender identity - Literature and Identity - Music and Identity - Art and Identity - Religion and Identity - Ethnicity and Identity - Media and Identity - European identity - Identity and Memory - Identity and Critical theory - Marxist views of Identity Prospective participants are also welcome to submit proposals for their own panels. Submissions of abstracts (up to 500 words) with an email contact should be sent to Dr Martina Topić ([email protected]) by 10 June 2015. The Centre established a peer review journal, and a working paper series. Conference papers will be considered. We welcome paper proposals from scholars, NGO activists, Master and PhD students, and independent researchers. Earlier decisions will be available when we collect enough papers for each panel. Conference fee is EUR 290. Unfortunately, the Centre has no available funds for covering transport and accommodation in Austria. Participants are responsible for finding funding to cover transportation and accommodation costs during the whole period of the conference. The Centre is eligible for providing Visa letter for Austria to non-EU conference participants. Conference venue: Hotel Le Meridien Wien, Opernring 13, A-1010 Vienna, Austria (Room Happy Green) Contact: Dr Martina Topić Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities Viktora Kovačića 5 HR-10 010 Zagreb Croatia Tel.: +385 99 224 07 01 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.socialsciencesandhumanities.com __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
