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Call for Papers Theme: Identity and Normativity Type: Interdisciplinary Lecture Series and Workshop Institution: Department of Political Science, Aarhus University Location: Aarhus (Denmark) Date: March – May 2022 Deadline: 1.2.2022 __________________________________________________ The lecture series: From March to May 2022, the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University is hosting an interdisciplinary lecture series on identity and normativity. This series is a part of the research project “A Sense of Belonging” led by Associate Professor Marion Godman and funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark. There will be six guest speakers. Each speaker will give a public lecture and then partake in a workshop the following day. Normally, the public lectures will occur on Monday evenings and the workshops on the following Tuesday. We invite scholars interested in participating in the workshop to submit an abstract by the 1st of February 2022. For details, please see below. The project: Members of certain groups are often granted special rights. Members of a gender may be the recipients of affirmative action, members of indigenous groups can be entitled special language and land rights, and membership in certain nationalities can count as grounds to be prioritized – or demoted – in immigration. But only certain types of membership seem to have such a moral standing. Why is it, for example, that many think indigenous groups might deserve protection and rights, but not, say, all urban dwellers? This project considers whether a cultural copying account of group membership, where membership is achieved through a chain of cultural learning from past models, can explain why some groups can achieve a special moral standing. Can a group claim rights based on a shared history? If interested in further details, please check out our page at: https://ps.au.dk/forskning/forskningsprojekter/group-rights The speakers: March 14-15: Tariq Modood, University of Bristol http://www.tariqmodood.com March 21-22: Chaim Gans, Tel Aviv University https://en-law.tau.ac.il/profile/gansch March 28-29: Leonie Huddy, Stony Brook University https://you.stonybrook.edu/leonie/ April 20-21 (Exceptionally Wednesday-Thursday): Azar Gat, Tel Aviv University https://secdip.tau.ac.il/secdip/azargat May 9-10: Alan Patten, Princeton University https://scholar.princeton.edu/apatten/home May 23-24: Ron Mallon, Washington University in St. Louis https://philosophy.wustl.edu/people/ron-mallon Call for abstracts: For each workshop, there will be two slots available to present papers. When applying please state which workshop interests you. The abstract must meet the following criteria: - 700 words (excluding references) - Specify for which workshop it is intended - Deadline 1st of February at 00.00 at: [email protected] We will get back to you as soon as possible, particularly for those presenting in the first two weeks. Complete papers need to be sent to the organizers ten days before the workshop so they can be circulated. Papers should be 5000 words in length, excluding notes and references. While we will privilege early career researchers (PhDs, Post Docs and Assistant Professors), we will accept abstracts from scholars at any career stage. Funding and travel: While both events are open to scholars from all over, funding for travel will be reserved for those travelling within the Nordic countries. The precise amount of funding is to be determined. Any questions can be directed to: [email protected] Contact: Prof. Marion Kathe Godman, Principal Investigator Department of Political Science Aarhus University Bartholins Allé 7 8000 Aarhus C Denmark Email: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
