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Call for Papers
Theme: Cosmopolitanism and World Citizenship
Type: International Conference
Institution: London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research
Location: London (United Kingdom) – Online
Date: 15.–16.5.2021
Deadline: 10.3.2021
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Cosmopolitanism is, at the same time, a complex and continuously
changing academic concept and real-life practice: historically
long-standing and highly contemporary, progressive and
future-oriented yet still considered in large parts utopian, deeply
individual and yet highly socially and politically influential.
Adding to this complexity, it is in recent times ever more debated
across a multitude of academic disciplines, ranging from anthropology
and sociology, across cultural and literary studies, and over world
history to philosophy, up to political science, economics,
international relations and even arts.
From its origins with the Greek Stoics in the 2nd century BCE, it
continues to fascinate academics, politicians, travelers, artists and
dreamers alike. From its original context and meaning of “kosmou
politês” (that was however limited to Ancient Greece’s male and free
citizens), it has become a universal testament of the world’s peoples
desires and hopes for planetary conviviality and shared humanity,
while its conceptual underpinnings and practical ramifications have
been used as tools to change the world – or to make the best efforts
in trying.
As just one contemporary example, in 1948 Gary Davis, a former United
States pilot, became the first and maybe most famous voluntarily
stateless person when entering the American embassy in Paris in 1948,
renouncing his American citizenship and declaring himself a citizen
of the world, before establishing the ‘World Government of World
Citizens’, even issuing related documents such as passports.
Hence this conference animates approaches of conceptualizing, and
aspires to find novel ways of practicing world citizenship and
cosmopolitanism, from any suitable disciplinary angle. Potential
topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:
- Multiculturalism, cultural diversity and awareness
- Social and individual multiculturalism
- Cultural pluralism and democratic values
- The politics of multiculturalism
- Multiculturalism in literature and art
- Comparative multiculturalisms
- Psychology of multiculturalism
- Multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism
- Multiculturalism in education
- Multiculturalism, immigration and integration
- Reflections of multiculturalism in the media
- Multicultural rights, freedoms and pressures
- Social justice and multiculturalism
- Multiculturalism, religion and secularism
- National and regional multiculturalism
- Multiculturalism and conflict resolution
- European and American multiculturalism
- Multiculturalism between philosophy and reality
- The history and future of multiculturalism
- The multiplicities and limits of multiculturalism
Submissions may propose various formats, including:
All paper submissions and conference activities must be in English.
Submissions may propose various formats, including:
- Individually submitted papers (organized into panels by the
committee)
- Panels (3-4 individual papers)
- Roundtable discussions (led by one of the presenters)
- Posters
Proposals (up to 250 words) should be sent by 10 March 2021 to:
cosmopolitan...@lcir.co.uk
Please download Paper proposal form:
https://cosmopolitanism.lcir.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Paper-proposal-form.doc
Registration fee: 90 GBP
Conference website:
https://cosmopolitanism.lcir.co.uk
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