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1.9 DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN
1.9.2 ETAPA DE CONSTRUCCIÓN
32nd Congress of the International Committee of the History of Arts (CIHA) on “Crossing Cultures: Conflict, Migration, Convergence”
The University of Melbourne 13–18 January 2008 Please visit: http/www.cihamelbourne2008.com.au/
5thEuPRA Conference: “Challenges of Peace and Democracy in Europe”. Sakarya University, Turkey
21st– 24thAugust 2007
The conference of the European Peace Research Association (EuPRA) in co-operation with Sakarya University, Department of International Relations. Conference Coordinator: Dr. Nesrin Kenar, Assistant Professor, Sakarya University e-mail: [email protected]
“Nationalism(s), Postnationalism(s )” Annual International Two-day Conference
CICLaS – Université Paris Dauphine, France 11th– 12thOctober 2007
Submissions Deadline: 31stMay 2007
Call for papers: In the Age of Globalisation a certain discourse of crisis has arisen around the notions of national identity, culture and sovereignty, and some have declaimed the loss of local cultural and social values in favour of a nebulous globalised system. For some we are already in a postnational world in the 21st century and the political, social, economic and philosophical
notions implied are food for debate and discussion.
This conference invites participants to discuss how European and Postcolonial societies are imagining themselves in this historical moment.
Enquiries and submissions (± 300 words) + biographies (± 100 words) should be sent to Martine Piquet <[email protected]> and Deirdre Gilfedder <[email protected]> Submissions for the forthcoming no 13 issue of Les Cahiers du CICLaS (ISSN 1637-7060) on the same theme are also welcome.
PSAI25
Dublin city (Ireland) 19–21 October 2007
The 2007 PSAI (Political Studies Association of Ireland) Annual Conference is hosted by the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University. Many of the 25thanniversary celebrations
will be held here — included the launch of a new reader on Irish politics to be published jointly with Routledge. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Politics and the Law’. A roundtable discussion of the relationship between the courts and politicians is planned.
For further details, please contact: http://webpages.dcu.ie/~omalle/PSAI251.htm
ECPR (European Consortium for Political Research)
For information on ECPR Joint Session and Conferences, please visit: http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/ I S P R I ’s A C A D E M I C L I F E
Pol. Sc. Int. Rel., IV, 1, p. 169–184, Bucharest, 2006.
4thECPR General Conference, Pisa (Italy)
The University of Pisa (Italy) 6–8 September 2007
Deadline for paper proposals is 1 May 2007.
Please visit: http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/events/generalconference/pisa/callfor.aspx
2008 Joint Sessions, Rennes (France), April 2008
Deadline for applications is 16 February 2007. Deadline for workshop proposals is 14 February 2007.
General information is available at http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/events/jointsessions/index.aspx
2nd ECPR Graduate Conference in 2008
Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Bellaterra campus) 25–27 August 2008
2009 Joint Session, Lisbon (Portugal), 14-19 April 2009.
Further information, including exact dates, will be available in due course.
2009 General ECPR Conference, Postdam (Germany), 10–12 September 2009
Further information, including exact dates, will be available in due course.
International Sociological Association (ISA) – Sociology Conferences
For ISA events see the following web site: http://www.ucm.es/info/isa/cforp0.htm
European Sociological Association (ESA) — Conferences
For ESA events see the following web site: http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/esa/conferences.htm
Although the submission deadlines for the following items have already lapsed, there might be some interest in attending the events below or in following up presented papers.
“Responding to Genocide before it’s too late: Genocide Studies and Prevention”
The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)
7thBiennial meeting Institute for Research into Crimes against Humanity and International Law, University of Sarajevo
9–13 July 2007
Please note that only paid members of IAGS may present papers. For information on membership, please contact the IAGS Secretary-Treasurer, Professor Steven Jacobs, at: [email protected]
2007 European Congress on “Transcending Europe’s Borders: The EU and Its Neighbours”
Humboldt University (Berlin, Germany), 2–4 August 2007. Please visit: http://www.iccees-europe.de/
37th UACES Annual Conference on “Exchanging Ideas on Europe 2007: Which
Common Values, Which External Policies?”
Centre for European and International Studies Research, University of Portsmouth (UK), 3–5 September 2007.
For further information, please visit: http://www.uaces.org
European Sociological Association (ESA) 8thConference on “Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society”
Glasgow (UK) 3–6 September 2007.
For further information, please contact [email protected] giving your name,
Beyond the Nation: Critical Reflections on Nations and Nationalism in Uncertain Times
Queen’s University, Belfast (UK), 12–14 September 2007.
For more information, please visit: http://www.qub.ac.uk/pisp/NewsandEvents/
Making Sense of a Pluralist World: Sixth Pan-European Conference on International Relations
University of Turin, Italy, 12–15 September 2007.
For further information, please visit: http://www.sgir.org/conference2007/index.htm
Summer Academy on Political Consulting and Strategic Campaign Communication
International University in Germany, Bruchsal 25th– 29thSeptember 2007.
For more information, please visit: www.political-campaigns.net
The Economics of Corruption — University Training on Good Governance and Reform
University of Passau, Germany 7th– 13thOctober 2007.
This international event continues to be offered on a pro bono basis. It joins the world of research with the world of practice, attracting graduate and post-graduate students in the social sciences and anti-corruption policymakers and practitioners.
The program consists of training modules, lectures, workshop sessions, case studies, and poster and keynote presentations.
For applications and the full program please visit: http://www.icgg.org
The Evolution of the European Courts: Institutional Change and Continuity
6thInternational Workshop for Young Scholars (WISH)
16th– 17thNovember, 2007, University College, Dublin (Ireland)
The Workshop will take place over one and a half days. It will comprise six panels (two per half-day). Each panel will include approximately three presentations by young scholars.
Another young scholar will serve as discussant. Each panel will be chaired by a senior scholar. Ample time will be left for discussion. The working languages are English and French.
The costs of travel and accommodation (up to 2 nights hotel: Friday, Saturday) of paper-givers and discussants will be covered by the organisers.
For further information, please visit http://www.ucd.ie/law/WISH.htm
“Anthropology, Ethnography and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans” Summer School
University of Ioannina, Greece 30thJuly – 10thAugust 2007
The summer school offers the following:
— 1st Week courses: Anthropological theory and the understanding of the Balkans;
Ethnography of “socially marginalized groups”: Theoretical and methodological approaches; Introduction to the study of oral tradition: Comparative method, fieldwork and ethnography; Ethnographic research in border areas: Field practice in both sides of the Greek-Albanian border; the migratory phenomenon: evidence and policies.
— 2ndWeek courses: The migratory phenomenon: evidence and policies; doing fieldwork in
contemporary world: Epistemology of post-socialism in South Eastern Europe; Music and dance in the Balkans: Culture, identity, and power.
Workshops: The Future of anthropology in the 21st century; Culture and space in
anthropological perspectives.
Guest lectures: The Future of anthropology in the 21stcentury; Sitting culture.
For any further questions and clarifications regarding the Konitsa Summer School contact the School’s email address: [email protected]
ECPR Summer School in Methods and Techniques
Ljubljana, Slovenia 22 July – 4 August 2007
Fifteen two-week courses will be offered, including the following: Mathematical concepts and
formal modelling; Generating qualitative data: expert interviews and documentary sources; Cross- national survey design; Multivariate statistics; Multiple regression analysis; Ethnographic methods; Quantitative narrative analysis; Comparative research design and introduction to configurational comparative methods; Comparative historical analysis and case study design; Network analysis; Qualitative textual analysis; Web-based research methods; Time and sequence. The tuition fee for ECPR participants has been set at a flat rate of 590 Euro, with a 50 discount for those participants who register and pay before 1stApril 2007.
In addition to the above courses, we will also be offering some crash courses, beginning immedialy prior to the start of the summer school. The crash course tuition fee for ECPR participants is set at a flat rate of 200 Euro (please note that as places will be limited and priority will be given to those students who are attending the full two week programme).
For further information, you can visit: http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/events/summerschools/
ljubljana/index.aspx.
Alternatively, you can also contact Emer Padden ([email protected]).
European Training Institute
European Training Institute is the only training centre in Brussels offering a full range of programmes and seminars dedicated to European Public Affairs. European Training Institute programmes and seminars are fully interactive. They examine all aspects of PublicAffairs management, the working of the European Institutions and the best ways of influencing their policies.
For information on upcoming training programs in EU Public Affairs, please visit: http://www.eutraining.be
Internships in the Institutions of the European Union
For information on internships, trainee ships and stages in EU institutions, please visit: http://www.delaus.cec.eu.int/employment/Internships_europe.htm
Calls for Papers, Articles, Submissions and Prizes
“Much ado about nothing? The European Neighbourhood Policy since 2003”
University of Nottingham, UK 25th– 26thOctober 2007
The organisers of this workshop invite paper proposals in three broad areas: What are the appropriate methods and theories for the study of the ENP? How does the ENP fit into the broader framework of the EU’s external relations and foreign and security policies? What are the achievements of the ENP to date, and how can we explain successes and failures in individual cases and of the policy more generally?
Papers can be theoretical/conceptual in nature, and/or focus on one or more case studies. It is envisaged that selected papers will be published in an edited volume and/or special issue of a relevant journal.
Proposals (to include a paper title and a 250 abstract of the proposed paper) should be submitted via email as MS Word attachment to Richard Whitman ([email protected]) and Stefan Wolff ([email protected]).
Europe and Asia — between Islam and the United States The Lessons of Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon and Iran
5–7thDecember 2007
Melbourne, Australia
Jointly sponsored by The Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University; The Innovative Universities European Union Centre; Contemporary Europe Research Centre, University of Melbourne; Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale”, Naples, Italy; The Institute for Social
Ethics, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan; The Institute of International Relations, Warsaw University, Poland; The Cold War Studies Centre, London School of Economics (UK)
1) Conference Background
This conference follows on from a number of other workshops and symposia that have been organised by the Centre for Dialogue in collaboration with other institutions in Europe and Asia. They form part of a larger research programme Europe and Asia between Islam and the United States: Politics of Transition.
The question of Islam now rightly occupies centre stage in many discussions of contemporary international relations. Such discussion are of central importance for Europe, given its large Muslim minorities, its proximity to the Middle East, the cultural and political relevance of the Mediterranean for the whole of Europe, and the importance which the various conflicts occurring in different parts of the Middle East have assumed in relations between Europe, the United States, the world’s sole superpower, and the Middle East. For Europe the relationship with the Muslim world generally and with the Middle East and North Africa in particular has been a critical factor in its history. It remains just as pivotal today.
Precisely the same issues apply to Asia: proximity to Muslim neighbours; presence of significant and growing Muslim minorities; alliance relationships with the United States, which have led junior partners to deploy troops in Iraq and or Afghanistan and to become involved in the ‘war on terror’; actual or potential vulnerability to terrorist attacks; varying degrees of dependence on Middle Eastern (Muslim) oil, especially in the case of Japan.
A major debate is rapidly developing in Europe and Asia as to the long-term implications of these complex relationships. An important part of this debate bears upon Europe’s and Asia’s alliances with the United States and the extent to which Europe and Asia, two major centres of geopolitical gravity can forge a distinctive and constructive relationship with the Islamic World.
The purpose of this conference is to create a productive encounter between leading European scholars and their counterparts in the Asia-Pacific region. Attention will focus on European perspectives and policies, informed and illuminated by comparison with Asian policies and perspectives.
Comparative analysis will highlight the role of regional institutions, in particular the EU and ASEAN.
This project is unique in the way it proposes to combine, and analyse the interaction of three key dualities:
— the juxtaposition of the European and Asian experiences, with particular reference to the role of regional institutions;
— the relationship between culture and religion on the one hand and geopolitics on the other; — the complex nexus between the domestic and international dimensions of conflict and dialogue across major religious and cultural traditions. These three dualities will play a critical part in shaping Europe’s and Asia’s future place in the world.
2) Call for Papers
A Call for papers is now addressed to scholars and experts interested in considering any of the themes outlined above. Proposals should be received by 14 May 2007.
Proposals should include: Title of proposed paper; 250-word abstract; Author’s name and institutional affiliation; One paragraph bio-note of the author.
In line with the themes outlined above, proposals are encouraged to consider one or other of the following key questions:
— To what extent have the conflicts in the Middle East and the ‘war on terror’ (and the underlying hostility of much of the Muslim world towards key aspects of US policy) impacted on Europe’s and Asia’s self-understanding of their place in the world? What have been the implications for transatlantic and transpacific alliances?
— How have European and Asian regional institutions (as well as member states in the two regions) handled these conflicts, and with what impact on the development of regional approaches to foreign and security policy?
— How have EU efforts to develop a Common Foreign and Security Policy been affected by the tensions that have characterised the post-September 11 international environment? How have
the Iraq, Afghanistan and other Middle East conflicts impacted on the EU’s internal and external relations? — What have been the implications for EU enlargement and for current negotiations regarding Turkish entry into the EU?
— What has been the tenor of the responses of states, media, and the wider community in different parts of Europe and Asia to domestic and international tensions associated with these conflicts? To what extent and in what way have issues of culture and religion intruded into domestic politics and external policy making, and with what consequences?
— How have post-September 11 tensions impacted on the role of Muslim minorities in Europe and Asia? To what extent, if any, have the EU and ASEAN been able to harmonise the responses of member states to these questions?
— To what extent has the European Union and ASEAN (as well as other regional attempts at multilateralism) developed responses to terrorism that synthesise different areas of policy, including external relations, home security, immigration and refugee policy, citizenship and cultural policy?
All applicants will be informed of the Organising Committee’s decision by 1 July 2007. Successful applicants will be given two weeks to confirm their participation. The Conference Organising Committee must receive by 1 November 2007 the written papers (approximate length 6,000 words), which have to represent an original contribution not published elsewhere. The Conference’s working language is English.
Those selected to present a paper will not be required to pay the registration fee which will cover lunches, morning and afternoon teas and copies of papers. The Organising Committee is not able to provide support covering participants’ travel and accommodation expenses.
Please submit paper proposals, preferably as a Word or Rtf document, together with full contact details to:
Dr. Luca Anceschi, Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University Victoria 3086 Australia Ph: +61 3 9479 2295 Fax: +61 3 9479 1997
Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Mechanisms of Religious Influence in Politics: Call for Chapters
Edited by Paul A. Djupe, Denison University
You are invited to contribute to a novel enterprise in the study of religion and politics: experimental tests of mechanisms of religious influence. Experimental work is widespread in the study of public opinion and voting behavior, but this method has not been adopted in the study of religion and politics. Experimental work can be employed effectively to assess the efficacy of cues, arguments, and imagery from religious figures and elected officials. When many of us often lament the fact that religion and politics scholarship has not been distinguished by broad theoretical progress, rigorous experimental work can help make a major contribution by narrowing the rangeof theories worth pursuing and opening up new ways of thinking about religious influence.
Research to be considered for the volume should be original (not previously published). It must include some experimental manipulation that tests a mechanism of religious influence on public opinion or voting behavior. Ideally, research will focus on the effects of religion on contemporary attitudes, but all submissions will be considered. Additionally, multiple submissions are welcome. Included chapters need not be long (though they can be) nor must they include exhaustive literature reviews. The goal is to include many explorations to cover as many different types of questions as possible. I am ecumenical about the populations involved in the experiments, whether special populations (such as evangelicals, Catholics, and students) or the general population. If there is sufficient interest, I plan to submit full panel proposals to professional conferences (especially the WPSA and MPSA) to support development of this research.
Chapters will be requested by the end of Summer, 2007. If you are interested, please contact me to discuss your design.
Paul A. Djupe
Associate Professor Department of Political Science Denison University Granville, OH 43023-0810
Phone: 740-587-6310 Fax: 740-587-6601 Email: [email protected]
Nations and Nationalism
“Nations and Nationalism” is one of the world’s leading journals in the field of ethnicity, nations and nationalism. The journal publishes high quality and innovative political science research and is now seeking papers on the politics of ethnicity and nationalism. The journal encourages submissions based on research in every region of the world, as well as comparative and theoretical work.
Articles for the journal should be addressed to: The Editors, Nations and Nationalism, Room H808, Connaught House, London School of Econonmics & Politics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK. Books for review should be sent to the Book Review Editor at the same address.
Typescripts: Authors are required to submit four copies of their article, which should not be
under consideration by any other journal. A copy of the article should also be retained by the author. Articles should be typed on white A-4 sized paper on one side only and should be double spaced throughout, including notes and list of references. All pages, including notes, references and tables, should be numbered. In order to meet the criterion of anonymity we would strongly advise authors not to refer to themselves by name in the text of their submission. A statement of