Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism (CRONEM), University of Surrey
Annual Conference 2007
12 – 13 June 2007
University of Surrey, UK
Nationalism and National Identities Today: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANEL PROPOSALS
At the end of the Cold War many Western commentators anticipated the advent of a New
World Order of unipolar American hegemony or/and of global governance under the rule of international law, enforceable human rights and democratic institutions. Since then, those predictions have been met by challenges on behalf of national identities, ethnic rights and demands for the reassertion of statehood. Reflection on the present and future prospects of nationalism and national identities has retained and raised its status as one of the major research areas in the social sciences and humanities.
After successful conferences in 2005 and 2006 on aspects of multiculturalism, CRONEM’s focus for the 2007 event is on nationalism( s), national identities and the politics of ethnicity. A number of leading authorities from a range of different disciplines – political science, political geography, history, psychology,
sociology, sociolinguistics – have agreed to give keynote addresses. As on previous occasions, besides the plenary presentations, there will be ample opportunities for papers to be presented in parallel panel sessions.
Those who have already agreed to be keynote speakers are:
James Anderson, Professor of Political Geography, Co-Director, Centre for Spatial Territorial Analysis and Research (C-STAR), and Co-Director, Centre for International Borders Research (CIBR), Queen's University Belfast
Susan Condor, Professor of Social Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Lancaster
Nira Yuval-Davis, Professor of Gender & Ethnic Studies, University of East London
Ulf Hedetoft, Professor and Director of the Academy for Migration Studies in Denmark (AMID), University of Copenghagen
John Hutchinson, Reader in Nationalism, Department of Government, London School of Economics
George Kolankiewicz, Professor of Sociology with special reference to East Central Europe, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London and Managing Director, Centre for East European Language Based Area Studies CEELBAS
Umut Özkirimli, Associate Professor of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
Patrick Stevenson, Professor of Modern Languages, School of Humanities, University of Southampton
Panel proposals (including a general introduction of about 300 words, plus 300-word abstracts of each of the papers) and proposals for individual papers (300-word abstracts) are invited on any aspect of contemporary nationalism, but particularly those addressing the following themes:
Conceptualising nationhood and national identities today Comparisons of new and old forms of nationalism
Nationalistic reactions to globalisation and transnational flows
Reassertions of national and ethnic identities
National and ethnic acculturation processes
Secessionist and irredentist movements
Diasporic nationalisms
Failed states and nationhood
Civic nationalism
Ethnic conflict regulation
Nationalism and religion
Nationalism and gender
Nationalism and youth
Nationalism as ideology and mythology
Deadline for call for papers: 15th February 2007
Please send your abstracts to Mirela Dumic (M.Dumic@surrey. ac.uk)
Registration
http://www.surrey. ac.uk/Arts/ CRONEM/cronem- conference- june2007/ registration. htm
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