Fourth CEU Graduate Conference in Social Sciences:
“Global Transformations: Integration, Transition, and Developmentâ€
20-22 June, 2008
Central European University
Budapest, Hungary
www.gradconf. ceu.hu
The aims of the conference are to encourage an interdisciplinary academic debate and to contribute to developing knowledge networks among peers in their respective fields of research. At the same time, we hope to connect different perspectives and approaches in order to produce high standard academic works.
We encourage graduate students and young faculty to contribute with papers and participate in the proposed workshops and panels. Each panel will include approximately 4 papers.
Recommended themes:
- The relevance of transition experiences for the development processes
- Party politics, electoral systems and voting behavior
- Civil society, social movements, and politics of discontent
- Post-communist discourses
- Regimes in post-communist states: regime change and democratization
- Political economy of direct foreign investment
- Diversities of Central and Eastern European Capitalism
- Public sector reform, fiscal decentralization and corruption control
- Emerging changes to the quality of democracy in post-transition societies
- International relations theories
- International organizations and international policy
- New security issues in the light of the EU enlargement
- Europeanization at home and abroad
- The New EU
- Transatlantic relations: in between anti-americanism and euro-skepticism
- Trading globally and aiding locally
- Playing history – constructing futures
- Security studies - third party interventions, conflict resolution, frozen conflicts
- Illicit and Illegal processes – challenging and transforming sovereignty
- New political economy of transition/developm ent and poverty
- Migration and minority policies
- Cultural policy and globalization: creating and reinforcing identity
- Gender perspective on global transformations
- Media and electronic communications
- Deliberating democracy
- Environment and globalization
Call for Panel proposals: We particularly welcome panels proposed by scholars coming from different institutions. A panel can be proposed using the special panel form and should be accompanied by the titles and abstracts (maximum 300 words) of five papers included in the panel.
The working language of the conference is English.
Fee: There is no registration fee for qualified participants. Food and accommodation are provided by the organizers. Applicants can apply for a partial travel grant for the cheapest means of transportation. Those intending to apply for a travel grant should write a short letter of justification (up to 300 words).
Deadlines:
- The deadline for paper proposals is April 15, 2008.
- The deadline for panel proposals is April 1, 2008.
- Accepted applicants will be notified by April 30, 2008.
- Applications after the dead-line will not be considered.
The paper applications consist of:
- Completed application form (Including the abstract – max. 250 words)
- Short CV (maximum 2 pages)
- (Optional) Applicants for travel grant: Short letter for justification (up to 300 words)
The panel applications consist of:
- Completed application form
- Short CV of the panel chair (max. 2 pages). Panel chairs have the travel costs covered up to a certain amount.
NOTE: In case you do not receive confirmation within 48 hours please re-send your application.
For further inquiries please e-mail to: gradconf2008@ yahoo.com
The Editorial Board
CEU Political Science Journal
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