The First Biannual International Conference
»Freedom and Democracy: European Perceptions, European Perspectives«
»Freiheit und Demokratie: europäische Perzeptionen, europäische Perspektiven«
Faculty of Humanities Koper (Slovenia)
December 4-6, 2008
Organizers
Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities Koper (University of Primorska, Slovenia)
Department of Politics and International Relations, School of Humanities (Swansea University, UK)
Seminar für Philosophie, Philosophische fakultät I (Martin-Luther- Universitä t Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
Sponsors: Thyssen-Stiftung (Germany) and Slovenian Research Agency
Sections: political philosophy, philosophy od law, political and social ethics, political science, interdisciplinary studies
The program committee welcomes original contributions on the following topics:
* Hermeneutics of freedom and democracy in modern Europe
* Treaties of the European Union: political and philosophical aspects
* EU institutions (courts, parliaments, executives, bureaucracies) and the
understandings of freedom, responsibility and/or democracy in their respective contexts
* Eastern Europe (1989-91) and political philosophy
* Southeast Europe, Turkey and the European Union
* A European ethos and the concept of European civil society
* Social solidarity, integration and conceptions of European citizenship
* The European Union as a liberal legal order
* Freedom, justice, democracy and capitalism(s) in Europe
* Migration, borders and the new territories of multiculturalism: political, legal and social aspects
* Comparative issues (for example, the EU and the USA)
Other topics falling under the conference's remit will be considered.
Student session: graduate and postgraduate students are invited to register for the conference with a 10-minute presentation on a selected topics. Selected contributions from postgraduate students will be integrated into the senior sessions.
International Program Committee:
Dr. Sahin Alpay, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Bahçesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey
Dr. Samir Arnautovic, Prof. of Philosophy, Dept. of Philosophy and Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dr. Mark Evans, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Swansea University, UK
Dr. Edvard Kovac, Prof. of Ethics and Philosophical Anthropology, Faculté de Philosophie, Institut Catholique de Toulouse, France
Dr. Lenart Skof, Research Associate at the Science and Research Centre of Koper and Assist. Prof. of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, University of Primorska, Slovenia
Dr. Mirko Wischke, Fellow at the Research Institute of Philosophy Hannover and Assist. Prof. of Political Philosophy, Martin-Luther- University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Faculty of Humanities Koper website: www.fhs.upr. si
The conference languages: English and German
Registration: please register by emailing tomaz.grusovnik@ zrs.upr.si, giving your full name, contact address, institutional affiliation, academic position, e-mail and telephone, title of your presentation, abstract (see below).
Registration fee: free
Conference location: Faculty of Humanities Koper (University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia). The University is located in the city centre of Koper, 50 minutes from Ljubljana and 20 minutes from Trieste (Italy).
Abstract submission deadline: September 1, 2008. All abstracts will be published in a Book of Abstracts. The Book of Abstracts will be available at the conference. Please send abstracts of no more than 150 words to: tomaz.grusovnik@ zrs.upr.si
Conference papers: papers should be suitable for a 15-minute presentation. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Papers will be published in Fall 2009 in a special volume of journal Poligrafi - International Edition (ISSN 1318-8828). For journal information see:
Accommodation: for hotel reservation information, please contact Tomaz Grusovnik at tomaz.grusovnik@ zrs.upr.si. For information about hotels in Koper follow the links:
Hotel Vodisek: http://www.hotel- vodisek.com/
Hotel Koper and Hotel Zusterna: http://www.terme- catez.si/ en/obala/ namestitev/
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