Nov 10, 2009

CfP: Theories and Practices of Citizenship in the New Balkan, Edinburgh University

Call for Papers:

Conference: "Theories and Practices of Citizenship in the New Balkan States"

Where: Edinburgh (School of Law, the University of Edinburgh)
When: June 24-25, 2010

Deadline for application: 15th November 2009

The CITSEE project (The Europeanisation of Citizenship in the Successor States of the Former Yugoslavia (see below for more information) is organising a conference on "Theories and Practices of Citizenship in the New Balkan States" on June 24-25, 2010 at the University of Edinburgh.

The principal goal of the conference is to bring together the leading experts in the field to present and discuss high-quality comparative studies related to the general theme of citizenship in the new Balkan states (i.e. new states that emerged in South East Europe after the break-up of Yugoslavia in 1991). We seek to obtain contributions tackling theoretical issues related to citizenship in the former Yugoslavia and its successor states, actual and historical practices of citizenship in the region—ranging from inter-war Yugoslavia, socialist Yugoslavia to Yugoslavia’s break-up and formation of the new states throughout the 1990s and the 2000s— Europeanisation of the citizenship policies in the region and the general impact of the EU integration perspective as well as less- researched areas such as relationship between citizenship and gender, social movements, education, urbanism, civil society, culture, literature, film etc.

Some of the main themes discussed at the conference would include:

• the status of residents of the former SFRY Republics resident in other Republics at the moment of independence;

• dual and plural nationality and the multilevel and complex nature of citizenship in the context of both SFR of Yugoslavia and the successor states, including policies on diasporas and kin-state nationals;

• citizenship, political participation and civil society, including the granting or denial of political rights for resident non-nationals and non-resident nationals, the role of political parties and other civil society organisations;

• citizenship, minority groups and gender issues, with a particular focus on the Roma;

• citizenship and mobility, including visa liberalisation, the role of EU citizenship, and the historical legacy of former policies on citizenship on current patterns of mobility and migration.

The number of available places is limited. We would welcome original proposals pertinent to the above-mentioned topics from already established scholars, early career researchers or advanced PhD students.

Please send an abstract (max. 500 words) as well as a short bio note by 15 November 2009 to citsee@ed.ac. uk.

Successful paper-givers will be notified by 15 December 2009.

The organiser will cover reasonable travel expenses and the accommodation of selected paper-givers. Some additional places may be available at the Conference for participants paying their own travel and accommodation.

For further information, please contact the CITSEE team by email:

citsee@ed.ac. uk

or visit our website at http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/citsee/


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