8th European Feminist Research Conference, CEU Budapest, May 17-20 2012‏

Women and men in Europe in the first decades of the 21st century are
confronted with acute social, political, cultural, economic and
environmental concerns, including increasingly racist politics and
nationalist discourses across Europe, huge cutbacks in social services
and education, strengthening conservative gender discourses, and an
overall climate unfavorable if not hostile to feminist, queer, and other
progressive movements. In striving to address these concerns on
regional, national and international levels, feminist scholars are
re-assessing their theoretical and political toolbox. The ‘politics of
location’, coined by Adrienne Rich in 1976, continues to play a crucial
role in these debates. Women’s and gender studies cannot do without
reflecting on the politics of their locations, but how to use this tool
now that locations are constantly shifting? When the locations we
inhabit are perceived to be multiple, paradoxical and (in)comparable?
The 8th European Feminist Research Conference invites scholars,
students, activists and policy makers to re-visit their politics of
location in the light of current crises in Europe and beyond, and to
reflect upon the ways in which feminist scholarly tools can be used for
understanding and for changing the world.
Reflecting the diversity of women’s and gender studies European Feminist
Research Conferences represent cutting-edge scholarship. The 8th
European Feminist Research Conference is organized by the Central
European University, Department of Gender Studies and AtGender, the
European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation.
The European Feminist Research Conferences usually have more than 500
participants from both inside and outside Europe. The Conferences have a
track record of presenting innovative feminist scholarly work with
critical perspectives on contemporary Europe and its histories. The
previous European Feminist Research Conferences were held at the
universities of Ålborg (1991), Graz (1994), Coimbra (1997), Bologna
(2000), Lund (2003), Łódź (2006) and Utrecht (2009).
This one will be held in Budapest, Hungary, May 17 - 20, 2012.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers
Hana Havelkova (Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague, Czech
Republic)

Clare Hemmings (Gender Institute, The London School of Economics and
Political Science, United Kingdom)

Andrea Pető (Central European University, Budapest, Hungary)

Fatima Sadiqi (International Institute for Languages and Cultures, Fez,
Morocco)

Call for Papers
The 8th European Feminist Research Conference welcomes papers that keep
in focus the connections among a number of relevant axes that frame
current researches in the field. We have in mind connections between
disciplines and interdisciplinarity; the past, the present and the
future; gender and intersectionality; activism and power; local and
global; margin and center. The strands listed below indicate the main
lines of inquiry around which the Conference will be structured.
Participants must indicate the strand their paper addresses; it is also
possible to indicate a second strand that will be addressed in their
contribution. Based on these indications the Conference Board will
create intersecting panels across different strands.

Conference strands
Women’s and Gender Studies between Neo-discipline and
InterdisciplinarityRooting and Shifting (in) Feminist Research:
Assessing the ‘Turns’ in Feminist TheoryTeaching ‘Gender’ across the
Borders of the Human, Social, Natural and Biomedical SciencesLocated at
Crossroads of Race and Gender: Intersectional Analysis in Women’s and
Gender StudiesShifting Sexualities, Masculinities and Femininities:
LGBTQIRevisiting ‘Equality vs. Difference’: Feminism in the 21st
CenturyTriple Helix of Social Inclusion: Connecting Activism,
Policy-making and Gender ResearchFeminist Legacies, Feminist Futures:
Generating FeminismsThe Politics of Migration: Transnational
Feminisms?Re-Imagining ‘Europe’: Imperialism, Post-State Socialism and
Multiculturalism in the 21st CenturyViolence Revisited: Security,
War and Peace NarratedReligion Revisited: Spirituality, Gender and the
Post-SecularCreativity Reconsidered: Rethinking Feminist Art, Media
and Technological Practices
Abstracts should have not more than 300 words and can only be uploaded
at http://www.8thfeministconference.org.
Abstracts must be submitted before July 31, 2011.
The conference organizers also welcome proposals for whole panels as
well as presentations by women’s centers, libraries, documentation
centers, networks or publishers.
The conference fees and other relevant information are posted on the
conference website http://www.8thfeministconference.org.

Bringing Migration and History into the Equation: Re-Imagining Nationhood and Belonging, Jewish Museum Berlin, 5-7 October 2011‏

Migration poses challenges to European societies as we know them today; indeed, the inclusion of immigrants in these societies has become a controversial issue in most European countries.
Both of these statements are reflected in ongoing debates in numerous European countries. All too often, immigrants are seen as "Others" when it comes to constructing national cohesion and patterns of belonging and identity. The "Othering" of immigrants, perhaps best seen as a process of social construction and engineering, is closely interrelated with social, economic, linguistic and, increasingly, religious questions.
However, immigrant inclusion and exclusion cannot be regarded without reference to historical, cultural and symbolic questions. Thus the analysis of identity formation and collective identities in multiethnic societies brings the political scope of identity politics, historical representations and national narratives to the fore. It entails theoretical and practical questions of (newly) constituting nationhood and transcultural belonging, as well as re-positioning ethnic/migrant minorities in the public sphere.
This conference, Bringing Migration and History into the Equation: Re-Imagining Nationhood and Belonging, will address this intersection of migration, identity formation and belonging from comparative and historical perspectives. The emphasis will be on the intersection of history, politics and commemorative practices/strategies. Case studies as well as theoretical contributions are welcome. We invite the submission of papers on the following topics:
- Migrant inclusion and political/historical representation;
- (Re)formation of nationhood and identities under conditions of diversity;
- Writing, teaching and displaying history in immigrant societies;
- Social and cultural practices/strategies of institutions, organisations and communities to represent migrants and their cultures/histories;
- Transnational and mediated public spheres;
- Borders and belongings: From guest workers and refugees to post-migrants;
- Methodological and theoretical contributions with regard to identity formation, identity politics and historical representation of migration;
The conference will be composed of:
- an opening panel for a larger audience, including invited spokespeople from politics and art;
- a keynote opening lecture;
- panels based on academic papers;
- roundtables with short statements to generate new questions and ideas;
Contributions may be either (longer) academic papers or (shorter) input statements for roundtables, focused on innovative and relevant topics. The conference will be framed by the 50th anniversary of the German-Turkish labor recruitment contract in October 2011. Its commemoration raises a number of questions which will be contextualized in a comparative and international framework. The conference will take up the case of fifty years of German-Turkish labor agreements to shed light on more general issues
stated above. A follow-up conference will be held in Essen in spring 2012, focussing on Lieux de mémoire [places/sites of memory] of migration history. The October 2011 conference is open to scholars in the Humanities and the Social Sciences in the widest sense (anthropology, ethnology, geography, history, law, political sciences, sociology etc.). Abstracts for papers or contributions to roundtables will be considered on a competitive basis. The number of speakers for panels will be limited to 25. Limited financial
support for participants to subsidize expenses for accommodation is available upon request.
Submissions of abstracts (max. 600 words) and a short biographical note (not more than two pages) including a list of (selected) publications are welcomed until June 30, 2011. Papers and contributions will be circulated in advance and must be received by September 25, 2011. Please indicate if you intend to give a full paper or wish to participate in a roundtable.
For further information please visit
http://www.network-migration.org/workshop2011 (accessible from June 1, 2011)
or contact ohliger@network-migration.org.
Submission deadline: June 30, 2011
Please send your application to ohliger@network-migration.org
The selection committee will select and notify the participants by early July 2011.

Balkan Connection, University of Sussex, 2-3 June 2011

Below is the programme for the conference. Please do not hesitate to circulate it.
All the best,
On behalf of the Organization Committee,
Ali Huseyinoglu
Balkan Connections Conference
June 2-3, 2011
Venue: Global Studies Resource Centre (Arts C)
University of Sussex (Brighton)
Programme
Thursday
Welcome tea and coffee: 12:00-12:30
Opening remarks (12:30-13:00)
Dr. Eugene Michail: Balkan histories: Key themes and alternative paths (University of Sussex)
Session I: Representing the Balkans (13:00-14:30)
Ana Živković Snowley: Splits and changes in discourse on Montenegro in the nineteenth century British writing: From denigration to glorification (University of Brighton)
Dr. Katerina Gachevska: Criminal identities and mafia images: Crime and political reform in post-communist Bulgaria (Birmingham City University)
Andy Anderson: A Map of the Vilayet of the Danube 1869 (Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS))
Tea and Coffee Break: 14:30-15:00
Session II: Echoes of the Ottoman Empire (15:00-16:30)
Dr. Clemens Hoffmann: Debating the Balkanization of Ottoman rule (University of Sussex)
Kerem Nisancioglu: Rethinking Ottoman decline: Uneven and combined development and the modern nation-state (University of Sussex)
Vesselina Ratcheva: Affects of the post-Ottoman: Narrating the present through the past (University of Sussex)
Break: 16:30-17:00
Keynote speaker: 17:00-18:30
Prof. Russell King: Geography-Migration-Albania (University of Sussex)
Dinner with keynote speakers (open to all participants): 19:30 at Ottoman Cuisine (BN2 3HQ)
Friday
Tea and coffee reception: 8:30-9:00
Session III: Trauma and Violence (9:00-10:30)
Marika Djolai: Community cooperation and adaptation strategies: The shaping of post-conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina (University of Sussex)
Andrea Szkil: Forensic specialists’ work in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina (University of Sussex)
Kalina Yordanova: Trauma transmission in the former Yugoslavia (UCL)
Break: 10:30-11:00
Keynote speaker: 11:00-12:00
Prof. Jane Cowan: A critical journey from the Balkans to Geneva (University of Sussex)
Lunch break: 12:00-12:45
Session IV: ‘Minorities’ in the ‘Balkans’ (12:45-14:15)
Emina Demiri: Social inclusion of Croatian ethnic minorities in the context of EU accession (University of Sussex)
Sebahattin Abdurrahman: Homogenization, integration or segregation: Minority rights in education of Western Thrace Turks in Greece (SOAS)
Ali Huseyinoglu: A missing ‘fourth’ actor?: Education of the Turkish minority in Greece through the lens of Brubaker’s Triadic Nexus Theory (University of Sussex)
Deniz Duru: Homogenization and New Diversities in Burgaz, the Princes Islands, Istanbul (University of Sussex)
Tea and coffee break: 14:15-14:45
Session V: NGOs, Nations-states, and EU Integration (14:45-16:15)
Marko Stojic: The changing nature of Serbian political parties’ attitudes towards the EU (University of Sussex)
Piotr Goldstein: Who are the 'NGO People' in Mostar and Novi Sad (University of Manchester)
Closing reception: 16:15-16:30
Closing remarks: 16:30-17:00
Dr. Dimitris Dalakoglou: Balkan (Dis)connections: Re-approaching the Balkan questions in the age of capitalist crisis (University of Sussex)
Dinner with keynote speakers (open to all participants): 18:30 at the Lion and Lobster pub (BN1 2PS)
Balkan Connections: ‘Balkan Connections’ is an initiative by a number of doctoral students at Sussex University. As a continuation of our respective research interests, we decided to create a platform to promote this area of regional studies at our university and to connect with other relevant departments throughout the UK and beyond

2nd International Conference- Matter and Materials in/for Cultural Heritage, Craiova, Romania, 24-28 August 2011‏

We are pleased to inform scientists and professionals in the field of conservation and restoration of cultural heritage as well as anybody interested in this area, about the 2nd International Conference "Matter and Materials in/for Cultural Heritage" (MATCONS 2011) to be held on 24-28 August 2011 in Craiova, Romania.
The first International edition of MATCONS was organised in Craiova in 2009 and its great success convinced us to maintain the same structure consisting in Plenary Sessions on general interest topics, Parallel Sessions on specific conservation and restoration subjects, training modules, a Round Table and a thematic excursion.
During the conference, the traditional National exhibition of restored heritage objects from workshops and laboratories across Romania will be displayed.
We cordially invite you to participate in this highly stimulating and practically oriented event and would be glad to welcome you to MATCONS 2011 in Craiova.
Scope
The Conference is aimed at providing a platform for presentation and discussion on the capabilities of Chemistry, Physics, Engineering and Technology to answer specific conservation-restoration needs raised by the conservation-restoration community. The Conference will focus not only on the scientific research and its direct application to the treatment and analysis of cultural heritage but also on the practical problems of intervention facing conservators and restorers and innovative possibilities for the conservation practice. It will offer the opportunity to share methods, studies and strategies regarding conservation, to deepen the interdisciplinary aspects, as well as the development of research and education in heritage conservation, bring out the activity of young conservation professionals and encourage networking.
Plenary lectures will provide the state-of-the-art of the international research in the field of conservation and restoration.
The official languages of the Conference are English and Romanian. A simultaneous interpretation service will be provided during the Conference.
Registration
The Registration Form must be returned by e-mail to the Conference Secretariat matcons2011@yahoo.com .
Deadline for the registration is June 10th, 2011.
The registration is valid only if accompanied or followed by the copy of the Registration Fee payment.
Registration fee
Regular participant EUR 150.00
Students (Certificate required) EUR 75.00
Registration fee includes:
• Attendance to all Scientific Sessions, Round Table, Training Course, National Exhibition of Restauration
• Conference material
• Social events
• Lunches, dinners and coffee breaks
Deadline for the registration fee payment is July 1st, 2011.
Social Programme
A Piano and Opera Arias Concert will be given by Master students of the National University of Music of Bucharest.
Group visits will be organised on request at:
• Casa Baniei, the ethnographic section of Oltenia Museum
• Historical churches in Craiova
A thematic excursion will be organised on 27 and 28 August at UNESCO and protected national sites in Oltenia.
Details on social and excursion programme will be made available soon.

Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeaness Exposed to Plural Observers, Vienna, 22-24 September 2011‏

The First Euroacademia Global Conference
Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeaness Exposed to Plural Observers
Vienna, 22-24 September 2011
Europe became in the 20th century an elaborated yet contested notion as a particular field of European studies emerged and extensive and diverse research was directed recently towards an intensified search for what Europe is about. The creation of the European Union made things even more specialized and increased the stake of methodological rigor as more and more Europeans are affected by the decisions taken in Brussels. The number, diversity and quality of research projects focused on European issues is unprecedented, yet, as it is usually the case with specialization it gradually led to discursive communities that rarely meet and debate their approaches in open floors together with peers from other continents, academic traditions and cultures. It is the aim of this conference to build a bridge among specialists from different regions, academic traditions and cultures that share a common interest in studying and addressing Europe as a reflexive concern.
The first Global Conference `Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeaness Exposed to Plural Observers'
aims exactly to refresh a broader approach and understanding of Europe by enlarging the platform of regular conferences and workshops for a wider arena of participants and disciplinary backgrounds in order to put on stage a worldwide monadology for such concerns. The conference aims to enable critical alternatives to the disciplinary orthodoxy by creating a framework for interaction and dissemination of diversity that has to become once more a European trademark. The conference also aims to become a constructive confrontational space for alternative methodologies, provocative puzzles, inter, multi and trans-disciplinary understandings for wider and also for thinner specialized issues of concern on or about Europe of today. In a way, such a conference aims to become a moment of return to the European specificity of critical self-understanding through dialogue and debate with all the discursive or narrative traditions that directly or indirectly constitute its self.
What is Europe and its place in the world? Is there something particular that sedimented in time and through a controversial history a European way? How does Europe see itself and how do others see it? Is Europe inclusive or club-based exclusive? Is Europe becoming a normative power or just envisages itself as one? Is the European multiculturalism a fact or an ideal? Is the European Union a reflection of Europe or an appropriation of it? These are just few questions out of an enormous space for inquiry that are to be addressed and confronted within the topic of the conference.
The conference is organized yet by no means restricted to the following orientative panels:
Europe as a would be world power
Europe and its internal and external others/outsiders
Europe and identities
Fortress Europe?
The EU and appropriations of Europe
Europe and the Mediterranean assortment
Europe and the inclusive/exclusive nexus
Europe and the US
Europe and anti-Americanism
Europe as seen from its Eastern neighbours
Europe as viewed from far away: narratives of the Europeans outside
Europe as viewed from Asia
Europe and Africa
Non-familiar faces of Europe
Knowing Europe in a different way: from Latin America to Australia
Europe and the EU as a normative power
EU regulatory practices in context
The multiple faces of Europeanization as a process
Europe and the persistence of the East-West Slope
Europe and crises
Europe and cosmopolitanism
Europe and the post-national orders
Europe in the world
European narratives of the past: the mnemonic/amnesic nexuses
Europeanization versus globalization
Europe and conflict resolution
European social models: welfare states and neoliberal suspicions
Europe and innovation
The politicization of Europe
The conference is addressed to academics, researchers and professionals with a particular interest in understanding Europe from all parts of the world. As the nature of the conference is intended to be multidisciplinary in nature different academic backgrounds are welcomed.
Post-graduate students, doctoral candidates and young researchers are welcomed to submit an abstract. Representatives of INGOs, NGOs, Think Tanks and activists willing to present their work with impact on or influenced by specific understandings of Europe are welcomed as well to submit the abstract of their contribution.
Abstracts will be reviewed and the participants are selected based on the proven quality of the abstract. The submitted paper for the conference proceedings is expected to be in accordance with the lines provided in the submitted abstract.
For Application: http://euroacademia.eu/conferences/europe-inside-out-europe-and-europeaness-exposed-to-plural-observers/apply-now/

Young People in the Balkans as Actors of Social Integration, Belgrade, 30 September- 1 October 2011

Conference call for papers
Institute for Sociological Research at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade is organizing an international conference:
Young People in the Balkans as Actors of Social Integration
On September 30th and October 1st 2011 at the Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade.
Topics: The conference aims at discovering the role, in the broadest terms, which young people from different Balkan countries play in processes of social dis/integration within particular society, the region, and Europe. The conference aims at covering the broad range of interdisciplinary topics, related to both normative and action level of young people's lives.
The conference will be in English and there will be no fee charge. Maintenance and travel costs for invited foreign participants will be covered by the organizers.
Conference participants are required to submit an abstract up to 250 words together with their affiliation and contact details via email to: isi@f.bg.ac.rs by June 1st, 2011

5th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, Athens, 4-7 April 2012‏

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) organizes its 5th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies in Athens, Greece, 4-7 April 2012. The conference website is: www.atiner.gr/mediterranean.htm<http://www.atiner.gr/mediterranean.htm>. Please submit an abstract (email only) to: atiner@atiner.gr<mailto:atiner@atiner.gr>, using the abstract submission form available at http://www.atiner.gr/docs/2012FORM-MDT.doc by the 5th of September 2011 to: Dr. Gregory A. Katsas, Academic Member of ATINER and Associate Professor, The American College of Greece-Deree College, Greece. Abstracts should include the following: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Affiliation, Current Position, an email address, and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Decisions are reached within 4 weeks. If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, review papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, Director, ATINER (gtp@atiner.gr<mailto:gtp@atiner.gr>).

The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars, researchers and students from all areas of Mediterranean Studies, such as history, arts, archaeology, philosophy, culture, sociology, politics, international relations, economics, business, sports, etc. Panel organizers are encouraged to submit their proposals by inviting other scholars that do research in the same area. Specific sessions will be organized on (a) country studies for both the European and non-European countries of the Mediterranean Basin, (b) the environmental, ecological and biological issues of the Mediterranean Sea, and (c) the Mediterranean islands (history, arts, culture, and all aspects of development) such as Cyprus, Malta, Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, Crete, Euboea, Majorca, Rhodes, Cyclades, Ionian, Dodecanese, etc. The registration fee is 250 euro, covering access to all sessions, two lunches, coffee breaks, and conference materials. Special arrangements will be made with a local luxury hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special social events will be organized: an official dinner with Greek night of entertainment with dinner, an educational excursion to Delphi, a special one-day educational cruise to the Greek islands, and a half-day tour around the wider area of Athens (Attica), which includes the Acropolis Hill and Parthenon.

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic organization, with the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers - from all over the world - could meet in Athens to exchange ideas on their research and discuss the future developments of their discipline. Since 1995, ATINER has organized more than 150 international conferences and has published over 100 books<http://www.atiner.gr/docs/BOOK_PUBLICATIONS.htm>. Academically, the Institute consists of four research divisions<http://www.atiner.gr/docs/RESEARCH_DIVISIONS.htm> and nineteen research units<http://www.atiner.gr/docs/RESEARCH_DIVISIONS.htm>. Each research unit organizes at least an annual conference and undertakes various small and large research projects.

Conference: The Cold War and the Postcolonial Moment: Prehistory, Aims and Achievements of the Non-Aligned Movement, 50 Years after Belgrade, Zurich, 3-4 June 2011‏

The University of Zurich, Department for Eastern European History, together with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Chair History of the Modern World, and the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi, cordially invite to the international conference
The Cold War and the Postcolonial Moment
Prehistory, Aims and Achievements of the Non-Aligned Movement 50 Years after Belgrade,
in Zurich, 3 and 4 June 2011.
In September 1961, the first conference of non-aligned nations took place in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. The idea behind the meeting was not new to many of the assembled delegates. Freedom activists from the European colonies in Asia, Africa, and South America had been discussing issues such as resistance against imperialism and peaceful coexistence for decades already, often together with pacifist and socialist intellectuals from Europe. They had gathered in Brussels in February 1927 in a conference of the League against Imperialism, and then in Bandung in April 1955. There, the newly independent nations of Asia and Africa attempted to organize themselves as the joint voice of the Third World, an illusion which almost instantly dissolved.
For Tito’s Yugoslavia, non-alignment became a matter of survival after its break with the Soviet Union and its refusal to join the NATO pact. Tito was quick to pick up the idea of peaceful coexistence and to wrap it into a new ideology. The special relationship developing between Tito, Nehru and Nasser after the Brioni Meeting of 1956, enabled Tito to host the Belgrade Conference of 1961. The new Movement of non-aligned states, united until today by minimal common goals and administration, was finally successful in offering the countries of Asia, Africa and South America a platform to speak together as one voice in forums such as the United Nations.
This conference remembers Belgrade 1961 by looking back at the ideological beginnings of the NAM in the times of the freedom movements and the founding of postcolonial states, examining the influence of its intellectual and political leaders, analyzing Yugoslavia’s role in the Movement, and discussing NAM’s function after the end of the Cold War, uniting senior and junior researchers and professionals from area studies, world history, political sciences and diplomacy.
Friday, 3 June 2011
Venue: ETH Main building
8:30 Room HG G 60 (Semper Aula)
Opening Ceremony
Welcome Addresses by Prof. Dr. Nada Boškovska, University of Zurich; Prof. Dr. Andreas Fischer, President, University of Zurich; Prof. Dr. Frank Schimmelfennig, Head, Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences ETH; and Prof. Dr. Harald Fischer-Tiné, ETH
Key Note Addresses:
Prof. em. Dr. Dietmar Rothermund, University of Heidelberg: „The Era of Non-Alignment“
Budimir Lončar, former Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia, Head of the President’s Advisory Board on Foreign Policy and International Relations, Zagreb (Croatia)
10:30 ETH Alumni Pavillon
Panel I: „Who invented Non-Alignment?“
A sort of friendly rivalry exists between Indian and Yugoslav diplomats about who invented non-alignment. This panel aims to explore the origins of the idea, and the contributions from various quarters.
Chair: Prof. Dr. Nada Boškovska, University of Zurich
Prof. Dr. Madeleine Herren, University of Heidelberg: Introduction
Maria Framke, Jacobs University, Bremen: „The 1930s in India: the formative period for non-alignment?“
Prof. Dr. Mridula Mukherjee, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi: „Nehru and the Non-Aligned Movement: Some Reflections“
Prof. Dr. Čedomir Štrbac, Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Belgrade: „Coexistence and Non-Alignment in Yugoslav Foreign Policy“
12:30 Lunch
13:30 ETH Alumni Pavillon
Panel II: „Non-Alignment as a Political Movement of Postcolonialism“
The political organization of the Third World was a direct consequence of the decolonization process and the wish of the freedom movements to rid themselves of the colonial past. As such, it represents the political wing of postcolonialism.
Chair: Prof. Dr. Harald Fischer-Tiné, ETH Zurich
Carolien Stolte, University of Leiden: „‚The Asiatic Hour’: The Asian Relations Conference (New Delhi 1947) as a Transitional Phase in Asian Relations“
Prof. Dr. Kweku Ampiah, University of Leeds: „The Non-aligned Movement and its References to the Bandung Conference“
Jürgen Dinkel, University of Giessen: „‚To grab the Headlines in the World Press’. Non-Aligned Summits as Media Events“
Prof. Dr. Itty Abraham, University of Texas, Austin: „The Necessity of Recognition: A Prolegomena to Non-Alignment as Movement“
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 ETH Alumni Pavillon
Panel III: „NAM as a Project of the Postcolonial Elites“
NAM was the joint project of the first generation of African and Asian leaders after independence. They devoted a lot of energy and enthusiasm into it, but did not succeed in engaging their respective peoples as well. They remained among themselves, forming a new class of Third World leaders.
Chair: Prof. Dr. Corinne Pernet, University of St. Gallen
Ambassador Chandrashekhar Dasgupta, Former Indian Foreign Service, New Delhi: „India’s Relations with the Commonwealth and its Influence on Foreign Policy“
Prof. Dr. Naoko Shimazu, Birkbeck College, University of London: „The Festival of Nations: A Cultural History of the Bandung Conference“
Dr. Elham Manea, Department for Political Science, University of Zurich: „Arab Elites in the Middle East during the 1950s“
Prof. Dr. Aditya Mukherjee, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi: „The Economic Foundations of Non-Alignment“
Saturday, 4 June 2011
Venue: University of Zurich (Building KO2, Entrance Karl Schmid-Strasse 4)
9:30 UZH KO2 F-174
Panel IV: „The NAM as a Cold War Necessity“
Non-Alignment was a reaction to the division of the world into two power blocs. Each country was forced to decide whether to join a superpower alliance or to remain independent. The latter was only possible through isolation, or through cooperation with likeminded states.
Chair: Prof. Dr. Andreas Wenger, ETH Zurich
Prof. Dr. Gopalan Balachandran, Graduate Institute, Geneva: „Recuperating the Global South: Super-Power Rivalries, Non-Alignment, and the Politics of Historical Memory“
Dr. Bhashyam Kasturi, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi: „Nehru’s Strategic Vision and Non-Alignment“
Dr. Amit Das Gupta, Institute of Contemporary History, Berlin: „The Non-Aligned and the German Question“
Prof. Dr. Lorenz Lüthi, McGill University, Montreal: „The Non-Aligned: Apart from and still within the Cold War“
12:00 Lunch
13:30 UZH KO2 F-174
Panel V: „Yugoslavia’s Role in Non-Alignment“
Yugoslavia was the only European state within the NAM which had significant impact on the movement’s decisions and actions. Latest research explores the reasons why.
Chair: Prof. Dr. Jeronim Perović, University of Zurich
Prof. Dr. Jože Pirjevec, University of Primorska, Koper: „The First Steps of Yugoslav Non-Aligned Foreign Policy: Ambassadors Djerdja and Vilfan in New Delhi“
Dr. Svetozar Rajak, London School of Economics, London: „Yugoslav–Soviet Normalization, 1953-1956 and the Beginning of the Yugoslav Road to Non-alignment“
Dr. Nataša Mišković, University of Zurich: „Belgrade and the First Summit of the Non-Aligned“
Prof. Dr. Tvrtko Jakovina, University of Zagreb: „Yugoslavia and the Non-Aligned Movement in the 1970s and 1980s“
15:30 Concluding Remarks
Prof. Dr. Mridula Mukherjee, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library
Dr. Nataša Mišković, University of Zurich
followed by Coffee break
16:15 UZH (Entrance Karl Schmid-Strasse 4), KO2 F-175
Round Table Discussion: „The Non-Aligned Movement after 1989“
With the end of the Cold War, NAM lost its main purpose and and the member states had to decide whether to diverge or to redefine the movement’s aims.
Moderation: Dr. Bernard Imhasly, former correspondent Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Mumbai
Budimir Lončar, former Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia, Head of the President’s Advisory Board on Foreign Policy and International Relations, Zagreb (Croatia)
Ambassador Rajiv Sikri, Former Indian Foreign Service, New Delhi
Prof. Dr. Ivan Iveković, American University in Cairo, former Yugoslav Ambassador to Egypt, Cairo
Dr. Claude Altermatt, Special Emissary to State Secretary, Swiss Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Berne
Admission free
Contact:
Dr. Nataša Mišković
Historisches Seminar der Universität Zürich
Abt. Osteuropäische Geschichte
Karl Schmid-Str. 4
CH-8006 Zürich
miskovic@access.uzh.ch
http://www.hist.uzh.ch/oeg

Picturing Moral Courage- Stories of Survival, Conference, Sarajevo, 15-16 July 2011‏

The Post-Conflict Research Center, the Center for Justice and
Reconciliation, PROOF Media for Social Justice and the Embassy of the United
States in Bosnia and Herzegovina invite interested students from the Western
Balkans to apply for participation in the “Picturing Moral Courage: Stories
of Survival” conference. The conference will be held on July 15th and 16th at
Hotel Europe in Sarajevo and funding has been secured for regional student
participants.
*About the conference: *
“Picturing Moral Courage: Stories of Survival” aims to educate participants
about the topic of moral courage using several creative approaches: a photo
exhibition depicting rescuers from all over the world and their personal
narratives; workshops that teach students how to use photography, media, and
other forms of artistic expression as a tool for peacebuilding and social
action; and a dramatic reenactment of rescuer narratives performed by
professional actors. Additionally, conference panelists and speakers will
present a wide variety of perspectives and topics from the fields of
genocide, education, art, media and peacebuilding. This conference will
give students from all over Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the greater Balkans
region, the chance to interact with each other and can play a role in
creating a network of informed citizens and youth members who can promote
peace and reconciliation in their respective communities. Bosnia and
Herzegovina is a country deeply affected by consequences of the recent war,
therefore, this conference aims to educate members of Bosnian youth and
civil society about topics related to moral courage and rescuer behavior and
their importance to sustainable peace in the country. One of the most
detrimental impediments to reconciliation and peacebuilding efforts is the
educational division within Bosnian schools throughout the country. This
divided system administers separate curricula to students of different
ethnicities, resulting in three independent understandings of conflict and
history.
*Application requirements:*
Students, including undergraduates, graduates and post-graduates, from
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, the F.Y.R. Macedonia,
Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia are encouraged to apply. A proven interest
in the issues the conference will address is crucial, as well as
demonstrated social and/or political engagement in your country of
origin. Round-trip
transportation, accommodation and some meals will be covered for all
selected participants.
**Applications are due on June 15th**
For more information, or to request an application, please send an email to
prccontact@gmail.com.

Debating Turkey-Between Two Fires: Fear/Political Violence and Reconciliation Efforts in the Kurdish Society,May 16, 2011, Monday // 14.00 Venue: Istanbul Sehir University, Altunizade Campus, Conference Hall‏

Debating Turkey
Public Lecture Series - 6
Ramazan Aras, Mardin Artuklu University
"Between Two Fires:
Fear/Political Violence and Reconciliation Efforts in the Kurdish Society"
Time: May 16, 2011, Monday // 14.00
Venue: Istanbul Bahçehir University, Altunizade Campus, Conference Hall
*Conference will be conducted in Turkish
Who is Ramazan Aras?
Dr. Aras completed his MA thesis, titled Migration and Memory: The Assyrian Identity in Kerboran/Dargeçit, Mardin 1910-1980, at the History Department of Boğaziçi University in 2005. He wrote his Ph.D. dissertation, titled Political Violence, Fear and Pain: The Formation of Kurdishness in Turkey", at the Antrophology Department of Western Ontario University (Canada) in 2009. His research interests are antrophology of emotions, political science, fear, trauma, migration, body, state, memory, space, border and borderlands. Nowadays he continues his research on Brides, Smugglers and Prisoners: Crossings Between Life and Death in the Turkish-Syrian Border.

Bucharest International Summer Seminar, Myths, Heroes and Identities Dead Line 11-18 May

Asociatia Studentilor la Istorie DACIA/ ISHA Bucharest is
pleased to announce you that from 4th to 10th of July
2011 will take place
Bucharest International Summer Seminar
“Myths, Heroes and Identities”.
The subscription period begins on 6th May and
ends on 11th May 2011 with the possibility to be postponed for
another one week and the participation fee is 70 €.
For details check ISHA Bucharest’s web page (http://ishabucharest.asid-ub.ro/)
where you can also find and download the application form which you may send
back to bucharestseminar2011@asid-ub.ro.
The seminar will be attended by a number of 60 participants
– history and other connected sciences students that will be divided into 6
workshops (10 participants per workshop): 1. Heroes and founding myths; 2.
Popular beliefs, superstitions and urban legends; 3. National identity in
European politics; 4. Homo sapiens sapiens – a gender breakthrough; 5.
Minorities and international conflicts; 6. Cultural identity and globalization.
For additional informations check: http://ishabucharest.asid-ub.ro/

Women and Politics in South East Europe, Wien, 18 May 2011, 18h‏

Das Institut für den Donauraum und Mitteleuropa (IDM)
und das Renner-Insitut
laden Sie herzlich ein zur Diskussion
Women and Politics in South East Europe
Rada Boriæ, Director and Co-founder of the Centre for Women's Studies Zagreb, Croatia
Marija Æatoviæ, Mayor of the Municipality of Kotor, Montenegro
Samra Filipoviæ-Hadžiabdiæ, Director of the Gender Equality Agency, Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Aleksandra Vidanoviæ, Executive Director of the Junior Achievement in Serbia, Belgrade
Termin
18. Mai, 18.00 Uhr
Ort
Albert Schweitzer-Haus, Schwarzspanierstraße 13, 1090 Wien

Islam and the Continuing Rise of Islamophobia, Encompassing Crescent‏

From September 11, 2001 to the death of Osama Bin Laden; from the banning of the
niqab to the burning the Qur’an; from prohibitions on the wearing of religious
symbols to talk of banning religious practices in public spaces; and, from
Islamic political parties to the Arab Spring of 2011, the topic of Islam and the
rise of Islamophobia continues to be relevant. Given the change in events and
its continued dominance, Encompassing Crescent’s (EC) second issue will cover
this theme from a variety of viewpoints and topics.
EC is currently soliciting articles and book reviews on this theme, which
should be between 2-4 pages (750-1500 words)and submitted no later than June 19,
2011. Send questions on and submission for the second issue to the editors at:

Fatih Seyhanoglu fatihseyhanoglu@gmail.com
Rachael Rudolph rachaelrudolph@gmail.com
While listed below are suggested topics to be covered, please note that the
topics for this issue are not thereto confined. Topics may cover Islam or
Islamophobia generally and/or specifically and from a broad range of
perspectives.
Suggested topics on Islam
* Islam in and with the West
* Islamic identity or Identities
* Living as a Muslim in a Changing World
* Diversity in Islam
* Diversity from an Islamic Juridical Perspective
* Tolerance in Islam
* Islam, Democracy and Governance
* Islamic Movements and Political Parties
* Inter-faith dialogue
* Women in Islam
* Wearing Islamic dress and performing prayer in public places
Suggested topics on Islamophobia
* Defining What is and is not Islamophobia
* Anti-Islamism or Islamophobia?
* Factors contributing to the rise of Islamophobia
* Islam and Islamophobia in a particular country/region
* Perceptions and Stereotypes of Muslims and its impact on Islamophobia
* Social Acceptability of Muslims in the West
* Are discrimination, racism and hatred of Muslims different from other forms?
* Strategies for combating Islamophobia
* Impact of Usama Bin Laden on Islamaphobia
Encompassing Crescent Magazine
7802 37TH AVE
P.O. Box 720122
JACKSON HEIGHTS NY 11372 http://encompassingcrescent.com/

Distinction and Unification. Regional and Supraregional Memories, 2nd Workshop of the Network Media and Memoria in South-Eastern Europe, University of Novi Sad, 25-28 May 2011‏

Distinction and Unification. Regional and Supraregional Memories
2nd Workshop of the Network Media and Memoria in South-Eastern Europe
University of Novi Sad

25th - 28th May 2011

Venue: Faculty of Philosophy, Dr Zorana &#272;in&#273;i&#263;a 2, room 2/0
Organized by the Univeristy of Konstanz and University of Novi Sad
Sponsored by the DAAD
(German Academic Exchange Office)

Distinction and Unification. Regional
and Supraregional Memories

The workshop Distinction and Unification
is the second annual meeting of an
international network for South-Eastern
studies which has been founded in 2010
in Ljubljana. It intends to intensify the international
exchange of scholars and advanced
students from different branches
– history, political sciences, art history,
media studies and literature. The members
of the network share a common interest
in the diverse transnational and national
memory cultures in South-Eastern
Europe, their interference and their rivalry.
It deals with various phenomena associated
with the construction of memory in
different media of remembrance. These
involve longue durée, breaks and gaps, selection
and suppression, traumatic events
and the loss of memory, nostalgia, false
memory, reactivation, rituals and traces of
memory, various cultures of remembering
the world wars and the Shoa etc.

Wednesday, 25th May 2011
9.00 Opening
Registration
Welcoming addresses by
Milorad &#272;uri&#263;, Secretary for culture. Autonomous province of Vojvodina
Miroslav Veskovi&#263;, Rector. University of Novi Sad
Ivana Živan&#269;evi&#263;-Sekeruš, Vice-dean for international relations and science. Faculty of Philosophy.
University of Novi Sad
Tanja Zimmermann, Founding speaker of the international Network Media and Memoria in South-
Eastern Europe. University of Konstanz
10.00 – 11.30 Panel 1: Commemorating the World Wars and the Shoa
• Nenad Makuljevi&#263; (Belgrade),
Avala: World War I memorial and national landscape
• Asta Vre&#269;ko (Ljubljana),
Representing absolute evil: Zoran Muši&#269;
• Fanika Šimovi&#263; (Split),
Viktor Morpurgo and his role in the efforts to rescue the Jews in Dalmatia in 1942/43
• Igor Borozan (Belgrade),
Visualization of trauma: The memory of war crimes in Ma&#269;va during the two World
Wars
• Lidija Kapusevska-Drakulevska (Skopje),
Individual and collective memory as trauma. An interpretation of Aegeans and The
Snow in Casablanca by Kica Kolbe
Discussion
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 14.00
• Aleksandar Jakir (Split),
Remembering the war 1991-95 in Croatia. The role of cultural memory, schools and
media
• Esther Wahlen/Julia King/Manuela Brenner (Regensburg),
Superimposed memories: World War II and the war of the 1990s in the collective
memory in Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Adisa Baši&#263; (Zagreb),
Returning human faces to the round number of victims: The role of poetry in preserving
memory of war victims in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Lidija Nikolova (Skopje),
No man's land - using fiction as process of creating memory
• Nastasia Louveau (Berlin),
The war in the comic, the comic in the war: the text-picture medium as a privileged
place for the negotiation of memory
Discussion
14.00 – 15.00 Lunch break (free time)
15.30 – 17.00 Guided tour to the memorial places in Novi Sad by Dragan Prole
17.30 – 18.00 Aperitif
18.00 – 19.00 Dragan Veliki&#263; reads from his recent literary work
20.00 Dinner (Restaurant Plava frajla)

Thursday, 26th May 2011
9.00 – 10.30 Panel 1 (continued): Commemorating the World Wars and the Shoa
• Goran Korunovi&#263; (Belgrade),
Memory of World War II in the novel Kapo by Aleksandar Tišma
• Tihomir Brajovi&#263; (Belgrade),
Like a disease that is constantly coming back: contemporary south Slavic narratives and
World War II
• Ajla Demiragi&#263; (Sarajevo),
Politics of hope. Representation of life after Srebrenica in Bosnian literature
• Jovana Mihajlovi&#263; Trbovc (Ljubljana),
Srebrenica, from intimate to international commemoration
Discussion
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 13.00 Panel 2: Brotherhood and unity – remembrance and oblivion
• Željko Milanovi&#263; (Novi Sad),
Brotherhood and unity and the history of literature
• Reana Senjkovi&#263; (Zagreb),
Brotherhood and unity highway: Youtube memories
• Mario Šimundi&#263; (Split),
Discourses about "brotherhood and unity" during the so-called "Croatian Spring" in the
local media
• Matteo Colombi (Leipzig),
Regional/National/Intranational/International: Trieste in Cold War movies
• Toni Santri&#263; (Split),
Rock music in socialist Yugoslavia and its impact on "brotherhood and unity"
• Jelena Kleut (Novi Sad),
Youtubing the song "Ra&#269;unajte na nas" (re)use and (re)interpretation
• Manuela Schwärzler/Tanja Zimmermann (Konstanz),
Construction of brotherhood and unity in Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia after 1945
Discussion
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch break (free time)
14.00 – 17.00
• Jasna Galjer (Zagreb),
Monuments as symbols of (unwanted) memory
• Milan Miljkovi&#263; (Belgrade),
Simulation and authenticity - (re)construction of collective memory in the poetic texts
of Politika's cultural add at the end of the last century
• Milan Popadi&#263; (Belgrade),
On the ruins of the socialist Novi Pazar: the memory of a vision of brotherhood and
unity
• Katarina Tyran (Berlin),
Unity across borders - On the media discourse among Burgenland Croats after 1989
• Mirko Milivojevi&#263; (Belgrade),
A History of a symbol: Yugo – short autobiography
• Barbara Murovec (Ljubljana),
Slovenian academy of sciences and arts – France Stele and his Yugoslav related research
• Katarina Mohar (Ljubljana),
Building of Slovenian national assembly and its context
Discussion
17.30 Aperitif
18.00-19.30 Presentation of a film by Želimir Žilnik – commented by the director himself
20.00 Dinner (Restaurant Kafanica)

Friday, 27th May 2011
9.00 – 11.00 Panel 2 (continued): Brotherhood and unity – remembrance and oblivion
• Boris Škvorc (Split),
Culture(s) of hegemony: About the fate of rock and roll, cult writers and cultural paradigms
of the early eighties at the beginning of the 21st century
• Sonja Veselinovi&#263; (Novi Sad),
Symbolic role of the ex-Yugoslav literature in the novel Ministry of Pain by Dubravka
Ugreši&#263;
• Martina Maleši&#269; (Ljubljana),
Post-war architectural modernism in Slovenia: national, transnational or international
• Miranda Jakiša (Berlin),
Post-unity on stage. Postdramatic theater today
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Panel 3: Memory cultures of regions and minorities
• Ulf Brunnbauer (Regensburg),
Creating ethnoscapes: Conflicting memories of the Batak massacre (1876)
• Ivana Živan&#269;evi&#263;-Sekeruš (Novi Sad),
"Forgotten" places of memory - Cemeteries of Novi Sad
• Marjeta Ciglene&#269;ki (Maribor),
General Rudolf Maister (1874–1934) in the memory of Slovenes. Adoration and disregard
• Meta Kordiš (Maribor),
Cultural renaissance in Maribor after the arrival of Slovene emigrants from occupied
territories (Rapallo agreement 1920). The case of the Šantel family
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch break (free time)
14.00 – 17.00
• Marijan Buljan (Split),
Local newspapers as generator of national consciousness in Dalmatia during the interwar
years
• Branimir Jankovi&#263; (Zagreb),
The mediation of historical memory during the Croatian Spring
• Ena Hodži&#263; (Zagreb),
Museum of contemporary art in Zagreb as a place of cultural memory
• Duje Jakov&#269;evi&#263; (Split),
Media and politics during the campaign before the first multi-party elections in Croatia
1990
• Dunja Mel&#269;i&#263;-Mikuli&#263; (Frankfurt am Main),
Constructing and deconstructing memories - a theoretical draft
Discussion
17.30 Aperitif
18.00 – 19.00 Sreten Ugri&#269;i&#263; reads from his recent work
20.00 Dinner (Restaurant Soka&#269;e)

Saturday, 28th May 2011
9.00 – 11.00 Panel 3 (continued): Memory cultures of regions and minorities
• Katica Kulavkova (Skopje),
Shared figures and places of memory among Balkan cultures and peoples
• Vladimir Vojinovi&#263; (Podgorica),
Vulnerable memory of Montenegro's literature
• Bojana Stojanovi&#263; Pantovi&#263; (Novi Sad),
On the crossroad of the cultural and personal identities: Chernobyl Strawberries by
Vesna Goldsworthy
• Dijala Hasanbegovi&#263; (Sarajevo),
Saša Staniši&#263;: A clash of perspectives: memory and post-memory
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00
• Kristin Lindemann (Konstanz),
The Bosnian Muslims – between two worlds
• Katrin Winkler (Konstanz),
Localizing Language – Orality and regionalism in Bosnia and Hercegovina
• Enver Kazaz (Sarajevo),
Osmanophobic and osmanophilic discourses in constituting cultural memory in Bosnia
and Herzegovina
• Mevlida Djuvi&#263; (Tuzla),
Poetics of memory in the novel &#268;ovjekova porodica by Tvrtko Kulenovi&#263;
Discussion
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch break (free time)
14.00 – 17.00
• Mirela Berbi&#263; (Tuzla),
Memories: an alternative living space or dystopian narrative in short stories and novels
by Aleksandar Hemon
• Andrea Leši&#263;-Thomas (Sarajevo),
Gendering memory: Anti-fairy-tales in Selvedin Avdi&#263;'s novel Sedam strahova
• Alma Deni&#263;-Grabi&#263; (Tuzla),
Cultural syncretism in the travel prose Seven days through Bosnia by Ivan Lovrenovi&#263;
• Diana Hitzke (Berlin/Erfurt),
Maps, (Hi)stories and Local Spaces: About Media and Memory in David Albahari`s
Mamac and Snežni &#269;ovek
• Davor Beganovi&#263; (Wien),
Conspiracy theory and cultural memory: Danilo Kiš's Book of Kings and Fools and David
Albahari's Leeches
• Iva Radisavljevi&#263; (Konstanz),
Woman and Nation. Images in South Slavic literature
Discussion
17.00 General discussion; further steps of the network
20.00 Dinner (Restaurant Arhiv)

Dying and Death in 18th-21st century Europe, Alba Iulia, Romania, 29 September-1 October 2011‏

Alba County Council; "1 Decembrie 1918" University of Alba Iulia,
Romania; Ariodante Fabretti Foundation, Turin, Italy
29.09.2011-01.10.2011, Alba Iulia, Romania, History Department of 1
Decembrie 1918, University of Alba Iulia
Deadline: 10.06.2011

On behalf of the Scientific and Organizing Committee, we are pleased to
invite you to attend at the fourth edition of Dying and Death in
18th-21st century Europe, International Conference (ABDD04) to be held
between 29th September and 1st October 2011, in Alba Iulia, Romania.

The main aim of this conference is to bring together historians,
sociologists, psychologists, and physicians from all over the Europe and
to attract original papers on the following topics:

1. Cultural history of death
2. New ritualisations of death in the 21st century
3. Bereavement in modern and post-modern society
4. Suicide, euthanasia and the law
5. End of life and palliative care
6. Definitions of death in terms of biomedicine and otherwise
7. Commemorating the dead in space and time
8. Bodily disposal: implications of the shift from burial to cremation
9. Religion and the meaning of death

Scientific Committee:
Marina Sozzi (Italy)
Peter C. Jupp (UK)
Illona Kemppainen (Finland)
Zdenek Nespor (Czech Republic)
Adriana Teodorescu (Romania)
Marius Rotar (Romania)

Partners: Amurg. Romanian Cremation Association;
Romanian Association for Death Studies

Authors should submit an abstract before June 10, 2011 at the following
addresses: mrotar2000@yahoo.com<https://mail.uni-leipzig.de/portal/imp/message.php?mailbox=INBOX&index=5699&start=3&message_token=Slec9KUZqqt1PgsT2hE_sHnrAwo&actionID=delete_message#>;
adriana.teodorescu@gmail.com<https://mail.uni-leipzig.de/portal/imp/message.php?mailbox=INBOX&index=5699&start=3&message_token=Slec9KUZqqt1PgsT2hE_sHnrAwo&actionID=delete_message#>or
marina.sozzi@fastwebnet.it<https://mail.uni-leipzig.de/portal/imp/message.php?mailbox=INBOX&index=5699&start=3&message_token=Slec9KUZqqt1PgsT2hE_sHnrAwo&actionID=delete_message#>
Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. These
proceedings are edited as supplement of Annales Universitatis Apulensis.
Series Historica, the journal of History Department of 1 Decembrie 1918
University of Alba Iulia, Romania. These proceedings are in indexed in
CEEOL - (Central and Eastern European Online Library) (international
Database). Please visit:
http://www.ceeol.com/aspx/issuedetails.aspx?issueid=7ec197d6-97e0-4afc-9fed-a35fd7a2afd0&articleId=59a8d81c-130e-4618-babe-5a00317a2570
to read the abstracts of the previous proceedings of ABBDD03.

The costs of accommodation will be covered by the organizers (meals,
hotel accommodation, official reception), except for the travel expenses
that will have to be covered by the participants themselves.

If your paper will be accepted for publication in the conference
proceedings, there is a publication fee: 25 EUR per each accepted
paper.

Other information:

If your abstract proposal will be accepted for a presentation, please
book your flights to Cluj-Napoca airport or Sibiu airport.

For the previous editions of this conference please visit:
http://romaniandeathcremation.blogspot.com

Conference of the International and Intercultural Communication, Erfurt, 27-29 October 2011‏

The conference will scrutinize Western media studies from previously peripheral, non-Western perspectives and research areas. And it will consider the (potential) reciprocal impacts of these non-Western perspectives on Western research.

The central aim is to initiate an insightful exchange on the interrelationship of non-Western and Western perspectives in order to inspire research practice.

Confirmed Keynote speakers:

* Dr. Raka Shome (New York University)
* Prof. Dr. Daniel Hallin (University of California San Diego)

Travel Grants:
There will be travel grants available for outstanding proposals. The grants will be awarded to emerging scholars (doctoral students and post-docs) and will not exceed 500€.

The following panels are intended to explore the theme of the conference:

Panel 1: Research landscapes: Proposals for professional reflection

This meta-discursive panel will allow a professional self-positioning or self-reflection vis-à-vis the status quo of current international and intercultural communication studies from different (geographical) positions.

Panel 2: Media & globalization: A critical analysis of a research construct

This multidisciplinary panel will analyze the integration of Western and non-Western perspectives, the discussion of proximity and distance between media products and systems, and thus reassess the explanatory power of globalization theories and their terminology in research on international and intercultural communication.

Panel 3: Journalism: Demarcating, transcending and subverting borders

This panel will explore the classical fields of journalism research, such as foreign correspondence, media ethics or the impact of technological innovations on journalistic work, and consider the reciprocal influences between "center" and "periphery" in them.

Panel 4: Media & development: Western claims and local needs

Media assistance is becoming increasingly important in international development efforts. This panel will feature a critical discussion of the theoretical foundations of the concept of media assistance, its relation to methodology and the empirical evaluation of its successes and failures.

Panel 5: Diaspora & media: The periphery as a dynamic center

This panel wishes to develop different approaches to assessing the role of media for diasporic communities and use them as resources for the expansion of Western and non-Western perspectives.

Submission and selection of papers

Please send your proposal for a 20-minute presentation to the organizers (iic2011@uni-erfurt.de) no later than May 15, 2011 (using a pdf or a doc file). The abstract should not be longer than 8000 characters (including blank spaces) and should be assigned to one of the panels. Submissions for the conference should be made in English. Please add a title page to the abstract containing the name(s) and address(es) of the presenter(s) and the title of the presentation. All submissions will be subjected to anonymous review and submitters will be informed by June 15, 2011 about the outcome of the selection process.
Registration & Fees
Registration will be open from June 1 to September 15, 2011.
Please use the form on the website to register. (will be available in June)
The conference fee will be 30 Euro.
Students and doctoral students will have to pay a reduced fee of 20 Euro.

Website: http://www.uni-erfurt.de/kommunikationswissenschaft/conference/
Email: iic2011@uni-erfurt.de
Scholarship / Financial aid: travel grants available
Date: October 27-29, 2011
Deadline: May 15, 2011
Open to: doctoral students and post-docs

Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference, Paris, 2-6 July 2012

We are pleased to announce that the 9th International Conference
Crossroads in Cultural Studies will be held in Paris, France, from July
2nd to 6th, 2012, hosted by Sorbonne Nouvelle University and UNESCO.
The city of Paris has a long and complex history as a crossroad between
cultures and peoples. Paris has played an important role in the
development and circulation of the works of authors and thinkers that
have shaped the postcolonial imagination in a significant way. Drawing
on their tradition of comprehensive and critical thought, the organizers
seek contributions in the form of papers and panels that will continue
to examine the intersection between culture, power and knowledge from
within the framework of Cultural Studies.
The conference will also be hosted by UNESCO, the international
organization that has always championed cultural diversity and
difference. Given the long association between Cultural Studies research
and UNESCO, this conference should be an occasion for Cultural Studies
to look back on its own evolution as well as explore new scholarly insights.
12 World-class Keynote Speakers from all over the world will
address the conference at keynote and plenary sessions. Among them,
Sarah Ahmed, Marie-Hélène Bourcier, Jeremy Gilbert, Achille Mbembe,
Walter Mignolo, Bobby Noble, Phaedra Pezzullo, Françoise Vergès. With
the participation of Stuart Hall and Jacques Rancière (to be confirmed).
State of the art conference topics. All topics relevant to
Cultural Studies, especially new and innovative areas of research are
welcome.
Submit your proposal now! The call for papers and organized panel
proposals is now open. Check the submission guidelines and submit before
September 30, 2011.
ACS Assistance Scheme for Crossroads 2012. The Association for
Cultural Studies will offer a small number of grants to assist
participants from ACS under-represented regions with travel
accommodation or registration expenses.
Attractive and convenient accommodation in the heart of the city
of Paris and close to the conference venues. Cheaper campus
accommodation will also be available close at hand at the International
Paris University Campus.
Prof Éric Maigret (Conference Director) on behalf of the National and
Local Committees
Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris
Website: http://www.crossroads2012.org
Contact: crossroads2012@univ-paris3.fr

Strengthening European Participatory Democracy Sofia, 1-8 May 2011

The National Student Confederation along with JEF and UEF-Bulgaria have the pleasure of inviting you to participate in the international training course "Strenthening European Participatory Democracy".
In the post Lisbon Europe more and more decisions move from a national to a European level. Besides those legal and political changes, it is important to develop a European consciousness in order to live and work in a globalising world and be not only a citizen but an active citizen. However, active citizenship is not only important for the people living in the EU, it is also necessary for the EU itself. The EU depends on participation and needs a political and active citizen. However, there seems to be a lack of knowledge about the various possibilities for creating and being part of the European civil society.
The training course "Strengthening European Participatory Democracy" to be held in Sofia from 1 to 8 May, 2011 will provide young people with knowledge and skills for active participation in the democratic life of the union. The political, social, economic and cultural aspects that the course addresses will contribute to shape a vision how to strengthen European democracy and reaffirm the concept of active European citizenship.
The participants will acquire competences about how to develop activities fostering European citizenship and practical knowledge how to communicate the EU to the young citizens. The ideas and knowledge generated during the course can be used by every participant and be implemented at local level
Methodology:
Panel discussions, working groups, lectures, plenary sessions, simulation games and information market will be some of the methods used to debate these issues.
The rich social program, including horse ride in Vitosha mountain (optional), parties and sightseeing trip to the Rila Monastery, one of the most significant and picturesque monuments on the Balkans, will enable the participants to feel the atmosphere of Bulgaria - an ever-evolving and modern country with great cultural heritage and traditions, dating back from Roman and Byzantine times.
PARTICIPATING CONDITIONS
Age 18-30
Countries EU Member states
Costs 70% of Travel Costs will be reimbursed (up to 230 Euro)
Fee/person 75 Euro participation fee/person
Board & lodging covered by the organisers
Deadline for applying: 24 April 2011!!!
FOR MORE DETAILS AND APPLICATION FORM:
nsc@scas.acad.bg

The First Global Conference Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeaness Exposed to Plural Observers, Vienna, 23-25 June 2011‏

Europe became in the 20th century an elaborated yet contested notion
as the particular field of European studies emerged and extensive and
diverse research was directed recently towards an intensified search
for what Europe is about. The creation of the European Union made
things even more specialized and increased the stake of methodological
rigor as more and more Europeans are affected by the decisions taken
in Brussels. The number, diversity and quality of research projects
focused on European issues is unprecedented, yet, as it is usually the
case with specialization it gradually led to discursive communities
that rarely meet and debate their approaches in open floors together
with peers from other continents, academic traditions and cultures. It
is the aim of this conference to build a bridge among specialists from
different regions, academic traditions and cultures that share a
common interest in studying and addressing Europe as a reflexive
concern.

The first Global Conference `Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeaness
Exposed to Plural Observers' aims exactly to refresh a broader
approach and understanding of Europe by enlarging the platform of
regular conferences and workshops for a wider arena of participants
and disciplinary backgrounds in order to put on stage a worldwide
monadology for such concerns. The conference aims to enable critical
alternatives to the disciplinary orthodoxy by creating a framework for
interaction and dissemination of diversity that has to become once
more a European trademark. The conference also aims to become a
constructive confrontational space for alternative methodologies,
provocative puzzles, inter, multi and trans-disciplinary
understandings of wider and also for thinner specialized issues of
concern for or about Europe of today. In a way, such a conference aims
to become a moment of return to the European specificity of critical
self-understanding through dialogue and debate with all the discursive
or narrative traditions that directly or indirectly constitute its self.

What is Europe and its place in the world? Is there something
particular that sedimented in time and through a controversial history
a European way? How does Europe see itself and how do others see it?
Is Europe inclusive or club-based exclusive? Is Europe becoming a
normative power or just envisages itself as one? Is the European
multiculturalism a fact or an ideal? Is the European Union a
reflection of Europe or an appropriation of it? These are just few
questions out of an enormous space for inquiry that are to be
addressed and confronted within the topic of the conference.

The conference is organized yet by no means restricted to the
following orientative panels:

Europe as a would be world power
Europe and its internal and external others/outsiders
Europe and identities
Fortress Europe?
EU and appropriations of Europe
Europe and the Mediterranean assortment
Europe and the inclusive/exclusive nexus
Europe and the US
Europe and anti-Americanism
Europe as seen from its Eastern neighbours
Europe as viewed from far away: narratives of the Europeans outside
Europe as viewed from Asia
Europe and Africa
Non-familiar faces of Europe
Knowing Europe in a different way: from Latin America to Australia
Europe and the EU as a normative power
EU regulatory practices in context
The multiple faces of Europeanization as a process
Europe and the persistence of the East-West Slope
Europe and crises
Europe and cosmopolitanism
Europe and the post-national orders
Europe in the world
European narratives of the past: the mnemonic/amnesic nexuses
Europeanization versus globalization
Europe and conflict resolution
European social models: welfare states and neoliberal suspicions
Europe and innovation
The politicization of Europe

However, if you are willing to propose and/or chair a particular panel
we welcome you to do so.

Participant's Profile
The conference is addressed to academics, researchers and
professionals with a particular interest in Europe from all parts of
the world. Post-graduate students, doctoral candidates and young
researchers are welcome to submit an abstract. Representatives of
INGOs, NGOs, Think Tanks and activists willing to present their work
with impact on or influenced by specific understandings of Europe are
welcomed as well to submit the abstract of their contribution.
Abstracts will be reviewed and accepted based on their proven quality.
The submitted paper is expected to be in accordance with the lines
provided in the submitted abstract.

A specific spot in the conference program will be dedicated to social
networking and therefore all the participants interested in setting or
developing further cooperation agendas and prospects with other
participants will have time to present and/or promote their project
and express calls for cooperation. A specific setting for promotional
materials connected with the topic of the conference will be reserved
for the use of participants. Books authored or edited by the
participants can be exhibited and promoted during the whole period of
the conference and can also be presented within the conference package
based on prior arrangements.

Selected papers will be published in an electronic volume with ISBN
after the confirmation of the authors and a double peer-review process
based on an agreed publication schedule. All the papers selected for
publication should be original and must not have been published
elsewhere. All participants to the conference will receive a copy of
the volume.

Participation fee: 300 Euro
The participation fee includes: the registration fee, all the
materials of the conference, a copy of the electronic volume, access
to Euroacademia discussion group and newsletters, discounted rates for
participation in the future Euroacademia conferences, coffee brakes
with snacks for all the duration of the conference, wine reception and
a cocktail with buffet dinner for 23rd June – the opening day, 3
course lunch on 24th of June, optional social program. Discounted
rates for specific hotels can be arranged by organizers and announced
to selected participants.

Participants are responsible for finding funding to cover
transportation and accommodation costs during the whole period of the
conference. Official letters can be sent by Euroacademia to the
financing institution to confirm the selection and participation in
the conference upon request.

DEADLINE FOR 300 WORDS ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION IS 15TH OF MAY 2011

The 300 word abstracts and the affiliation details should be submitted
in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats, following this order:
1) author(s), 2) affiliation, 3) email address, 4) title of abstract,
5) body of abstract 6) preferred panel or proposed panel
The abstract and details can be sent to application@euroacademia.eu
with the name of the conference specified in the subject line or
through the on-line application form available at www.euroacademia.eu/
We will acknowledge the receipt of your proposal and answer to all
paper proposals submitted.
IMPORTANT DATES: If your paper was accepted a notification of
acceptance will be sent to you by 20th of May 2011. Your confirmation
of attendance will be expected until 1st of June 2011 and until the
10th of June the payment of the participation fee through bank
transfer is requested. No paper will be introduced in the program
without confirmation and payment of the participant fee. By 10th of
June 2011the full paper is to be sent according with the style
standards provided to the accepted participants by organizers. All
papers will be uploaded on the website as drafts available for
consultation fo r other participants and the public.The conference
will be held in English and will focus on the discussion of
5,000–6,000-word, pre-circulated papers.

Euroacademia is a non-profit organization, based in Vienna (Austria),
aiming to foster academic cooperation, networking and a platform for
dissemination and valorization of academic research results, trends,
and emerging themes within the area of concern for European studies,
political science, critical studies, cultural studies, history,
anthropology, social psychology, semiotics, philosophy, sociology and
wider and inclusive interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary
approaches that contribute to a better understanding of the
`self-organizing vertigo' (Edgar Morin) of the European realm.
Euroacademia's goal is to become a hub for academic interaction on and
about Europe.
For more information visit www.euroacademia.eu
Euroacademia Organizing Team
Schuttelstrasse 57/221020
Vienna Austria
Phone:+43 699 130 33 111
Email: office@euroacademia.eu

Conferance Populist Racism in Europe, Northampton, 29-30 September 2011‏

The Radicalism and New Media research group at the University of
Northampton will host a two-day international conference called "Populist
Racism in Britain and Europe since 1945". Following an established
tradition, this conference will bring together scholars, practitioners and
third sector professionals, engaged in ground-breaking research on the
causes, nature and effect of populist racism, or who are seeking to
provide a practical response to a vast array of concerns associated with
its impact. With the rapid rise of populist racism penetrating the
political, social, and cultural spheres, as well as the mass media, a
burst of studies on this cannot have come at a more apposite time.
However, the scholarly works in general – to practitioners' and officials'
disappointment – often fall behind the developmental trajectories of
populist racism, sometimes due to the lag-time between writing and actual
print publication of innovative research.
The agenda behind the International Conference "Populist Racism in
Britain and Europe since 1945" is exactly to reduce the lag time between
undertaking research and disseminating important findings, so these have
a timely impact on practice. At the same time scholars of populist racism
will have an opportunity to engage in a much needed, dynamic dialogue
with practitioners, which will allow academics align their research
priorities. The conference will therefore provide a combination of
theoretical and empirical studies on populist racism by established and
young scholars, as well as papers and reports from practitioners and
civil servants.

Day 1: Populist Racism in Britain
Day 1 of the conference will focus on populist racism in Britain and will
be case-oriented.
Themes:
– Comparative and/or historical analysis of British racist populism
– Prejudice against Travellers, immigrants and asylum-seekers
– The ever-changing face of anti-Semitism
– Religion is the new colour? The rise of Islamophobia
– Racism in the mass media, and cultural production
– Populist racism and crime
– English Defence League: from anti-extremist protests to a racist street
army
– British National Party: `common sense', `racial realism', or plain racism?
– `Traditional' vs. `non-traditional' immigrants: tensions among minority
groups

Day 2: Populist Racism across Europe
Day 2 will be country- and region-oriented, and feature four panels.
Panel 1 – Western Europe
Panel 2 – Northern Europe
Panel 3 – Central and Eastern Europe
Panel 4 – Southern Europe

Keynote addresses: Dr Hans-Georg Betz and others to be confirmed
Populist Racism in Britain and Europe since 1945
An International Conference
Thursday, 29 Sept. and Friday 30 Sept. 2011, Park Campus, University of
Northampton
To participate, please submit an abstract of no more than 200 words by 30
June 2011 to conference organisers:
Dr Mathew Feldman, matthew.feldman@northampton.ac.uk
Dr Paul Jackson, paul.jackson@northampton.ac.uk
Dr Anton Shekhovtsov, anton.shekhovtsov@northampton.ac.uk