FYI
 
Dr Myria Georgiou
 
Institute of Communications Studies
Leeds University
 
 
>CONF./CFP- E/Im/Migration and Culture, Sept. 2007, Istanbul, Turkey
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>Call for Papers
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>E/Im/Migration and Culture
>15-17 September 2007
>Isik University, Sile (Istanbul, Turkey)
>
>Fourth Cultural Studies Conference
>
>Co-organized by the Cultural Studies Association (Turkey) and the
>Department of International Relations of Isik University
>
>The Cultural Studies Association of Turkey and Isik University invite
>proposals for an international cultural studies conference entitled
>"E/Im/Migration and Culture" they are co-organizing on 15-17
>September 2007 in Sile (Istanbul, Turkey). Seeking to explore the
>topic from a wide range of scholarly viewpoints by focusing on
>issues of migration in its multiple relationships with various
>facets of culture, the inter/multidisciplinary conference aims to
>interrogate established notions of migration both in Turkey and
>outside of Turkey. We welcome proposals for papers that break new
>ground in generating theory, or constitute innovative critical or
>comparative work that would lead to theoretical formulations and
>methodology, as well as for papers on specific cases. The conference
>intends to examine issues of migration in Turkey, among the peoples
>in the lands of the former Ottoman empire, among the Euro-Turks (and
>Turkish-Americans, Australasian Turks, etc.), among the Turcophone
>peoples in countries and regions in Eastern Europe and the former
>Soviet Union (in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Russian
>Federation) and those Turcophone minorities in such countries as
>Iran and China.
>
>The story of migration is as old as the history of humankind.
>Factors such as geographic conditions, economic necessities,
>socio-political developments and wars have led to population
>movements for centuries. Whether for refuge or as exile, whether
>voluntary or forced, migration has always affected both society and
>the individual; and altered both the land that was left behind and
>the land that was reached. A phenomenon of modern times, the
>nation-state as hegemonic entity contributed to these migration
>flows through bordering and re-bordering processes that put visible
>and invisible boundaries on people's movements. Additional factors
>leading to current population flows are observed to be primarily the
>challenge(s) of globalization and transnationalism.
>
>Migration within and out of countries continue in great numbers as
>more and more people in our global village look to either temporary
>or permanent migration as a path to freedom, the right to live,
>security, employment, health and education--while sometimes also
>encountering drama and tragedy along the way. E/im/migration has
>generated its own art, fiction and cinema. Thus, it has continued to
>be a force in culture, demography, economy and politics in the
>contemporary era, and constitutes, in its various aspects, a matter
>of paramount importance for the cultures of Turks and Turkey. This
>reflection has led us to select the topic of migration as the theme
>of the fourth cultural studies conference to take place in Turkey.
>
>We welcome submissions related to e/im/migration including, but not
>limited to, the following:
>
>- E/im/migration and culture: Theoretical approaches
>- Art /Literature /Cinema generated by e/im/migration
>- E/im/migration and urban space
>- E/im/migration during the Republican era
>- E/im/migration during the Ottoman era
>- E/im/migration and the (former) Soviet Union territories
>- Cultural representation of e/im/migration resulting from political
>   developments: The cases of Western Thrace and the Balkans
>- Cultural representation of e/im/migration resulting from political
>   developments: The case of Cyprus
>- Cultural representation of e/im/migration resulting from political
>   developments: The case of Irak
>- Cultural representation of e/im/migration resulting from political
>   developments: The case of Jews and Palestinians
>
>As the conference takes place in Turkey and takes up the cultures of
>Turks and Turkey, the working language of the conference is first of
>all Turkish. However, since experience has shown that non-Turkish
>speaking colleagues doing studies related to the cultures of Turks
>and Turkey also wish to contribute, there will be English-language
>sessions as well. Abstracts of 100-200 words, containing five key
>words, should be sent along a brief curriculum vita. Panel proposals
>with three to five papers should include, besides the panel proposal
>and five key words, abstracts of the papers in the panel, and brief
>curriculum vitae of the chair, presenters, and discussant(s) if any.
>Poster presentation proposals containing noteworthy visual material
>are also welcome.
>
>Send no later than 1 October 2006, by e-mail to
>[log in to unmask], by fax to +90 212 292 2229 (Attn.: IV.
>Cultural Studies Conference). For moreinformation, write to the same
>addresses or look at www.kulturad.org.
>
>The results will be announced on 1 February 2007.
>
>The registration fee will be 60 Euro for Cultural Studies Association
>(Turkey) members and students, and 100 Euro for all other
>participants until 1 May 2007; and, after that date, 100 Euro for
>Cultural Studies Association (Turkey) members and students, and 160
>Euro for all other participants.
>
>The conference organizing committee regrets that it cannot assist in
>travel or accomodation fares in any way, but will provide low-cost
>accommodation for all participants on the Isik University campus (in
>Sile, a popular sea resort on the Black Sea coast). Further details
>will be sent later. For information on Isik University, please look
>at www.isikun.edu.tr
>
>
>On behalf of the organizers
>
>Gonul Pultar, [log in to unmask]
>Sule Toktas, [log in to unmask]
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