Dear Colleague

Please accept my apologies for cross-posting. We are currently organising a
conference exploring Britishness, Identity and Citizenship within global
contexts. We are keen to develop debates about Britishness to acknowledge
its historical legacy and contemporary influence on constructions of
citizenship and identity across the Commonwealth. I would be most grateful
if you would consider forwarding to the call for papers to practitioners who
might be interested in contributing to the conference. We are keen to
encourage participants particularly from outside the UK. Thank you for your
time and help.

 

CONFERENCE: BRITISHNESS, IDENTITY AND CITIZENSHIP: THE VIEW FROM ABROAD

The Centre for Constructions and Identity at the University of Huddersfield
is organizing a two day conference to be held on 5th-6th June 2008. The main
theme of the conference is 'Britishness' within global contexts, addressing
such issues as transnationality of identity, British diasporas and the
implications of dual citizenship across the former Empire and beyond. We
seek papers from a range of contributors across disciplinary boundaries to
build a coherent and cogent assessment of the importance of Britishness
beyond the current borders of the UK state. The conference will include the
following themes: 

*       Philosophical considerations of post-colonial and post-imperial
citizenship and identity. 
*       The historical legacy of empire: transnational constructions of
Britishness. 
*       British Diasporas and the impact of dual citizenship on identity and
governance. 
*       Representations of Britishness in non-British national media,
education and culture. 
*       Contemporary debates on the value and legacy of Britishness across
within the UK, the Republic of Ireland, the Commonwealth, Europe, United
States and elsewhere. 

Keynote speakers and plenary participants already confirmed include
Professor Sir Bernard Crick (University of Edinburgh), Professor Krishan
Kumar (University of Virginia), Shahid Mailk MP, Professor Christopher G. A.
Bryant (University of Salford), Professor Stefan Berger (University of
Manchester) and Professor Paul Ward (University of Huddersfield). Further
details of keynote participants to be confirmed.

The conference will provide an integrated programme of presentations from
invited keynote speakers, plenary sessions, and a number of themed
invitational panels addressing the core themes (including a dedicated
post-graduate poster presentation session). We are currently in negotiation
with Palgrave with a view to producing an edited volume of selected papers
from the conference. We would invite abstract submissions of 300 words from
those interested in presenting papers to the organizers by November 1st
2007. Please see the conference website at
www.hud.ac.uk/hhs/dbs/conference/bic/index.htm
<http://www.hud.ac.uk/hhs/dbs/conference/bic/index.htm>  for further details

For further enquiries, please contact:

 

Dr. Andrew Mycock

Senior Lecturer in Politics

Division of Criminology, Politics and Sociology

Departmant of Behavioural Sciences

School of Human and Health Sciences

Ramsden Building

University of Huddersfield

Queensgate

Huddersfield HD1 3DH

 

Tel: +44 (0)1484 472816

Fax: +44 (0)1484 473760

 

 

 

 

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