Centre for Research on Nationalism, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism (CRONEM)
CRONEM CONFERENCE 2008
Nationalism, Ethnicity and Citizenship:
Whose Citizens? Whose Rights?
30 June - 1 July, 2008
University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Deadline :1st February 2008
CRONEM's 2008 conference will address issues bound up with nationalism,
ethnicity and citizenship from a multi-disciplinary perspective.
Multicultural societies raise crucial challenges for traditional conceptions
of nations and citizenship. Ethnic diversity can mean that significant
numbers of people are excluded from national projects, while the 'melting
pot' metaphor belies the complexities of societies in which minority
communities seek to protect their heritages and resist incorporation into
the nation or state.
At the same time, conceptions of citizenship appear to be undergoing
transformation. Civic engagement and participation is frequently viewed as
being more effective in achieving social change than traditional forms of
political representation. Levels of both civic and political participation
vary significantly across ethnic communities, while political institutions
are required to adjust to accommodate marginalised communities more
effectively into democratic processes.
At the international level, the sovereignty of the nation state has been
increasingly challenged in the name of protecting or asserting universal
human rights. Regimes, deemed oppressive by powerful external actors, have
been subjected to sanctions or military intervention. The question of
national citizenship, with its attendant rights and obligations, is being
reframed in the light of new expectations. The implications of this process
for the future of states and their citizens remain unclear, but they appear
to encourage the erosion of national sovereignty in favour of participation
at both sub-national and international levels.
Confirmed speakers:
Hans van Amersfoort, Emeritus Professor, Cultural Geography and Population
Geography, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Michael Byram, Professor of Education, Durham University
Nick Emler, Professor of Social Psychology, University of Surrey
Jonathan Friedman, Professor of Social Anthropology, Lund University, Sweden
Montserrat Guibernau, Professor of Politics, University of London
Lord Bhikhu Parekh, Labour Member of the House of Lords and Professor of
Political Philosophy, University of Westminster
Oren Yiftachel, Associate Professor of Political Geography, Ben Gurion
University of the Negev, Israel
As in previous CRONEM conferences, there will be ample opportunities for
papers to be presented in parallel panel sessions and for poster
presentations. Panel proposals (including a general introduction panel of
about 300 words, plus 300-word abstracts of each of the papers) and
proposals for individual papers and posters (300-word abstracts) are invited
on any aspect of nationalism, ethnicity or citizenship, particularly those
addressing the following themes:
· Conceptualising citizenship in ethnically diverse societies
· Comparisons of old and new forms of citizenship
· Political versus civic engagement and participation
· Incorporating marginalised groups into democratic processes
· The concepts of intercultural, multicultural and cosmopolitan citizenship
· Citizenship and religion
· Citizenship and migrants
· The role of civic/citizenship education in multicultural societies
· National citizenship and universal human rights
· Ethnic conflict regulation and the roles of international actors
In addition, there will be a roundtable discussion in which experts from
different disciplines will address a common problem from the perspectives of
their own disciplinary backgrounds.
Please send your submissions to Mirela Dumic ([log in to unmask])
Deadline for submissions: 1st February 2008
Notification of acceptance will be sent to presenters by 3rd March 2008.
Registration and venue ttp://www.surrey.ac.uk/Arts/CRONEM/registration08.htm
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