A Decade of Terrorism and Counter-terrorism since 9/11: Taking stock and new directions in research and policy
Call for Papers
Deadline: June 1st 2011
Location(s): University of Strathclyde and Glasgow City Chambers, Central Glasgow.
Organising body: Critical Studies on Terrorism Working Group (CSTWG) of the British International Studies Association,
Supported by: The British Academy, Consortium for Research on Terrorology and Political Violence; Communication Research cluster, University of Strathclyde
September 11, 2011 will mark ten years since the terrorist attacks on America and the start of the global ‘war on terrorism’. The extensive changes engendered by these processes in the last decade have yet to be fully understood and appreciated. There is consequently a real need for rigorous and sustained retrospective analysis. In a year that will see a wide range of special commemorative and academic events, this conference will seek to assess the widespread impact of terrorism and counter-terrorism since 2001 from a distinctly ‘critical’ perspective. More specifically, the conference will foreground inter-disciplinarity and seek to review what we have learnt in a period of unprecedented interest in the study of terrorism and counter terrorism. There will be a range of debate sessions between 'critical' and 'mainstream' scholars, and engagement with policy actors, including speakers from the government ‘Contest II’/’Prevent’ campaigns, the police, legal officials, civil libertarians and Muslim community representatives.
Key note speakers include Joseba Zulaika (University of Nevada in Reno), Michael Stohl (University of California Santa Barbara), Michael Scheuer (ex-CIA), Richard Jackson (Aberystwyth) Caron Gentry (St Andrews) and Dr. Bob Lambert (Exeter, ex-Special Branch)
Abstracts and Expressions of Interest
The organizing committee welcomes the submission of
1. Abstracts (max. 350 words) on these and related topics;
2. Panel proposals (with a minimum of 3 abstracts, plus a short overview of the panel (circa 250 words))
3. Workshop proposals (with either a policy/civil society or methodological/practical orientation max 350 words of workshop description plus max 250 words on any individual elements)
All abstracts will be reviewed by the organizing committee to meet rigorous academic standards. Abstracts will be reviewed for relevance, conceptual quality, innovation and clarity of presentation. At least one author of accepted papers is required to attend the conference in order to present the paper.
Abstracts should be sent to Jan Bissett [log in to unmask] by Wednesday 1 June 2011.
Full details of the conference can be found on the conference blog: http://decadeofterrorismandcounterterrorism.wordpress.com
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