Dear BACS members,

EXTENDED CALL - GRADUATE STUDENTS/EARLY CAREER SCHOLAR CONFERENCE

Rising Powers in the New Global Political Economy
Postgraduate and early career scholar conference
July 5th-6th 2013
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
*Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: Sunday 12th May 2013*

As the economies of Europe and North America have entered into a period
of crisis and recession there has been an increased focus on the rise of new
powers, most notably the so-called BRICS countries of Brazil, Russia, India,
China and South Africa but also other emergent regional powers such as Turkey,
Indonesia, Iran and Venezuela. While many of these countries experience
continuing high rates of growth there remain uncertainties about their rise and
the impact this will have on the global economy in the twenty-first century.

The aim of this conference is to explore the role of rising powers in the re-
structuring of the global economy and the challenges and tensions which their
rise may provoke. Amongst the questions we will be asking are: How might the
rise of the BRICS impact upon the International Financial Institutions (IFIs)?
How might the rising powers impact on cultural globalisation? What forms of
social struggles emerge from the changing global geo-political landscape? What
are the security concerns arising from the new global configuration? What
historical precedents are useful for understanding the impact of Rising Powers?

The conference aims to develop a holistic and inclusive approach to the study
of International Political Economy and as such welcome papers and panels
suggestions on a wide range of topics related to the Rising Powers in the New
Global Political Economy.

Possible panels and themes may include, but are not restricted to the following
areas (panel proposals welcome):

• BRICS nations and global governance
• BRICS nations & modern warfare
• Security issues in the rising powers: Food Security, Identity Security,
Energy Security and the Challenges of Inequality
• The global involvement of BRICS. BRICS nations’ political, economic and
cultural engagement in regions such as Central Asia, Africa, South East
Asia and in each other’s countries
• US responses to the rising powers
• Rising powers and development challenges
• Urbanisation
• Indigenous peoples and national minorities
• Gender & BRICS in the IPE
• Organised Labour in the BRICS Countries
• Global Labour Movement and the Transnational Working Class
• Contemporary Primitive Accumulation in the BRICS
• The green global political economy and rising powers
• The globalisation of the culture industry
• Social media, the internet & resistance
• IPE, International Theory and the Non-West in the twenty-first century
•Post-Neoliberalism: Theoretical and policy responses to the decline of Neoliberalism
•The BRICS and the IFIs
•The BRICS and the Western financial crisis
•Recent declines in the economic performance of the rising powers

Keynote: Prof Shaun Breslin, University of Warwick, Co-Editor of The Pacific
Review journal and author of China and the Global Political Economy (2007).

Conference Details

No attendance fees. There is no conference fee for participants, although you
will be expected to pay for your accommodation. On-campus accommodation
is available for around £40 per night (subject to availability). Lunch
and refreshments will be provided. You are expected to make your own
accommodation arrangements. Further details of accommodation in the area will
be provided.

Financial assistance for participants. We are happy to announce that
there are 10 awards for student participants to contribute towards travel
and accommodation costs. This will cover a maximum of £240 in total
(accommodation £140 and travel £120 maximum).

If you wish to be considered for the financial assistance award, please indicate
on your abstract application and we will send you further application details.

Submission of abstracts: Please include your name and affiliation along with
paper title and a 250 word abstract to: [log in to unmask] The final
date for submission of abstracts will be SUNDAY the 12th of May 2013.

For panel proposals, please combine the three abstracts and proposed panel title
into one document.

Panel Format: Speakers will be expected to give a 15-20 minute presentation
on their paper and participate in the panel discussion. Each panel will normally
include three speakers and last for 90 minutes.

Contact Details: If you have any further queries please contact the organisers
at [log in to unmask]

Twitter: https://twitter.com/RisingPowers13 @RisingPowers13

With regards,

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