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Call For Papers
Borders vs Bridges:
(Trans)nationalism in the Americas since 1968
3rd Annual Conference 11-12 May 2017
Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Cathy McIlwaine (QMUL) & Dr. Nick Witham (UCL-IA)
For a long time, transnational trends have inspired social, political,
economic and cultural transformations across the globe. In the Americas,
and particularly since 1968, there have been numerous examples of
bridge-building across borders. From Human Rights and transitional
justice processes to solidarity movements and the international trade
agreements of more recent times, building bridges between nations has
been seen as a means of progress across the Americas.
Today, developments across the region seem to signal a 'centrifugal' tendency towards isolationism
and nationalism. Propelled by complex social phenomena such as migration, human displacement,
economic instability and political upheaval, many are turning to the erection of barriers -real and
imagined- as a means to cope with uncertainty. In the US, discourses based on nationalism are on the
rise...
Read more here:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/research-fields/uclia-resnet/cfp-resnet2017-final.pdf
Please send your abstracts of between 250-300 words to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> by 5pm on Friday 2nd December
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/research-fields/index/edit/uclia-resnet
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Oscar
Oscar Martinez
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UCL Institute of the Americas
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