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italian-studies: Scholarly discussions in any field of Italian studies Call for Papers & Participants Abstracts due Friday 2 April 2010 UNIVERSITY OF BATH ‘Negotiating Modernity: An Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Workshop’ 8-9 July, 2010, University of Bath, UK Plenary speakers: Prof. Ulrike Meinhof University of Southampton Dr. Michael Woodiwiss University of the West of England The transformative forces of globalisation and its social, political, cultural and economic impact on modern society have provided a stimulus for re-conceptualising our understandings of power, identity, culture and politics. This raises a number of theoretical, methodological and empirical questions which need to be addressed. The aim of this workshop is to bring together postgraduate students from various theoretical and methodological backgrounds, in order to explore these questions jointly in a friendly, supportive and informal environment. The workshop will run in three parallel sessions and a total of 24 papers will be presented over two days. We are currently looking for paper submissions and participants to contribute to the following research areas: • Identity and culture: In modern times, space/boundaries and agency have played a crucial role in the redefinition of individual and/or collective identities. We are seeking papers on the theoretical challenges of identity, asking how such complexities can be integrated into an effective framework for academic research and/or how they are represented in contemporary forms of cultural production. We welcome papers from both the social sciences and cultural studies. • Power and governance The traditional modern state is increasingly seen as a weakened power structure challenged by internal and external competing actors and forces. We are seeking papers and participants interested in empirical and theoretical issues related, but not limited, to the changing nature of governance, protection, public order, conflicts, crime and terrorism(s). • Politics of regionalism Traditional perceptions about territories and borders are being questioned and challenged by a number of scholars who deny the existence of natural regions. New international spaces, such as regions, are becoming the focus of attention for scholars and the international community. We are therefore looking for papers that explore this resurgence of new type of regional politics that have become part of international governance. Registration fees With one night accomodation (subsidised) in student residences: £65 Without accommodation: £35 The fees include a conference dinner on the evening of 8 July, lunch on the 9 July and refreshments throughout the workshop. For more information on travel and accommodation in Bath, please visit our webpage: http://www.bath.ac.uk/esml/news/negotiating-modernity.html Abstracts of approximately 300 words and a brief biography are invited by Friday 2 April with decisions on acceptance to be made by the conveners within 4 weeks. For abstract submissions and inquires please contact the conveners in the following email address: [log in to unmask] Conveners: Claire Hyland, Panos Kostakos, Eliana Maestri and Christos Marazopoulos, Department of European Studies and Modern Languages, University of Bath, UK. ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join italian-studies YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave italian-studies to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/italian-studies.html