Call for Papers
The Beirut Conference on Public Spheres
Beirut, Lebanon
22-24 October 2004
The Social Science Research Council (New York) and the American University
of Beirut invite proposals for papers and presentations at an international
conference entitled "The Beirut Conference on Public Spheres," to be held on
October 22-24, 2004, in Beirut, Lebanon. The conference will be co-organized
by the SSRC Program on the Middle East and North Africa and the Center for
Behavioral Research at AUB.
The concept of "public spheres," as elaborated by different social
theorists, has generated an important literature on the conditions shaping
public discourses, on the nature of "publics" and "public action," and on
the implications of such processes for democratic theory. The literature on
these issues is becoming increasingly comparative and critical,
demonstrating the limits of the original notion as emanating from particular
views of European history and specific socio-political transformations.
This conference aims at promoting inter-disciplinary discussions that
examine Public Spheres in the context of the Middle East and North Africa
but also at addressing cross-regional/cross-national comparisons and
advancing theoretical approaches to the notion of the Public Sphere.
Deadlines
Paper/Panel proposals due: June 2, 2004
Decisions announced: June 25, 2004
Final papers due: September 27, 2004
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