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Call for Papers
Cultural Encounters: Researching Ethnicities, Identities, and Politics
in a Globalised World
Host institution: Exeter Centre for Ethno‐Political Studies,
University of Exeter
Dates: Saturday 21st –Sunday 22nd May 2011
The Exeter Centre for Ethno‐Political Studies (EXCEPS) is pleased to
announce its inaugural postgraduate conference. We aim to bring
together high‐quality postgraduates from the UK and abroad, working in
the field of ethno‐politics. This event will allow young researchers
to discuss questions of methodology, approach and general research
ideas and issues that arise in the field.
Breaking from traditional conference formats, the conference will
function more in terms of a large‐scale workshop. Students will be
given the chance to present their work and engage in a group
discussion, exchanging ideas about research in ethno‐politics. The
overall hope is to form a research community at the postgraduate level
to enhance networking and collaboration across universities and
disciplines.
In EXCEPS, we aim to undertake and promote advanced empirical and
theoretical research by integrating methodologies and approaches from
a wide range of disciplines within our activities. We seek to
problematise notions of ethnicity and identity, and explore how and
why political and social life is affected by agendas and aspirations
defined by 'ethnicity' or the sense of belonging to a particular
community.
Students working at the postgraduate level in a field related to
ethnicity, broadly defined, are invited to submit an abstract of their
research. Prospective sub‐themes might include, but are not limited
to:
• Migration and Diaspora
• Belonging and Otherness
• Conflicts and Regulation
• Ethnopolitics and International Law
• Terrorism and Mobilisation
• Gender and Ethnonationalism
• Culture and Memory
The conference will emphasise active involvement in an interactive,
informal setting, focusing on discussion of methodology and challenges
in ethno‐political research in a cross‐disciplinary context. A
presentation might consist of a thesis chapter, a research proposal or
a subtheme of the dissertation. For interested delegates, there is the
possibility to submit their paper to the EXCEPS Working Paper series
for consideration.
Please send your abstract of about 250 words along with relevant
information about place of study and degree to Christine Difato at
[log in to unmask] by 25 March 2011. To facilitate a worthwhile
discussion, only a limited number of places are available.
Any further questions can be addressed to Christine Difato
([log in to unmask]) or Anaïd Flesken ([log in to unmask])
For more information about our activities, see the EXCEPS web site and
the PGR Network Ethnicity blog.
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