The German-Canadian Transatlantic Forum
November 11-13, 2011
CCGES, York University, Toronto
Call for Abstracts
Transatlantic Forum on Nuclear Energy Policy in Europe and North America
Since the Fukushima nuclear crisis, nuclear energy policy has
experienced increased debate across the world. In Europe, turnarounds in
nuclear energy policy have happened in Germany, Switzerland and Italy.
In North America, on the other hand, there is considerably less of a
public debate about nuclear energy and the associated industries like
uranium mining or the storage of nuclear waste. In this workshop, we
would like to bring together perspectives on the social constellations,
political economy/ecology, and cultural discourses of nuclear energy in
Europe and North America.
Possible areas of discussion include:
1. a comparison of a wide variety of cases from European, Canadian and
international contexts;
2. theoretical approaches that address the social setting of and
discourses about the nuclear energy sector and the practices of nuclear
energy;
3. contributions that allow to historically trace the development of
nuclear energy/industry/policy
The workshop will include a public film screening of the recent
documentary “Under Control” on Nov 11th (courtesy of the Goethe
Institute Toronto) and a public round table on Nov 13th. The academic
workshop will take place on Nov 12th and 13th.
Attendance is open, however, CCGES is only able to cover the travel and
accommodation expenses of selected participants who are faculty members
at a Canadian university. While we encourage submissions from graduate
students, our funding at the moment specifies that we can only reimburse
faculty. There will be a registration fee of 100$ for faculty. The fee
will be waived for participants who do not require travel funding.
Interested participants are invited to submit an abstract for a paper
(200 words) to Ulrich Best, [log in to unmask]
Please note that the deadline for abstracts is September 26, 2011.
The Forum will be conducted in English.
The Canadian Centre for German and European Studies at York University
has a fourfold mandate: 1) to promote research on Germany and Europe, 2)
to educate the next generation of experts on Germany and Europe, 3) to
organize activities on Germany and Europe for the broader community, and
4) to further academic contacts between Germany and Canada. For more
information on the Centre’s activities, please refer to our website at
http://www.ccges.yorku.ca
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Ulrich Best
DAAD Visiting Professor
Canadian Centre for German and European Studies
and Department of Geography
York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3
Tel: 416 736 2100 ext. 22406
email: [log in to unmask]
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