International Conference "Cosmopolitanism in a Wider Context: Conceptualizing Past and Present", Stockholm, 24–26 November 2011
Cosmopolitanism in a Wider Context: Conceptualizing Past and Present
International conference at Södertörn University/The Nobel Museum, Stockholm, 24–26 November 2011
Ideas and aims
Cosmopolitanism has been a major topic in academia since the end of the cold war. While cosmopolitanism and multiculturalism have been recognized officially, xenophobia has become more intense. Is cosmopolitanism a way out of the xenophobic state, or is the interest in cosmopolitanism in itself adding to antagonism and disrespect for human rights?
Problems
The problem can be highlighted from several different aspects. However, cosmopolitanism has been extensively theorized within the social sciences, where the semantic field often tends to be separated from its historical context. In an effort to make the academic discussion more responsive to conceptual and historical perspectives, we would like to gather researchers with different backgrounds to an international conference on cosmopolitanism, with a special view to its conceptual history.
New perspecitves
The aim of the conference is to present a new perspective on a contemporary discourse, which is often dominated by ahistorical presumptions. The conference seeks to create a meeting between the social sciences and humanities in order to examine how the history, and prehistory, of cosmopolitanism has left traces in contemporary notions and perceptions. We are interested in how the history of the concept says something about the often contradictory meanings attributed to the term today—empirically, theoretically, and normatively.
What impact did the events of 1989 have on the conceptualization of cosmopolitanism?
How have the concepts of cosmopolitanism and the cosmopolitan been used in the past—and how and why are they used differently today?
Can the cosmopolitan project be released from its original Enlightenment impulses of Eurocentrism and Occidentalism?
How do we create or reconstruct a linguistic horizon of intelligibility that transcends rather than reproduces the dichotomizing implications of cosmopolitanism, such as between West/East (and North/South)?
Organization
The conference is organized by the Center for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES) at Södertörn University, in cooperation with the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, and is coordinated by PhD Kristian Pertrov. It is open also for scholars, students and other interested who do not intend to participate in the sessions with a paper. The conference is organized in connection with the research project ‘East of Cosmopolis’: www.sh.se (In English/Research/Research database)
Procedures
At the conference, participants will be allotted 20 minutes to present their papers, including discussions. Papers should be distributed among the participants of a particular panel session; at the sessions all participants are expected to have read each other’s papers and to be able to comment upon them in relation to their own paper, and vice versa.
Places and schedules
The conference will last three days and consist of keynote lectures, parallel panel sessions and, possibly, workshops. The venue will be the assembly hall at Södertörn University, in South Stockholm. On the second day, Friday 25 November, the conference will be moved to Old Town in Stockholm, and be situated in the 18th century building of the Nobel Museum. All participants will have the possibility to visit the Nobel price exhibitions after the keynote session.
Keynote speakers
Andrew Vincent, Professor of Political Theory, University of Sheffield.
Georg Cavallar, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Vienna.
Galin Tihanov, Professor of Comparative Literature and Intellectual History, University of Manchester.
Mica Nava, Professor of Cultural Studies, University of East London
Call for papers
http://webappl.web.sh.se/C125702700229BA0/tmt.view/57882B6B49F6B4B2C125787100532ED2?open&ref=/C1256C9300756F52/E9144F89E54524B7C125770C004CA4E3;493C34115F09147CC125770C004F0711;/C1256C8A0066623D/911D4743A30D0608C1256CFC00608EBBB
Abstract submission
Proposals of maximum 400 words, together with a registration form, should be sent to Kristian Petrov cosmopolitanism@sh.se before 19th May 2011. Abstract proposals will be peer reviewed. The authors of the accepted abstracts will be notified by 21st June.
Topics may be chosen freely, but should be contextualized conceptually or historically, with regards to the problems and questions addressed in the call.
Those interested in chairing a session, or suggesting its theme or a workshop, should send in a one-page proposal, including information about current position and past activities.
Registration form
Full paper submission
Once the abstracts are accepted, the full papers for the presentations must be submitted to the conference organizer before October 26th. Papers will afterwards be considered for publication in an anthology or a special issue of a peer reviewed journal.
Key dates and deadlines
Abstracts/applications due: 19th May 2011
Acceptance notification: 21st June 2011
Publication of conference program: 5th September 2011
Full paper submission/confirmation of registration: 26th October 2011
Conference: 24–26 November 2011
Conference coordinator
Kristian Petrov. Contact: cosmopolitanism@sh.se
+46(0)8-6084284
Administrator
Karin Lindebrant. Contact: karin.lindebrant@sh.se
+46(0)8-6084625
http://webappl.web.sh.se/C125702700229BA0/tmt.view/57882B6B49F6B4B2C125787100532ED2?open&ref=/C1256C9300756F52/E9144F89E54524B7C125770C004CA4E3;493C34115F09147CC125770C004F0711;/C1256C8A0066623D/911D4743A30D0608C1256CFC00608EBBB
International conference at Södertörn University/The Nobel Museum, Stockholm, 24–26 November 2011
Ideas and aims
Cosmopolitanism has been a major topic in academia since the end of the cold war. While cosmopolitanism and multiculturalism have been recognized officially, xenophobia has become more intense. Is cosmopolitanism a way out of the xenophobic state, or is the interest in cosmopolitanism in itself adding to antagonism and disrespect for human rights?
Problems
The problem can be highlighted from several different aspects. However, cosmopolitanism has been extensively theorized within the social sciences, where the semantic field often tends to be separated from its historical context. In an effort to make the academic discussion more responsive to conceptual and historical perspectives, we would like to gather researchers with different backgrounds to an international conference on cosmopolitanism, with a special view to its conceptual history.
New perspecitves
The aim of the conference is to present a new perspective on a contemporary discourse, which is often dominated by ahistorical presumptions. The conference seeks to create a meeting between the social sciences and humanities in order to examine how the history, and prehistory, of cosmopolitanism has left traces in contemporary notions and perceptions. We are interested in how the history of the concept says something about the often contradictory meanings attributed to the term today—empirically, theoretically, and normatively.
What impact did the events of 1989 have on the conceptualization of cosmopolitanism?
How have the concepts of cosmopolitanism and the cosmopolitan been used in the past—and how and why are they used differently today?
Can the cosmopolitan project be released from its original Enlightenment impulses of Eurocentrism and Occidentalism?
How do we create or reconstruct a linguistic horizon of intelligibility that transcends rather than reproduces the dichotomizing implications of cosmopolitanism, such as between West/East (and North/South)?
Organization
The conference is organized by the Center for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES) at Södertörn University, in cooperation with the Nobel Museum in Stockholm, and is coordinated by PhD Kristian Pertrov. It is open also for scholars, students and other interested who do not intend to participate in the sessions with a paper. The conference is organized in connection with the research project ‘East of Cosmopolis’: www.sh.se (In English/Research/Research database)
Procedures
At the conference, participants will be allotted 20 minutes to present their papers, including discussions. Papers should be distributed among the participants of a particular panel session; at the sessions all participants are expected to have read each other’s papers and to be able to comment upon them in relation to their own paper, and vice versa.
Places and schedules
The conference will last three days and consist of keynote lectures, parallel panel sessions and, possibly, workshops. The venue will be the assembly hall at Södertörn University, in South Stockholm. On the second day, Friday 25 November, the conference will be moved to Old Town in Stockholm, and be situated in the 18th century building of the Nobel Museum. All participants will have the possibility to visit the Nobel price exhibitions after the keynote session.
Keynote speakers
Andrew Vincent, Professor of Political Theory, University of Sheffield.
Georg Cavallar, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Vienna.
Galin Tihanov, Professor of Comparative Literature and Intellectual History, University of Manchester.
Mica Nava, Professor of Cultural Studies, University of East London
Call for papers
http://webappl.web.sh.se/C125702700229BA0/tmt.view/57882B6B49F6B4B2C125787100532ED2?open&ref=/C1256C9300756F52/E9144F89E54524B7C125770C004CA4E3;493C34115F09147CC125770C004F0711;/C1256C8A0066623D/911D4743A30D0608C1256CFC00608EBBB
Abstract submission
Proposals of maximum 400 words, together with a registration form, should be sent to Kristian Petrov cosmopolitanism@sh.se before 19th May 2011. Abstract proposals will be peer reviewed. The authors of the accepted abstracts will be notified by 21st June.
Topics may be chosen freely, but should be contextualized conceptually or historically, with regards to the problems and questions addressed in the call.
Those interested in chairing a session, or suggesting its theme or a workshop, should send in a one-page proposal, including information about current position and past activities.
Registration form
Full paper submission
Once the abstracts are accepted, the full papers for the presentations must be submitted to the conference organizer before October 26th. Papers will afterwards be considered for publication in an anthology or a special issue of a peer reviewed journal.
Key dates and deadlines
Abstracts/applications due: 19th May 2011
Acceptance notification: 21st June 2011
Publication of conference program: 5th September 2011
Full paper submission/confirmation of registration: 26th October 2011
Conference: 24–26 November 2011
Conference coordinator
Kristian Petrov. Contact: cosmopolitanism@sh.se
+46(0)8-6084284
Administrator
Karin Lindebrant. Contact: karin.lindebrant@sh.se
+46(0)8-6084625
http://webappl.web.sh.se/C125702700229BA0/tmt.view/57882B6B49F6B4B2C125787100532ED2?open&ref=/C1256C9300756F52/E9144F89E54524B7C125770C004CA4E3;493C34115F09147CC125770C004F0711;/C1256C8A0066623D/911D4743A30D0608C1256CFC00608EBBB
22 апреля 2011 17:32