The 16th Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality "From Rebellion to Revolution: Dynamics of Political Change”, Berlin, October 17 – 20, 2012
Based on an international essay competition, we will invite approximately
45 applicants to discuss their research, concerns and agendas with peers
and prominent scholars in Berlin. The competition is open to students and
scholars (max. up to 5 years after Ph.D.), journalists and activists
interested in revolutionary processes (e.g. government agencies, NGOs).
The Irmgard Coninx Foundation will cover travel to and accommodation in
Berlin.
Conference papers can address but are not limited to the following topics:
- dynamics of political/system change
- democratization and human rights in revolutionary processes
- violence
- mass mobilization
- (new) media and revolution today
- role of elites and elite competition/coalitions
- role of military and police forces
- economic and political reasons for rebellion and their course
- cultural and religious factors influencing revolutions
- demographic and social background of revolutions
- foreign military and humanitarian intervention
- revolution/rebellion as analytical and normative concept
Submission deadline is June 30, 2012.
Discussions will take place in three workshops chaired by Wolfgang Merkel
(Humbold-Universität zu Berlin/WZB), Christoph Stefes (University of
Colorado Denver/WZB), Jeff Goodwin (New York University) and Sonja Hegasy
(Zentrum Moderner Orient).
The conference will be accompanied by evening lectures by Nancy Fraser
(The New School for Social Research, New York) and Amr Hamzawy (Freedom
Egypt Party, Member of the Parliament of Egypt).
Conference participants are eligible to apply for one of up to three
three-month fellowships to be used for research in Berlin at the WZB.
For further information on the conference and the background paper:
http://www.irmgard-coninx-stiftung.de/revolutions.html
Irmgard Coninx Stiftung
c/o Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin
für Sozialforschung
Reichpietschufer 50
D-10785 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 25491-411
Fax: +49 30 25491-684
Email: info(at)irmgard-coninx-stiftung.de
28 апреля 2012 19:14