UPDATE. Please note the change of deadline from November 30, 2001 to
December 20, 2001.
>CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>Minority Discourses in a Cross-/Transcultural Perspective:
>Eastern/Central Europe and Canada
>An international, interdisciplinary CEP conference
>Ustron (Poland), 26-28 April 2002
>
>The aim of the conference is a cross-/transcultural examination of the
>multifarious questions occasioned by the presence of minority groups
>(ethnic, sexual or other) in democratic societies. Minority voices pose a
>fundamental challenge to the democratic ethos based on the equality of all
>human subjects in terms of civil rights and political representation. The
>countries of Central/Eastern Europe -- like other democratic societies --
>have been searching for and working towards a development of plausible
local
>solutions to the complex problems of minorities. The organizers of the
>conference would like to propose a comparison between minority discourses
in
>long-established democracies on the one hand and young democracies on the
>other. We believe that the Canadian example might prove particularly
helpful
>in this respect. Canada has been hailed as a role model for the world,
>combining a social conscience with a clear-sighted political agenda, but
in
>the eyes of some critics its mulitcultural politics of difference does not
>always bring the expected results. While not confining the focus of the
>conference to Canada exclusively, we put forward the Canadian model as an
>instructive point of reference for the Central/Eastern European region.
>
>Since the conference has a firmly interdisciplinary character, we invite a
>wide range of perspectives, including literature, arts, law, history,
>political sciences, sociology, psychology, queer and gender theory, media
>and cultural studies, etc. Possible areas of investigation might include
>(but are not restricted to):
>
>-- defining minorities (both "from within" and "from without")
>-- the problems of group psychology ("How does it feel to be a problem?")
>-- the economy of the minority discourse (gains and losses)
>-- the relationships between minority discourses and identity politics
>-- minority cultural expression
>-- the minority discourse and human rights
>
>The organizers are planning to invite two keynote speakers -- one from
>Canada and one from Eastern/Central Europe (preferrably a CEP fellow or
>former fellow). The conference is addressed to a wide variety of
>professionals, including scholars, social and political activists, lawyers,
>artists, etc. Besides professional panels, we intend to offer a special
>forum for students interested in the subject of the conference.
>Proposals for individual papers, complete panels, and session chairs will
be
>accepted through to December 20, 2001. Submissions from graduate students
>are both welcome and encouraged.
>
>Please email proposals - including a one page abstract for each paper, a
>current, one-page c.v., and mailing and email address for each participant
>to
>esojka@pro.onet.pl AND tsikora@us.edu.pl
>
>For more information, please contact:
>
>Dr. Eugenia Sojka or Tomasz Sikora
>Canadian Studies Centre
>University of Silesia
>Institure of British and American Culture and Literature
>Zytnia 10
>41-205 Sosnowiec
>tel/fax: +48- 32 - 435 92 05
>email: esojka@pro.onet.pl or tsikora@us.edu.pl
>
>
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