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<DIV align=justify><FONT face="Palatino Linotype"><STRONG>CALL FOR
PAPERS<BR>International conference<BR></STRONG></DIV></FONT>
<DIV align=justify><FONT face="Palatino Linotype"><STRONG>COSMOPOLITANISM PAST
AND PRESENT<BR>University of Dundee<BR>Wednesday 6 June ? Saturday 9 June
2007.</STRONG></FONT></DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype">
<DIV align=justify><BR>This conference will examine the idea that human beings
should be viewed as members of a single community even if they are also divided
into separate religious, ethnic and cultural groups, nations and states. We will
consider this idea as a moral concept in the world today and as it has been
expressed in different cultures in the past.</DIV>
<DIV align=justify><BR>Where and when did the idea of a universal humanity
develop? What are the alternative views? How have relations with outsiders or
non-believers been conceptualised in different cultures? We will consider
one-world ethics, overcoming borders, the `other' in philosophy and
religion.<BR>This conference is inter-cultural and inter-disciplinary. We look,
for example, at Buddhism and Islam alongside ancient Greece and modern Europe.
We look at the issues as they are treated in the disciplines of history,
philosophy, politics, religious studies and international relations<BR>The
conference is organised by Antony Black and Brian Baxter (Department of
Politics), Tim Chappell (Department of Philosophy) and Martine Vanittersum
(Department of History) from the University of Dundee.</DIV>
<DIV align=justify><BR>List of invited speakers:<BR>The keynote address will be
given by former BBC foreign correspondent and independent MP, Martin
Bell.<BR></DIV>
<DIV align=justify>? Liz Ashford, St Andrews: Human rights and
famine<BR>? Brian Baxter, Dundee: Cosmopolitanism and
Environmentalism<BR>? Eric Brown, St Louis: Ancient Rome<BR>? Tony
Burns, Nottingham: Natural Law<BR>? Michael Carrithers, Durham: Buddhism
and Social Anthropology<BR>? Tim Chappell, Dundee: Ancient
Greece<BR>? Nigel Dower, Aberdeen: Cosmopolitanism Today<BR>? Carole
Hillenbrand, Edinburgh: Islamic thought<BR>? Chris Laursen, California:
Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Europe<BR>? Onora O'Neill, Cambridge:
Kant<BR>? Yuri Pines: Jerusalem Ancient China<BR>? Tony Parel,
Calgary: Gandhi<BR>? Nick Rengger, St. Andrews: Cosmopolitanism in
Practice<BR>? Paul Sigmund, Princeton: Medieval and Renaissance thought in
Europe<BR>? Martine Van Ittersum, Dundee: Grotius Rowan
Williams,<BR>? Archbishop of Canterbury: Christian
Thought<BR>(Provisional)<BR></DIV>
<DIV align=justify>It is intended to publish an edited book based on the
conference proceedings. Proposals for papers, with a one page abstract, should
be sent by 30 September 2006 to:<BR>Professor Antony Black<BR>Department of
Politics<BR>University of Dundee<BR>Dundee DD1 4HN<BR>Scotland UK<BR>Email:
</FONT><A href="mailto:a.j.black@dundee.ac.uk"><FONT
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