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<DIV><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Middle East Technical University (METU)
Department of International<SPAN class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>Relations
calls for proposals for pre-organised panels, roundtables and<SPAN
class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>individual papers for its annual eighth METU
Conference on International<SPAN class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>Relations to
be held on June 17-19, 2009 in Ankara, Turkey.<BR><BR>The theme of the 2009
conference is Patterns of Change in the Global System.<SPAN
class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>The Conference will provide a forum for a
thorough discussion of change with<SPAN class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>respect
to different actors and structures. In order to attain a systematic<SPAN
class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>perspective towards the issue of change, the
Conference will attempt to deal<SPAN class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>with the
following questions: How has the discipline of International<SPAN
class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>Relations traditionally conceptualized and
contextualized patterns of<SPAN class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>change? What is
the promise of alternative approaches presented by Critical<SPAN
class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>Theory, Constructivism, Historical Sociology
and Post-Modernism? What is the<SPAN class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>context
and content of change at global, regional and national levels? How<SPAN
class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>has the nature and role of the nation-state
changed in the process of<SPAN class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>globalization?
What are the practical and theoretical implications of<SPAN
class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>globalization vis-à-vis the issues of global
governance and cosmopolitanism?<SPAN class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>What are
the major trends of change in the post-Cold War era? Where does<SPAN
class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>international law stand within these
discussions? How should we comprehend<SPAN class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>the
relationship between crisis and change? Does the current financial<SPAN
class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>crisis imply a change in understanding the
conception of state-market,<SPAN class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>state-society
relations? Is there a change in the way security is perceived?<SPAN
class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>What are the new parameters of security in
respect to environment,<SPAN class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>international
migration and gender? What are the specific epistemological<SPAN
class=825562315-11022009> </SPAN>and ontological questions that arise in
relation to these issues?<BR><BR>A non-exhaustive list of possible themes for
the Conference can be found at<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.ir.metu.edu.tr/conf2009"><FONT face=Garamond color=#1e66ae
size=4>http://www.ir.<WBR>metu.edu.<WBR>tr/conf2009</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>Tuba Ünlü<BR>Department of International
Relations<BR>Middle East Technical University<BR><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>