[Discussion] CFP: Races, Ethnicities and Nationalisms (Cyprus) (2/11/05; Inscriptions, 5/12/05-5/13/05)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

CALL FOR PAPERS

Races, Ethnicities and Nationalisms
A Panel Discussion at the
Eighth International Literature and Humanities Conference,
INSCRIPTIONS '05: an arts and culture conference and festival at
Eastern Mediterranean University in
Famagusta, on the island of Cyprus
May 12th - 13th, 2005

We invite submissions for a Panel Discussion exploring how conceptions
of race, ethnicity and nationalism enter into social, cultural,
economic, political, and legal constructions/deconstructions of identity
at our turn of the century. We welcome presentations dealing with
specific sites and circumstances as well as broader theoretical/
philosophical engagements.

Some possible topic areas (others are welcome):
-"imagined communities" (Anderson) and the "clash of civilizations"
(Huntington)
-irredentism, secession, and the boundaries of the nation-state
-"representative democracies" and the problems of political/legal
representation
-The Politics of Friendship (Derrida) and The Inclusion of the Other
     (Habermas)
-group differences, individualism, and discourses of patriotism
-class structure, labor regulations, and race/ethnicity
-Critical Race Theory and "rights talk"
-gender, race, ethnicity and violence; the problems of the margin
-genocide, population transfer, and the international legal status of
  the refugee
-Orientalism, cultural imperialism (Said), and globalization
-minority rights and the concept of political equality
-ethno-linguistic or religious nationalisms and modes of assimilation/
exclusion
-"white mythologies" (Derrida, Young) and "dissemiNations" (Bhabha)
-centered discourses, stereotyping, profiling, xenophobia
-"progress" vs. "preservation": the problems of ethnology and
museumization
-citizenship, and questions of local/international power and
resource sharing
-NGOs, quangos, and national/international policy-making
-myths and symbols of race, ethnicity and nationalism
-globalization and national identity: ideologies of origin and destiny
-subaltern discourses (Spivak) and cultures of resistance
-ethnic conflict and the logic of self-determination/sovereignty
-the efficacy of military/economic sanctions, humanitarian intervention,
and peacekeeping
-international law, sanctions, and obligations: problems of enforcement
and compliance
-the role of intellectuals and/or institutions in shaping race,
ethnicity, and nationalism

Prospective panelists are invited to send 250-word abstracts/proposals
for 15-20 minute presentations on any aspect of these areas to
rodney.sharkey@emu.edu.tr by 11th February, 2005. I look forward to
learning about your research, and to a provocative discussion.

For more information about INSCRIPTIONS '05, please visit our website at
http://www.emu.edu.tr/elh/inscriptions

Please also check out our links to "Individual Research Presentations"
and "Creative/Performance Work."



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