[Bilimsel Haber] Redefining Europe

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

*3rd International Conference - Redefining Europe: The Redefinition of
European Identity*
*Location:* 	Cyprus
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3rd Global Conference
Redefining Europe: The Redefinition of European Identity

Girne American University, North Cyprus
Monday 5th June - Thursday 8th June 2006

Final Call for Papers

This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference is the third
in an annual series of research projects which seeks to focus on methods
of evaluating the implications and opportunities posed by the expansion
of the European Union. The conference is sponsored by The Ashburn
Institute with the aim of focusing on issues of democracy and
federalism. As a result of these studies, the hope is to build a road
map to:

1. a stronger E.U
2. a stronger Euro-Atlantic partnership;
3. an EU in which newly accessed countries can play a key role in the
decision-making process as well as in relations within and outside the
union.

The failure of the European Constitutional Treaty - and more recently
the beginning of the talks with Turkey - have brought to light the many
doubts the citizens of Europe are currently facing. Yet despite the
current Euro-pessimism, the united Europe has become a regional,
political and economical reality. In every EU country, beyond their
national identity, citizens have accepted a new reference: that of being
European. The candidacy of Turkey for membership in the European Union
comes as a test of European identity and raises many questions: What is
Europe? Who are Europeans? Is Europe a geographical, political, economic
area? Is it a civilization? Is it Christian, or not? Where does
enlargement stop?

This year's Redefining Europe conference will focus on all issues of
European Identity. Papers will be considered on any related subject.
Papers will be evaluated through the process of peer review. Please
submit a 500 word abstract to the Ashburn Institute electronically via
the e-mail address provided below or hard copy with disk to the address
in Washington, D.C. by *Friday 14th April 2006*.

Authors accepted for the conference will be given the opportunity to
present their work at The Ashburn Institute's international conference
in North Cyprus. Accommodation is free. Papers will be published in an
online e-book. Selected papers will be developed and published in a
themed hard copy book.

Please submit your paper - and any inquiries about the conference - to
the The Redefining Europe Organizing Committee: Dr. Joseph Drew, Joelle
Schmitz, Marielle Reiss and Robert Frantz:

THE ASHBURN INSTITUTE
Hall of States, Suite 524
P.O. Box 77164
Washington D.C. 20013-7164
Tel: 202-220-1388
E-mail: info at ashburninstitute.org
For further details, please visit:
http://www.ashburninstitute.org/call.htm

	Professor Joe Drew
The Ashburn Institute
Hall of States, Suite 524
P.O. Box 77164
Washington D.C. 20013-7164
Tel: 202-220-1388
Email: jdrew.admin at unva.edu <mailto:jdrew.admin at unva.edu>
Visit the website at http://www.ashburninstitute.org/call.htm