[Bilimsel Haber] Citizenship, Identity, and Social Justice

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

	*Citizenship, Identity, and Socia*l Ju*stice*
*Location:* 	Ontario
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This international conference, hosted by the Centre for Studies in
Social Justice at the University of Windsor, will take place from May
17th to May 19th, 2007. Our objective is to provide an interdisciplinary
forum in which critical issues and themes related to citizenship,
identity, and social justice can be explored across a range of
intersecting debates and perspectives.

Notions of citizenship have long been conceptualized as rights and
responsibilities linked to membership in a political community. These
notions are intimately related to our identities as citizens and to
issues of social justice. The extent to which citizenship institutions
and practices are inclusive or exclusive of the interests and concerns
of most vulnerable groups, serves as a barometer of the values of social
justice linked to particular groups and communities around the globe.
The degree to which citizens’ rights are given priority over citizens’
responsibilities is also indicative of the commitment to social justice
by powerful elites and organizations. In-so-far as social justice calls
for the mobilization of an equitable distribution of fundamental
resources, and respect for human dignity and diverse practices of
belonging, issues of identity have been used as a language to demand,
and also deny, an extension of citizenship rights.

The international conference on Citizenship, Identity, and Social
Justice will explore historical, political, social, cultural, and
intellectual trends in the conceptualization of social justice and its
relationship to institutions and practices of citizenship. It will also
consider how social and political struggles surrounding identity are
interlinked with notions of citizenship and social justice. The
conference will bring together internationally acclaimed scholars,
researchers, and activists whose work addresses the complex
relationships among citizenship, identity, and social justice.

	Nicole A. Noël
Research Co-ordinator, Centre for Studies in Social Justice
University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario, Canada N9B 3P4

Email: nnoel at uwindsor.ca <mailto:nnoel at uwindsor.ca>

Visit the website at http://www.uwindsor.ca/socialjustice