[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Multiculturalism, Pluralism and Globalization (3/8/07; 10/4/07-10/5/07)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

"MULTICULTURALISM, PLURALISM AND GLOBALIZATION"

An interdisciplinary conference sponsored by
THE WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES
and the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse
Office of International Education and Department of History

OCTOBER 4-5, 2007

Keynote Speaker: Harvey Sarles, Cultural Studies and Comparative
Literature, University of Minnesota


We invite proposals for individual papers and entire panels for an
interdisciplinary conference on multiculturalism, pluralism, and
globalization.

Papers and presentations from all disciplines and time periods are welcome.


 From ancient times to the present, people have sought to understand and
create their identities both as individuals and as groups. In so doing,
they not only define who they are, but also who they are not. What makes
one group different from another? Who defines those differences? What
are the consequences of such definitions? To what degree do these
definitions create opportunities for conflict and for peace? And why do
differences between groups so often lead to collective forms of violence
such as war, genocide, terrorism and ethnic cleansing?

Possible topics include, but are not limited to: immigration and
diasporas; "clash of civilizations"; diversity; definitions of
community; economic class and property; race, ethnicity and language;
nationalism and the nation; separatism, tolerance, and integration;
identity politics; national or tribal membership and identity; ecologies
of place or of culture; human rights, civil rights and natural law;
religious/ethical values and identity; class, caste and gender; the
sources of collective forms of violence.

Please send a short (approx. 150 words) abstract, along with a 1-2 page
c.v. and contact information as soon as possible, but no later than
March 8, 2007 to: MulticulturalismProposal at ScholarlyCalls.com

Hard copies may be addressed to:
Dr. Deborah Buffton
Department of History
University of Wisconsin--La Crosse
La Crosse, WI 54601
USA

Tel.: (608) 785-8359
Fax: (608) 785-8370


THE WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES

http://www.uwsp.edu/history/WIPCS/WIPCS1.htm

The Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies--founded in
1985--encourages and legitimizes teaching and research on the roots of
violence, and on national and global security issues including
ecological security and on factors necessary for a just global peace.
Dedicated to enabling scholars, teachers, and the public to improve and
make more sophisticated their understandings of war, peace, justice, and
environmental issues, the Institute does not prejudice judgment about
these issues with a particular ideology.

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