[Bilimsel Haber] Call for Panel Members: "Nation-Building, Politics and Historical Memory"

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Call for Panel Members: "Nation-Building, Politics and Historical Memory"


Call for Panel Members: "Nation-Building, Politics and Historical
Memory" a special session at the conference: "Identities in Transition"
Mexico City, 1 - 5. June, 2007

Conference Homepage:
http://www.enkidumagazine.com/eventos/identities07/intro_en.htm
Deadline for Abstract Submissions: March 28, 2007
Conference Languages: English, Castilian, German, French and Nahuatl

The organising committee for the conference "Identities in Transition"
to be held in Mexico City between the 1. and 5 of June 2007 is seeking
further panellists for a special session dedicated to "Nation-Building,
Politics and Historical Memory" that will take place during the
conference. The special session in the conference will consist of 4
panels, each with 3 or 4 presentations.

Proposals for this special session should address the general themes of
the conference, which aims to interrogate storytelling, memories and
identity constructions from a wide range of perspectives, definitions
and in their manifold cultural and social manifestations. This year the
conference will have a special focus on Identities in Transition and
spaces and narratives of identities. Papers addressing remembering and
forgetting of the past as well as translations between cultures and
re-negotiations and re-constructions of cultural identities in one way
or another are particularly welcome.

We welcome submissions from all branches of the social sciences,
humanities, as well as the arts. Graduate students are encouraged to
participate. Papers will be considered on related themes and topics from
a wide range of perspectives. Presenters are encouraged to interpret the
themes of the conference broadly and may explore any historical period,
with any geographic focus.

Papers will be considered on related themes and topics from a wide range
of perspectives. 500 word abstracts should be submitted to the
organising committee in English, Castilian, German or French by 28.
March 2007. The conference languages will be English and Castilian.

Interpretations of the conference theme ranging from the predictable to
the surprising are encouraged.

More information about the conference and the different special sessions
and sub-conferences during the event is available on the conference
homepage: http://www.enkidumagazine.com/eventos/identities07/intro_en.htm

Abstracts are to be submitted by 28. March 2007, along with the
presenter s name, short bio, address, telephone, email, and
institutional affiliation. It is recommended to use the form here:
http://www.enkidumagazine.com/eventos/identities07/registration.htm ,
when submitting an abstract. However, abstracts will also be accepted as
e-mail attachments to info at enkidumagazine.com.

All correspondence for this conference will be conducted via email. You
will be notified by the 15th of April 2007 whether your proposal has
been accepted or rejected.

Please forward this CFP to any colleagues or friends who might be
interested in participating in this panel.
	
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Barrio Xaltocan, Xochimilco
Distrito Federal
C.P. 16090
Mexico
Email: info at enkidumagazine.com

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