[Bilimsel Haber] 8th METU Conference on International Relations

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Middle East Technical University (METU) Department of International
Relations calls for proposals for pre-organised panels, roundtables and
individual papers for its annual eighth METU Conference on International
Relations to be held on June 17-19, 2009 in Ankara, Turkey.

The theme of the 2009 conference is Patterns of Change in the Global System.
The Conference will provide a forum for a thorough discussion of change with
respect to different actors and structures. In order to attain a systematic
perspective towards the issue of change, the Conference will attempt to deal
with the following questions: How has the discipline of International
Relations traditionally conceptualized and contextualized patterns of
change? What is the promise of alternative approaches presented by Critical
Theory, Constructivism, Historical Sociology and Post-Modernism? What is the
context and content of change at global, regional and national levels? How
has the nature and role of the nation-state changed in the process of
globalization? What are the practical and theoretical implications of
globalization vis-à-vis the issues of global governance and cosmopolitanism?
What are the major trends of change in the post-Cold War era? Where does
international law stand within these discussions? How should we comprehend
the relationship between crisis and change? Does the current financial
crisis imply a change in understanding the conception of state-market,
state-society relations? Is there a change in the way security is perceived?
What are the new parameters of security in respect to environment,
international migration and gender? What are the specific epistemological
and ontological questions that arise in relation to these issues?

A non-exhaustive list of possible themes for the Conference can be found at
 <http://www.ir.metu.edu.tr/conf2009> http://www.ir.metu.edu.tr/conf2009

Tuba Ünlü
Department of International Relations
Middle East Technical University


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