[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: 8th METU Conference on International Relations-Ankara

[Onur Inal]

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 
 
Tuba Ünlü
Department of International Relations
Middle East Technical University