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*Alternative Approaches to International Relations:*

*Turkey** and Beyond (**November 24-25, 2011**)*

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*Organized by:*

*MARMARA** **UNIVERSITY** **RESEARCH** **CENTER** FOR INTERNATIONAL
RELATIONS (MURCIR)*

*Venue: **Marmara** **University**, Sultanahmet, **Istanbul**, **Turkey***

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*Keynote Speaker: Prof. Ken Booth*

*Director of David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies** *at
the *Department of International Politics,** **Aberystwyth** **University***

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*Discussants:*

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*Prof. Ayhan Kaya*

Department of Political Science and International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi
University

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*Prof. Chris Brown*

Department of International Relations, London School of Economics

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*Assoc. Prof. Pınar Bilgin*

Department of International Relations, Bilkent University

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*CALL FOR PAPERS*



The International Relations discipline has been dominated by the realist
approach and its preoccupation with the nation-state since the end of the
Second World War. While nation-states and their respective governments
occupied the center stage in realist writing, this conventional perspective
also argued that the inter-state relationship is bound to be a conflictual
one. Over the years, the realist paradigm has largely confined the study of
international relations to the study of state behavior. This paradigm has
shaped the discipline in the Turkish academia –as well as in the whole
world. Today, however, the international relations field is much more
diversified due to the continuous challenges directed at this conventional
wisdom from a number of alternative approaches. The non-exhaustive list of
critical perspectives on foreign policy and international politics include
political economy, Marxism, feminism, constructivism and post-structuralism.
Due to these epistemological challenges and the constantly changing nature
of world politics, the discipline has also witnessed the emergence of
inter-disciplinary sub-fields such as new diplomacy, transnational studies
and critical security studies –among others. Because these new sub-fields
are representative of the changing actors, issues and the practices in
contemporary international politics, they constitute the major focus of the
conference.

MURCIR’s prospective conference, “Alternative Approaches to International
Relations: Turkey and Beyond” aims to bring together scholars who employ
non-state centric perspectives in their analysis of international relations
and its constitutive aspects such as security, diplomacy and foreign policy.
Being one of the oldest research centers in the Turkish international
relations academia and having pursued an interdisciplinary research agenda
since its foundation, MURCIR aims to provide a venue for academic discussion
with regard to these new perspectives and emerging topics. Due to its
distinct geographical and cultural location which places the country in
between Asia, Middle East and Europe, we believe that Turkey provides an
excellent example for those who observe such transformations. The conference
organizing committee particularly encourages scholars who focus on
unconventional (non-state) agents of change in international relations,
including sub-state, trans-national or non-governmental actors, social
classes, religious communities, occupational groups, humanitarian agencies,
migrant communities, identity groups (gender, ethnic, etc.) and individuals.
The conference welcomes studies from both Turkey and abroad. While there is
no limitations with regard to the geographical scope of individual papers,
scholars who have conducted theoretical or empirical studies concerning
Turkey and the surrounding areas are particularly encouraged to apply. We
consider the publication of individual papers in an edited conference volume
or in a special issue in a journal of international relations.

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*THEMATIC SESSIONS*

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*Session I: Transnational Social Actors and Processes*

*(Discussant: Prof. Ayhan Kaya, **Istanbul** **Bilgi** **University**)*

This panel aims to stimulate discussion on the particular impact of
transnational actors, organizations, networks and practices that
limit/challenge the traditional role of the nation-state in the
international arena. With its interdisciplinary agenda, the emerging field
of transnational studies aims at mapping out social change in different
contexts with a renewed focus on non-state agents. This perspective focuses
on new social relations, spaces, networks and patterns that create and
foster various forms of inter-relatedness and interdependencies across
borders. Regarding nation-state as a historical construct and removing the
boundaries between the “global” and the “local”, the transnational
perspective enables us to see how these two seemingly distinct spatial
categories are constitutive of one another. This panel invites scholars and
researchers from different disciplines to reflect upon the micro and
macro-level transnational political processes which involve social groups
with cross-border ties, e.g. civil society groups, religious
communities, humanitarian agencies, migrant communities, identity groups
(gender, ethnic, etc.).

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*Session II: New Themes and Perspectives in Security*

*(Discussant: Assoc. Prof. Pınar Bilgin, Bilkent University)*

The recent decades have witnessed a conceptual and empirical broadening of
the security agenda in international relations. With the nation-state
paradigm in decline, security is no longer confined to the study of defense
strategies, inter-state conflict, territorial issues or armament. The new
security agenda, by contrast, covers a wide range of phenomena including
popular discourse, political identity, politics of religion, politics of
migration, politics of anti-terrorism measures and geo-politics. While the
previously neglected aspects of human or environmental security is now added
to the security agenda, the field is further broadened with the emerging
literature on new themes such as cyber-security or bio-security. This panel,
therefore, aims to provide a forum for discussion on the critical studies
focusing on new dimensions of security. Presenters are encouraged to explore
new theoretical/methodological approaches in the international relations and
security studies within inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary
frameworks. Panel themes include the politics of environmental and human
security, security dimensions of religious, ethnic, gender and political
identities, popular discourse, anti-terrorism practices, visual security
(securitization of symbols), eco-terrorism and securitization after the
9/11.

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*Session III: Beyond Traditional Diplomacy?*

*(Discussant: Prof. Chris Brown, **London** **School** of Economics)*

In the age of globalization, the conceptual and practical challenges facing
the nation-state had its parallels in diplomacy, which, in its conventional
sense, refers to the activity of government designated diplomats on behalf
of their countries. Given the levels of inter-connectedness in today’s
world, however, diplomatic activity is no longer confined to the acts
undertaken by state representatives i.e., the delivery of official messages,
conducting negotiations, symbolic representation of their countries
vis-à-vis other governments, etc. This panel aims to discuss “new
diplomacy”, a term which emphasizes the new actors, issues and methods of
exchange that lie beyond the boundaries of classical diplomacy. Shifting the
focus away from official representatives towards citizens, groups and
various non-state agents, whose particular interests do not necessarily
overlap with that of the state, this term makes a significant detour from
conventional understandings of diplomacy. “New diplomacy” also refers to the
changing nature of diplomatic practices, including a more transparent
diplomatic conduct as well as the network/coalition-based activities which
rely on various media (TV, journals, internet). The Wikileaks phenomenon
–albeit an extreme case- was the most recent manifestation of these new
challenges in the diplomacy field. This panel, therefore, aims to cover new
issue areas and theoretical approaches regarding “new diplomacy”, with its
particular focus on the diplomatic influence of various sub-state/non-state
agents, including individuals, think tanks, political parties, dissident
groups, NGO’s, municipalities, religious or ethnic communities, etc.



*PAPER PROPOSALS*

MURCIR Conference on “Alternative Approaches to International Relations:
Turkey and Beyond” invites individual paper abstracts for the thematic
sessions specified above. The paper abstract (not exceeding 400 words)
should include the title and the main findings of the article. The full
application package should include the paper abstract, the applicant’s short
biography (not a detailed resume) and contact info. All paper proposals
should be submitted electronically to murcir at marmara.edu.tr by June 15, 2011
.



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*CONFERENCE TIMETABLE*

Deadline for submitting paper abstracts: June 15, 2011

Notification of the applicants: July 10, 2011

Deadline for full paper submissions: October 10, 2011

Conference: November 24-25, 2011

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*TRAVEL AND ACCOMODATION*

MURCIR is unable to provide any travel or accommodation funding for
individual presenters. We kindly remind that the invited session
participants need to cover their own expenses in Istanbul for the duration
of the conference (2 days).



*CONFERENCE WEBSITE*

http://murcir.marmara.edu.tr/conference2011/



*CONTACT INFORMATION*

Marmara University Research Center for International Relations (MURCIR)

Marmara University Department of Political Science and International
Relations

Anadolu Hisarı, Beykoz, Istanbul Turkey

Tel: +90 (216) 460 09 55 or +90 (216) 308 22 26 Ext: 1219

Fax: +90 (216) 308 22 26 / 1205 e-mail: murcir at marmara.edu.tr

MURCIR’s web site: http://murcir.marmara.edu.tr/index-en.html
-- 
Murat Yesiltas
PhD Candidate, Marmara University and Sakarya University
Department of Political Science & International Relations
Istanbul, Turkey
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