[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Research Training Seminar: “The Concepts of Republic: Local, Regional and International,” European U at St Petersburg, Dec. 6-7, 2012

[Gonul Pultar]

from: Serguei A. Oushakine <oushakin at Princeton.EDU>



Call for Papers

The CONCEPTA Research Training Seminar

“The Concepts of Republic: Local, Regional and International”

Hosted by the research center Res Publica, European University at St 
Petersburg

Venue: European University at St Petersburg, Russia

December 6-7, 2012

Deadline for applications: June 22, 2012



Republicanism seeks to conceive of forms of government that can secure 
freedom as non-domination and provide for wider political participation 
than the dominant paradigm of liberalism. This is partly the reason why 
republicanism has become a central concern in political theory and 
conceptual history in recent years. The aim of the seminar is to explore 
various understandings, conceptual change and re-description in the 
history of republic and republicanism.

For this seminar we invite contributions addressing the history of the 
concept of republic in three distinct political settings: 
city-republics, regional powers and community of nations. We are 
particularly interested in comparative conceptual histories of 
republicanism in the European Northern and Southern city-republics and 
Russian North-Western regions, in the late Middle Ages, early modern and 
modern periods. We also encourage submissions addressing the history of 
this concept in other regions. In addition to these regular forms of 
republics, we welcome aggregate-level analyses of real or imagined 
republics. These may include conceptions of various political unions as 
aggregate republics, such as the “united States” (before 1777) and 
Europe, and discussions of the impacts a republican constitution might 
have on the relations among nations.

Contributions to the seminar may also focus on the conceptualizations of 
the institutional structures of republics, the shifts in identification 
of model republics by republican theorists, and the connection of 
republican constitution to its material infrastructure. At the 
international level, contributions may inquire into the debates on 
alternative forms of international political organization, which could 
ensure the basic principle of non-domination, but for various reasons 
disappeared from the list of viable options and key political terms. 
Submissions in the field of contextual and diachronic studies, where 
special attention is paid to rhetorical means of applying the concept of 
republic and adapting it to changing political circumstances, are 
equally welcome. The overall objective is to contribute to the debate 
over the role of republicanism in different political settings by 
drawing attention to non-conventional examples of republican forms and 
new historical sources in textual domains, ranging from natural law, 
pamphlets and poetry to city statutes and charters.

Keynote lectures by Peter Haldén (Uppsala University), Martin van 
Gelderen (European University Institute, Florence) and Quentin Skinner 
(Queen Mary, University of London)

The Research Training Seminar will be followed by the conference on the 
history of European and Russian city republics, December 8-9, 2012. All 
participants are kindly invited to attend.

To apply please send your paper proposal (up to 300 words) and a short 
letter of intent (up to 300 words) explaining your interest in the topic 
and reflecting your previous research and publications. Selected 
participants will have to circulate their papers by November 1, 2012.

Visa: You will need to acquire a visa to enter the Russian Federation. 
The organizers will send formal invitations to selected participants.

Language: English

Finances: No attendance fee will be charged. The organizers will provide 
a few partial travel grants. If you wish to apply for a travel grant, 
you should indicate this in your letter of intent.

Please send your application and queries to republic.concepta2012 at gmail.com

Contact: Evgeny Roshchin      email: firstname.lastname at jyu.fi


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