The Association for Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
(ASEN) is pleased to announce the call for papers for the 24th ASEN Annual
Conference: Nationalism and Belonging. The conference will take place from the
1-3rd April, 2014 at the London School of Economics. Please see the attached
document for the complete call for papers.
Confirmed keynote speakers include: William Callahan,
Sheila Croucher, Alain Dieckhoff, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Gregory Jusdanis,
and Bo Strath
Proposals are invited for papers focusing on the
following themes:
EXPRESSIONS OF BELONGING:
* How national belonging is ascribed
and cultivated
* The role of symbols and rituals in
national belonging
* The process by which individuals and
groups construct their belonging to nations
* How states use claims about national
belonging to define their communities
CROSS-BORDER FORMS OF BELONGING:
* The examination of forms of diaspora
and kin nationalism
* How transnational communities
maintain a sense of belonging across space and time
* How migrant and diaspora communities
construct new ways of belonging
NON-NATIONAL FORMS OF BELONGING:
* How national belonging is responding
to alternative, non-national forms of attachment
* The role of supra-national and
sub-national forces in redefining belonging
* The relationship between national
belonging and cosmopolitanism/post-nationalism
* How possible shifts in the
centrality of national belonging in the contemporary world affect the study of
nationalism.
Abstracts should be submitted online no later than
November 30, 2013. To submit your abstract, please follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/asen2014CFP
Successful submissions will be announced in January 2014.