8th Global Conference: Mulitculturalism, Conflict and Belonging

8th Global Conference: Mulitculturalism, Conflict and Belonging Thursday 11th September - Saturday 13th September 2014 Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom Call for Presentations This multi-disciplinary project seeks to explore the new and prominent place that the idea of culture has for the construction of identity and the implications of this for social membership in contemporary societies. In particular, the project will assess the context of major world transformations, for example, new forms of migration and the massive movements of people across the globe, as well as the impact of globalisation on tensions, conflicts and on the sense of rootedness and belonging. Looking to encourage innovative trans-disciplinary dialogues, we warmly welcome papers from all disciplines, professions and vocations which struggle to understand what it means for people, the world over, to forge identities in rapidly changing national, social and cultural contexts. Proposals, workshops and presentations are invited on any of the following themes: 1. State borders and mobility - State's obligation in admitting migrants - State security and border control - Immigration policy and political ideology of nation-state - Permeability of state boundaries under globalization - Redefining borders under globalized world 2. Irregular migration - Illegal migration or irregular migration? - Irregular migration: whose account? - Irregular migration and transnational mobility - Irregular migration, exploitation and human rights violation - Rights and protection of irregular migrants 3. Religion and gender - Gender differences in migration - Religious practices and gender equality under migration - Migrants and freedom of religion - Religious and ethnic minorities under multiculturalism - Religious extremism and the challenge on pluralism 4. Human rights and citizenship - Universality of human rights - Citizenship and rights entitlement - Caste system in the contemporary world - Human rights protection for non-citizens - Conflicting rights 5. Identity formation and belongingness - Identity formation and transnational migration - Integration and preservation of minority cultures - Intergenerational differences on identity formation of migrants - Value conflict and belongingness - Recognition or redistribution under contemporary economic development 6. Redefining multiculturalism - Changing concepts in the study of ethnicity and multiculturalism - Researching multiculturalism - Multiculturalism: the East-West discourse - States commitment towards multicultural practices - Multiculturalism versus nationalism - Historical construction of multiculturalism and its application in the contemporary world Proposals will be considered on any related theme. In order to support and encourage interdisciplinarity engagement, it is our intention to create the possibility of starting dialogues between the parallel events running during this conference. Delegates are welcome to attend up to two sessions in each of the concurrent conferences. We also propose to produce cross-over sessions between these groups âАУ and we welcome proposals which deal with the relationship between Fear, Horror and Terror and Multiculturalism. What to Send 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 4th April 2014. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday 11th July 2014. Abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation as you would like it to appear in programme, c) email address, d) title of proposal, e) body of proposal, f) up to 10 keywords. E-mails should be entitled: Multiculturalism 8 Abstract Submission Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend. Organising Chairs Raees Baig: raees.baig@gmail.com Rob Fisher and Ram Vemuri: mcb8@inter-disciplinary.net The conference is part of the Diversity and Recognition research projects, which in turn belong to the At the Interface programmes of Inter-Disciplinary.Net. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore discussions which are innovative and challenging. All proposals accepted for and presented at the conference must be in English and will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected proposals may be developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume(s). All publications from the conference will require editors, to be chosen from interested delegates from the conference. Inter-Disciplinary.Net believes it is a mark of personal courtesy and professional respect to your colleagues that all delegates should attend for the full duration of the meeting. If you are unable to make this commitment, please do not submit an abstract for presentation. For further details of the conference, please visit: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/diversity-recognition/multiculturalism-conflict-and-belonging/call-for-papers/ Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.