8th Convention of the
Central and East
European International Studies Association (CEEISA)
Kadir Has University, Istanbul
15-17 June 2011
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANEL PROPOSALS
"WHITHER THE 'POST-WESTPHALIAN' WORLD?
INEQUALITIES, CONFLICTS AND SOLIDARITY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY"
Programme Chair: Viatcheslav Morozov, University of Tartu
The 2011 CEEISA conference will address the question of the old and new
forms of political community and critically re-examine the notion of a ‘post-Westphalian’
world that is often advanced as a description of contemporary global reality. Among the core
issues to discuss will be the relevance of the inside/outside divide that has constitutive
significance for the entire discipline of International Relations.
The end of the Cold War and the advance of liberal globalisation theories
led to a widespread belief that the nation state was becoming obsolete due to the growth of
transnational exchanges and the progress of regional integration. The image of a world
‘beyond sovereignty’ was especially popular in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE),
where it was supported by the powerful dynamics of the European Union’s enlargement.
However, this vision can no longer remain unchallenged in the post-9/11 world. Even if the
sovereign territorial state cannot claim a monopoly on political allegiance, it remains
a cornerstone of international order. The CEE region, for its part, has seen both the
progress of universal supranational norms and the increasing fragmentation with the
emergence of new sovereign states. Besides neoliberal globalisation and universal
human rights, the predominance of territorial statehood is undermined by such diverse
phenomena as tribalism, grassroots networks and supranational civilisational identities.
The concepts of empire, class and gender have proven their relevance for our understanding
of international structures. Last but not least, IR scholars continue to debate the
possibility of a global cosmopolitan community that would overcome the existing political
divisions of humankind.
CEEISA encourages submission of papers and panels addressing all aspects
of the conference theme – theoretical as well as empirical, global as well as regional.
A comparative perspective, with regard to developments in other regions around the world,
is encouraged. In particular, conference participants (both scholars and practitioners)
are invited to reflect on the following questions:
- What do contemporary theoretical, normative and empirical perspectives tell us
about the continuing significance of sovereign power in twenty-first century politics?
- What has been the impact of the neoliberal globalisation on the social, racial, gender
inequalities in different parts of the world? Can we speak about the emergence of new
antagonisms that can potentially revolutionize the international system?
- Which new forms of political community and solidarity can we identify in the empirical
reality of contemporary world? Are they likely to transform the established separation between
domestic and international politics?
- Is cosmopolitan democracy a practical possibility? What are the prerequisites for and
the risks involved in making it a reality?
- Is the region of Central and Eastern Europe moving towards a ‘post-Westphalian’ world,
or are we, on the contrary, witnessing a proliferation of characteristically modern conflicts
and insecurities? What has come out of such ideas as ‘Europe whole and free’, ‘common European
house’, ‘Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals, from Vancouver to Vladivostok’, etc.?
Please note that the list of questions is in no sense restrictive.
Scholars and practitioners are invited to submit paper and panel proposals by
1 November 2010.
REGISTRATION FEES
The CEEISA encourages all the participants who are not yet members of the
CEEISA to join the association and enjoy the benefit of the free annual subscription of the
Journal of International Relations and Development and the reduced registration fee for
the 8th CEEISA Convention. For information about the CEEISA membership, please visit the
CEEISA website on http://ian.vse.cz/ceeisa/membership.php.
Registration fee for the 8th CEEISA Convention 2011:
- Registration fee: 120 Euro
Reduced registration fee for PhD students: 90 Euro
- Registration fee for CEEISA members: 60 Euro
Reduced fee for PhD students-CEEISA members: 30 Euro
Registration by an online payment of the fee via PayPal will be open from 21 March
until 15 May 2011 at the CEEISA web site. A reminder and instructions will be circulated one
week before the registration opens.
Paper-givers not registered until 15 May 2011 will not appear in the printed
program of the Convention.
We regret that the registration fee paid is non-refundable in case of cancellation
of participation at the Convention.
For participants who are not giving papers, registration on spot will be possible
but under 50% increased fees in each category.
Information on payment details will be available here soon.
We kindly ask all participants to contact their panel chairs before June 1 2011
in order to agree on terms of paper submission. The panel chairs' e-mails will be placed in the
programme on the website.
Should you have any questions regarding the paper or panel proposals,
please contact us at ceeisa2011.programme@gmail.com.
For more information about the venue, accommodation, etc., please visit the Conference website at http://sites.khas.edu.tr/ceeisa/index.html.
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