The Society for Multi-Ethnic Studies: Europe and the Americas
Fourth MESEA Conference
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
May 20 - 23, 2004
Ethnic Communities in Democratic Societies
Proposals for workshops and papers may engage the following topics, among others:
Negotiation of culture, language, religion within (non-)territorial communities / Parochialism and globalization / Community and fragmentation in global cities / Communitarianism vs. rights / Literary and artistic productions within transnational democracies / Aesthetic concerns of ethnic subjects in democratic societies / How literature reflects democratic concerns / Negotiating ethnic exceptionalism and participation in a larger collectivity / Nation states and imagined communities / Nationalism and transnational loyalties / Nativism and racism in democratic contexts / Ethnic Press and transnationalism / Ethnic community vs. local law / (Il)legal immigration / Transnational identities / Fragmented identities / Political agency, political choices / Balkanization of mentality / Bastions of ethnic tolerance / Citizenship and ethnopolitics / Civis and civility / Ethnic anxieties / Ethnic discrimination and affirmative actions / Ethnogenesis and ethnostasis / From Confrontation to cooperation / Internal colonialisms / Mythologized nationalisms / Xenophobia/xenophilia.
Deadline for proposals: December 20, 2003. Send a one-page proposal and a one-paragraph bio on the same page as e-mail submission to: raphael-hernandez@mesea.org
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Organizing Committee |
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| Dr. Heike Raphael-Hernandez | Yiorgos Kalogeras kalogera@enl.auth.gr | |
| University of Maryland in Europe | Dora Tsimpouki tsimpouki@enl.uoa.gr | |
| Im Bosseldorn 30 | Youli Theodosiadou theodosi@enl.auth.gr | |
| 69126 Heidelberg | Anastasia Stefanidou boogie@the.forthnet.gr | |
| Germany | Eleftheria Arapoglou elefarapoglou@yahoo.com |
Only members of MESEA or MELUS may present papers at this conference.
For membership information please check: http://www.mesea.org