Irmgard Coninx Foundation is inviting papers that will be presented during the 15th Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality that will be organized from March 28 – 31, 2012 at Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB). The conference will be held under the joint supervision of WZB, Humboldt-University Berlin, and the Irmgard Coninx Foundation. The central theme for this conference will be – “Borders and Borderlands: Contested Spaces Between States”.
About the Conference
During the conference, the roundtables are expected to present attempts reflecting the new interest in the studies of borders and borderlands in a variety of scholarly fields. Through three interdisciplinary workshops, scholars, practitioners and journalists are invited to discuss their findings on the persisting and changing concepts and realities of state and other borders and borderlands.
Based on an international essay competition, approximately 45 applicants will be invited to discuss their research, concerns and agendas with peers and prominent scholars in Berlin. The Irmgard Coninx Foundation will cover travel to and accommodation in Berlin.
Discussions will take place in three workshops:
– Workshop 1: “The Social Life of Borders and Borderlands” chaired by Julie Y. Chu (Anthropology, University of Chicago) and Tatiana Zhurzhenko (Political Science, University of Vienna),
– Workshop 2: “The Politics of Borders: Security and Control” chaired by Mattias Kumm (Law, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, WZB and New York University) and Eric Tagliacozzo (History, Cornell University),
– Workshop 3: “Natural Resources and the Environment along Borders and Borderlands: Conflicts and Solutions” chaired by Michael Redclift (Geography, King’s College London) and Maria Tysiachniuk (Environmental Unit, Center for Independent Research St. Petersburg).
The conference will be accompanied by evening lectures.
Eligibility and Application Procedure
Papers can be submitted by the scholars (max. up to 5 years after Ph.D.) and practitioners (e.g. workers in governmental or urban services, NGOs, journalists). Co-authorship and already published papers will not be accepted. All participants are expected to actively participate during all days of this workshop.
Irmgard Coninx Research Grant
Conference participants are eligible to apply for one of up to three short-term fellowships to be used at the WZB in Berlin. Conference participants will receive all necessary details on the grant application shortly before the conference.
Last date for submitting the papers is November 30, 2011.
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