Deadline- 1 November 2013
Papers are being accepted for Basque identity and politics in Spain, France and the diaspora project offered by Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). This project aims to investigate the changing conditions and spaces for exercising and demanding sovereignty in the contemporary world, and how sovereignty is imagined under these conditions. Drawing on anthropological perspectives, sovereignty is here understood as imagined in similar ways as the ‘imagined communities’ that make up the ‘people’ of sovereignty demands.
The project explores how sovereignty is imagined and debated within particular socio-cultural and political contexts, and how key actors and their constituencies draw on culturally-shaped notions of identity (e.g. indigeneity, ethnicity and/or nationhood), territoriality and legitimacy as they imagine different ‘sovereign’ futures. The project thus aims to shed new light on the changing nature of conflicts over the issues of public authority, political representation, citizenship rights, and territoriality in a globalizing world.
Submissions required-
- A curriculum vitae with contact details
- An outline of the research paper, written in English, including-
- an abstract of 200-300 words
- main research questions
- methodology and research techniques
- literature and debate addressed
- main argument(s) made
Eligibility & criteria-
Eligible candidates have a doctoral degree or enrollment in a relevant PhD program in the humanities or social sciences, have published at least one peer-reviewed journal article, and have research experience on Basque identity and an academic interest in contemporary discourses and practices of Basque nationhood, sovereignty, political authority and legitimacy.
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