[ecrea] BACS Conference 2010 - Call for papers

> Democracy as a work in progress: the 
> intellectual and cultural dynamics of the 
> Canadian idea BACS 35th Annual Conference Murray 
> Edwards College, University of Cambridge, UK 6-8 
> April 2010 Call for Papers The British 
> Association for Canadian Studies (BACS) is 
> pleased to announce that the 2010 annual 
> conference will take place 6-8 April 2010 at 
> Murray Edwards College (was New Hall), 
> Cambridge. Proposals for 20-minute papers, to be 
> presented in either English or French, are 
> invited from any single disciplinary or 
> multidisciplinary perspective. Multidisciplinary 
> and interdisciplinary panel proposals, including 
> those from postgraduate students, are welcome. 
> This conference will consider a broad range of 
> perspectives on the nature of democracy, 
> meaning, power and possibilities, 
> interpretation, literary and cultural 
> representation, historical meaning, political 
> theory, political philosophy, historical and 
> critical reflections on problems of a 
> globalising age, matters of governance, 
> interpretive approaches and forms of recognition 
> or freedom. Moreover, it will consider the 
> manner in which these ideas have been studied 
> and understood by researchers and students over 
> time, so illuminating our shared but contested 
> intellectual and cultural traditions. The 
> experience, constraints and explorations of 
> vocabularies and disciplines practised in Canada 
> and elsewhere are formed within contemporary 
> frameworks of ideas, cultural practices, texts 
> and institutions. Papers may focus solely on 
> Canada or offer an informed view of Canada in 
> comparative context. Papers will be especially 
> appreciated in the following areas: ?Democracy, 
> Rule of Law, human rights, policy ?Constitution, 
> freedom, civic freedom ?Government, governance, 
> institutions, economics ?Dialogue, 
> representation, parties and networks ?History, 
> memory and identity ?Societies, 
> integration/disintegration, inclusion/exclusion 
> ?Cultural practices, representations, 
> institutions, and textual productions 
> ?Interpretive approaches and methodologies: 
> assessing the data; evaluating achievement; 
> managing expectation ?Quality of life: health, 
> environment, ecology, community ?Capability: 
> organisational, legal, social and policy 
> perspectives ?Literary, artistic and filmic 
> representations of Canadian intellectual, 
> cultural, and political thought Enquiries and 
> proposals to: Jodie Robson, BACS Administrator 
> Room SB212 Senate House, University of London, 
> Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Tel: +44 (0) 20 
> 7862 8687/+ 44 (0) 1289 387331 Email: 
> (canstuds /at/ gmail.com) Website: 
> http://sites.google.com/site/bacsconference2010/ 
> Proposals (panel and individual) and deadline: 
> Email abstract(s) of 200-300 words and brief CV 
> (please do not exceed one side of A4) which must 
> include title(s), institutional affiliation(s) 
> and address(es) by 15 November 2009. Submissions 
> will be acknowledged by email. Postgraduate 
> students are especially welcome to submit a 
> proposal and there will be a concessionary 
> conference fee for students. BACS regrets that 
> it is unable to assist participants with travel and accommodation costs.

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Studies on Media and Culture (CeMeSO)
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