II. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
CONFLICT TERRORISM, AND SOCIETY
“Putting People First: Terrorism and Human Security”
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the Second International Conference on
Conflict, Terrorism and Society, to be held at Kadir Has University
on November 2 - November 4, 2010.
The Organising Committee cordially invites you to submit papers and
posters. Below are a copy of the Call for Papers and information
regarding the conference. More details on the conference, including
keynote speakers, will be posted as arrangements are finalized.
On behalf of the conference organising committee, we look forward to your
participation in this conference.
Conference Name: “Putting People First: Terrorism and
Human Security”
Place: Kadir Has
University, Istanbul, TURKEY
Date: November 2, 2010
– November 4, 2010.
Language of Papers:
English.
Call for
Papers:
There seems to be a growing
acceptance that the traditional state-based security paradigm fails to
accommodate and rightfully address the complex causes of insecurity in
contemporary world politics. Millions of people are killed every year by
civil wars, environmental disasters, famine, preventable diseases,
poverty and violation of human rights that are largely brushed aside by
the narrow understanding of security as derived merely from military
threats. The idea of a state as a sufficient and effective provider of
security to its people becomes highly dubious when states in fact become
the primary source of insecurity for many people who live under their
sovereignty rather than the armed forces of third parties. Thus, the
status of the state as the primary referent of security has become highly
suspect as states are becoming less adept in fulfilling their traditional
tasks in the face of challenges that defy their boundaries.
A people- centered approach is integral to national and global security
as violent conflicts in the post-Cold War era increasingly have their
origins in human insecurity. Human security approach has become widely
accepted as a valuable analytical and policy tool in understanding and
responding to the changing nature of conflict in the current era. This
conference aims to explore security within a multidisciplinary framework
drawing insights from a number of research fields including international
relations, peace and conflict studies, human rights and global
communications as the purveyor of security discourses. The severity and
distinct character of current security challenges requires a fundamental
overview of the dominant approaches that have so far proven ineffective
in tackling them We hope that this conference will ignite much needed
fresh thinking on security and collaboration among various disciplines.
Possible topics for papers include but not limited to:
- Human security: conceptual issues
- Human Security, International Law and State Perspectives
- Non-state actors and human security
- Human security approach to counter terrorism
- Human security and prevention of terrorism
- Suicide terrorism and human security
- Human security and democracy
- Human rights and security
- Security and communication
- Media’s role is security issues
Submit a 500 word maximum proposal or paper to:
Banu Baybars-Hawks
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
Faculty of Communications, Kadir Has University, Istanbul-TURKEY
(banubhawks /at/ khas.edu.tr)
or,
Aylin S. Görener
Assistant Professor of International Relations
Faculty of Economics, Kadir Has University
(gorener /at/ khas.edu.tr)
Proposals should be submitted in the following order:
Name of the author(s)
Telephone, fax, and e-mail address
Affiliation
Title of proposal
Body of proposal
You will be notified by June 25, 2010 regarding the status of your
proposal.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: June 4, 2010
For further information about the
conference, contact:
Dr. Banu Baybars-Hawks
((banubhawks /at/ khas.edu.tr)), or
Dr. Aylin S. Görener
((gorener /at/ khas.edu.tr))
