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[Commlist] Call for Papers: Europe in Discourse III
Tue Jan 11 14:34:33 GMT 2022
Hellenic American University announces the 3rd International Europe in
Discourse Conference which will take place in Athens, Greece, September
23-25, 2022. The theme of this year’s Conference is Tracing Identity
through Values, History and Borders.
Launched in 2016, Europe in Discourse is an interdisciplinary project
that brings together faculty, students, researchers, early-career
scholars and professionals to explore what is unique about Europe and
why “Europeanness” matters.
EID III re-opens the conversation developed in previous two Conferences
about the future of Europe and its identity. As was the case in 2016 and
2018, discourse provides an analytical tool to diagnose the multiple
constructions of Europe across contexts, texts, institutional or other.
The third Conference also remains faithful to the conviction that there
should be a dialogue between those who talk about Europe and analyze it
and those who “do” Europe and shape it. The Conference is therefore an
open call to political analysts, communication experts, diplomacy and
security experts, public leaders, historians, economists and
policymakers from a variety of fields to engage with the Conference
themes and submit a contribution along the formats accepted.
Conference Description
Tracing Identity through Values, History, and Borders foregrounds values
as an ever-present dimension of European identity. If, within Europe,
governing also takes place by mobilizing values then there should be
consensus that to understand European identity becomes fundamental to
trace those core values it draws on. At the same time, the political
mobilization of values brought about tensions around what Europeanness
means and how differing values had a place in the European sphere.
Questions that arise include: does Europe, exert normative power, does
it resort to values as functional tools for policy-making (transparency)
or does it decide to promote political paradigms (governance)? Which
values have been historically mobilized to unite Europeans and shape how
others perceive Europe (Europeanization)? How current are the values of
the Treaty of Lisbon? Can Europe rely only on soft power to increase its
relevance?
Values, however, cannot be stripped from history as they are clearly
expressed in social and historical change and transformed through such
change. Values, therefore, form the backdrop against which a call to
legitimization of European action is played out.
The topic of borders, invites us to consider European identity
spatially. This has often been framed in terms of state territorialities
but there have been calls for a renewed approach with a spatial
demarcation of Europe that is less “hard”. While the European Union, as
an institutional space of policymaking, is associated with borders,
Europeanness, does not necessarily imply a spatial mark. It is not
identified with a specific location but always draws more on a
collective archive from a shared values-based past. In the post-Lisbon
treaty era, therefore, Europe and the European Union may need to balance
the need for “hard” borders with the recognition that a values-based
European Union may require “soft” b-ordering.
These three closely intersecting dimensions are informing current
debates about European identity and raise important questions: Can the
often-powerful ties between Euroscepticism and populism derail the
project of European integration? How transformative has Brexit been for
the European Union? Does the European Union exert a normative
values-based legitimization (governing by values)? If so, what are the
linguistic and, therefore, communicative tokens of this? What are the
diverse values that each nation state contributes to the European Union
and how are these values discursively reflected? How aligned are the
so-called imagined and experienced Europe particularly after Brexit?
Conference Themes
The Conference invites contributions from a variety of fields which
explore Europe across all dimensions that shape it. Contributions may be
based on theoretical accounts, discourse-driven methodologies,
ethnographical approaches, case studies and other analytical tools to
discuss European identity shaping across all aspects.
Contributions are invited across these themes:
• Europe: super-diverse and globalized
• European values: from continuity to change
• Images of crisis and recovery in Europe
• Political and electoral dimensions in the European sphere
• Conceptual blending, discourse and metaphors about Europe
• Austerity, financial crisis and economic narratives in and
about Europe
• Borders, border-making and spatial transformations of and
within Europe
• Europe as an international actor, the EU in the globe today
• Political discourses in and about Europe
• Im/migration, integration and mobility
• Europe and Populism across left and wing varieties
• Media constructions of European identities
• Integration/assimilation/inclusion/homogenization in the EU
• Historical perspectives in the European project
• Religious aspects in/about Europe
• European as democratic/cosmopolitan idea
• Europe, Europeanness and Enlightenment today
Presentation Formats and Abstracts
Proposals for participation in the 3rd International Conference on
Europe in Discourse: Tracing identities through values history and
borders can be submitted in the following formats:
Oral Communications
Oral communications, which consist of a 20-minute presentation will be
submitted in response to the general theme(s) of the conference
mentioned below. Abstracts for oral communications should be no longer
than 500 words and list five keywords.
Please submit your abstract for an oral communication through the
official Conference website using this
link https://www.europeindiscourse.eu/cfp/submit-abstract
Deadline for oral communications: February 20th 2022
Themed Panels
Proposals for panels must be submitted online as a single document,
single-spaced in 12-point type. Panel proposals should include a brief
overview of the theme, a title of the panel, and 4 to 5 abstract of
papers, each to be delivered within 30 minutes (a 20-minute presentation
followed by a 10-minute period for questions).
The names of the panel presenters should be omitted from the document to
enable double-blind review. However, panel organizers should include
their name.
Acceptance notifications will be sent to panel organizers.
Please submit your panel proposal through the website following the
guidelines under the SUBMIT YOUR PANEL PROPOSAL through this
link https://www.europeindiscourse.eu/cfp/submit-panel-proposal
Deadline for panel submissions: February 20th 2022
Evaluation Process, Criteria and Notification
All abstracts will be peer-reviewed and ranked by the Conference
Scientific Committee. Abstracts will be assessed using the following
criteria.
Scientific strength. Contributions should:
• offer significant contributions to the development of the
discipline and point to future research agendas; and
• present innovative or interdisciplinary approaches,
including novel collaborations or syntheses across sub-disciplines or
with other related disciplines.
Integration: Proposals may receive higher priority if they are clearly
linked to the conference overall theme and are solidly grounded in
discourse or textual analysis.
Notification of acceptance for oral communications will be sent by May
20th 2022
Other Policies
One-Presentation Rule
Proponents are entitled to submit only one abstract as a first author.
Speakers agreeing to present papers in panels also follow the
one-presentation rule, i.e. someone who is first author or presenter
cannot also be first author or presenter for another paper.
Scientific Committee
• Professor Michel Foucher, Foundation Maison des Sciences
de l'Homme
• Professor Evanthis Hatzivassiliou, National and
Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Professor Juliane House, Hellenic American University
• Professor George Pagoulatos, Athens University of
Economics and Business and Director of ELIAMEP
• Professor George Prevelakis, Panthéon-Sorbonne University,
Permanent Representative of Greece to OECD
• Professor Federico Romero, European University Institute
• Professor Ruth Wodak, University of Lancaster
Speakers
Confirmed conference speakers are listed in the
conference website https://www.europeindiscourse.eu/confirmed-speakers
Conference Modality
Depending on the conditions, we plan for Europe in Discourse III to be
held as a hybrid event, including both online and in-person activities.
However, if it is not
possible to hold an in-person conference, we will default to online
only. Both registration modalities will be accommodated.
Registration
Registration fees will be announced through the conference website.
Organizing Committee
President of the Conference: Leonidas-Phoebus Koskos, Esq. President,
Hellenic American University
• Professor Juliane House, Hellenic American University
• Themis Kaniklidou, Hellenic American University
• Gerasimos Kontaxis, Hellenic American University
• Androniki Koumadoraki, Hellenic American University
Contact Information: For any questions, please contact the organizing
committee electronically at: (europeindiscourse /at/ hauniv.edu)
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