[ecrea] CFP Civic Cultures conference, at Lund University, Sweden, March 31st 2011

>** On behalf of Annette Hill, (Annette.Hill /at/ kom.lu.se) **
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>Please see below a call for papers for a 
>forthcoming conference at Lund University, Sweden on Civic Cultures.
>
>best wishes
>
>Annette Hill
>
>Call for Papers
>Civic Cultures
>International Conference, Communication and 
>Media Department, Lund University, Sweden, March 
>31st 2011. Organisers Professor Annette Hill, 
>Michael Rübsamen and Tina Askanias.
>The idea of civic cultures encapsulates our 
>engagement with the political and non-political 
>in social and cultural life. This conference is 
>a unique opportunity for leading scholars from 
>around the world to present their work on 
>citizenship, public spheres, political 
>communication, political economy, media and 
>democracy, audiences, new media and society. 
>Such a multidisciplinary approach from 
>sociology, politics, media, communication and 
>cultural studies, offers a wide perspective on political engagement today.
>The conference will be organised thematically, 
>focusing on the integrated circuits of civic 
>cultures located around ideas of knowledge, 
>values, trust, spaces, practices and identities. 
>We welcome research that explores themes of 
>media and public spheres, political 
>communication, citizens and citizenship. Papers 
>should address one or more of the following 
>research questions - how is the political 
>embedded within culture and society? In what 
>ways can cultural and social practices open up 
>understanding of political engagement and 
>disengagement? How does the idea of civic 
>cultures connect with critical social and 
>cultural theory? The objective of the conference 
>is to learn more about how social and cultural 
>practices shape and are shaped by the political in peoples lives.
>The schedule includes a combination of keynote 
>addresses, pre-constituted panels, and open 
>panels. Confirmed keynote speakers include John 
>Corner, Stephen Coleman (Leeds University, UK), 
>Peter Dahlgren (Lund University, Sweden) and 
>Liesbet Van Zoonen (Loughborough University, 
>UK). Other invited speakers include Maria 
>Bakardjieva (University of Calgary, Canada), 
>Göran Bolin (Södertörn University, Sweden), Bart 
>Cammaerts (LSE, UK), Nico Carpentier (Free 
>University, Belgium), Christian Christensen 
>(Uppsala University, Sweden), Mats Ekström 
>(Örebro University, Sweden), and Tobias Olsson (Jönköping University, Sweden).
>Please submit abstracts of 300 words in English 
>to Michael Rübsamen ((michael.rubsamen /at/ kom.lu.se) 
><mailto:(michael.rubsamen /at/ kom.lu.se)> ) by 
>December 7th 2010. There is a registration fee 
>of 450 SEK (50 Euros) that covers food and drink 
>for the day and an evening buffet.
>

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