[ecrea] cfp: The Worlds of Violence and Discontent

Second Conference of the Cyprus Association of Political Science
(Cyprus University of Technology, 16-17 December 2016)


The Worlds of Violence and Discontent

Abstract:

We live in a world of considerable violence and discontent. People 
experience different forms and degrees of violence – physical, 
structural, symbolic, genocidal, terrorist, racist, sexist, 
environmental, ethnic, religious, and so on. They also experience and 
need to respond to different states of discontent – poverty, abjection, 
insecurity, lack of hospitality, denial of rights, loss of community, 
habitat deprecation, and so on.

Our understanding of violence has had to navigate the dialectic of 
continuity and change. On the one hand, the continuity of violence in 
its many forms and degrees has been a constant in the history of 
organized society and political units. On the other, change as variation 
in these perennial manifestations has presented academics, 
decision-makers, and the informed general public with exegetic puzzles 
and challenges.
Has the nature of violence and of discontent been fundamentally altered 
by major shifts in global affairs: the end of the Cold War, the rise of 
non-state actors, the shifting powerbase of the international system? 
Has globalization eroded sovereignty to the point where our traditional 
notions – and analytical tools – of institutional structure are no 
longer adequate in addressing the needs of our contemporary environment? 
Do violence and discontent coexist with peaceful means of 
transformation, as well as less overt means of coercion in the 
international system?

The 2nd CAPS conference is aimed at the exploration and assessment of 
the nexus between the multiple manifestations of violence and 
discontent, as well as an understanding of the evolving dynamics of 
these phenomena both contemporary and historical. This call for 
proposals invites the submission of papers that seek to engage the 
policy, conceptual and ethical issues that these multiple worlds create.



Specific themes to be covered include but are not limited to:

•	migrant and refugee crises
•	new wars and drone attacks
•	terrorist practices and anti-terrorist resistance
•	extreme parties and democratic resistance
•	representations of violence and injustice •	forms of symbolic violence 
•	media and worlds of violence
•	coercive diplomacy
•	conflict management mediation and resolution of violent conflicts • 
social protest and non-violent political resistance •	clandestine 
political violence
•	climate change, resource access and the evolving nature of conflict
•	disaggregated causes of conflict participation
•	theoretical and conceptual issues in the study of ruptures, crises, 
conflicts and violence


Organizing Committee

Giorgos Charalambous – University of Cyprus and PRIO Cyprus Centre

Odysseas Christou – University of Nicosia

Costas M. Constantinou – University of Cyprus

Αntonis Ellinas – University of Cyprus

Dora Maniou – Frederick University

Vicky Triga– Technological University Cyprus


Registration fee: €30


Contact:(kysype /at/ gmail.com)


Submissions of panels and papers

Please use the above contact information to email a proposal including 
abstract of panel or paper, author(s) institutional affiliations(s) and 
contact information in Word or PDF format. Panel submissions must 
include an abstract of less than 200 words and 4-5 papers. Additionally, 
panel submissions can include both a Chair and a Discussant; otherwise, 
a Chair and a Discussant will be assigned to the panel in case of 
acceptance.

Key Dates

The submission deadline for participation in the conference is 25 
September 2016.

Decisions will be announced by 10 October 2016.
The preliminary program of the conference will be announced by 20 
October 2016.

Registration will take place at the conference.

Completed papers must be circulated to Chairs, Discussants and other 
members of the assigned panel by 5 December 2016.



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