deadline for submission: 23.1.07
A conference at University of Roskilde, Dept. of Social Sciences, April 2nd.-3rd, 2008 under the auspices of CINEFOGO * an EU sponsored network of Excellence.
The conference brings together, on one hand, discussions about the genesis of a thin European social citizenship, which seems to be in development process, and on the other hand, issues of care, whether paid or unpaid, in the context of welfare states and different forms of welfare (state, market, civil society). The intention is to relate feminist thinking and feminist theory on citizenship with a specific attention to care together with the empirical tendency towards Europeanization of welfare and changes in European societies taking place presently. The overall aim is to develop new theoretical insights on this field. In doing so, the relationship between Europeanization and globalization dynamics needs to be discussed andtheoretized anew.
We envisage contributions that thematize theories of citizenship with an attention to care (its various forms) and to discussions about the emergence of the contours of a European social citizenship. We invite theoretical as well as empirical papers * and attempt to create an interdisciplinary conference with a maximum of 40 participants from various disciplines representing different modes of reasoning.
The Conference will include the following, confirmed key note speakers: Joan Tronto (Professor, Dept. of Political Science, Hunters College, CUNY) Judith Squires (Professor, Dept. of Political Science, University of Bristol) Fiona Williams (Professor, Dept. of Sociology and Social Policy,
University of Leeds) Kevät Nousiainen (Professor. Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki)
We invite abstracts for papers on the theme of the conference: Abstracts are due on 23rd of November 2007 and must not exceed 300 words. Information on acceptance will be sent to participants at the beginning of December. The final deadline for papers is set for 17th of March 2008.
We expect the keynote speeches and some of the presented papers to lead to a publication in a book series by Edwin Elgar.
Participation and costs: The conference is open to all members of the CINEFOGO Network as well
as for other interested researchers throughout Europe. The conference (and accommodation costs) will be free for paper-givers and members of the CINEFOGO Network of Excellence, while travel costs will be covered by each individual participant. However, PhD students are particularly
encouraged to participate and their travel costs will be reimbursed. For people without a paper, the travel and accommodation costs will have to be covered by themselves/their institution.
More information:
Contact associate professor, Dr. Hanne Marlene Dahl (hmdahl[at]ruc.dk),
Professor. Dr. Anne Kovalainen (Anne.Kovalainen[at]tse.fi),
(Markera@yfi.jyu.fi) if you need more information.