Department of Politics
Conferences
Northern Political Theory Association Conference
The annual conference of the Northern Political Theory Association will be held at the University of Stirling, Iris Murdoch Centre, on 20 February 2009.
Key speakers:
Elizabeth Ashford (University of St Andrews),Title to be confirmed
Dudley Knowles (University of Glasgow), 'Good Citizens and Good Samaritans'
Cillian McBride (Queen’s University, Belfast),'Rethinking the Politics of Recognition'
Fabienne Peter (University of Warwick), 'Democratic Legitimacy'
The fee (to assist with the cost of providing tea, coffee, lunch and the room) is £10 for full-time academics and free for postgraduates. Please submit your registration form by 9 February.
After the conference, there will be an informal dinner in a local restaurant for those who wish to stay on. Information about local accommodation is available at www.stirling.co.uk/accommodation/guesthouse.htm.
Postgraduate Paper Competition:
One fully-funded place is reserved for the presenter of a postgraduate paper. This is a reminder (see earlier emails) that postgraduates who wish to enter the competition should submit a 500 word abstract by Monday 12 January to rowan.cruft@stir.ac.uk and a.t.baumeister@stir.ac.uk.
The NPTA draws together political theorists from a wide range of academic departments (Politics, Philosophy, International Relations, Law, Economics) in the North of the UK. The annual one-day conference provides a forum for academic staff and postgraduate students to meet in an informal setting with speakers invited locally and from outside the region.
Many thanks for assistance from the Scots Philosophical Club and the Departments of Philosophy and Politics at the University of Stirling.
For more information, please contact Andrea Baumeister or Rowan Cruft.
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Workshop:
CROATIA: DEALING WITH CONSEQUENCES OF CONFLICTS AND AUTHORITARIANISMS
Organized by Centre for European Neighbourhood Studies (CENS)
Convenors:
Dr Dejan Jovic (Stirling) and Dr Christopher Lamont (Glasgow)
Friday, 27 FEBRUARY 2009
9:30am – 5:00pm
COURT ROOM
UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING
Overview:
As Croatia moves closer toward EU membership, this workshop will reflect upon the legacy of violent conflicts and authoritarianisms on contemporary Croatian politics and society. Contributors will present papers on a range of topics including organized crime, refugee repatriation, international criminal justice, identity and citizenship, which all gravitate around both the legacies of violent conflicts and authoritarianisms and attempts by a variety of actors to confront these legacies. Croatia experienced multiple transitions during the 1990s, the most recent occurring after the autocrat Franjo Tudman’s December 1999 death. From January 2000 Croatia’s post-Tudman elites have confronted the task of dealing with the legacy of ethno-nationalist mobilization, violent conflict and authoritarian governance in the context of EU and NATO accession processes, state co-operation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, refugee repatriation, the confrontation of entrenched organized criminal networks and the negotiation of identity. A central theme of this workshop will include a critical examination of strategies post-authoritarian elites and external actors, such as the EU and ICTY, adopted to confront inherited legacies of the Tudman regime and war. Moreover, the question can be posed: to what extent does post-Tudman Croatia exhibits characteristics of change versus continuity? With Croatia’s EU accession process drawing near to conclusion, this workshop will take an opportunity to reflect upon the legacies of authoritarian ancien regimes and violent conflicts in the context of efforts to confront these legacies. Papers presented at the workshop will be published (subject to a peer review process) in a special issue of Europe-Asia Studies, in either March or May 2010, and in an edited volume (book) at a later time.
Programme:
10.00 – 10.15 Introduction
10. 15. – 12.00: Panel I: Confronting Atrocity: Croatia, War Crimes and the ICTY
Chair: Professor Antony Duff, University of Stirling
Dr Christopher Lamont (University of Glasgow) Negotiating Compliance: Sanader’s Croatia and the ICTY
Nataša Zambelli (University of Edinburgh): From Authority to Agency: Redefining Sovereignty in the Context of Croatian Cooperation with the ICTY
Dr Vjeran Pavlakovic (University of Rijeka) A Hero, Not a Criminal: Croatia, the ICTY, and the Symbol of General Gotovina
12.00 – 1. 30 Lunch
1.30 – 2.45: Panel II: Post-conflict Culture and Identities
Chair: Dr Mirna Šolic, University of Glasgow
Dr Catherine Baker (University of Southampton): “It’s all the same, only he’s not here’? Popular Music and Political Change in post-Tudjman Croatia”
Dr Ana Devic (University of Glasgow): “Memory, Conflict and Discontent in Croatian Writing and Film”
2.45 – 3.00 Coffee break
3.00 – 4.30: Panel III: Challenges of Governance in the aftermath of War and Authoritarianism
Chair: Dr Jovo Ateljevic, University of Stirling
Igor Štiks (Northwestern University, Chicago and Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris): Inclusive Ethnocentric Citizenship? Citizenship, Ethnic Diaspora, and Elections in Contemporary Croatia
Dr Ivana Djuric (University of Nottingham) The post-war repatriation of Serb minority IDPs and refugees in Croatia: Repercussions on political stability
Dr Dejan Jovic (University of Stirling) Organized Crime in post-Tudjmanist Croatia
4.30 – 5.00 Discussion about publication
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