Post date: Nov 17, 2010 11:8:46 AM
Identity has become a central issue in recent decades, almost all social science giving it a unique perspective. Thus, the landscape of theoretical approaches is very large, and very few all-encompassing theories appeared. While identity processes can be explained in a social psychological framework, the process of construction of social identities is not entirely endogenous: local, regional global trends shape the public perceptions and attitudes. Besides, identity has an own conceptual history within philosophical tradition. As a result, not only the explanatory paradigms are conflicting, but also their predictions on the effects and intertwine of identities.
This conference, organized by Partium Christian University Oradea, University of Oradea and University of Debrecen, in the framework of the project ENRI (European, National and Regional Identity – Theory and Practice), financed by Hungary-Romania Cross-Border Co-operation Programme 2007-2013, HURO/0801/180, aims at clarifying the implications of these perspectives on the actual state of identity throughout European space. The focus is double: on the way all the theories fit the available data, both qualitative and quantitative, but also how philosophical paradigm shifts affect the way we interpret these results.The conference approach is mainly sociological, psycho-sociological and philosophical. However, contributions from anthropology, economics, political sciences and social policy studies are very welcomed.
Keynote speakers (sociologists) confirmed until the issue of second call:
Gyorgy Csepeli, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest
David Bartram, University of Leicester, UK
Don Kalb, Central European University, Budapest
Sections:
1. Cultural Diversity and Social Capital. Chair person: Adrian Hatos ahatos@gmail.com
2. Qualitative Methods in the Research on European, National and Regional Identity. Chair persons: Bernáth Krisztina krisztinabernath@gmail.com, Bögre Zsuzsanna, PhD.
3. Social identity and well-being. Chair person: Sergiu Bălţătescu bsergiu2@gmail.com
4. Identities, representations and prejudices. Chair person: Istvan Muranyi muranyi@chello.hu
5. Identity and the idea of Europe as philosophical problems. Chair persons: Éva Biró-Kaszás kaszas@puma.unideb.hu, Tamás Valastyán
6. Levels of identity: Europe, nation, region. Chair persons: Attila Demeter demetermartonattila@gmail.com, Zoltán Zakota
7. Institutions and identity. Chair persons: István Bujalos, Beáta Kassai kassai.beata@gmail.com
The language of the sections is English, except the section 5 where you can use also German.
Submission. Abstracts for papers of about 250 words, together with 3-5 keywords, author’s affiliation, and email address should be sent by 31 January 2011 to the section chair’s email and to enriconference@socioumane.ro. Participants will be notified online on the acceptance of their paper no later than February 14, 2011. There is no conference fee for the presenters. Meals and refreshments will be offered by the organizers. Participants can also apply for accommodation by sending a mail to huro.partium@gmail.com no later than January 31, 2011. Unfortunately we cannot cover travel expenses.
Publication. Full papers, submitted no later than March 15, 2011, will appear in the conference proceedings.
Contact. Please check the conference website https://sites.google.com/site/enriconference/ or send enquiries to: enriconference@socioumane.ro.