Conferences and Other Events

Central European University/Cornell University/University of Michigan 

Call for Papers For a Conference on Rethinking Ethnicity and Ethnic Strife: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Budapest, September 25-27, 2008

The organizers invite submissions of completed papers or substantial abstracts (5-7 pages) from the full range of social science disciplines. Possible themes for the papers include:

*Emergence and transformation of ethnicity  *Globalization, ethnicity and ethnic strife  *Ethnicity and the state  *Ethnicity and public goods  *Ethnic fragmentation and economic growth  *Privileged and marginalised identities  *Decentering ethnicity  *Factors promoting, or dampening, ethnic violence  *Ethnic strife and identity formation  *Religion versus ethnicity in politics

Submission should be sent electronically to Krisztina Bradeanu (bradeanuk@ceu.hu) by April 15, 2008. Selection decisions will be communicated by June 15, 2008. Conference version of the papers will be expected to be delivered by September 1, 2008.

Call for Proposals for the Chicago Creole Heritage Conference & Convention scheduled for July 31 - August 2, 2008. Information about this conference has been posted at http://www.nsula.edu/creole/chicago The conference is an annual one, this time on the theme of Creole Language and Culture. It is an opportunity for educationalists, researchers and outreach workers to meet.

Prof Robin Cohen's Special Lecture on Elusive Power in a Creolizing World takes place at the University of Oxford on 13 November 2007 at 5 pm

The next Caribbean Festival in Paris
www.influencescaraibes.com

The next Notting Hill Carnival
http://www.nottinghillcarnival.org.uk/carnival2007news.htm

Festival Créole de Menton (18 – 22 July 2007)
http://www.montraykreyol.org/IMG/pdf/Dossier_Festival.pdf 

 Call for papers
Workshop 'Comparative Perspectives on Postcolonial Nation-Building and Concepts of Nationhood in Africa', biennial conference of the German Anthropological Association, 2-4 October 2007, Halle/Saale, Germany 
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: 31th JULY 2007

Creolising Europe Conference 6-8 September 2007
School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, University of Manchester
http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/research/centres/mdcsn/conferences/

Conference on MIGRANTS AND THE MAKING OF INDIAN OCEAN CULTURES
WEDNESDAY 11TH JULY 2007, 10.00 am to 5.30 pm

School of Oriental & African Studies, (Room G50, Ground Floor), University of London, Russell Square, London, WC1
(Underground Stations: Russell Square, Euston, Goodge Street)

Cross-cultural Outcomes from the dispersal and movement of peoples and cultures within the Indian Ocean will be the main theme of this Conference.  Given the focus on transAtlantic slavery in 2007, we have decided to bring to the fore, the eastwards migration of Africans and also the multidirectional movement of other ethnic groups in the Indian Ocean.
Contact:  Shihan de Silva (shihan.desilva@sas.ac.uk) or Clifford Pereira (cliffjpereira@hotmail.com)

Conference on Globalism, Governance and Everyday Life, Istanbul Bilgi University,
Istanbul, Turkey, 11-12 May, 2007

2007 National Creole Heritage Celebration in Natchitoches (Louisiana) 

THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE HUMANITIES
American University of Paris, France, 17-20 July 2007

Centre for the Study of Colonial & Postcolonial Societies
University of Bristol, 13-15 July 2006