Call for contributions : « De/Construction of Ethnicity and Nationhood in the Age of Globalization »   . Deadline for abstract : 1 October 2006.

The age of globalization has witnessed a redefinition of ethnicity as well as the (re)emergence of nationhood, while at the same time witnessing the deconstruction of both. Bi-, multi- and poly-cultural societies more than ever have to confront issues generated from such efforts, which aim at shaping and reshaping identities. While current political developments exacerbate such phenomena, pacts of forgetting and other silent alliances that had been established during the Cold War as well as post- and neo-colonial paradigms are now being interrogated and challenged.

Contributions are invited for a volume focusing on these issues to be published by MESEA, following a symposium organized in September 2005 in Istanbul. The articles should be 5000 to 7000 words in length and follow the MLA style of documentation. Please send abstracts of 100-200 words by 1 October 2006. Complete essays are due 31  January 2007.

Send your abstracts to :

Gönül Pultar

Kültür Arastirmalari Dernegi

Inebolu sokak 15/4

Setustu/Kabatas

34427 Istanbul, Turkey

phone/fax: + 90 212 292 22 29

e-mail: gpultar@kulturad.org