[Mediterraneanstudies] CFP: FUTURE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN – MEDITERRANEAN FUTURES

[Marcus Nolden]

Kindly see Call for Papers attached and below.  Please forward to your
contacts.


*Center for Mediterranean Studies - University Bochum:*
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Request for Papers:

Future of the Mediterranean – Mediterranean Futures

International Conference 30.09. – 02.10.2013, Bochum, Germany

The future is terra incognita which can provide the surface onto which we
project our dreams and yearnings or our nightmares. Today the Mediterranean
region is commonly associated with conflict and crisis: the Middle East
conflict has continued to smoulder for decades, the economic crisis has
shaken countries on the northern and southern shores to their foundations,
while responses to pressing environmental issues and dwindling resources
have yet to be found. Despite all this, the upheaval in the countries of
the Arab world shows that the dream of a better life can still move people
to turn against existing power structures and stakeholders or even lead to
rebellion. Thus the vision of a better future has become a resource which
is driving societal, political and social changes in spite of all
resistance.

Political, social, economic or cultural transformations provide a forum for
a variety of notionsof what constitutes “progress” or “modern”. The future
becomes a contested and controversial resource and may be construed
according to religious beliefs, social class or prevailing perception of
history, may be romanticised or may be discarded completely as a concept:
Thus depictions of the future are always statements on a society’s
“reality”.

We at the Center for Mediterranean Studies are now seeking contributors
from all disciplines, who would be prepared to present their work or
research results at the conference in one of the categories listed below.
Thus we are looking for contributions which deal with historical and
current visions of the future, from the oracle of Delphi to modern rating
agencies. Furthermore we wish to examine *the stakeholders and the
structures* which define, influence or manipulate visions of the future and
*the changes in and dynamics of local visions of the future*, which
contrast with those visions of nations, superpowers and dynasties.

If you are interested in contributing please send your details by e-mail to*
Meike.Meerpohl at ruhr-uni-bochum.de* by the 15.12.2012. Please enclose a
synopsis in English (approximately 300 words) for a lecture of 20 minutes
duration and a short CV.



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Marcus Nolden

Ruhr University Bochum
Center for Mediterranean Studies
Konrad-Zuse-Straße 16
44801 Bochum

Tel.: +49 (234) 32 - 29717

Email: marcus.nolden at ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Homepage: www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/mittelmeerstudien/
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