[AIW] CFP: Rethinking Rights in Times of Crisis: Local and Global Perspectives on Resilience and Dignity, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA/USA, March 12-14, 2020

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Call for Papers

Rethinking Rights in Times of Crisis: Local and Global Perspectives on
Resilience and Dignity

Center for African and African Diaspora Studies (CAADS) & The Presidential
Commission on Race and Ethnic Diversity (CORED), Kennesaw State University,
Kennesaw, GA/USA

March 12 - 14, 2020

https://dga.kennesaw.edu/caads/civilrightsconference2020/index.php

 

Rationale  

The ubiquitous crises of the early 21st century have been marked by populist
forces that, in association with state and nonstate entities, have
increasingly normalized violence against our planet's most vulnerable.  We
therefore believe it is imperative to cultivate nuanced understandings of
resilience, to advocate urgently for a praxis of responsibility and
compassion, and to engage critically with mechanisms for respecting the
dignity of humans and others, with structures and the logics of rights.
This conference will highlight issues that compel us to think about the
future of the planet deeply, creatively, conceptually, and contextually.  

 

We look forward to papers, roundtables, and workshops that address issues,
trends, developments, and movements that have shaped the discourses of
rights and reimagined ways of being human and of understanding the nonhuman.
Also welcomed are proposals that pose challenges to identities, authorities,
economies, and constructions of biopolitics and transnationalism. 

 

We welcome submissions from all academic and policy/practice relevant fields
that relate to the conference themes.  

 

Papers, Roundtables, and Workshop Ideas are invited in the following four
related areas.

1.	Human rights and nationalisms

1.	Epistemological assumptions
2.	Violence in states and movements espousing human rights
3.	Structures of accountability within interventions naming human
rights goals
4.	Legal, ethical, and/or cultural aspects
5.	Impcats of technology and social movements, including by extremist
populations
6.	Geopolitical hegemony
7.	Crimes against humanity
8.	Migration/immigration
9.	New forms of boundary making
10.	Under extremist regimes
11.	In conflict
12.	Human trafficking
13.	Truth and reconciliation commissions
14.	Traditional media/social media and contemporary conflicts
15.	Techno-nationalisms
16.	Rhetoric and representation
17.	Emerging Ethno-nationalisms and borders
18.	Gender-based violence and extremism

 

1.	Diversity/inclusion issues and movements

19.	Student activism
20.	Transnational solidarities
21.	Emerging forms of resilience and resistance
22.	Gender and sexuality
23.	Youth and children
24.	Race  and ethnicity
25.	Religion

 

2.	The Nonhuman

26.	The states of the environment
27.	Trends in philosophy, policy, and law 
28.	Comparative cultural approaches 
29.	Indigenous perspectives and modes of activism regarding the nonhuman

3.	The Possibilities of Interfaith Dialogues

30.	Dispelling stereotypes about Other religions, e.g., strategies for
responding to Islamophobia
31.	Alleviating interreligious violence
32.	Misconceptions about Interfaith
33.	Limits of Interfaith
34.	Case studies

 

Publication statement:

It is the intention of the conference conveners in association with a
prominent publisher to bring out a collection of essays (in an edited
volume). The Conference Committee (comprised of a group of scholars from KSU
and other partnering institutions) will solicit select papers from the
conference presentations for full length (7000 word or less) submission to
the organizers by July 1st 2020. The organizers and the Conference Committee
plan on working on this edited collection of essays in 2020-21 (contingent
upon responsiveness of select invitees and resource availability). 

 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

*	Deadline for abstract submissions: October 30, 2019.
*	Word limit: 250 words plus a few sentences of professional bio and
institutional affiliation
*	Notification of acceptance to present at the conference: By December
1st 2019 
*	Conference abstracts and enquiries:  Email:
humandignity at kennesaw.edu <mailto:humandignity at kennesaw.edu>  
*	Conference Webpage:
https://dga.kennesaw.edu/caads/civilrightsconference2020/index.php 

 

Registration Fees: $120.00. Include:

Conference Program

Lunch March 12th and 13th  

Dinner Banquet March 14th.         

 

FORMATS FOR CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

*	Individual Presentations - These are typically topical presentations
for a 15 minute slot. The presenter will prepare a conference paper that
will be presented and is typically a more focused, narrower version of their
overall project. The conference committee will organize accepted abstracts
into sessions based on overlapping themes  

 

These sessions may take two forms based on the nature and depth of accepted
abstracts: 

*	Themed Session - These sessions at conference primarily include
completed research or scholarly work.  The presentations will be grouped by
topic or theme into sessions that include several related presentations.
This facilitates audience attendance and organizes topics at the conference.
*	Roundtable Session - Roundtable sessions allow the presenter the
opportunity to interact and converse more with the audience.  Presenters are
assigned to a table in a conference room for the duration of the session and
interested attendees may join them at their table. These sessions are
typically best for position papers, policy analyses, and other types of
topics that benefit from extended discussion time.
*	Pre-organized Themed Panel Discussions (90 minute sessions with a
maximum of four papers or three papers and a discussant):  In panel
discussions, two or more speakers will present different aspects,
perspectives or thoughts on the topics mentioned above (this may include a
research problem or question based on proposed or ongoing research).  Each
speaker will have an opportunity to present their information and when all
the speakers are finished, there is typically time for discussion. Panel
conveners may include a discussant. Each speaker in a panel will have
maximum 15 minutes. There will be 15 minutes of audience/discussion time at
the end.
*	Pre-organized Themed Roundtables (90 min sessions with 5-6
presenters each having a 5-7 minutes slot leaving ample time for discussion.
Roundtable submissions must have an identified chair) 
*	Poster Presentations: Poster presentations are opportunities for a
larger number of researchers to present their research in the form a visual
poster presentation. The posters are large (often 3' x 4') and provide the
researcher with enough space to fully summarize their research in an
attractive and professional way.  The presenter typically prepares a short
oral summary that can be given to those who are interested.  Attendees are
free to move about the room and examine posters and talk individually to the
presenters.  This format does allow the opportunity for a research target
those that are genuinely interested and engage them in discussion that often
allows for more detail.  Another advantage of this type of format is that
researcher can receive valuable feedback from the attendees.
*	Workshops:  Workshops are interactive sessions that can vary in
length from approximately an hour to half a day.  If you have an idea please
approach the organizers soon to see if your work-shop better fits in a
pre-conference format or within the regular conference schedule. These
sessions usually begin with explanatory or introductory information and then
move on to involve the audience in some type of interactive, participatory
activity.  Workshops and interactive presentations are particularly well
suited for demonstrations, learning new skills or procedures, debates,
exhibitions and so forth. Considering the relevance of our theme/s we are
interested in submissions in this format. 

 

Contact Info: 

Nurudeen B. Akinyemi (on behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee)

Center for African and African Diaspora Studies

Kennesaw State University

3393 Town Point Road, Suite 1700, MD 9116

Kennesaw, GA 30144. USA.

 

Contact Email: humandignity at kennesaw.edu <mailto:humandignity at kennesaw.edu>


 

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