International Conference: "Cosmopolitanism and World Citizenship"

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Category interdisciplinary; multiculturalism; cultural diversity; cultural awareness; multiculturalism; cultural pluralism; democratic values; literature and art; comparative multiculturalism; psychology; cosmopolitanism; education; immigration; integration; media; social justice; religion; secularism; philosophy

Deadline: March 10, 2021 | Date: May 15, 2021-May 16, 2021

Venue/Country: London/online, U.K.

Updated: 2021-01-21 04:39:20 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

From its origins with the Greek Stoics in the 2nd century BCE, it continues to fascinate academics, politicians, travelers, artists and dreamers alike. From its original context and meaning of “kosmou politês” (that was however limited to Ancient Greece’s male and free citizens), it has become a universal testament of the world’s peoples desires and hopes for planetary conviviality and shared humanity, while its conceptual underpinnings and practical ramifications have been used as tools to change the world – or to make the best efforts in trying.

As just one contemporary example, in 1948 Gary Davis, a former United States pilot, became the first and maybe most famous voluntarily stateless person when entering the American embassy in Paris in 1948, renouncing his American citizenship and declaring himself a citizen of the world, before establishing the ‘World Government of World Citizens’, even issuing related documents such as passports.

Hence this conference animates approaches of conceptualizing, and aspires to find novel ways of practicing world citizenship and cosmopolitanism, from any suitable disciplinary angle. Potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

Multiculturalism, cultural diversity and awareness

Social and individual multiculturalism

Cultural pluralism and democratic values

The politics of multiculturalism

Multiculturalism in literature and art

Comparative multiculturalisms

Psychology of multiculturalism

Multiculturalism and cosmopolitanism

Multiculturalism in education

Multiculturalism, immigration and integration

Reflections of multiculturalism in the media

Multicultural rights, freedoms and pressures

Social justice and multiculturalism

Multiculturalism, religion and secularism

National and regional multiculturalism

Multiculturalism and conflict resolution

European and American multiculturalism

Multiculturalism between philosophy and reality

The history and future of multiculturalism

The multiplicities and limits of multiculturalism

Submissions may propose various formats, including:

All paper submissions and conference activities must be in English. Submissions may propose various formats, including:

Individually submitted papers (organized into panels by the committee)

Panels (3-4 individual papers)

Roundtable discussions (led by one of the presenters)

Posters

Proposals (up to 250 words) should be sent by 10 March 2021 to: cosmopolitanismlcir.co.uk. Please download Paper proposal form.

Registration fee – 90 GBP