Call for papers
EUROPE 1000-2000: A Thousand Years of civitas, communitas et universitas
A conference organized by Central European University, History Department
and European Review of History/Revue Europeenne d'histoirem co-sponsored
by the European Cultural Foundation Budapest, 27-29 April 2001.
The European construction under way can only be comprehended in its full
diversity when the commonly held values of Europe are set in their proper
historical context. This conference aims to charter the notion of transnational
commonwealth in Europe during the past millennium. It will explore the manner
in which local, regional, national and international loyalties and identities
were established and either led to conflicts or to broader interdependence
and integration.
Key terms will be the universalism of the past (empire, Christendom, humanist
values), the communities which have shaped a cultural and political diversity
of the present (religion, ethnicity), and the different definitions of
citizenship which make any political construction such a complicated enterprise.
The conference sets= an agenda which crosses the multitude of sub-disciplines
in history, enables real and meaningful interdisciplinary work and broad
comparisons, and encourages further research. The organization of the conference
will aim at crossing period boundaries and enabling debate and discussion
between several generations of scholars.
Priority will be given to young scholars, offering a paper on the following
themes: Symbolic geography, regional space and identities Identity and the
polity: state and empire Multiple identities and social strata European
identities through the ages
Please send proposals to
Laszlo Kontler : kontler@ceu.hu
or Jean-Marc Dreyfus : jmdrey@free.fr
This call for papers with further information and a registration form, is
also accessible at CEU's website http://www.ceu.hu
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