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<DIV id=title><SPAN class=h1-larger>Call for Papers: “MULTICULTURALISM,
PLURALISM AND GLOBALIZATION”</SPAN>
<H3 align=center>An interdisciplinary conference sponsored by<BR>THE WISCONSIN
INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES and the University of
Wisconsin-LaCrosse<BR>Office of International Education and Department of
History</H3>
<H1 align=center>OCTOBER 4-5, 2007</H1></DIV>
<P><STRONG>Keynote Speaker: Harvey Sarles, Cultural Studies and Comparative
Literature, University of Minnesota</STRONG> </P>
<P><STRONG>We invite proposals for individual papers and entire panels for an
interdisciplinary conference on multiculturalism, pluralism, and
globalization. Papers and presentations from all disciplines and time
periods are welcome. </STRONG></P>
<P>From ancient times to the present, people have sought to understand and
create their identities both as individuals and as groups. In so doing,
they not only define who they are, but also who they are <EM>not</EM>.
What makes one group different from another? Who defines those
differences? What are the consequences of such definitions? To what
degree do these definitions create opportunities for conflict and for peace? And
why do differences between groups so often lead to collective forms of violence
such as war, genocide, terrorism and ethnic cleansing?</P>
<P>Possible topics include, but are not limited to: immigration and diasporas;
"clash of civilizations"; diversity; definitions of community; economic class
and property; race, ethnicity and language; nationalism and the nation;
separatism, tolerance, and integration; identity politics; national or tribal
membership and identity; ecologies of place or of culture; human rights, civil
rights and natural law; religious/ethical values and identity; class, caste and
gender; the sources of collective forms of violence.</P>
<P><STRONG>Please send a short (approx. 150 words) abstract, along with a 1-2
page c.v. and contact information as soon as possible, but no later than March
8, 2007 to: </STRONG></P>
<P align=left><A
href="mailto:MulticulturalismProposal@ScholarlyCalls.com"><STRONG>MulticulturalismProposal@ScholarlyCalls.com</STRONG></A></P>
<P><STRONG>Hard copies may be addressed to:</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Dr. Deborah Buffton <BR>Department of History<BR>University of
Wisconsin-La Crosse<BR>La Crosse, WI 54601<BR>Tel.: (608) 785-8359<BR>Fax: (608)
785-8370</STRONG></P>
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<P class=h2-larger><A href="http://www.uwsp.edu/history/WIPCS/WIPCS1.htm">THE
WISCONSIN INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES</A> </P>
<P align=left><A
href="http://www.uwsp.edu/history/WIPCS/WIPCS1.htm"><STRONG>http://www.uwsp.edu/history/WIPCS/WIPCS1.htm</STRONG></A></P>
<P>The <STRONG>Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict
Studies</STRONG>—founded in 1985—encourages and legitimizes teaching and
research on the roots of violence, and on national and global security issues
including ecological security and on factors necessary for a just global peace.
Dedicated to enabling scholars, teachers, and the public to improve and make
more sophisticated their understandings of war, peace, justice, and
environmental issues, the Institute does not prejudice judgment about these
issues with a particular ideology.</P><BR></DIV><SPAN
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