Call for Papers
The first call for papers was issued in November 2011.
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'Beyond the Wire': Regulating Division, Conflict and Resistance
40th Annual Conference of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control
5th - 9th September 2012
University of Nicosia, Cyprus
CALL FOR PAPERS
This conference aims to explore the complexity of social conflicts and the way in which occupation (military or otherwise) can lead to the marginalisation of identifiable groups of people in societies divided by historical and territorial claims. It will examine the meaning of going ‘beyond the wire’ or beyond the frontiers of a given conflict. The conference intends to place deeply embedded social fault lines into context, and specifically to consider their impact on processes of criminalisation, justice and social control. The conference organisers therefore encourage papers that will analyse social division, conflict and resistance across Europe and beyond. For example, we welcome consideration of the long term implications of the re-unification of Germany; the consequences for Eastern European nations following the collapse of communist states and the Soviet Union; political and community developments in North of Ireland since the Good Friday Agreement; and the continued conflict in Palestine and resistance of the Palestinian people.
The conference will seek to examine the manner in which social divisions and conflicts implicitly or explicitly underpin definitions of ‘crime’, justice, political constructions of order and ideologies of the ‘other’. In uncertain economic and political times, what will be the impact of profound social divisions on the application of the criminal law? Will the harms of the powerful, corporations and nation states against humans and non-humans remain relatively invisible and under-enforced? How might current insecurities and inequalities impact on policing conflict, unrest and popular resistance? Which identifiable groups are being placed ‘beyond the wire’ and how might deepening social divisions impact on the marginalization and criminalisation of children, young people, migrants and minority ethnic groups? What are the dynamics of persistent struggle, criminalisation and social justice in societies transitioning from conflict?
We welcome papers on a range of issues connected to the theme of ‘Beyond the Wire': Regulating Division, Conflict and Resistance, grouped under the six streams below.
Stream |
Potential Topics |
Social divisions and the application of the criminal law For further details contact: Athanasios Chouliaras tchouliaras@hotmail.com |
Gendered violence |
Anti-security For further details contact: George Rigakos grigakos@connect.carleton.ca and / or |
Policing disorder |
Eco-global ‘crimes’, harms and abuse and consequences for human and nonhuman individuals and species |
Environmental crimes and harms |
Class, state power and corporate harms For further details contact: Steve Tombs |
Analysing ‘crime’ and harm in late capitalism |
The criminalisation and victimisation of migrants and minority ethnic communities For further details contact: Stratos Georgoulas s.georgoulas@soc.aegean.gr and / or Georgios A. Antonopoulos g.antonopoulos@tees.ac.uk |
Border controls and control of migration |
Marginalisation, exclusion and social control For further details contact: Alejandro Forero Cuellar aleforero@ub.edu and / or Andrea Beckmann abeckmann@lincoln.ac.uk |
Economic crisis, uprisings and social control |
We also welcome papers broadly reflecting the wider interests of the European Group for the Study of Deviancy and Social Control. If you would like any further information please contact David Scott or Joanna Gilmore at europeangroupcoordinator@gmail.com
Abstracts to be submitted by 28 April 2012 to: europeangroupcoordinator@gmail.com
Assisted Place
There will be at least one assisted place at the 2012 European Group Annual Conference. The first assisted place is named in honour of the late Anna Eggert. Through the years Anna was involved in two main issues: reproductive rights and women's empowerment. She also had a passion for understanding how fascism and racism could take hold of a society.
Depending on the nature of applications, we would be looking to bestow the assisted place on one person who meets some / all of the below criteria:
- Do not have a tenured position in academia or have no means of providing alternative means of support through employment schemes.
- An MA / PhD student / part time member of staff who is ineligible for university department/school/faculty funding to attend conferences.
- Are confronted with other significant difficulties which would merit special support to attend the conference.
- Currently undertaking research or activism in an area that reflects the work of Anna Eggert
- Planning to deliver a paper at the conference on a theme that reflects the work of Anna Eggert
The deadline for applications is the 16th March 2012. Those wishing to apply should write a 150-300 word statement in support of their application. A copy of the conference paper abstract should also be included in the submission. The conference place is free and the European Group will help support travel and accommodation up to £250 for the assisted place. If you would like further information please contact: David Scott dscott@uclan.ac.uk / europeangroupcoordinator@gmail.com.