Dr Chris Rumford, Senior Lecturer in Political Sociology, Royal Holloway, University of London
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 "Cosmopolitanism
and Europe" conference. Royal Holloway, University of London, 22-23
April 2004 >
all the abstracts Plenary speakers: Ash Amin, Gerard Delanty, Eleonore Kofman, Ben Rosamond, Paul Statham, Nick Stevenson. Other participants include: Barrie Axford, Daniele Archibugi, Larry Backer, Robert Fine, Andrew Geddes, Peter A. Kraus, Luke Martell, Maurice Roche. In studies of the EU, discussion of cosmopolitanism is usually limited to questions of democracy and citizenship. In recent times, there has been a wider interest in cosmopolitanism in relation to civil society, the public sphere, EU polity, European identity, migration, transnational space, and multiculturalism. Indeed, cosmopolitanism is becoming a key concept for understanding social and political transformation in the contemporary context, offering an alternative way of conceptualizing community and belonging that does not rely upon the primacy of the nation-state. The conference aims to promote greater interdisciplinary in EU studies and to generate a dialogue between EU studies and European studies. To this end the conference will explore the key themes around which the "cosmopolitan agenda" in European studies is coalescing: Europeanization as a designation for the transformation of contemporary Europe; the complex relationship between globalization and the EU; the democratic potential of political contestation and claims-making in the "knowledge society"; and the cosmopolitan dimension to the self-identity of Europeans. Main conference themes: * Globalization: European experiences * Rethinking Europe: Networks, territory, society * Cosmopolitanism and cultural identity * Citizenship and Democracy For further information contact: Chris Rumford - chris.rumford@rhul.ac.uk Conference Programme Thursday 22 April 2004 12:30 Arrival and coffee 13:00 - 15:00 Panel A: Globalization: European experiences Luke Martell, Sussex: Britain and Globalisation Victor Roudometof, Cyprus: Mapping the Cosmopolitan - Local Continuum Paul Hopper, Brighton: Globalization, Cosmopolitanism & European Identity Natalia Chaban, New Zealand: Images of Europe in New Zealand News Media Syed Hamidullah, Pakistan: Globalization - European Experiences Melinda Rankin, Australia: Crisis in East European Transformation 13:00 - 15:00 Panel B: Rethinking Europe: Networks, territory, society Barrie Axford and Richard Huggins, Oxford Brookes: E-Society policy in the EU Francis Cheneval, Switzerland: Procedural Cosmopolitanism and Democracy Jan Delhey, Germany: Trust Between EU citizens Pance Kralev and Arso Vucevic, Sheffield: Cosmopolitanism and the Balkans Andreas Pollmann, Essex: European Identity: Teachers in Germany Ramona Samson, Denmark: European Integration -a Romanian Perspective 13:00 - 15:00 Panel C: Cosmopolitanism and cultural identity Maurice Roche, Sheffield: Cosmopolitanism and international sport culture Maria Xenitidou, Greece: Cosmopolitanism and the European project Maria Rovisco, Portugal: Space, Identity and cosmopolitanism Fernando Garcia, Royal Holloway: Café Culture in Madrid: Pink Cosmopolitanism Marek Jezinski, Poland: Cosmopolitanism, national identity and the European Union 15:00 Coffee 15:30 - 17:00 Plenary 1 Gerard Delanty, Liverpool: What does it mean to be a "European"? Ben Rosamond, Warwick: Globalization and European Integration 17:00 Close Friday 23 April 2004 09:00 Coffee 09:30 - 11:00 Plenary 2 Ash Amin, Durham: Towards a New Idea of Europe Paul Statham, Leeds: A 'Europeanisation' of the Public Sphere in Britain 11:00 Coffee 11:30 - 13:15 Panel D: Citizenship and Democracy Andrew Geddes, Liverpool: Migration and Citizenship in the EU Jonathan Seglow, Royal Holloway: Immigration, Sovereignty and Human Rights Ebru Ogurlu, Turkey, Multiculturalism in Europe Filipe Carreira da Silva and Monica Brito Vieira, Cambridge: Deliberative Democracy and Multilingualism Alessandra Beasley, US: Inventing the European Union Citizen Patrick Stevenson, Southampton: Language (dis)loyalty and citizenship 11:30 - 13:15 Panel E: Rethinking Europe: Networks, territory, society Peter A. Kraus, Germany: Cosmopolitanism and the European Public Sphere Beathe Due and Christina Mörtberg, Norway: Nordic e-strategies Matthew Cannon, Ireland: Rethinking Regionalism: the Transmanche Euroregion Dora Horvath, Australia: Europe's New Actors and Cosmopolitanism Venera Zakirova, Russia: Ethno-Political Processes and Ethnic Intermarriages in Post-Soviet Russia 11:30 - 13:15 Panel F: Cosmopolitanism and cultural identity Robert Fine and Will Smith, Warwick: Cosmopolitanism and Military Intervention M.R.R. Ossewaarde,The Netherlands: Cosmopolitanism and patriotism in Europe André Utzinger, Switzerland: Paving the Way for a Cosmopolitan Identity Levent Kirval, Turkey: Convergence of European Political Cultures: Reality or Myth? David Hirsh, Goldsmiths: Cosmopolitan lawlessness and the war against terror Ramin Kaweh, Switzerland: Living Cosmopolitanism: exploring definitions of cosmopolitan individuals 13:15 - 14:15 Lunch 14:15 - 15:45 Plenary 3 Eleonore Kofman, Notingham Trent: Migrants and privileged nationals Nick Stevenson, Nottingham: European Civil Society 15:45 Coffee 16:15 - 18:00 Panel G: Citizenship and Democracy Larry Backer, US: Cosmopolitan Judicial Constitutionalism and the EU J.C Rosas, Portugal: How Cosmopolitan is European Citizenship? Alexander Svetlov, Romania: Paradoxes of Post-Socialist Regionalization Austin Harrington, Leeds: Cosmopolitanism in European Social Thought 1914-1945 Will Leggett, Birmingham: Alternatives to the neoliberal modernisation of Europe: is democratisation enough? 16:15 - 18:00 Panel H: Rethinking Europe: Networks, territory, society Daniele Archibugi, London: The Language of Democracy: Vernacular or Esperanto? Jan van Tatenhove, The Netherlands: Rethinking European Governance Lech Zacher, Poland: Cosmopolitanism and the Human Context Mykola Homanyuk, Ukraine: National Identity and Globalization: Germany and Poland Oleg Reut, Russian Federation: The Dichotomy between National and INOST-National 16:15 - 18:00 Panel J: Cosmopolitanism and cultural identity Paul Jones, Liverpool: Cosmopolitanism and Architecture Sobrina Edwards, Sussex: EUropean Identity: A postnational future? Luis Garzón, Spain: Barcelona: Between Identity and Cosmopolitanism Phil Harington, New Zealand: Cosmopolitanism and the Professions Paul Kennedy, Manchester Met: Transnational professionals and 'actually existing cosmopolitanism' Alexa Robertson, Sweden: Cosmopolitanism and Television News Images of Europe Adrian Favell, USA: Eurostars and Eurocities: Free Moving Professionals and the Promise of European Integration 18:00 Close
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