The 2014 MESEA conference is to\u00a0be held at the Universit\u00e4t des Saarlandes in Saarbrucken Germany, between May 29th and June 1st, 2014. Proposals should be submitted to the MESEA (www.mesea.org) between August 15th, 2013 and November 15th, 2013. Participants will be notified by January 1st, 2014.<\/p>\n
Ninth Biennial MESEA Conference<\/strong> \u201cCrossing Boundaries in a Post-Ethnic Era \u2013 Interdisciplinary Approaches and Negotiations\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Moving into the second decade of the twenty-first century, interdisciplinary border studies are still in need of new theoretical approaches that not only move beyond the \u201cborderless\u201d discourses of the post-Cold War era, but that also respond to the urgent need that was articulated in the late 1990s for a conceptualization of borders\/boundaries as the sum of social, cultural, political, and economic processes. Following the 9\/11 attack in the U.S., the reality of increased border securitization as part of the \u201cwar on terror\u201d has undermined the neo-liberal rhetoric of the \u201cborderless world.\u201d At the same time, partly as a reaction to globalization and partly as a response to emerging regionalism and ethno\u2010regionalist movements, a number of states have set in motion a process of re\u2010scaling in which they have devolved part of their power in governance to supra\u2010state and sub\u2010state regions (Paasi 2009). As a result of the above, the complex roles of borders and boundaries have become more relevant than ever, necessitating a reconceptualization that sees them as processes, discourses, practices, even symbols, through which power functions.<\/p>\n \u201cCrossing boundaries\u201d is to be understood literally as well as metaphorically; possible topics may include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n Proposals should be submitted to the MESEA website at www.mesea.org <\/a>between August 15 and November 15, 2013<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Submitters will receive notification of acceptance by January 1, 2014.<\/p>\n Preference will be given to complete panel proposals with an inter\/transdisciplinary and\/or transnational focus. Panels may not include more than 2 participants from the same institution. Presenters must be members of MESEA or MELUS in 2014.<\/p>\n
\nMay 29th \u2013 June 1st 2014<\/strong>
\nUniversit\u00e4t des Saarlandes, Saarbrucken Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n\n