Fw: H-ASIA: CFP Europe and East Asia: Debating Democracies, Identities and Futures, Melbourne, Apr 15, 2011

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Subject: H-ASIA: CFP Europe and East Asia: Debating Democracies, Identities
and Futures, Melbourne, Apr 15, 2011

> H-ASIA
> February 13, 2011
>
> Europe and East Asia: Debating Democracies, Identities and Futures
> Melbourne, April 15, 2011, co-sponsored by Deakin University and the
> University of Melbourne
> ***********************************************************************
> From Monash Asia Institute Bulletin:
>
>
> Europe and East Asia: Debating Democracies, Identities and Futures
>
> Jointly hosted by the University of Melbourne & Deakin University
>
> The countries of the European Union (EU) are established democracies.
> However, their identities and futures remain contested, particularly given
> their current crises and difficulties. East Asia is not without its own
> challenges in terms of regional integration. Among other factors such as
> the
> economic and political diversity in the region, the antagonistic character
> of Sino-Japanese relations is often blamed for the lack of political
> integration. Southeast Asia is characterised by a number of very different
> political systems, ranging from Burma's military regime to a weakly
> consolidated democracy in Indonesia.
>
> This workshop seeks to bring together an inter-disciplinary gathering of
> scholars of European and East Asian regional integration. The workshop
> particularly seeks to examine 1) trends in debating democracies,
> identities
> and futures in Europe and East Asia 2) changing trends in democratization
> in
> the countries of East Asia; 3) the possibilities for regional
> decision-making processes to be based on democratic principles; and 4)
> whether there are useful lessons from Europe.
>
> The conference will ask a number of salient questions: does the
> transformative power of the European Union (EU), which has led to
> increased
> debate regarding concepts of 'Europeanisation' or 'European identity',
> have relevance in the East Asian context? Does EU's drive towards the
> diffusion of ideas carry analytical weight in the East Asian context? Are
> any of the East Asian countries welcoming, shaping or supporting the
> diffusion of European ideas? Are any East Asian countries seeking to
> reject them? And which ideas are being diffused?
>
> This workshop welcomes papers or panels on any of the above topics. With
> the rise of China and India, the important middle power role of Japan and
> Australia as well as the continuing importance of the USA, we also welcome
> papers or panels addressing the broader links between East Asia, Europe
> and
> the democracies, identities and futures of other relevant countries in the
> Asia-Pacific region.
>
> Paper or panel proposals: Please send a 200-word abstract with your
> biographical information to one or both of the conference conveners: Dr.
> Marshall Clark (marshall.clark@deakin.edu.au) or Assoc. Prof. Philomena
> Murray (pbmurray@unimelb.edu.au) by 15 February 2011. Given the
> publication
> possibilities with a top journal or a leading publisher, we encourage
> invited presenters and keynote speakers to submit a completed draft of
> their
> papers (up to 7,000 words) to the workshop conveners by 1 April 2011.
>
> Keynote speakers: Jean Monnet Lectures will be presented by Prof. Dr.
> Thomas
> Risse (Director of the Center for Transnational Relations, Foreign and
> Security Policy at the Otto Suhr Institute of Political Science at the
> Freie
> Universitaet Berlin) and Prof. Dr. Tanja Borzel (Jean Monnet Chair for
> European Integration and Director of a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence
> 'Europe and Its Citizens' at the Otto-Suhr-Institute for Political
> Science, Freie Universitaet Berlin).
>
> Cost: The workshop and workshop dinner will be free of charge for invited
> participants. There is no registration fee. There is a small amount of
> funds
> available (up to $250 per student) to cover the accommodation and domestic
> transport costs of selected postgraduate students, who are also encouraged
> to submit papers.
>
> Location: The workshop will be held at the Deakin University Melbourne
> City
> Centre
>
>
>
>
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