CFP: National Identity in a Time of Crisis

Submission deadline: February 15, 2025

Conference date(s):
June 29, 2025 - June 30, 2025

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Conference Venue:

Center for Ethics in Public Affairs, American University of Armenia
Yerevan, Armenia

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Call for Abstracts

International Conference on National Identity in a Time of Crisis

June 29 and 30, 2025

American University of Armenia

The Horizon Europe project ETICA  (Center for Ethics in Public Affairs) at the American University of Armenia, directed by the ERA Chair Professor Maria Baghramian,  will inaugurate its international activities through a major multi-disciplinary conference on the theme of National Identity in a Time of Crisis. The conference, taking place on June 29 and 30, 2025 at AUA, is co-hosted by the NYU Global Institute for Advanced Study the Armenian Society of Fellows and the  AUA Turpanjian  Institute of Social Sciences,  where the Center for Ethics in Public Affairs will be based. 

The conference explores foundational questions relevant to the place, the significance and the nature of national identity in a world facing a multitude of old and new challenges and uncertainties. The keynote speakers are: 

Levon Abrahamian  (The National Academy of Sciences, Armenia)

Anthony Appiah  (NYU, USA)

Gina Gustavsson (Uppsala, Sweden)

David Miller (Oxford, UK)

Aghasi Tadevosyan (National Academy of Sciences, Armenia)

Anne-Marie Thiesse (CNRS, France)

Abstracts of 500 words,  for conference presentations of 30-40 minutes, in English or Armenian, are invited on topics relevant to the general theme of the conference, including but not limited to: 

Narratives of national identity: A construction or an immovable cultural heritage? 

The markers of national identity: Language; Shared history; Religion; Art; Architecture; Other cultural symbols.

Shared and contested national identities 

The politics of national identity: The uses and abuses of  national identities in political contexts

The ethics of national identity: Rights, responsibilities and moral obligations

National identities across geographical boundaries

Identities beyond national boundaries and the impact of migration

Multiculturalism and national identity 

Abstracts on themes from the work of the keynote speakers are also very welcome.

The official languages of the conference are English and Armenian. Abstracts in either language are welcome.  The keynote sessions will be translated but the submitted papers, organised in parallel sessions,will not be. We aim to publish a selection of the conference proceedings.  Anonymised abstracts  in Word should be sent as email attachments to [email protected], with the heading National Identity Abstracts. Competitive travel grants of up to 800 euro and complimentary  lunch and dinner on June 29 and 30 will be awarded to a maximum of eight early career international researchers who do not have access to other research funding. This is an in-person conference. Online presentations will not be facilitated.  

The deadline for the abstracts  is February 15 2025.  All queries to [email protected]

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