CFP: Crises and Critiques of the European Union

The organizers invite proposals for the 2nd Crisis and Critique Conference: Crises and Critiques of the European Union to be held April 25-26, 2012 at the Institute for Social Sciences of Sakarya University and EURDC, Sakarya, Turkey. Proposals on topics related to challenges facing the European Union are welconme, including but not limited to: recent economic and financial debt crises, the chronic problems of ‘European Social Model’, new dilemmas of liberty vs. security, the daunting rise of extreme right, various forms of cultural crises such as the social integration of faith-based or ethnic groups in Europe, the Cartoon Crisis and the home-grown Norwegian terror attacks.  The languages of the conference are English and Turkish. Paper proposals should be around 300 words and include a short-bio of the author(s) and should be received by 15 March 2012. Please see the conference website for more information.