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Duncan Ivison, University of Sydney, duncan.ivison@usyd.edu.au
In keeping with this year's theme of 'politics in motion', we invite proposals that investigate the historical complexity of the politics of motion - of states, peoples, groups, identities and concepts - from a range of historical approaches and methodologies. We welcome proposals that offer histories and genealogies of concepts and theories at the heart of some of the most pressing challenges we face today - including ideas of empire, globalisation, cosmopolitanism, the relation between religion and society, race, gender, civil war, climate change and environmental degradation, among others. Papers that address the very concept of motion or change as applied to politics are also welcome, especially at a time when radical change seems increasingly difficult to imagine in contemporary politics. Papers and panels might also seek to trace the history of the formation (and transformation) of central distinctions in political theory, for example between the domestic and the international; the private and public; states of nature and civil society; or between the civilized and uncivilized. Thematic panels that place large questions in historical context are also welcome, such as the nature of secularism, modernity, freedom or justice, to name just a few possibilities. Proposals that address the transnational history of different approaches to politics, as well as conceptions of political change, would be especially welcome, including engagements between European and non-European theorists and traditions. Papers and panels are also invited that seek to examine the changing historical trajectory of particular schools or traditions of political thought, such as republicanism, Marxism, critical theory, conservatism or liberalism. The continuing and ever-changing vitality of classical political thought is another potential theme, whether in terms of close readings of particular texts, or in tracing their reception in medieval, early modern and modern contexts. The themes outlined above are only suggestions and intended to stimulate creative and intellectually rigorous proposals. Our aim is to provide a rich, diverse and inclusive program of papers and panels. We encourage proposals that bring together different traditions and approaches to the history of political thought in dialogue, as well as scholars at different stages in their careers from a range of institutions from around the world. |
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