The Graduate Students Association (GSA) at International University Bremen invites proposals for papers and workshops for its 2nd Open Graduate Students Conference. p>As an open forum for intellectual exchange and discussion, the conference aims to continue and increase inter- and transdisciplinary exchange between young scholars with a variety of research interests and academic disciplines both from the humanities and social sciences as well as the natural sciences.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the concepts of inter- and transdisciplinarity have become fashionable catchphrases, highlighting the necessity for constant reflection and interchange between formerly established academic disciplines. Often enough, however, academic practice makes it all too obvious that the processes of border-crossing are far from easy.

Thus, while being generally open-topic, the conference also aims to address the theoretical and conceptual difficulties inherent in these concepts.

Presentations should be in English and not exceed 20 minutes in length, allowing time for questions and comments from the audience.

Deadline for submission of abstracts: 31 July

Please send abstracts (of no more than 250 Words) to the addresses below:

Guenter Rottenfusser, M.Sc. School of Engineering and Science International University Bremen PO Box 750 561 28725 Bremen Germany Phone: +49 (0) 421 200 3511 email: g.rottenfusser@iu-bremen.de