"Europe: Inside Out"
History, Politics, Cultures, Languages, Media, Music, Society, Business, Philosophy, Theology, Geography, Environment, and Law.

Whether viewed from within or without – or both – perspectives on Europe are varied and diverse. Furthermore, the many, changing faces of Europe have been, and continue to be shaped by internal and external impulses, which remain a constant point of discussion for researchers of Europe and its surroundings.

The conference will encourage postgraduate researchers to turn their own ideas of Europe inside out. It will examine the role of internal and external actors and factors – and the interplay between these forces – in the historical, current and future development of Europe’s structures, practices, meanings and identities.

This conference will bring together postgraduate researchers from a variety of disciplines with the aim of learning from other academic approaches and sharing their own. We will encourage an open-minded exchange of ideas about topics we often consider to be embedded in our own research contexts.

The full Call for Papers and application form can be downloaded at: http://www.gcfe.bham.ac.uk/conference/index.shtml

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS EXTENDED TO 10 February 2010.

Enquiries to: gcfe.bham@googlemail.com