CFP: Global Justice and the Nation-State

Lisbon: 23-24 October 2008 | CFP: 30 June 2008

The New University of Lisbon is hosting a conference on current research on global justice and the nation state on 23-24 October 2008. From the CFP:

Within philosophy and the social sciences, global justice, the nation, and the state are among the most discussed topics in recent years. Despite the considerable amount of scholarly work devoted to the topic, we still lack consolidated views with regard to the evolution of legal and political institutions beyond the boundaries of the nation-state as well as to their capacity of tackling matters of global justice. Recent international debate focused on the “new international order” set out in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and the US reaction, which led scholars to focus their attention on legal international institutions, political unilateralism, multilateralism, etc.

Although the importance of these topics cannot be overemphasised enough, other issues ought to be fed again into the debate on international politics and international institutions, such as the management of global environmental dynamics, the exploitation of natural resources, the claims to economic development and national well-being raised by newly developing countries, the management of inequality on a global scale, as well as the distribution of the economic and security burdens that these global tasks imply.

We welcome applications from philosophers, social, and human scientists of any tradition willing to present their analysis of empirical trends as well as philosophical reflections about how to conceive of global justice both from a moral and a political point of view.

Areas of investigation may include:

Conceptions of global justice
Global justice/justice within state boundaries
Justice between nations
Global justice and world order
Global justice, national cultures, cultural diversity
Principles of justice and national, international, and supranational
policies with regard to
-Migration
-Natural resources
-Trade
-Inequality
-Environment
-Development and development aid
-Citizenship

Keynote speakers are Kok-Chor Tan, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) and Margaret Moore, Queen’s University (Kingston, Ontario, Canada). The convenor is Prof. Diogo Pires Aurélio (Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, UNL Lisbon)

Selected papers will be published in hard copy. Abstracts of max. 500 words in length should be submitted by email (globaljustice2008 [at] gmail.com) by 30th June. Presentations will be 30 minutes in length. Panels will be arranged on the basis of the papers received according to homogeneity of content. Enquiries relating to any subject should be sent to the e-mail address indicated above.

Prof. Diogo Pires Aurélio
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Av. de Berna 26-C
1069-061 Lisboa
Portugal
www.fcsh.unl.pt
www.ifl.pt