Call for Workshop Papers
Exile and Statelessness: Dialogues with and beyond Hannah Arendt
The Hannah Arendt Consortium (HAC) at the University of Cambridge is pleased to announce a workshop on Exile and Statelessness, welcoming contributions from scholars deeply engaged with Hannah Arendt’s theoretical work, as well as those whose research intersects with these themes without necessarily employing Arendtian frameworks. This workshop aims to bridge disciplinary and methodological divides, fostering dialogue around exile, statelessness, and political belonging.
At a time marked by deepening global insecurity, political mistrust, and a sense of placelessness, we seek to examine how notions of home, civility, state, and belonging are reshaped by populist imaginaries and shifting power dynamics. Through this exploration, we aim to generate fresh insights into the lived realities of exile and statelessness while also drawing on historical contexts and conceptual frameworks.
WORKSHOP THEMES
Participants are encouraged to submit abstracts on the following themes, though submissions beyond these areas are also welcome:
- Memory, Implication, and the Promise of Politics: Investigating the role of memory in reimagining exile as both a personal and collective construct, and its capacity to reinvigorate political hope.
- Statelessness, Nationalism, and Post-Nationalism: How do experiences of statelessness and exile reshape or challenge dominant narratives of nationalism and evolving post-nationalist discourses?
- Care and Kin-Keeping in the Context of National Identity: Exploring the role of care and kinship in shaping national and diasporic identities, particularly within contexts of statelessness or displacement.
- Forms and Dynamics of Nationalisms: Contrasting feminine and masculine forms of nationalism—such as nostalgia, kinship, and cultural preservation versus territoriality, chauvinism, and identity politics.
- Real Diasporic Communities vs Imagined Nation-States: Examining how diasporic communities contest or conform to imagined constructs of the nation-state and reimagine their identities in contemporary institutions like universities.
- Arendt on Homeland, Federalism, and Nation-State: Revisiting Arendt’s reflections on homeland and nation-state, with attention to federalist principles and their relevance in contemporary contexts.
- Methodological Nationalism: Critical approaches to transcending methodological nationalism in studies of migration, exile, and statelessness.
- Spatiality, Belonging, and Political Imagination: How are spatial boundaries and political imagination negotiated between urban and state spaces, shaping new forms of belonging?
KEY DATES
- Abstract Submission Deadline: February 20, 2025
- Notification of Acceptance: March 1, 2025
- Workshop Date: March 26, 2025
LOCATION
Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ United Kingdom
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & INQUIRIES
This workshop offers a collaborative space for scholars from various disciplines to engage in critical conversations about exile, statelessness, and political identity. We encourage participation from sociology, political science, anthropology, history, and cultural studies, and we look forward to your contributions.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words.
- Please include your name, institutional affiliation, and contact information.
- Email your abstract to arendt@educ.cam.ac.uk by February 20, 2025.
Call for Workshop Papers
Exile and Statelessness: Dialogues with and beyond Hannah Arendt
The Hannah Arendt Consortium (HAC) at the University of Cambridge is pleased to announce a workshop on Exile and Statelessness, welcoming contributions from scholars deeply engaged with Hannah Arendt’s theoretical work, as well as those whose research intersects with these themes without necessarily employing Arendtian frameworks. This workshop aims to bridge disciplinary and methodological divides, fostering dialogue around exile, statelessness, and political belonging.
At a time marked by deepening global insecurity, political mistrust, and a sense of placelessness, we seek to examine how notions of home, civility, state, and belonging are reshaped by populist imaginaries and shifting power dynamics. Through this exploration, we aim to generate fresh insights into the lived realities of exile and statelessness while also drawing on historical contexts and conceptual frameworks.
WORKSHOP THEMES
Participants are encouraged to submit abstracts on the following themes, though submissions beyond these areas are also welcome:
- Memory, Implication, and the Promise of Politics: Investigating the role of memory in reimagining exile as both a personal and collective construct, and its capacity to reinvigorate political hope.
- Statelessness, Nationalism, and Post-Nationalism: How do experiences of statelessness and exile reshape or challenge dominant narratives of nationalism and evolving post-nationalist discourses?
- Care and Kin-Keeping in the Context of National Identity: Exploring the role of care and kinship in shaping national and diasporic identities, particularly within contexts of statelessness or displacement.
- Forms and Dynamics of Nationalisms: Contrasting feminine and masculine forms of nationalism—such as nostalgia, kinship, and cultural preservation versus territoriality, chauvinism, and identity politics.
- Real Diasporic Communities vs Imagined Nation-States: Examining how diasporic communities contest or conform to imagined constructs of the nation-state and reimagine their identities in contemporary institutions like universities.
- Arendt on Homeland, Federalism, and Nation-State: Revisiting Arendt’s reflections on homeland and nation-state, with attention to federalist principles and their relevance in contemporary contexts.
- Methodological Nationalism: Critical approaches to transcending methodological nationalism in studies of migration, exile, and statelessness.
- Spatiality, Belonging, and Political Imagination: How are spatial boundaries and political imagination negotiated between urban and state spaces, shaping new forms of belonging?
KEY DATES
- Abstract Submission Deadline: February 20, 2025
- Notification of Acceptance: March 1, 2025
- Workshop Date: March 26, 2025
LOCATION
Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ United Kingdom
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & INQUIRIES
This workshop offers a collaborative space for scholars from various disciplines to engage in critical conversations about exile, statelessness, and political identity. We encourage participation from sociology, political science, anthropology, history, and cultural studies, and we look forward to your contributions.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words.
- Please include your name, institutional affiliation, and contact information.
- Email your abstract to arendt@educ.cam.ac.uk by February 20, 2025.
Call for Workshop Papers
Exile and Statelessness: Dialogues with and beyond Hannah Arendt
The Hannah Arendt Consortium (HAC) at the University of Cambridge is pleased to announce a workshop on Exile and Statelessness, welcoming contributions from scholars deeply engaged with Hannah Arendt’s theoretical work, as well as those whose research intersects with these themes without necessarily employing Arendtian frameworks. This workshop aims to bridge disciplinary and methodological divides, fostering dialogue around exile, statelessness, and political belonging.
At a time marked by deepening global insecurity, political mistrust, and a sense of placelessness, we seek to examine how notions of home, civility, state, and belonging are reshaped by populist imaginaries and shifting power dynamics. Through this exploration, we aim to generate fresh insights into the lived realities of exile and statelessness while also drawing on historical contexts and conceptual frameworks.
WORKSHOP THEMES
Participants are encouraged to submit abstracts on the following themes, though submissions beyond these areas are also welcome:
- Memory, Implication, and the Promise of Politics: Investigating the role of memory in reimagining exile as both a personal and collective construct, and its capacity to reinvigorate political hope.
- Statelessness, Nationalism, and Post-Nationalism: How do experiences of statelessness and exile reshape or challenge dominant narratives of nationalism and evolving post-nationalist discourses?
- Care and Kin-Keeping in the Context of National Identity: Exploring the role of care and kinship in shaping national and diasporic identities, particularly within contexts of statelessness or displacement.
- Forms and Dynamics of Nationalisms: Contrasting feminine and masculine forms of nationalism—such as nostalgia, kinship, and cultural preservation versus territoriality, chauvinism, and identity politics.
- Real Diasporic Communities vs Imagined Nation-States: Examining how diasporic communities contest or conform to imagined constructs of the nation-state and reimagine their identities in contemporary institutions like universities.
- Arendt on Homeland, Federalism, and Nation-State: Revisiting Arendt’s reflections on homeland and nation-state, with attention to federalist principles and their relevance in contemporary contexts.
- Methodological Nationalism: Critical approaches to transcending methodological nationalism in studies of migration, exile, and statelessness.
- Spatiality, Belonging, and Political Imagination: How are spatial boundaries and political imagination negotiated between urban and state spaces, shaping new forms of belonging?
KEY DATES
- Abstract Submission Deadline: February 20, 2025
- Notification of Acceptance: March 1, 2025
- Workshop Date: Workshop Date: March 26, 2025
LOCATION
Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ United Kingdom
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & INQUIRIES
This workshop offers a collaborative space for scholars from various disciplines to engage in critical conversations about exile, statelessness, and political identity. We encourage participation from sociology, political science, anthropology, history, and cultural studies, and we look forward to your contributions.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words.
- Please include your name, institutional affiliation, and contact information.
- Email your abstract to arendt@educ.cam.ac.uk by February 20, 2025.