Dear Colleagues,
it is our great pleasure to invite you to submit a proposal for the conference:
“Identity, Culture and Law”
to be held on 24-25 September 2019
at the NOVA Law School, NOVA University of Lisbon
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This conference aims at bringing together scientists of different research fields from the social, human and medical sciences, along with representatives of various civil associations, sharing a common interest in classic and contemporary issues of identity and culture, as well as the role of law in dealing with these issues.
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We highly welcome contributions covering the following topics:
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- Individual and social aspects of the psychological construction of identity;
- Foreigners, refugees, immigrants, stateless persons, displaced persons, minorities, “groups”
- Forms of invisibility, discrimination, persecution and violence against “groups”
- Theories on interculturality, multiculturality, cultural transfer, translation, gender etc.
- Principles and systems for the protection of fundamental rights and human rights (at national, regional and universal levels) in face of these issues.
Please submit your proposal here:
Or send us (cosmopolitanism.withoutborders@gmail.com) an abstract of 300 words for a 30-minutes presentation by 10 August 2019. Please also indicate your name, institution and position. A list of the accepted proposals will be posted on the conference website by 15 August 2019.
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For further details please visit the conference website:
https://cosmopolites.wixsite.com/identityculturelaw
This conference is financed by national funds through the FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Foundation for Science and Technology, Public Institution, Portugal) within the project Cosmopolitanism: Justice, Democracy and Citizenship without Borders - PTDC/FER-FIL/30686/2017.
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This event endorses and promotes the UN Sustainable Development Goals by raising awareness and reflexivity and by advancing a vision of a just world. Particularly the following goals are envisaged: Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere; Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries; Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts; Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels; Goal 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
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We are looking forward to welcoming you at the conference!
Best regards,
The organizing committee
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