The University of Minho, with the support of the LLP programme of the European Union, is pleased to invite PhD students, master students and young scholars to submit their abstracts for papers for the upcoming seminar in its campus in Braga in February 22-23, 2013 on “Thinking Out of the Box: Devising New European Policies to Face the Arab Spring” (see online programme of the event at http://nepas-project.net/). Further details on the NEPAS project and a detailed call for papers is available at the website.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 November, 2012
Seminar themes:
The workshop invites papers dealing with theoretical and empirical studies of the following topics:
• The Arab Spring: Revolutions or Stalemate?
• Outcome and Perspectives of the Arab Spring
• Geopolitical Implications of the Arab Upheavals in the Mediterranean
• The Arab Spring: the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ and International Law Implications
• The Fall of Authoritarianism and the New Actors in the Arab World: What Challenges Lie Ahead?
• A New Mediterranean Political Landscape? The Arab Spring and Euro-Mediterranean Relations
• A New Mediterranean Agenda for a New Mediterranean Political Setting Abstract
Submission:
• All abstracts and papers need to be presented in English
• The maximum length of abstracts is 300 words
• Email your abstract as an attachment to: nepasproject(at)gmail.com