Conference Announcement: Nationalism and the Left, University of Leeds (UK), 20-21 April 2001

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Conference Announcement: Nationalism and the Left, University
of Leeds (UK), 20-21 April 2001


NATIONALISM AND THE LEFT
 
A conference organised by the Lipman-Miliband Trust for Socialist
Education and Research
 
To be held at the University of Leeds on 20/21 April 2001.
 
Speakers from Palestine, Israel, Scotland, Austria, Slovenia, Sweden
and England, including Tommy Sheridan (MSP), Francis Mulhern
(Middlesex University).
 
Sessions on: Nationalism and the Left Today; The problem of national
identity; the conflict in the Middle East; Western Europe and the
challenge of right-wing nationalism; nationalism in the post-communist
world; the response of parties of the Left to problems of nationalism.
 
The conference starts at 4.00 p.m. on Friday 20 April, in Room LG15,
Michael Sadler Building (Arts Block), University of Leeds, and
continues on Saturday 21 April from 10.00 to 4.30 p.m.
 
Cost of the conference is 10; students/unwaged free.
 
Programme
 
Friday afternoon/evening: Nationalism and the Left Today:
 
John Schwarzmantel (University of Leeds): Socialism and the Nation -
the issues today
Montserrat Guibernau (Open University): The Left and Nationalism
Tommy Sheridan MSP/Alan McCombes (Scottish Socialist Party): Imagine:
A Socialist Vision for Scotland in the 21st Century
(followed by drinks reception for all participants)
 
Saturday: National Identity and Zones of Conflict.
 
The Problem of National Identity
Francis Mulhern (Middlesex University): National Identity and National
Culture
 
The Conflict in the Middle East:
Oren Yiftachel (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev): Ethnocracy,
Intifada and the Israeli Left
Musa Budeiri (Birzeit University): What is Left: Nationalism and
Political Movements in the Arab East
 
Western Europe: Nationalism and the Right
14.00-15.15: National Identity and Nationalist Politics in Western
Europe: 
Max Silverman (University of Leeds), Citizenship and Nation in France
Sylvia Hahn (Salzburg University), Austria: The Challenge of Haider
Stephen Howe (Ruskin College, Oxford), After Britain: Ulster and the
Discourse of National Identity
 
Nationalism in the Post-Communist World
Erika Harris (University of Leeds), The Nature of Post-Communist
Nationalism
Rudi Rizman (Lubljana University), The Causes of the Break-Up of
Yugoslavia
Barbara Tornquist-Plewa, (Lund University), Nationalism in Eastern and
Central Europe and European Integration
 
The conference will be held in Lecture Room LG15, Michael Sadler
Building (Arts Block), Leeds University. The Friday session will be
from 4.30 to 7.00 p.m., followed by a drinks reception for all those
attending the conference. The Saturday session will be from 10.00 a.m.
to 5.00 p.m. 
Registration 4.00-4.30 on Friday, 9.30 to 10.00 on Saturday.
 
Further details from John Schwarzmantel, POLIS, The University of
Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT (0113) 233 4396, email:
[email protected]
Or from Susannah Lane, (0113) 230 2821 (or mobile 07967 11 60 24) or
email: [email protected]

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