4-5/6/2015- CALL FOR PAPERS for the 7th Biennial HO PhD Symposium on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus (London, Uk)

CALL FOR PAPERS

We invite submissions for the 7th Biennial Hellenic Observatory PhD Symposium on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus. A main objective of the Symposium is to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and ideas between young scholars currently undertaking research on Greece and Cyprus. The Symposium is intended to help graduate research students to overcome the academic isolation associated to PhD research, to ‘try’ their ideas and findings on wider audiences, and to establish new collaborative links across disciplines. Researchers will also be able to ‘engage’ with a wider academic community, including academic members of staff at the LSE, and also a number of other distinguished scholars who will act as keynote speakers and discussants to the Symposium. We welcome contributions from research students (current and recent) across any field of the Social Sciences and Humanities whose PhD focuses on contemporary Greece and Cyprus.

We are extremely grateful to the A.G. Leventis Foundation, for supporting the Symposium once again. The provision of travel grants to our student participants has been crucial to bringing us all together, so we can reap the benefits of our exchange.

The topics covered in the Symposium include, but are not limited to:
-Media and Public Perceptions
-Foreign Policy
-Public Policy (including welfare, education, and social policies)
-Economic Policy (including labour market, industrial, and regional policies)
-Economic Problems and Performance (including macro/micro economics and finance)
-Greece and Southeast Europe (including economic and political cooperation and energy)
-Domestic and EU Politics
-Migration and Minorities
-History and Culture
-State and Society

Abstracts of 500 words maximum are to be included in the relevant section of the ‘Abstract Submission Form’ which must be completed in full and be submitted by email to Hellenicobservatory.phd@lse.ac.uk.

The subject matter of the e-mail submission should read PhD Symposium Abstract. Abstracts should indicate the academic significance of the topic, relevance of conceptual literature, and analytical structure.

‘Abstract’ Submission Deadline
The closing date for receipt of the ‘Abstract Submission Form’ is 17:00 (UK Time) on 30 January 2015.
Regrettably we will be unable to accept any late submissions received after this date.

Successful applicants will be notified in March 2015 at which time they will be requested to submit a 2000-2500 words ‘Paper’ by 15 May 2015. The submission of the ‘Paper’ will be subject to the guidelines as outlined in the ‘Paper Submission Guidelines’. The ‘Paper’ is to be submitted by email to Hellenicobservatory.phd@lse.ac.uk. The subject matter of the email submission should read PhD Symposium Paper Submission. The ‘Travel Grant Form’ should also be completed by eligible participants and be submitted together with the ‘Paper’ by 15 May 2015.

‘Paper’ Submission Deadline
The closing date for the receipt of the ‘Paper Submission’ is 17:00 (UK time) on 15 May 2015.
Regrettably we will be unable to accept any late submissions received after this date.

Important Dates:
31 October 2014: Call for papers
30 January 2015: Abstract Submission Deadline
March 2015: Email to all candidates advising the outcome of their Application
15 May 2015: Paper Submission Deadline
22 May 2015: Final Presentation Deadline
4-5 June 2015: Symposium Dates

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For further information please contact:
Dimitris Sourvanos
Hellenic Observatory PhD Symposium Assistant
Email: Hellenicobservatory.phd@lse.ac.uk
Tel: 0044 (0)20 7955 7720