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30th October 2003 to 1st November 2003, Milan, Italy.

1st Global Conference INTERCULTURALISM: EXPLORING CRITICAL ISSUES

Call for Papers:
Marking the launch of a new annual conference, research and publication series, this inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary project aims to explore the meaning and implications of interculturalism, from both a practical, political perspective and in a more strictly theoretical sense.

Papers, short papers, and workshops are invited on issues related to any of the following themes:

• the various relationships between 'interculturalism' and 'multiculturalism'
• interculturalism in an educational context
• religious issues and interculturalism
• interculturalism in art, literature and film
• the philosophy of interculturalism
• interculturalism and the politics of the academy i.e. interculturalism and inter-disciplinarity
• interculturalism and language
• resistance to interculturalism through monoculturalism
• race, ethnicity and interculturalism
• racism, violence and interculturalism
• interculturalism and sexuality
• the ethics of interculturalism
• interculturalism and subculture
• interculturalism between 'West' and 'East'
• interculturalism and politics

Papers will be considered on related themes. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 4th July 2003. Full draft papers should be submitted by Friday 19th September 2003. 300 word abstracts should be submitted to both the Organising Joint Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, PDF or RTF formats. Dr Jones Irwin St Patrick's College Dublin Ireland Email: jones1@popmail.com Dr Rob Fisher Inter-Disciplinary.Net Priory House 149B Wroslyn Road Freeland, Oxfordshire OX29 8HR Email: rf@inter-disciplinary.net
The conference is sponsored by Inter-Disciplinary.Net and Learning Solutions as part of the 'Critical Issues' programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. All papers accepted for and presented at this conference will be published in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers will be developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume. The project is also to be supported by an e-mail discussion group and ISSN e-journal. For further details and information please go to
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/interculturalism/interculturalism.htm