Xavier Guillaume (University of Geneva, Switzerland) and Jef Huysmans (The Open University, UK) are inviting papers for Workshop 25: Practices of citizenship and the politics of (in)security at the ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Lisbon, 14-19 April 2009.

Citizenship and security are not only two words that are pervading contemporary discussions around the globe but two central concepts in political science. More particularly, central fields within political theory and international relations have made each of these concepts the heart of their reflections. In that regard, it is interesting to note that both citizenship studies and security studies are actually constantly touching upon one another's concepts as both have come to bear on the other in their analysis of the political and of contemporary political processes. Yet, while touching upon one another, they often fail to question and engage the other's central concept - i.e. "security" or "citizenship". As a result, the interplays between citizenship and the politics of (in)security, which have become an extremely central question in contemporary politics, are not well understood. The aim of this workshop is to provide for a discussion and an analysis of these interplays and their potential or concrete effects in modern polities and world politics. It seeks to address important and contemporary empirical, theoretical and normative issues that emerge at the nexus between security and citizenship in areas such as immigration, cultural and ethnic minorities rights, civil rights and liberties, terrorism and counter-terrorism, and global mobility.

The workshop invites papers discussing the heuristics and limits of the security/citizenship nexus whether from an empirical, theoretical or normative point of view.

For more detailed description of the workshop:
http://www.ecpr.org.uk/lisbon/academic_programme.html

How to apply: contact Xavier Guillaume (Xavier.Guillaume@politic.unige.ch) and Jef Huysmans (j.p.a.huysmans@open.ac.uk) See also: http://www.ecpr.org.uk/lisbon/apply_workshop.html Deadline for applications: 1 December 2008