April 7 - April 13, 2010

Deadline for applications: 10th February, 2010

Responding to the growing interest in the sub-disciplines of Human Geography, the CRC session will provide faculty with an opportunity to enhance their curricula by examining key concepts of Cultural Geography. The session is meant to foster a fruitful exchange of theory and method for research-oriented faculty and will bring together discussants from around the world and from a range of disciplines, providing new perspectives related to the topic. Some of the themes of the session will include a critical examination of universal narratives of cultural identity, the ontological and discursive significance of national perimeters, developments in tourism geography, cultural convergence and the corporate governance of culture, post-colonial readings of landscape, the a future of undocumented migrants and unanswered peripheral questions relating to citizenship, and the fear of fluctuating legal boundaries.

The main objectives of the session are to survey cultural geographical theory and methodology and its politics and praxis, as well as to explore topical issues of relevance. Additional aims are to present an opportunity for faculty to clarify conceptual issues and provide them with theoretical signposts to guide their own curricula.

In addition to having the chance to carry out research at the CEU library, faculty will also be invited to attend a conference entitled Call for Proposals: Alternative Culture Now: The Politics of Culture at the Present Conjuncture, that will take place concurrently with the CRC session, organized jointly by the International Alternative Culture Center, University of Alberta (Canada), and Department of Sociology of the Central European University.

For CfP visit
http://www.alternativeculture.org/reset/content/view/145/1/

NOTE: Applicants are asked to contribute a 500 word essay on how participation in the CRC session will enrich their curricula.

The session is part of the CEU CRC TOPICAL ISSUES IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT and organized in coopeartion with Open Society Archives and Sociology and Social Anthropology Department at CEU.

These types of sessions are expected to cover topical issues of particular importance to the development of higher education in the region, in all areas related to curriculum development. Organized by the CRC office in co-operation with a wide range of strategic partners, these sessions address current trends in curriculum development, degree structures and particular or special interest issues.