CfP: The 8th Tensions of Europe Conference Athens, 7-10 September 2017
The 8th Tensions of Europe Conference
Athens, 7-10 September 2017
Conference Theme: Borders and Technology
The 8th Tensions of Europe Conference will have as its main theme the history of borders and technology.
We invite papers studying the history of the relationship between
national borders and transnational infrastructures, hidden technological
linking and delinking that reinforced or challenged border delineations
and demarcations, the relationship between borders and
technologically-induced environmental crises and disasters, the
virtualization of borders and the territories that they contain through
the use of electronic and related technologies, geopolitics and
technology, the redefinition of borders due to the use of technology
(and vice versa), all the way from the production to the circulation and
use of goods and commodities. One central aim is to cross-fertilize
between disciplines and we therefore invite contributions from a wide
variety of historical disciplines as well as from fields like
Migration and Border Studies, Migration History, Mobility History, etc.,
especially in connection to borders and migrations from, to and within
Europe.
Themes that fall under the general agenda of the Tensions of Europe network are very welcomed(e.g.
transnational histories of technology, history of European
infrastructures and networks, environment and technology, the
democracy-technology relationship, conflicting interests and technology,
technology and hidden integration, technology and culture, gender and
technology, technology and ethnicity, technology and disability).
Tensions of Europe has a long tradition of fostering alternative meeting formats.
We encourage proposals for non-traditional sessions with different
formats and new ideas (e.g. round tables, agenda-building sessions,
brainstorm sessions, break-out groups with assignments, poster
discussion, film discussion, event-based sessions). As
long as quality can be demonstrated, the program committee will not
prioritize between formats. By quality we mean suggestions that promise
constructive, stimulating and engaging discussion.
We invite scholars to submit proposals to:
by 15 February 2017
For information on the scientific and social program, affiliated events, keynote speakers, see conference website:
All proposals should
include a title, short abstract, the academic title and affiliation of
the applicant(s) and a short bio. Please name your file with your
surname. Abstracts for individual papers and posters should be no more
than 300 words. For panels, we ask for a description of the theme of the
panel (max 300 words) together with shorter abstracts (max 150 words)
of the individual papers. If you wish to suggest a presentation of a
different format, please use these word limits as guidelines. We will
inform applicants by April 1st 2017 whether their contribution has been accepted.
Important dates:
Deadline for proposals: 15 February 2017
Notification of acceptance: 1 April 2017
Registration: from 1 May 2017
Pre-conference affiliated event:
‘Borders, Technology, Peace’
Discussion and excursion to Delphi, 6 September 2017
Welcome to Athens in September 2017!
Aristotle Tympas (Chair of the Organizing Committee)
Division of History of Science and Technology
Department of Philosophy and History of Science, School of Science
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
The
Tensions of Europe conference is organized biennially. Tensions of
Europe is an interdisciplinary community of scholars who study the
shaping of Europe by paying attention to the role of technology and
material culture. It welcomes fruitful interaction between historians of
technology and scholars who study technology from all other fields of
the humanities and the social sciences (http://www.tensionsofeurope.e