Sorry for cross-postings CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Citizenship and Civic Education in Post-socialist Societies Deadline: March 30, 2015 Open to: Educators, Researchers, Advanced Doctoral Students Date: May 23, 2015 Venue: Tbilisi, Georgia The Civic Education Lecturers Association (CELA) invites abstracts for the 2015 International Conference on Citizenship and Civic Education in Post-socialist Societies. The main goal of the conference is to invite educators, researchers, policy-makers, and other interested individuals to explore, among others, related theoretical frameworks, educational policies, re-conceptualization of the notion of citizenship and civic values in the context of regime transformation and democratic development after the break-up of the Soviet Union. Everyone interested in the topic is encouraged to send their abstracts. We invite abstracts for oral and/or pre-organized panel presentations on one or more of the following themes: • Civic culture, consciousness & identity and their transformation trajectories • Civic education methods and civic curricula (knowledge, skills, values, etc.) • Civic education: policy-making and policy implementation • Ways of civic engagement (e.g., from voting to community work) • Minorities: integration or segmentation? • Other In order to be considered, please submit your CV and your abstract (250 – 300 words) in MS Word (.doc) format by March 30, 2015 to the following email: [email protected] In the subject line of the email, please put “2015 CONFERENCE.” The authors will be notified about final decisions by April 15, 2015. Working languages will be English and Georgian. Selected papers will be published as conference proceedings. There is no participation fee, and the conference participants will be provided with meals on the day of the conference. However, the participants are responsible for their travel and accommodation arrangements. For more information, please contact CELA at [email protected] or visit us at cela.ge/en This project has been made possible with USAID financial support and within the framework of IFES Georgia’s Strengthening Electoral Processes (SEP) Program.
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