10th CEE FORUM: Constitutional Identity and Social Memories in Central and Eastern Europe Faculty of Law, West University of Timisoara Timisoara, Romania, May 3-4, 2018 |
Conference website | http://www.cee-forum.org/annual_conferences |
Abstract registration deadline | January 31, 2018 |
Submission deadline | January 31, 2018 |
Submission Guidelines
The Central and Eastern European Forum of Young Legal, Political and Social Theorists (CEE Forum), Centre for Legal Education and Social Theory (CLEST) and The Faculty of Law of the West University of Timișoara organizes the conference:
"Constitutional Identity and Social Memories in Central and Eastern Europe"
The aim of this year’s anniversary Forum is to discuss the topic of constitutional identity in Central and Eastern European countries, in general, and in relation to the concept of “social memory” in particular. How do CEE countries construct their present-day constitutional consciousness with reference to social memories of actually existing socialism? Can we talk about a regional, supranational CEE identity (as opposed to a Western or Eastern European one)? But what does separate CEE countries from each other in terms of constitutional identity? At a time when the rhetoric of constitutional identity, national identity and collective memories is used to justify “illiberal” attitudes, we seek to understand the role that various actors and institutions play in shaping the constitutional order. Therefore, we invite papers dealing with the topic of “Constitutional Identity and Social Memory in Central and Eastern Europe” especially from a legal, political, social or philosophical perspective.
List of Topics
We invite contributions exploring the following questions from a theoretical perspective:
- - the relationship between constitutional identity and specific political institutions;
- - the political dimension of constitutional identity;
- - the notion of the constitutional “people”;
- - social mechanisms of selection of memories;
- - legal regulations of collective memories;
- - collective memories in constitutional adjudication;
- - social frames of collective memories;
- - conflicts between collective memories;
- - constitution and religion in Central and Eastern Europe;
- - the impact of World War II and the communist period on constitutional and national identities;
- - the role of national identity in nationality laws (for instance, the cases of Latvia and Estonia, where
- Russian residents did not become automatically nationals of the new republics);
- - trends in the role of national identity in CEE constitutional laws;
- - the question of a regional, supranational CEE identity (as opposed to Western and Eastern Europe);
- - the concept of national unity in the constitutional order;
- - the contribution of non-judicial actors in shaping constitutional identity;
- - the place of comparative constitutional law in the legal scholarship of CEE countries;
- - constitutional transplants;
- - the place of law and literature scholarship dealing with the question of social memory in the legal
- research of CEE countries;
- - economic doctrines inscribed in the constitutional texts of CEE countries.
Committees
Organizing committee
- Dr Alexandra Mercescu
- Karolina Kocemba
- Dr Andreea Verteș-Olteanu
- Dr Lucian Bojin
Venue
The conference will be held in Timișoara, Romania.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to alexandra.mercescu@e-uvt.ro