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Liebe KollegInnen,<br>
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vielleicht stößt der CfP unten auf Ihr Interesse. Abstracts müssen
bis zum 2. Oktober über die EWIS Homepage eingereicht werden.<br>
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Herzlich<br>
Joscha Wullweber<br>
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<div>Call for Papers</div>
<div>3rd European Workshops in International Studies (EWIS)</div>
<div>Tübingen, Germany, 6-8 April 2016</div>
<div><br>
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<div>(WS R) Living the "new normal":</div>
<div>Post-crisis politics of money, debt and time</div>
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<div>Workshop conveners:</div>
<div>Joscha Wullweber, Benjamin Wilhelm, Nina Boy & Timo
Walter</div>
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<div>More than five years after the global financial crisis,
the European Union</div>
<div>finds itself in the conundrum of a 'post-crisis' state
that is defined by</div>
<div>ongoing crisis dynamics. This is evident, among other
things, in the</div>
<div>changing perception of sovereign risk, the clash
between the power of</div>
<div>finance and democratic legitimacy, growing social
tensions due to economic</div>
<div>inequality as well as the sluggish pace of progress
toward economic</div>
<div>recovery. While some of these processes are unfolding
centre stage</div>
<div>(possible exits from the EU are prominent examples)
others tend to remain</div>
<div>hidden from view within the framework of recent fiscal
and institutional</div>
<div>reformation of the EU. By virtue of measures undertaken
in response to the</div>
<div>crisis, including the new banking supervisory role
assigned to the</div>
<div>European Central Bank, enhanced capital requirements,
and the</div>
<div>supranational coordination of public finances, a new
kind of public sphere</div>
<div>is being created outside the purview of normal public
debate. Rather than</div>
<div>restoring pre-crisis normality, these measures are
themselves bringing</div>
<div>about a new normality with profound social, political
and economic</div>
<div>implications. The objective of this workshop is to shed
light on the</div>
<div>reality that is becoming the new normal both in the
European Union and</div>
<div>beyond by examining the politics of three central
aspects: money, debt and</div>
<div>time.</div>
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<div>The politics of money concerns the new role of the common
currency in the</div>
<div>eurozone and the euro as an impaired symbol for the
imaginary of a unified</div>
<div>Europe. Current policy directions in this respect imply a
new social,</div>
<div>political and cultural context in an era of
‘unconventional’ monetary</div>
<div>policy, excess liquidity and lopsided distribution. The
nature of debt,</div>
<div>and, in particular, the nature of sovereign debt, is
undergoing a profound</div>
<div>shift. Debt is no longer regarded as ‘safe’ and has come
to require</div>
<div>increasing levels of collateral and far reaching
guarantees. This new</div>
<div>condition of debt creates and enforces disciplinary
mechanisms in order to</div>
<div>align policies and scenarios across societal and
political borders. Both</div>
<div>money and debt crucially involve the notion of time. The
moment when debt</div>
<div>turns into the obligation to pay is politically highly
contested and</div>
<div>implies a particular formatting of possible futures in
the present. The</div>
<div>notion of time arranges the difference between a good
loan as (future)</div>
<div>profit and debt as a sovereign burden via the settling of
political</div>
<div>hierarchies.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The workshop will explore the interrelation of money,
debt and time in the</div>
<div>new normal by considering the following questions: How do
these aspects</div>
<div>specifically produce or foreclose future opportunities?
How do they</div>
<div>transcend disciplinary perspectives? And how do they
intervene in the</div>
<div>discourses of everyday life? Accordingly, contributions
will address one</div>
<div>or more of the following topics:</div>
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<div>* Interdisciplinary perspectives on present
configurations of money, debt and time</div>
<div>* New normalities of crisis, volatility, and reform in
the European Union</div>
<div>* The old normal vs the new normal of (sovereign) debt</div>
<div>* New (financial) practices of constructing safety</div>
<div>* Political sovereignty, financial debt, and the modern
exercise of power</div>
<div>* New epistemologies of risk and resilience</div>
<div>* Debt, freedom and financial security in the new normal</div>
<div>* Politics of failure, success and evidence in the new
normal</div>
<div>* The monetary and fiscal governance of 'future presents'
and 'present futures'</div>
<div>* Money, debt and the bonds of the European body politic</div>
<div>* Crisis and the politics of affect in everyday life</div>
<div>* Ethics and moralities of the new normal</div>
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<div>*Deadline for Submission is the 2nd of October 2015*.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>An abstract of about 250 words can be uploaded after
registration</div>
<div>via following this link: <a
href="https://www.conftool.pro/ewis2016/"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.conftool.pro/ewis2016/">https://www.conftool.pro/ewis2016/</a></a></div>
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<div>If you have any further questions concerning this
workshop please write to</div>
<div>Benjamin Wilhelm (<a
href="mailto:benjamin.wilhelm@uni-erfurt.de"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:benjamin.wilhelm@uni-erfurt.de">benjamin.wilhelm@uni-erfurt.de</a></a>)
or</div>
<div>Joscha Wullweber (<a
href="mailto:joscha.wullweber@uni-kassel.de"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:joscha.wullweber@uni-kassel.de">joscha.wullweber@uni-kassel.de</a></a>).</div>
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Dr Joscha Wullweber
University of Kassel
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of "Globalization & Politics"
Nora-Platiel-Str. 1
D-34127 Kassel, Germany
Phone + 49 (0) 561 804-7367
Fax + 49 (0) 561 804-3464
Mail <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:joscha.wullweber@uni-kassel.de">joscha.wullweber@uni-kassel.de</a>
New publications:
2015: Die Performativität des Finanzsystems und die Selektivität stratifizierter Finanzstrukturen, in: Leviathan, Vol. 43 (2), S.270-298.
2015: Global Politics and Empty Signifiers: The political construction of high-technology, in: Critical Policy Studies 9 (1), 78-96.
2014: 'The question is which is to be master - that's all!' Amerikanische Internationale Politische Ökonomie vs. britische Internationale Politische Ökonomie?, in: Zeitschrift für Internationale Beziehungen, 21 (2), 63-84.
2014: Heuristik statt politische Theorie: Eine postpositivistische Kritik des Rational-Choice-Ansatzes. In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 34 (3), 241-257. </pre>
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