International Workshop: CONTEMPORARY ANTI-WAR
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International Workshop on Contemporary Anti-war Mobilisations in Corfu, Greece in November.
An International Workshop on
CONTEMPORARY ANTI-WAR MOBILIZATIONS:
Agonistic Engagemenent Within Social Movement Networks
will take place at Ionion Conference Centre, Corfu, Greece on November 6-7, 2003.
This workshop is organized by Dr Iosif Botetzagias and Prof Moses Boudourides, University of Patras, Greece.
Find below the programme which is also posted at the workshop web site:
 http://nicomedia.math.upatras.gr/conf/CAWM2003/
The abstracts of contributed papers are available online at the URL:
http://nicomedia.math.upatras.gr/conf/CAWM2003/abstracts.pdf
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International Workshop
CONTEMPORARY ANTI-WAR MOBILIZATIONS
Agonistic Engagement Within Social Movement Networks
November 6-7, 2003
Corfu, Greece
Ionion Conference Centre (Faliraki)
PROGRAMME
Thursday, November 6, 2003
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Iosif Botetzagias (Keele Univ.), Perceptions of war and justice amongst
Greek mobilisers: The case of the second war in Iraq
Joris Verhulst (Univ. of Antwerp), The February 15 worldwide protests
against the war in Iraq. An empirical study of transnational social
movement networks
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Abby James (Open Univ.), The social articulation of contemporary
political movements for collective action
Epaminondas Marias (Univ. of Crete), Supranational political parties and
contemporary anti-war mobilizations
Discussion
16:00 pm - 17:30 pm
Christine Agius (Lancaster Univ.), Globalisation and the decline of
progressive politics?
Martin Hultman (Linkoping Univ.), How can the theoretical logic of Empire
make possible a radical change of contemporary political regime?
Discussion
17:30 pm - 18:00 pm
Break
18:00 pm - 19:30 pm
Shyam Tekwani (Nanyang Tech. Univ.), Network technologies and anti-war
mobilization
Anastasia Kavada (Westminster Univ.), Social movements and current
network research
Discussion
Friday, November 7, 2003
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Martin Hultman (Linkoping Univ.), Racism discourse (re)expolited - The
events at the EU-summit in Gothenburg 2001 and their racialisation by
Swedish news media
Dimitris Kalamaras (Patras Univ.), Anti-globalization and anti-war
protest events during the first half of 2003
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Break
11:00 am - 13:00 pm
Roy Panagiotopoulou (Athens Univ.), The media coverage of the Iraq war in
the US and Greece: Decisions and effects on public opinion
Dimitris Maos (Athens Univ.), Media, nationalism and foreign policy: From
September 11th to the war in Iraq
Sophia Nika (Athens Univ.), The 'construction' of the American public
opinion towards the war in Iraq
Discussion
16:00 pm - 17:30 pm
John Hibbs (Franklin Inst.), The inextricable links and the Trojan mice
Richard Pine (Durrell School of Corfu), Polarisation: Finding a third way
- The writer¢s contribution to ending aggression
Discussion
17:30 pm - 18:00 pm
Break
18:00 pm - 19:30 pm
Yannis Balabanidis (Univ. Paris 8), Trends of contemporary social
movements in Greece
Moses Boudourides (Patras Univ.), Evaluating web sites of online
activism
Discussion
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