An der University of Manitoba findet vom 16.-19. Mai 2017 ein Workshop zum Thema ‚A Century of Youth Engaging Politics in the Arab World‚ statt. Der Call for Papers ist bis zum 23. September 2016 offen.
Kernthemen sind:
• National or trans-national case studies of the political significance of a specific youth movement.
• Discourse of youth engagement in politics and the uses of such discourse.
• Tactics of mobilization and recruitment, including outreach and forms of wider community engagement.
• Political opposition and competition between different youth communities
• Positioning in opposition to a generational “other”
• The role of trans-national networks and migration patterns in youth mobilization