In recent times imperial and national politics have made a strong return to the global scene. This meant a severe setback for postmodern hopes for a transnational and post-imperial world or a global conflict management. The Department of History and the Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University, Budapest, take this as an occasion to rethink the role of empires and nations in history.

We invite paper proposals from undergraduate students from all around the world, who are interested in any aspect of nation and empire from a historical perspective. We will consider proposals from all thematic areas (political history, social history, economic history, military history, cultural history, gender history, religious history, intellectual history, etc.) and all historical periods. However, preference will be given to proposals with interesting approaches and well defined research questions, objectives, and findings.

PROPOSALS:

- the language of the conference and the papers is English
- proposals should not exceed 250 words
- deadline: Wednesday, April 15, 2015
- Proposals must be submitted via the online submission form: http://history.ceu.edu/content/empire-and-nation-application-form
- students will be notified about the acceptance of their proposal in early May 2015

PAPER REQUIREMENTS:

- papers should be 2000 to max. 3000 words long
- deadline: Wednesday, July 15, 2015
- at the conference participants will present a 10-12 minute summary of their papers in thematic panels.

REGISTRATION:

Accepted conference participants must register for the conference by Sunday, May 31, 2015, by paying the conference fee. The conference fee is 75 EUR and includes:

- three nights’ accommodation in single rooms in the CEU Residence Center
- breakfast
- coffee breaks
- receptions
- guided tours to archives and historical sites
- 72h public transport pass
- free Wi-Fi
- access to CEU Library

More details about the conference and the program are available at the conference website: http://bit.ly/1DgHeF3