Sharon E Booth (King’s College): Which Came First, "Nations", "States" or "Nationalism"? Eve Darian-Smith (UCSB): The Constitution of Identity: New Modalities of Nationality, Citizenship, Belonging and Being. J. Paul Goode (Bath) and David R. Stroup (Oklahoma): Everyday Nationalism: Constructivism for the Masses. Not dead yet: In the mid-1990s, many academics declared an end to the nation-state; twenty years later, the influence of the state over daily life is more extensive than ever. Matthew Wright (American) and Tim Reeskens (Tilburg): The Politics of Patriotism: The Unexplored Link between Policy, Patriotism, and Public Opinion. Paulina Ochoa Espejo (Haverford): Borders Matter Morally: Territory, Citizenship and Legal Equality. Which borders will states fight for? The introduction to The Mortality and Morality of Nations by Uriel Abulof.
Luke Ulasa (Frankfurt): Global Community as a Response to the Cosmopolitan Solidarity Problem. Sinisa Malesevic (UCD): Where Does Group Solidarity Come From? Gellner and Ibn Khaldun Revisited. From the Project on Middle East Political Science, a series on rethinking nation and nationalism. In the wake of the Arab uprisings, the concept of nation remains important yet dynamic as Middle East states redefine priorities and react to internal and external challenges.
