Call for Papers: The War on Terror and the Impact on Muslim Communities – Security, Human Rights and the Media

Brunel Law School has issued a call for papers for a conference on "The War on Terror and the Impact on Muslim Communities – Security, Human Rights and the Media," to take place June 28, 2011. Here's the call:

Call for Papers

Conference: The War on Terror and the Impact on Muslim Communities – Security, Human Rights and the Media

Brunel University – 28th June 2011

Keynote: Professor Conor Gearty, London School of Economics

2011 sees the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. The ten years following 2001 have seen Western democratic States engaging in a global ‘War on Terror’. The ‘War on Terror’ has had an unquantifiable impact on Muslim citizens and residents of these States, despite their ongoing commitment to ideals such as human rights and freedom of expression.

Following a successful research seminar series, (speakers include: Dr Lawrence McNamara (University of Reading); Prof Ian Cram (University of Leeds); Dr Ayesha Shahid (University of Hull) and Prof Clive Walker (University of Leeds)), Brunel Law School would like to invite submissions for an inter-disciplinary conference focusing on ‘The War on Terror and the Impact on Muslim Communities’.

Topics of particular interest include the impact of the War on Terror on Muslim Communities in relation to:

Human Rights

Freedom of Expression

Freedom of Religion

Press Freedom

The attitude of the press to Muslim communities

The legality of counter-terrorism measures

The impact of the War on Terror abroad on Muslim Communities in the UK

Proposals for papers addressing any of these themes should be submitted to Ms Stephanie Berry, Brunel Law School (Stephanie.Berry@brunel.ac.uk) by 7 March 2011. Proposals should not exceed 300 words and should be accompanied by a Curriculum Vitae. We would welcome papers from a range of different disciplines and from PhD, early career and more established researchers. Selection decisions will be made by 25 March 2011.