The goal of the conference is to conduct a discussion in four interdisciplinary sections on parameters that are generally constitutive for the concept of the youth and that have – according to our thesis – changed considerably over the last twenty years. This discussion may enable us to question the explanatory potential of established models and to actively find constructivist approaches to defining the concept of the youth.

The sections are:

• Section 1: The Redefinition of the Political.
• Section 2: The Revision of the Social.
• Section 3: The Transformation of the Imaginary.
• Section 4: The Concept of the Youth.

For further information please check: http://www.oei.fu-berlin.de/kultur/dates/jugend.html.

Proposals for papers are invited from those working in Literature, Cultural Studies, Area Studies Eastern Europe, Everyday History, Ethnology, the Social Sciences and Political Science. All papers will be circulated before the conference to leave ample room for discussion among its 20-25 participants. The conference will be held in Berlin from 2.-3. November 2012. Depending on conference funding, we may be able to cover costs for travel and accommodation. The conference language will be English. A publication of the papers is planned.

Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words together with a short CV before February 15, 2012, for consideration to Heike Winkel (hwinkel@zedat.fu-berlin.de) or Matthias Schwartz (schwartz@zedat.fu-berlin.de).