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Call for Papers for the Croatian International Relations Review (CIRR)

IRMO/Culturelink invites papers for a thematic Special Issue of the Croatian International Relations Review (CIRR) with the provisional title of European Union and Challenges of Cultural Policies: Critical Perspectives.

Within the framework of the Jean Monnet project EU Competences and National Cultural Policies: Critical Dialogues (CULPOL), the Croatian International Relations Review (CIRR, cirr.irmo.hr/en/), IRMO, now accepts contributions for this special issue that will focus on the systematic and critical reflections about the impact of the European Union on policies at the national level that are framing the cultural field, aiming to shed light on the challenges of implementing cultural policies, as well as on the challenges of thinking and creating new cultural policies. Please read the full Call for Proposals at culpol.irmo.hr/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CfP_CIRR_Special-Issue-EUandCulturalPolicies_Final.pdf.

Original articles written in English up to 8000 words in length (including footnotes and an abstract of 150 words, and excluding the bibliography) are welcome. All selected articles are subject to double-blind refereeing by at least two reviewers. Before submitting your contributions, please consult the instructions for authors at cirr.irmo.hr/en/instructions-for-authors/.

Article submission deadline is 12 November 2017. Articles should be sent to cirr@irmo.hr, with the subject line "Article submission for the Special Issue on European Union and Challenges of Cultural Policies: Critical Perspectives".

In case of further inquiries, please feel free to contact Guest Editors: Jaka Primorac (jaka@irmo.hr), Aleksandra Uzelac (auzelac@irmo.hr) and Pasko Bilic (pasko@irmo.hr).

For more information, please visit the CULPOL project website: culpol.irmo.hr

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