The first Commonwealth Conference will take place on 10-12 November 2010, on the theme of 'Citizenship and the Commonwealth'.

Submission of papers are invited that address the broad theme ‘Citizenship and the Commonwealth’, which may cover topics such as:

• Commonwealth citizenship in an historical context

• Definitions of citizenship

• Gender, ethnicity and citizenship

• Citizenship, democracy and soft power

• Citizenship and migration

• Citizenship and the environment

• Citizenship and the economy

• Technology and the nature of active citizenship

Further details can be found in the call for papers flyer, and submissions should be sent to Troy Rutt at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (troy.rutt@sas.ac.uk).