Conference announcement

International Conference on the New Vision of Culture in the XXI century

When

October 2007

Where

Vladivostok, Russia

Contact information

LAURA  Akmilovski, Coordinator for Crosscultural Projects, Associate professor, Ph.D of Arts

FAR  EASTERN  STATE  TECHNICAL  UNIVERSITY
Institute Of Humanities, Western European Languages Dept.

Russia, Vladivostok, tel/fax:7(4232) 228-894

e-mail: lanaveva@rambler.ru

Information

This conference is supported by the Administration of Primorye Territory, The Institute of Humanities, The Institute of Art and Design, The Far Eastern State Academy of Arts, The Far Eastern State Technical University, The Russian Academy of Sciences, The Center of Russian Culture in Vladivostok, and The Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Federation Committee of UNESCO.

Participants from Russia, Japan, America, the Republic of Korea, China, Germany and other countries are planning to attend this international Forum.

Activities at conference will include conferences, roundtable discussions and lectures, lead by presenters from each participating country.

Presenters will discuss the reports and articles in art and languages, psychology and pedagogy, philosophy and history, the impact and history of international projects in art and sciences, future directions of the practice, and practical discussions about the operation of educational institutions in various countries. As part of the symposium, singers, musicians and theatre artists will present performances and workshops.

Conference announcement

Modernization as a Global Project: American, Soviet, and European Approaches

When

October 22, 2007

Where

District of Columbia, USA

Contact information

unger@ghi-dc.org;  www.ghi-dc.org

Information

In recent years, American historians have explored the project of modernization and development from its conceptual origins through its practical applications. See website for more information.

Conference announcement

U.S.-Soviet Relations in the Era of Detente, 1969-1976

When

October 22-23, 2007

Information

You must register before October 19 in order to attend this conference.

For information on the conference schedule and how to register to attend, please visit the conference website: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/70893.htm

Conference announcement

Second Announcement - 15th Arctic Conference

When

1-3 November 2007

Where

Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho

Contact information

For further information, please contact:
Herbert D. G. Maschner
Department of Anthropology
Idaho State University
Phone: 208-282-2745
E-mail: maschner@isu.edu

Abstract submission deadline

Monday, 15 October 2007

Information

The 15th Arctic Conference will be held on 1-3 November 2007, at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho. The annual conference is an informal symposium of archaeologists, anthropologists, ecologists, and geologists who gather once a year to share data and new findings and to plan collaborative research activities. Guest speakers at the conference are Robert McGhee and Patricia Sutherland of the Canadian Museum of Civilization. The conference is especially suited to student participants who are encouraged to present findings from thesis and
dissertation research. A research workshop of the Sanak Biocomplexity
Project will occur during and following the conference.

To obtain a registration form, please write to: arctic_conference@isu.edu.

Conference announcement

Terrorism, Pacifism and the Culture of War

When

Nov 9, 2007

Where

Mountainside Retreat Center Bethany, West Virginia

Contact information

lgrimes@bethanywv.edu

Information

CALL FOR PAPERS Interdisciplinary
Conference--Terrorism, Pacifism and the Culture of War Bethany  College--Mountainside Retreat Center Bethany, West Virginia  November 8-10, 2007 Sponsored by the School of Arts and  Sciences & the Center for Spirituality

Conference announcement

On the Role and Place of Universities In Sustainable Development of the Arctic and the North

When

20-22 November 2007

Where

Dubna, Moscow, Russian Federation

Contact information

For further information, please contact:
Alexander Sergeevich Shcheulin
Phone: +7-49621-4-05-84
E-mail: 40584@mail.ru

Information

Under the aegis of UNESCO, the international scientific conference "On the Role and Place of Universities In Sustainable Development of the Arctic and the North" will be held on 20-22 November 2007 in Dubna, Russian Federation.

The conference is held within the framework of the UNESCO-Republic of Sakha joint communique on "Sustainable Development of Arctic Countries and Northern Territories of the Russian Federation in the Context of Education, Science and Culture," and its purpose is to find ways for sustainable development of arctic regions under the conditions of globalization, consolidate intellectual potential, and summarize positive experience of universities and the entire educational community
of countries of the Arctic and the North. Participants at the conference will include representatives from governmental and nongovernmental organizations, universities in arctic countries, research institutes, high educational institutions, and other organizations engaged in research activity in problems of the Arctic.

The conference is organized by UNESCO; Conference of Parlamentaries from the Arctic Region; Government of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia); Government of Moscow Region; UNESCO Moscow Office; Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO; M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University; International University of Nature, Society and Man "Dubna"; and International Intergovernmental Organization Joint Institute for Nuclear
Research.

Conference announcement

6th International Conference on POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

When

November 26th, 2007

Where

Athens, Greece

Contact information

Dr. Ioannis Stivachtis: atiner@atiner.gr

Abstract submission deadline

Papers (in English) from all areas of education are welcome.  Selected papers will be published in a Special Volume of the Conference Proceedings or Edited Books as part of ATINER's mass media and communication book series. For Books and Proceedings of previous conferences you may visit http://www.atiner.gr/docs/POLITICS_PUBLICATIONS.htm for table of contents and order forms.

Please submit a 300-word abstract by November 26th, 2007, by email, atiner@atiner.gr to Dr. Ioannis Stivachtis, Head, Politics & International Affairs Research Unit, ATINER and Director, International Studies Program Virginia Tech - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, USA. Please include: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Affiliation, Current Position, an email address and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. chair a session, evaluate papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing, or any other offer to help please send an email to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, gtp@atiner.gr , Director, ATINER.

Information

The Politics Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (AT.IN.E.R.) organizes its 6th annual international conference on Politics and International Affairs, 23-26 June 2008. The registration fee will be 250 Euro, covering access to all sessions, 2 lunches, coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with local hotels for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of special events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment, a special one-day cruise in the Greek islands and a half-day tour to archaeological site and area.

The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars and students of Politics and International Affairs and other related disciplines. You may participate as panel organizer, presenter of one paper, chair a session or observer. For programs of previous conferences and other information visit the conference website www.atiner.gr/docs/Politics.htm

Conference announcement

Urban geographies of post-communist states workshop, Stockholm-Tallinn-Baltic Sea

Call for Papers

2nd International Urban Geographies of post-Communist States Workshop: Similarity and difference in post-Communist urban change

When

7-10 December 2007

Where

Stockholm

Contact information

Abstract submission deadline

8 OCTOBER 2007

Information

Dear colleagues!
Please allow me to introduce myself and invite you to the 2nd International Urban Geographies of Post-Communist States workshop, to be held in Stockholm, Tallinn, and on the Baltic Sea, on 7-10 December 2007. The theme of the workshop, “Similarity and Difference in Post-communist Urban Change”, emphasizes the diversity of the urban experiences of the Eastern and East Central European cities while recognizing the continued importance of their more or less shared experience of state socialism, central planning, and general transition towards a democratic society with a market economy. With this in mind, the workshop welcomes a wide array of empirical and theoretical contributions on geographical issues relating to the “post-communist” city.
The workshop is a follow-up of the very successful Urban Geographies of Post-Communist states stream of sessions at the Inaugural Nordic Geographers’ meeting in Lund, Sweden, 10-15 May 2005, which resulted in the publication of a special issue of Geografiska Annaler B: Human Geography, no. 2/2007 (“Metropolitan processes in post-communist states”). The objective is to provide a well-focused meeting place for urban geographers with a special interest in the countries of post-socialist East Central Europe (including the Balkans) and the Former Soviet Union. The workshop will allow more time for the presentation and discussion of individual papers (probably about 30 minutes, of which 20 for the presentation and 10 for the discussion) and for the development of future research cooperation.

Schedule

From about 7-8 PM: pre-workshop dinner at some restaurant or at Michael’s house (depending on number of early arrivals)

07 December

Location: Stockholm School of Economics, Sveavägen 65, Stockholm (city centre), subway station “Rådmansgatan” (green line)

9:30 AM: Registration, coffee (Room 343)
10:15 AM: Workshop begins, introduction
10:45 AM: Thematic workshop I (Room 750, 7th floor)
12:00 PM: Lunch
1:15 PM: Thematic workshop II (Room “Torsten”, in the inner court yard)
2:45 PM: Coffee break
3:00 PM: Thematic workshop III (Torsten)
4:30 PM: Coffee break
4:45 PM: Thematic workshop IV (Torsten)
6:15 PM: Sum-up
8:00 PM: Dinner at a restaurant in Stockholm

08 December

9:30 AM: Guided walk in central Stockholm or guided excursion to ethno-suburban Stockholm
12:30 PM: Boarding time for ferry to Tallinn
1:00 PM: Thematic workshop V (in conference room on ferry, possible parallel sessions)
2:30 PM: Coffee break
2:45 PM: Thematic workshop VI (in conference room on ferry, possible parallel sessions)
4:15 PM: Coffee break
4:30 PM: Thematic workshop VII (in conference room on ferry, possible parallel sessions)
5:45 PM: Coffee break
6:00 PM: Ferry departure, thematic workshop VIII (in conference room, possible parallel sessions)
7:00 PM: “Pre-dinner” break
8:00 PM: Dinner (buffet), entertainment on ferry

09 December
(Estonian time +2 GMT)

10:00 AM: Arrival at Tallinn
10:30 AM: Full-day “geographical” excursion in Tallinn, with lunch at about 1.30 PM (guide: Dr Tiit Tammaru)
5:00 PM: Boarding time for ferry to Stockholm
6:00 PM: Future research cooperation discussion (in conference room on ferry)
8:00 PM: Three-course dinner, entertainment on ferry

10 December
(Swedish time again)

10:00 AM: Arrival at Stockholm (workshop over)

Call for Papers

Second Call for Abstracts: Morphological Variation and Change in
Languages of the Caucasus

When

Workshop at the 13th International Morphology Meeting  February 3rd-6th, 2008

Where

Vienna, Austria

Contact information

http://www.let.uu.nl/~nino.amiridze/personal/organization/mvclc.html

Abstract submission deadline

Abstracts (in English, maximum 3 pages, including data and references)
have to be submitted electronically as portable document format (.pdf)
or Microsoft Word (.doc) files via the EasyChair conference management
system: http://www.easychair.org/MVCLC2008/.

If you do not have an EasyChair account, click on the button "I have no EasyChair Account" on that page and follow the instructions. When you receive a password, you can enter the site and upload your abstract.

Information

A great diversity of languages is spoken in the Caucasus, most of which have rich inflectional systems, on the noun (e.g. North-East Caucasian), on the verb (e.g. North-West Caucasian), or both (e.g. South Caucasian).

The Caucasus offers rich material for studying genetically diverse languages being in close contact for centuries, e.g. Georgian (South Caucasian) with Abkhaz (North-West Caucasian); Ossetian (Indo-European) and Batsbi (North-East Caucasian); Armenian (Indo-European) with Azeri (Turkic); or Kumyk (Turkic) with major North-East Caucasian languages of Daghestan; or, for a much shorter period, the languages indigenous to the region being in contact with the unrelated Russian and Turkish. While much is known about the contemporary grammar of individual languages of the Caucasus, much
less can be said with regard to the various contact situations and their impact on the morphosyntax of individual languages. Our workshop aims to broaden the knowledge on this subject.

We invite researchers working on morphological variation and change in the languages spoken in the Caucasus to submit abstracts for participation in the workshop, planned to be held at the 13^th International Morphology Meeting. We would like to invite contributions dealing with contact-induced morphological changes in any language of the Caucasus region. This includes investigations of changes driven by influence from any other language of the region, irrespective of the genetic affiliation of the languages in contact. Of great interest are not only inter-family, but also somewhat more
subtle intra-family contacts, such as contacts between various North-East Caucasian languages spoken in adjacent areas or neighboring villages. Contributions exploring morphological variation and language-internal morphological changes are also welcome.

Conference announcement

REMOTE REGIONS/ NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS WESTERN REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETINGS

When

February 17-20, 2008

Where

Big Island of Hawaii

Contact information

Send or email a copy of your paper by November 1, 2007 to: Professor Lee Huskey, Dept. of Economics, College of Business and Public Policy, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, Alaska, USA 99508, E-mail: aflh@uaa.alaska.edu

Abstract submission deadline

N/A information

Information

The forty-seventh annual meeting of the Western Regional Science Association will be held on the Big Island of Hawaii at the Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort. The conference will begin on Sunday afternoon, February 17, with a special Opening Session and Reception. Paper sessions will be scheduled Monday through Wednesday, February 18-20, 2008.    

The WRSA meeting includes a series of Remote Regions/ Northern Development sessions to accommodate social scientists who have a special interest in research on economic, social, political, and
>   cultural issues in remote, sparsely settled regions in the circumpolar north and elsewhere.  In the past, researchers from Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, Greenland, Finland, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, Micronesia, Israel, Russia, and the coterminous United States have presented papers.

The Remote Regions/ Northern Development sessions are in their twenty-fifth year. We are again issuing a general call for papers from economists, political scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, historians, planners, and others involved in research in northern and other remote regions.

POTENTIAL TOPICS
General topics include the analysis and discussion of economic, political, and social-cultural change in remote and sparsely settled regions. Examples of specific topics include: the consequences of new technology; the effects of government expenditures; the  conditions for success or failure of development projects; relations between the subsistence and market economies; regional benefits and costs of development; economic integration and cultural preservation; community development; changing social patterns; and Native sovereignty and federalism. Papers on any topic consistent with the general theme are welcomed.

This year we are interested in encouraging papers addressing two particular topics:

·        Migration in remote regions
Institutional change and resource governance in remote regions

We would also welcome special sessions and are particularly interested in sessions which address a particular theme from the perspective of a number of countries or regions. Please contact Lee Huskey if you are interested in organizing such a session.
 

We will be sending information about association membership, registration, hotel reservations, and related matters to those responding to this call. You can find out more about the meetings at the WRSA web site: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~plane/wrsa.html

Conference announcement

International Conference on Inter-Asian Connections 

When

February 21-24, 2008

Where

Dubai, UAE      

Contact information

Descriptions of the individual workshops, along with information on the application process, are available at: http://www.ssrc.org/program_areas/global/papers/.

For additional inquiries, please contact the SSRC at intl_collaboration@ssrc.org.

Abstract submission deadline

Application materials are due on Friday, September 14, 2007. Junior and senior scholars are encouraged to apply, whether graduate students and faculty affiliated to colleges and universities, or researchers in NGOs or other research organizations.

Individual paper submissions are invited for the following workshops:

> Sites of Inter-Asian Interaction

> Networks of Islamic Learning across Asia: The Role of International Centers of Islamic Learning in Building Ties and Forging New Identities

> Distant Divides and Intimate Connections: Migrant Domestic Workers in Asia

> Law-in-Action in Asian Societies and Civilizations

> Multiple flexibilities: nation-states, global business and precarious labor

> Neoliberal Globalization and Governmentality: State, Civil society and the NGO Phenomena in Asia

> Initiatives of Regional Integration in Asia in Comparative Perspective: Concepts, Contents and Prospects

> Border Problems: Theory, Culture, and Political Economy

> Post-collective Economic Lives and Livelihoods: Studies of Economy, Institution and Everyday Practice in Post-socialist Eurasia and Asia

> Transnational Circuits: 'Muslim Women' in Asia

> Inter-Referencing Asia: Urban Experiments & the Art of Being Global

Information

The conference will host concurrent workshops showcasing innovative research from across the social sciences and related disciplines, on themes of particular relevance to Asia, reconceptualized as a dynamic and interconnected historical, geographical, and cultural formation stretching from the Middle East through Eurasia and South Asia, to East Asia.

The conference structure and schedule has been designed to enable intensive ‘working group’ interactions on a specific research theme, as well as broader interactions on topics of mutual interest and concern to all participants. Accordingly, there will be public keynotes, plenaries, and roundtables addressing different aspects of Inter-Asian research in addition to closed workshop sessions. The concluding day of the conference will bring all the workshops together in a public presentation and exchange of research agendas that have emerged over the course of the deliberations in Dubai.

Conference announcement

Exploring New Media Worlds:  Changing Technologies, Industries, Cultures, and Audiences in Global and Historical Context.

When

February 29, 2008

Where

Texas A&M University

Contact information

mediaworlds@libarts.tamu.edu;  comm.tamu.edu/mediaworlds

Information

Exploring New Media Worlds: Changing Technologies, Industries, Cultures, and Audiences in Global and Historical Context An international conference hosted by Texas A&M University, February 29 to March 2, 2008 Integrating fields of  study in a time of change; setting a new agenda for media
studies.

Call for Papers

Fun Places:(Extra)ordinary Getaways in Cold War Eastern Europe

When

March 19-22, 2008

Where

San Francisco Marriott in San Francisco, California.

Contact information

Questions about this panel can be directed to Cate Giustino (giustcm@auburn.edu).  Questions about other panels on Eastern Europe to
be held at the PCAACA meeting in San Francisco can be sent to Jeff
Johnson (john2299@msu.edu).

Abstract submission deadline

Fun Places:(Extra)ordinary Getaways in Cold War Eastern Europe

Information

This is a call for papers about places where Eastern Europeans went to get away from the everyday routines of work, home, and school during the Cold War era.  Museums, music venues, pubs, sports centers, tourist destinations, and houses of culture are some of the places that can be explored.  What did these places look like?  Who built and managed them, and for what end?  Who visited them, how often, and why?  One conceptual question tying the papers together could be whether these places were ever purely sites of fun or entertainment, as opposed to spaces politicized in some way.   Another could be whether fun places gave Eastern Europeans opportunities to act privately while out in public. The organizers hope that the panel topics will represent a diversity of Eastern European countries and peoples, and be interdisciplinary. The panel will meet at the National Popular Culture & American Culture Association's Joint Conference, March 19-22, 2008 at the San Francisco Mariott in San Francisco, California.  For more information on the conference, visit the website at http://pcaaca.org/conference/2008/index.php.

Proposals should be approximately 200-250 words in length.  Please include with them your preferred mailing address, telephone number, and email address, and mention of any audio/visual necessities for your presentation.

Conference announcement

Arctic Science Summit Week 2008

When

26 March-2 April 2008

Where

Syktyvkar, Russia

Abstract submission deadline

n/a

Information

Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) 2008 will be held in Syktyvkar, Russia on 26 March-2 April 2008. Syktyvkar is the capital of the Komi Republic and located in the northeast of the European part of Russia, 1,410 km northeast of Moscow. Since 1999, ASSW combines business meetings of arctic organizations with common activities, such as a Project Day arranged by the ASSW international planning group and a Science Day organized by the local hosts.

ASSW 2008 is hosted by the Government of Komi Republic; Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS); Komi Science Centre, Ural branch, RAS; Arctic Research Centre; and Council of Rectors of Komi Republic. ASSW is a collaborative effort between the International Arctic Sciences Committee, Arctic Ocean Sciences Board, European Polar Board, Pacific Arctic Group, and Forum of Arctic Research Operators.

The summit of influential organizations engaged in arctic and polar
research and planning provides opportunities for international coordination, collaboration, and cooperation in all areas of arctic
science and combines science and management meetings. ASSW also offers insight into arctic research undertaken by the host country. ASSW 2008 falls in the middle of the International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008, In which Russia, the host country, takes an active part.

Information about the conference program, organization, registration,
and travel and lodging is available at: http://www.assw2008.org

Conference announcement

Midwest Sociological Association Session "Postsocialist Transitions”

When

March 27-30 2008

Where

St. Louis

Abstract submission deadline

October, 31 2007

Information

Together with Christopher Whitsel, I am organizing a session for the Midwest
Sociological Assocation titled "Postsocialist Transitions."  Our hope is that the panel highlights ethnographic, interview, and comparative projects on postsocialist experiences of transition. I warmly invite any interested pre- or post-doctoral scholars to consider submitting an abstract by 31 October to the co-organizers by email, darcie.vandegrift@DRAKE.EDU and/or whitselcn@yahoo.com

The conference will be held March 27-30 in St. Louis.   For more information, please see www.themss.org <http://www.themss.org/> .

Conference announcement

46th Annual Meeting Southern Conference on Slavic Studies

When

March 27-29, 2008

Where

Atlanta, GA

Contact information

Email (preferably) your proposal to Sharon Kowalsky at  sharon_kowalsky@tamu-commerce.edu or you can also send it by conventional post to:

Dr. Sharon Kowalsky
Department of History Texas A&M University-Commerce
Box 3011
Commerce, TX 75429

Abstract submission deadline

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS: January 15

Information

The 46th annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (SCSS) will take place in Atlanta, GA on March 27-29, 2008. The purpose of SCSS is to promote scholarship, education, and in all other ways to advance
scholarly interest in Russian, Soviet, and East European studies in the
Southern region of the United States and nationwide.  The program committee is accepting panel and paper proposals until January 15.  Whole panel proposals (chair, three papers, discussant) are preferred, but proposals
for individual papers are also welcome. Whole panel proposals should include the titles of each individual paper as well as a proposed title for the panel itself and identifying information on the discussant and chair. Proposals
for individual papers should include a brief (one paragraph) abstract to
guide the program committee in the assembly of panels.

Conference announcement

Oriental Studies under Socialism

When

March or April 2008

Where

Amsterdam or Bonn

Contact information

Prof. Dr. Michael Kemper
Chair of Eastern European Studies
Universiteit van Amsterdam
P.C. Hoofthuis, Spuistraat 134
NL-1012 VB Amsterdam
Tel. 0031-20-525 4370
m.kemper@uva.nl
http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/m.kemper/

Information

The Department for Oriental Studies of Bonn University (Germany) and the Department of European Studies at Amsterdam University (Netherlands) are jointly preparing a colloquium on the History of Oriental Studies in Socialist Europe, which is scheduled to take place in Amsterdam or Bonn in March or April of 2008. At present, we are looking for scholars who would be interested in participating.

We are especially interested in the following aspects:

1) How was Islam interpreted under Communism?

2) What restrictions and what opportunities did scholars of Oriental and Islamic studies face in Socialist Central/Eastern Europe? (In the case of the Soviet Union, this topic is clearly linked to the repression of scholars in the 1920s and 1930s.). Did some fields of Oriental Studies enjoy more "liberties" than others?

3) How were institutes, journals and associations for Oriental Studies  established and reformed during the Socialist period, what were their aims and tasks in teaching, research, and politics? How were departments of Oriental Studies related to other faculties?

4) How does the "Socialist image of the Orient" fit in with Edward Said's concept of "Orientalism"?

5) What was the legacy of Socialist Oriental studies after 1989/1991, and how is its history interpreted now? Did Orientalists play a role in the transformation of their respective societies?

The conference will thus be comparative in perspective, using geographical, institutional and discursive approaches to the general topic.

Currently we are preparing the list of participants, which shall include scholars from Russia, Hungary, former Yugoslavia, the Czech Republic, and Poland, as well colleagues from Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, and the USA. The colloquium language will be English and German; the results of our meeting will be published in English. The colloquium will be open to the public.

Scholars who are interested in participating at our meeting are welcome to send us a message containing their topic for their presentation and article, and are also kindly asked to provide their CV. The decision whether participation can be funded depends (1) on the approval of our general application by a German foundation, and (2) on the quality of the proposed individual contribution.  We also encourage the participants to apply to their home institutions for support.

In any case we would be very pleased to make the acquaintance of scholars - especially of the younger generation - who have an interest in the history of Oriental studies in Central/Eastern Europe.

Call for Papers

"Nation, Identity, Conflict, and the State"

When

10-12 April 2008

Where

Columbia University, NY

Contact information

proposals must be submitted to: darel@uottawa.ca OR darelasn@gmail.com

Abstract submission deadline

Proposal deadline: 1 November 2007

Information

The ASN Convention, the most attended international and inter-disciplinary scholarly gathering of its kind, welcomes proposals on a wide range of topics related to national identity, nationalism, ethnic conflict, state-building and the study of empires in Central/Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Balkans, Eurasia, and adjacent areas. Disciplines represented include political science, history, anthropology, sociology, international studies, economics, geography, sociolinguistics, psychology, and related fields.

The Convention also features a section devoted to theoretical approaches to nationalism, from any of the disciplines listed above. The papers in this section need not be grounded in an area of the former Communist bloc usually covered by ASN, provided that the issues examined are relevant to a truly comparative understanding of nationalism-related issues. In this vein, we are welcoming theory-focused and comparative proposals, rather than specific case studies from outside Central/Eastern Europe and Eurasia. A dozen panels are expected to be featured in the Nationalism section.

Since 2005, the ASN Convention has acknowledged excellence in graduate
studies research by offering Awards for Best Doctoral Student Papers in five sections: Russia/Ukraine/Caucasus, Central Asia/Eurasia, Central Europe, Balkans, and Nationalism Studies. The winners at the 2006 Convention were Tammy Lynch (Boston U, History, Russia/Ukraine/Caucasus), Judith Beyer (Anthropology, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Central Asia/Eurasia), Zsuzsanna Magdo (U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, History, Central Europe), Connie Robinson (New School U, Sociology, Balkans), and Wendy Pearlman (Harvard U, Political Science, Nationalism). Doctoral student applicants whose proposals will be accepted for the 2008 Convention, who have not defended their dissertation by 1 November 2007, and whose paper is delivered by the deadline, will automatically be considered for the awards.

The 2008 Convention is also inviting submissions for documentaries or feature films made within the past few years and available in VHS or DVD
format. Most films selected for the convention will be screened during
regular panel slots and will be followed by a discussion moderated by an
academic expert. Films on the 2007 Program included the Oscar-nominated
/My Country, My Country/ (US, 2007), /Vukovar-Final Cut/ (Serbia and
Montenegro, 2006), /A Lesson of Belarusian/ (Poland, 2006), /Orange
Revolution/ (US, 2007) and /Final Solution /(India, 2005).

The 2008 Convention invites proposals for INDIVIDUAL PAPERS or PANELS. A panel includes a chair, three presentations based on written papers, and a discussant. Proposals using an /innovative/ format are encouraged. Examples of new formats include a roundtable on a /new book/, in which the author is being engaged by three discussants (/nine/ book panels were featured in the 2007 Convention); a debate between two panelists over a critical research or policy question, following rules of public
debating; or special presentations based on original papers where the
number of discussants is equal to or greater than the number of presenters. Other innovative formats are also welcome.

The 2008 Convention is also welcoming offers to serve as DISCUSSANT on a panel to be created by the program committee from individual paper
proposals. The application to be considered as discussant can be self-standing, or accompanied by an individual paper proposal.

There is NO APPLICATION FORM to fill out in order to send proposals to the convention, /except for a FACT SHEET that can be downloaded at www.nationalities.org/. All proposals and fact sheets must be sent by
email to Dominique Arel at darel@uottawa.ca OR darelasn@gmail.com

INDIVIDUAL PAPER PROPOSALS must include the name, email and affiliation of the author, a postal address for paper mail, the title of the paper,
a 500-word abstract and a 100-word biographical statement that includes
full references of your last or forthcoming publication, if applicable. Graduate students must indicate the title of their dissertation and year of projected defense. They can also submit the full references of a recent or forthcoming publication.

PANEL PROPOSALS must include the title of the panel, a chair, three paper-givers with the title of their papers, and a discussant; the name, affiliation, email, postal address and 100-word biographical statements of /each participant/ and include full references of their last or forthcoming publication, if applicable. Graduate students can indicate the title of their dissertation and year of projected defense.

PROPOSALS FOR FILMS OR VIDEOS must include the name, email and
affiliation of the author, a postal address for paper mail, the title, a 500-word abstract of the film/video and a 100-word biographical statement.

PROPOSALS USING AN INNOVATIVE FORMAT must include the title of the
panel, the names, emails, affiliations, postal addresses, 100-word biographical statements of each participant (same specifications as above) and a discussion on the proposed format.

INDIVIDUAL PROPOSALS TO SERVE AS DISCUSSANT must include the name, email, affiliation, postal address, a paragraph on the areas that the
applicant has expertise to serve as a discussant, and a 100-word biographical statement (same specifications as above).

All proposals must be included IN THE BODY OF A SINGLE EMAIL, except for the Fact Sheet that must be attached. Attachments other than the Fact
Sheet will be accepted only if they repeat the content of the email
message/proposal, and if all the information is contained IN A SINGLE
ATTACHMENT. The reception of all proposals will be acknowledged
electronically (with some delay during deadline week, due to the high
volume of proposals).

Participants are responsible for covering all travel and accommodation costs. /Unfortunately,/ /ASN has no funding available for panelists/.

An international Program Committee will be entrusted with the selection of proposals. Applicants will be notified in December 2007 or January 2008. Information regarding registration costs and other logistical questions will be communicated afterwards.

The full list of panels from last year's convention, for the geographical and thematic sections, and the section on Theories of Nationalism, can be accessed at http://www.nationalities.org/ASN_2007_final_program.pdf_.

Conference announcement

Soyuz 2008 Annual Conference

When

April 24-27, 2008

Where

University of California Berkeley, California, USA

Contact information

Alexei Yurchak: yurchak@berkeley.edu

Conference announcement

Postgraduate Course in Dubrovnik: Feminist Critical Analysis: Re/Producing, Consuming, Engendering

When

May 19th- 23rd, 2008

Where

INTER-UNIVERSITY CENTER
DUBROVNIK, CROATIA

Contact information

Information

Call for Applications

Rutgers (State University of New Jersey) Women’s and Gender Studies Department and Belgrade Women’s Studies and Gender Research Center and the Department of Gender Studies, Central European University (Budapest) are pleased to announce
the 9th annual postgraduate course in Feminist Critical Analysis: Re/Producing, Consuming, Engendering.The course will be held at the Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik (www.hr/iuc/) on May 19th 23rd, 2008.  The course will be co-directed by Dasa Duhacek of the Women’s Studies Belgrade, Serbia and Ethel Brooks of the Women's and Gender Studies Department, Rutgers University and Allaine Cerwonka of the Gender Studies Department, Central European University.

TOPIC:
This course will explore the re/production and consumption of not only gender but also of nations, bodies, sexualities and dominant socio-cultural forms. It takes up the premise that re/production and consumption are inherently gendered and thus central to engendering the boundaries of everyday life, from working, shopping, cooking, eating, to farming and ecology, and formations of race class
and ethnicity. What are the gender dynamics of re/production and consumption? By bringing these terms together we refer, on the one hand to economic practices of re/production and consumption, but also to how gender itself is re/produced, how gender is consumed as it also takes up consumption as both practice and discourse. We will interrogate the centrality of gendered bodies to re/producing, consuming and potentially disrupting the transnational capitalist order.  The course is built upon the assumption that intellectual dialogue among a diverse body of scholars from different geographical locations
will result in a better understanding of the ways in which our particular
locations are influencing our own theoretical and political choices. The number of participants is limited to 25-30 students from different countries. The participating faculty are drawn from several different European and US universities. Daily seminars take place in two 3-4 hours sessions a day.  All meetings are conducted in English.

ELIGIBILITY
IUC courses are conducted at a postgraduate level.  All postgraduate students interested in the topic may apply for participation.  Participants should seek funds from their own institutions to cover travel and accommodation costs.  Limited financial support is available for participants from Central and Eastern Europe.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE
A short narrative explaining your interest in the topic and your C.V. with your current contact information should be submitted by e-mail by December 10, 2007.  Submissions will be reviewed by the Feminist Critical Analysis Selection Committee.  Awards will be announced in mid-February.

Please submit applications to Judit Zotter zotterj@ceu.hu with Dubrovnik 2008 in the subject heading.

Conference announcement

Integration in Eastern European Societies: Minorities between Nation-States and Europe

When

May, 29-31 2008

Where

Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, UK

Contact information

Malte Brosig, University of Portsmouth

malte_brosig@hotmail.com

Timofey Agarin, University of Aberdeen

t.agarin@abdn.ac.uk

Abstract submission deadline

Potential paper givers should submit an abstract of not more than 250 words, and a brief academic CV, including institutional affiliation and major foci of research until Friday, September 21^st to convenors.

Information

The Conference is organized by the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies BASEES.

Numerous studies have focused on ethnic minorities in Eastern Europe mostly emphasising nationalising policies, the problem of external homelands, and effects of EU-enlargement on relations between majorities and minorities. In addition to existing studies this panel seeks to address the efforts taken by CEEC for integrating national minorities in their society. The panel aims at reviewing practices and programmes of social integration since 1989 by implementing Social Integration Programmes of various kinds.

We would like to welcome case-studies investigating the development of state minority integration programmes from various perspectives. The contributions should address the following questions, but are not limited by these:

• Which role are state actors, international organisations, local communities and minority groups playing when initiating and executing integration programmes?
• Which ideological, political or other conceptions stand behind these integration programmes?
• What is the international and domestic legal basis for minority integration?

• What – if any – was the role of minorities in the drafting of these programmes?
• Has the original framework of integration programmes changed since its first application
• Which problems emerged during implementation?
• Can EU conditionality be made responsible for the implementation of integration programmes? What has changed with EU membership?

Conference announcement

FIFTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE"HIERARCHY AND POWER IN THE  HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS"

When

June 16-19 2009

Where

Moscow, Russia

Contact information

conf2009@conf2009.ru

 conf2009.ru/

Information

Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies of the Institute for African Studies under the Russian Academy of Sciences in co-operation with the School of History, Political Science and Law of the Russian State University for the Humanities.

Conference announcement

Форум русистов Азиатско-Тихоокеанского региона «Русский язык в Азии: современное состояние и тенденции распространения»

When

27-30 June 2007

Where

Irkutsk

Contact information

None available

Abstract submission deadline

None available

Information

Краткая аннотация:  Межгосударственные проекты в различных областях экономики, культуры и новых технологий обусловливают непреходящий и активизирующийся в настоящее время интерес к русскому языку. Давние торговые отношения Иркутска с Монголией, Китаем, Кореей, Вьетнамом, Индией и другими странами давно переросли в научно-образовательные. Сотни студентов из этих стран сегодня обучаются в иркутских вузах. На протяжении последних 4-х лет представители азиатских стран являются активными участниками Байкальского экономического Форума в Иркутске, на котором обсуждаются масштабные международные проекты развития Азиатско-тихоокеанского региона. Проведение Форума русистов Азии в Иркутске, чрезвычайно удобно расположенном в географическом отношении, будет способствовать укреплению интерактивных контактов между азиатскими странами и позволит обсудить актуальные проблемы функционирования и преподавания русского языка в Азии. Форум русистов Азии будет иметь и лингвокультурологическое значение, т.к. для большинства делегатов – ученых-русистов это будет реальная возможность посетить Россию.

Председатель оргкомитета форума: ректор Иркутского государственного технического университета, проф. Головных Иван Михайлович.

Научная программа Форума русистов Азиатско-тихоокеанского региона «Русский язык в Азии: современное состояние и тенденции распространения»

1.     Русский язык в странах Азии: пути оптимизации изучения и обучения.

2.     Языковая картина мира и ее национальные варианты.

3.     Запад и Восток: проблемы межкультурной коммуникации.

4.     Факторы формирования образа России в странах азиатского региона.

5.     Контрастивная лингвистика в аспекте РКИ.

6.     Лингвокультурологические аспекты перевода.

7.     Автор – читатель: концептуальный анализ художественного текста.

8.     Культурологические аспекты современной лексикографии.

9.     Методические стратегии и проблемы национально-ориентированного обучения.

10. Государственные образовательные стандарты по РКИ как лингвометодическое описание уровней владения языком.

11. Информационные технологии в практике преподавания РКИ на современном этапе.

По окончании Форума планируется издание сборника докладов.

Conference announcement

International Conference on Humanitarian Education: Gender Aspect

When

June 25-28, 2007

Where

Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science, St. Petersburg
State University, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Contact information

Anna Shentyakova: Tel.: (812) 328-94-24; Fax: (812)
328-08-71, 328-75-21
Albina Krymskaya: E-mail: gender2007conf@yandex.ru

Address: The Faculty of Philosophy and Political
Science, St.- Petersburg State University,
Mendeleevskaya linii, 5, St. Petersburg, 199034,Russia

Abstract submission deadline

We kindly request you to send us your demands for participating in the Conference and theme submission up to March 21, 2007, abstracts, which should be no longer than 200-300 words, can be sent until April 3, 2007. Deadline for contributions is May 1, 2007. For those, who would like to participate in discussion without taking part in plenary session, it is necessary to send a demand for participating in the Conference

Information

During the Conference will be discussed a wide variety of interdisciplinary questions, which concern the term of the gender equality, which belong to the sphere of scholarly and practical interest of historians, philosophers, political scholars, sociologists,
jurists, culturologists, anthropologists and philologists.

We will focus on the following issues:

 -Prospects of Gender Comparative Law in Humanitarian Arts and Social Sciences
-Gender Aspect of Education in 20th and 21st Century Education as a Factor of  Ensuring of Gender Equality

- Problem of   Supplementary Woman s Rights

- Mass Media and Gender Aspects of Education
Gender Stereotypes in Education

- Modern Classical Education in Universities and High Schools: Gender Aspect
- Gender and confessional issues of combined and part education
- Peculiarities of Mentality: Gender Aspect
- Female Mindset ( The Female Logic ) reality or myth, sustaining the gender inequality?

The list of themes, which will be discussed during the Conference, can be expanded. The Conference Organizing Committee will appreciate your proposals, concerning the widening of the following issues.

The detailed Program of the Conference will be announced in additional information letter. Parallel with two working days a cultural program is planned, which includes visiting the historical places of St. Petersburg, one of the St. Petersburg’s suburbs, the acquaintance with the University, visiting one of the St. Petersburg theaters.

The Conference will be in Russian and English. Organizing Committee does not pay transportation and accommodation for participants. We can support you in finding hotel accommodation.

The conference fee for the participants from Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is 400 Roubles, the conference fee for the participants from Non-Russian countries is 200 euros.

It is possible for the participants to be placed in the University s hotel. The information on the other hotels and prices can be provided in addition. Visa support is provided. Deadline for information in order to arrange a letter of invitation is April 1, 2007.

We kindly request you to send us your demands for participating in the Conference and theme submission up to March 21, 2007, abstracts, which should be no longer than 200-300 words, can be sent until April 3, 2007. Deadline for contributions is May 1, 2007. For those, who would like to participate in discussion without taking part in plenary session, it is necessary to send a demand for participating in the Conference

Workshop announcement

The 2008 Anthropology Methods Mall has info about four, NSF-supported opportunities for methods training in cultural anthropology.

When

Ongoing

Where

North Carolina

Contact information

For full information go to:  http://www.qualquant.net/training/

Information

1. Now in its fourth year, the SCRM (Short Courses on Research Methods) program is for cultural anthropologists who already have the Ph.D. Three five-day are offered during summer 2008 at the Duke University Marine Lab in Beaufort, North Carolina.

Text Analysis (Clarence Gravlee and Amber Wutich) July 14– 18, 2008

Network Analysis (Jeffrey Johnson and Christopher McCarty) July 21– 25, 2008

Systematic Techniques For Gathering And Analyzing Video Data (Elizabeth Cartwright and Jerome Crowder) July 28 – August 1, 2008

2. Now in its 13th year, the SIRD (Summer Institute on Research Design) is an intensive, three-week course for graduate students in cultural anthropology who are preparing their doctoral research proposals. The 2008 course runs from July 14-August 1 at the Duke University Marine Laboratory. (Instructors: Jeffrey Johnson, Susan Weller, and H. Russell Bernard)

3. Now in its fifth year, the SFTM (Summer Field Training in Methods) program in Bolivia is open to graduate students in cultural anthropology. This course involves five weeks of fieldwork in the Bolivian Amazon from June 8-July 13.  (Instructors: Ricardo Godoy, William Leonard, Victoria Reyes-Garcia, Thomas McDade, Clarence Gravlee, J. Richard Stepp, and Susan Tanner).


4. The WRMA (Workshops in Research Methods in Anthropology) program offers a one-day workshops in conjunction with national meetings of anthropologists. Two workshop will be offered at the meetings of the American Anthropological Association in November.

Introduction to social network analysis. (Instructors: Jeffrey C. Johnson and Christopher McCarty). November 29, 2008.

Demystifying SPSS®: Anthropological Data Management and Analysis Made Easy . (Instructors: William Dressler and Kathryn Oths). November 30, 2008.

Full details on all these opportunities at the Methods Mall, http://www.qualquant.net/training/.

Call for Papers

REPRESENTING ISLAM: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES

When

5-6 September 2008

Where

University of Manchester

Contact information

Conference Organisers: Professor Stephen Hutchings, Dr Galina Miazhevich (University of Manchester); Professor Chris Flood, Dr Henri Nickels (University of Surrey).

Abstract submission deadline

Please send panel and paper proposals (title + 250 word abstract) by January 31, 2008 to Oxana.Poberejnaia@manchester.ac.uk

Information

We invite single-paper and full-panel proposals for the
conference ‘Representing Islam: Comparative Perspectives’ organised jointly by the Universities of Manchester and Surrey and supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of Britain.

Representations of ‘Islam’ have a profound influence on political cultures and national identities, as well as on attitudes to immigration, security and multiculturalism. The complexity of the notion of ‘Islam’ and the heterogeneous responses that it elicits are such that there is no uniform approach to its representation and social construction. The conference addresses this complexity by treating the comparative dimension of recent representations of Islam, encompassing different nations, political institutions, media institutions, and cultures. The conference will be primarily concerned with the press, television, radio, film and the internet, but may include other channels of communication, such as
translations, speeches or pamphlets, political discourse, and the visual arts.

The comparative emphasis will be achieved at several levels: that of the single paper, that of the panel, and that of the conference as a whole. Papers and panels are therefore invited treating single nations or media outlets, or adopting a comparative perspective.

We anticipate proposals on topics emanating from the fields of Political Communication, Communication Science, Media Studies, Film Studies, Cultural Studies, Sociology, Social Psychology, Translation Studies, Sociolinguistics, and Modern Languages. Post-Soviet perspective will be represented.

Confirmed plenary speakers:
• Thomas Deltombe (France, journalist)
• Alisher Khamidov (Kyrgyzstan, journalist)
• Kenan Malik (England, writer and broadcaster)
• Prof Tariq Modood (England, Bristol University)
• Dr. Elizabeth Poole (England, Staffordshire University)

An edited volume based on selected conference papers will be published.

Accommodation and meals will be provided on campus at the University of Manchester. The conference fee will be discounted for students.

Please send panel and paper proposals (title + 250 word abstract) by January 31, 2008 to Oxana.Poberejnaia@manchester.ac.uk