Lectures, Local Conferences, and Academic Events:
Cultural Events:
Funding, Grants, and Scholarships:
Calls for Papers and Out-of-State Conferences:
Other Announcements:
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Detailed Descriptions of Events
Lectures, Local Conferences, and Academic Events:
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM, IDAH Conference Room E-170 D (In the Hall to the left of the East Tower Elevators)
Dot Porter, Associate Director for Digital Library Content and Services, IU Libraries, will present a journey through her career, from digital humanities to digital libraries, exploring the similarities, differences, and relationships between the two fields. Ms. Porter holds an MA in Medieval Studies and an MS in Library Science. After receiving her Masters in Library Science, she took a position in a digital humanities center working with humanities scholars to undertake faculty-driven digital projects. These projects often involved working closely with librarians, computer scientists, and other scholars. Ms. Porter will reflect on the collaborative relationships fostered by interdisciplinary digital projects and the roles different scholars have to play within them.
In June 2010, Ms. Porter came to work in the Digital Library Program at IU. She will discuss the challenges posed by transitioning between the fields of digital humanities and digital libraries. Although the technologies used in Digital Libraries are very similar to those in Digital Humanities, the aims and goals can be quite different, and working between the two can be an interesting, educational, and engaging experience.
Join Us remotely via our Breeze connection: http://breeze.iu.edu/bbidah/
After the presentation, recordings will be posted on the IDAH website’s brown bag page:
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM, Ballantine Hall 004
Rebecca Spang and Eric Robinson will present at the Indiana University Department of History Historical Teaching and Practice Seminar. Contact Email: sesandw@indiana.edu
3. Thursday & Friday, March 23 and 24: Re-scripting Islam: Muslims and the Media – A conversation between media professionals and scholars
Register by March 20, 2011 at
Two-day Conference at the DeVault Alumni Center, IUB
Planned for March 23 and 24, 2011, in Bloomington, Indiana, Re-scripting Islam: Muslims and the Media – A conversation between media professionals and scholars will bring together journalists, scholars, bloggers and the general public for an exploration of the narratives spun about Islam and Muslims in the news. The goal of this conference is not only to discuss these issues, but to also move the conversation forward. Topics which will be addressed include Muslim identity and politics, the creation of Muslim counter-narratives and Muslims and new media. Because of the global nature of the project Voices and Visions is striving to make the conference an interactive experience not only for those physically at the event, but also for those who cannot make the trip to Bloomington. To this end the project will hold live webchats throughout the two-day conference featuring some of the speakers; panels and talks will also be live-blogged on the Muslim Voices website. The hope is that what is taking place in Bloomington can be informed, shaped and enhanced by the questions and comments of the project’s global audience. Many of the presentations, including a student panel, will be recorded and made available to the public on the website at the conference's conclusion. Please see below for conference schedule as well as the bios of our diverse group of speakers.
The conference's keynote address will be delivered by Andrea Elliott of The New York Times in the evening of March 23 at the Monroe County Public Library (303 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN 47408). Elliott is a Pulitzer Prize winner – she won the award for her series of reports on an imam – who created the Islam beat at the Times. Her talk, "Muslims in a Post-9/11 America," will touch on how the Islam beat came into being as well as her experiences covering America’s diverse Muslim community. The IU School of Journalism is co-sponsoring Elliott's visit and lecture.
While Voices and Visions will continue to manage its online social and information sharing networks, Re-scripting Islam: Muslims and the Media – A conversation between media professionals and scholars will, in many ways, be the penultimate product. The project hopes that, by bringing together a diverse array of speakers and participants as well as by bridging the real and virtual worlds, a vibrant, engaging conversation can be constructed that begins to chip away at long held assumptions and stereotypes. It is the bridging of journalistic, scholarly, and public domains that has been at the project’s core and is the foundation for its ability to facilitate earnest dialogue in order to enhance understanding, improve means of representation, and provide for more effective and meaningful modes of interaction.
Registration – Deadline is March 20, 2011
DeVault Alumni Center – 1000 E. 17th St., Bloomington, Indiana 47403
DeVault Alumni Center – 1000 E. 17th St., Bloomington, Indiana 47403
4. Thursday, March 24: Sergei Kazakovstev, «Первая мировая война и её воприятие населением России на примере Вятской губернии» (Response to the First World War on the Part of the Russian Population—the Case of Viatsk Guberniia/in Russian)
12:15, Ballantine Hall 004
This talk will draw on archival materials to explore initial reactions to World War I in the Russian hinterland. Topics addressed will include the problem of jingoism at the outbreak of war, differences between urban and rural perceptions of the war, riots of conscripts during the mobilizations of 1914, and peasant resistance to state appropriations.
Sergei Kazakovtsev is Assistant Professor of History at Viatka University in Kirov, Russia. He is currently a Fulbright Scholar in residence at Indiana University-Bloomington.
Sponsored by the Russian and East European Institute
Persons with disabilities who wish to attend this event and would like to request assistance should contact the REEI office (812-855-7309 or reei@indiana.edu).
5. Thursday, March 24: The First Annual McCloskey Lecture, Slavenka Drakulić, "Europe Twenty Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall"
4:30 PM, Center for the Study of Global Change, 201 North Indiana Avenue
Croatian journalist, essayist, and novelist Slavenka Drakulić, Visiting Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Study, presents the lecture "Europe Twenty Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall." The lecture will be followed by a book-signing at Boxcar Books, 408 East 6th Street
Slavenka Drakulić has written about war crimes and life under authoritarianism for The Nation, The Guardian, and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Her books include How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed (1991), Balkan Express: Fragments from the Other Side of the War (1992), and the international bestseller, Café Europa: Life After Communism (1996).
Co-sponsors: the Russian and East European Institute, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Office of Women’s Affairs, the Center for the Study of Global Change, and the Departments of History, Comparative Literature, and Communication and Culture.
6. Friday, March 25: 4th Annual International Public Affairs Association Conference, "Global Problems, Sustainable Solutions
Panels with a wide range of topics and an exciting keynote speaker... Keep your eyes out for information how to register and the day's schedule. All events will take place at SPEA, in the new classrooms downstairs. For more information contact: ipaa@indiana.edu or visit: http://ipaa.tumblr.com/springconference
3:00 PM-4:00 PM,IMU Dogwood Room
European History Workshop, graduate student Chris Molnar presents "Cold Warriors: Political Emigres from Yugoslavia in West Germany, 1945-1970." Contact Email: cipsen@indiana.edu
2:30 PM Friday – 5:00 PM Saturday, Indiana Memorial Union, Indiana University Bloomington
Keynote address:
Stella Ghervas
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Chicago
“How far from Europe? Romanian Society between Orthodoxy and Modernity”
Friday, March 25, 5pm
Maple Room, IMU
Panel presentations:
Friday, March 25
2:30- 5, Maple Room, IMU
Saturday, March 26
9-5, Rosebud Room, IMU
Sponsors:
REEI
IU Student Association
Department of History
Department of Political Science
Horizons of Knowledge
Stella Ghervas
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Chicago
“How far from Europe? Romanian Society between Orthodoxy and Modernity”
Friday, March 25, 5pm
Maple Room, IMU
Panel presentations:
Friday, March 25
2:30- 5, Maple Room, IMU
Saturday, March 26
9-5, Rosebud Room, IMU
Sponsors:
REEI
IU Student Association
Department of History
Department of Political Science
Horizons of Knowledge
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Cultural Events:
4:00 – 7:00 PM, Latvian Community Center, 1008 W 64th St, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46260
Indianapolis Lithuanian Community, Inc. “Please join us as we celebrate Lithuania’s independence, Saturday, March 12, 2011, from 4 to 7 p.m. Latvian Community Center, 1008 W. 64th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46260. We cordially invite you, your families and friends to this special event that will include a powerful program, “The Road to Freedom,” which traces Lithuania’s long and valiant struggle for independence. In addition, we will introduce and welcome the recently elected officers and board members of the Indianapolis Lithuanian Community. A pitch-in dinner will be followed by singing and dancing to our folk ensemble Biru Bar. As always, we ask that you bring a favorite main course or salad to share for our buffet! Admission is $10 per person or $20 per family.”
2. Wednesday, March 23: As If I am not there (dir. Juanita Wilson, Macedonia and Sweden, 2010, 109 mins.)
7:00 PM, CHEMISTRY Building 001
The devastating story of atrocities committed against women in the 1990’s Bosnian War. Author Slavenka Drakulić, on whose book the film is based, will join us for the screening.
Please note that this showing is open to faculty, staff, and students of Indiana University.
7:00 PM, Woodburn Hall 101
This is the story of a bookseller who has financial troubles. Married multiple times and with several kids to help support, he wants to earn some extra money. One day he is at a restaurant where a drunken guest mistakes him for a waiter and pays his bill to him. So our protagonist finds his opportunity - he goes from restaurant to restaurant, pretending to be a waiter and asking people to give their money to him...
In Czech with English subtitles. 85 minutes.
Introduced by Prof. Bronislava Volkova.
2 PM, The Arthur M. Glick Jewish Community Center, 6701 Hoover Road, Indianapolis, IN
Free and open to the public.
Come celebrate the culture, traditions and costumes inspired by the people of the former Soviet Union, in the United States and Israel. Enjoy live music, dance performances, traditional food, workshops, art and many more activities for the whole family.
For more information, contact the Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis, 317.726.5450 or ikolesnikova@JFGI.org.
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Funding, Grants, and Scholarships:
Deadline: March 11, 2011
Call for Proposals:
Collaborative Heritage Management in the Republic of Armenia
Collaborative Heritage Management in the Republic of Armenia
The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) invites proposals from collaborative teams in support of the preservation and conservation of the Republic of Armenia's archaeological and historical heritage. This ARISC program, generously funded by Project Discovery!, seeks to foster joint work between American and Armenian scholars and institutions dedicated to the proper curation of heritage materials such as artifacts, sites, and manuscripts. Successful applications will demonstrate substantive collaborations that not only contribute to heritage conservation but also demonstrate efforts to build capacity and enhance local knowledge of current techniques and approaches to heritage management.
Proposals are submitted jointly by a team of two or more researchers.
At least one must be a citizen of the U.S. and one a citizen of the Republic of Armenia. Proposals must show evidence of endorsement from all relevant institutions in Armenia in order to demonstrate the feasibility of the undertaking.
At least one must be a citizen of the U.S. and one a citizen of the Republic of Armenia. Proposals must show evidence of endorsement from all relevant institutions in Armenia in order to demonstrate the feasibility of the undertaking.
Awards are usually made for a period of 12 months during which the work described in the proposal must be completed. Extensions will be granted only with the explicit approval of ARISC. Grants will typically not exceed $2500.
Application requirements: Please send a complete application including the application form, narrative description of the project, supporting documents, budget and curriculum vitae by March 11, 2011 to info "at"
arisc. org. All information must be received by March 11, 2011 in order for the proposal to be considered for the fellowship.
arisc. org. All information must be received by March 11, 2011 in order for the proposal to be considered for the fellowship.
For a full description, please visit www.arisc.org.
Deadline: March 15, 2011
You can apply for these vacancies until the closing date of 15 March 2011
Organisation
Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has enjoyed an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative centre of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Balanced study and career paths in a wide variety of disciplines encourage what are currently 27,000 students and researchers to develop their own individual talents. Belonging to the best research universities in Europe and joining forces with prestigious partner universities and networks, the University of Groningen is truly an international place of knowledge.
Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has enjoyed an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative centre of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Balanced study and career paths in a wide variety of disciplines encourage what are currently 27,000 students and researchers to develop their own individual talents. Belonging to the best research universities in Europe and joining forces with prestigious partner universities and networks, the University of Groningen is truly an international place of knowledge.
The university is an equal opportunities employer. Because women are still underrepresented in a number of fields, they are particularly encouraged to apply.
Job description
Applications are invited for three PhD students at the Graduate School for the Humanities, Center for Language and Cognition Groningen. Successful applicants will join the project Mutual intelligibility of closely related languages in Europe: linguistic and non-linguistic determinants which is funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). The aim of the project is to investigate the mutual intelligibility of related languages within the Germanic, Slavic and Romance language families. The results will be correlated with linguistic factors, such as phonetic and lexical distances, as well as extra-linguistic factors, such as language attitudes towards and familiarity with the languages concerned. Tests will also be carried out with English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) to compare the (mutual) intelligibility of related languages with the (mutual) intelligibility of ELF as spoken by the same groups of speakers. Each PhD student will cover one of the language areas (Germanic, Slavic or Romance) but they will work together methodologically and cooperate with senior researchers. The full project description can be downloaded from: http://www.let.rug.nl/~gooskens/VC
Applications are invited for three PhD students at the Graduate School for the Humanities, Center for Language and Cognition Groningen. Successful applicants will join the project Mutual intelligibility of closely related languages in Europe: linguistic and non-linguistic determinants which is funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). The aim of the project is to investigate the mutual intelligibility of related languages within the Germanic, Slavic and Romance language families. The results will be correlated with linguistic factors, such as phonetic and lexical distances, as well as extra-linguistic factors, such as language attitudes towards and familiarity with the languages concerned. Tests will also be carried out with English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) to compare the (mutual) intelligibility of related languages with the (mutual) intelligibility of ELF as spoken by the same groups of speakers. Each PhD student will cover one of the language areas (Germanic, Slavic or Romance) but they will work together methodologically and cooperate with senior researchers. The full project description can be downloaded from: http://www.let.rug.nl/~gooskens/VC
Qualifications
Preference will be given to candidates who can offer the following:
Preference will be given to candidates who can offer the following:
· university graduate
· Master's degree in phonetics, linguistics (or related field)
· good knowledge of languages and the language situation in the relevant language area (Germanic, Slavic or Romance)
· an interest in experimental research, language planning, sociolinguistics, computational linguistics
· statistical knowledge
· experience with speech manipulation and speech processing programmes (e.g. PRAAT)
· strong motivation to complete a PhD dissertation in four years
· proven research abilities
· publication skills and desire to publish
· fluency in written and spoken English (TOEFL 620, IELTS 7,5, Cambridge Advanced CAE)
· ability to work collaboratively
· an accurate way of working
· self motivation.
Conditions of employment
The University of Groningen offers a salary of € 2,042 gross per month in the first year to € 2,612 gross per month in the fourth year (figures based on full employment). The full-time appointment is temporary for a specified period of four years.
The University of Groningen offers a salary of € 2,042 gross per month in the first year to € 2,612 gross per month in the fourth year (figures based on full employment). The full-time appointment is temporary for a specified period of four years.
Affiliation
The 3 PhD candidates will be affiliated with the computational linguistics group of the Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG) at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen. This institute embraces all the Linguistics research in the faculty. The PhD candidate will be enrolled in the research training program of the Graduate School for the Humanities.
The 3 PhD candidates will be affiliated with the computational linguistics group of the Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG) at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen. This institute embraces all the Linguistics research in the faculty. The PhD candidate will be enrolled in the research training program of the Graduate School for the Humanities.
These positions require residence in Groningen, 38 hours/week research and research training, and must result in PhD dissertations. After the first year there will be an assessment of the candidates' results and the progress of the project to decide whether the employment will be continued.
How to apply:
You can apply for these vacancies until the closing date of 15 March 2011.
Applications (in English or Dutch) should contain the following:
You can apply for these vacancies until the closing date of 15 March 2011.
Applications (in English or Dutch) should contain the following:
· a letter of application
· your curriculum vitae (including a list of publications, if any)
· a copy of your diploma together with a list of grades; a copy of your passport
· a copy of an article or short paper
· the names and email addresses of two referees.
Send us your entire application in just 1 pdf-file please using the link to the application form below. Do NOT send your application to the e-mail addresses mentioned in this text. Incomplete dossiers will not be taken into consideration.
Job interviews will take place on 14 and 15 April 2011.
Starting date of the PhD projects: 1 September 2011.
Information
Dr Charlotte Gooskens, +31 50 3635827, c.s.gooskens@rug.nl Wyke van der Meer (for practical information), w.a.van.der.meer@rug.nl Center for Language and Cognition Groningen
Apply
Application form for General Linguistics/Phonetics (3,0 fte) (211031-33)
Dr Charlotte Gooskens, +31 50 3635827, c.s.gooskens@rug.nl Wyke van der Meer (for practical information), w.a.van.der.meer@rug.nl Center for Language and Cognition Groningen
Apply
Application form for General Linguistics/Phonetics (3,0 fte) (211031-33)
Deadline: March 15, 2011
Further information can be found on the 2011 Title VIII Short-Term Travel Grants for Research in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Balkans website: http://www.nceeer.org/Programs/Hewett/hewett.php .
The Title VIII Ed A. Hewett Policy Fellowship supports research on the countries of the former Soviet Union or Southeastern Europe conducted by an individual scholar or researcher under the auspices of a US government agency, embassy, or field office of a US nongovernmental organization in these regions. The maximum award is $50,000.
Applicants must be US citizens holding a Ph.D. in any discipline of the humanities and social sciences, with a concentration and considerable background in some aspect of the history, culture, politics, and economics of the countries of the FSU and CEE. US citizens with comparable professional experience who do not hold a Ph.D. will also be considered. Applicants must have completed any previous NCEEER grants received before they may apply for a new grant.
No one personified the vitally important nexus between scholarly research and effective policy-making better than the late Ed A. Hewett, an eminent economist, past Chair of the NCEEER Board, Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Special Assistant to the President for the Soviet Union on the National Security Council. In his honor, NCEEER sponsors the AAASS Ed. A. Hewett Book Prize, which has been awarded annually since 1994 for an outstanding publication on the political economy of the centrally planned economies of the former Soviet Union and East Central Europe and their transitional successors, in addition to the Hewett Policy Fellowship.
Deadline for those requiring TOEFL scores: January 24, 2011
Deadline for all others: March 14, 2011
Deadline for all others: March 14, 2011
The Department of Political Science at Central European University is pleased to announce its Call for Applications for Academic Year 2011/2012.
The Department of Political Science focuses on several areas of political science, with a special emphasis on comparative politics. The curriculum examines questions of political theory, democratization, constitutional politics, political economy, mass media, electoral behavior, party politics, research methodology and European politics. In 2009, the department received a five-star ranking from the Center for Higher Education Development (CHE, Germany). Graduates of the department continue their career in higher education, politics, political analysis, the media, civil service, international NGOs and research organizations, business, government and other related fields. A number of students pursue doctoral studies at leading European and US universities.
Degrees Offered
· Master of Arts in Political Science (one year)
· Master of Arts in Political Science (two years)
· Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science
More information: http://web.ceu.hu/polsci/
Selected Areas of Research
· European politics, democratization and regime change
· Political institutions
· Party systems
· Comparative political economy
· Political economy
· Media policy
· Analytical and normative political theory
· Constitutional theory
· Political sociology
Financial Aid and TuitionThe majority of CEU students receive internal or external financial aid. Various types of funding packages are available for Master’s degree students: CEU fellowships, tuition waivers, external scholarships, financial aid.
More than 90% of the doctoral students receive a CEU fellowship that covers all tuition fees and a generous living allowance for up to three years. More information: www.ceu.hu/admissions/financialaid
Application DeadlinesJanuary 24, 2011Applicants who wish/are required to take the CEU-administered TOEFL and/or are requesting exemption from the English language proficiency requirement. Applicants to the MA programs are required to take the CEU- administed test of writing ability.
March 14, 2011Applicants submitting applications that include language scores, or for native English speakers, CEU Master’s degree students, and graduates applying to the PhD program Key admissions information for 2011/2012: www.ceu.hu/admissions
March 14, 2011Applicants submitting applications that include language scores, or for native English speakers, CEU Master’s degree students, and graduates applying to the PhD program Key admissions information for 2011/2012: www.ceu.hu/admissions
Admissions RequirementsDetailed description of the general applications requirements: www.ceu.hu/admissions/requirements
Department-specific admissions requirements: http://web.ceu.hu/polsci/
Department-specific admissions requirements: http://web.ceu.hu/polsci/
Applying to CEUTo apply, complete and submit CEU’s online application form: www.ceu.hu/admissions/apply
General InquiriesFor questions, contact: polsci@ceu.hu
Deadline: March 15, 2011
IREX is pleased to announce 2011-2012 competition for the US Embassy Policy Specialist (EPS) Program.
EPS provides fellowships to US scholars and professionals for up to eight weeks to serve US Embassies in Eurasia as policy specialists on a chosen topic and pursue their own research project independently. EPS Grant covers the cost of travel and in-country housing and provides a stipend for living expenses.
Eligible Embassies and Fields (for more detailed descriptions of research fields please see application instructions posted on the link below):
Azerbaijan (US Embassy, Baku)
· Caspian Geography/Environment
· Labor
· Education
Georgia (US Embassy, Tbilisi)
· Media
Kazakhstan (US Embassy, Astana)
· Civil Society
· Foreign Relations
Kyrgyzstan (US Embassy, Bishkek)
· Anti-Corruption
· Policy Coordination
· Cross-border trade
Russia
· History of US-Russia Relations (US Consulate, St. Petersburg)
· Environment (US Embassy, Moscow)
· Science Policy (US Embassy, Moscow)
· Energy/Public Policy (US Embassy, Moscow)
Tajikistan (US Embassy, Dushanbe)
· International Relations
· Economics/Corruption
Turkmenistan (US Embassy, Ashgabat)
· Religion
· Education
· Alternative/Solar Energy
Ukraine (US Embassy, Kyiv)
· Environmental Studies/Public Health
The EPS application and instructions are available on the IREX website: http://www.irex.org/application/us-embassy-policy-specialist-program-eps-application Completed applications are due no later than March 15, 2011 Scholars and Professionals with advanced degrees (PhD, MA, MS, MFA, MBA, MPA, MLIS, MPH, JD, MD) and US citizenship are eligible to apply for the EPS Program. Questions may be addressed to the EPS Program Staff at eps@irex.org or by telephone at 202-942-9111.
EPS is funded by the United States Department of State Title VIII Program.
EPS is funded by the United States Department of State Title VIII Program.
Deadline: March 15, 2011
The Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum supports scholarship in the field of Holocaust studies; promotes the growth of Holocaust studies at North American universities and the development of strong relationships between American and foreign scholars of the Holocaust; and seeks to ensure the ongoing training of future generations of scholars specializing in the Holocaust.
For more information visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website: http://www.ushmm.org/research/center/fellowship/dorot/
Deadline for nominations: May 15, 2011
The Association for Women in Slavic Studies invites nominations for the 2011 Competition for the Heldt Prizes, awarded for works of scholarship. To be eligible for nomination, all books and articles for the first three prize categories must be published between 15 April 2010 and 15 April 2011. The publication dates for the translation prize, which is offered every other year, are 15 April 2009 to 15 April 2011. Nominations for the 2011 prizes will be accepted for the following categories:
1. Best book in Slavic/Eastern European/Eurasian women's studies;
2. Best article in Slavic/Eastern European/Eurasian women's studies;
3. Best book by a woman in any area of Slavic/East European/Eurasian
studies.
4. Best translation in Slavic/Eastern European/Eurasian women’s
studies.
One may nominate individual books for more than one category, and more than one item for each category. Articles included in collections as well as journals are eligible for the "best article" prize, but they must be nominated individually. The prizes will be awarded at the AWSS meeting at the ASEEES National Convention in Washington, D.C. in November, 2011.
To nominate any work, please send or request that the publisher send one copy to each of the four members of the Prize committee by 15 May 2011:
Karen Petrone, Heldt Prize Committee chairperson Department of History University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506-0027
Eliot Borenstein
Professor of Russian & Slavic Studies
New York University
1 Washington Square Village, Apt. 15-U
New York, NY 10012
Sibelan Forrester
Professor of Russian
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Swarthmore College 500 College Ave.
Swarthmore, PA 19081-1390
Martha Lampland
Associate Professor
Sociology and Science Studies
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0533
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Calls for Papers and Out-of-State Conferences:
University of Texas, Austin
As we approach the 20th anniversaries of the break-up of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union respectively, this conference offers a timely opportunity to consider the causes and legacies of these historic events from the perspective of gender analysis and by examining women's lives in particular. The conference will enable us to consider critically the extent to which gender as an element of identity formation, social relations, politics, economic activity, culture, and warfare has become—or has still yet to become—an essential category of analysis. Potential questions of engagement might include (but are not limited to): To what extent has gender become an important means for understanding conflict (military, political, social, economic) in the region? Are 'women's issues' still just that, or has there been a scholarly shift in agenda and perspective in the last two decades to consider them more generally as 'human issues'?
In framing analyses of gender and conflict how can we nuance women's (and men's) experiences, so that they are seen as agents of transformation or even destruction, rather than "re-victimizing" them as mere objects? The conference will not focus solely on Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union/CIS; indeed, we encourage prospective participants to think more broadly and thematically about the origins and legacies of these breakups and the shared historical experience of communism and the transition for the whole Eurasian and Eastern European region.
The Conference is co-sponsored by the University of Texas, Austin, Indiana University, Bloomington, and Ohio State University, Columbus, and organized under the auspices of the Association for Women in Slavic Studies. Mary Neuburger (University of Texas) and Maria Bucur (Indiana University) want to thank our staff and our co-organizer, Nicole Monnier (University of Missouri) for their hard work on this project.
The conference is no longer accepting paper proposals. The keynote session and all panels are free and open to the public. Dinner receptions, however, are limited to conference participants and UT faculty and students, unless a special request is made by March 10th. Attendance at such events will require a $50 registration fee. To register please send your name, affiliation, and email address along with a $50 check made out to the “Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies” to Olga Macha, 1 University Station, F3600; University of Texas at Austin; Austin, Texas, 78712. For more information email olgamacha@mail.utexas.edu
Deadline: March 14, 2011
June 24-25, 2011, Georgia
June 24-25, 2011, Georgia
NOTE: The eligibility criteria have been extended to include PhD Graduates (2007 or later).
Interested young researchers (PhD candidates and recent PhD graduates) are invited to apply to participate in the ASCN Annual Conference that will take place in Georgia from 24 to 25 June 2011.
The main objectives of the conference are to:
· provide opportunities for researchers dealing with Georgia to meet, network, exchange and discuss their research projects, results and ideas
· discuss the challenges, the contradictions and ambivalences of the transformation process with which social sciences are confronted in Georgia
Eligible candidates
PhD students and recent PhD graduates (from 2007 or later) dealing with Georgia, and eager to present and discuss their research work with colleagues from the region and beyond (especially current PhD projects and/or research results) that can be related to the topic of "Political Transformation and Social Change in Georgia".
PhD students and recent PhD graduates (from 2007 or later) dealing with Georgia, and eager to present and discuss their research work with colleagues from the region and beyond (especially current PhD projects and/or research results) that can be related to the topic of "Political Transformation and Social Change in Georgia".
The contributions to be presented must deal specifically with Georgia. Contributions with a comparative dimension may be accepted.
Topics
Proposals must be linked to one of the following themes:
Proposals must be linked to one of the following themes:
· identities, ethnicity and conflicts
· civil society, social networks and social capital
· state structures, elites and governance
· economic and social development
The selected candidates will be able to present and discuss their work in one of the thematic workshops. Researchers financed by ASCN will also present their research projects, methodology-related issues and results. For more information about the ASCN current research projects, please go to the ASCN website, section Research.
Deadlines
All interested candidates should submit their short CV (1 page), an abstract (300 to 500 words) of their contribution to be presented at the conference and a short motivation letter by 14 March 2011 at the latest, through info@ascn.ch. All documents need to be merged into a single pdf file. The selection process will be completed and announced by 8 April 2011.
All interested candidates should submit their short CV (1 page), an abstract (300 to 500 words) of their contribution to be presented at the conference and a short motivation letter by 14 March 2011 at the latest, through info@ascn.ch. All documents need to be merged into a single pdf file. The selection process will be completed and announced by 8 April 2011.
For those accepted, the ASCN programme will cover travel and accommodation expenses, and/or provide opportunities for co-financing if the costs in individual cases exceed the average expenses per participant coming to the conference.
The selected participants will be informed about the programme and specific workshops of the conference, as well as the technical details in due time.
About ASCN
The Academic Swiss Caucasus Net (ASCN) is a programme aiming to promote social sciences and humanities in the South Caucasus. The different activities foreseen in the programme aim to contribute to the emergence of a new generation of talented researchers. Promising junior researchers are supported through research projects, capacity-building trainings and scholarships. The emphasis of the programme is on the promotion of individuals. In order to ensure sustainability, the ASCN programme puts emphasis on international networking and thus promotes cooperation between scholars based in the South Caucasus and scholars in Switzerland. It is initiated and supported by GEBERT RÜF STIFTUNG.
The Academic Swiss Caucasus Net (ASCN) is a programme aiming to promote social sciences and humanities in the South Caucasus. The different activities foreseen in the programme aim to contribute to the emergence of a new generation of talented researchers. Promising junior researchers are supported through research projects, capacity-building trainings and scholarships. The emphasis of the programme is on the promotion of individuals. In order to ensure sustainability, the ASCN programme puts emphasis on international networking and thus promotes cooperation between scholars based in the South Caucasus and scholars in Switzerland. It is initiated and supported by GEBERT RÜF STIFTUNG.
Website: www.ascn.ch - "Events" section
Further Information:
Denis Dafflon
Programme Coordinator
ACADEMIC SWISS CAUCASUS NET (ASCN)
University of Fribourg / Interfaculty Institute for Central and Eastern Europe (IICEE) Bd de Pérolles 90 1700 Fribourg/Switzerland
Phone: +41 26 300 79 82
Mobile: +41 79 303 43 44
E-mail: denis.dafflon@unifr.ch
Website: www.ascn.ch
Programme Coordinator
ACADEMIC SWISS CAUCASUS NET (ASCN)
University of Fribourg / Interfaculty Institute for Central and Eastern Europe (IICEE) Bd de Pérolles 90 1700 Fribourg/Switzerland
Phone: +41 26 300 79 82
Mobile: +41 79 303 43 44
E-mail: denis.dafflon@unifr.ch
Website: www.ascn.ch
3. CALL FOR PROPOSALS, Poster Session: "GENERATIONS: Exploring Race, Sexuality, and Labor across Time and Space"
Deadline: March 15, 2011
2011 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, June 9-12, 2011, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2011 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, June 9-12, 2011, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians seeks proposals for its first Poster Session, to be held at the 2011 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. The Poster session aims to allow for one-on-one discussion between scholars of all levels on topics pertaining to the broader theme of the conference:
“GENERATIONS: Exploring Race, Sexuality, and Labor across Time and Space.” The session will be held on Friday June 10th, from 4pm to 6pm.
“GENERATIONS: Exploring Race, Sexuality, and Labor across Time and Space.” The session will be held on Friday June 10th, from 4pm to 6pm.
The Poster Session offers an alternative to presenters of all levels--junior researchers, mid-career professionals and senior scholars—to share and discuss work-in-progress, technology- bound projects, table-size exhibits, or other presentations that cannot be easily accommodated in a regular panel session. The poster committee strongly encourages students and professionals of all levels to apply. Works in progress and alternative history projects will be welcomed and considered.
Presenters will be required to format and print their own poster (which should not exceed the limits of 36” x 48”). Further guidelines and information will be provided upon selection.
The Berkshire Conference will provide a table, a bulletin board, and/or electrical connection depending upon availability. Wireless access will be available.
The Berkshire Conference will provide a table, a bulletin board, and/or electrical connection depending upon availability. Wireless access will be available.
The submissions for the poster sessions should include the following (please submit your proposal in PDF format):
- A 300 word abstract of the poster
- A one-page CV containing your name, affiliation, and contact information
- A simple sketch or mock-up of the display (guidelines on how to create an effective poster can be found on the University of Minnesota’s website at:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~schne006/tutorials/poster_design/.
- A one-page CV containing your name, affiliation, and contact information
- A simple sketch or mock-up of the display (guidelines on how to create an effective poster can be found on the University of Minnesota’s website at:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~schne006/tutorials/poster_design/.
- The material needs of your presentation:
__ I require one bulletin board (69?? x 45??)
__ I require one table (15?? x 60??)
__ I require both a table and a bulletin board
__ I will be using a laptop and need access to an outlet
__ I require one bulletin board (69?? x 45??)
__ I require one table (15?? x 60??)
__ I require both a table and a bulletin board
__ I will be using a laptop and need access to an outlet
The poster proposals should be submitted at berkspostersession@gmail.com no later than March 15th, 2011. For more information you can contact the committee at berkspostersession@gmail.com.
4. CALL FOR PAPERS: (Trans)National Subjects. Framing Post-1989 Migration on the European Screen - Second call for papers
Deadline: March 15, 2011
Confirmed keynote speakers include Dominique Arel (University of Ottawa), Dina Iordanova (University of St. Andrews) and Ewa Mazierska (University of Central Lancashire).
More details can be found at http://www.transnationalsubjects.eu.
Call for Papers
The past three decades have seen the rise of a transnational European cinema, not only in terms of financing and multilateral co-productions, but also in terms of a growing focus on multi-ethnic themes and realities within the European context. Undoubtedly, the collapse of the Iron Curtain and the subsequent (and on-going) enlargement of the European Union have played a major role in this shift from national to European filmmaking. Its most obvious on-screen manifestation is the increased visibility of immigrant groups from former communist countries in recent European film, ranging from Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Blanc (1994) and Pawel Pawlikowski’s Last Resort (2000) to Hans-Christian Schmid’s Lichter (2003) and Ken Loach’s It's a Free World (2007).
The past three decades have seen the rise of a transnational European cinema, not only in terms of financing and multilateral co-productions, but also in terms of a growing focus on multi-ethnic themes and realities within the European context. Undoubtedly, the collapse of the Iron Curtain and the subsequent (and on-going) enlargement of the European Union have played a major role in this shift from national to European filmmaking. Its most obvious on-screen manifestation is the increased visibility of immigrant groups from former communist countries in recent European film, ranging from Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Blanc (1994) and Pawel Pawlikowski’s Last Resort (2000) to Hans-Christian Schmid’s Lichter (2003) and Ken Loach’s It's a Free World (2007).
Through its focus on cinematic representations of post-1989 migrations from the former Eastern Bloc to Western Europe, this conference seeks to examine what these films reveal about the cultures producing and consuming these migration narratives and to what extent these images function as a construction site for new (trans)regional, (trans)national and European identities. In order to do so, we welcome papers that investigate topics and questions such as:
· the particular variety of portrayals of (Eastern) European identities and narratives of mobility, displacement and belonging in specific European cinemas or in European cinema at large;
· the emergence of a European “accented cinema” (as coined by Hamid Naficy, 2001) involving migrant and diasporic filmmakers from the former Eastern Bloc;
· the degree in which the portrayal of newcomers in the cinemas of the “hosting” countries corresponds with or diverges from the representation of migratory practices in diasporic filmmaking and in the respective domestic cinemas (i.e., the cinemas of the postcommunist countries);
· the involvement of diasporic filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe in redefining our understanding of European identity/ies as constructed and narrated in European national cinemas;
· the ways in which the complex narratives and often hybrid identities of the postcommunist immigrant characters intertwine with the ongoing geopolitical processes of intra-European border reorganization (creating a new dividing line between those countries with European Union membership and those without);
· convergences and divergences between post-1989 cinematic portrayals of Central and East European immigrants on the one hand and Cold War representations of “exiles” from the Eastern Bloc on the other hand;
· the extent to which the narratives and identities portrayed in these films share filmic traits and narrative arguments that link them to or set them apart from European and/or diasporic cinema dealing with immigrants from outside Europe (e.g. Beur cinema, British-Asian cinema, etc.);
· the increased visibility of characters from former communist countries in relation to American filmmaking and its long-standing tradition of depicting immigrant characters of Slavic/East European descent (in, for instance, gangster and historic film);
· the link between the filmic image of (mainly economy-driven) migration from former communist states on the one hand and a more general critique of post-1989 neoliberal capitalism and global economic culture (commodification, consumerism, ...) on the other hand;
· the (trans)national dynamics that underlie the production, distribution and reception of these immigration narratives and images.
One page abstracts are to be sent to info@transnationalsubjects.eu by March 15, 2011. Notifications of the Organizing Committee’s decisions will be sent out by May 15, 2011. We strongly encourage the use of film clips and of modern presentation software, e.g. Powerpoint. The goal of this is to enhance the effectiveness of the presentation and to facilitate discussion afterwards. Laptops and beamers will be provided.
Deadline: March 15, 2011
Development of modern Russian society is fraught with difficulties in political, legal, economic, social, cultural areas of life in terms of improvement of state management, relationships between the state and the citizens. When considering these difficulties and looking for their possible solutions, specific features of Russian regions should be taken into account.
Ivanovo Branch of Russian State University for Humanities is inviting to participate in the Second Scientific and Practical Correspondence Conference: "Russian Regions in Transition Period: Historical Experience and Modern Times".
The objective of the conference is to generalize experience gained during solving actual problems of a Russian province.
The organizing committee
Alexander Sergeyevich Senin, professor of the Chair of History of State Offices and Social Organizations at the Russian State University for Humanities
Yury Mikhailovich Voronov, the Head of the Chair of Philosophy at the Ivanovo State Architectural - Building Academy, doctor of political sciences.
Sergey Igorevich Mazin, the director of Ivanovo Branch of Russian State University for Humanities.
Sergey Sergeyevich Mishurov, the head of the chair of regional economics and management at the Ivanovo State Textile Academy, doctor of economic sciences
Alexander Viktorovich Silayev, the deputy director of the Kaluga Branch of Russian State University for Humanities, the head of the chair of humanitarian and social and economic sciences, candidate of historic sciences
Lev Alexeyevich Chernov, the deputy director of the Kostroma Branch of Russian State University for Humanities, candidate of economic sciences.
Ivan Valentinovich Goryachev, the head of the chair of social and economic sciences at the Ivanovo Branch of Russian State University for Humanities.
Yury Mikhailovich Voronov, the Head of the Chair of Philosophy at the Ivanovo State Architectural - Building Academy, doctor of political sciences.
Sergey Igorevich Mazin, the director of Ivanovo Branch of Russian State University for Humanities.
Sergey Sergeyevich Mishurov, the head of the chair of regional economics and management at the Ivanovo State Textile Academy, doctor of economic sciences
Alexander Viktorovich Silayev, the deputy director of the Kaluga Branch of Russian State University for Humanities, the head of the chair of humanitarian and social and economic sciences, candidate of historic sciences
Lev Alexeyevich Chernov, the deputy director of the Kostroma Branch of Russian State University for Humanities, candidate of economic sciences.
Ivan Valentinovich Goryachev, the head of the chair of social and economic sciences at the Ivanovo Branch of Russian State University for Humanities.
The Organization Committee is soliciting to submit the papers on the following themes:
· A Russian region as a system: economic, social and legal elements
· The state authority and local self – government in historic life of Russian regions
· Perspective on development of humanitarian space of the regions and problems connected with it.
· Man and Society: historical and cultural aspects of their interactions
Submission Guidelines
The papers must not exceed 5 A-4 pages including tables, graphs, or figures prepares, bibliography made on Microsoft Word, Times New, Font Size 14. A brief CV of the author including: full names, degree, job title, contact information (phone and e-mail) must be written on a separate paper. The papers can be written in either English or Russian. The papers must be submitted electronically at e-mail: mtep@mail.ru before March 15th , 2011, marked by “Conference.”
The papers must not exceed 5 A-4 pages including tables, graphs, or figures prepares, bibliography made on Microsoft Word, Times New, Font Size 14. A brief CV of the author including: full names, degree, job title, contact information (phone and e-mail) must be written on a separate paper. The papers can be written in either English or Russian. The papers must be submitted electronically at e-mail: mtep@mail.ru before March 15th , 2011, marked by “Conference.”
The author bears full responsibility for the information provided in the paper. The Organizing Committee reserves the right to select the materials for the publication. The papers that do not meet the requirements will be rejected. The authors will be informed through e-mail if their papers are accepted.
Contact Persons: Ivan Valentinovich Goryachev, Mikhail Viktorovich Teplyansky.
Abstracts due: March 18, 2011
January 5-8, 2012
Following are five proposals for sessions to be held at the next Modern Language Association Convention in Seattle, WA, 5-8 January 2012.
The theme of this year’s MLA Convention is “Language, Learning, Teaching.”
These sessions are organized by the Slavic & East European Literatures Division Executive Committee.
*ALL ABSTRACTS DUE BY FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2011.*
PANEL: “Food Culture in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe”
Depictions of food in literature/film, gastronomic trends, nostalgic nationalism in cuisine, popular attitudes and traditions, cookbooks and food travel writing. This panel is co-sponsored by AATSEEL; those interested should send a brief abstract to <emilydjohnson@ou.edu> by March 18.
ROUNDTABLE: "Language, Literature, and ...? New Models for Foreign Language Departments"
A roundtable on Slavic and other foreign language departments that are addressing the changing demands of students, administrators, and the profession itself. We welcome presenters who have had experience with institutional restructuring and re-defining their home department. The goal of the panel is to identify some models that have been successful in negotiating and responding to disciplinary and/or financial challenges.
Abstracts to <labov.1@osu.edu> by March 18.
PANEL: “Graphic Narratives Re-telling History”
We invite papers that explore how contemporary Slavic and/or European comics are grappling with social and historical questions using the graphic narrative form. While European comic art has a long tradition of treating historical topics, there have been a number of recent graphic works that go further and look to re-narrate, re-tell, and provide an alternative view of historical events. Papers on Central/Southeastern European texts will be given priority, though the panel is open to examples from across the continent. Abstracts to <labov.1@osu.edu> by March 18.
PANEL: “Europe Through a Wide Lens: Film and the Cold War”
This panel will reexamine Cold War film culture as a pan-European phenomenon, acknowledging the importance of the East/West division in film production and distribution, but moving beyond this division. Papers can be comparative in nature, identifying pan-European aesthetic developments (e.g.
“new waves”) or industrial changes (e.g., film festivals and co-productions); papers can also treat individual films or filmmakers, as long as they are grounded in this larger context. Abstracts to <labov.1@osu.edu> by March 18.
PANEL: “Zizek from Mladina to Al Jazeera”
Seeking papers that integrate various stages of Slavoj Zizek's career, from research assistant at U. Ljubljana’s Department of Philosophy and contributor to the Slovenian alternative youth magazine Mladina, to the most global of all global philosophers reaching international audiences via satellite television and streaming servers. While aiming to place him firmly in the intellectual context of Ljubljana and the broader historical context of East-Central Europe before and after 1989, we will also map his navigation of various transnational circuits, initially to Paris, then to the U.S., and most recently in his virtual incarnation as philosopher/pundit-at-large. Abstracts to <labov.1@osu.edu> by March 18.
(Please note: ALL PARTICIPANTS of these sessions will be required to be active members of the MLA by April 7, 2011.)
Deadline: March 30, 2011
Vilnius, 14-16 June, 2011
The European Humanities University (EHU), and the Center for Advanced Studies and Education, welcome submissions for an international conference – Social Sciences, Humanities and Higher Education in Eastern Europe after
1991 – to be held in Vilnius, 14-16 June 2011.
The conference will be a consolidated reflection on the development of social sciences, humanities and education over twenty years in Eastern Europe. The dramatic events of 1989 - 1991, coinciding with substantial social changes in the world as a whole, forced the Eastern European intellectual community to respond to a number of urgent challenges. The conditions of survival of fragments of the formerly monolithic and unified system of science and education were significantly different, which inevitably led to different strategies of adaptation. The goal of the conference is not merely the reconstruction of the general picture of this era of change, but rather to provide a critical analysis of transformation processes and to attempt to sketch in possible trends in future development.
The crash of the socialist system and Marxist ideology resulted in a collapse of communist social theory. What has filled this vacuum that suddenly appeared? To what extent was the gap bridged between “communist” and “bourgeois” concepts formed over decades? How has the language of social sciences and humanities changed? And to what extent is it now sufficient as a means of scholarly communication beyond the post-socialist space? What theoretical models could be useful for Eastern European countries, taking into account that Western social theory is not able to cope with its own challenges of modernity?
The disintegration of the Soviet Union and other socialist states challenged intellectual communities to construct adequate modern projects of nation-building. Social sciences, humanities and education were given a leading role in the revival of national identity and national languages. How far have scholars fulfilled this mission? In what way do their practices of working with post-colonial traumas relate to ideas of democracy and the principles of civil society?
The commercialization of higher education has primarily affected the spheres of social sciences and humanities. The mass training of lawyers, economists, diplomats, psychologists, etc. has had a strongly negative impact on the quality of education. In turn, this has resulted in a decline in prestige and a devaluation not only of the social sciences and humanities, but of higher education in general. Are there mechanisms to counter these trends?
Are there current examples of the successful management of quality in education in the fields of social sciences and humanities? What forms of education development are able to respond to new trends in the area of knowledge? What is the role of network universities, and the European Humanities University in particular, in these processes?
Post-communist reality has led to the erosion of old forms of research management within Academies of Sciences. A number of parallel and alternative projects provoked ever increasing fragmentation of intellectual communities. What is the destiny of research institutions of the soviet era?
Are there successful models of modernization of this sector? What role do scholarly journals play in transformations of social sciences and humanities? To what extent do academic periodicals contribute to the development of intellectual communities?
In the past twenty years the context of the individual academic career has substantially changed. In a number of post-socialist states soviet institutions like the Higher Attestation Committee (or VAK) still play an enormous role in academic life. Should VAK be transformed or eliminated altogether? How is the quality of research to be maintained if so?
Suggested panels:
*The languages of social sciences and humanities: a regional context to the European outlook
*Codes of interdisciplinarity: views on cooperation between the social sciences and humanities
*Language, identity and education in Eastern Europe after 1991:
(re)constructing of national identity
*Higher education and the knowledge society: practices of transformation under conditions of uncertainty
*Network universities in the context of the new agenda of the knowledge
society: the case of EHU
*After the Academy (of Science): the destinies of learned institutions in post-soviet Eastern Europe
Eligibility:
Researchers and educators from Eastern Europe, as well as Western specialists concerned with current transformations in social sciences and humanities
Conference language: English
Application submission:
Conference participants should send the application form (below), an abstract of 250 words and a CV to research.division@ehu.lt
Abstract Submission Deadline: March 30, 2011
Successful applicants will be notified by April 11, 2011
Terms and conditions:
There is no registration fee.
Conference organizers will cover the participants’ expenses for accommodation and some meals.
The European Humanities University will assist the participants in obtaining their visas.
Contact us for further information: research.division@ehu.lt
The annual journal "The NEP Era: Soviet Russia, 1921-1928" seeks submissions of manuscripts on Soviet history and culture during the 1920s. The journal publishes articles in English or Russian. All article submissions are subject to peer review.
Please send three anonymous copies of an article along with an electronic version in MS Word, Word Perfect, or PDF (which may be submitted separately by e-mail) to: Dr. Alexis Pogorelskin, Department of History, University of Minnesota-Duluth, 1121 University Drive, Duluth, MN 55812-2496, and email to: apogorel@d.umn.edu.
Manuscripts should be in a standard font with one inch margins. The text (including block quotes and endnotes) should be double-spaced. The maximum length for an article is thirty-five double-spaced pages (including endnotes), or nine thousand words. If, however, subject, sources, or treatment warrant greater length, the journal will negotiate an appropriate extension. Authors should adhere to The Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition) and the Library of Congress transliteration system.
Please include your name, institutional affiliation, and current contact information. We will acknowledge all submissions and endeavor to make our decision concerning publication as soon as we are able, allowing for the reports of at least two reviewers.
Submissions to The NEP Era should not have been previously published.
First publication of submissions should occur in this journal.
For more information about the journal, see its web site at http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/NEPera/main/index.php
or its Facebook page at
9. CALL FOR PAPERS: Fourth Annual OASIES Student Conference: "Places and Perceptions: Space and Identity in Inner Eurasia."
Submission Deadline: March 15, 2011
April 9, 2011, Columbia University
The Organizations for the Advancement of Studies of Inner Eurasian Societies at Columbia University, New York University, and Yale University are pleased to announce the Fourth Annual OASIES Student
Conference: "Places and Perceptions: Space and Identity in Inner Eurasia."
The conference will take place Saturday, April 9, 2011 at Columbia University.
Our conference seeks to bring together scholars from a variety of disciplines who are interested in the perception of place in different epochs of Eurasian history and culture. We hope to examine the meanings that have been attached to spaces across the Eurasian steppe and neighboring regions from a wide range of methodological perspectives and to investigate the uses of spatial theory in the contemporary study of inner Eurasia.
Possible topics may include, but are not limited to:
-- the role of space in the development of Eurasian states and empires --the management of space among given communities, either settled or nomadic --the textual representation of Eurasian spaces in and over time (in state-sponsored cultural products, the media, Western scholarship, travelers’ narratives, etc.
-- the role of symbolic and/or physical locales within Eurasia --Eurasian identities (e.g. pan-Turkism) that have stretched across space and borders
-- Eurasian regionalisms
-- Eurasian cyberspace, public space
--urban planning and architecture in Eurasia
-- the roles of monuments and historic sites in national, local, imperial identities
-- networks (e.g. railroads, trade) that have connected Eurasian spaces --the effect of missionaries, industrialization, modernity, etc. on the development of spatial identity --the role of natural landscapes (the steppe, the desert, the mountains, etc.) in various Eurasian cultures
-- “place-making” and space as narrative of personal memories and collective histories
-- ideas of home/displacement and belonging (or not) in a Eurasian space --competition among states and powers for a given territory
-- the interplay among different Eurasian linguistic groups across space
-- the use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Eurasia --“inner Eurasia,” “Central Asia,” “Mongolia,” etc. as geographical concepts;
-- Orientalisms, colonialisms, “imaginary geographies” in Eurasia
-- the role of social and spatial borders in Eurasia
-- the role of geopolitics, globalization, transnational movement in inner Eurasia
-- the methodological uses of spatial theories in the study of Eurasia.
We particularly encourage submissions from graduate students who work in Central Asian, Mongolian, Russian, Middle Eastern, Chinese or South Asian fields, whatever their home departments (Anthropology, Archaeology, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Geography, History, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science, Sociology, Slavic languages and Literatures, etc.).
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
New Submission deadline: March 15, 2011
Please include the following information with all submissions:
1) Name of presenter
2) Academic position and institutional affiliation
3) Title of the paper
4) Abstract of no more than 300 words
5) Audio-visual equipment needs
6) Contact information (please include e-mail address and
telephone number)
Submissions sent by email to oasiesconference2011@gmail.com as an attachment (pdf or doc) by March 15, 2011, will receive a response within a week. Selected participants will be asked to submit their full papers to discussants by April 2nd.
Presentations must be kept to 15-20 minutes in length.
Unfortunately we will not be able to provide any financial aid to participants.
For current information regarding the event visit www.oasies.org
April 14-17, John Carroll University, Cleveland, OH
The American Hungarian Educators Association (AHEA) is a scholarly and professional organization devoted to the teaching and dissemination of Hungarian culture. The Association provides opportunities for those interested in Hungarian studies and Hungarian heritage to further these interests by:
• actively supporting ethnic and multicultural programs to broaden awareness, within the United States, of Hungarian contributions to civilization;
• deepening the appreciation for Hungarian culture among Americans of Hungarian origin
• encouraging the maintenance of the Hungarian language and Hungarian studies in English
The AHEA is open to cooperation with all groups interested in supporting Hungarian culture and Hungarian studies within the United States and Canada, as well as Central European countries with large indigenous Hungarian minorities.
• actively supporting ethnic and multicultural programs to broaden awareness, within the United States, of Hungarian contributions to civilization;
• deepening the appreciation for Hungarian culture among Americans of Hungarian origin
• encouraging the maintenance of the Hungarian language and Hungarian studies in English
The AHEA is open to cooperation with all groups interested in supporting Hungarian culture and Hungarian studies within the United States and Canada, as well as Central European countries with large indigenous Hungarian minorities.
For registration information and schedule of events see: http://ahea.net/conferences/2011
Deadline: May 15, 2011
October 20-22, 2011, Yaroslavl, Russia
The Russian Association for Research in Women’s History, the Russian branch of the International Federation for Research in Women's History/Federation Internationale Pour la Recherche en Histoiredes Femmes, the Department of Gender Studies at the N.N. Miklukho-Maklai Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAS and the Yaroslavl State Pedagogical University welcome proposals for
The Forth International Conference
"Private and public: borders,contents, politics of interpretation in the past and at present"
to be held in Yaroslavl,October 20 – 22, 2011.
The conference is designed as a socio-political and academic forum that would bring together scholars and experts from Russia and abroad, to discuss a variety of ways in which gender affects social life. The organizers invite participants from a range of disciplines, including history, ethnology, archeology, archival studies, sociology, philosophy, political studies, social psychology, cultural studies and others.
This conference draws attention to the notion of “separate spheres” and to various ways women and men used to follow the roles prescribed to them in public and private realms in the past and at present.
The conference topics include, but are not limited to:
* Private vs public
* A person and social movements: role, involvement, participation
(gender aspects)
* Everyday life of men and women in the past and at present
* The role of education, reading, academic research in private life
of men and women
* Marriage and family in the past and at present: an area for
self-actualization
* Household and home economics
* History of motherhood, fatherhood, parenthood; family pedagogic
and private sphere
* Childhood, adolescence, youth – gender aspects
* Sexuality and intimacy; gender aspects of sexual culture in Russia
and Europe
* Domestic violence vs violence against women
* Private sphere and feminist thought
* Gender identity of the old
* Cultural representation of private sphere
* Theory and methodology of gender studies, sources in women’s
and gender history, historiography of women and gender.
The conference will comprise a number of plenary sessions, panels, workshops and round tables.
Proposals for panels,workshops, round tables and individual presentations should be sent by May 15, 2011 to the following email address: ntlnvkv69@gmail.com Proposals should include the information about the author and the abstract of the presentation. The abstracts(which will be published prior to the conference) should not exceed 10,000 characters. The paper size of the abstract should be 21*29.5cm (A 4), portrait orientation, with a margin of 2.5 cm on all sides. The abstract should be formatted using the Times New Roman font throughout,
14 pt. type, 1.5-spaced, justified paragraphs.The abstract should be submitted as a ".doc" file. Pages should not be numbered. The participant’s full name and her/his institutional affiliation should be placed in the right corner in bold italics. The next line (centered) should contain the title of the proposal in bold letters. For references, please, use footnotes.
In your submission,please, include the following information:
a) your full name,
b) your institutional affiliation, position and academic degree;
c) your address (including zip code and email address);
d) title of abstract;
e) a note on whether special technology and/or electrical equipment is needed;
f) information on whether you would need a hotel and the arrival and departure dates.
The working language at the conference is Russian. For those participants who prefer to give their presentations in English, interpretation will be provided. Discussions are, however, will be in Russian.
Kotoroslnaya nab., 46v
Yaroslavl, 150000
Contact person:
Natalia Novikova
12. CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS ON COMMUNICATION THEORY AND PRACTICE IN EASTERN EUROPE, RUSSIA, CIS and FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS, Eurasian Communication Association of North America (former North American Russian Communication Association, NARCA)
Deadline: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 11:59 PM Pacific Time
Thursday, November 17 - Sunday, November 20, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Thursday, November 17 - Sunday, November 20, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Eurasian Communication Association of North America (ECANA) and the Russian Communication Association (RCA) invite the submission of completed papers (or extended abstracts) and panel proposals that focus on various aspects of communication theory and practice in Eastern Europe, Russian Federation and former Soviet republics.
Following the official theme for the NCA 97th Annual Convention “Voice” http://www.natcom.org/convention/ , ECANA will encourage submissions that focus on your experience related various academic constituencies, each with diverse perspectives and life experiences. Although NCA may advance the importance of respecting assorted fields, paradigms, experiences, and backgrounds, several real questions remain: How do you manage to make the difference and get your individual voice heard? How does your voice contribute to the research body of our field and the voice of our profession? How is this done? Sustaining a convention theme of “Voice” will be one way to begin (or continue) a conversation about these critical questions. When considering your potential participation with ECANA/RCA activities, please keep the convention theme in mind.
We welcome any methodological approach, theoretical perspective, or situation that may advance our understanding of communication discipline. For example, papers about communicative or rhetorical behavior, social interaction, theoretical contributions, any form of mediated or face-to-face form of communication or interaction between people from the above countries and cultures would be appropriate. However, submissions should not be limited to these areas as long as they are related to the above-mentioned regions in some way. In addition to the traditional types of submissions, we encourage innovative methods to involve scholars that may not use traditional presentational formats or require the literal presence of such participants.
Superior submissions may be programmed in the Scholar to Scholar Interactive Media Series, which provides a format especially appropriate for visual and aural work, multimedia projects, and interactive presentations.
All paper submissions must be uploaded to NCA Submission Central at https://ww4.aievolution.com/nca1101/ in order to be considered. Please note that you must strip ALL identifying information from your paper prior to submission. Specifically, authors will enter their submission information to include a list of author(s) or panelists, author(s)/panelists contact information, paper/proposal title and abstracts. If you are not a member of NCA, you will be able to create a user name and password for NCA Submission Central.
Submissions should not exceed 25 pages of primary text [excluding abstract, title page and works cited page(s)].
The best student and faculty submissions will be recognized and top papers will be considered for publication in the RCA-sponsored Russian Journal of Communication.
Those who submit extended abstracts should note that if their paper is selected for the convention, they will be expected to upload a copy of their full, completed paper during the September period for submitting revised papers.
For information or questions, please contact the 2010-2011 NCA co-planners of ECANA: Sergei A. Samoilenko, George Mason University (ssamoyle@gmu.edu; 1-703- 993-1090) or Mike Hazen, Wake Forest University (hazen@wfu.edu; 1-336-758-5404).
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Other Announcements:
Spring recess at Indiana Univeristy Bloomington begins after last class on Saturday, March 12. Clases resume Monday, March 21.
The REEI office will be open over spring break.
Deadline: March 16, 2011
The Global Village is seeking an instructor for a pair of 1-credit courses for the fall of 2011, each taught in an eight-week period, that involve students who have just returned from studying abroad or those preparing to study abroad. Each course usually enrolls 10-20 students.
Interested applicants should demonstrate relevant teaching experience. [Domestic and International applicants should consult with their home department to ensure that teaching an additional 2-credit course is permitted according to their contracts and/or work visas.] The salary will be a total of $3,332 for both courses; it does not carry benefits or a course fee waiver, but instructors do receive a "D" parking permit and meal points with which to dine with their students.
Summaries of the current course content appear below but the new instructor will have some flexibility in redesigning the content in consultation with the Director of the Global Village, who supervises the courses.
Study Abroad: When You Return (GLLC-G 491)
meets the first 8 weeks, M & W, 3:35-4:25, FQ 012B (Global Village building)
This 8-week course provides students returning from overseas study with practical advice on how their international experiences can be utilized for future educational and professional pursuits. Students will engage in structured discussions regarding their overseas accomplishments as well as the knowledge and skills they acquired while abroad. The class will focus on the completion of a final project that enables students to do two things: 1) process the emotional, experiential, and academic dimensions of the program they participated in; and 2) compile and create a portfolio document that can be used to support ongoing educational and professional pursuits. Ways in which study abroad experiences can be integrated within life at IU will also be explored.
Study Abroad: Before You Go (GLLC-G 291)
meets the second 8 weeks, M & W, 3:35-4:25, FQ 012B (Global Village building)
This 8-week course prepares students for the rewarding educational experience of studying abroad. Taught from an interdisciplinary perspective, the course will stimulate students both to think about and to openly discuss their primary goals/concerns with overseas study.
The course is structured around four major topics: 1) pre-departure considerations, 2) life in the host country, 3) strategies for recognizing obstacles and overcoming challenges, and 4) integrating study and daily personal experiences with post-travel educational goals. Students will be expected to complete weekly readings for the course, participate in weekly discussions, and give a short in-class presentation focusing on the host country they plan to visit.
Send letter of application, CV, and two references as electronic attachments to Dr. Jeff Holdeman, Director of the Global Village (jeffhold@indiana.edu) by Wednesday, March 16, 2011.
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for summer study in Moscow, Russia. A five-week summer program, Contemporary Russia offers both graduate and undergraduate students as well as working professionals an opportunity to study abroad in Russia and to gain new knowledge and competency in Russian area studies and Russian language. Contemporary Russia is the first American Councils program designed to serve participants at all levels of Russian-language proficiency, including those with no prior training in the language. Contemporary Russia provides twenty-two hours per week of in-class instruction in Russian economics, Russian politics, Russian culture, and Russian language. All content-based courses are taught in English by faculty of the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, one of Russia's most prestigious centers for the study of social sciences. Program participants receive Russian language instruction geared toward their skill level (participants with no prior training in Russian will be provided elementary instruction, while those who have completed previous language courses will attend more advanced classes). Participants are registered for academic credit at Bryn Mawr College. A full-time resident director oversees academic and cultural programs; assists participants in academic, administrative and personal matters; and coordinates activities with the host institution faculty. Participants live in university dormitories.
Other program features include weekly cultural excursions, peer tutors, and pre-departure orientation in Washington, D.C.
Program dates: June 21 to July 27, 2011
"The academic program was intense, informative, serious, fast-paced and relevant. Each teacher was excellent and gave a different perspective on Russia.” – former student
Application Deadline: March 15, 2011. Applications are available at: http://www.americancouncils.org/program/1g/CRU/
Deadline: March 21, 2011
Intensive language training has been offered at the Bloomington campus of Indiana University since 1950. The Summer Workshop provides up to 200 participants in Slavic, East European and Central Asian languages the opportunity to complete a full year of college language instruction during an eight-week summer session.
Utilizing the resources of Indiana University's own specialists as well as native speakers from other universities and abroad, the Summer Workshop has developed and maintained a national program of the highest quality. Allowing all participants to pay in-state tuition fees, the program has as its goal the enhancement of speaking, reading, listening and writing skills through classroom instruction and a full range of extra-curricular activities. Fellowships and funding are available.
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Language Tables and Coffee Hours:
7:00 PM, Runcible Spoon
Please note the time change for this week.
7:00 PM, Runcible Spoon
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM, Ballantine Hall 506
Weekly Theme: “Culture of Tattoos”
5:00 PM, Nick's English Hut
5:45 PM, Indiana Memorial Union Starbucks
5:30 PM, Pourhouse Café (314 E Kirkwood)
6:30 PM, Ballantine Hall 506
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