International Studies @ IU: REEI Events 2/24-3/03

"The World Was Ours," is a one-hour documentary, narrated by award-winning actor Mandy Patinkin, that chronicles the rich, vibrant history of the Jewish community of Vilna before it's destruction in World War II. The film will be followed by music with internationally acclaimed singer Marija Krupoves and discussion with director Mira Van Doren and Jewish Studies faculty members.

The George J. Stolnitz Memorial Program was established to honor the memory of Indiana University Economics Professor George J. Stolnitz (1920-2001).

George Stolnitz's distinguished career at Indiana University began in 1956 when he joined the Department of Economics faculty. Professor Stolnitz was internationally recognized for his research on demographic trends and was a frequent consultant to the United Nations and U.S. government agencies. Throughout his career, George lectured around the globe, including in Moscow, Jerusalem, and Brazil.

At Indiana University, he served as director of the Inter-national Development Research Center before founding the Population Institute for Research and Training.

The Borns Jewish Studies Program is indebted to George and his wife Monique for their generous commitment to the advancement of education in Yiddish language and culture at Indiana University.

This event is free and open to the public. If you have a disability and need assistance, arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please contact the Borns Jewish Studies Program at 812-855-0453 or email iujsp@indiana.edu.

2. Friday, February 25 – Sunday, February 27: The Fifth Annual AGSA Symposium The Technologies of Culture

February 25 Daytime events: Indiana Memorial Union, Sassafras Room

February 25 Evening Events – February 27^th Events: Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archeology

The Fifth Annual AGSA Symposium The Technologies of Culture: Techniques and Theory February 25-27, 2011 Hosted by the Anthropology Graduate Student Association, this symposium is intended for graduate and undergraduate students to present their work in a scholarly environment where they can share their academic interests and prepare for future conferences. This year’s symposium is titled “The Technologies of Culture: Techniques and Theory.” This theme may be interpreted broadly, allowing students to explore topics such as: the way humans interact with technology technologies of communication and media historical use and approaches to technology social theories, trends and movements such as transhumanism, steampunk, anarchoprimitivism and neo-luddism the technologies of power and knowledge that inform our daily lives and, methodological uses of technology IU alumnus, Dr. Mark Schurr of University of Notre Dame Department of Anthropology will join us as our keynote speaker this year. His research focus is on the prehistoric peoples of Indiana using innovative techniques such as fluoride dating of bones and isotope analysis. Friday Feb 25th daytime events will take place in the Sassafras Room (IMU). Friday evening, Saturday Feb 26th, and Sunday Feb 27th events will take place at the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology.

For more information: http://www.indiana.edu/~anthgrad/HomePage.html

Contact Email: ekonwest@indiana.edu or sardilla@indiana.edu

3. Friday, February 25: Horizons of Knowledge Lecture: John Connelly, "Catholics, anti-Racism and Mission to the Jews, 1933-65"3:00 PM, Ballantine Hall 005

The European History Workshop is pleased to announce a special meeting made possible with the help of Horizons of Knowledge, Departments of History and Political Science, Polish Studies, Religious Studies and REEI.

John Connelly is an Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Captive University: The Sovietization of East Germany, Czech, and Polish Higher Education, 1945-1965, and of a forthcoming book on the Catholic Church and Antisemitism in Midcentury Europe.

Please contact the workshop organizer for further details: cipsen@indiana.edu.

4. Friday, February 25: West European Studies: Brown Bag, Doctoral Student Research Presentation

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Indiana Memorial Union, Persimmon Room

NICHOLAS CLARK: Explaining the second-order effect: the role of issues and institutions in elections to the European Parliament. Testing whether negative perceptions of the European Parliament affects turnout and voting behavior in EP elections

CHRISTOPHER MOLNAR: Political Émigrés, Guestworkers, and Refugees: Three Waves of Migration from Yugoslavia to Germany, 1945-1995. Migration from Yugoslavia to Germany during the postwar era

NILUFER OBA: Official Development Assistance of Turkey in a Globalized World. Turkey's aid policy and its evolution from an aid recipient country to a new player in the international donor community

5. Monday, February 28: Jacob Emery, Harvard University, "Art Is Inoculation: The Infectious Imagination of Leo Tolstoy."

5:15-6:45pm Indiana Memorial Union, Oak Room

Tolstoy’s most explicit and summary account of his aesthetic philosophy, What Is Art?, defines its subject through a metaphor of communicable illness: “Not only is infectiousness [zarazitel’nost’] a certain sign of art, but the degree of infectiousness is the only measure of the value of art.” This tract is commonly assumed to represent some kind of anomalous “mistake” within Tolstoy’s oeuvre—a shrill and curmudgeonly diatribe, so at loggerheads with reasonable standards of taste that it dismisses Tolstoy’s own works as false and intellectualized. Yet if What Is Art? is not logically consistent with itself and with Tolstoy’s aesthetic practice, its metaphors of infection and inoculation participate in a single coherent rhetorical paradigm spanning Tolstoy’s work in every genre. Disease allegories play a nodal role in Tolstoy’s metafictional rhetoric—that is, the self-referential figures whereby the story suggests to the reader how best to construe it. The trope of prophylactic infection allows us to trace through Tolstoy’s career his preoccupation with the dangerous power of the imagination, as well as to integrate, if not to reconcile, Tolstoy’s fictional practice with his explicit theory of art as emotional communication in a world fragmented by social class and division of labor.

6. Monday, February 28: Emily Young, "Democracy, Gender, and Debate in the LiveJournal Blog of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev"

12:00 PM, Ballantine Hall 004

This study examines the Russian government's ambivalent attitude toward Internet freedom by analyzing user commentary on the official LiveJournal blog of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. Combining computer-mediated discourse analysis methods with qualitative analysis, it situates issues of online democracy and the virtual public sphere within the context of a male-dominated Russian Internet space. This study also identifies gendered patterns of user contribution and considers what such analyses might reveal about how Medvedev's blog mediates democracy and civic participation on the Russian Internet.

Emily Young is pursuing a dual MIS/MA with SLIS and REEI. Her current research focuses on identity and computer-mediated discourse in Russian and Balkan internet forums.

7. Thursday, March 3: Terrell Starr, "Black in Ukraine"
5:00 PM, Indiana Memorial Union, Sassafras Room

Free-lance journalist Terrell Starr, whose work has appeared in Crisis Magazine, The Grio, Illinois Alumni and on Illinois public radio, will speak about research into the African immigrant and African-Ukrainian community in Kyiv, Ukraine that he conducted as a Fulbright scholar and affiliate of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology in 2009 and 2010.

Sponsored by:

Russian and East European Institute,

The Office of the Vice President for International Affairs,

The Office of the Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Multicultural Affairs

8. 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

http://www.indiana.edu/~global/Re-scriptingIslam/registrationForm.php

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.

Conference Schedule

Presenter Bios

Registration – Deadline is March 20, 2011
DeVault Alumni Center – 1000 E. 17th St., Bloomington, Indiana 47403

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Cultural Events:

1. Wednesday, March 2, 2011: Maslenitsa

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, IMU President's Room

The Department of Slavic Langauges and Literatures invites all to celebrate the Russian holiday of Maslenitsa!

Eat Russian pancakes and learn how to make them!

Listen to Russian music performances!

Learn about Maslenitsa and test your Maslenitsa knowledge!

Bliny and some other Russian food and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided, but you are welcome to bring a dish to share with everybody. If you are interested in cooking pancakes during the event, please sign up for one shift of 20 minutes using the link http://doodle.com/6w7ir5rhneifzws2

If you are interested in performing (in Russian or related to Russia) at the beginning of the event, or if you have any questions related to the event, please contact Veronika Trotter at veboikov@indiana.edu or Maria Shardakova at maalshar@indiana.edu

2. Wednesday, March 2: Symphony Orchestra

8:00 PM, Musical Arts Center

Arthur Fagen, Conductor

Needham: The Body Electric (2010 Dean's Prize)
Reinecke: Harp Concerto, Op. 182
Liszt: Les Preludes
Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26

3. Thursday, March 3: A Concert of Hungarian Music in memory of Professor Denis Sinor

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, Auer Hall on the second floor of the IU Simon Music Center, Jordan Avenue at Third Street

Indiana University's Hungarian Cultural Association, Department of Central Eurasian Studies, and The György Ránki Chair in Hungarian Studies cordially invite you to A Concert of Hungarian Music in memory of Professor Denis Sinor (1916-2011).

We would like to acknowledge the following sponsors for their generous contributions to this event:

The Department of Central Eurasian Studies, the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, the Russian and East European Institute, the Julius Rezler Fund, the György Ránki Chair, the Indiana University Student Association, and the Jacobs School of Music.

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Funding, Grants, and Scholarships:

1. Introduction to the Humanities and Structured Liberal Education

Deadline: February 28, 2011

Stanford University is now accepting applications for 8-10 fellowships and 1-2 lecturers for 2010-11.

Fellowships and Lecturer positions are open to scholars in all humanistic disciplines and areas of specialization, who will have filed for their Ph.D. degree no later than June 30, 2011. To meet the needs of the IHUM curriculum, IHUM especially seeks candidates from the fields of American studies (history, politics), archeology, classics, comparative literature, European history, new media, philosophy, poetry, religious studies and Slavic studies.

Eligible candidates will demonstrate a strong record of humanities scholarship and evidence of teaching excellence. Other desired qualifications are: experience in teaching first-year university students; interdisciplinary research and/or teaching experience; familiarity with team-teaching; and experience in writing instruction. Application deadline is February 28, 2011. Decisions are expected to be announced in late May.

To apply for a Stanford IHUM or SLE post-doctoral position, follow the directions on this Web site: http://ihum.stanford.edu/fellows/applicants.html

2. Call for Applications: IERES Senior & Postdoctoral Fellowships 2011-12

Deadline: February 28, 2011

Petrach Senior Fellowship in Eurasian Studies. The Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs announces a competition for one fellowship designed to "top off" the sabbatical/leave salary or another portable fellowship of a senior scholar for the academic year 2011-12. Fellows are expected to be in residence at IERES (http://www.gwu.edu/~ieresgwu/) for the entire period of the fellowship, to conduct research or writing on an academic project related to Eurasia (including in part Ukraine), and to contribute actively to our lively IERES intellectual community through participation in the institute's seminars, talks, and other events. There are no teaching obligations. Preferred candidates will be widely recognized as leaders in their disciplines, with a strong record of peer-reviewed publication. In the US, this would usually mean a tenured academic appointment, and in Eurasian systems a degree of doktor nauk. While the Fellow's research does not have to focus on Ukraine, part of the study should relate directly to it. All disciplines are eligible. Fellows will be awarded a shared office at IERES, university affiliation, library access, limited administrative support, a stipend of $3,300 per month for the period September 2011 - May 2012, and one roundtrip airfare to cover their arrival in and departure from Washington, DC. To apply, candidates should send a cover letter (maximum three pages) describing the proposed research/writing activity to be done at IERES and a CV by email to Caitlin Katsiaficas, caitlin@gwu.edu, with the subject heading "Petrach Senior Fellowship Application." The deadline for receipt of all application materials is February 28, 2011. Questions may be directed to Ms. Katsiaficas at 202-994-6342. This fellowship is funded by IERES's William and Helen Petrach Endowment.

Davis and Hoffman Postdoctoral Fellowships in European or Eurasian Studies. The Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at The George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs announces a competition for two junior post-doctoral fellowships for the academic year 2011-12. These fellowships are intended to support recent Ph.D. recipients as they bring their dissertation research to publication or embark upon a first post-dissertation research project related to IERES's areas of coverage (Europe and the part of Eurasia corresponding to the postcommunist world) at the outset of an academic career. Fellows have no teaching obligations, though are expected to be in residence at IERES (http://www.gwu.edu/~ieresgwu/) for the entire period of the fellowship and to contribute actively to IERES's lively intellectual community through participation in the institute's seminars, talks, and other events. Preferred candidates will combine strong signs of leadership within their own discipline and area expertise, though comparative social science projects including at least one substantial case from Europe/Eurasia will also be strongly considered. Scholars will be awarded desk space at IERES, university affiliation, library access, limited administrative support, a stipend of $3,300 per month for the period September 2011 - May 2012, and one roundtrip airfare to cover their arrival in and departure from Washington, DC. To be eligible, the applicant's doctoral dissertation must have been defended by the start of the fellowship period, but no earlier than 2007. All disciplines are eligible. To apply, candidates should send a cover letter (maximum two pages) describing the proposed research/writing activity to be done at IERES, two letters of recommendation (sent separately by the recommenders), and a CV by email to Caitlin Katsiaficas, caitlin@gwu.edu, with the subject heading "Davis-Hoffman Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition." The deadline for receipt of all application materials is February 28, 2011. Questions may be directed to Ms. Katsiaficas at 202-994-6342.

These fellowships are funded by the Maria H. Davis European Studies Endowment and a gift from A. Michael Hoffman.

3. REEI Mellon Dissertation Write-Up Fellowship (One Semester)

Deadline: March 1, 2011

One award of $7,500 plus tuition fee remission for one academic semester will provide support to an Indiana University graduate student of the Russian East European region near the completion of his or her doctoral program in any field. The fellowship is intended for applicants who have completed all course work, passed all required preliminary examinations, received approval for their research proposal, and completed all formal components of their dissertation field research or data collection. The fellowship is intended to support one semester of full-time writing in which the recipient will not be engaged in other employment.

The fellowship will be granted on the basis of the scholarly potential of the applicant, the quality and scholarly importance of the proposed work and its importance to the development of scholarship on the REEI region. Heavy emphasis will be placed on the recommendation of the applicant's dissertation advisor in regard to the prospects for the applicant to complete and defend the dissertation at the end of the one semester fellowship or soon thereafter.

A completed application should include:

· Application cover sheet

· Proposal explaining topic of dissertation and plan for completion (no more than 5 pages, double spaced)

· Bibliography (no more than 2 pages)

· Publications list (optional and no more than 2 pages)

· One reference letter from dissertation advisor

· One additional reference letter

· Unofficial transcript of graduate record

The application cover sheet is available for download here, and all application materials must be submitted by March 1.

4. American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS Armenian in Armenia Program

Deadline: March 1, 2011

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS invites applications for the 2011 Eurasian Regional Language Program for language study in an exciting capital city rich with history.

Applications for the Summer 2011 program are due March 1st, 2011. See http://www.aceurasiaabroad.org/ for more information.

The Eurasian Regional Language Program in Armenia provides graduate students, advanced undergraduates, scholars, and working professionals intensive instruction in Armenian. Participants may enroll in semester, academic year, or summer programs. Courses are designed to strengthen speaking, listening, reading, and writing proficiency in the language of study.

Program features include:

· Core language courses focusing on grammar and lexical studies, phonetics, vocabulary development, and conversational skills

· Area studies, literature, and culture classes for advanced students

· Classes conducted in small groups of three to six students or in private tutorials

· Native-speaking faculty with extensive experience teaching foreign students

· Homestays with local families

· Undergraduate or graduate credit from Bryn Mawr College

· Pre-departure orientation in Washington, D.C.

· and logistical support provided by local American Councils offices.

Students with at least two years of college-level instruction in Armenian or Russian are eligible to apply to the program.

Substantial fellowships are available through American Councils from U.S. Department of State (Title VIII) and U.S. Department of Education (Fulbright-Hays) grant support. Recent program participants have also received fellowship support from the National Security Education Program (http://www.borenawards.org/), the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship (http://www.iie.org/gilman), and the U.S. Department of Education Title VI (FLAS).

American Councils also offers intensive language study programs in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Ukraine. For more information on these programs, visit http://www.aceurasiaabroad.org/.

Russian and Eurasian Outbound Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1828 L St., NW
Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 833-7522
Email: outbound@americancouncils.org
Website: http://www.aceurasiaabroad.org/

5. Sara and Albert Reuben Scholarships To Support the Study of the Holocaust

Deadline: March, 1, 2011

Two $1,000 Scholarships
Application deadline: Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Open to all IUB undergraduate and graduate students

During the academic year 2011-2012 the Sara and Albert Reuben scholarships may support funding to attend Holocaust-related conferences, to do research in archives and libraries, to subsidize a Holocaust-related internship, to engage in research and to support honors theses, master’s theses, or a dissertation, and other academic initiatives related to the Holocaust. The monies can only be awarded in the fall and/or spring when the recipient is a full-time student.

REQUIREMENTS: The scholarships are open to all Indiana University Bloomington undergraduate and graduate students from any department or college on campus. Undergraduate students must have a minimum GPA of 3.4. Students must be enrolled at Indiana University Bloomington during the Spring 2011 semester (the semester of application) and continue as enrolled students during the semester or year when the scholarship funding is awarded.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Please submit:

1. a one-page proposal setting forth how funding will further study of the Holocaust;

2. a completed application form ( http://www.indiana.edu/~jsp/docs/ReubenScholarshipApplication.pdf);

3. two recommendation forms (http://www.indiana.edu/~jsp/docs/ReubenScholarshipRecommendation.pdf) from IU faculty.

Note: Jewish Studies major, certificate, and Hebrew minor students should apply using the application forms for continuing Jewish Studies student scholarships and internships.

Applications should be sent to: Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University, Goodbody Hall 326, 1011 E. 3rd Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-7005; Phone (812) 855-0453; FAX (812) 855-4314. Application deadline is Tuesday, March 1, 2011.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF SCHOLARSHIPS: Recipients will be notified in early April, 2010 and will be recognized at the annual Jewish Studies Program Student-Faculty Dinner on Tuesday, April 12, 2011.

These scholarships are an expression of Indianapolis residents Sara and the late Albert Reuben’s strong commitment to the advancement of learning and research about a crucial dimension of modern history.

6. NEH Competition for hosting Summer Seminar

Deadline: March 1, 2011

The NEH competition for hosting a Summer Seminar or Institute for K-12 or college teachers in summer 2012 has been released: http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/seminars.html This year’s guidelines encourage a couple of international topics:

· projects for school teachers or college and university faculty designed to strengthen foreign language instruction at the advanced level through the use of humanistic sources;

· projects intended primarily for community-college faculty;

· projects that respond to NEH's Bridging Cultures initiative. Such projects could focus on cultures internationally, or within the United States. International projects might seek to enlarge Americans’ understanding of other places and times, as well as other perspectives and intellectual traditions. American projects might explore the great variety of cultural influences on, and myriad subcultures within, American society. These projects might also investigate how Americans have approached and attempted to surmount seemingly unbridgeable cultural divides, or examine the ideals of civility and civic discourse that have informed this quest.

7. Summer Program at the American Research Center in Sofia, 2011

Deadline: March 1, 2011

The American Research Center in Sofia (www.einaudi.cornell.edu/arcs), Bulgaria, sponsors a three-week summer session on Bulgarian history and culture (July 14-August 4). The session consists of lectures at ARCS with visit sites throughout Bulgaria. Lectures and site reports are given by leading experts from Bulgarian universities and museums.

The program is open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students in North America, and college teachers, and other scholars with a serious interest in Bulgarian history and culture. The total cost for participation not including international travel is $2,000 (full room and board, use of research facilities, local travel, and lectures).

All application materials must be sent by March 1. The approved participants will receive a notification by March 15.

Contact: Prof. Denver Graninger, Director of ARCS
graninger.arcs@gmail.com

8. EU Center Overseas Education Scholarship

Encouraged Deadline: March 1, 2011

In order to encourage IU graduate students to study the European Union (EU) in Europe, the EU Center offers the “EU Center Overseas Education Scholarship” for graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington.

Eligibility:

· Students must be participating in a program containing a strong EU component. The program must have a clear focus on the EU, a member state’s relations with the EU, or how the EU is related to a specific theme. A program does NOT automatically qualify simply because it is held in an EU member state.

· Students must be admitted to a graduate degree program in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington.

· Program must be for IU credit, but it is not limited to programs in the College of Arts and Sciences nor from the IU Bloomington campus. (More information about the EU Center's study abroad programs, or overseas programs at IU is available from the Office of Overseas Studies.

· Students must have 3.00 or above cumulative GPA on the date of scholarship application.

· Students must be in good academic standing.

· Students must submit a complete, typed, signed, and dated hard copy of the application to the EU Center (Ballantine Hall 542) before the overseas study program application deadline.

· Funding is limited to $1,000.

Required information:

1. Application

2. On a separate sheet of paper, explain in 250 words or less how this overseas study program would impact:

· Your course of study at IU

· Your future plans

· Your understanding of the EU.

3. A current transcript (unofficial are acceptable).

4. Information (such as a syllabus or course description) about the overseas program for which you are seeking support.

For more information, contact the EU Center at eucenter@indiana.edu or (812) 856-3832.

9. The Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program Studies Program grants-in-aid of research

Application Deadline: Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Current Indiana University Bloomington graduate students working on topics of relevance to Jewish Studies are invited to apply for The Robert A. and Sandra S. Borns Jewish Studies Program grants-in-aid of research. These grants can be used to defray the costs of summer language study, travel, living expenses while conducting dissertation research and/or dissertation writing, photocopying, or other research expenses. Preference will be given to Jewish Studies doctoral minors. Graduate students interested in applying for funding to attend a conference should apply for Jewish Studies conference funding.

Students must submit a proposal, transcript, budget, and letter of reference by Wednesday, March 9, 2011, to Professor Matthias Lehmann; Associate Director, Borns Jewish Studies Program; Indiana University; Goodbody Hall 326; 1011 E. Third St.; Bloomington, IN 47405-7005

For more information about the Jewish Studies doctoral minor, see: http://www.indiana.edu/~jsp/graduates/minor.shtml or contact Professor Matthias Lehmann at mlehmann@indiana.edu

10. Summer Research Assistantships for Graduate Students

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/

11. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Czechoslovak Studies Association Book Prize

Deadline: April 15, 2011

The Czechoslovak Studies Association is pleased to announce the opening of competition for its Book Prize in the Field of Czechoslovak Historical Studies. The award will be presented at the CSA meeting at the ASEEES Convention in November for works published in 2009 or 2010.

To be eligible for consideration, books must be primarily concerned with the history of Czechoslovakia, its predecessor and successor states, or any of its peoples within and without its historical boundaries. The field of historical studies will be broadly construed, with books in all fields considered for the prize if they are substantially historical in nature. The prize committee will decide whether a book matches these criteria. Books under consideration must

be new works by a single author written originally in the English language.

The competition is open to members and non-members of the CSA. The deadline for submissions is 15 April 2011. Committee members are Eagle Glassheim, University of British Columbia (chair); Karla Huebner, Wright State University; and Owen Johnson, Indiana University. To inquire about submitting a book, please e-mail Eagle Glassheim at eagle.g@ubc.ca.

12. 2011 ALTA Travel Fellowship Awards

Deadline: May 15, 2011

November 16-19, Kansas City, Missouri

The American Literary Translators Association is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2011 ALTA Travel Fellowship Awards. Each year, four to six fellowships in the amount of $1,000 are awarded to beginning (unpublished or minimally published) translators to help them pay for travel expenses to the annual ALTA conference. This year’s conference will be held November 16–19 in Kansas City, Missouri.

At the conference, ALTA Fellows will give readings of their translated work at a keynote event, thus providing them with an opportunity to present their translations to a large audience of other translators, as well as to publishers and authors from around the world.

ALTA Fellows will also have the opportunity to meet experienced translators and to find mentors.

If you would like to apply for a 2011 ALTA Travel Fellowship, please e-mail if possible a cover letter explaining your interest in attending the conference; your CV; and no more than ten double-spaced pages of translated text (prose or poetry) accompanied by the original text to <maria.suarez@utdallas.edu>.

If you have difficulties with e-mail, please mail the above documents to:

2011 ALTA Travel Fellowship Awards

c/o The University of Texas at Dallas

School of Arts & Humanities, JO51

800 West Campbell Road

Richardson, TX 75080-3021

Applications must be received by May 15, 2011 in order to be considered for this year’s fellowships. Winners will be notified at the end of August. Please keep in mind that you may not apply more than 2 times consecutively or more than 3 times total.

We look forward to receiving and reviewing your translations, and we hope to see you at this year’s conference. For more information, please visit ALTA’s website (www.literarytranslators.org) or contact Maria Rosa Suarez (maria.suarez@utdallas.edu, 972-883-2093).

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Calls for Papers and Out-of-State Conferences:

1. CALL FOR PAPERS: Heroes and Celebrities in Central and Eastern Europe

Deadline: February 25, 2011

October 13-16, 2011

The Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Szeged and the Bálint Sándor Institute for the Study of Religions, Szeged invite you to the conference 13th to 16th October, 2011, Szeged, Hungary.

People need role models who help guiding them through their actions, life, basic behavioural patterns, roles and values. From the Middle Ages mostly saints, kings, politicians or bandits provided these role models while in the late modern times celebrities seem to fulfil this function. The cult of celebrities has been broadly examined by western scholars, however the topic has been hardly researched in Central and Eastern Europe. Celebrity cult in this region is not the reproduction of its western counterpart but a more diversified phenomenon. We find the most western trends mingled with the remnants of the communist era and some religious/pseudo-religious content.

Our aim is to organize a comparative research on celebrity cult in Post-Soviet Europe. We are interested in case studies on the following topics: A complex analysis of a given national celebrity's cult (either politician, religious leader, singer, writer etc.); the national characteristics of the cult; the sacred places connected to the given celebrity; memorial rituals; religious connotations of the cult; the material dimension of the cult.

We invite proposals for 20-minute presentations, which address the broadly-interpreted topic to be given at the conference.

For more information on conference the conference and submitting a proposal, please contact the organizers: povedak@yahoo.com

Please submit your abstract of no more than 250 words to Dr. István Povedák povedak@yahoo.com by 25 February 2011. They must include: 1) name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s); 2) contact details of presenting author (postal address, telephone, fax and email address); 3) title of proposed presentation.

The selection of papers will be communicated by 31 March 2011.

The conference fee is 50 EUR.

2. Revised Call for Papers for the 31st Annual Slavic Forum

Deadline: February 28, 2011

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at The University of Chicago is pleased to announce our upcoming graduate student conference, the 31st Annual Slavic Forum, centered on post- WW II questions in Eastern European and Slavic cultures. This year the conference will take place on Friday, May 13th and Saturday, May 14th, 2011. The conference will consist of formal panels, informal roundtables, and a keynote lecture.

We invite abstracts for individual papers, 20 minutes in length, from Master's or Ph.D. students in Slavic studies and related fields, including linguistics, literature, history, gender studies, art history, music, theater arts, film, as well as any other disciplines related to the topic of the conference. The Slavic Forum committee will organize panels following the acceptance of papers to the conference.

Papers accepted to the 31st Annual Slavic Forum will be published in an electronic collection of working papers from the conference. A style sheet will be distributed following the acceptance of papers to the conference and authors will be given a chance to revise their papers and include comments from the conference prior to publication.

The revised deadline for all abstract proposals is February 28th, 2011. Please send a brief abstract (300 words or less) and a short bio to szawara@uchicago.edu and zmandusic@uchicago.edu. Examples and references are not included in the word count. Please include your name and affiliation at the top of the abstract but not in the body, so that we may make them anonymous for refereeing and easily identify them afterwards. All abstracts will be refereed and participants will be notified by mid-March. Please also note any equipment that might be needed for the presentation. The Slavic Forum committee will strive to meet all equipment needs, but cannot make any guarantees due to budget limits.

3. CALL FOR PAPERS: “Generations of Feminism”

Deadline: February 28, 2011

The editors of thirdspace: a journal of feminist theory and culture invite submissions for a themed issue of their journal, “Generations of Feminism.” We welcome papers on subjects including (but not limited to):

· Contemporary and historical debates and discussions about generational divides within feminism(s)

· Reflections on geographic and global distinctions within debates and discussions about generationality and feminism

· The politics of seniority and generation in feminist organizations, activist groups, and academic communities

· The notion of feminist “waves” and its remaking, conceptualization, and contemporary relevance

· The issue of “mother-daughter” dynamics within feminist movements and theories, and in society more broadly

· The ways in which race, class, and sexuality impact (or are left out of, or marginalized within) debates about feminism and generationality

· How different generations of feminists define and reshape ideologies and practices of feminism(s)

To be considered for this special issue, submissions must be received by February 28th, 2011.

We welcome submissions from a wide range of disciplinary and geographical perspectives. Submissions from researchers working within, or among, the disciplines of geography, sociology, literature, area studies, cultural studies, film/media studies, art, history, education, law, and women’s/gender studies are particularly encouraged.

We accept the submission of work from scholars of any rank or affiliation, and encourage submissions from emerging feminist scholars, including graduate students.

All submissions to the journal must be submitted electronically through our online submission process. All submissions are peer-reviewed by established, senior feminist scholars. For more information on our publishing policies see: http://www.thirdspace.ca/journal/about/editorialPolicies

To submit: Please follow our online submission process at http://www.thirdspace.ca/journal/about/submissions

For more information, please contact us at info@thirdspace.ca.

4. Call for Papers: “Identity and Community after the Cold War Era”

Deadline: March 1, 2011
August 25-27, 2011, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

The last two decades have witnessed the confluence of many different kinds of radical change—the demise of communism as a force in politics, the resurgence of religious community, the emergence of global warming as a major challenge to traditional economies and communities, and the innovative growth of technology. Concepts of community have been radically altered. Maps, borders, governments, and alliances have shifted. The World Wide Web came into being, bringing with it major changes in cultural ritual, self-perception, and community-building. The universalist ideologies characteristic of modernity have retreated, replaced by some older concepts of identity and community. In many parts of the world new versions of traditional religions have emerged as mass forces. The arts and architecture have experienced a shift in focus and form.

The combined area and international studies centers at the University of Kansas (African; East Asian; Latin American; Russian, East European, and Eurasian; Global and International Studies) invite 200-word proposals for papers in both Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as History and Sociology of the Natural Sciences, that address issues of “Identity and Community after the Cold War Era.” We seek papers focusing on a specific world area or country; interdisciplinary and trans-regional proposals are also welcome.

The goal of the conference is to describe, examine, and understand the various areas and kinds of shift that have happened since the late 1980s and to attempt a complex model of the world humanity now inhabits.

Possible topics might include but are not limited to concepts of identity and community informing:

· post-communist arts/literature/architecture

· concepts of ideal space/utopia/built environment

· history and memory

· political, cultural, and social implications of the internet

· new states, new alliances

· language and shifts in consciousness

· party formation/deformation

· borders, centers, peripheries

· religious alliances/communities

· meanings and uses of national identity

· censorship

A volume of selected conference papers is planned.

Please send your proposal and updated c.v. by March 1, 2011, to: crees@ku.edu <mailto:crees@ku.edu> Put in the subject header of your email: August 25-27 conference proposal

5. America Engages Eurasia: Studies, Teaching, and Resources

Deadline: March 1, 2011
June 13 - July 1, 2011, Columbia University, New York, NY

A Summer Institute Sponsored by The National Endowment for the Humanities.

Building upon a successful NEH Institute of 2009 which dealt with Russian-American cultural contacts, the 2011 institute examines the evolution of America's "academic" engagement with Eurasia (defined here as including Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Russia/the Soviet Union, Central Asia, and the Caucasus) from the 19th century down to the present. The historic personalities, institutions, organizations, and research resources that collectively constituted the foundation of Eurasian studies in America will be considered within the broad framework of the geopolitical relations of America and Eurasia over more than 150 years.

The Institute's Principal Investigator Timothy Frye, and Co-Directors Edward Kasinec and Robert Davis hope also to suggest a more broadly applicable paradigm of area studies development in the United States (for Middle Eastern, East Asian, African, Latin American studies, etc.), suggesting avenues of comparative research.

Twenty-five undergraduate faculty, research librarians, curators, and museum educators will participate in sessions led by distinguished educators and professionals. This year, up to three graduate students may be selected to participate as well. Participants will have a hands-on opportunity to work with the unparalleled material and academic resources of Columbia University and the city of New York.

For a summary description and online application information, visit: http://nehsummerinst.columbia.edu or contact Robert Davis (rhd2106@columbia.edu) 212 854-47101 or Edward Kasinec (ejk83@columbia.edu) 516 712-8305. Application postmark deadline is Tuesday, March 1, 2011.

Institute Co-Directors:

Edward Kasinec, Curator emeritus of the Slavic and Baltic Division of The New York Public Library and a Harriman Research Scholar, is an internationally known bibliographer and historian of the Slavic culture.

Robert Davis is Librarian for Russian, Eurasian & East European Studies at Columbia.

Faculty Principal Investigator:

Timothy Frye is Director of the Harriman Institute and a distinguished political scientist and student of the dramatic social, political, and economic transformations that swept Eurasia in the post-Soviet period.

Presenters:

Valerie Bunce, Aaron Binenkorb Professor of International Studies, Cornell David Engerman, Associate Professor of History, Brandeis Robert Huber, President, National Council for Eurasian & East European Research Robert A. McCaughey, Janet H. Robb Professor of History, Barnard James Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia Catharine T. Nepomnyashchy, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Russian, Barnard John Schoeberlein, Director, Program on Central Asia & the Caucasus, Harvard Mark L. VonHagen, Director, School of Historical, Philosophical & Religious Studies, Arizona State University

Discussants:

Rafis Abazov, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Hunter College, CUNY Gordon Bardos, Assistant Director, Harriman Institute Thomas A. Bird, Associate Professor, Queens College, CUNY Cynthia Buckley, Social Science Research Council Tanya Chebotarev, Curator, Bakhmeteff Archives, Columbia Marta M. Deyrup, Professor, Seton Hall University Libraries and Co-Director, Elizabeth Ann Seton Center for Women's Studies Sergey Glebov, Five College Assistant Professor, Smith Nancy Walbridge Collins, Research Director, the European Institute, Columbia Pamela Graham, Director of Area Studies, Columbia University Libraries Denise Hibay, Susan & C. Douglas Dillon Librarian for Collection Development, NYPL Michael Kennedy, Director, Watson Institute, Brown Gulnar Kendirbaj, Adjunct Assistant professor, Columbia Stephen Kotkin, Rosengarten Professor of Modern & Contemporary History, Princeton David Magier, Associate University Librarian for Collection Development, Princeton Steven A. Mansbach, Professor of Twentieth Century Art, University of Maryland John Micgiel, Director, East Central European Center, Columbia Alexander J. Motyl, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers Jack L. Snyder, Robert & Renee Belfer Professor of International relations, Columbia Andrej Tymowski, Director of International Programs, American Council of Learned Societies Elizabeth K. Valkenier, Adjunct Associate Professor of Art History & Archaeology, Columbia Alla Zeide, Independent Scholar

6. CALL FOR PAPERS: Fourth Annual OASIES Student Conference, "PLACES AND PERCEPTIONS: SPACE AND IDENTITY IN INNER EURASIA"

Deadline: March 1, 2011
April 9, 2011, Columbia University, New York City

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”

Saturday, April 9, 2011 at Columbia University in New York City

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 between 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

Please include the following information with all submissions:

· Name of presenter

· Academic position and institutional affiliation

· Title of the paper

· Abstract of no more than 300 words

· Audio-visual equipment needs

· 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 1, 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 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

7. Call for Papers: "Twenty Years after 1991: The Reshaping of Space and Identity

Deadline: March 2, 2011

September 29 – October 1, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Joint Conference of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology RAN (Moscow) Centre d'études franco-russe (Moscow) Russian State University for the Humanities (Moscow) and the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)

Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

29 September-1 October 2011

***Deadline: 2 March 2011***

Contact information:

proposals must be submitted to:

asnmoscou@centre-fr.net AND
asnmoscow2011@gmail.com

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The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Centre d'études Franco-Russe de Moscou (CEFR), the Russian State University of the Humanities (RGGU) and the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) are joining forces to organize the Joint International Conference "Twenty Years Later: Reshaping Space and Identity" that will be held on September 29-October 1 2011 at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia.

The Moscow ASN 2011 Conference invites proposals from scholars and doctoral students. Applicants currently residing in Central Europe, the Balkans, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia/Eurasia, the Caucasus and China are eligible to apply for a number of travel and accommodation grants. Applicants currently residing in Western countries must cover their own expenses. The working language of the Conference is English, although a number of panels on the New Independent States will be conducted in Russian.

"Twenty Years After 1991" is the sixth European conference co-sponsored by ASN since 2001. European conferences have been held in Paris (2001), Forli, Italy (2002), Warsaw (2004), Belgrade (2006), and again in Paris (2008).

The Moscow ASN 2011 Conference is organized separately from the ASN Annual World Convention that will take place at Columbia University, NY, on April 14-16 2011, and whose program will be announced in February 2011. For information on the ASN 2011 NY Convention, please go to www.nationalities.org. The Moscow ASN 2011 Conference will feature approximately 40 - 50 panels. Its program will be announced in May 2011.

The Moscow ASN 2011 Conference welcomes proposals on a wide range of topics related to the recomposition of space and identity in the post-Communist world twenty years after the implosion of the Soviet Union. Proposals are particularly sought under one of the following themes:

* Between Enlarged Europe and New Russia: Opposition or Convergence
* Migration in the Eurasian Space: Adaptation, Integration, Rejection
* The Clash of Memory and History: Re-readings of the 20th Century,
   Communist Experiences, WW II
* Multicultural and Multi-confessional Societies: Accommodations or Conflicts
* Frontiers and Sovereignty: Contestation, Recognition, Secession,
   Autonomy, Federalism
* Demography and Social Problems: Censuses and Categorizations,
   Population, Old and New Social Inequalities
* Political Regimes and Institutions: Human Rights, Minority Rights,
   Representation

...as are questions raised from the disciplines of political science, history, anthropology, sociology, economics, geography, geopolitics, linguistics, and related fields.

The Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, (IEA RAS) is a leading research center of Russia in a number of social sciences and humanities - from physical (biological) anthropology to social-cultural anthropology, history, demography, gender, conflict and minority studies. Its staff of 150 researchers produces 30-40 scholarly monographs a year, based on field and archival research. It publishes a bimonthly journal "Ethnographic Review", a series of working papers in urgent and applied anthropology, and encyclopedic and reference editions in ethnology and anthropology. IEA RAS has a rich archive of field materials as well as visual documentation. It has a stable international reputation and rich scholarly contacts with many countries. The institute is located at the main building of the Russian Academy of Sciences, with excellent facilities for meetings. IEA RAS hosted many international conferences over the years. Its 40 graduate students from many regions of Russia, as well as its staff and partners, will be in charge of the local preparations for the event.

The French-Russian Research Center for Social Sciences in Moscow (CEFR) is one of the 27 French Research Institutes Abroad affiliated with the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research). Since its foundation in 2001, CEFR stimulates cooperation in the human and social sciences between French and Russian research institutions. Besides the Russian Federation, CEFR works with scholars and institutes from Belarus, Moldavia and Ukraine. CEFR is a multidisciplinary research center supervised by the CNRS. It hosts visiting scholars (professors or assistant-professors on sabbatical years) and PhD fellows on a yearly basis, supports young researchers with short-term grants for field work and develops extended cooperation with the main Russian and European research centers. The CEFR organizes seminars, workshops and international conferences in Russia and France. <http://www.centre-fr.net>

The Russian State University for the Humanities (RGGU) was founded in March 1991 on the basis of the Moscow State Institute for History and Archives, which had existed since 1930. The RGGU was the first university in modern Russia that was titled Russian and the first to acquire the status of a higher school for the humanities. Today the RGGU offers more than 70 training programs, including all the branches of humanitarian and social education, as well as several cross-disciplinary programs. The university produces the following
specialists: historians, philologists, linguists, ethnologists, anthropologists, philosophers, economists, managers, IT specialists, art historians, designers, museologists, culture experts etc. For the past 10 years the Centre for social anthropology at RGGU, headed by Valery Tishkov, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has been successfully training anthropologists and ethnologists.

The Moscow ASN 2011 Conference invites individual, panel or film/book proposals. There are no registration fees.

To send an individual paper proposal, an applicant must include the following information in the body of an email and/or in a single Word attachment:

* the title of the paper
* applicant's name, email and institutional affiliation
* a preferred postal address
* a 500-word abstract
* 100-word biographical statement in narrative form (one paragraph)
   that includes information on the applicant's last or forthcoming
   publication, if applicable. Full CVs are not acceptable
* doctoral students -- must also indicate the title of their
   dissertation and year of projected defense

Incomplete applications will be rejected.

A panel proposal is comprised of three to four paper-givers and a discussant. (The organizers will subsequently select a Chair of the panel). To send a panel proposal, an applicant must include the following information in the body of an email and/or in a single Word
attachment:

* the title of the panel and of each paper
* a 300-word abstract of each paper
* the name, email, institutional affiliation of each panelist
* a preferred postal address for each panelist
* a 100-word biographical statement for each panelist in narrative
   form (one paragraph) that includes information on the applicant's last
   or forthcoming publication, if applicable. Full CVs are not acceptable
* doctoral students -- must also indicate the title of their
   dissertation and year of projected defense

The Conference is also inviting proposals featuring recent films/documentaries or recent books. A film/documentary proposal must include the following information in the body of an email and/or in a single Word attachment:

* the name, email and institutional affiliation of the author
* a preferred postal address
* the title and a 500-word abstract of the film/video
* a 100-word biographical statement in narrative form

A book panel proposal, seeking to generate discussion on an important recent book, features the book's author and three or four discussants.
The proposal must include the following information in the body of an email and/or in a single Word attachment:

* the names, emails, and institutional affiliations of each panelist
* a preferred postal address for each panelist
* a 500-word abstract of the book
* a 100-word biographical statement in narrative form of each panelist

All proposals must be included in a single attachment sent to two
addresses: asnmoscou@centre-fr.net and asnmoscow2011@gmail.com.

Applicants who wish to apply for a grant covering travel and accommodation must indicate so in their proposals. In order to be eligible for these grants, an applicant must be residing at the time of the conference in Central Europe, the Balkans, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia/Eurasia, or the Caucasus. The reception of all proposals will be acknowledged electronically.

The Conference is organized by Valery Tishkov, Director of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Efim Pivovar, Rector of the Russian State University for the Humanities (RGGU), Jean Radvanyi, Director of the Centre d'études franco-russe de Moscou, and Dominique Arel, ASN President.

The International Program Committee of the Conference is comprised of Valery Tishkov, Jean Radvanyi, Dominique Arel (U of Ottawa, Canada, ASN President), Olga Artemova (Deputy Director of the RGGU Center for Social Anthropology), Florian Bieber (U of Graz, Austria), Juliette Cadiot (Centre d'études franco-russe, Moscow, Russian Federation), Dominique Colas (SciencesPo, Paris, France), Elena Filippova (Institute of Ethnology, Moscow, Russian Federation), Dmitry Gorenburg (Harvard U, US), Alexandra Goujon (U de Dijon, France), Marlène Laruelle (SAIS, Johns Hopkins, US), Xavier Le Torrivellec (Centre d'études franco-russe, Moscow, Russian Federation), Troy McGrath (MGU,
Moscow) and Sergei Sokolovsky (Institute of Ethnology, Moscow, Russian Federation).

Deputy Director Professor Marina Martynova and Dr. Elena Pivneva will be local coordinators from the IEA RAS.

Applicants will be notified in April-May 2011. Information regarding other logistical questions (visa, accommodation..) will be communicated afterwards. Updated information on the conference will be posted periodically on the CEFR web site (<http://www.centre-fr.net>) and the ASN web site www.nationalities.org.

We look forward to receiving your proposal!

Valery Tishkov, Efim Pivovar and Jean Radvanyi, on behalf of the Program Committee

Deadline for proposals: 2 March 2011

(to be sent to both asnmoscou@centre-fr.net AND asnmoscow2011@gmail.com)

8. Call for Papers: "Russian Regions in Transition Period: Historical Experience and Modern Times"

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.

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 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.

9. Call for Contributions: Academic Swiss Caucasus Net (ASCN) Annual Conference

Deadline: March 14, 2011

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".

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:

* 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.

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.

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

10. Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching (ReSET)

Deadline: As Soon As Possible

The Open Society International Higher Education Support Program (HESP) invites junior university teachers in the humanities and social sciences in the countries of Southeastern Europe and Eurasia to participate in the projects of the Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching (ReSET).

ReSET aims to develop and support teaching excellence in the humanities and social sciences at the undergraduate university level. The program promotes a systematic rethinking of the meaning of the undergraduate learning experience in support of building free and open societies, the defense and enlargement of freedom of inquiry and advancement of programs of undergraduate learning offering an educational experience that develops independent and original thinkers.

Rooted in the concept of continuous development and self-renewal of university academics, ReSET creates opportunities for qualified and dedicated regional and international faculty to make a substantial contribution to the revision and advancement of teaching and learning and fosters their leadership in the process of educational change in the region.

Practically, ReSET projects bring together regional groups of young university faculty interested in updating, challenging and generating innovative approaches to teaching and learning in a particular subject or thematic area and engage them in critical scholarly debate, reflection on their teaching philosophies and practices and creative revision of curricula, academic courses, teaching methods, materials and tools for their on-going engagement in the undergraduate classroom.

The program focuses on the exploration and introduction of new fields of studies and revision of subject areas that are central to the undergraduate curriculum and have a bearing on the approaches to teaching and learning in the entire disciplines.

Projects
The following projects will commence during the summer of 2011 and are now open to applications from the junior faculty teaching at the undergraduate university programs in the relevant academic subjects in the countries of Southeastern Europe and Eurasia:

· Bureaucracy and the Post-Soviet Political Regimes

· Gender, Sexuality & Power

· Global Health Economics

· Governance of Global Environmental Change: Towards a Multidisciplinary Discussion in Tertiary Environmental Education

· Industrial Development in Post-Transition Countries

· Islam: Religious and Social Practices. Universality and Locality

· Social Mobility and Modernization in Eastern Europe in the 20th Century

· Wealth, Poverty and Life Satisfaction in Transition Societies

· Towards a New Cultural History of Eastern and Central Europe. Critical Issues and Reappraisals (ReSET Challenges Seminar)

HESP funding to the projects, as a rule, provides coverage of all major costs of participation of the individuals, who are the nationals and university faculty of the program’s target region, which encompasses the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Russian Federation, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. University academics from outside this target region are encouraged to participate in the activities of the seminar on a self- or co-funding basis.

Please note that each project operates independently and the recruiting, funding and organizational procedures vary between projects. All inquiries and applications should be directed to the organizers of the projects. Individuals who are interested in participation in the projects are encouraged to contact the project organizers immediately, to meet the upcoming application deadlines.

For more information, download the guidelines on the RESeT website: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/hesp/focus/reset/grants/reset_seminar.

11. Call for Submissions for the 1^st Annual Marc Raeff Book Prize

Deadline: May 30, 2011

The Eighteenth Century Russian Studies Association <http://www.ecrsa.org/>, an affiliate organization of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES), is now accepting submissions for the first annual Marc Raeff Book Prize. The Raeff Book Prize will be awarded annually for a publication that is of exceptional merit and lasting significance for understanding Imperial Russia, particularly during the long eighteenth-century. The recipient of the award will be recognized with a cash prize, which will be presented in November 2011, during the ASEEES annual convention. The award is sponsored by the ECRSA and named in honor of Marc Raeff (1923-2008), historian, teacher, and dix-huitièmiste par excellence.

Eligibility:

· The publication must be a monograph, translation, or reference work about any aspect of the long eighteenth century, on any of the territories of the former imperial Russian state. Textbooks, festschrifts, and edited collections of essays are not eligible unless they constitute significant and innovative contributions to the field.

· The submitted work must bear a copyright date of either one or two years preceding the award year (e.g. for the 2011 competition the published copyright date should be 2009 or 2010).

· It can be published in any language read by members of the ECRSA Prize Selection Committee (including Russian) and in any format (analog or digital).

· The geographic area of study is broadly defined as the territories of the former imperial Russian state and the Soviet Union. The publication must deal in whole or in part with the long eighteenth century, here defined as the period from the last quarter of the seventeenth-century to the first quarter of the nineteenth-century.

· Books that have received other prizes are eligible.

· Scholarly merit, originality, and felicity of style will be the main criteria for selection. Submissions from scholars who are less than five (5) years from receiving their doctoral degree are particularly encouraged.

Nominating Instructions:

· Authors or publishers should send one copy of eligible publication to each ECRSA Prize Selection Committee member (see addresses below) AND to the ASEEES main office.

· Submissions should be clearly marked “Marc Raeff Book Prize.”

· Nominations must be received no later than 30 May 2011.

· Award winners will be personally notified of the award prior to 1 October 2011.

Composition of ECRSA Prize Selection Committee:

· Gary Marker
Department of History
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Social and Behavioral Sciences Building
SBS N-309
Stony Brook, NY 11794-4348
gary.marker@sunysb.edu

· George E. Munro
Virginia Commonwealth University
Department of History
813 S. Cathedral Place
Room 301
PO Box 842001
Richmond, VA 23284-2001
gemunro@vcu.edu

· Steven Usitalo
Northern State University
Department of History and Geography
Tech Center 369
1200 South Jay Street
Aberdeen, SD 57401
steven.usitalo@northern.edu

· Ernest Zitser, President, ECRSA [ex-officio]
Duke University
International & Area Studies Department
230 Bostock Library
Box 90195
Durham NC 27708-0195
ernest.zitser@duke.edu

12. Second Call for Papers: XV International Congress of Slavists

Deadline for Application: April 1, 2011

Deadline for Abstract: April 15, 2011

August, 2013, Minsk, Belarus

The American Committee of Slavists (ACS) hereby issues a call for papers for the XV International Congress of Slavists in Minsk, Belarus (in mid-late August 2013, precise dates TBA) to determine the composition of the American delegation.

Eligibility. To be considered, an applicant must, without exception, have a regular (not occasional) academic position (including emeritus status) in an American college or university; and a Ph.D. in hand by April 15, 2011, the deadline date for the submission of of the abstract.

Application. Qualified applicants must submit an application form and accompanying materials by April 1, 2011, to:

Prof. Robert A. Rothstein, Secretary-Treasurer
American Committee of Slavists
Slavic and East European Studies
Herter Hall
181 Presidents Drive
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-9312

Abstract. Applicants must submit a one-page abstract as a Word document file (.doc) by April 15, 2011, to

Prof. Michael S. Flier, Chairman
American Committee of Slavists
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Harvard University
Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Applicants are advised to follow instructions carefully in the preparation of abstracts. Incorrectly written or formatted abstracts will not be considered. Preference will be given to papers that are broadly comparative in nature.

Details are on the ACS website at

http://www.slavic.fas.harvard.edu/acs/index.html.

13. American Research Institute in Turkey / National Endowment for the Humanities Advanced Fellowships for Research in Turkey, 2012-2013

Deadline: November 1, 2011

ARIT/NEH Advanced Fellowships cover all fields of the humanities, including prehistory, history, art, archaeology, literature, and linguistics as well as interdisciplinary aspects of cultural history for applicants who have completed their academic training. The fellowships may be held for terms ranging from four months to a full year. Stipends range from $16,800 to 50,400.

ARIT Fellowships for Research in Turkey, 2012-2013. ARIT Fellowships are offered for research in ancient, medieval, or modern times, in any field of the humanities and social sciences. Post-doctoral and advanced doctoral fellowships may be held for various terms, from one to three months up to terms of a year. Stipends range from $4,000 to $16,000.

Kenan T. Erim Fellowship, 2013. The Erim fellowship will support excavation or field study of excavated material remains at Aphrodisias during the summer 2011, $2375, pending funding

Applications for ARIT fellowships must be submitted to ARIT before November 1, 2011. The fellowship committee will notify applicants by late January, 2012.

ARIT Language Fellowship Programs 2012, pending funding

ARIT Princeton Summer Fellowships for Intensive Advanced Turkish Language at Bogazici University, Istanbul. The program supports intensive study of advanced Turkish language at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey, including air fare, tuition, and stipend. The application deadline is February 1.

U.S. Department of State Program in Turkish Language

Critical Language Scholarship Institutes in Turkish Language. The program provides support for intensive study of Turkish language at all levels, including air fare, tuition, and stipend. Courses are held in several locations in Turkey. The competition is administered by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. For more information, please see the program website at http://www.clscholarship.org/index.html. The application deadline is around November 1 exact date to be announced.

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Other Announcements:

1. Friday, February 25: Information Session Q&A for International Awards

2:00 PM -3:30 PM, Ballantine Hall 006

Q & A session about International awards for juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Presentation will focus on larger government funded awards (Fulbright, Critical Language, Boren, Gilman, etc.). All are welcome at any of the presentations and at any time during the event.

2. Wednesday, March 2: 2011 Nonprofit Career Forum

9:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Indiana Memorial Union, Frangipani Room

Registration required through your myIUcareers account.

Social change can be a career path! Discover how by attending the Career Development Center's 2nd annual Nonprofit Career Forum. This event will include a keynote speaker, resource tables for each participating organization, and four panel sessions. Learn about employment opportunities in the nonprofit sector and network with 20+ executive-level professionals. If you are unable to attend the entire event, plan on attending the sessions that work for your schedule!

This event is hosted and sponsored by the Indiana University Career Development Center and Arts & Sciences Career Services.

While the event is open to the IU community, students are encouraged to visit IUCareers.com and register through their "myIUcareers" account.

Nonprofit Career Forum Schedule:

9:30-10 a.m.
Event Registration

10-10:40 a.m.
Keynote Speaker

10:40-11 a.m.
Networking/Resource Tables

11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Panel I: Social and Community Issues

12-1 p.m.
Lunch Break

1-2 p.m.
Panel II: Environment, Conservation, and Sustainability

2-2:15 p.m. Networking/Resource Tables

2:15-3:15 p.m.
Panel III: Education and Youth Development

3:15-3:30 p.m.
Networking/Resource Tables

3:30-4:30 p.m.
Panel IV: International and Cultural Issues

4:30-4:45 p.m.
Networking/Resource Tables

3. U.S. Department of State Fall 2011 Student Internships, Deadline Mar. 1

Deadline: March 1, 2011

The Department of State offers career opportunities available to U.S. citizens from all diverse backgrounds, industries, educational majors and skill sets. Opinions, experiences and insights from mentors, educators, parents and colleagues are some of the most important influencing factors on career decision-making today. For more information see: http://careers.state.gov/students/programs

4. 2011 Eurasian Regional Language Program

Deadline: March 1, 2011

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS invites applications for the 2011 Eurasian Regional Language Program for language study in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan or Ukraine.

Applications for the Summer 2011 program are due March 1st, 2011. See http://www.aceurasiaabroad.org/ for more information.

The Eurasian Regional Language Program provides graduate students, advanced undergraduates, scholars, and working professionals intensive individualized instruction in the languages of Eurasia. Participants may enroll in semester, academic year, or summer programs. Courses are designed to strengthen speaking, listening, reading, and writing proficiency in the language of study. Program features include: core language courses focusing on grammar and lexical studies, phonetics, vocabulary development, and conversational skills; area studies, literature, and culture classes for advanced students; classes conducted in small groups of three to six students or in private tutorials; native-speaking faculty with extensive experience teaching foreign students; homestays with local families; undergraduate or graduate credit from Bryn Mawr College; pre-departure orientation in Washington, D.C.; and logistical support provided by local American Councils offices. Students with at least two years of college-level instruction in the target language, Russian, or a language related to the target language are eligible to apply to the program.

Languages offered:
* Armenian in Yerevan, Armenia
* Azeri in Baku, Azerbaijan
* Chechen or Georgian in Tbilisi, Georgia
* Kazakh in Almaty, Kazakhstan
* Romanian in Chisinau, Moldova
* Persian (Dari, Farsi, Tajiki) or Uzbek in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
* Turkmen in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
* Ukrainian in Kyiv, Ukraine

Fellowships are available through American Councils from U.S. Department of State (Title VIII) and U.S. Department of Education (Fulbright-Hays) grant support. Recent program participants have also received substantial fellowship support from the National Security Education Program (http://www.borenawards.org/), the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship (http://www.iie.org/gilman), and the U.S. Department of Education Title VI (FLAS).

Application deadlines:

Summer Program: March 1
Fall Semester/Academic Year Program: April 1 Spring Semester: October 1

For more information, please contact:

5. Thursday, March 3, 2011: IUPUI Not-for-Profit/Public Service Career Fair

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, IUPUI Campus Center

Nonprofit organizations and government agencies are invited to register for IUPUI's inaugural Nonprofit Expo on Thursday, March 3rd to talk with IUPUI students and alumni interested in careers, internships and volunteer opportunities in nonprofit and public service. This event is free for all IUPUI and IU students and alumni.

More Information: link

Open to students from all campuses

Hosted by IUPUI

6. Midwest Russian History Workshop

Deadline: RSVP by March 15, 2011

April 15-16, Ohio State University

Program:

a) We have asked for Paper givers to submit their papers by March 15 at the latest, and then we will post the papers online as quickly as possible after that to give maximum time for reading in advance of the workshop. A preliminary program will be available on the conference website at: http://slaviccenter.osu.edu/mwsc.html .

b) Please also note that the MRHW will take place at the same time at the Midwest Slavic Conference (April 14-17). http://slaviccenter.osu.edu/mwsc.html. Although the MRHW does not begin until April 15, participants might be interested in coming in one day early in order to attend the Keynote Address that Sheila Fitzpatrick will be giving on Thursday evening (April 14). There is a reception and other events around the Keynote to which we are all invited.

RSVP *** By March 15, please reply to George Lywood (lywood.1@osu.edu) with the following information:

1) if you plan to attend the MRHW (April 15-16)

2) if you plan to attend the MSC Reception and Keynote on the evening of April 14

3) If you are a graduate student in need of housing (George will coordinate billets for graduate students attending the conference, more below)

Location

The Workshop will take place at the Blackwell Hotel, which located on the OSU campus. http://www.theblackwell.com/

Where to Stay:

a) Faculty, Hotel Information; 3 options.

1) Blackwell Hotel. Rooms are $130 per night, and you must reserve by March 13. http://www.theblackwell.com/

2) University Plaza ($99 a night) http://www.universityplazaosu.com/

3) Holiday Inn on Olentangy ($119 per night). http://www.stayholidayosu.com/

b) Graduate Students. As is the MRHW practice, we will happily house visiting graduate students with grad students here. Please contact George Lywood (lywood.1@osu.edu)

7. University of Zagreb, Croatia, 3rd INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL: Future Perspectives of European Integration Process

September 1 - September 14, 2011

The purpose of the Summer School is to discuss the future of the European integration process

The main topics will be:

a. Inclusion of the European Union’s new member states

b. Convergence and divergence of the EU regions

c. Administrative decentralization processes in the context of spatial disparity equalization

d. Modern Europe: place, culture, identity

Lecturers are university professors from Central Europe:

Lucka Lorber, University of Maribor
Anton Gosar, University Primorska in Koper
Uroš Horvat, University of Maribor
Rahman Nurkovic, University of Sarajevo
Pavel Ptacek, University of Olomouc
Zoran Stiperski, University of Zagreb

In addition to lectures, there will be several trips thanks to which you will get to know Croatia: we will visit the continental - Pannonian part and coastal -Dalmatian part of Croatia. We will also visit two national parks and three places of the UN list dealing with world cultural and natural heritage.

All days are filled with lectures and excursions

Summer School = 5 ECTS / Credits

Price: 1200 €

Included:

a. Accommodations in a hotel in Zagreb (B&B)

b. All lectures and travels:

i. 1 half-day city-tour of Zagreb (2.9.)

ii. 2 one-day trips (3.9. and 4.9.)

iii. 1 four-day travel (8.-11.9.)

Schedule of payment:

a. the first part: until 1.3.2011. (400 €)

b. the second part: until 6.5.2011. (400 €)

c. the third (final) part: until 11.7.2011. (400 €)

8. Ab Imperio Annual Theme: "SECOND WORLD - SECOND TIME: THE CONCEPT OF THE "SECOND WORLD" AT THE CROSSROADS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND IMPERIAL HISTORY"

The concept of the Second World underlies a range of theories that explain the emergence and spread of Communism and objectify political divisions during the Cold War. This concept formed part of modernization theories as an attempt to understand the specifics of modernization processes triggered by socialist revolutions. In theories of convergence, the concept of the Second World helped distinguish the vector of development and the hierarchy of historical experience from the Third World to the First. However, the end of “really existing socialism” and decline in popularity of modernization theory in recent decades have drastically reduced use of the Second World concept.

The editors of Ab Imperio suggest that the concept of the Second World, once freed from its geopolitical connotations, can be productive today to describe historical and social experience that does not fit the framework of classical colonial theory or normative theories of modernity. Maybe by using this category we can also use research instruments and models developed by new imperial history to study modern, mass and composite societies of the twentieth century. Potentially, the Second World can be used as a rhetorical device, a metaphor, or an analytical category. The editors of Ab Imperio invite scholars of imperial history to reflect upon the potential of the category of the Second World.

Our turn to this concept in the context of new imperial history allows us to raise a number of interesting and important questions. Can the concept of the Second World be used in working with theoretical models and newly formed fields (such as Central European or Central Asian studies) instead of the culturally and geopolitically determined “Eurasia?” Could the Second World be useful in discussions of “peripheral” imperial formations, that is, in discussions of imperial experiences that do not entirely fit in with the experiences of bourgeois colonial empires? Scholars working in the fields of continental empires of Europe and Asia often face the problem of difference in processes that seem structurally similar in colonial overseas and continental empires. Historians of the Russian Empire have long debated the applicability of categories developed in studies of the British or French Empires. Yet, we also need to think about how the experience of the continental Russian Empire can complicate our understanding of the past of bourgeois colonial empires. Likewise, can the Second World change the mainstream ways of thinking about postcolonial phenomena such as hybridity, multiple identities and subjectivities, which emerge as constitutive elements of the history of the Second World itself? By opening this discussion about the Second World, Ab Imperio seeks to explore the prospects of this largely forgotten but potentially rich way of thinking about the post-Soviet historical regions and its place on the map of scholarly knowledge.

Within the framework of this discussion we propose to revisit such traditional dichotomies as “center vs. periphery,” “modern overseas vs. premodern territorially contiguous empires,” “colonizers vs. colonized,” but with special attention to the specifics of the modern and most recent periods. In regard to the territorially contiguous empires one can recall the discussion on the “colonial” nature of Soviet expansion in Central Asia and Central Europe; the contradictory and ambitious attempt to apply the frame of decolonization to the post-Soviet period; the specifics of the postsocialist “transition”; theories of “failed state”; and so on. In historical articles for this year we seek to use the concept of the Second World to review the gaps between normative categories of analysis and the richness and diversity of the historical material in the experience of the post-Soviet space. We are especially interested in the applicability to the Soviet period of new imperial history with its characteristic attention to diversity and dynamics. On the other hand, we are interested in possibilities to enrich our understanding of the imperial period using analytical categories developed by scholars of the USSR and socialism.

Besides the main theme of the Second World, Ab Imperio plans to continue its regular rubrics and fora: “Discussions with Authors” (series of interviews with scholars who have influenced the development of new imperial history); “Empire of Archives” (a series that views archives as centers of the production of knowledge and power in a culturally divided space); “The Art of History Writing in Empire and Nation” (translation and publication of classical works); and “Battles for History” (a series focusing on the current politics of history and memory).

Tentative contents of the issues in 2011:

No. 1/2011 “The Diversity of Otherness: Studies of the Second World and New Historical Paradigms”
Historical experience in identifying “norm” and “otherness” beyond linear hierarchies • attempts to define the Second World in positive terms (its special contribution to the world intellectual legacy, the reengineering of society, uses of nature) • the Russian intellectual tradition of the second half of the nineteenth century: projects of the Second World and their critics • the history of critiques of normative theories of empire and colonialism • critiques of postcolonial theory • apology and nostalgia for historical empires: the British Empire as a forerunner of globalization, the Habsburg Empire as an ideal of liberal multinational polity • nostalgia for Yugoslavia, the USSR, and East Germany • the prefix “neo” in “post” situations: the problem of fluidity of traditional political contrapositions (e.g., liberalism and conservatism in the postmodern era and afterward) • analytical models of the Second World as an attempt to translate approaches of new imperial history for the study of composite societies of the twentieth century • Marxism in the Second World • formalism and structuralism in the Second World • contemporary nationalism and the Second World.

No. 2/2011 “The Second World Beyond Geopolitics: Political Trajectories and Spatial Configurations”
Critiques of geopolitical conceptions • what is the “Second World,” a location or an idea? • constructions of the “gradient of backwardness” and attempts to localize the “true West” • the dual meaning of “chronotop”: an instrument of historization of research as well as a mechanism for ascribing the structural characteristics of “epoch” to territory and its inhabitants • how stable are regional historical boundaries? • does a region have a “historical destiny?” • ascribing identity to a region (Islamic Republic, Cossack region, “historical center”) • problematizing the region: how is the production of “Russian culture” connected to territory/region • from social engineering to political technologies: the era of simulacra • compensatory reactions in the era of globalism: the concepts of “Russia island,” “Fifth Empire,” “sovereign democracy” • gender regimes of socialist societies and post-Soviet transformations.

No. 3/2011 “Time of the Second World: Imperial Revolutions and Counterrevolutions”
The breakup of the USSR: the process of transition from informal to formal sovereignty • post-Soviet history of the former republics • the breakup of the USSR revisited by historians: twenty years later • the anthropology of postsocialist transformations: lessons for understanding the disintegration of the USSR? • USSR: scenarios of power – scenarios of disintegration • comparative context of the Soviet breakup • perestroika: revolution as normalization? • decolonization as an interpretative resource for analyzing the Soviet breakup: problems and challenges • world order after the Cold War • imperial disintegrations and fascism • the disintegration of empires and the October revolution • global crisis of the leftist ideology as a result of Second World disintegration.

No. 4/2011 “The Second World Between Comparative and Global Histories”
Self-representations of “empires” of the Second World as a synthesis of the First and the Third Worlds: between colonies and metropoles • the place of the Second World in the schemes of world (global) history • the Second World as a trope of self-perception and self-description of “noncanonical” modernity • the Second World between “multiple modernities” and normative “Western modernity” • peripheral and “nonclassical” empires of the modern period • revisiting comparative approaches to totalitarianism and communism • rethinking the Second World in the twentieth century: a history of totalitarianism or a comparative history of colonialism? • whether the world is one: writing the history of globalization • history of the environment as a frame for universal history • relativization of the concept of the First World and normative modernity in new narratives of comparative and global history.

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Language Tables and Coffee Hours:

1. Thursday, February 24: Russian Language Table

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM, Ballantine Hall 506

Weekly Theme: “Men and Women (23 February and 8 March)”

2. Thursday, February 24: Polish Language Table

6:00 PM, Runcible Spoon

3. Thursday, February 24: South Slavic Language Table

7:00 PM, Runcible Spoon

4. Friday, February 25: Romanian Language Table

5:00 PM, Nick's English Hut

5. Monday, February 28: Estonian Language Coffee Hour

5:45 PM, Indiana Memorial Union Starbucks

6. Tuesday, March 1: Hungarian Language Coffee Hour

5:30 PM, Pourhouse Café (314 E Kirkwood)

7. Wednesday, March 2: Ukrainian “Salo” Hour

6:30 PM, Ballantine Hall 506

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