Lectures,
Local Conferences, and Academic Events:
1.
The Collective Action Factor: Russian Mass Protests
2011-2012” – in Russian by Anton Sobolev of the Higher School of Economics,
Moscow
2.
Tuesday, August 28: “Governor’s Dilemma: Social and
Economic Policy Trade-Offs in the Russian Regions” by Irina Soboleva of the
Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Calls
for Papers and Out-of-State Conferences:
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Detailed Descriptions of Events
Lectures,
Local Conferences, and Academic Events:
1. “The Collective Action Factor: Russian Mass Protests
2011-2012” – in Russian by Anton Sobolev of the Higher School of Economics,
Moscow
12:15pm,
August 27
Ballantine
Hall 004
2.
“Governor’s
Dilemma: Social and Economic Policy Trade-Offs in the Russian Regions” by Irina
Soboleva of the Higher
School of Economics, Moscow
12:00pm, August 28
Ballantine Hall 004
This talk reports on research into
consultations between governors and local business associations. Evidence from
60 interviews with top officials in four regions indicates that the absence of
effective institutions to enforce commitments undermines regional capacity to
make social policy an instrument for long-term development.
5:00pm-7:00pm, August 29
You are cordially invited to the REEI 2012
Fall Reception to be held from 5:00pm-7:00pm in the President’s Room of the
University Club in the Indiana Memorial Union. We will welcome new faculty and
students and present the 2011-2012 Armstrong Memorial Research Essay
Competition and Scholarship winners. An assortment of hors d’oeuvres will be
served.
"Ready for
Democracy? Religion and Political Culture
in the Orthodox and
Islamic Worlds" conference
at Indiana University
Bloomington, February 28-March 2, 2013
The Russian and East European Institute at Indiana University
invites advanced graduate students and recent PhDs (those who received their
degrees in 2009 or after) to submit proposals for a conference to be held at
Indiana University Bloomington February 28-March 2, 2013. Pending funding, REEI
will cover travel and housing expenses for 8-10 selected scholars. They will
join a smaller group of senior scholars who have been invited to present their
work at the conference.
The aim of this conference is to examine common assumptions about
the limits to democratic practices in societies that are largely Orthodox or
Islamic. Within this comparative framework, we aim to move beyond generalities
about religion, religious institutions, and politics to consider what
specifically might be the relationship between religion and political culture.
We expect that panels at this conference will focus on:
·
the roles that religious institutions, religious movements, and
their leaders play in civil society and democratic processes;
·
the ways that religious tradition and beliefs impact ideas about
and practices of democracy;
·
the significance of religious rituals in shaping the practices of
the public sphere.
We hope that this conference will offer scholars -- from a variety
of disciplines interested in these two religious traditions and their political
contexts -- an opportunity to compare notes and perhaps develop common
frameworks for speaking about religion's place in the debates about democracy
that have become more intense in the wake of the Arab Spring and the recent
Russian protests. Publication of a volume based upon the conference will be
considered.
Topics in any field will be considered; however, preference will
be given to those proposals that deal explicitly both with 1) aspects of
the religions themselves, as outlined above, and 2) questions of democracy
and civil society. Geographically, preference will be given for work
focusing on Russia/CIS, the Balkans, Central Asia, the Middle East, and North
Africa. Comparative and global research is also welcome.
Proposals must include
1) a paper title, 2) an abstract (minimum 300 words),
no later than Saturday,
September 15, 2012; direct inquiries to Padraic Kenney, Director, Russian and East
European Institute, at pjkenney@indiana.edu .
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