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<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>- Call for Papers -</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>"Empires and Nations"</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Joint Conference of the<SPAN
class=770510008-06022008> </SPAN>Institut d?Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences
Po)<SPAN class=770510008-06022008> </SPAN>and the Association for the Study of
Nationalities (ASN)<SPAN class=770510008-06022008> </SPAN>Institut d?Études
Politiques de Paris</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>3-5 July 2008</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>**Proposal Deadline: 13 February 2008**</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>**Contact information:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Proposals must be submitted to</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4><dominique.colas@sciences-po.fr> AND
<dcolasasn@gmail.com>**</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The École Doctorale of the Institut d?Études
Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and the Association for the Study of
Nationalities (ASN) are organizing the Joint International Conference ?Empires
and Nations?, to be held on July 3-5 (2008) at Sciences Po in Paris. The
Conference is made possible through the contribution of a number of other
research centers, including the Centre d?Études des Mondes Russe, Caucasien et
Centre-Européen (CERCEC, France), the Institut Français d?Études sur l<SPAN
class=770510008-06022008>'</SPAN>Asie Centrale (IFEAC, Uzbekistan) and the
European University of Saint Petersburg (Russia).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The Sciences Po-ASN Conference invites proposals
from scholars and </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>doctoral students.
Applicants currently residing in Central Europe, the </FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>Balkans, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia/Eurasia, the Caucasus, China
and<SPAN class=770510008-06022008> </SPAN>India are eligible to apply for a
number of travel and accommodation </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>grants.
Applicants currently residing in Western countries must cover </FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>their own expenses. The working language of the Conference
is English.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>"Empires and Nations" is the fifth European summer
conference co-sponsored </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>by ASN since 2001, and
the second organized by Sciences Po, which launched </FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>the successful series of ASN summer academic events in July 2001 with a
</FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>conference on "Citizenship and Nationality."
Summer conferences were also </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>held in Forli,
Italy (2002), Warsaw (2004) and Belgrade (2006).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The Sciences Po-ASN Conference is organized
separately from the ASN Annual </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>World
Convention that will take place at Columbia University, NY, on April
</FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>10-12 (2008), and whose program will be
announced in February 2008. For </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>information on
the ASN 2008 NY Convention, please go to </FONT><A
href="outbind://21/www.nationalities.org"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>www.nationalities.org</FONT></U></FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The Sciences Po-ASN Conference will feature
approximately 30 panels. The </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>program will be
available in April 2008.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The Sciences Po-ASN Conference welcomes proposals
on a wide range of </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>topics related to the
comparative study of nations and empires, with an </FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>emphasis on the former continental empires, i.e. Russian (Soviet),
Ottoman </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>and Austro-Hungarian, and their
legacies. ASN stands at the juncture of </FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>nationalities studies (the study of national identity and nation-building
</FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>in the former Communist Bloc and Eurasia) and
nationalism studies (the </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>comparative and
theoretical study of the politics of the nation). In this </FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>spirit, the Conference invites proposals empirically
grounded in Eastern </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Europe/Eurasia broadly
defined and theoretically-oriented proposals </FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>devoted to various aspects of the notion of "empire."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Possible themes include the breakdown of empires,
religion and empire, </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>nationality and empire,
identity and colonialism, post-colonialism, </FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>imperialism since the Cold War, the European Union as a new kind of
</FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>empire, and many more. The Conference seeks to
feature presentations from </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>a broad variety of
disciplines, including</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* Political Theory - elucidating concepts of
empire, imperialism, and </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>world
domination</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* Ethnography - analyzing the transformation of
local cultures in the </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>context of
globalization</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* History - focusing on the different types of
nation-states and empires<SPAN class=770510008-06022008> </SPAN>and the role of
cultural cleavages in the formation of political units</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* International Relations - revealing the logic of
coalitions between </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>political units, the
foundations of "imperialism" and the erosion of the </FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>capacity of states to exercise sovereignty</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* Comparative Politics - studying the legacy of
empires and the impact of </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>neo-imperial states
on domestic political arrangements</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* Post-Colonial Studies - examining the effects of
19th c. imperial states and questioning the hegemonic temptations of
contemporary democracies<SPAN class=770510008-06022008> </SPAN>as well as
questions raised within the disciplines of sociology, </FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>economics, geography, geopolitics, linguistics, and many more.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The theme of the Conference, "Empires and
Nations," symbolizes the strong </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>tradition of
research on Russia at Sciences Po, home to distinguished </FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>specialists, among them Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, author of
/L?Empire des Tsars/</FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>et les Russes/ (/The
Empire of the Tsars and the Russians/) and Hélène Carrère </FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>d?Encausse, author of /L?Empire Eclaté/ (/Decline of an
Empire: the Soviet </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Socialist Republics in
Revolt/).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>To send an /individual paper proposal/, an
applicant must include the following<SPAN class=770510008-06022008>
</SPAN>information in the body of an email AND in a /single /Word
attachment:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* The title of the paper<BR></FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>* His/her name, email and institutional
affiliation<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* A preferred postal
address<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* A 500-word abstract and<BR>* A
100-word biographical statement in narrative form (one<SPAN
class=770510008-06022008> </SPAN>paragraph) that includes bibliographical
information of the<SPAN class=770510008-06022008> </SPAN>applicant<SPAN
class=770510008-06022008>'</SPAN>s last or forthcoming publication, if
applicable (/full<SPAN class=770510008-06022008> </SPAN>CVs are not
acceptable/)<BR>* Doctoral students must also indicate the title of their<SPAN
class=770510008-06022008> </SPAN>dissertation and year of projected defense.
Incomplete<SPAN class=770510008-06022008> </SPAN>applications will be
rejected/./</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>A panel proposal is comprised of three to four
paper-givers and a discussant. </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>(The organizers
will subsequently select a Chair of the panel). To send a </FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>panel proposal, an applicant must include the following
information in the </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>body of an email AND in a
/single /Word attachment:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* The title of the panel and of each
paper<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* A 500-word abstract of each
paper<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* The name, email, institutional
affiliation<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* A preferred postal
address<BR>* A 100-word biographical statement for each panelist in a
narrative<SPAN class=770510008-06022008> </SPAN>form (one paragraph) that
includes bibliographical information of<SPAN class=770510008-06022008>
</SPAN>the applicant's last or forthcoming publication, if applicable</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>(/full CVs are not acceptable/)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* Doctoral students must also indicate the title
of their<SPAN class=770510008-06022008> </SPAN>dissertation and year of
projected defense</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The Conference also invites proposals featuring
recent films/documentaries or </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>recent books. A
/film/documentary proposal/ must include following information </FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>in the body of an email AND in a /single /Word
attachment:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* The name, email and institutional affiliation of
the author<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* A preferred postal
address<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* The title and a 500-word abstract
of the film/video<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* A 100-word biographical
statement in narrative form.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>A /book panel proposal/, seeking to generate
discussion on an important recent </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>book,
features the book?s author and three or four discussants. The proposal
</FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>must include following information in the body
of an email AND in a /single </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>/Word
attachment:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* The names, emails, and institutional
affiliations of all panelists<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* Their
preferred postal address<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* A 500-word
abstract of the book and<BR></FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>* A 100-word
biographical statement in narrative form for each panelist</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>All proposals must be included /in the body of a
single email/ AND in a single Word attachment sent to two addresses:
<dominique.colas@sciences-po.fr> and <dcolasasn@gmail.com>.
Applicants who wish to apply for a grant covering travel and accommodation
must <SPAN class=770510008-06022008>i</SPAN>ndicate 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 </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Europe, the
Balkans, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia/Eurasia, the Caucasus, </FONT><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>China or India. The reception of all proposals will be
acknowledged </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>electronically.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>The Conference is organized by Dominique Colas,
Director of the Doctoral Program ?Russia and CIS? at the Institut d?Études
Politiques de Paris. The International Program Committee of the Conference is
comprised of Dominique Colas, Dominique Arel (University of Ottawa, Canada, ASN
President), Florian Bieber (University of Kent at Canterbury, UK), Zsuzsa Csergo
(Queen<SPAN class=770510008-06022008>'</SPAN>s University, Canada), Sherrill
Stroschein (University College London, UK), Juliette Cadiot (École des Hautes
Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France), Alexandra Goujon (Université de
Dijon, France), and Olivier Ferrando (Institut d<SPAN
class=770510008-06022008>'</SPAN>Études Politiques de Paris).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Applicants will be notified in March-April 2008.
Information regarding </FONT><FONT face=Garamond size=4>registration costs and
other logistical questions will be communicated at a </FONT><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>later date. Updated information on the conference will be posted
periodically<SPAN class=770510008-06022008> </SPAN>on the conference web site
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4><</FONT><A
href="http://ecoledoctorale.sciences-po.fr/actu_scientif/empires_nations.htm"><U><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://ecoledoctorale.sciences-po.fr/actu_scientif/empires_nations.htm</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT
face=Garamond size=4>> </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>and </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>the ASN web site <</FONT><A
href="http://www.nationalities.org/"><U><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>http://www.nationalities.org</FONT></U></FONT></A><FONT face=Garamond
size=4>>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>We look forward to receiving your
proposal!</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Dominique Colas, on behalf of the Program
Committee</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>*/Deadline for proposals: 13 February
2008</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>(to be sent to both
<dominique.colas@sciences-po.fr> AND </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond
size=4><dcolasasn@gmail.com>)/*</FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>