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- Call for Papers -<br>
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“Charting the Nation between State and Society”<br>
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*16th Annual World Convention of the<br>
Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)<br>
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*International Affairs Building,<br>
Columbia University, NY<br>
Sponsored by the Harriman Institute<br>
14-16 April 2011<br>
<a href="http://www.nationalities.org" target="_blank">www.nationalities.org</a><br>
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***Proposal deadline: 3 November 2010***<br>
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*Contact information:<br>
proposals must be submitted to:<br>
<a href="mailto:darel@uottawa.ca">darel@uottawa.ca</a> /and/ <a href="mailto:darelasn2011@gmail.com">darelasn2011@gmail.com</a><br>
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140 PANELS on the Balkans, Central Europe and the Baltics, Russia, Ukraine,<br>
Belarus, Moldova, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Turkey, Afghanistan, China,<br>
and Nationalism Studies<br>
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SPECIAL SECTIONS on<br>
History, Politics, and Memory<br>
Ethnicity and Violence<br>
Debating Self-Determination after Kosovo<br>
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THEMATIC Panels on<br>
Islam and Politics, Genocide and Mass Killing, Religion, Language Politics,<br>
Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Autonomy, Gender and Identity, EU Integration,<br>
Migration, Borders and Diasporas, War Crimes and International Tribunals,<br>
Political Economy and the Nation, History and Nation-Building, and many more…<br>
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SCREENING of New Documentaries<br>
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SPECIAL ROUNDTABLES on New Books<br>
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AWARDS for Best Doctoral Student Papers,<br>
the ASN Harriman Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies,<br>
the ASN Audience Award for Best Documentary<br>
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SPECIAL EVENTS sponsored by the ASN Journal /Nationalities Papers<br>
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The ASN Convention, the most attended international and inter-disciplinary<br>
scholarly gathering of its kind, welcomes proposals on a wide range of topics<br>
related to nationalism, ethnicity, ethnic conflict and national identity in<br>
Central Europe, the Balkans, the former Soviet Union, the Caucasus, the<br>
Turkic world, and Central Eurasia. Prospective applicants can get a sense<br>
of the large thematic scope of ASN Convention papers by looking at the<br>
2010 Final Program, which can be accessed at<br>
<a href="http://nationalities.org/convention/pdfs/ASN_2010_Final_program-April.pdf" target="_blank">http://nationalities.org/convention/pdfs/ASN_2010_Final_program-April.pdf</a>.<br>
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The Convention also invites proposals devoted to comparative perspectives<br>
on nationalism-related issues in other regions of the world, as well as<br>
theoretical approaches that need not be grounded in any particular<br>
geographic region. Disciplines represented include political science, history,<br>
anthropology, sociology, international studies, security studies, area studies,<br>
economics, geography and geopolitics, sociolinguistics, literature, psychology,<br>
and related fields. Papers presented at the Convention will be made available<br>
on CDs to participants, but not be posted on the ASN website.<br>
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Moreover, the Convention is inviting paper, panel, roundtable, or special<br>
presentation proposals related to three special thematic sidebars:<br>
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* “History, Politics and Memory,” on the construction and contestation<br>
of the memory of historical events in sites, political discourse and<br>
historical research;<br>
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* “Ethnicity and Violence,”on the conditions, mechanism, construction,<br>
implications and global perspective of violence perpetrated against<br>
“ethnic” groups, in Osh and elsewhere;<br>
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*•“Debating Self-Determination after Kosovo”, in the wake of the<br>
recent Advisory Opinion by the International Court of Justice.<br>
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/Nationalities Papers/, the ASN flagship journal, will hold the first<br>
/Nationalities Debate/,a high profile discussion on the state of the art,<br>
as well as a new edition of the roundtable “How To Get Your Article<br>
Published”, one of the most attended panels at the ASN 2010 Convention.<br>
The roundtable will include Ethnopolitics, the other ASN journal and the<br>
ASN publishing house Taylor & Francis. /Nationalities Papers/ will also<br>
sponsor the opening reception.<br>
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For several years, the ASN Convention has acknowledged excellence in<br>
graduate studies research by offering Awards for Best Doctoral Student Papers.<br>
The winners at the 2010 Convention were Marlene Spoerri (Univ. of Amsterdam,<br>
The Netherlands) for the Balkans, Cristian Cercel (Durham Univ, UK) for Central<br>
Europe, Nicole Eaton (UC Berkeley, US) and Michal Simecka (Univ of Oxford, UK)<br>
for Russia/Ukraine/Caucasus, and Mateusz Laszczkowski* *(Max Planck Institute,<br>
Germany) for Central Eurasia/Turkey. More details are available at<br>
<a href="http://nationalities.org/convention/prize.asp" target="_blank">http://nationalities.org/convention/prize.asp</a>. Doctoral student applicants<br>
whose proposals are accepted for the 2011 Convention, who will not have<br>
defended their dissertation by 1 November 2010, and whose papers are<br>
delivered by the deadline, will automatically be considered for the awards.<br>
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The ASN Convention proudly inaugurated in 2010 the first annual ASN Harriman<br>
Book Prize—the /Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies/.<br>
The winner was Holly Case (Cornell U, US) for her monograph /Between States:<br>
The Transylvanian Question and the European Idea during World War II/<br>
(Stanford University Press, 2009). For information on how to have a book<br>
considered for the 2011 Book Prize, please contact Dmitry Gorenburg at<br>
<a href="mailto:asnbookprize@gmail.com">asnbookprize@gmail.com</a>.<br>
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The 2011 Convention is also inviting submissions for documentaries made<br>
within the past few years and available in DVD format (either NTSC or PAL).<br>
The documentaries selected for the convention will be screened during regular<br>
panel slots and, in several cases, will be followed by a discussion moderated<br>
by an academic expert. Films on the 2009 Program included /Russian Lessons/<br>
(Norway/Russia, Georgia, 2009), /Absence of Will/ (Georgia, 2009), /La Shoah<br>
par balles /(France, 2008), /Komi-Permyak Autumn/ (Estonia, 2009) and<br>
/Questions nationales/ (Canada, 2009). The full 2010 film lineup can be<br>
accessed at <a href="http://nationalities.org/convention/films_2010.asp" target="_blank">http://nationalities.org/convention/films_2010.asp</a>. The Convention<br>
will also launch its first /ASN Audience Award for Best Documentary/. More<br>
details will be available later.<br>
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/Proposal Information/<br>
The 2011 Convention invites proposals for /individual papers/ or /panels/.<br>
A panel includes a chair, three or four presentations based on written papers,<br>
and a discussant. The 2010 Convention is also welcoming offers to serve<br>
as /discussant /on a panel to be created by the Program Committee from<br>
individual paper proposals. The application to be considered as discussant<br>
can be self-standing, or accompanied by an individual paper proposal.<br>
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/There is no application form to fill out in order to send proposals to the<br>
convention, but a fact sheet is required/. The Fact Sheet can be downloaded at<br>
<a href="http://www.nationalities.org" target="_blank">www.nationalities.org</a>.<br>
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/Individual paper proposals/ must include four items:<br>
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*Contact information: the name, email, postal address and academic affiliation<br>
of the applicant<br>
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*A 300- to 500-word abstract (shorter abstracts will not be considered) with<br>
the title of the paper<br>
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*A 100-word biographical statement, in narrative form (a paragraph). /CVs will<br>
be rejected/.<br>
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A example of biographical statement is at <a href="http://www.nationalities.org" target="_blank">www.nationalities.org</a><br>
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Individual proposals featuring more than one author (joint proposal) must<br>
include the contact information and biographical statement of all authors<br>
and specify whether all co-authors intend to attend the Convention.<br>
*A Fact Sheet, to be downloaded at <a href="http://www.nationalities.org" target="_blank">www.nationalities.org</a>.<br>
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/Panel proposals/ must include four items:<br>
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*Contact information (see above) of all proposed panelists.<br>
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*The title of the panel and of all papers (abstracts of the papers are<br>
not required).<br>
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*A 100-word biographical statement (see above) for each proposed panelist.<br>
/CVs will be rejected/<br>
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*A Fact Sheet for each panelist.<br>
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Proposals can also be sent for roundtables (with presentations not based<br>
on written papers) and book panels. The same four elements apply.<br>
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/Proposals for documentaries/ must include four items:<br>
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*Contact information (see above)<br>
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*A 300- to 500-word abstract of the documentary<br>
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*A 100-word biographical statement (see above). /CVs will be rejected./<br>
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*A Fact Sheet<br>
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Proposals for a roundtable following the screening of a film are most welcome.<br>
In these cases, the requirements of a panel proposal apply, in addition to the<br>
300- to 500-word abstract of the film.<br>
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/Proposals for serve as a discussant/ must include four items:<br>
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*Contact information (see above)<br>
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*A 100-word statement about your areas of expertise<br>
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*A 100-word biographical statement (see above). /CVs will be rejected./<br>
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*A Fact Sheet (see above)<br>
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Proposals for applicants already included in an individual paper or panel<br>
proposal need only include the 100-word statement on areas of expertise.<br>
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IMPORTANT: All proposals must be sent in a single email message, with a<br>
maximum of two attachments—the proposal itself (contact info, abstract,<br>
bio statement) and the Fact Sheet. Proposals with more than two attachments<br>
will not be considered. The proposals must be sent to <a href="mailto:darel@uottawa.ca">darel@uottawa.ca</a> AND<br>
<a href="mailto:darelasn2011@gmail.com">darelasn2011@gmail.com</a>.<br>
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The receipt of all proposals will be promptly acknowledged electronically,<br>
with some delay during deadline week, due to the high volume of proposals.<br>
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Participants are responsible for covering all travel and accommodation costs.<br>
/Unfortunately,/ /ASN has no funding available for panelists/.<br>
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An international Program Committee will be entrusted with the selection of<br>
proposals. Applicants will be notified by January 2011. Information regarding<br>
registration costs and other logistical questions will be communicated<br>
afterwards.<br>
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The full list of panels from /last year’s convention/ can be accessed at<br>
<a href="http://nationalities.org/convention/pdfs/ASN_2010_Final_program-April.pdf" target="_blank">http://nationalities.org/convention/pdfs/ASN_2010_Final_program-April.pdf</a><br>
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The programs from past conventions, going back to 2001, are also online at<br>
<a href="http://nationalities.org/convention/past.asp" target="_blank">http://nationalities.org/convention/past.asp</a><br>
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Several dozen publishers and companies have had exhibits and/or advertised<br>
in the Convention Program in past years. Due to considerations of space,<br>
advertisers and exhibitors are encouraged to place their order early. For<br>
information, please contact Convention Executive Director Gordon N. Bardos<br>
(<a href="mailto:gnb12@columbia.edu">gnb12@columbia.edu</a>).<br>
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The ASN Facebook page will post regular updates on the ASN 2011 Convention.<br>
To become a follower of ASN on Facebook, go to<br>
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-for-the-Study-of-Nationalities/116040015082264?ref=ts" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-for-the-Study-of-Nationalities/116040015082264?ref=ts</a><br>
and click on the “Like” option.<br>
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ASN has also inaugurated the popular ASN Nationalities Blog this past June that<br>
already featured several entries on the Kyrgyzstan ethnic violence, the Kosovo<br>
self-determination ruling, the citizenship law in Hungary, language politics<br>
in Ukraine, secessionism in Belgium, Poland, Macedonia, and sports and<br>
nationalism. The blog can be accessed at <a href="http://nationalities.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://nationalities.wordpress.com/</a><br>
and blog updates are posted on Facebook.<br>
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We very much look forward to hearing from you and receiving your proposal!<br>
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The Convention Organizing Committee:<br>
Dominique Arel, ASN President<br>
Gordon N. Bardos, Executive Director<br>
Sherrill Stroschein, Program Chair<br>
Florian Bieber, Zsuzsa Csergo, Dmitry Gorenburg, Alexandra Goujon, and Vejas<br>
Liulevicius, ASN Executive Committee<br>
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*/Deadline for proposals: 3 November 2010 (to be sent to both <a href="mailto:darel@uottawa.ca">darel@uottawa.ca</a><br>
AND <a href="mailto:darelasn2010@gmail.com">darelasn2010@gmail.com</a>)<br>
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The ASN Convention’s headquarters are located at the:<br>
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Harriman Institute<br>
Columbia University<br>
1216 IAB<br>
420 W. 118th St.<br>
New York, NY 10027<br>
212 854 8487 tel<br>
212 666 3481 fax<br>
<a href="mailto:gnb12@columbia.edu">gnb12@columbia.edu</a><br>
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