[Discussion] Rusya Halklari

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CONF./CFP- Russia: Peoples, Environments, Policies, Miami U., Nov. 2003

CALL FOR PAPERS

Havighurst Center for Soviet & Post-Soviet Studies Annual International
Young Researchers Conference
Russia in Global Context: Peoples, Environments, Policies
Organizer: Susan A. Crate, PhD
Miami University, Oxford, OH
November 7-9, 2003

The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies, the Institute
of
Environmental Sciences and the Department of Geography at Miami
University
invite graduate student papers for the 2003 Annual Havighurst Graduate
Student Conference, Russia in Global Context: Peoples, Environments,
Policies. We are soliciting proposals for papers that concern the
cultural,
environmental, socio-economic, and political issues of the eight
circumpolar
countries, that either focus specifically on these issues as they
pertain to
Russia, to another circumpolar country, or to Russia in comparison with
other circumpolar countries. We will consider proposals from a wide
range of
disciplines (geography, anthropology, international studies,
environmental
science, sociology, economics, history, political science, etc.) and
ranging
in scope from local case studies to regional analyses to international
comparisons. Examples of topics include: indigenous rights, local
knowledge
systems, sustainable economies, environmental protection (e.g. climate
change and transboundary pollution), subsistence activities, human
health,
community development and sustainable livelihoods, education, tourism,
transport and communications, resource management, international
governance
and economic development strategies, and globalization.

In the context of a broader circumpolar discourse, we intend to initiate

fruitful discussion focusing on Russia along three main lines of
inquiry:

 * What are the contemporary conditions and challenges for Russia's
northern
indigenous peoples and what generalizations can be made about those
conditions and challenges in comparison with the same parameters across
the
circumpolar North?

 * What are the contemporary policies for Russia's northern indigenous
peoples, environmental degradation, and economic stabilization and what
generalizations can be made about those policies in comparison with the
same
parameters across the circumpolar North?

 * What role has Russia played in the last two decades of circumpolar
cooperation; what circumpolar cooperation has meant for Russia's
indigenous
peoples and environmental issues, and in what ways and by what means can

Russia's circumpolar cooperation be improved?

We encourage proposals from young researchers who have already completed

their dissertation research and/or have defended their dissertation
within
the last two years.  This will be an intensive 2-1/2 day working
conference
during which each of the 10 selected papers will be critiqued by the
other
participants including the 10 authors, summary speaker Dr. Mark Nuttall,

professor of social anthropology at the University of Aberdeen, keynote
speaker Dr. Andrei Golovnev, professor at the Institute of History and
Achaeology, Ekateringurg, organizer Dr. Susan Crate, Havighurst
postdoctoral
fellow (http://www.users.muohio.edu/crates/), and a team of discussants.
We
plan to publish the final versions of papers in an edited volume. The
Havighurst Center will provide accommodation in Oxford, ground
transportation from the airport, and partial travel funding (up to $250
for
domestic travel and up to $500 for international travel).

To be considered for the conference, submit an abstract of approximately
250
words and a CV to HavighurstCenter@muohio.edu by April 15, 2003.  Please

type "2003 grad student conference" as the subject of the email. We plan
to
get back to you by May 1, 2003. Final papers, of approximately 15-25
pages,
must be in English and submitted by October 1, 2003, at which time they
will
be posted on the Havighurst website (www.muohio.edu/havighurstcenter)