[Discussion] Call for Contrib.- Ab Imperio, Issue 2, Memory Repressed, Silenced, and Lost

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Call for Contrib.- Ab Imperio, Issue 2, Memory Repressed, Silenced, and 
Lost

Dear colleagues,

I am writing to draw your attention to the journal Ab Imperio. AI is an
international and bilingual (Russian and English) quarterly dedicated to 
the
study of new imperial history and nationalism in the post-Soviet realm. AI
is published in hard copy and web version in Kazan (Tatarstan, Russia). The
journal has a growing subscription outside the former Soviet Union and we
are proud that most universities and research centers receive a free 
copy of
the publication.

Ab Imperio editors solicit submissions of article manuscripts for the 
second
issue of the journal in 2004. The annual topic of the journal this year is
Archeology of Memory of Empire and Nation. The second issue will be
dedicated to "Memory Repressed, Silenced, and Lost".

As part of our explorations of historical processes and their
interpretations in a multinational state and its successors, we invite
specialists in national and regional histories of the former Russian
Empire/USSR to submit articles that explore how in the new national and
regional historiographies broad historical themes of the common
Imperial/Soviet past are treated. In particular, we are interested in the
following two "markers" of common historical experience:

1. The break-up and re-constitution of empire (World War I, Revolution,
   Civil War, early Soviet nationalities policies) from the point of 
view of
   new national and regional historiographies

2. The formative Soviet experiences (collectivization, industrialization,
   terror, World War II) from the point of view of new national
historiographies

In requesting submissions on these problems, the editors expect that
articles will not only cover the new historical narratives that emerged
after the dissolution of the former Soviet Union, but will also trace
connections of these new narratives with the interpretations from the 
Soviet
period. The editors also expect that articles will attempt to explore the
new historical narratives in the context of popular memory.

Articles must be submitted in one of the languages acceptable in AI and in
the format of Ab Imperio (please, consult our website for details). The
deadline for submission is May 15, however, prospective authors are
encouraged to contact the editors in advance to discuss the topic and the
methodology.

Ab Imperio has a limited honoraria fund for authors from the former Soviet
Union.

Authors of the articles accepted for publication will also be expected to
answer a set of questions for the AI roundtable on repressed memory to be
published in the methodology section of the journal.

Please contact the editors at:

Editors in Russia (Dr. Ilya Gerasimov, Dr. Marina Mogilner)
office@abimperio.net
Editor in Germany (Dr. Alexander Kaplunovsky) kaplunovski@abimperio.net
Editor in Central Europe (Dr. Alexander Semyonov) semyonov@abimperio.net
Editor in US and Canada (Dr. Sergey Glebov) ai_us@abimperio.net

For questions concerning book reviews, please, contact AI book review
editor, Igor Martyniuk, at igor.martyniuk@abimperio.net

Further information on the journal can be obtained from our website at
http://abimperio.net


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