[Discussion] CONF. PROGRAM- ASN 2004 Conference, Final Program Online

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CONF. PROGRAM- ASN 2004 Conference, Final Program Online

ASN 2004 World Convention
Final Program Online at WWW.NATIONALITIES.ORG!

The final program of the ASN 2004 World Convention is now posted online 
at www.nationalities.org. As always, the convention boasts the largest 
selection of panels on national and nation-building issues on Russia, 
the Caucasus, the Baltics, Central Asia/Turkey, Central Europe and the 
Balkans.

The Convention is also unveiling a new section, "Theories of 
Nationalism," focused on theoretical and reflective work conducted in 
the burgeoning field of comparative nationalism studies, a field which 
has engendered several scholarly journals in the past decade, but which 
lacked a large scholarly gathering. The section's debut lineup features 
16 panels, including special sessions on the recent books by Valery 
Tishkov, Roger Petersen, Anthony Marx, and Liah Greenfeld, as well as a 
panel based on a original paper by Walker Connor. Paper-givers and 
discussants in the Nationalism section include David Laitin, Ron Suny, 
Paul Brass, Mark Beissinger and Ian Lustick.

The Convention is truly honored to host a distinguished guest, The Hon. 
Rolf Ekeus, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, who will 
be delivering a special address in the session preceding the opening 
reception on the first day, Thursday April 15.

The Convention, for the fifth consecutive year, has a section featuring
brand new video presentations. This year, for the first time, most of 
the presentations come from academics who are using the video medium as 
part of their research.  The presentations include DOSTUM: LIVING WITH A 
WARLORD IN EASTERN TURKESTAN, by Brian Williams (UMass, US); IN TRANSIT, 
by Berke Bas (Istanbul Biligu U, Turkey), on international migrants 
transiting in Turkey on their way to the West; WAR FOR PEACE, by Koca 
Pavlovic (Montenegro), on the siege of Dubrovnik; CRUCIBLE OF WAR, by 
Leon Gerskovic (US), on life after ethnic cleansing; SHAPES IN THE WAX: 
TRADITION AND FAITH AMONG FOLK MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS IN RURAL UKRAINE, 
by Sarah D. Phillips and Timothy D. Miller (Indiana U, US); TERROR IN 
MOSCOW, by Dan Reed (UK), on the October 2002 hostage crisis in Moscow; 
 DAYS OF THE MINERS: LIFE AND DEATH OF A WORKING CLASS CULTURE, by David 
A. Kideckel (US), filmed in Romania's Jiu Valley's coal mines; and 
DANGEROUS JOURNEY and A VACATION FOR SAFAWI, two recent short films on 
Afghanistan.

A registration form can be downloaded from the website. For all 
information regarding our Convention at Columbia University, please 
contact our Executive Director Gordon Bardos at gnb12@columbia.edu, 212 
854 8487.

Dominique Arel, ASN VP Conventions