[Discussion] CONF./CFP- Panel Proposals for the 2005 CESS Conference, Deadline Extended

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

CONF./CFP- Panel Proposals for the 2005 CESS Conference, Deadline Extended

NOTE: The deadline for panel proposals for the 2005 CESS conference has
been extended to December 15. Panel proposals do not require extensive
preparation so we encourage interested people to put together a panel as
soon as possible. All that is required is a good idea and a firm
commitment to organize a panel in the spring and attend the conference
in the fall.

The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) invites PANEL PROPOSALS for
the Sixth CESS Annual Conference, September 29-October 2, 2005, in
Boston, Massachusetts.  The event will be hosted by Boston University.

Based on past CESS conferences, we expect the 2005 conference to be
lively and well-attended by scholars from all over the world (previous
conferences have attracted up to 800 attendees). The program will
include panels and roundtables on a wide variety of topics related to
Central Eurasia. Scholars in all humanities and social science
disciplines with an interest in Central Eurasia are encouraged to
participate.

The 2005 conference program will be organized differently than it has
been in the past, so please read this announcement carefully.  At this
time we are only inviting you to send your PANEL ideas.  Please do not
submit INDIVIDUAL PAPERS or ROUNDTABLES at this time.  The call for
individual papers and roundtables will come in January, 2005.
Individual paper proposals will be due on April 1 and will be included
in a panel by those panel organizers whose panel proposals are
successful, or will be reviewed and assigned to panels organized by the
conference committee.

At this time, if you have an idea for a panel you are interested in
organizing, please submit your information electronically on the webform
located at http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html by December
15, 2004.  You do not need to have a list of participants for your panel
at this time.  What we do require from organizers is a firm commitment
to attend the 2005 conference and to take responsibility for the
panel that you organize.  CESS members should feel free to use the CESN
email list to recruit panelists.

Further details about submission guidelines, the selection process, and
a schedule of key dates is available on the webform at
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html.  Please send any
questions to CESSconf@fas.harvard.edu.

All panel proposals must be submitted electronically.  Proposals in
emails or regular attachments will not be accepted.  If you do not have
access to the webform, please contact CESSconf@fas.harvard.edu and
request that an electronic application form be emailed to you.

Again, at this point we just need a proposal for a panel you would like
to organize; you do not need a complete panel.  The following
information is required for submissions; we suggest that you prepare the
text (especially for parts 9-11) before accessing the website so you can
simply paste the information into the form:

1) Name, 2) Current institutional affiliation, 3) Title/position, 4)
Email address, 5) Postal address, 6) Telephone, 7) Fax, 8) Your brief
(one page) CV or biographical statement, 9) Title of Panel or
Roundtable, 10) Brief (50 word or less) description of your panel or
roundtable, including an explanation of the idea behind the topic and
how it is relevant to Central Eurasian studies, 11) The names and
affiliations of people you plan on soliciting proposals from (if any) or
the names and affiliations of people who have agreed to serve as chair
or discussant (if any), 12) If your panel is being sponsored by another
organization, the name of that organization.

Tom Barfield, Boston University
Laura Adams, Princeton University
CESS Conference Committee co-chairs

CESS Conference Committee
CESSconf@fas.harvard.edu
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html

The Central Eurasian Studies Society
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu



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