[Discussion] Call for PANEL PROPOSALS - CESS 2005 Annual Conference

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

From: CESS Conference Committee
Re:   Call for Panel Proposals - 6th Annual Conference of the
       Central Eurasian Studies Society


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
10, 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, 10) Brief
(50 word or less) description of your panel, 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.

Thomas 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