[Discussion] calls for papers-2
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suletar@bilkent.edu.tr
Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:10:48 -0800
I. The Oxford University Balkan Society
The Second OUBS Graduate Workshop 2004:
Nationalism, society and culture in post-Ottoman Southeast Europe
European Studies Centre, St Antonys College, Oxford, May 28-29, 2004
- Call for papers -
The decline of the multiethnic, multireligious and multilingual Ottoman
Empire set the scene for the emergence of successor states shaped and
dominated by their respective nation-building projects. The carving out
of homogeneous nation-states in most cases reflected the German
romanticist notion that saw nations as existing from time immemorial and
deeply rooted in their territory, language, architecture and folk idioms.
In consequence, larger minority groups were considered undesirable and had
to be reduced through population exchanges, forced migration or concerted
massacres. National myths and hegemonic historiographies emerged, which
devalued the ethnic or religious Other (Turk, Muslim, Greek, Armenian etc)
and exalted the Self. Languages were purified, while the material culture
of the Other (churches, mosques, public buildings and houses) was
(re-)appropriated either through destruction and neglect, or by re-writing
its history. There has been some scholarly debate on the continuity
or discontinuity of a common Ottoman legacy in Southeast Europe, even
up to our days*. This workshop, however, aims to go a step further
and explore the processes of and the extent to which exclusionary
nation-building projects have shaped the historical discourses, the
language and the material culture, in the successor states we live in
today. The questions, which we would like to address in the workshop,
are related to historical and recent processes:
1. To what degree have the homogenizing projects in particular countries
produced histories, languages, cities, architecture and geographies,
devoid of the perceived Other? To which extent have they been directed
against the Other?
2. Are there trajectories of nation-building in the region, that were
more inclusive and accommodating of ethnic and religious difference?
3. How are the homogenization projects related to the politics of
democratization and ethnic conflict at present?
4. How do the processes of nationalist nation-building, as described
above, affect intra-regional co-operation in Southeast Europe today?
Looking at those questions, we hope to arrive at a more comprehensive
understanding of the workings of nationalism in wider Southeast Europe in
the 19thand 20thcenturies. We wish to investigate the processes involved
in homogenising multicultural cities, geographies and histories. We are
also concerned with collective memory as it relates to conceptions of
Self and Other.
Proposals for the workshop will be accepted from post-graduate students
and scholars who work on Ottoman successor states in Southeast Europe,
including Turkey, in all fields of the social sciences, especially
history, anthropology, politics, geography, cultural studies, urban
studies, architecture and linguistics. Scholars in Armenian and Kurdish
studies are also encouraged to submit proposals. The proposals should
give an outline of the argument in not more than 300 words, and contain
a detailed CV, affiliation of participant and full contact information.
Please send your applications to <dimitris.antoniou@sant.ox.ac.uk> or
<kerem.oktem@sant.ox.ac.uk> until January 15, 2004.
Authors of the papers selected for the conference will be notified in
February 2004. Participants will be required to submit the full text of
their respective papers to the conference organisers by April 15, 2004.
We will be contributing to the travel expenses of the invited participants
and arrange for their accommodation. Informal preliminary inquiries
regarding paper submissions are welcomed, and may be directed to the
Organising committee at the e-mail address indicated above.
Organising Committee: Dimitris Antoniou, Dimitar Bechev, Kerem Oktem
(St Antonys College)
Academic Advisory Committee: Othon Anastasakis (Southeast European Studies
Program, Centre for European Studies, St Antonys College), Renee Hirschon
(St Peters College), Philip Robins (Program on Contemporary Turkey, Middle
East Centre, St Antonys College)
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II. WORKSHOP/CFP- Human Dimensions of Climate Change in Central Asia, May 2004
A Call for Papers and Participation: the 1st International Workshop
Human Dimensions of Climate and Environmental Change in Central Asia
May 21-22, 2004
The Climate and Environmental Change interdisciplinary committee and the
Geography and Planning Department at Grand Valley State University invite
paper proposals for the first International Workshop on Human Dimensions of
Climate and Environmental Change in Central Asia to be held in Grand Rapids,
Michigan (USA) May 21-22, 2004.
The goal of this workshop is to discuss human-environmental interactions in
arid and semi-arid environments of the world at various scales in the
context of global climate and environmental change, and more specifically,
to assess the human dimensions of climate and environmental change in
Central Asia.
The Central Asian republics, situated in the Aral Sea basin, are widely
recognized as a region of profound environmental crisis, and a case study of
exceptionally significant human-induced climate change at an unprecedented
rate.
Human-induced climate and environmental change has a strong impact on
natural ecosystems, water resources, biodiversity, agricultural crops, human
health and well-being, economic development, and regional political
stability. One of the main goals of the workshop is to identify the key
directions, strategies, and funding opportunities for collaborative research
on climate and environmental change in arid zones around the world.
Workshop topics include but are not limited to environmental issues of
Central Asia, climate change in arid and semi-arid environments, water
resources and irrigation, desertification control, implications of climate
and environmental change for human health, environmental public policy,
regional responses to global climate change with particular emphasis on arid
environments and the Central Asian region.
Paper proposals are encouraged from all disciplines, including, but not
limited to: geography, ecology, economics, natural resources, political
science, public administration, agricultural sciences, sociology,
anthropology, atmospheric science, natural resources management,
conservation science, and geomatics.
Registration deadline: February 15, 2004. Registration fee US$35.00 (late
registration fee after February 15 - US$50.00). Registration fee will be
waived for full-time students and GVSU faculty. Very limited funds will be
available to support lodging and travel expenses for participants from
outside of the United States.
Please send an abstract of no more than 500 words to the workshop chair, Dr.
Elena Lioubimtseva (lioubime@gvsu.edu) by February 15, 2004. Submit your
abstract (not longer than 500 words in Microsoft Word or text formats) along
with a title, key words and the name and contact information for the
corresponding and presenting author(s).
Authors, who are interested in publishing their papers in the conference
proceedings but are unable to attend the meeting, are welcome to submit
their abstracts and later full-length papers. No registration fee will be
applied to non-attending participants.
Workshop highlights and preliminary program:
Friday, May 21st, 2004:
9:00- Welcome
9:15 - Keynote address
10:00 Invited papers - human dimensions of climate and environmental change
in Central Asia
12:00 Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 Paper presentations -diverse range of topics related to human
dimensions of climate and environmental change
3:45 - 4:45 Paper presentations - Climate and environmental change in
Central Asia
6:00 Reception
Saturday, May 22nd, 2004
9:00 Panel discussion - human dimensions of climate and environmental change
in arid environments
10:30 Business meeting - Research strategies and funding opportunities
Sunday, May 23rd, 2004
8:00 Field-trip to Ludington State Park (field-trip is focused on aeolian
processes and coastal dunes in West Michigan and includes a picnic lunch)
Additional fee of US$30.00 applies.
Workshop program and proceedings will be available to all registered
workshop participants.
Publication of the refereed proceedings
All participants are encouraged to submit their papers for publication in
the refereed workshop proceedings. Paper submission deadline - August 30, 2004.
For more information visit:
<http://www4.gvsu.edu/lioubime/CentralA_files/a_call_for_papers_and_particip /> at.htm>
or e-mail Dr. Elena Lioubimtseva at lioubime@gvsu.edu
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III. CONF./CFP- Int'l Congress for Asian and N. African Studies, Aug. 16-21, Moscow
[Note: Proposal submission deadline March 31, 2004]
Dear Colleague,
The 37th International Congress for Asian and North African Studies will be
held from August 16 to 21, 2004 in Moscow. It is sponsored jointly by the
International Union of Oriental and Asian Studies, the Society of Russian
Orientalists of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of
Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The Organizational Structure of the Congress
1) Plenary sessions
2) Major prospects proceedings and panels
3) Regional symposia. (e.g., Sinology, Indology, Arab studies, Altaic
Studies, etc.)
4) Round table discussions
5) Master-classes
6) Exhibitions, presentations, receptions
7) Cultural programs, excursions
Call for Papers
Participants of the Congress are invited to submit before May 1st, 2004 the
titles of their proposed papers, and other suggestions concerning the
separate sections, round-table discussions, subject panels, and
demonstrations.
The Program Committee reserves the right to make the final decision
regarding the composition of each section. In its final form the subject
program of ICANAS-37, its sections and panels, will have been formed before
April 1st, 2004. This is why we ask you to kindly send in your proposals
before March 31st, 2004. If you wish to organize a section, we would ask you
so to inform the Organizing Committee and provide it with the names and
addresses of the specialists whom you wish to include in the panel. Thus:
Chair, Presenters of papers, Discussants (if any).
Working languages: English, French, and Russian
To participate in ICANAS-37 you should fill the Registration Form. You
should also submit your abstract. The abstract should be written in one of
the above-mentioned languages and should not exceed 500 words. The
submission forms, as well as full information about the program,
accommodations, registration fees, etc. may be found at:
http://www.orientalistica.ru/icanas - either Russian or English pages
Organizing Committee of ICANAS XXXVII
12 Rozhdestvenka St.
Moscow 103753, Russia
Tel.: +7(095)928 57 64
Fax: +7(095)925 77 88
E-mail: orgcom@orc.ru
http://www.orientalistica.ru/icanas />
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IV. From Mark Asberg <markasberg@yahoo.ca> <Save Address>
To cfp@english.upenn.edu
Date 09 Jan 2004 03:30
Subject CFP: Gambling Theory (4/1/04; 10/13/04-10/17/04)
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Gambling Theory
October 13-17, 2004
This major international conference will be hosted by the Centre for the
Study of Theory and Criticism at the University of Western Ontario,
October 13-17, 2004, and will include more than 70 invited and selected
papers by faculty and graduate students.
The overarching themes of the conference focus on contemporary and past
theory as species of risk-taking. Tentative sessions include:
The ends of gaming
Taking practical risks in doing theory
The break-up of established interpretive systems
The moment of crisis tackled head-on
What redemption is there in risk taking?
The dubious synchronicity of theory and its objects
Chance by chance
Balancing the waste-book
Morality at the edge
What kinds of urgency?
Gamblers and Idiots
Getting badlucky
Theory gambled away
When to stop the game?
What prosthetic futures for such bright pasts?
Speculation and hazard
Theory junkies
The theory of gambling and the gambling of theory
The deadline for submission is April 1, 2004.
Please send papers or detailed abstracts (750 words) electronically to
masberg@uwo.ca.
or by post or fax to:
Gambling Theory
The Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism
The University of Western Ontario
Room 200f, John Labatt Visual Arts Centre
London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada
Fax: (519) 661 2020
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For further information, contact masberg@uwo.ca.
This call can also be viewed at : http://publish.uwo.ca/~masberg/gambling/ />
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V. Call for Papers, Special Issue of The Canadian Review of Studies in
Nationalism
The growth of modern urban centers and the attendant decline of rural
populations have been cited as contributing factors to the growth of
nations and nationalisms. This construction of the city's role, however,
leaves unexplored the tensions and conflicts between urbanism and
nationalism, as well as the competing ideological claims each makes on the
sovereignty of citizens. The city can be understood as a site underwritten
by both nationalist and cosmopolitan concerns and discourses, as well as a
site in which issues of uneven development, in terms of both intra-national
and global contexts, work themselves out. This special issue will explore
these concerns and question how we navigate these competing ideological
imperatives. It will also look at how what has come to be called
"globalism" can be read as a species of urbanism, and how nationalisms the
world over compete against globalizing institutions and structures for the
sovereignty of citizens.
We are interested in essays that either explore a specific national-urban
formation or theoretical papers that read the sometimes unwritten
component of cosmopolitanism or urbanism within theories of nationalism.
Submissions must be previously unpublished, not under consideration
elsewhere, and between 18-25 manuscript pages. Please conform to the
Chicago manual of style for citations. The deadline for completed papers
is October 30, 2004; the volume will be published in December, 2005. We
are glad to respond to queries, but can only ultimately render a decision
on completed essays. Please submit essays as hard-copy only, in duplicate,
to:
Prof. Robert Brazeau
Department of English and Film Studies
HC 3-5
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
T6G 2E5
Canada
Please direct queries to either of the editors: Robert Brazeau
<rbrazeau@ualberta.ca> or Ernst Gerhardt <ecg@ualberta.ca>.
Dr. Robert Brazeau, Asst. Professor
Department of English and Film Studies
HC 3-5
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB
T6G 2E5
ph: 780.492.4708
fax: 780.492.8142
http://www.ualberta.ca/~rbrazeau />