[Discussion] CONF./CFP- Australasian Assoc. for Communist & Post-Communist Stds., Feb. 2005

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CONF./CFP- Australasian Assoc. for Communist & Post-Communist Stds.,
Feb. 2005

CALL FOR PAPERS

Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies (AACPCS)
Seventh Biennial Conference (2005)

February 4-5, 2005, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

The Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies
invites proposals for panels and papers for the 7th Biennial Conference
to be held at the ANU in Canberra on 4-5 February 2005.  The event will
be jointly hosted by the Transformation of Communist Systems Project,
the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (the Middle East and Central
Asia), Contemporary China Centre, and the Research School of Pacific and
Asian Studies.

The Conference theme is "Systemic Transformation of Communism: The
Record of the Past Quarter Century in Communism and Post-Communism"

Proposals for panels and paper topics relating to all aspects of
scholarship in the social sciences and humanities on European and Asian
communism and its aftermath will be welcome.  Existing panels, their
themes and chairpersons are listed below:

  - Domestic Change in the Former Soviet Union (Chair: Stephen Fortescue)
    <s.fortescue@unsw.edu.au>

  - Russian Foreign Policy From Gorbachev to Putin (Chair: Robert F.
Miller)
    <rfm306@coombs.anu.edu.au>

  - Geopolitical Challenges in Central Asia and the Caucasus (Chair:
Geoffrey
    Jukes) <gejukes@ozemail.com.au>

  - Alternative Paths of Transformation and Emergent Socio-Economic
    Problems: Comparing Asian Communism and/or European Post-Communism
(Chair:
    Anita Chan)
    <anita@coombs.anu.edu.au>

  - Cultural and Educational Aspects of Transformation (Chair: Kevin
Windle)
    <Kevin.Windle@anu.edu.au>

  - Transnational Security Threats in Post-Communist Eurasia (Chair: Kirill
    Nourzhanov) <kirill.nour@anu.edu.au>

Submission of Proposals

For Paper Presenters:

1) Name
2) Current Institutional Affiliation,
3) Title/Position
4) E-mail address
5) Postal address
6) Telephone number
7) Fax no.
8) Title of paper
9) Abstract of paper (200-300-word summary)
10) Any audio-visual equipment required (specify: overhead projector,
slide projector, video player)
11) A brief CV containing information for panel chairperson's introduction).

For Panels:

In addition to the information for paper presenters (see above), the
following are also required:

1) Title for proposed panel
2) name, affiliation and contact information of the panel chair and
    discussants.  Panels should have two to four paper presenters, a
chairperson and discussants. (All submissions should be in Word or
WordPerfect.)

Deadlines:

For proposed Panels, 31 August 2004
For Papers, 30 November 2004.

Conference Registration Fee: $25.00

Conference-Related Correspondence Should Be Addressed to:

Jill Wolf
Research Assistant
CAIS
Australian National University
Canberra, ACT 0200
Australia
Tel. 61 2 6125 4928
Fax 61 2 6125 5410
E-mail jill.wolf@anu.edu.au

Note:

AACPCS DOES NOT have funds to support the costs of conference
participation.  Participants should obtain their own funding.




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