[Discussion] Central and Inner Asia Seminar (CIAS 2005) - call for papers

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Dear Colleagues,

The Eleventh Annual Conference of the Central and Inner Asia Seminar
(CIAS 2005) will be held at the University of Toronto in Canada on May
12-14, 2005.  The proceedings of the conference will be published in due
course in "Toronto Studies in Central and Inner Asia".  Volume 7, the
papers from CIAS 2004, should be available in time for this year's
conference.

The general theme of this year's gathering will be "Traders and Trade
Routes of Central and Inner Asia, Then and Now."  It is hoped that this
subject will be of interest to scholars from various disciplines.

This is an invitation to submit proposals for papers. The time allowance
for any presentation is
20 minutes. Please include the title, a one-page summary and a
short copy of your curriculum vitae and send them, by email, to me at
gillian.long@utoronto.ca  or to Professor Michael Gervers at
gervers@chass.utoronto.ca

The deadline for submissions is December 1, 2004 and those selected will
be notified by email as soon as possible thereafter.

We regret that we do not have the financial resources to help with any
transportation or accommodation costs.  However inexpensive
accommodation is available on-campus, and
we will do our best to expedite visa applications and offer hospitality
during the conference.

We look forward to receiving many interesting proposals and to hosting
another stimulating and enjoyable conference in Toronto next May.

Please forward this message to anyone else who may be interested.  For
further information see  www.utoronto.ca/deeds/cias/cias.html
The website will be updated regularly as more information becomes available.

Sincerely

Gillian Long
Administrative Co-ordinator for CIAS
416 978 4882