[Bilimsel Haber] CONF.- Student Conference, Transitions in Eurasia, AUCA, Jan. 27-28, 2007

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

CONF.- Student Conference, Transitions in Eurasia, AUCA, Jan. 27-28, 2007

Posted by: Yasar Sari <ysari at yahoo.com>

Regional Student Conference
Dedicated to the memory of Viktoria Lavrova

Call For Papers
"Transitions in Eurasia"
Date: 27-28 January 2007

International & Comparative Politics Department American University -
Central Asia, Bishkek

The ICP Department envisions both a debate and an interdisciplinary
conference with a range of papers on the broad question of transition
in Central Asia. For instance, papers on competing 'democratic'
leadership styles in Central Asia and Mongolia, economic and business
elites, social elites, intellectual and cultural elites, the military,
religious elites, and pop-culture and fashionable icons as elites are
all welcome. The Conference and debate are dedicated in honour of
Viktoria Lavrova, our beloved colleague on the first anniversary of her
death.

The first day will consist of paper presentations as well as student
lectures on selected themes for the debates the following day. The
second day will consist of teams of debaters competing against each
other. Therefore, this academic event consists of both a conference
and a debate.

Submitted paper proposals must be no more than 350 words (one page),
in English, and include: an explanation of how the proposal is
relevant to the conference theme; a specific research question; a
thesis statement; and an explanation of the materials or methods that
will be used to research the paper.

Priority will be given to proposals, which take an original, creative
approach to a specific question related to the conference theme, and
consider this question in terms of more than one country or culture.
Interdisciplinary proposals are also welcome.

When preliminary enquiries are received the 'Guidelines for Preparing
Student Conference Proposals & Papers' will be electronically sent in
response.

After receipt of this, applications should be written in light of the
guideline.

Proposals must be prepared for 'blind review'. The author's name
should not appear on the proposal; only the title being used to
identify the proposal.

Complete applications must include the following:
  - a paper proposal (1 page, 350 words, prepared for blind review)
OR
  - Statement of interest for participating in the Debate

All materials must be submitted in electronic format no later than 25
December 2006 to yigit_s at mail.auca.kg (Dr. Sureyya Yigit, Acting
Associate Professor, International & Comparative Politics Department,
American University ­ Central Asia Bishkek)


Results will be announced on 29 December 2006.




Distrib. by: Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central Eurasian
Studies