[Bilimsel Haber] CONF./CFP: MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

From: Middle-East@utah.edu


# # #  CALL FOR PAPERS  # # #

The 2006 MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA POLITICS, ECONOMICS, and SOCIETY 
CONFERENCE
September 7-9

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
SALT LAKE CITY, USA

# # DEADLINE  FOR  PROPOSALS: # # # MARCH 31, 2006 # # #

The fourth annual multidisciplinary Middle East & Central Asia Politics,
Economics, and Society Conference will be held during September 7-9, 
2006. Since
its inception in 2003, the conference has successfully brought together
academics (professors and advanced graduate students), analysts, policy 
makers,
and NGO workers interested in the two regions of Middle East and Central
Asia/Caucasus in order to network and share research interests.

This year, the organizers expect to accommodate as many as 150 research 
papers
from around the world divided into nearly 40 panels. There will also be two
plenary presentations, one of which will be delivered by Professor Dru C.
Gladney of the University of Hawaii-Manoa and entitled: "China Faces Central
Asia: A New Chapter in the Great Game?"

The three-day event will also include a presentation by an Ambassador to 
the US
from one of the two regions. Other attractions include three complimentary
meals, an evening of Middle Eastern and Central Asian music and art, a book
fair, and the screening of recently released films and documentaries on the
Middle East and Central Asia.

PANEL THEMES: The conference encompasses and encourages 
interdisciplinary social
science approaches to analysis and problem-solving. Panel themes may fall
within, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:

# State/Society Relations
# Religion and Politics
# Islam and Islamism
# Civil and Inter-State Conflict Prevention and Resolution
# Human Rights and Minorities
# Post-9-11 International Affairs
# Terrorism and State Violence
# Authoritarianism and Democracy
# Challenges of Post-Communism
# Problems of Economic and Democratic Transitions
# Nuclear Non-Proliferation
# Natural Resources and Conflict
# Economic Development and Sustainability
# International Financial Institutions and Regional Policy
# Oil and Natural Gas Trade and Conflict
# Nation-building Projects in Iraq and Afghanistan
# Politics of External Actors (US, Russia, EU, China, etc.)
# Regional Organizations and Cooperation
# Post-Communist Velvet Revolutions
# Xinjiang and Uyghur Nationalism
# Kurdish Nationalism
# Azerbaijan-Armenia Dispute
# Chechnya and Russia
# US-Iran Relations
# Turkey-EU Relations
# Palestine-Israel Conflict
# Culture, Gender, and Ethnicity
# Impacts of Globalization
# Civil Society, NGOs and International Development
# U.N. Millennium Development Goals
# Media, Cinema, and Film
# Migration, Refugees, Displaced, and Diaspora

OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLISH: Selected papers from the conference will be 
submitted to
three social science journals, including the Journal of Muslim Minority 
Affairs
and the Digest of Middle East Studies for publication in late 2006 and early
2007.

APPLICATION: If interested in proposing a pre-organized panel or 
presenting a
paper in the 2006 MECA Conference, please submit:


#  YOUR FULL NAME
#  INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION
#  E-MAIL, POSTAL ADDRESS, and TEL. NUMBERS (work, mobile, home)
#  PAPER TITLE (and Panel theme and paper titles if applicable)
#  300-WORD-MAX PAPER ABSTRACT
#  ONE-PAGE-MAX ACADEMIC RESUME
#  Indicate willingness to serve as a session MODERATOR and/or DISCUSSANT
#  Whether, if accepted, you will need a US visa to attend the conference.


Kindly save the above in NO MORE THAN 2 PAGES TOTAL in A WORD FILE and 
name your
file as: Your last name in capital letters, a hyphen, followed by your first
name (e.g. if your name is 'Vadim Sharapov', your 2-page Word application
should be named: SHARAPOV-Vadim.doc). As the 'Subject' of your email type:
'MECA 2006 Proposal'. Applications should be sent no later than March 
31, 2006
to:

Middle-East@utah.edu    or    Central-Asia@utah.edu

Note that the Conference Committee is unable to provide for participants'
travel and lodging expenses. Participants are expected to seek funding from
their own institutions. For overseas participants whose paper proposals have
been approved, we will send official letters necessary for acquiring 
entry visas
into the United States. All participants will be required to pay a 
conference
participation fee of $65 (and a late fee of up to $100) with due dates to be
given out in a later time. Other important information including due 
dates and
suggested lodging venues will be forthcoming. Updates will also be 
included in
the conference website: <www.utah.edu/meca/>.

BOOKS, EXHIBITS, ADVERTISING: If you are a publisher or organization and 
would
like to reserve exhibition space at the conference or if you would like to
purchase an advertisement for publication in the conference program booklet,
please contact us at the email addresses above or the telephone number:
+1-801-856-7031