[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Biographical Research on Post-Socialist Space (St Petersburg 15-17 December, 2006)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

From: 	"CISR (SPb)" <centre at indepsocres.spb.ru

Call for Abstracts

Biographical Research on Post-Socialist Space: Ten Years After

The Centre for Independent Social Research, St Petersburg
15-17 December 2006


Rationale for the Conference

Ten years ago in Saint Petersburg, the ESA Research Network on Biographical
Perspectives on European Societies and the Centre for Independent Social
Research (CISR) jointly organised a conference under the title 'Biographical
Perspectives on Post-Socialist Societies'. This conference will focus on the
results of biographical research into post-socialist space carried out 
during
the last decade, and will also touch on methodological questions.


Themes of the Conference

The conference would seek to follow up and update the original conference by
exploring the following broad themes:

 From transformation to relative stability: 'new' and 'old' biographies;
Social migration; and
Methodological developments in the Biographical approach.


Conference Sessions

The preliminary list of sessions includes:

Methodological developments in biographical research;
Challenges and future directions;
Biographies of the 'old' generation and reinterpretation of the 
transformation;
Nostalgia, reconciliation, or a complete break with the past;
Stratificational and geographical dimensions;
New understandings of biographical landmarks;
Biographies of the 'new generation';
Life strategies, lifestyles, culture and morals;
Comparative analysis in biographical research;
Social strata, social classes and social milieux in biographical 
perspective;
Changes in intimacy;
Migration processes;
Social movements and collective actions.


Submission of Abstracts

Abstracts of proposed papers are to be written in English and should be 
no more
than 300 words in length. Abstracts must include the name of the proposer,
his/her affiliation, postal and e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers,
and title.


Places at the conference are limited. All accommodation and living costs 
during
the conference will be met by the conference organisers.

After  May 17,  more information about the rationale and content of the
conference will be available at:

http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/esa/biog.htm

https://owa.ncl.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/esa/biog.htm


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