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WORKSHOP/CFA- Violence in Eurasia, Yale Univ., March 23-25, 2007

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Violence in Eurasia: Historical and Contemporary Approaches
Yale University
March 23-25, 2007

Application Submission Deadline: November 30, 2006

The Eurasia Program of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
invites proposals for a dissertation development workshop, focusing on
issues of violence in Eurasia.  Graduate students at any stage of
their dissertation process (from proposal to write-up) and from any
disciplinary or interdisciplinary program in the humanities or social
sciences are eligible to apply. Proposals may elaborate upon one or
more of the following issues, or applicants may propose their own
topics. We particularly encourage applicants who propose new
theoretical perspectives and methodologies and whose work speaks to a
wide scholarly audience.

Violence - the use or threat of physical/psychological force - has
played a role in the exercise of power and the shaping of social
relations throughout history.  The forms and meaning of violence have
varied, however, with time, location, cultural tradition, and
political context.  In all eras, in any given situation, some types of
violence are accepted as legitimate, even necessary, while others are
condemned as extreme.  How is violence interpreted in the Eurasian context?

One has only to mention the tsarist-era anti-Jewish pogroms, the
self-inflicted brutalities of the Stalinist regime, the present
government of Uzbekistan, the Russian Mafia, or the conduct of both
parties to the war in Chechnya to evoke stereotypes of a Eurasian
propensity for violence.

What kind of norms or values have governed the use of violence in the
territory once covered by the Russian empire and the Soviet Union, and
now by the Russian Federation and other successor states?  To what
extent have attitudes and practices converged with or departed from
patterns elsewhere?  To what extent do local patterns vary within the
region?  What has been the impact of political, social, and economic
change on interpersonal and social relations?  How has violence been
represented through literary and cultural productions, and what impact
has this had on the further propagation of violent behavior in
society?  What have been the responses from individuals, groups, and
states from within and outside the region to violence and repression?
And does the region deserve its reputation in the West as lawless and
violence-prone?

For detailed information on application procedures and eligibility
requirements, please visit the Eurasia Program online at
www.ssrc.org/programs/eurasia or contact program staff at eurasia at ssrc.org.

Eurasia Program
Social Science Research Council
810 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 377-2700
Fax: (212) 377-2727




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