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Central Eurasian Studies Society Eighth Annual Conference (2007)

October 18-21, 2007
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) invites panel and paper
proposals for the Eighth CESS Annual Conference, October 18-21, 2007, in
Seattle, Washington.  The event will be held at the University of
Washington, hosted by the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and
Central Asian Studies.  Panels begin Friday morning, October 19, and
continue through mid-day on Sunday, October 21.

Panel and paper topics relating to all aspects of humanities and social
science scholarship on Central Eurasia are welcome.  The geographic
domain of Central Eurasia extends from the Black Sea and Iranian Plateau
to Mongolia and Siberia, including the Caucasus, Crimea, Middle Volga,
Afghanistan, Tibet, and Central and Inner Asia. Practitioners and
scholars in all humanities and social science disciplines with an
interest in Central Eurasia are encouraged to participate.

The program will feature approximately 60 panels and there will also be
a supplementary program including cultural events, a welcome reception
on Thursday, a conference dinner and a keynote speaker.

Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: Friday, April 6, 2007.

Submissions of pre-organized panels are strongly encouraged and will be
given some preference in the selection process.  Individual papers are
also welcome and will be assigned by the program committee to an
appropriate panel with a chair and a discussant.  Only electronic
submissions will be accepted (see the webform on the CESS website:
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html).

FULL DETAILS of Conference Participation

There has been a huge growth in interest in the CESS conference as our
society has become more established.  Over the past three years,
attendance has averaged about 500 per year, with dozens of countries and
all major fields of scholarship represented.  We expect a similar number
to attend in 2007.

Please note that due to this high level of interest, and the fact that
the total number of participants in CESS 2007 will be limited due to
space constraints, we anticipate that the selection of papers will be
very competitive, and we encourage all who hope to attend to consider
working with colleagues to arrange a pre-organized panel, as this will
improve your chances of acceptance.

The Conference Committee accepts electronic submissions only -- either
by webform (see the CESS website:
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html ), or by an e-mailed
form in MS Word format in the case of those who don't have web access
(please contact us by e-mail to obtain the form in MS Word format). We
require electronic format because website submissions can more easily be
processed than other methods, and we have limited resources to manage
the hundreds of submissions that we anticipate receiving.

The following information is required for submissions; we suggest that
you prepare the text before accessing the website so you can simply
paste the information into the form (but do not send it without the
form!):

For Paper Presenters: 1) Name, 2) Current institutional affiliation,
3) Title/position, 4) E-mail, 5) Postal address, 6) Telephone, 7) Fax,
8) Title of Paper, 9) Abstract of Paper (a summary of the paper of
200-300 words; abstracts longer than 300 words may be rejected), 10) Any
audio-visual equipment requests (specify -- e.g., overhead projector,
slide project, video player), 11) A one-page CV which contains the
information which the panel chair may require for introductions, and
includes the presenter's educational background (highest degree, year
awarded, awarding institution, and field of study).

For Panels: Proposals may be submitted for regular panels (with
presentation of scholarly papers) and roundtable panels (featuring
discussion of a current topic in the field).

Regular Panels: In addition to the information for paper presenters (as
indicated above), the following are also required: a) a title for the
proposed panel, and b) name, affiliation, and contact information of the
panel chair and discussant. Panels should have three or four paper
presenters, a chair, and a discussant. The program committee can accept
panel submissions which lack one or two of these, but no panel proposal
should have fewer than four people who have given a firm assurance that
they definitely plan to participate in the conference unless they are
prevented by circumstances out of their control. If the panel as
proposed does not include a full complement of panelists (i.e., 3-4
presenters, discussant and chair), the other panel participants may be
filled in as necessary by the program committee if the panel proposal is
accepted. Pre-organized panels should be thematically coherent and may
be organized/sponsored by a scholarly organization (optional).

Roundtable Panels: A roundtable has four or five presenters and a
chair/moderator. For roundtable proposals, the organizer must provide a
paragraph describing the panel objectives and providing justification
for use of the roundtable format. The same information is required of
each participant as for regular panels with the exception that abstracts
and paper titles are not required.

Sponsored Panels: CESS encourages other institutions supporting the
study of Central Eurasia, such as regional scholarly associations, to
organize "sponsored panels" at the CESS conference -- i.e., panels
organized by the sponsoring institution, involving their members and
receiving their imprimatur.

Best Paper Graduate Student Award: There will be an award in the amount
of $500 given to the best graduate student conference paper submitted to
the Awards Committee for consideration.  The deadline for submissions is
Friday, Sept. 21, 2007, 5:00 pm Eastern Time. See the CESS awards
webpage for details, or contact the Awards Committee Co-chairs, Dr.
Douglas Northrop <northropumich.edu>, and Dr. Uli Schamiloglu
<uschamilwisc.edu>.

IMPORTANT NOTES for submissions:

1. Submission Format: Do not send your proposal in any format other than
the webform or the MS Word form, as the committee will not consider it
in that case.
2. Ensuring Quality Proposals: Since the selection process is expected
to be quite competitive, we strongly advise you to follow the Guidelines
for Writing Abstracts available on the CESS website. Those who do not do
this will have significantly lower chances of their proposal being
accepted.  If you do not have web access, we can send you the guidelines
by e-mail upon request.
3. Commitment to Participate: By submitting a proposal, you are
indicating your serious intention to participate in the conference --
including your commitment to take the necessary steps to obtain any
required visa or funding -- unless prevented by circumstances out of
your control.  You will be asked to confirm your commitment in June
after your proposal is accepted.  Note that, because withdrawal after
the program has been put together is very disruptive and harms the
quality of panels, and prevents us from including people in the program
who would indeed be able to attend, CESS rules stipulate that those who
withdraw after August 1 without a good reason are barred from
participating in the conference the following year, and those who fail
to appear at the conference without timely notice to the Conference
Committee will be considered "no-shows" and will be barred from
participating for the next two years. The deadline for such notification
is September 28, and after this date, no registration fees can be
refunded.
4. E-mail Contact: Since all communication with prospective participants
is via e-mail, and we will require your confirmation of participation in
June after proposals are accepted and again in September when all of
your visa and travel arrangements should be in place, it is vitally
important that you make sure we always have an e-mail address that will
reach you.  If we LOSE CONTACT with you after your proposal is accepted,
you will be dropped from the program, will be counted as a "no-show",
and will not be able to participate in the conference.
5. Abstracts of Publishable Quality: If you are accepted and participate
in the conference, your abstract will be published on the CESS website,
so please write it carefully to avoid errors and ensure that it conforms
with the criteria for a good abstract (see Guidelines for Writing
Abstracts).
6. Program Limitations: No participant may present more than one paper
at the conference.  Without special justification, the program committee
will not schedule any individual to appear on more than two panels as a
presenter or discussant.  If you have a paper included on a
pre-organized panel and you also submit an individual paper, the
pre-organized panel takes precedence and if it is accepted, your other
paper proposal will not be considered.

Schedule of Key Dates

Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: Friday, April 6, 2007.
- Note: Submissions after this date may be accepted only in the case of
special justifying circumstances and at the discretion of the program
committee.

Notification of acceptance: by June 5, 2007.
- The host institution will provide, upon request, mailed or faxed
invitation letters to support an application for a visa or travel funds;
these will be sent in the second half of June. Note: Obtaining a U.S.
visa can take a long time, and we urge participants to begin the process
immediately upon notification of their proposal's acceptance.

Deadline for notification of audio-visual requests: Friday, September 14
.

Pre-registration deadline: Friday, September 14.
- Note: Pre-registration and CESS membership is required for all
presenters, and entitles you to significantly reduced registration fees.
For those not on the program, pre-registration reserves a space at the
conference, in the event that attendance reaches the maximum capacity.

Papers should be submitted to chairs/discussants: by Friday, September
28.
- Paper presenters will be informed via e-mail by mid-September of the
e-mail addresses of their panel's chair and discussant, to whom they
should send their papers by the deadline.

Deadline for confirmation of participation: Friday, September 28.

- Paper presenters who have not pre-registered will be requested via
e-mail in late August to confirm their participation in the conference.
Any who do not respond within 1 month will be removed from the program.
Anyone withdrawing from the conference after this date will not be
eligible for a refund of conference fees and may be  ineligible to
participate in the subsequent year's conference.

Conference: October 18-21, 2007 .
- Arrival to Seattle is on the afternoon/evening of Thursday, October 18
-- registration opens in the afternoon followed by a reception in the
evening. Panels begin Friday morning, October 19, and continue through
mid-day on Sunday, October 21.

Registration

Each conference participant is required to pay a registration fee and
presenters are required to pre-register.  The fee is reduced for CESS
members, for University of Washington students, and for those who
pre-register before the pre-registration deadline -- September 14 . The
level of the fee also depends on your CESS membership dues category
(with some members being entitled to reduced dues -- see the CESS
Membership Form for details).

Payment of registration fees IS REQUIRED for all attending the
conference, and cover an welcoming reception on Thursday and the
conference dinner on Friday.  Fees for 2007 are as follows:

- Regular fee members*: $75 (pre-registration) or $100 (at conference)
- Reduced fee members**: $50 (pre-registration) or $70 (at conference)
- Non-members: $100 (pre-registration) or $130 (at conference)
- Univ. of Washington students: $35 (pre-registration) or $45 (at
conference)
- UW student CESS members: $25 (pre-registration) or $30 (at conference)

* "Regular fee members" are those who have paid their annual dues at
$50.
** "Reduced fee members" are those who have current membership at
reduced fees ($0-$20).

Panel participants may submit the registration fee at the same time as
submitting this form, or at any time before the pre-registration
deadline of September 14.  We accept payment by 1) cash (only at the
conference), 2) check or money order (if not from a US bank, please
contact us to find out what form is acceptable from your country), 3)
credit card (see the Credit Card Payment Form on the CESS website).
Payments should be mailed to: Central Eurasian Studies Society, c/o John
Schoeberlein, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S-327, Cambridge, MA 02138,
USA. Please consult the CESS Membership Form for full details on methods
of payment (http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Membership.html).

NOTE: CESS does not have funds to support the costs of conference
participation, and does not waive the conference fee for participants
who cannot afford it.  Paper presenters, other panelists, and conference
attendees are required to pay the registration fee, and additionally,
those included on the program (paper presenters, roundtable panelists,
discussants, etc.) are required to be CESS members in good standing --
i.e., to have paid any dues they owe. Participants must obtain their own
funding -- from personal resources, their own institutions, or
grant-giving organizations which provide conference travel grants.  Some
further information about possible sources is available on the
conference website.

Travel and Accommodations

Information about the University of Washington and the city of Seattle,
transportation options, maps, and lodging information will be available
on the University of Washington's CESS Conference Information page at
http://jsis.washington.edu/ellison/CESS.shtml.
Please be sure to visit this webpage for detailed information.

All conference participants are responsible for making their own
arrangements for travel and accommodations.  CESS does not have
sufficient resources to subsidize travel and accommodations for
conference participants, nor can we make hotel reservations on your
behalf.

Further Information

The Co-chairs of the Conference Committee are:

Dr. Laura Adams (Harvard University; lladams2 at earthlink.net) Dr. Michael
Rouland (Miami University of Ohio; roulanm at muohio.edu) Dr. Stephen
Hanson (University of Washington, Seattle; shanson at u.washington.edu)

Full information about CESS 2007 in Seattle may be found on the
conference webpages:

  * Main conference website:
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html
  * Registration: http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conf-Reg.html
  * Program (preliminary version available in July 2007):
    http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Program.html
  * Full information about hosting and location at the University of
Washington:
    http://jsis.washington.edu/ellison/CESS.shtml

Virtually all informational questions about the conference can be
answered by consulting the above-mentioned webpages.  If you don't have
web access, or if you don't find the answer to your questions there, you
can contact the conference organizers by e-mail at
<cess2007 at u.washington.edu>.


Conference-related correspondence should be addressed as follows:

Communications regarding local arrangements, including invitation
letters, should be addressed to:

CESS 2007 Annual Conference
Allison Dvaladze
Outreach Coordinator for the Ellison Center for Russian, East European
and Central Asian Studies 203B Thompson Hall, Box 353650 University of
Washington Seattle, Washington 98195, U.S.A. cess2007 at u.washington.edu.
fax: +1 / 206-543-4852
tel.: +1 / 206-685-0668

Communications about proposal submission, program matters, registration
matters, the mailing list, and data updates should be sent to the CESS
Secretariat.  Please send payments also to:

Central Eurasian Studies Society
c/o John Schoeberlein
1730 Cambridge Street, Room S-327
Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A.
e-mail: CESSconf at fas.harvard.edu
fax: +1 / 617-495-8319


Key Web Addresses:

CESS 2007 at the University of Washington:
http://jsis.washington.edu/ellison/CESS.shtml
Conference Info.: http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html
Conference Registr.: http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conf-Reg.html
CESS Member Registr.: http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Membership.html