[Bilimsel Haber] CONF./CFP- ASN-Science Po 2008 Paris Conference (Deadline Reminder)

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CONF./CFP- ASN-Science Po 2008 Paris Conference (Deadline Reminder)

Dominique Arel <darel at uottawa.ca>

Call For Papers

Empires and Nations

Joint Conference of the
Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po)
and the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)

Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris
3-5 July 2008

**Proposal Deadline: 13 February 2008**

**Contact information:
Proposals must be submitted to
dominique.colas at sciences-po.fr AND dcolasasn at gmail.com **

The École Doctorale of the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris 
(Sciences Po) and the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
are organizing the Joint International Conference "Empires and Nations", 
to be held on July 3-5 (2008) at Sciences Po in Paris. The Conference is 
made possible through the contribution of a number of other research 
centers, including the Centre d'Études des Mondes Russe, Caucasien et 
Centre-Européen (CERCEC, France), the Institut Français d'Études sur 
l'Asie Centrale (IFEAC, Uzbekistan) and the European University of Saint 
Petersburg (Russia).

The Sciences Po-ASN Conference invites proposals from scholars and 
doctoral students. Applicants currently residing in Central Europe, the 
Balkans, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia/Eurasia, the Caucasus, China and 
India are eligible to apply for a number of travel and accommodation 
grants. Applicants currently residing in Western countries must cover 
their own expenses. The working language of the Conference is English.

"Empires and Nations" is the fifth European summer conference 
co-sponsored by ASN since 2001, and the second organized by Sciences Po, 
which launched the successful series of ASN summer academic events in 
July 2001 with a conference on "Citizenship and Nationality." Summer 
conferences were also held in Forli, Italy (2002), Warsaw (2004) and 
Belgrade (2006).

The Sciences Po-ASN Conference is organized separately from the ASN 
Annual World Convention that will take place at Columbia University, NY, 
on April 10-12 (2008), and whose program will be announced in February 
2008. For information on the ASN 2008 NY Convention, please go to 
www.nationalities.org. The Sciences Po-ASN Conference will feature 
approximately 30 panels. The program will be available in April 2008.

The Sciences Po-ASN Conference welcomes proposals on a wide range of
topics related to the comparative study of nations and empires, with an 
emphasis on the former continental empires, i.e. Russian (Soviet), 
Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian, and their legacies. ASN stands at the 
juncture of nationalities studies (the study of national identity and
nation-building in the former Communist Bloc and Eurasia) and 
nationalism studies (the comparative and theoretical study of the 
politics of the nation). In this spirit, the Conference invites 
proposals empirically grounded in Eastern Europe/Eurasia broadly defined 
and theoretically-oriented proposals devoted to various aspects of the 
notion of "empire."

Possible themes include the breakdown of empires, religion and empire, 
nationality and empire, identity and colonialism, post-colonialism, 
imperialism since the Cold War, the European Union as a new kind of 
empire, and many more. The Conference seeks to feature presentations 
from a broad variety of disciplines, including

  * Political Theory elucidating concepts of empire, imperialism, and
    world domination
  * Ethnography analyzing the transformation of local cultures in the
    context of globalization
  * History focusing on the different types of nation-states and
    empires and the role of cultural cleavages in the formation of 
political units
  * International Relations revealing the logic of coalitions between
    political units, the foundations of imperialism and the erosion of 
the capacity of states to exercise sovereignty
  * Comparative Politics studying the legacy of empires and the impact
    of neo-imperial states on domestic political arrangements
  * Post-Colonial Studies examining the effects of 19th c. imperial
    states and questioning the hegemonic temptations of contemporary 
democracies

as well as questions raised within the disciplines of sociology, 
economics, geography, geopolitics, linguistics, and many more.

The theme of the Conference, "Empires and Nations," symbolizes the 
strong tradition of research on Russia at Sciences Po, home to 
distinguished specialists, among them Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, author
of L'Empire des Tsars et les Russes (The Empire of the Tsars and the
Russians) and Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, author of L'Empire Eclaté
(Decline of an Empire: the Soviet Socialist Republics in Revolt).

To send an individual paper proposal, an applicant must include the 
following information in the body of an email AND in a single Word 
attachment:
  * The title of the paper
  * His/her name, email and institutional affiliation
  * A preferred postal address
  * A 500-word abstract and
  * A 100-word biographical statement in narrative form (one paragraph)
    that includes bibliographical information of the applicants last or
    forthcoming publication, if applicable (full CVs are not acceptable)
  * Doctoral students must also indicate the title of their
    dissertation and year of projected defense. Incomplete applications
    will be rejected.

A panel proposal is comprised of three to four paper-givers and a 
discussant. (The organizers will subsequently select a Chair of the 
panel). To send a panel proposal, an applicant must include the 
following information in the body of an email AND in a single Word 
attachment:
  * The title of the panel and of each paper
  * A 500-word abstract of each paper
  * The name, email, institutional affiliation
  * A preferred postal address
  * A 100-word biographical statement for each panelist in a narrative
    form (one paragraph) that includes bibliographical information of the
    applicants last or forthcoming publication, if applicable (full CVs
    are not acceptable)
  * Doctoral students must also indicate the title of their
    dissertation and year of projected defense

The Conference also invites proposals featuring recent 
films/documentaries or recent books. A film/documentary proposal must
include following information in the body of an email AND in a single
Word attachment:
  * The name, email and institutional affiliation of the author
  * A preferred postal address
  * The title and a 500-word abstract of the film/video
  * A 100-word biographical statement in narrative form.

A book panel proposal, seeking to generate discussion on an important
recent book, features the books author and three or four discussants. 
The proposal must include following information in the body of an email 
AND in a single Word attachment:
  * The names, emails, and institutional affiliations of all panelists
  * Their preferred postal address
  * A 500-word abstract of the book and
  * A 100-word biographical statement in narrative form for each panelist

All proposals must be included in the body of a single email AND in a
single Word attachment sent to two addresses:
dominique.colas at sciences-po.fr and dcolasasn at gmail.com. Applicants who
wish to apply for a grant covering travel and accommodation must 
indicate so in their proposals. In order to be eligible for these 
grants, an applicant must be residing at the time of the conference in
Central Europe, the Balkans, Russia, Ukraine, Central Asia/Eurasia, the 
Caucasus, China or India. The reception of all proposals will be 
acknowledged electronically.

The Conference is organized by Dominique Colas, Director of the Doctoral 
Program "Russia and CIS" at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris. 
The International Program Committee of the Conference is comprised of 
Dominique Colas, Dominique Arel (University of Ottawa, Canada, ASN 
President), Florian Bieber (University of Kent at Canterbury, UK), 
Zsuzsa Csergo (Queen's University, Canada), Sherrill Stroschein 
(University College London, UK), Juliette Cadiot (École des Hautes 
Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France), Alexandra Goujon 
(Université de Dijon, France), and Olivier Ferrando (Institut d'Études
Politiques de Paris).

Applicants will be notified in March-April 2008. Information regarding
registration costs and other logistical questions will be communicated 
at a later date. Updated information on the conference will be posted
periodically on the conference web site
(http://ecoledoctorale.sciences-po.fr/actu_scientif/empires_nations.ht
m) and the ASN web site (www.nationalities.org).

We look forward to receiving your proposal!

Dominique Colas, on behalf of the Program Committee

Deadline for proposals: 13 February 2008
(to be sent to both dominique.colas at sciences-po.fr AND dcolasasn at gmail.com)




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