[Bilimsel Haber] CONF./CFP- CESS Annual Conference 2008, Georgetown Univ., Washington, DC, Sept. 18-21

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Posted by: Central Eurasian Studies Society <cess at muohio.edu>


CONF./CFP- CESS Annual Conference 2008, Georgetown U, Washington, DC, 
Sep 18-21

Call for Papers
Central Eurasian Studies Society Ninth Annual Conference (2008)

September 18-21, 2008
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.


The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) invites panel and paper 
proposals for the Ninth CESS Annual Conference, September 18-21, 2008, 
in Washington, D.C. The event will be held at Georgetown University, 
hosted by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies 
(CERES). Panels begin Friday morning, September 19, and continue through 
mid-day on Sunday, September 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 11, 2008.

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, preferably via the webform available on 
the CESS website: http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_cfp.html

*** In order to improve the academic quality and the registration 
process of the annual conference, the CESS Conference Committee has
instituted several new policies. Please read and attend to the policies 
detailed below. ***


Full Details of Conference Participation

Please note that due to an anticipated high level of interest in the 
2008 conference, the selection of papers will be very competitive, and 
we encourage all potential presenters to consider working with 
colleagues to arrange a pre-organized panel, as this will improve your 
chances of acceptance. Successful proposals will offer new findings 
based on theoretically informed, empirically rich research. As always, 
we strongly encourage the participation of graduate students and 
scholars from Central Eurasia.

The Conference Committee accepts electronic submissions only -- either 
by webform (see the CESS website:
http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_cfp.html), or by an e-mailed 
form in MS Word format (if you do not have access to the webform, please 
contact us at cess at muohio.edu and we will e-mail you the submission 
forms in MS Word format).

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 individual papers and for each presenter on a regular panel please 
make sure you provide us with:

1) Name, 2) Current institutional affiliation, 3) Title/position, 4)
E-mail address, 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
projector, video player), 11) A brief (100 word) biographical
statement that 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 the presentation of 
3-4 scholarly papers) and ROUNDTABLE PANELS (featuring 3-6 people 
informally discussing a current topic in the field). Pre-organized
panels should be thematically coherent and may be organized/sponsored by 
a scholarly organization.

REGULAR panels must have three or four paper presenters, a chair, and a 
discussant (ideally, the roles of chair and discussant will be filled by 
two different people). In addition to the information for each of the 
paper presenters on the panel (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 organizer, chair and 
discussant. Please make sure your panel is complete before submitting 
this information; incomplete panels will be given a lower ranking.

ROUNDTABLE panels must have between three and six presenters and a chair 
(note: no discussant is required for roundtables). As roundtables are 
oriented towards a more informal discussion, no paper proposal is 
expected from roundtable panelists, but please provide information for 
each of the presenters on the panel (as indicated above, with the 
exception of an abstract), as well as a) a title for the proposed 
roundtable, and b) name, affiliation, and contact information of the 
panel organizer and chair. Please make sure your panel is complete 
before submitting this information; incomplete panels will be given a 
lower ranking.

Please note the following policy: only complete panels with a full set 
of panelists, including a chair, (and a discussant for regular panels) 
should be submitted. If a panel or roundtable receives a high score from 
the reviewers but does not include a full complement of panelists, the 
panel may be wait-listed until it is complete.

Sponsored Panels: CESS encourages other institutions supporting the 
study of Central Eurasia to organize "sponsored panels" at the CESS
conference -- i.e., panels organized by the sponsoring institution,
involving their members and receiving their imprimatur (and possibly 
their funding). CESS partner organizations are customarily granted one
panel slot upon request. For more information on partnering with CESS,
please contact the secretariat at cess at muohio.edu.

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. See the CESS awards webpage for 
details, or contact the Awards Committee Co-chair, Dr. Uli Schamiloglu 
<uschamil at wisc.edu>.

Important Notes:

1. Submission format: Do not send your proposal in any format other than 
the webform or the MS Word form created by CESS.

2. The importance of the abstract: We anticipate that the selection 
process will be quite competitive in 2008. Your proposal will be
anonymously peer-reviewed and scored based on the quality of its 
abstract; personal factors such as your institutional affiliation,
academic status, and history with CESS have little impact on whether
or not your proposal will be accepted.

  - Abstracts that do not include information about the theoretical 
and/or empirical contributions of the research will have significantly 
lower chances being accepted. If you want to know more about how to 
write a good abstract, please follow the Guidelines for Writing
Abstracts available on the CESS website
(http://www.cess.muohio.edu/CESSpg_conf_abgu.html).

  - If you participate in the conference, your abstract will be 
published on the CESS website, so please write it carefully to avoid 
errors. Those less accustomed to writing in English should have their 
abstract proofread prior to submission. Abstracts written in very poor 
English or apparently translated word-for-word from another language 
will be rejected, under the assumption that the author does not have 
sufficient command of English to present the paper.

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.

  - You will be asked to confirm your commitment to participate by the
end of July, so please try to have your travel and funding arrangements 
in place by then. Note that CESS rules stipulate that those who do not 
confirm their participation in the conference by August 1 will be 
DROPPED FROM THE PROGRAM and their slot on the program will be given to 
another presenter.

  - 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 Friday, August 15, and after this date, no registration 
fees can be refunded. However, if an individual faces extraordinary 
circumstances at the last minute that prevent him or her from attending 
the conference (such as the denial of a visa), these circumstances will 
certainly be taken into account.

  - It is CESS policy not to allow papers to be read in absentia.

4. E-mail Contact: Since all communication with conference participants 
is via e-mail, it is vitally important that you make sure we always have 
an active e-mail address for you. If we lose contact with you after your 
proposal is accepted, you may be dropped from the program, so please 
keep us posted of any changes to your primary email address, and please 
respond to requests from the Conference Committee in a timely manner.

5. Program Limitations: No participant may present more than one paper 
at the conference, including roundtable presentations. Without special
justification, the program committee will not schedule any individual to 
appear on more than two panels as a presenter, chair 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.

6. Language of the conference: The language of the conference is 
English. All presentations are to be made in English; translation from
other languages is not allowed.

Schedule of Key Dates

Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: Friday, April 11, 2008.
Note: Submissions after this date may be accepted only in the case of
special justifying circumstances and at the discretion of the program
committee. Please be sure you have a complete proposal to us by this date.

Notification of acceptance: by June 6, 2008.
The host institution will provide, upon request, mailed or faxed
invitation letters to support an application for a visa or travel funds. 
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. Participants should have visa and travel
arrangements in place by August 1.

Hotel reservation deadline: August 1.
Some of the conference hotels will begin releasing the rooms reserved
for CESS conference participants beginning on this date. CESS cannot
guarantee availability of lodgings near the conference after this date.

Deadline for notification of audio-visual requests: Friday, August 15.

Deadline for pre-payment or withdrawal from the program: Friday, August 15.

For those not on the program, pre-payment of registration fees reserves 
a space at the conference, in the event that attendance reaches the 
maximum capacity.

Pre-payment of registration fees and a current membership in CESS is 
REQUIRED for everyone on the program (with the exception of chairs and
discussants specially invited by the host institution). All presenters 
must pay their registration and (if necessary) membership fees by this
deadline or they may be DROPPED FROM THE PROGRAM. NOTE: Presenters
without access to the regular methods of payment should just email the
CESS Secretariat (cess at muohio.edu) to request an exemption from this
requirement.

After August 15, no fees will be refunded.

Papers should be submitted to chairs/discussants: by Friday, August 29.
Paper presenters will be informed via e-mail by mid-August of the e-mail 
addresses of their panel's chair and discussant, to whom they should 
send their papers by the deadline.

Conference: September 18-21, 2008.
Arrival to Washington is on the afternoon/evening of Thursday,
September 18 -- registration opens in the afternoon followed by a
reception in the evening. Panels begin Friday morning, September 19,
and continue through mid-day on Sunday, September 21.

Registration Information

Each conference attendee is required to pay a registration fee and
presenters are required to pre-pay. The fee is reduced for CESS
members, for Georgetown University students, and for those who pay
their registration fees before the pre-payment deadline August 15. 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 covers a welcome reception on Thursday and the
conference dinner on Friday. The deadline for pre-payment (required
for all presenters) is August 15.

Fees for 2008 are as follows:
  * Regular fee members*: $75 (pre-paid) or $100 (after August 15)
  * Reduced fee members**: $50 (pre-paid) or $70 (after August 15)
  * Non-members: $100 (pre-paid) or $130 (after August 15)
  * GU students:  $35 (pre-paid) or $45 (after August 15)
  * GU student CESS members: $25 (pre-paid) or $30 (after August 15)

* "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).

Please note that we no longer ask you to contribute an extra $3.00 for
credit card processing.

Panel participants may submit the registration fee at the same time as
submitting their proposal form, or at any time before the pre-payment
deadline of August 15. 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). Payments should be
mailed to: Central Eurasian Studies Society, Havighurst Center,
Harrison Hall, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, U.S.A.  Please
consult the CESS Membership Form for full details on methods of payment.

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. 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 Georgetown University and the city of
Washington, transportation options, maps, and lodging information will
be available on the Georgetown University's CESS Conference
Information page at http://www1.georgetown.edu/sfs/ceres/CESS2008/.
Please be sure to visit this web page 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.

Further Information

The Co-chairs of the Conference Committee are:

Dr. Laura Adams (Harvard University; lladams2 at earthlink.net)
Dr. Victoria Clement (Western Carolina University; vsclem at yahoo.com)
Dr. James Millward (Georgetown University; millwarj at georgetown.edu)

Full information about CESS 2008 in Washington, DC may be found on the
conference webpages:

  * Main conference website: http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_cfp.html
  * Registration:
    - To submit an individual paper:
      http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_reg1.html
    - To submit a panel proposal:
      http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_reg2.html
    - To register as a non-presenter:
      http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_reg3.html
  * Program (preliminary version available in July 2008):
    http://www.cess.muohio.edu/CESS_Program.html
  * Full information about hosting and location at the Georgetown
    University: http://www1.georgetown.edu/sfs/ceres/CESS2008/

Virtually all 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 cess at muohio.edu.


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

CESS 2008 Annual Conference
Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies
Georgetown University
Box 571031, ICC 111
Washington, DC 20057-1031

Telephone: +1-202-687-6080
Fax: +1-202-687-5829

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
Havighurst Center, Harrison Hall
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056, U.S.A.
Tel.: +1/513-529-0241   Fax: +1/513-529-0242
CESS at muohio.edu




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