[Bilimsel Haber] CONF./CFP- Ties that Bind and Ties That Divide, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Feb. 20-22, 2009

[Gonul Pultar]

CONF./CFP- Ties that Bind and Ties That Divide, Univ. of Pittsburgh, 
Feb. 20-22

University of Pittsburgh
Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia
Center for Russian and East European Studies present:

Ties that Bind and Ties that Divide: Cultural, Economic and Political
Linkages in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia

Sixth Annual Graduate Student Conference
20-22 February 2009



GOSECA outlined in our 2007 conference on globalization, regionalism and 
multiculturalism that belonging to a certain collectivity can bring with 
it privilege, pride, and power today, but disadvantage, disrepute and 
dismemberment tomorrow. This years conference is motivated by 
questioning this notion of linkages. While many conferences focus on the 
transcendence of borders and the remapping of regions, we seek to 
further this theme by exploring how these relationships link, yet often 
simultaneously divide people.

Solidarity, a cross-regional, macro-level phenomenon, also operates at 
the local levels between ethnic groups, sub-regions and cities. Regions 
may share a recent historical experience that transcends geographic 
boundaries and leads to the formation of more permeable geopolitical 
landscapes, but the emergence of ideological and political alliances, as 
well as economic uncertainties, has frequently led to exactly the 
opposite. How do these past and present alignments influence our 
evolving understanding of Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia?

GOSECA strongly encourages submissions from the humanities, social
sciences and professional schools in areas such as:
  * Literary and artistic movements
  * Cultural and religious identities
  * Diverging historical legacies and past ideologies
  * Emigration and immigration
  * The influence of the European Union, NATO, and the Shanghai
    Cooperative Organization
  * Foreign trade and international finance
  * New energy policies

This conference is interdisciplinary in nature and aims to deepen our
understanding of these regions through a broad range of approaches to
examine an intricately woven matrix of issues.



Abstracts should be no more than 250 words long. Please submit
abstracts by 01 December 2008 to the following email address:
gosecaconference at yahoo.com



For more information please visit: 
http://www.pitt.edu/~sorc/goseca/Goseca2009/






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