[Bilimsel Haber] UPDATED! CFP: "Environment, Identities, and Space in Europe and Central Asia, " University of Pittsburgh, February 2010

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*UPDATED! CFP: "Environment, Identities, and Space in Europe and Central 
Asia," University of Pittsburgh, February 2010*
*Location:* 	Pennsylvania 
<http://www.h-net.org/announce/geography.cgi?geography=United%20States&location=Pennsylvania>, 
United States 
<http://www.h-net.org/announce/geography.cgi?geography=United%20States>
*Call for Papers Deadline:* 	15 Dec. 2009

	

	

CALL FOR PAPERS:
(UPDATED)

Environment, Identities, and Space in Europe and Central Asia

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

Seventh Annual Graduate Student Conference
February 26-28, 2010

With a Keynote Address by
Eagle Glassheim
University of British Columbia

On the eve of the September 2009 meeting of the G20 in Pittsburgh, José 
Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, spoke of the "new 
challenges of the 21st century" as "challenges that have no respect for 
borders." Foremost among these Mr. Barroso listed climate change. He 
prevailed upon the citizens of all prosperous countries to cease 
gambling over the reality of environmental change and confront this 
threat with resolve. As he put it: "The time for playing high-stakes 
poker is over."

 From the city which welcomed the G20 summit, first heard Mr. Barroso's 
call for action, and will host the 2010 UN World Environment Day, we 
raise a call of our own. The Graduate Organization for the Study of 
Europe and Central Asia (GOSECA) at the University of Pittsburgh has 
committed its seventh annual conference to scholarship which seeks to 
better understand the complex bonds between human beings and their 
environments. How have societies imagined the "natural" world and their 
relationship to it? What role did the environment play in shaping 
identities and spaces -- political, cultural, and social? How have 
images and conceptualizations of environment shifted and how did such 
changes affect societies, their economies, politics, cultures, and 
identities? As sites of dramatic cultural, social and political 
transformations, Europe and Central Asia offer a vast potential in 
addressing these questions

We strongly encourage submissions from the widest range of disciplines 
in the social sciences and humanities (and particularly those which 
cross disciplines) that address the issues of environment, identities, 
and space, their interplay and the way in which they affect processes in 
the region. Topics include but are not limited to:

.representations and interpretations in art, literature, 
geography/cartography, and history
.migration and demography
.policy and controversy
."alternative voices": environmentalism and dissident politics
.the shaping of social and cultural identities
.historical legacies of land and resource use
.political violence, war, and ecoterrorism
.energy security, resource management, and cultures of consumption

Students currently enrolled in graduate programs are welcome to submit 
abstracts, which should be no more than 250 words long. Please submit 
abstracts, along with an academic CV (limited to two pages) to 
gosecaconference at yahoo.com no later than *December 15, 2009*. We will 
contact the authors of accepted abstracts by January 1, 2010.

For the Call for Papers, information on GOSECA, and updated conference 
information, visit: http://www.pitt.edu/~sorc/goseca/Goseca2010/

ATTENTION: We are pleased to announce that this year we will be offering 
a limited number of videoconferencing opportunities to confirmed 
participants who, because of travel limitations, would otherwise be 
unable to present a paper. Selections will be made at the organizers' 
discretion, but participants from Central Asia will receive preference.

ABSTRACT REQUIREMENTS
Abstracts must be no longer than 250 words. All submissions should be in 
PDF (preferred) or Microsoft Word format in a standard 12-point font and 
be double spaced. In order to ensure anonymity during the blind 
selection process, the body of the abstract should not contain the 
author's or authors' name(s) or other personal identifying information 
other than the title of the paper. The cover page must include: title of 
submission, author's or authors' name(s), institutional and departmental 
affiliation(s), e-mail address(es), geographic address(es), and a 
primary phone number. Although we require all of this information, 
correspondence will occur mainly via e-mail. An academic CV must also be 
submitted, but please limit these to two pages.\

PAPER REQUIREMENTS
In order to facilitate presentation time limits, and to ensure time for 
active discussions, paper length will be limited to 8 typed pages, 
double-spaced, with 12-point font. All accepted participants will be 
required to submit a copy of the final paper one month prior to the 
conference.

REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
To better promote a meaningful interdisciplinary exchange, participants 
are expected to attend all panels for the duration of the conference.
Although we cannot provide travel support, we will be happy to arrange 
housing for the duration of the conference with graduate students.
The registration fee is $25.00, which includes meals. Registration fee 
must be paid by cash or check at registration on February 26, 2010.

	Andrew Behrendt
Department of History
3702 William W. Posvar Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
USA

Email: gosecaconference at yahoo.com <mailto:gosecaconference at yahoo.com>
Visit the website at http://www.pitt.edu/~sorc/goseca/Goseca2010/ 
<http://www.pitt.edu/%7Esorc/goseca/Goseca2010/>

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