[Bilimsel Haber] ESCAS-2009, Extended call for papers

[Gonul Pultar]

Subject: ESCAS-2009, Extended call for papers



In response to numerous requests from more potential conference
participants, ESCAS Board decided to extend the deadline for the
submission of panel/ individual paper proposals till March 15, 2009





Extended Call for Papers

ESCAS Conference 2009, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary,
3-5 September 2009

"Studying Central Asia: in quest for new paths and concepts?"
European Society for Central Asian Studies, Eleventh Conference (2009)
3-5 September 2009
Central European University, Budapest, Hungary



The European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) invites panel and
paper proposals for the Eleventh ESCAS bi-annual conference scheduled
for  September 3-5, 2009, in Budapest, Hungary. The event will be hosted
by Central European University.

ESCAS welcomes panels and paper topics relating to all aspects of
humanities and social science scholarship on Central Asia, including the
republics of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and
Turkmenistan, as well as adjacent areas of Russia, Mongolia, Northern
Iran, Northern Afghanistan and North-Western China.

Practitioners and scholars of (social and cultural) anthropology,
archaeology, ethnomusicology, development studies, history, philology,
political science, sociology, and of other humanities and social science
disciplines with an interest in Central Asia are encouraged to participate.

New deadline for the submission of panel/paper proposals:  March 15, 2009.

The proposals should be submitted by e-mail at: escas2009 at yahoo.com

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.

_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/ fax;,

7) Title of Paper;

8) Abstract of Paper (a summary of the paper of 200-300 words);

9) Any audio-visual equipment requests (specify -- e.g., overhead
projector, slide projector, video player);

10) 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 academic
degree, year of its awarding, awarding institution, and field of study).

_For panels_:
Proposals may be submitted for panels with the presentation of 3-4
scholarly papers. Pre-organized panels should be thematically coherent
and may be organized/sponsored by a scholarly organization. Panels must
have three to 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 is also required:

a) a title for the proposed panel;

b) and 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.

Please note the following policy: only complete panels with a full set
of panelists, including a chair and a discussant 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.

Language: Conference language is English. In some special cases the
possibility of presenting panels in Russian, French or German might be
considered.

_Schedule of Key Dates_:
New deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: March 15, 2009.

Notification of acceptance: by March 31, 2009. The host institution will
provide, upon request, mailed or faxed invitation letters to support an
application for a visa or travel funds.

Deadline for notification of audio-visual requests:  August 15, 2009.
Papers should be submitted to chairs/discussants: by August 20, 2009.

Arrival to Budapest: from the afternoon of September 2, 2009.
Registration opens in the afternoon followed by a reception in the
evening. Panels begin on September 3, and continue through the afternoon
of September 5.

_Registration Information_:

Each conference attendee is required to pay a registration fee and all
presenters are required to pre-pay by August 10, 2009.

_Registration fee for the conference:_

-          Regular fee ESCAS members: 50 EUR

-          Reduced fee ESCAS members (for participants from Central
Asian states): 25 EUR

-          Non-members: 100 EUR

Information on ESCAS membership and bank account can be found at:
www.escas.pz.nl
<https://webmail.uva.nl/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://webmail.uva.nl/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.escas.pz.nl>

Communications regarding local arrangements, including invitation
letters, should be addressed to: escas2009 at yahoo.com

ESCAS Board members:

Prof. Dr. Touraj Atabaki, Leiden University, Netherlands

Dr. Zifa-Alua Auezova, Guest Lecturer, Leiden University, Netherlands/
M.Auezov Foundation, Kazakhstan; Secretary of ESCAS Board
(zauezova at yahoo.com)

Prof. Dr. Ayse Ayata, Middle Eastern Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Prof. Dr. Peter Finke, Department of Social Anthropology, University of
Zurich, Switzerland

Dr. Irina Morozova, Humboldt Fellow, GIGA Institute of Middle East
Studies, Hamburg, Germany/ IIAS, Leiden University, Netherlands
(iymoroz at xs4all.nl)

Prof. Dr. Catherine Poujol, ESCAS President

Dr. Tommaso Trevisani, Gerda Henkel Fellow, German Institute for
International and Security Affairs, Berlin, Germany
(Tommaso.Trevisani at swp-berlin.org).

On behalf of Central European University:

Dr. Matteo Fumagalli, Assistant Professor, Department of International
Relations and European Studies (fumagallim at ceu.hu).