[Bilimsel Haber] CONF./CFP- Environment, Identities and Space in Europe and Central Asia, GOSECA U. of Pittsburgh, Feb. 26-28, 2010

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CONF./CFP- Environment, Identities and Space, GOSECA Pittsburgh, Feb. 26-28

Posted by: GOSECA University of Pittsburgh <gosecaconference at yahoo.com>



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

Environment, Identities, and Space in Europe and Central Asia
Seventh Annual Graduate Student Conference
February 26-28, 2010

On the eve of the September 2009 meeting of the G20 in Pittsburgh,
Jose 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.

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.


GOSECA Conference Organizing Committee
Russian and East European Studies Graduate Student Conference
University of Pittsburgh




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