[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: "Continuity and Change in Southeastern Europe, " Harvard University, 4 Feb. 2011

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Continuity and Change in Southeastern Europe
A Harvard University conference – February 4, 2011

- Call for Papers -

The Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe, John F.
Kennedy School of Government, and the Southeastern Europe Study Group, Minda
de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, invite
scholars, researchers, university faculty, public policy practitioners, and
graduate students at advanced stages of research to submit 500-word
proposals for papers to be delivered at the symposium “Continuity and Change
in Southeastern Europe” on February 4, 2011, at Harvard University.

Deadline for submission: November 15, 2010. Proposals should be submitted
along with a recent CV to Andrew Hall at Andrew_Hall at hks.harvard.edu<mailto:
Andrew_Hall at hks.harvard.edu>. Small stipends for travel and accommodation
will be available for selected participants.

Proposals must fall into one of the below thematic units:

I) Institutional Legacies: Tracing Historical Continuities
Over the last century and a half, Southeastern Europe has been marked by a
large number of critical junctures: from the collapse of multinational
empires to the long period of wars form 1912-18 and World War II to the
emergence of Communist states and their collapse. These monumental changes
often disguise lines of continuity, especially in regard to institutions.
This panel will bring together papers that help understand how and why
institutional continuities and legacies persist over time. Avoiding
historical determinism, the papers will shed light on particular paths
institutional developments have taken and how this helps understand
Southeastern Europe today. From ethnographic micro-cases to larger
comparative studies, papers representing a variety of disciplines and
approaches are welcome.
Chair: Dr. Florian Bieber, Editor-in-Chief, Nationalities Papers

II) Domestic-International Relationships in Political Reform in Southeastern
Europe
What do case studies of political reform in post-socialist Southeastern
Europe tell us about the conditions under which international actors can
work together with domestic actors to develop institutions that are
responsive to and valued by ordinary citizens? How have domestic actors in
Southeastern Europe been able to incorporate domestic values and traditions
into new institutions in the face of pressure to adopt Western models?
 Under what conditions are international actors who promote reform sensitive
to local knowledge?  This panel seeks to learn from case studies of reform
that are considered unsuccessful, as well as those considered successful.
Papers will increase our understanding of the processes and outcomes of
political reform viewed as valuable by Southeastern European peoples through
investigations of case studies that cover various Southeast European
countries and issue areas.
Chair: Dr. Paula Pickering, Associate Professor, Department of Government,
College of William and Mary

III) Gender, Nation and Globalization
The last two decades have been a time of tremendous upheaval for the nations
of Southeastern Europe, which have variously weathered the storms of sudden
economic change, political disintegration, social instability, increasing
crime and corruption, massive out migration, violence, and war.   Most
recently, the region has been wracked with the economic turmoil of the
global financial crisis and individual men and women are facing the
ever-growing hardships of recession and IMF-imposed structural adjustment.
 Throughout these twenty years, idealized notions of masculinity and
femininity have shifted and been reimagined to take account of the local
realities in an era of globalization.  In some cases, traditional gender
norms and expectations have been subverted and/or overthrown altogether,
with both men and women gaining from an increase of possible gender
subjectivities.  In other cases, traditional roles for what makes a “real
man” or a “good woman” have reasserted themselves with newfound force,
finding allies in new or old religious movements and nationalist political
rhetorics.  This panel aims to explore the continuities and changes in
gender norms and gender politics in Southeastern Europe, and welcomes all
papers that explore these dynamics with an eye to seeing the complex
interactions between local and global forces.
Chair: Dr. Kristen Ghodsee, Associate Professor of Gender and Women's
Studies, Bowdoin College

Areas of focus: Albania • Bosnia-Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Croatia • Cyprus •
F.Y.R. of Macedonia • Greece • Hungary • Kosovo • Moldova • Montenegro •
Romania • Serbia • Slovenia • Turkey

For more information on the Kokkalis Program, visit:
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/kokkalis

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