[Bilimsel Haber] JOURNAL/CFP: _Caucasus Survey_ , first issue scheduled for January 2013

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JOURNAL/CFP- Caucasus Survey

Posted by: Marie Bennigsen <mbennigsen at gmail.com>



Caucasus Survey
The journal of the Association for Caucasian Studies

Frequency: 2 issues per year, first issue scheduled January 2013, 
400-500 pages per annum

Editor:
Marie Bennigsen Broxup

Deputy Editors:
Laurence Broers
Tamara Dragadze
Sophie Shihab Bilderling
Mairbek Vatchagaev
Edith Ybert


Aims & Scope

Caucasus Survey will be the only journal, published in English, 
concerned primarily with the study of the Caucasus - the independent 
republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, and the North Caucasian 
republics of the Russian Federation. The journal focuses on the 
Humanities and Social Sciences - history, political science, 
ethnography, religion, nationalism, economics, conflict resolution, 
military issues, demography, and area studies. Relations between the 
Russian Federation and the Caucasus, internationally and domestically 
with regard to the North Caucasus, features high in our concerns. Also 
covered are issues relating to the Republic of Kalmykia and the 
Cossacks, Crimea, the Nogays, and the Caucasian diaspora.


Peer Review Statement

All articles undergo peer review, based on initial editor screening and 
anonymous double-blind refereeing by two referees.


Editorial Board

Yurii Anchabadze, Academy of Sciences, Moscow
Bayram Balci, IFEAC, Carnegie Foundation
Vladimir Bobrovnikov, Oriental Institute, Moscow
Robert Chenciner, St Antony's College, Oxford
Moshe Gammer, University of Tel Aviv
Tracey German, King's College, London
Michael Kemper, University of Amsterdam
George Mamoulia, Independent consultant
Cerwyn Moore, University of Birmingham
Mohiaddin Mesbahi, Florida International University
Claire Mouradian, CNRS, Paris
Hratch Tchilingirian, University of Cambridge
Françoise Thom, Paris-IV-Sorbonne
Mariel Tsaroieva, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris


International Advisory Board

Sergo Arutiunov, Academy of Sciences, Moscow Marco Buttino, University 
of Turin
John Colarusso, McMaster University
Andrei Illarionov, Cato Institute
Michael Kaser, St Antony's College, Oxford
Chantal Lemercier-Quelquejay, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Shahin Mustafayev, International Institute for Central Asian Studies, UNESCO
Lia Melikishvili, Georgian National Academy of Sciences
Ghia Nodia, Ilia State University
Michael Rywkin, City College, New York
Dennis Sammut, LINKS
Amri Shikhsaidov, Institute of History, Daghestan
Ronald Suny, Michigan University and University of Chicago
Tadeusz Swietochowski, Columbia University


Editorial Correspondence

Submissions to the journal should be sent to Marie Bennigsen Broxup, 
mbennigsen at gmail.com, 6 Century House, Oakley Park, Frilford Heath, OX13 
6QW, UK. Correspondence and articles in Russian to Mairbek Vatchagaev, 
vatchagaev at gmail.com. Authors are encouraged to submit papers 
electronically.


General Guidelines

Papers are accepted in English and Russian. British English spelling is 
preferred. A typical article will be 5000-8000 words. Manuscripts should 
comprise in the following order: title page, abstract of approximately 
150 words, 4-6 keywords, main text, acknowledgements, appendixes when 
appropriate, notes, and references.

Authors should include their full names, affiliations, postal address, 
telephone and email address on the cover page of their manuscripts.


Forthcoming articles include:
Yuri Anchabadze, "The Sovietisation of Abkhasia, 1920-1940"
Bayram Balci, "Identity Politics and Diaspora in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan"
Marie Bennigsen Broxup, "The Tatar Model. A Comparison of the Tatar 
and Chechen National Movements After the Fall of the Soviet Union"
Vladimir Bobrovnikov, "The Making of the Muslim Clergy in the North 
Caucasus"
John Colarusso, "The Sochi Olympic Games, Sponsor of Circassian Nationalism"
Valery Dzutsev, "NGOs and Political Developments in North Ossetia after 
Beslan"
George Mamoulia, "The Caucasus and the Central Powers in 1918"
Mairbek Vatchagaev, "The Role of the Sufi Brotherhoods in the 
Political Life of Contemporary Chechnya"
Edith Ybert, "Political Parties in Azerbaijan Before the 1917 Revolution"

Documents:
Aslan Maskhadov, "Reminiscences on the first Russo-Chechen War, 
1994-1996". A previously unpublished interview taken on the eve of the 
   second Chechen war, July 1999

Biographical Sketches:
Bidzina Ivanishvili by Régis Gente

Book Reviews


Call For Papers

Caucasus Survey announces a call for papers for its 1st and 2nd issues. 
Deadline for submissions for No 1, May 2012, and No 2, February 2013. 
Caucasus Survey is particularly interested in papers on the following 
topics, but please feel free to offer alternative subjects:

History
  - Russian, Ottoman and Iranian competition in the Caucasus - 16-19th 
century
  - Georgia's annexation by Russia in the 19th century
  - The Transcaucasian SFSR, 1922-1936
  - Comparison of Russian military and political strategies in the 
conquest and pacification of the Caucasus from
the 19th century to the present  - The Dunsterforce in Azerbaijan
  - The 1917 Revolution and Civil War in the Caucasus
  - The Stalin deportations of Caucasian nations  - The weight of the 
Azeris in Iranian politics from the Tabriz    Revolution to the present

Current and Military Affairs
  - International implications of developments in the Caucasus
  - Georgia after the August 2008 war
  - The Chechnya "domino effect". What future for Russian rule in the 
  North Caucasus in the light of growing unrest and Islamic militancy?
  - How the Chechen wars have affected Russia's interior politics
  - The impact of the Chechen wars on the reform of the Russian army  - 
The Russian Army in Chechnya
  - What prospects for Pan-Caucasian trends?
  - The new discourse of the Russian nationalist movement regarding the 
Caucasus
  - Russo-Turkish rivalry in the Black Sea
  - Nagorno-Karabakh - a forgotten conflict
  - What prospects for pluralism and democracy in Azerbaijan?
  - Azerbaijan - oil, wealth, and poverty

Islam
  - Changes in Islamic thought and practices in the North Caucasus 
since the end of Communism
  - Islam and nationalism in the Caucasus  - The role of international 
Islamic organisations in the rise of    Muslim dissent and militancy in 
the Caucasus
  - The official Muslim religious boards and "parallel Islam"
  -  Moscow's  domestic Islamic policy
  - Shias and Sunnis in Azerbaijan

Area Studies
  - The Crimean Tatars in the post-Soviet period
  - The Kurds of the Caucasus
  - The Cossacks in the Caucasus - what future ahead?
  - A comparative survey on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in the Caucasus
  - Ethnic issues
  - The role of women in civil society




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