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CONF./CFP- Formal and Informal Central Asia, CASI-AUCA, Bishkek, Sept. 28-29

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Call For Papers

American University of Central Asia
Central Asian Studies Institute

September 28-29, 2012
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Second Annual Conference
(http://www.auca.kg/en/casinews/301/)


"Formal" and "Informal" Central Asia: Institutions, Identities and 
Discourses

The first annual conference of the Central Asian Studies Institute at
AUCA initiated discussion on the state of scholarship on and in
Central Asia. The second conference continues a discourse on how we
make sense of the region by taking the alleged boundary between
"formal" and "informal" Central Asia as a starting point. As the terms
themselves are being hotly debated elsewhere, this conference firstly
encourages scholars to look at the nature, scale and legitimacy of
such a binary division. It then calls for the deeper analysis of
"formal" and "informal" institutions and identities, which are
believed to be of key importance in understanding the processes of
socio-political and cultural transformation in the region. How have
the Central Asian states succeeded in establishing themselves as
legitimate power institutions? How should one account for the
variations and similarities among Central Asian states and societies
in the development of state and non-state institutions and in the
construction of their national and local identities? To what extent do
the family and kinship based socio-cultural identities remain
important in determining the politics in the region? Whether and how
have the twenty years of independent statehood transformed regional
institutions and identities, and what are the implications for the
years to come? Finally, if the concepts of "formal" and "informal" are
questioned, what other alternative discourses can be employed to
create richer and more complex understanding of the region?

The Central Asian Studies Institute aims to bring together scholars
from various disciplines whose active research projects address these
and related issues. The conference will take place at the American
University of Central Asia on September 28-29, 2012. CASI will have a
limited number of travel grants. Applicants who need travel assistance
should additionally submit a short online form available at
http://tinyurl.com/8y5fgxt.

We encourage both paper and panel submissions. The paper proposals
should include a) a 500-word outline of the proposed paper, with a
clear title, and b) a short biographical note of the author. Panel
proposals should ideally include three papers and have a clearly
formulated panel theme. CASI aims to publish the conference materials,
so full papers (4,500-6,000 words) will need to be submitted before
the conference.

Conference Timeline

April 25, 2012 - early deadline for proposals (priority will be given
to these applicants in consideration for travel grants)

May 14, 2012 - regular deadline for proposals

May 29, 2012 - notification of acceptance

September 01, 2012 - submission of full papers

September 28-29, 2012 - conference at AUCA, Bishkek

All proposals and queries should be addressed to casi at mail.auca.kg.
For more about AUCA and the Institute, please visit us at www.auca.kg
andhttp://www.auca.kg/en/casi/.



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