[Bilimsel Haber] Call for Papers: Association for the Study of Nationalities World Convention, April 24-26, 2014, Harriman Institute, Columbia U

[Gonul Pultar]

From: Charles King <kingch at georgetown.edu>




Call for Papers:

19th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of 
Nationalities (ASN)


International Affairs Building,
Columbia University, NY
Sponsored by the Harriman Institute
24-26 April 2014

www.nationalities.org



Proposal deadline: 24 October 2013

[Please note that the deadline is earlier than in previous years]


Contact information:

proposals must be submitted to: darel at uottawa.ca and darelasn2014 at gmail.com


Over 140 PANELS in nine sections:

Nationalism Studies

Migration & Diasporas

Balkans

Russia

Ukraine & Belarus

Central Europe (incl. Baltics & Moldova)

Eurasia (incl. Central Asia & China)

Caucasus (North and South)

Turkey, Greece & Cyprus



THEMATIC Panels on

History, Politics, & Memory

Ethnicity & Violence

Gender & Identity

Transitional Justice & Minority Rights

Energy & Nationalism



SCREENING of New Documentaries

SPECIAL ROUNDTABLES on New Books


AWARDS for Best Doctoral Student Papers,

ASN Harriman Joseph Rothschild Book Prize

ASN Award for Best Documentary


The *Nationalities Papers* Opening Reception


The ASN Convention, the most attended international and inter-disciplinary
scholarly gathering of its kind, welcomes proposals on a wide range of
topics related to nationalism, ethnicity, ethnic conflict and national
identity in several regional sections on Balkans, Central Europe, Russia,
Ukraine, Eurasia, the Caucasus, and Turkey/Greece/Cyprus, as well as the
two cross-regional sections of Nationalism Studies and Migration &
Diasporas. Disciplines represented include political science, history,
anthropology, sociology, international studies, security studies,
geopolitics, area studies, economics, geography, sociolinguistics,
literature, psychology, and related fields.


The Convention is also inviting paper, panel, roundtable, or special
presentation proposals related to:

•“History, Politics and Memory,” on the construction and contestation of
the memory of historical events in sites, symbols, discourse and research;

•“Ethnicity and Violence,”on the conditions, construction, and implications
of violence perpetrated against “ethnic” or culturally-defined groups;

•“Gender & Identity,” on the saliency of gender in discourse,
representation, practices and mobilization;

•“Transitional Justice & Minority Rights,” encompassing human rights,
minority rights, war crimes, genocide, international tribunals, and related
issues;

•“Energy & Nationalism” touching on oil and gas revenues, pipelines, the
“oil curse”, ecology, sustainable development and the securitization of
energy



Prospective applicants can get a sense of the large thematic scope of ASN
Convention papers by looking at the 2013 Final Program, which can be
accessed at


http://nationalities.org/convention/pdfs/ASN13_Final_Program.pdf.****


Popular topics have also included language politics, religion and politics,
EU integration, nation-bulding, and post-conflict reconstruction.



Papers presented at the Convention will be made available for $10 on a CD
to Convention attendees, but will neither be posted on the ASN website, nor
be sold to Convention non-attendees.


*Nationalities Papers*, the ASN flagship journal, will present the
consistently popular roundtable “How To Get Your Article Published”, which
features the editors of some of the leading journals in the field.
*Nationalities Papers* will also sponsor the opening reception.


For several years, the ASN Convention has acknowledged excellence in
graduate studies research by offering Awards for Best Doctoral Student
Papers. The ASN 2013 Doctoral Student Awards were given to:


Özkan Akpinar (History, Boğaziçi U, Turkey), Turkey, Greece & Cyprus

Bruce Burnside (Anthropology, Columbia U, US), Central Europe

Katharine Holt (Literature, Columbia U, US), Eurasia

Jean-François Ratelle (Political Science, U of Ottawa, Canada),
Caucasus-Russia

Andrej Tusicisny (Political Science, Columbia U, US) Nationalism Studies

Yuri Zhukov (Harvard U, US), Ukraine


Doctoral student applicants whose proposals are accepted for the 2014
Convention, who will not have defended their dissertation by 1 November 
2013,
and whose papers are delivered by the deadline, will automatically be
considered for the awards. Each award comes with a certificate and a cash
prize.



The ASN Convention inaugurated in 2010 an annual ASN Harriman Book
Prize—the *Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies*. At
the 2013 ASN Convention, the prize was awarded to Şener Aktürk* for Regimes
of Ethnicity and Nationhood in Germany, Russia, and Turkey* (Cambridge
University Press, 2012). An honorable mention was given to Sherrill
Stroschein for *Ethnic Struggle, Coexistence, and Democratization in
Eastern Europe* (Cambridge University Press, 2012). The award comes with a
certificate and a cash prize. For information on how to have a book
considered for the ASN 2014 Convention Book Prize, please contact Dmitry
Gorenburg at asnbookprize at gmail.com, or go to

http://www.nationalities.org/prizes/Rothschild.asp




The Convention is also inviting submissions for documentaries made within
the past few years and available in DVD format (either NTSC or PAL). The
documentaries selected will be screened during regular panel slots and, in
several cases, will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker. At the
2013 Convention, the Audience Award for Best Documentary went to *The Other
Chelsea* (Germany, 2011). Runner-ups included *An Act of Killing* (Denmark,
2012), *Hitler, Stalin and Mr. Jones* (UK, 2012), *900 Days* (Denmark,
2012) and *Twice a Stranger* (Greece, 2012). The full 2013 film lineup can
be accessed at http://nationalities.org/convention/films-2013.asp




*Proposal Information*


The ASN 2014 Convention invites proposals for individual papers or panels
*. A panel includes a chair, three or four presentations based on written
papers, and a discussant.


The Convention is also welcoming offers to serve as discussant on a panel
to be created by the Program Committee from individual paper proposals. The
application to be considered as discussant can be self-standing, or
accompanied by an individual paper proposal.


In order to send proposals to the Convention, the three mandatory items
indicated below (contact information, abstract, biographical statement)
must be included in a single Word document (PDF documents will not be
accepted) attached to a single email message.


Each applicant – single or multiple authors in individual proposals, every
member of a panel proposal – must also fill out a Fact Sheet online that
can be accessed at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PS7FCBM.



IMPORTANT: Applicants can only send one paper proposal  -- whether as an
individual proposal, or as a paper part of a panel proposal. The Program
will not consider more than one paper proposal from the same applicant. At
the Convention, each panelist can only appear on a maximum of TWO panels,
only one of which can be in the capacity of a paper presenter. For example,
a panelist can chair a panel and present a paper on another, or chair a
panel and be discussant or another, and so forth. This rule applies to
co-authored papers, thus a co-authored paper presentation counts as one
appearance.


*Individual paper proposals must include four items:

*Contact information: the name, email, postal address and academic
affiliation of the applicant.

*A 300- to 500-word abstract (shorter abstracts will not be considered)
that includes the title of the paper.

*A 100-word biographical statement, in narrative form (a text with the
length of one paragraph). Standard CVs will be rejected.

Individual proposals featuring more than one author (joint proposal) must
include the contact information and biographical statement of all authors
and specify who among the co-authors intend to attend the Convention. Only
joint presenters attending the Convention will have their names in the
official program.

*A Fact Sheet, to be filled out online (see above). In the case of
co-authors, only those intending to attend the Convention must send a Fact
Sheet. The Word document proposal must indicate that the Fact Sheet has
been filled out online.

*Panel proposals must include four items:

*Contact information (see above) of all proposed panelists.

*The title of the panel and a 200- to 300-word abstract of each paper.

*A 100-word biographical statement (see above) for each proposed
panelist. Statements in standard CV format will be rejected. The rules 
on joint proposals are
the same as with individual proposals (see above).

*A Fact Sheet, to be filled out online (see above), for each panelist
attached to the proposal. The Word document proposal must indicate that
all panelists have filled out their Fact Sheet online.

Proposals can also be sent for roundtables and book panels. Roundtables
include a chair, four presenters, but no discussant, since the
presentations, unlike regular panels, are not based on written papers.
Roundtable proposals include the same four items as a panel proposal,
except that the 200- to 300-word abstracts are presentation abstracts,
rather than paper abstracts.


The Convention is also inviting proposals for Book Panels, based on 
books published between January 2013 and February 2014. The proposal 
must include the Chair, three discussants, as well as the author. A Book 
Panel proposal must include the same four items as a panel proposal, 
except that the abstract is limited to a 200- to 300-word abstract of 
the book. The discussants need not submit an abstract.



*Proposals for documentaries must include four items:

*Contact information (see above)

*A 300- to 500-word abstract of the documentary

*A 100-word biographical statement (see above). CVs will be rejected.

*A Fact Sheet filled out online (see above).

Two copies of the documentary on DVD (in NTSC or PAL format) will also need
to be sent to the Convention, unless there is an agreement to provide a
streaming link. These and other matters will be discussed upon receipt of
the film proposals.


Proposals for a roundtable following the screening of a film are most
welcome. In these cases, the requirements of a panel proposal apply, in
addition to the 300- to 500-word abstract of the film.


*Proposals to serve as a discussant must include four items:

*Contact information (see above)

*A 100-word statement about your areas of expertise

*A 100-word biographical statement (see above). CVs will be rejected.

*A Fact Sheet filled out online (see above)

Proposals for applicants already included in an individual paper or panel
proposal need only include the 100-word statement on areas of expertise.


IMPORTANT: All proposals must be sent in a single email message, with an
attached proposal in a Word document (PDFs will not be accepted) containing
contact information, an abstract, a biographical statement, as well as a
confirmation that the Fact Sheet has been filled out online (or multiple
Fact Sheets, in the case of co-authors and/or panel proposals). Proposals
including contact information, the abstract and the bio statement in
separate attachments, or over several email messages, will not be
considered. The proposals must be sent to darel at uottawa.ca AND
darelasn2014 at gmail.com.

The receipt of all proposals will be promptly acknowledged electronically,
with some delay during deadline week, due to the high volume of proposals.


IMPORTANT: Participants are responsible for covering all travel and
accommodation costs. Unfortunately, ASN has no funding available for
panelists.

An international Program Committee will be entrusted with the selection of
proposals. Applicants will be notified by January 2014 at the latest.
Information regarding registration costs and other logistical questions
will be communicated afterwards.

The full list of panels from last year’s convention can be accessed at

http://nationalities.org/convention/pdfs/ASN13_Final_Program.pdf


The programs from past conventions, going back to 2001, are also online at

http://nationalities.org/convention/past.asp


Several dozen publishers and companies have had exhibits and/or advertised
in the Convention Program in past years. Due to considerations of space,
advertisers and exhibitors are encouraged to place their order early. For
information, please contact ASN Executive Director Lydia C. Hamilton (
lch2111 at columbia.edu).


The ASN Facebook page will post regular updates on the ASN 2013 Convention.
To become a follower of ASN on Facebook, go to

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-for-the-Study-of-Nationalities/116040015082264?ref=ts

and click on the “Like” option.


We very much look forward to hearing from you and receiving your proposal!


The Convention Organizing Committee:

Dominique Arel, ASN Convention Director

Lydia C. Hamilton, ASN Executive Director

Zsuzsa Csergo, ASN President

Florian Bieber, Julie George, Dmitry Gorenburg, Lisa Koriouchkina, Vejas
Liulevicius, Harris Mylonas, and Peter Vermeersch, ASN Executive Committee



Deadline for proposals: 24 October 2013 (to be sent to both
darel at uottawa.ca AND darelasn2014 at gmail.com)

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