American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies

Calls for Papers and Articles for Slavic, Russian, Eurasian, and East European Scholars

The listings below include calls for papers for various meetings and conferences related (sometimes loosely) to Slavic, Russian, Eurasian, and East European studies as well as calls for articles for publication.

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Slovo
Call for Papers
deadline: October 30, 2009

Scholarly Symposium, "Czech and Slovak Americans: International Perspectives from the Great Plains"
Call for Papers
Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
April 7-10, 2010
deadline: November 1, 2009

Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
15th Annual World Convention “Nations and States: On the Map and In the Mind”
Call for Papers
International Affairs Building, Columbia University, New York, NY
April 15-17, 2010
deadline: November 4, 2009

Western Association of Slavic Studies (WASS)
Annual Convention
Call for Papers
Reno, Nevada
April 14-17, 2010
deadline: December 1, 2009

Indiana University's Romanian Studies Organization
Third Interdisciplinary Romanian Studies Conference
Call for Papers
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
February 5-6, 2010
deadline: December 11, 2009

Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (SCSS)
48th Annual Meeting
Call for Papers
Gainesville, FL
March 25-27, 2010
deadline: January 15, 2010

Joint conference of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study (SASS) and the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS)
"Region, State, Nation, Community: New Research in Scandinavian and Baltic Studies"
Call for Papers
Seattle, Washington
April 22-24, 2010
deadline: December 11, 2009

Slovo call for papers

Contributions, including research articles, book and film reviews, and review articles are welcome from all research students and academics for volume 22.1 (Spring 2010) of Slovo, an inter-disciplinary journal of Russian, Eurasian and East European affairs, published by postgraduates of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies. Submissions to the Board of Editors may be sent via e-mail attachment (slovo@ssees.ucl.ac.uk) or on a CD in Microsoft Word format. All research articles must include a 100-200 word abstract and adhere to the MHRA Style guide in advance of submission (available for download for free from the MHRA website).

All manuscripts are refereed and undergo a review process. Contributions submitted must not be under consideration by other publications at the time of submission. The editors reserve the right to make any changes thought to be necessary or appropriate to typescripts accepted for publication. A duplicate should be retained by the author. No disks or hard copies shall be returned. The maximum length for consideration of an article is 6,000 – 8,000 words (including footnotes), and 700 words for a review.

The deadline for article submissions for Volume 22.1 is the October 30, 2009.

If you have any queries about becoming a contributor for Slovo please do not hesitate to get in touch with us via slovo@ssees.ucl.ac.uk and we will be happy to assist. For more information about Slovo visit our Web site: http://www.ssees.ucl.ac.uk/slovo.htm.

Scholarly Symposium, "Czech and Slovak Americans: International Perspectives from the Great Plains"

Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln invites papers for a scholarly symposium, "Czech and Slovak Americans: International Perspectives from the Great Plains," scheduled for April 7-10, 2010. This 2010 Symposium will address all aspects of the experience of Czech and Slovak immigrants and their descendants in the Great Plains region, as well as the relationships of these citizens with other Czech- and Slovak- Americans and with Czechs and Slovaks in Europe and in other parts of the world.

One of the goals of the 2010 Symposium will be to understand how Americans of Czech and Slovak ancestry have helped to build the economy and culture of the Great Plains region from Texas to Canada, from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains, and of the nearby states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. Of particular interest to colleagues abroad will be the 2010 Symposium's emphasis on ongoing contact and mutual interests between Czech- and Slovak-Americans and their relatives and friends in Europe and adopted homelands on other continents.

All interested scholars, including advanced graduate students, are encouraged to participate in the 2010 Symposium and are asked to send abstracts of proposed papers with a short vitae in English, the symposium language, by November 1, 2009, to the following e-mail address: cgps@unl.edu. Please, title your e-mail “2010 Symposium” in the subject line.

We especially welcome proposals for panels of two to three closely related scholarly papers. We also solicit the presentation of short critical commentaries on any unpublished documents, correspondence or artifacts related to the theme of this symposium. Such primary sources may include materials held privately as well as those from the collections of archives and libraries. These presentations will be organized thematically according to such topics as music, art, handicrafts, politics, religion, and popular culture. During the 2010 Symposium, a secure, but limited, space will be made available for the public display of those items whose short-term loan is approved by their owners.

The Center for Great Plains Studies reserves the right to publish selected symposium papers and presentations in its peer-reviewed academic journals whose purpose and scope are discussed at: http://www.unl.edu/plains/publications/publications.shtml. The Center annually presents a symposium on a theme related to the Great Plains. Information about these symposia may be obtained at: http://www.unl.edu/plains/seminars/seminars.shtml.

If you have any questions about the 2010 Symposium, please contact us at the Center for Great Plains Studies: cgps@unl.edu.

Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN); 15th Annual World Convention “Nations and States: On the Map and In the Mind”

The ASN Convention welcomes proposals on a wide range of topics related to nationalism, ethnicity, ethnic conflict and national identity in Central Europe, the Balkans, the former Soviet Union, the Caucasus, the Turkic world, and Central Eurasia. The Convention also invites proposals devoted to comparative perspectives on nationalism-related issues in other regions of the world, as well as theoretical approaches that need not be grounded in any particular geographic region. Disciplines represented include political science, history, anthropology, sociology, international studies, security studies, area studies, economics, geography and geopolitics, sociolinguistics, literature, psychology, and related fields.

The Convention is inviting paper, panel, roundtable, or special presentation proposals for three special thematic sidebars:

Deadline for proposals: November 4, 2009 (to be sent to both darel@uottawa.ca AND darelasn2010@gmail.com)

For more information, visit: www.nationalities.org/convention/convention.asp

Western Association of Slavic Studies (WASS) Annual Convention

Western Association of Slavic Studies (WASS) is seeking paper proposals for its annual convention, held jointly with the Western Social Science Association (WSSA), in Reno, Nevada, April 14-17, 2010. Topics in all areas of studies on Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Russia, the former Soviet Union, and Central Asia are welcome. Graduate student proposals will be considered and encouraged to apply. Please submit abstracts no longer than 200 words by December 1, 2009 to Evguenia Davidova (evguenia@pdx.edu).

Joint conference of the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study (SASS) and the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS), "Region, State, Nation, Community: New Research in Scandinavian and Baltic Studies"

The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (AABS) welcomes papers, panels, and roundtable presentations for the first joint conference of Scandinavian and Baltic Studies in the United States. The conference aims to highlight and foster academic inquiry that draws comparisons between Scandinavia (Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland) and the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania). Papers that examine stateless peoples and those left outside of the Scandinavian/Baltic approach, but sharing the same geographic space, are equally welcome. Papers and panels devoted to individual states are also welcome. Contributions are encouraged from disciplines including (but not limited to): anthropology, architecture, communication, cultural studies, demography, economics, education, environment, ethnic relations, film studies, fine arts, gender studies, geography, history, international relations, law, linguistics, literature, memory, political science, psychology, public health, religion, sociology, tourism, and advancing Baltic and Scandinavian studies. Presentations are not to exceed 20 minutes in length.

Proposals from Ph.D. students will be considered for a Presidents’ Panel on Scandinavian and Baltic Studies that recognizes the most accomplished and innovative work of new scholars.

Paper and panel proposals must include an abstract (no more than 250 words) and a one to two-page curriculum vitae. Send this material embedded in the body of an e-mail (no attachments) to Aldis Purs at (aldisp@u.washington.edu) by December 11, 2009. Paper submissions can be mailed to:
22nd AABS Conference Chair
University of Washington,
Box 353420
Seattle, WA 98195-3420

Conference Website: http://depts.washington.edu/aabs/

Date: April 22-24, 2010
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1113 Sixth Ave., Seattle, Washington 98101

Registration information will be available on the website. All presenters must be SASS or AABS members in good standing. If you are in need of assistance in finding potential co-panelists from either Scandinavian studies or Baltic Studies, please contact the conference organizer (listed above) to help with such networking by November 1, 2009.

Indiana University's Romanian Studies Organization; Third Interdisciplinary Romanian Studies Conference

In February 2010, Indiana University’s Romanian Studies Organization will host the third annual interdisciplinary Romanian Studies Conference for graduate students and recent PhDs in the humanities and social sciences. We are delighted to announce that Daniel Chirot, Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor of International Studies and Professor of Sociology at the University of Washington in Seattle, will deliver the keynote address “Ideology and the Tragic Twentieth Century in Romania.”

We welcome paper proposals from graduate students and recent PhDs on any topic related to Romania, Moldova, or the Romanian diaspora in any discipline or methodology, including but not limited to history, political science, economics, international relations, anthropology, literature, sociology, musicology, art history, and cultural studies. Especially encouraged are papers that take an interdisciplinary approach. Small travel grants may be available to aid student travel to and from the conference.

Please submit abstracts of 250-300 words, along with your contact information to RomSO@indiana.edu by Friday, December 11, 2009. We will be pre-circulating the papers so that our commentators can provide more extensive feedback. Therefore, if your paper is selected we ask that you submit a complete paper by Friday, January 15, 2010.

Any other inquiries about the conference may be directed to the Indiana University Romanian Studies Organization at RomSO@indiana.edu or to Alex Tipei at atipei@indiana.edu.

Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (SCSS), 48th Annual Meeting

The 48th annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (SCSS) will take place in Gainesville, FL on March 25-27, 2010. The conference, hosted by the University of Florida, will be held at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center. The special conference rate is $135 per night. The hotel can be reached by phone at: 1-352-371-3600. In addition to the regular panels, there will be a special plenary roundtable session on Friday afternoon called "On Gas Wars, Colored Revolutions, and Virtual Politics in Russia and the "Near Abroad": A Post-election Assessment."

Leading scholars of Russian and Ukrainian politics will gather to assess the state of and prospects for relations between Russia, Europe, and the Russian "Near Abroad." Roundtable participants include: Andrew Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Ukrainian Studies at the University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies and Senior Policy Fellow for the European Council on Foreign Relations; Paul D'Anieri, Professor of Political Science and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at University of Florida; and Lucan Way, Assistant Professor of Political Science at University of Toronto. Following the plenary session, Professor Mark von Hagen will speak at the Friday night banquet.

The deadline for panel and paper proposals for the conference is January 15, 2010. Papers from all humanities and social science disciplines are welcome and encouraged, as is a focus on countries other than Russia/USSR. Whole panel proposals (chair, three papers, discussant) are preferred, but proposals for individual papers are also welcome. Whole panel proposals should include the titles of each individual paper as well as a proposed title for the panel itself and identifying information (including email addresses and institutional affiliations) for all participants. Proposals for individual papers should include email contact, institutional affiliation, and a brief (one paragraph) abstract to guide the program committee in the assembly of panels.

Email (preferably) your proposal to Sharon Kowalsky at sharon_kowalsky@tamu-commerce.edu, or send it by conventional post to:
Dr. Sharon Kowalsky
Department of History
Texas A&M University-Commerce
PO Box 3011
Commerce, TX 75429