Special Inspector General for Afghanistan and for Iraq Reconstruction Reports 2009

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR)
Quarterly Report to Congress [January 2009]
http://www.sigar.mil/reports/quarterlyreports/Default.aspx



Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)
Quarterly Report to Congress [January 2009]
http://www.sigir.mil/reports/quarterlyreports/Jan09/Default.aspx



Source:
Greta E. Marlatt
Information Services Manager &
Homeland Security Digital Library Content Team Manager
Dudley Knox Library
Naval Postgraduate School
411 Dyer Rd
Monterey, CA 93943



phone: 831-656-3500

My Favorite Lithuanian Singer: ALINA ORLOVA

Vasaris






Leteli Oblaka by Alina Orlova--Reminds me of FADO of Maritza






ALINA ORLOVA - SESULES DAINELE

[Fellowships and Grants ] The University of Sheffield

The University of Sheffield is offering 15 postgraduate studentships for students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities: eight cover UK/EU fees and offer a maintenance award at the Research Council rate of £13,290; seven cover UK/EU fees and offer a maintenance award at 50% of the Research Council rate, i.e. £6,645.

    Applicants for research degrees (MPhil and PhD) in the Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies may apply, subject to eligibility, for these awards. The deadline is 31 March 2009. For more information, follow the link below.

http://www.shef.ac.uk/russian/postgraduate/fees.html

    Please note that in order to be considered for a University of Sheffield studentship, you must first apply to the University for admission to an appropriate programme of study.

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funding:

    AHRC-funded studentships will be available either through the AHRC's Studentship Competition, or through a Block Grant Partnership (BGP) whereby the University will have an allocated number of studentships in specified subject areas and for specified schemes -- Research Preparation Masters (RPM), Professional Preparation Masters (PPM), and Doctoral.    

    The University has applied for a BGP and will know the outcome on 23 February 2009. If the application is successful, the BGP will allow the University to award, on a competitive basis and subject to AHRC approval, studentships to prospective postgraduate students. EU nationals accepted to study on programmes and in subject areas for which BGP studentships have been allocated will be eligible for nomination to AHRC. Information about the outcome of the BGP Competition will be posted on this web page and elsewhere.

    The University hopes that, when the outcome of its application is known, it will be able to offer a number of Doctoral awards in the subject area of Russian, Slavonic and Eastern European Language and Culture over the period covered by the first round of the Scheme (2009–2013). If the University is not awarded a BGP allocation, students who have already been admitted to the University to study can still apply to the AHRC Studentship Competition for funding.

    It is possible for applicants for University of Sheffield studentships to indicate their interest now in being considered for AHRC awards. For more details, follow the link below.

http://www.shef.ac.uk/russian/postgraduate/fees.html

    Students who wish to be considered for AHRC-funded studentships in this subject area must apply to the University no later than 31 March 2009.

    Please note that in order to be considered for a University of Sheffield or AHRC studentship, you must first apply to the University for admission to an appropriate programme of study.

    More information about the Department's research profile and areas of expertise may be found at http://www.shef.ac.uk/russian/research

If you would like more information, please contact us:

Applications in the field of Russian and Slavonic languages and linguistics: Professor Neil Bermel (n.bermel@sheffield.ac.uk)

Applications in the field of Russian and Slavonic literary and cultural studies: Professor Craig Brandist (c.s.brandist@sheffield.ac.uk)

Source:

Neil Bermel

Department of Russian & Slavonic Studies University of Sheffield Jessop West

1 Upper Hanover Street

Sheffield S3 7RA, U.K.

Tel. +44 (0)114 222 7405

Fax +44 (0)114 275 1198

FELLOWSHIP- Two Research & Teaching Fellowships, OSCE Academy, Bishkek

 

Call for Applications

 

Source: Dinara Asanbaeva <d.asanbaeva@osce-academy.net>

 

2 Research & Teaching Fellowships at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

 

Application Deadline: April 15, 2009

 

The OSCE Academy in Bishkek is a public foundation designed to promote and enhance the principles and aims of the OSCE in the Central Asian region, enshrined in its fundamental idea of comprehensive security.

Located in Bishkek, the OSCE Academy is strongly embedded in the wider Central Asian academic and political context and follows a distinctive regional approach in its activities. The Academy is looking for two research and teaching fellows in the MA Program Political Science 2009/2010.

 

Requirements:

 

The qualified candidate holds at least an MA/MSc but preferably a PhD degree in Political Science or a related field and has teaching experience.

 

The fellowship has the following terms and components:

 

1) A teaching assignment of a course on either on either Approaches & Issues in International Relations or Approaches & Issues in Political Theory.

 

These are a 3 credit hour courses, meeting twice a week for 90 min sessions from September 1, 2009 through December 19, 2009. The period of contract is from September 1 to December 31, 2009. The idea behind the Topics courses are to provide graduate level survey of these fields introducing the students to major approaches and theories, important topics, and the contemporary developments. As such, the courses are expected to be taught on graduate level involving lectures, seminars, research assignments, and individual student mentoring. The specific course topic as well as the course design should be discussed with the academic management of the OSCE Academy.

Additionally, we expect the fellow to spend 6 hours per week for personal preparation to the courses with lecture/seminar notes, preparation of assignments, and grading/evaluation of students.

 

2) The fellowship also includes office hours for students of approximately 4 hours a week.

 

3) Overall, the commitment at the Academy will not exceed the load of 20 hours per week. However, due to the nature of an academic environment, the load may vary from about 15 to 25 hours per week.

 

During the rest of the time, the fellows are encouraged to conduct their research and will receive full support of the Academy and our partners. We expect the fellows to present their research to the students and the greater audience during the fellowship period with us.

 

The OSCE Academy will provide/cover:

 

a) Economy class roundtrip airfare from the city of current residence to Bishkek;

 

b) Entry visa expenses to Kyrgyzstan, if any;

 

c) Housing will be provided by the Academy;

 

d) Honorarium of 750 Euros per month for teaching the 3 credit hour course;

 

e) 100 Euro one-time settling-in fee;

 

f) office space and a computer, as well as access to all of our facilities.

 

NOTE: The Academy will not be able to provide health insurance.

 

Interested applicants should submit their CV, letter confirming availability of funds for research, a short summary of their research project, and two letters of reference from people familiar with the candidate's academic work to Ms. Dinara Asanbaeva by e-mail:

d.asanbaeva@osce-academy.net until April 15, 2009. With any questions on this call, please contact Ms. Dinara Asanbaeva by e-mail:

d.asanbaeva@osce-academy.net or by phone: +996 312 541200.

 

The OSCE Academy in Bishkek is an equal-opportunity institution. It operates on the principle of non-discrimination. All recruitment decisions are taken on the basis of best qualification of the candidates, with consideration of regional and gender balance.

 

 

 

[UCLA] Announcing a CMRS Ahmanson Conference

Announcing a CMRS Ahmanson Conference

 
 

"Medieval Sexuality: 2009"

Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7, 2009

 
 

Considering that the history of sexuality as a more or less coherent intellectual project is only a few decades old, what we have learned about medieval sexuality so far is remarkable. Precisely because the investigations have only just begun, however, whole areas have yet to be explored. To further this exploration, this conference will bring together scholars from various disciplines and nationalities to take stock of what is being done now and to investigate new areas in the history of medieval sexuality. Attention will be focused on two primary issues: First—What is this thing we call "medieval sexuality"? Does it have any medieval coherence, or, despite what scholars claim to have learned from Foucault, is it just modern sexuality in medieval drag? Second—What can be learned by studying points of exchange, the movement of sexual knowledges or representations across various boundaries? How does sexuality figure in the relationship of medieval text and image? What are the tensions and exchanges between sacred and secular sexualities? And how has the 19th-century science of sexuality defined our ways of understanding medieval sexuality?

 
 

This conference, organized by Professors Zrinka Stahuljak (French & Francophone Studies, UCLA) and James Schultz (Germanic Languages, UCLA) is supported by a grant from the Ahmanson Foundation, with additional funding from CMRS, the UCLA Vice Chancellor for Research, the Humanities Division of the UCLA College of Letters and Science, the UCLA Center for the Study of Women, the UCLA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Studies Program, and the UCLA Departments of Art History, Comparative Literature, English, French & Francophone Studies, Germanic Languages, and History.

 
 

Place: UCLA Royce Hall 314
Time: Download the complete program at http://www.cmrs.ucla.edu/programs/medieval_sexuality_conference.pdf. (PDF 1.2 MB)
Advance Registration: Not required; please sign the attendance sheet at the door.
Fee: None
Seating: Seating is limited. Seats available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Parking: Parking permits are $9 from any UCLA Parking Services kiosk. Tell them you are here to attend "the Medieval Sexuality Conference in Royce Hall." You will be directed to park in the nearest available lot.

 
 

Fellowships: ACTR/ ACCELS

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS is pleased to
announce fellowship opportunities for U.S. undergraduate and graduate
students to participate in the Summer 2009 Eurasian Regional Language
Program for language study in Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus,
Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova.

Applications for the Summer 2009 program are due March 1st. Applications
are now available for download from the American Councils website:
http://www.americancouncils.org. 

Fellowships are available through American Councils from U.S. Department
of State (Title VIII) and U.S. Department of Education Fulbright-Hays)
grant support. Recent program participants have also received
substantial fellowship support from the Institute of International
Education (IIE), the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, and
the U.S. Department of Education Title VI (FLAS).

Recent Eurasian Regional Language Program participants have studied:

Azeri in Baku;
Georgian and Chechen in Tbilisi;
Kazakh in Almaty;
Kyrgyz in Bishkek;
Persian (Dari/Farsi/Tajiki) and Uzbek in Dushanbe; and
Ukrainian in Kyiv

Programs also available for the study of Armenian, Buryat, Chechen,
Pashto, Romanian, Tatar, Turkmen, Tuvan, and Yakut.  Please note that
some languages are offered in more than one country.

The Eurasian Regional Language Program provides graduate students,
advanced undergraduates, scholars, and working professionals intensive
instruction in the languages of Eurasia.  Participants may enroll in
semester, academic year, or summer programs.  All courses are conducted
by expert faculty from leading local universities and educational
institutions. Students with at least two years of college-level
instruction in the target language, Russian, or a language related to
the target language are eligible to apply to the program.

Courses are designed to strengthen participants' oral, listening,
reading and writing proficiency in the language of study. Participants
receive approximately fifteen hours per week of in-class instruction in
the target language.  Courses in history, literature, and politics are
also available for advanced speakers. Other program features include
peer tutoring, housing with local host families, and graduate- or
undergraduate-level academic credit through Bryn Mawr College.

Application deadlines
Summer Program: March 1
Fall Semester/Academic Year Program: April 1
Spring Semester: October 1

For more information, please contact:
Russian and Eurasian Outbound Programs
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
Telephone: (202) 833-7522
Email: outbound@americancouncils.org
Website: www.americancouncils.org


Brita Ericson
Information and Outreach Officer
American Councils for International Education: ACTR-ACCELS
1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036
202-572-9102

MA in Diplomacy and International Affairs (MADIA) – Fall 2009

Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA)

Baku, Azerbaijan

APPLICATION DEADLINE is March 30, 2009

Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA), School of International Affairs, seeks applicants for the Master of Arts in Diplomacy and International Affairs (MADIA) Program with strong academic background, professional experience, demonstrated potential for growth and clear commitment to serve in the field of international affairs. English language proficiency is a prerequisite for admission.

MADIA is a two-year graduate program that requires full time study in residence. Designed for both Azerbaijani and international students, this program explores political, academic, social and economic issues with strong offerings over several disciplines. The coursework allows students to understand today's pressing international issues with a perspective that values both past and future.

All prospective students need to complete online ADA Online Application to be considered for admissions. ADA Online Application accelerates the application process and provides students with the ability to submit most of the required documents online, track their application status, schedule a date for an interview, accept or decline an offer and much more. Read more at http://www.ada.edu.az/admissions

About ADA

Founded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA) is a School of International Affairs dedicated to preparing innovative global leaders and to promoting useful collaborative research on diplomacy and international affairs. The Academy offers Advanced Foreign Service Training and a Master's Degree in Diplomacy and International Affairs.

Source:

For more information please visit ADA's website at http://www.ada.edu.az

Office of Admissions and Financial Aid
Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy
Jafar Jabbarli  44, 12th Floor
Baku, Azerbaijan AZ 1065

Tel: (+99412) 437 3235

Summer Fellowships for Russian Teachers

Summer Fellowships for Russian Teachers

 

Apply online now for American Councils 2009 Summer Russian Language Teachers Program!

 

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS is pleased to announce fellowship opportunities for the 2009 Summer Russian Language Teachers Program at Moscow State University. Between fifteen and twenty finalists will be selected to receive program funding from the U.S.Department of Education under the Fulbright-Hays Act. All program expenses (less an initial program deposit and domestic travel to and from Washington,D.C.) will be paid for these participants.

 

Applications for the summer 2009 program are due March 1st. American Councils has recently launched an online application which can be found on the Summer Russian Language Teachers Program page at:

http://www.americancouncils.org. Applications are also available for download on this site.

 

This is a six-week program in Russian language, culture, and foreign language pedagogy for teachers or teachers-in-training. Applicants must be either graduate students preparing for a career in Russian-language education or current teachers of Russian at the university, secondary school, or elementary school level. Applications from K-12 teachers of Russian are especially encouraged. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

 

Fellowships typically provide:

• Tuition and fees at Moscow State University;
  
• Housing with a Russian host family or in the Moscow State University dormitory;
  
• Roundtrip, international airfare from Washington, D.C. to Moscow;
  
• Pre-departure orientation in Washington. D.C.; *Russian visa;
  
• Living stipend;
  
• Medical insurance
  
• Ten graduate hours of credit from Bryn Mawr College.
  

 

Application Deadline: March 1, 2009

http://www.americancouncils.org/programs.php?program_id=NzM=

 

Source:

For more information and an application contact:

Russian and Eurasian Outbound Programs

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS

1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 700

Washington, DC 20036

Phone: (202) 833-7522

Email: outbound@americancouncils.org

Website: www.americancouncils.org

www.acrussiaabroad.org

 

CFP: Fourth Biennial Conference of the Southeast European Studies Association (SEESA)

 

Call For Papers:

Fourth Biennial Conference of the Southeast European Studies Association (SEESA)

 

Continuing upon the success of previous SEESA conferences, the fourth biennial SEESA conference will be hosted by the Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies at the University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois) on 29-31 May 2009.

 

The Organizing Committee is now accepting proposals for papers that treat some aspect of the Southeast European region, including the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, Albania, Greece, Moldova, and Turkey. All disciplines are welcome, including but not restricted to, anthropology, cultural studies, education, film studies, art history, folklore, history, language, literature, linguistics, political science, and sociology.

Papers will be 20 minutes in length, with an additional 10 minutes for questions and discussion.

 

Potential presenters should submit paper proposals by sending a title and a one-page abstract of the proposed paper, together with the author’s name, address, and contact information (phone and e-mail). The deadline for submitting all proposals is 19 January 2009. The program will be announced in late February 2009.

 

Please address all questions to Elisabeth Elliott (eelliott@northwestern.edu). Titles, abstracts, and contact information may be sent by e-mail to eelliott@northwestern.edu, by fax to 847-467-2596 in care of Elisabeth Elliott or to the address below. Submissions by e- mail are preferred.

 

Elisabeth Elliott

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Northwestern University 1860 Campus Drive, Crowe #4-130 Evanston, IL 60208-2163

 

Andrea Sims

Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures The Ohio State University 400 Hagerty Hall

1775 College Road

Columbus, OH 43210

 

Angelina Ilieva

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures University of Chicago

1115 East 58th Street

Chicago, IL 60637

CFP: The Research and Statistics Committee of the Reference Services Section of RUSA at the 2009 American Library Association Conference in Chicago, IL.

The Research and Statistics Committee of the Reference Services Section of RUSA invites the submission of research projects for presentation at the 15th Reference Research Forum at the 2009 American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago, IL.

 
 

The Reference Research Forum continues to be one of the most popular and valuable programs during the ALA Annual Conference, where attendees can learn about notable research projects conducted in the broad area of reference services such as user behavior, electronic services, reference effectiveness, and organizational structure and personnel. All researchers, including reference practitioners from all types of libraries, library school faculty and students, and other interested individuals, are encouraged to submit a proposal.

 
 

For examples of projects presented at past Forums, please see the Committee's

Website: http://tinyurl.com/rssresearchstatistics

 
 

The Committee employs a "blind" review process to select two projects for 25 minute presentations, followed by open discussion. Winning submissions must be presented in person at the Forum in Chicago.

 
 

 
 

Criteria for selection:

 
 

• Quality and creativity of the research design and methodologies;

 
 

• Significance of the study for improving the quality of reference service;

 
 

• Potential for research to fill a gap in reference knowledge or to build on previous studies;

 
 

• Research projects may be in-progress or completed;

 
 

• Previously published research or research accepted for publication will not be accepted

Proposals are due by Monday, January 19, 2009. Notification of acceptance will be made by Friday, March 20, 2009. The submission must not exceed two pages.

Please include:

 1. A cover sheet including your name(s), title(s), institutional affiliation(s), mailing address(es), fax number(s) and email address(es).

 2. The second page should NOT show your name, any personal information, or the name of your institution. Instead, it must include:

a. Title of the project;

b. Explicit statement of the research problem; c. Description of the research design and methodologies used; d. Brief discussion of the unique contribution, potential impact, and significance of the research.

 Source: 

Please send submissions by email to:

 Liane Luckman

Chair, RUSA RSS Research and Statistics Committee

312.745.3858 (phone)

liane.luckman@gmail.com

 
 

CFP: 4th Biennial Conference of the Association for Women in Slavic Studies, GENDER, CITIZENSHIP, AND EMPIRE

 

4th Biennial Conference of the Association for Women in Slavic Studies GENDER, CITIZENSHIP, AND EMPIRE The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio April 16-18, 2009

 

Call for Papers/Panels

In an increasingly globalized world, the meaning of citizenship has become ever more fluid. Post-socialist countries in particular have seen great transformations in the rights individuals claim and in the obligations expected of them. The changing nature of citizenship in the post-Cold War world has also prompted those who look at the past to reconsider what it meant to be the subject (and sometimes citizen) of imperial lands (Russian, Soviet, Ottoman, or Habsburg) in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.

 

Gender is central to understanding definitions of citizenship and subjecthood during the imperial period(s) as well as to understanding the shifting definitions of citizenship in the post-Soviet period. While issues of gender have been visible in the arts, they have yet to be fully explored by historians and social scientists. Thus the aim of the conference is to stimulate further investigation and discussion of the relationship between gender and the overarching structures and practices (political, social, economic, and cultural) of the empires and post-imperial states of this region.

 

AWSS invites scholars of all disciplines (Slavic/Eurasian/East European studies, including anthropology, art, film, history, library science, literature, music, political science, popular culture, sociology, and any aspect of women's studies) who are working on themes related to gender, citizenship, and empire in Eastern Europe and Eurasia to submit their abstracts electronically to Professor Margaret Beissinger, Princeton University, mhbeissi@Princeton.edu , who will distribute them to a multi-disciplinary conference selection committee. All proposals are due January 15, 2009. Applicants will be notified about their participation in mid-February.

Proposals for panels/papers must include:

• A 150-word abstract for each paper

• A one-page c.v. for each participant

Proposals for workshops must include a brief description of the topic and, if possible, should attach a list of possible presenters/facilitators.

In 2009, the AWSS Conference will be held in conjunction with the annual conference of the Midwest Slavic Association on the campus of The Ohio State University.

 

Source:

Margaret H. Beissinger

Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures

238 East Pyne

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ 08544

office: 609-258-3874

department: 609-258-4726

home: 609-497-3415

[CFP]Global Socialisms and Postsocialisms

CALL FOR PAPERS

Global Socialisms and Postsocialisms

Soyuz Annual Symposium
April 24-26, 2009
Department of Anthropology
Yale University
New Haven, CT

*Please submit abstracts by January 31, 2009*

The theme of this year's annual Soyuz symposium will be "Global
Socialisms and Postsocialisms." We invite ethnographically informed and
theoretically innovative papers that explore the ways in which socialist
and postsocialist areas of the world are implicated in all manner of
global and transnational processes. We are particularly interested in
papers that explore dynamics other than the common—albeit
important—story of global or transnational projects arriving in and
transforming formerly socialist populations. How should we understand
the flow of people, objects, concepts, and linguistic and cultural forms
among and out of socialist and postsocialist states, rather than simply
into them from "the West"? How have socialist and postsocialist
processes transformed the global order outside of specific socialist or
postsocialist states? To what extent should we revise our understanding
of socialisms and postsocialisms as tied to specific places?

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

--Connections among socialist regions (USSR-Africa, for instance) and
their fates in the postsocialist era.
--Migration, shuttle trade, tourism, or other kinds of movement that
extend outward from the postsocialist world.
--Emergent regional or global imperial orders that have their centers in
socialist or postsocialist states.
--New approaches to Cold War-era differences and distinctions and their
post-Cold War trajectories.
--Global political or social movements, from NGOs to indigenous rights
organizations, as they make connections between and among postsocialist
areas of the world.
--Postsocialist variations on the spread of standards, regulatory
regimes, and other technologies associated with recent global capitalism.

Although the symposium will retain much of its traditional focus on
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (as appropriate to the
current Soyuz membership), the organizing committee plans to invite some
papers and discussants whose focus on other world regions will
facilitate our efforts to theorize socialisms and postsocialisms in
wider contexts and configurations. Ivan Szelenyi, William Graham Sumner
Professor of Sociology and Political Science, Yale University, will
deliver a keynote address.

Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by January 31,
2009 to douglas.rogers@yale.edu. Limited funds will be available to
defray travel costs for scholars who would otherwise be unable to
attend, particularly those based at institutions outside the United States.

Soyuz 2009 Organizing Committee:

Doug Rogers, chair
Mike McGovern
Sean Brotherton
Erik Harms
Susanna Fioratta

Please address all inquiries to Doug Rogers (douglas.rogers@yale.edu).

The 2009 Soyuz Symposium is supported by the following Yale University
units: the Department of Anthropology, the Center for Transnational
Cultural Analysis, the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund,
and the Councils on European, African, and East Asian Studies of the
Macmillan Center for International and Area Studies.

[Conf] 5th European Consortium for Political Research General Conference

5th European Consortium for Political Research General Conference
10-12 September 2009, Potsdam, Germany
http://www.ecpr.org.uk/potsdam/default.asp

Deadline: 1st February 2009

Section: "Perspectives on the Radical Right"
http://www.ecpr.org.uk/potsdam/section_details.asp?SectionID=28

Panel: "The Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe" (including Russia)
http://www.ecpr.org.uk/potsdam/panel_details.asp?panelID=82

SUBMIT A PAPER TO THIS PANEL
http://www.ecpr.org.uk/potsdam/select_panels.asp?panelID=82&sectionID=28

HOW TO SUBMIT A PAPER
http://www.ecpr.org.uk/potsdam/howtosubmit.asp

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
http://www.ecpr.org.uk/potsdam/files/paper_proposals_guidelines_and_deadlines.pdf

(Please, note that the conference, section and panel organizers are not able to provide funding or other logistic support for your trip to Potsdam and attendance of the conference.)
---------------

"The Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe"

PANEL CHAIR
Andreas Umland, The Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt
Email: andreumland@yahoo.com

PANEL CO-CHAIR
Steffen Kailitz, Hannah Arendt Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism
Email: steffen.kailitz@phil.tu-chemnitz.de

PANEL DISCUSSANT
Anton Shekhovtsov, National Technical University of Sevastopol
Email: anton.shekhovtsov@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
This panel will analyse the varieties of radical right-wing parties and movements in contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, as well as various determinants of their rise. In particular, it will evaluate the sources and nature of various anti-democratic ideologies as well as the social context within which groupings representing these ideologies act. It will focus on both established parties functioning within national political systems and extra-parliamentary movements and think-tanks active in the sociocultural realms. Although the panel welcomes rigorous national case-studies, it encourages speakers to present comparative studies and papers that contribute to the debate on theoretical and methodological approaches to the analysis of the radical right in the region.

PUBLICATION OF PAPERS
Presenters and discussants are invited to submit book proposals (monographs or collected volumes) based on their papers for possible publication in the book series "Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society" athttp://www.ibidem-verlag.de/spps.html
Russian translations of papers on the Central and East European radical right will be considered for possible publication in the scholarly web journal "Forum noveishchei vostochnoevropeiskoi istorii i kul'tury" athttp://www1.ku-eichstaett.de/ZIMOS/forumruss.html
Contact:
Andreas Umland
andreas.umland[at]ku-eichstaett.de

[Conf] The International Ballad Conference, Minsk, Belarus

The next International Ballad Conference will take place in Minsk,
Belarus, July 13-18, 2009. The organizer of the conference, Alexander
Morozov, would like to expand this conference to include more general
folklore topics and has asked me to make this call.



The conference will be titled: World Folk Heritage: Past, Present, and
Perspective Directions of Research



Suggested paper topics include, but are not limited to:
1) The history of intercultural interaction in folk and ballad art
2) Presentation of national varieties of cultural values,
characteristic for particular nations, rooted in tradition,
contemporarily undergoing transformations that result from current
processes
3) Common universal values of traditional folk cultures as a basis for
communication and cooperation in the sphere of culture
4) The art of the ballad in world folk heritage: plots, types, poetic forms.




Abstracts of up to 300 words together with requests for technical
equipment should be submitted by February 28, 2009 to Prof. Morozov at
_morozoff_@tut.by. Give author's address, affiliation, contact
details and a brief CV.



Source:

Natalie Kononenko
Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography
University of Alberta
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
200 Arts Building
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E6
Phone: 780-492-6810
Web: http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/uvp/

Georgian Archival Bulletin (Fall 2008)

The 3rd edition(Fall 2008) of the quarterly Archival Bulletin has recently been released by the Archive Department of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs, and is available for download in PDF format: http://archive.security.gov.ge/saarqivo_moambe_3.pdf



Colonel Omar Tushurashvili informs that the archive has also published an Appendix to the 3rd Edition, entitled "Correspondence Between Lavrenty Beria and Joseph Stalin: 1937," which provides photographs of original telegrams (in Russian) sent by Beria to Stalin in Moscow from File No. 152 (Opis 14) of the Georgian Central Committee archive: http://archive.security.gov.ge/saarqivo_moambe_3_add.pdf



In addition, they have produced a short film (in Georgian with English subtitles) as an extension of one of the articles in the 3rd edition, called "File 171: the Gindia Case," based on the criminal file of an Abkhaz separatist from the late 1970s: http://archive.security.gov.ge/video/gindiacase.wmv


Source:
Any institution interested in receiving hard copies of the Archival Bulletin and the Appendix, or individuals interested in working in the Georgian security and Central Committee archives should contact:

Colonel Omar Tushurashvili
Head of the Archives Department
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia
Vazha-Pshavela Avenue, #72
Tbilisi, Georgia
Tel./Fax: (995 32) 323898
E-mail: Tushurashvili(at)pol.ge or Moambe(at)pol.ge