CFP/PANELS- Central Eurasian Studies Society Annual Conference, Panel CFPs

Source: John Schoeberlein <centasia@fas.harvard.edu>

Please find below several calls for papers for specific panels, to be proposed for the Central Eurasian Studies Society annual conference, which will be held October 28-31, 2010 at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, and/or the Second CESS Regional Conference at Center for Black Sea and Central Asia (KORA), Middle East Technical
University (METU), Ankara, Turkey, July 29-30, 2010.  For complete information about the
conferences, including guidelines for writing abstracts, see:
https://www.units.muohio.edu/cess/CFP_2010.html
(Michigan) and https://www.cess.muohio.edu/regional_conf_10.html (Turkey).

The deadlines are coming very soon, so please contact the organizers immediately.

Please note that the Conference accepts presentations only in English.  Also note that
you must be/become a member of CESS in order to make a presentation at this conference.  For full information about CESS, see: http://www.cess.muohio.edu/

If you are interested in proposing a paper that would fit one of the proposed panel themes, send your reply to the person listed as organizing that panel.

The following panel themes are proposed (see details below):
 - "Visions of Future and Belonging in Central Asia" (Michigan)
 - "Colonial Central Asia" (Michigan)
 - "Colonial Efforts in Central Asia" (Michigan)
 - "Islam and Modernity: Russian Muslim Encounters with Europe" or
   "Volga-Ural Muslims in Late Imperial Russia" (Michigan)
 - "Academic Information Sharing Networks and Mailing Lists in Eurasia
   and Beyond" (Michigan + Ankara)
 - "Revival and Promotion of Traditional Music in Post-Soviet Central
   Asia" (Ankara)

All panel proposals require the following information for each panel participant, so you should send the panel organizer this information (If you are unsure of whether your paper proposal fits the proposed panel, you may want to contact the organizer before sending the
complete information):
1) Name
2) Current institutional affiliation
3) Title/position
4) E-mail address
5) Postal address
6) Telephone
7) Fax
8) Title of Paper
9) Abstract of Paper (a summary of the paper of 200-300 words;
   abstracts longer than 300 words may be rejected)
10) A brief (100 word) biographical statement that contains the
   information which the panel chair may require for introductions, and
   includes the presenter's educational background (highest degree, year
   awarded, awarding institution, and field of study).


Panel on "Visions of Future and Belonging in Central Asia"

Source" Jeanne F?aux de la Croix <jeannefeaux@yahoo.co.uk>

A sense of belonging is commonly conceived as an identity forged from common historical experiences and enduring links in the present. But claims and feelings of belonging are also oriented towards a future. If the future seems blurred, a sense of belonging and personal agency may be equally blurred. Since the collapse of the Soviet vision of utopia, how have the citizens and institutions of Central Asia recast their future?  What are the practical and conceptual resources through which a liveable future is articulated?  How do imaginations of the future shape boundaries of belonging and inform everyday practice?

This panel invites papers on these questions in a wide variety of contexts such as family and patronage strategies, religious or language choices. We welcome papers from a broad range of perspectives: from calculating the benefits of education, to ways of divining the future through dreams, to state-led utopias such as the new city of Astana.

Please send your proposal to Jeanne F?aux de la Croix: jeannefeaux@yahoo.co.uk


Panel on "Colonial Central Asia"

Source: Kimberly Ann Powers <powerska@umich.edu>

I propose to organize a panel on "Institutions of Knowledge and Power in Colonial Central Asia" for the annual CESS conference to be held in East Lansing, Michigan. "Colonial Central Asia" is conceptualized broadly to include the former Soviet republics in the Russian/Soviet periods, Afghanistan after the Durrani period, and Qing/PRC Xinjiang. The aim of this panel will be to assess the relationship between imperial institutions, forms of knowledge, and manifestations of power and how they shaped expectations for colonized and colonizer alike.
My presentation will compare ethnographies of Kazakh and Uzbek/Sart marriage practices published in the regional journals of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society to analyze the ways in which Kazakhs were constructed as non-Muslim colonial subjects following the promulgation of the Provisional Statute in 1868.
If you would like to present or participate in this panel as a chair or discussant, please contact me by March 1 at powerska@umich.edu
PhD Student
Doctoral Program in Anthropology and History University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

The School of Russian and Asian Studies (SRAS) application deadlines are approaching soon for summer programs. The SRAS provides custom options based on your interests or research projects (contact us at study@sras.org!), or can provide the following standard programs:
*The Arts in Russia - it's not only for art students but for anyone with a strong interest in the arts and culture as a way of understanding the people and history of Russia. Hosted in St. Petersburg at the Hermitage.
http://sras.org/study_art_in_russia
Dates: June 7 - July 18, 2010
Application deadline: March 1, 2010
*Kyrgyz Summer Adventure - students are provided with intensive Kyrgyz and/or Russian language training for three weeks and then spend one week on horseback, touring the countryside and practicing the language. Hosted in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. http://sras.org/kyrgyz_focus
Dates: June 28 - July 25, 2010
Application deadline: March 31, 2010
*Russian Studies Abroad - provides a program core of intense language study and cultural immersion, plus a range of electives in English covering subjects from culture and history to politics and economics. Hosted in Moscow. http://sras.org/russian_studies
Dates: May 24 - June 25, 2010 (Session I) and/or June 28 - July 30, 2010
(Session II)
Application deadline: March 1, 2010 for Session I; March 31, 2010 for
Session II
*Siberian Studies - a full-time course offering intensive Russian language training at your level, plus courses in English on the history, development and current state of Siberia. Hosted in Irkutsk.
http://sras.org/study_siberia
Program dates: June 7 - Aug 13, 2010
Application deadline: March 1, 2010
*Russian Far East - you'll be immersed in Russian language courses while studying the economics, history, and politics of the region (in English) while living in its most powerful economic and military center. Hosted in Vladivostok. http://sras.org/study_russian_far_east
*Intensive Russian Summer - it packs 125 contact hours into just five weeks, making it one of the most intensive programs available on any continent. Hosted in Moscow. http://sras.org/intensive_russian_summer
Program dates: June 7 - July 30, 2010
Application deadline: March 1, 2010

*Russian as a Second Language - intensive language study in Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Vladivostok, Bishkek (Kyrgyz language also available), Moscow or St. Petersburg. http://sras.org/study_russian_abroad Dates: June 7 - July 30, 2010 (Early Session), or July 5 - Aug 13, 2010
(Late Session) Application deadline: March 1, 2010 for Early Session; March 31, 2010 for Late Session If you have interest in study abroad or research abroad in Russia or
Kyrgyzstan, contact us at study@sras.org for advice from your own personal consultant. http://sras.org/faculty_led_travel for more info.

Please also see page on funding opportunities for American students -
http://www.sras.org/grants_and_scholarships_for_russia

Source:
Lisa Horner
SRAS Student Relations
lhorner@sras.org

www.sras.org

 

Final Call for Papers: International Conference on the Caucasus

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE CAUCASUS,

UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS: 16-17TH APRIL 2010

 

The Caucasus: Imagining Freedom, Negotiating Dominion

With the generous support of the British Academy and CREES.

 

    The Centre for Russian, Soviet and Central and Eastern European Studies at the University of St Andrews will dedicate its annual conference to the history, culture, politics, and regional and international security of the Caucasus.

    The Caucasus Mountains mark the transition point between Europe and Asia, and it is this geographical position that has largely defined the history of the region. As a meeting place between East and West, it retains many of the signs of cross-cultural influence, as well as the scars of past conflicts.

Due to its intermediary location, scholarly discussion of the area has often been over determined by the nations and cultural traditions surrounding it. The aim of this conference is to look at the Caucasus as it appears in the cultural imaginations of those nations and empires with which its historical life has been inextricably intertwined, and to compare such views with the self-understanding and experience of the diverse national traditions of which it is comprised. By juxtaposing perceptions of the Caucasus from without with those from within we hope to arrive at a more nuanced picture of the region in the cultural and political landscape of the twenty-first century. We invite paper proposals from young and established scholars in the humanities and social sciences in the following strands:

 

•    Caucasian self-identity

•    The Caucasus as a place of foreign imagining (particularly in Russia and

the Near and Middle East)

•    Geopolitics and the Soviet legacy

•    Imperial history and cultural domination

•    Religion and ecumenical developments

•    Language, translation and cultural exchange

•    Sustainable development and environmental thought

•    Energy and pipeline politics

•    Conflicts and peace negotiations

•    The roles of NGOs and intergovernmental organizations

•    The August 2008 war and its aftermath

•    Prospects for regional integration

 

We are honoured to have the planned participation of the ambassadors from the region:

— His Excellency Vahe Gabrielyan, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia; — His Excellency Fakhraddin Gurbanov, Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan; — His Excellency Giorgi Badridze, Ambassador of Georgia.

Keynote speakers include:— Professor Paula Garb (Center for Citizen Peace building, University of California, Irvine); — Professor B. George Hewitt (School of Oriental and African Studies, London); — Professor Stephen F. Jones (Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, USA); — Professor Alexey Malashenko (Carnegie Moscow Centre, Russia); — Professor Donald Rayfield (Queen Mary, University of London); — Professor John Russell (University of Bradford).

 

 

PROPOSALS

 

Deadline for Submission: 01 March 2010.

 

(i) Individual proposals

Should be of 300-400 words, and must be in English. Please also supply a short bio-bibliographical statement. Papers should last no more than 20 mintues. Individual proposals should be submitted electronically to Dr Claire Whitehead at cew12@st-andrews.ac.uk.

 

(ii) Panel proposals

We particularly welcome proposals for interdisciplinary panels covering two or more strands, or more than one Caucasian country. One proposal (in

English) of 400-500 words, and including each paper title, should be submitted electronically to Dr Claire Whitehead at cew12@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Please also supply a short bio-bibliographical statement for each proposed speaker and individual paper abstracts as above.

 

REGISTRATION (including refreshments and Saturday conference lunch): £40 graduate students; £50 academics.

 

Thanks to the generous support of the British Academy, we are now able to provide travel bursaries to UK postgraduates who wish to present a paper at the conference. There are also a limited number of travel and accommodation subsidies available to international and UK participants. If you would like to be considered for a subsidy, please indicate this in your e-mail to the centre.

 

Publication of conference papers. The Centre intends to publish a fully refereed collection of contributions from the conference. Selected authors will be asked to expand their conference papers into article-length pieces for consideration for this publication.

 

Conference Committee:

Rick Fawn; Emily Finer; Oliver Smith; Claire Whitehead (director of centre)

 

A CALL FOR PAPER PROPOSALS OF PH.D STUDENTS IN THE FRAMEWORK OF “YOU SHARE-YOUTH SHARING MEMORIES OF STALINISM AND ITS VICTIMS” INTERNATIONAL PROJECT

Istituto per l'Europa Centro-Orientale e Balcanica, Faenza, Italy Vytautas Magnus University at Kaunas, Lithuania University of Ljubljana, Slovenia University of Zagreb, Croatia University of Rijeka, Croatia

 

 

You Share is a project funded by the European Commission-DG EAC, in the framework of "Europe for Citizens Program- Action 4 "Active European Remembrance". Within this Call for Paper proposals international qualified Ph.D students/candidates are requested to submit a paper proposal related to the topic of Stalinism and the resistance to it, both a local and an international dimension, as it has been the case of the ex Soviet Union, Yugoslavia between 1946 and 1953, Hungary in 1947-1957, Czechoslovakia in the 50s and 60s, Western Europe, (although in less dramatic forms), such as in the case of Italy.

 

Participation in the You Share project includes:

 

The presentation of a paper abstract IN English based on current research and in synergy with the project's objectives, to be developed under the supervision of an Academic Coordinator

 

Participation in the International Seminar to be held on 21-24 March 2010 in Faenza, Italy

 

Participation in the Preparatory meeting of the Final Forum (only for two PhD representatives to be chosen during the International

Seminar) to be held on 20-22 May 2010 in Ljubljana, Slovenia

 

Participation and final paper presentation during the Final Forum, to be held in Faenza, Italy on 27-30 September 2010

 

The final versions of the best papers will be published on-line on the PECOB (/Portale Europa Centro-Orientale e Balcanica/) web portal.

Moreover a DVD, containing also part of the paper's research, will be created.

 

The project will cover the accommodation and travel expenses of the selected candidates, according to modalities to be announced after the selection process.

 

Deadline for receipt of applications: February 25th 2010

 

Notification of acceptance: March 4th 2010

 

For more information see http://www.eurobalk.net

 

In Memoriam-Anna Samokhina

8.02.2010 В Санкт-Петербурге скончалась актриса Анна Самохина На 48 году жизни в Санкт-Петербурге скончалась популярная актриса кино Анна Самохина. У неё был рак желудка поздней, четвертой стадии. Сейчас решается вопрос о месте прощания и похорон, сообщили в Гильдии актёров кино… Читать дальше

Знаменитая актриса Анна Самохина скончалась от рака

Сегодня в одном из хосписов Санкт-Петербурга скончалась знаменитая актриса Анна Самохина. Недавно в СМИ появилась информация о том, что актриса тяжело больна, у нее диагностирован рак четвертой степени и она находится в одном из хосписов Северной столицы. Родные, друзья и поклонники А.Самохиной пытались всячески ее поддержать. Планировалась на этой неделе провести концерт в поддержку актрисы. На этом фоне на прошлой неделе министр культуры РФ Александр...Читать далее > РБК. Общество

The Birch: Call for Papers Spring 2010

 

The Birch, the nation's first and only undergraduate journal for Eastern European and Eurasian studies, is calling for submissions for its Spring 2010 issue. The Birch was founded in 2004 at Columbia University in New York and originally only included content from Columbia students. Since then, we have grown to include submissions from over 40 institutions in the U.S., the UK, and Russia, and we have expanded our area of interest from Russia to the entire post-Soviet region.

 

The Birch is entirely student-run and includes only exceptional undergraduate content. The journal comes out semiannually and consists of three main sections: Creative Writing, Literary Criticism, and Culture & Politics. We also accept original photography and illustrations.

 

The deadline for submissions is Feb. 24, 2010. We gladly accept papers written for classes. The word limit is 2500. E-mail all submissions to thebirchjournal@gmail.com.

 

Please visit our Web site at www.thebirchonline.org to see past issues, and stop by our new blog (www.thebirchjournal.blogspot.com) to read about event= s happening at Columbia and in New York City.

UCLA Library Job Posting: Associate University Librarian for Digital Initiatives & Information Technology

Associate University Librarian for Digital Initiatives & Information Technology
UCLA Library





Title and Salary:Associate Director /MSP Grade IV ($80,800 – $145,500)

Salary based on experience and qualifications.

Position Availability:Immediately





The UCLA Library seeks applications and nominations for the position of Associate University Librarian for Digital Initiatives & Information Technology, a key senior administrative position in the UCLA Library. The incumbent reports directly to the University Librarian. Reporting to the University Librarian, the Associate University Librarian for Digital Initiatives & Information Technology is a senior administrator in the UCLA Library. The AUL has leadership, management, and policy and planning responsibilities for all digital initiatives and information technology services and operations and direct supervisory responsibility for four enterprise-wide departments dedicated to digital initiatives and information technology: Digital Library Program (DLP), Library Computing Services (LCS), Library Information Technology (LIT), and Library Web Services (LWS) and has responsibility for oversight of services, operations, and programmatic initiatives of multiple Research Commons within the UCLA Library System. As the primary technology architect and planner for the Library, the incumbent uses his/her knowledge of current and emerging information technologies, protocols, and concepts to keep core application systems effective, evolving and nimble; to take advantage of innovative technical opportunities; to inform the Library management and staff of new technology options; to set strategic technology infrastructure directions and to ensure that the Library maintains a reliable, scalable, and sustainable server and networking infrastructure, robust public and staff computing services, vibrant web services, and expanding digital initiatives. The incumbent represents the Library on information technology groups on the UCLA campus, within the UC System, and externally, is expected to establish and maintain effective partnerships and collaborations, and serves as the primary spokesperson on issues and policies related to digital initiatives and information technology for the UCLA Library.





The complete position posting including qualifications for the position are available on the UCLA website. Anyone wishing to be considered for this position must apply online through the UCLA Career Opportunities Website: https://hr.mycareer.ucla.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1220398769405, Job Requisition # 14178. Applications MUST include a cover letter summarizing qualifications and experience relevant to the position and a current resume/vita detailing education and relevant experience.





Application deadline is February 17, 2010.





UCLA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/ADA-compliant employer. Under federal law, the University of California may employ only individuals who are legally authorized to work in the United States as established by providing documents specified in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Employment is contingent upon completion of satisfactory background investigation.





Source:

Pat Hawthorne, SPHR

Director, Library Human Resources

UCLA Library

11617 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575

310-825-4562 [Voice]

310-825-6174 [FAX]

310-922-1428 [Cell]

path@library.ucla.edu

CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS: Inter-Asian Connections II: Singapore (December 8-10, 2010)

DEADLINE: Monday, February 22, 2010   


The Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HKIHSS), the University of Hong Kong, the National University of Singapore (NUS), and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) are pleased to announce an open call for proposals from faculty members at accredited universities and colleges in any world region, to organize and direct one of 6 thematic workshops at a 3-day international conference entitled "Inter-Asian Connections." (Full text of Call for Proposals attached.) Following on the successful inaugural conference held in Dubai in February 2008, this second conference will be held in Singapore on December 8-10, 2010. The conference aims to showcase innovative research from across the social sciences and related disciplines on themes of particular relevance to Asia, re-conceptualized as a dynamic and interconnected historical, geographical, and cultural formation stretching from the Middle East through Eurasia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, to East Asia.

Each workshop may have one or two directors, and selected workshop directors will be expected to help recruit and select 8 international workshop participants (senior and junior scholars, graduate students, other researchers) from across relevant disciplines in the social sciences and related fields. Proposals are invited from faculty interested in organizing and directing a workshop on one of the following 6 themes:

1) Transnational Knowledge Economies

2) Translocal Trust Networks, Religion and Law

3) Urban Ecologies in Asia's Cities

4) Security and Insecurity

5) Migration: Mobilities and Displacements

6) Old Histories, New Geographies

The full text of the call for proposals along with information on the application process is available at: http://www.ssrc.org/pages/conference-on-inter-asian-connections-ii-singapore-december-8-10-2010/.

 

For additional inquiries, please contact the SSRC at interasia@ssrc.org.

This event is organized and co-sponsored by The Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HKIHSS), the University of Hong Kong, the National University of Singapore (NUS), and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC).

Medegma Dorzhieva's Excellent Buriat Music Clip

Here is the Youtube clip



When I visited Ulan Ude, I kept looking to purchase her compact discs with no luck. I looked for her discs here in local Russian stores but I did not have any luck. Her music has captivated me. I admit I do not understand or speak Buriat Mongol, but her music continues to touch my heart and imagination. If someone of my readers happen to know if and where I can purchase her compact discs please do let me know. Many thanks.

The US Department of Defense 2011 Budget Proposal Released

The 2010 Defense Quadrennial Review (QDR) has been released and is available directly from
http://www.defense.gov/QDR/QDR_FACT_SHEET_Feb_2010.pdf

It and related information, including the link for the press coverage, are available at http://www.defense.gov/qdr/


DOD also released it 2011 budget proposal and 2010 War Funding Supplemental request.  The press release for this is available at http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13281

The summary of the budget proposal with charts is available at
http://www.defense.gov/news/FINAL%20PRESS%20RELEASE%20v3%20%201.pdf and the entire budget is available at http://www.budget.mil/

various strategic defense reviews, including the QDR, NPR, BMDE and the SPR are available at  http://www.defense.gov/DefenseReviews/
QDR - Quadrennial Defense Review
NPR - Nuclear Posture Review
BMDR - Ballistic Missile Defense Review
SPR - Space Posture Review

Source:
Greta E. Marlatt
Outreach & Collection Development Manager &
Homeland Security Digital Library Content Team Manager
Dudley Knox Library
Naval Postgraduate School
411 Dyer Rd
Monterey, CA  93943
phone: 831-656-3500
fax: 831-656-2842
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email: gmarlatt@nps.edu / gmarlatt@nps.navy.mil

Call for Submissions: UC Irvine Conference-The 2010 Culture and Theory

The 2010 Culture and Theory

Graduate Student Conference

Friday, April 30, 2010

University of California, Irvine

Deadline for the submission of abstracts: February 5, 2010

 

Our conference theme was inspired by the cultural panics and anxieties that emerged out of the public discourse surrounding the H1N1 flu virus. Declared a national emergency by the Obama Administration, our cultural imaginary on disease, health, and bodies has been become deeply mired in discourses on inclusion and exclusion. These discourses are mobilized by racialized, classed, sexualized, and gendered economies of representation that produce notions of who is allowed access to the identities of 'citizen' and 'national'. Our conference will look to the ways that identities and bodies become sites of intense contestation both within these contemporary discursive formations and through the pathologizing of racial, sexual, classed, and gendered identities.

 

When thinking through the context of quarantine, some questions to consider might be: How does biopower frame the conditions of possibility for quarantine? What affective transactions are mediated by quarantine? How are bodies, desires, and sexualities pathologized in and through practices of quarantine? How do modalities of closure and enclosure in discourses on the nation, state, and belonging contribute to new mappings of identity? How are emerging technologies of governance creating new methods and ways of thinking about quarantine?

 

Papers submitted to the conference do not need to directly address the H1N1 flu virus or its discursive productions. Presenters are encouraged to 'play' with the theoretical possibilities that a conference entitled 'Quarantine' allows. As Culture and Theory is a fundamentally interdisciplinary program, we welcome submissions from a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to: political science, literature/comparative literature, anthropology, sociology, visual studies, studio arts, history, philosophy, area studies, Women's and Gender studies, African-American Studies, and Asian American Studies. Individual papers, panel proposals and joint presentations are welcome.

 

Proposed topics/panels for the conference might include:

• panic/anxiety surrounding the H1N1 flu virus
  
• biopolitics, the regulation of bodies/populations, the disciplining of bodies/populations
  
• disability studies
  
• movement and displacement, migrations both voluntary and forced
  
• studies of motility and orientation, or impediments to motility and orientation
  
• the pathologizing of desire and sexuality
  
• the phenomenality of disease
  
• torture and prisoner abuse
  
• the racialization, gendering, or sexualization of disease
  
• illegal detentions or the practice of sequestering prisoners
  
• the disciplining of 'alien' bodies
  
• immigration control
  
• contemporary practices of segregation – racial, sexual, gendered, national
  
• citizenship and the nation, discourses on citizenship/inclusion and exclusion
  
• linguistic identities and the nation, language and bodies, ESL/bilingual education
  
• 'walls' – both figurative and literal (wall separating Israel and Palestine, U.S. and Mexico wall)
  
• borders, national boundaries, imaginaries on borders/boundaries
  
• theories of the state/state(s) of war/state(s) of nature
  
• technologies of the post-human, how we define the 'human'
  

Abstracts should be between 250 and 300 words long and should be submitted by Friday,
February 5th, 2010. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a draft of the conference paper should be submitted by Friday, April 16th, 2010.

 

Abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or PDF/RTF formats and must include the following information: a) Author; b) Institutional affiliation; c) Contact information and e-mail address; d) Title of abstract; e) Abstract

 

We acknowledge, receipt, and answer to all paper proposals submitted.

 

Please send paper proposals to:

 

Jen Kosakowski 

Ph.D. Candidate, Culture and Theory

University of California, Irvine

jkosakow@uci.edu

 

or

 

Diana Leong 

Ph.D. Candidate, Culture and Theory 

University of California, Irvine

dianaml@uci.edu