Cfp: 5th Annual OASIES Conference

The Organizations for the Advancement of Studies of Inner Eurasian Societies

at Princeton University, Columbia University, and New York University are pleased to announce

the 5th Annual OASIES Conference

THE POWER OF IDENTITY: FORCES OF CHANGE IN INNER EURASIA

Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Princeton University.

Keynote: Laura Adams, Director of the Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus at the Davis Center; Lecturer in Sociology, Harvard University

Closing Remarks: Alan H. Timberlake, Director of the Institute of East Central Europe; Professor of Slavic Languages, Columbia University

CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline: February 5, 2012

Princeton University Dissertations Now Online

Princeton University Dissertations Are Now Available in DataSpace (http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/88435/dsp01z316q160r)    

"Beginning this fall, newly submitted Princeton University doctoral dissertations will be available through Princeton’s institutional repository, DataSpace (http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/).  The full-text PDFs in DataSpace will be freely accessible to researchers inside or outside of the Princeton University community.  There are currently 71 dissertations in DataSpace and new titles will be added five times per year.

The dissertations in DataSpace will replace the bound, circulating copies that are currently held at ReCAP or at branch libraries, and they will serve as the copy for use by Interlibrary Loan.  Newly submitted dissertations will continue to be available through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Full Text database and, as previously, one bound copy of each will be held in the collection of the University Archives.  Starting this January, each dissertation’s Voyager record will contain a link to its DataSpace URL.

This innovation is one of a host of changes that were recently instituted regarding submission of dissertations to the University Archives.  Chief among these is that Ph.D. candidates now upload PDFs of their dissertations to an online site hosted by ProQuest, which in turn bounces the PDFs and information about them to DataSpace.  Full details of the changes to the dissertation submission process are available on the Mudd Manuscript Library blog: http://blogs.princeton.edu/mudd/2011/09/modernization-of-dissertation-submission-procedures.html."

Source:

Daniel J. Linke

University Archivist and Curator of Public Policy Papers

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library

Princeton University

The CRL provides access to Ukranian Displaced Person's Periodicals Press to its member libraries. The title of the first periodicals that is digitally accessible is Hospodarsʹko-kooperatyvne z︠h︡ytti︠a︡ [electronic resource] : orhan Ob'i︠e︡dnanni︠a︡ ukraïnsʹkykh kooperatoriv

Господарсько-кооперативне життя [electronic resource] : орган Об'єднання українських кооператорів


The CRL interface looks like below:

And the actual copies look like below. All the copyrights are reserved by the creator of this title and this image is used strictly for educational purposes.

Royal Society Journal Archive -Permanent Free Open Access

"The Royal Society has today announced that its world-famous historical journal archive – which includes the first ever peer-reviewed scientific journal – has been made permanently free to access online."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: http://royalsociety.org/news/Royal-Society-journal-archive-made-permanently-free-to-access/

Online Journal of Rosenergoatom: Russian Agency for Atomic Energy

Access to monthly journal of Rosenergoatom : the Russian Agency for Atomic Energy can be found here.
The archive of this journal with full text access goes back to 2008. This archive can be accessed online here.

Архив номеров
2008 год
2009 год
2010 год
2011 год

The screen shot is below. The journal is monthly and in Russian language.

Журнал «АТОМЕКС — поставщики атомной отрасли»

Here is a hitherto uncataloged in Worldcat, journal Atomeks. It seems to be an open access journal and its archive can be accessed here. The journal is in Russian language and its purpose could be described as, "the development of the communications space in the procurement activities in the Nuclear (energy) industry.

The journal's self-description can be found here.

A snapshot of the interface of the journal archive is below:

Free-Project Muse's Beta Site for the E-Books

Project MUSE now has a beta site for the E-Books at http://beta.muse.jhu.edu/ . The site provides free access to over 300 books from 27 publishers. The E-Books program which will launch in January expects to include approximately 15,000 titles from 66 publishers by the end of 2012. 

 

More information is on the Project MUSE E-Books website at http://muse.jhu.edu/about/order/book_collections.html

and http://muse.jhu.edu/about/order/book_title_lists.html

 

 

 

Dialogue in the name of future-Gorchakov Fund

Диалог во имя будущего

http://gorchakovfund.ru/competition/78/

С 16 по 20 декабря 2011 г. Фонд поддержки публичной дипломатии им. А.М. Горчакова в рамках проекта «Россия и мир вокруг» осуществляет научно-образовательную программу для молодых экспертов России и стран СНГ «Диалог во имя будущего».

Цель программы – создать площадку для взаимодействия молодого научного, экспертного и политического сообщества России со своими сверстниками и коллегами из стран СНГ и Балтии.

Программа предусматривает участие в конференции на тему «Россия и ее соседи: политика, экономика, безопасность и гуманитарное взаимодействие – повестка дня для равноправного сотрудничества»,встречи с российскими политиками, известными общественными деятелями, культурную программу.

Желающие принять участие в программе должны до 15 ноября с.г. подать заявку на участие в Фонд Горчакова, которая должна включать в себя:

· развернутое резюме (автобиографическую справку)

· эссе в свободной форме на тему «Интеграционные процессы на пространстве СНГ – 20 лет: итоги и перспективы» (2000 – 2500 тыс. знаков с пробелами)

· пример публикации по вопросам международной жизни

Требования к участникам:

· возраст – до 30 лет;

· образование – гуманитарные специальности (предпочтение отдается базовому образованию в области международных отношений или истории);

· свободное владение русским языком (для участников из стран СНГ и Балтии);

· наличие публикаций (хотя бы двух-трех на русском или английском языках).

По условиям участия в программе Фонд Горчакова обеспечивает проживание и питание во время конференции, а также возмещает расходы на дорогу до Москвы и обратно.

Заявку необходимо прислать по адресу gorchakovfund@yandex.ru с пометкой в заголовке письма «Диалог во имя будущего – заявка от Иванова И.И.».

Заявки принимаются до 15 ноября. Отобранные кандидаты будут проинформированы по электронной почте до 20 ноября. 

 

Source: Professor Serguei Oushakine,Princeton.

Nixon Grand Jury Records Released

The United States National Archives has finally released "Nixon Grand Jury Records". These records can be accessed here.

Another access point is here.

Alexei Ratmansky at Princeton on Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Cultural Fellowships in Russia

Cultural Fellowships in Russia

"The Likhachev Foundation (St. Petersburg, Russia) together with Committee on External Relations of Saint Petersburg and B. Yeltsin Presidential Center (Moscow, Russia) announces competition for 2-week cultural fellowships in Russia (St. Petersburg) from May 7 till May 20, 2012 for American professionals in the field of arts and culture who work on projects related to Russian culture. Airfare and accommodation in St. Petersburg will be covered by the organizers.

By January 22, 2012 the Likhachev Foundation will accept applications from professionals in the field of culture and history or arts from the USA who are currently working on creative projects related to Russian culture or history. Command of the Russian language is very helpful but not required. Students are not eligible.

Creative project could be a museum exhibition project, a theater performance, a film, photo exhibition, preparation of fiction or research books, etc. related to Russian culture or history. Creative project should be conceived in the USA for a broad American audience. Residence in Russia should serve as an important stage in the realization of the applicant’s cultural project.

The Likhachev Foundation will prepare individual programs for the fellows according to their projects’ specifics, to help them achieve maximum results during their fellowships. These programs will include meetings with Russian colleagues, possibilities to work at St. Petersburg museums, libraries, archives and other organizations.

Ten two-week fellowships will be organized from May 7 till May 20, 2012 in St. Petersburg (Russia).

Deadline for submitted applications is January 22, 2012.

Applicants will be notified of the review panel decision by February 15, 2012.

Application should include:

• CV (including information on Russian language skills, previous creative projects related to Russia and previous visits to Russia).
• Description of creative project (up to 3 pages) such as museum or exhibition project, theater performance, film, preparation of fiction or research book and other types of cultural projects related to Russian culture or history. It should contain, in particular, a paragraph on how a residency in St. Petersburg will benefit the applicant’s creative project and which cultural organizations in St. Petersburg the applicant would like to work with.

 Source:

Please, email your application in Russian or English to the competition coordinator Mrs. Elena Vitenberg at vitenberg@lfond.spb.ru and elenavitenberg@gmail.com with subject line «application for the fellowship»."