Calls for Papers
Call for Papers: Building Open Society in Central Asia & South Caucasus
SERIES/CFP- OSI Central Eurasia Project's Occasional Paper Series
Open Society Institute
The Central Eurasia Project's Occasional Paper Series
The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grant-making foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform. OSI was created in 1993 by investor and philanthropist George Soros to support his foundations in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. OSI has expanded the activities of the Soros foundations
network to other areas of the world where the transition to democracy is of particular concern. Active in more than 70 countries, the Open Society Institute works to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. Working with local communities, the Open Society Institute supports justice and human rights, freedom of expression and access to public health and education.
The Central Eurasia Project (CEP) is one of OSI's regional initiatives. CEP's mission is to promote social progress and human rights in the South Caucasus and Central Asia. In doing so, CEP coordinates closely with the Soros Foundations in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. CEP also manages OSI's activities related to those closed society countries in the region without national foundations, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The programmatic areas of CEP include human rights, labor migration, electricity and hydropower governance, and social and economic policy. The instruments of CEP's work to pursue its mission are research and advocacy, public information, and targeted grants.
Occasional Paper Series
CEP is looking for authors who are interested in contributing to CEP's Occasional Papers. The Occasional Papers is a new series of well written papers that will explore under-researched issues and trends that are important for OSI's efforts to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens in Central Asia and the South Caucasus. As such, they will inform OSI's programmatic approaches in the region, but will also serve to introduce these issues into the discussion of the wider community of policy makers, analysts, academics, practitioners and others who take an interest in that work on Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Long-term challenges to the development of open societies in Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus remain insufficiently discussed in the West. While there are a few outlets for high-policy related discussions or mediums that address academic questions whose practical value is limited, there is a need for a paper series that identifies challenges to open society and its supporters in Central Asia and the Caucasus, discusses potential approaches to achieve solutions, and opens these issues to the informed public for debate. While the Occasional Papers will primarily serve an OSI audience, they will also be distributed widely to the interested NGO, academic, policy-making and professional community except in special cases.
CEP is looking for contributors who are interested in authoring a paper of about 25 - 30 pages. Applications are welcome from individuals from a variety of backgrounds including researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and PhD students from the former Soviet Union, U.S. and Europe. CEP is especially interested in papers that would cover the following topics:
* Freedom of religion in Central Asia and the South Caucasus: Issues and Implications
* Understanding Islamic civil society in Central Asia
* China's role in Central Asia
* CASAREM challenges for Central Asia: Transparency, accountability and domestic energy security
* Public utilities (gas, water, electricity) issues in Central Asia and the South Caucasus
* The War on Terror in Central Asia: Ramifications for Human Rights, Societies and States
* Minority rights in Central Asia and the South Caucasus
* Civil societies role in legal remedies for environmental issues in Central Asia and the South Caucasus
* Implications of information and communication technologies for democratic governance and practice
* Cotton monoculture and agricultural reform in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
Proposals for papers on other topics related to open society values in Central Asia and the South Caucasus are also welcome.
Interested authors should apply by sending in a complete application package consisting of:
* Expose of the paper no longer than three pages,
* Remuneration requirement,
* CV,
* Writing samples
in English by email to ceppapers@sorosny. org. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and will be reviewed by an expert committee. Successful proposals should be finalized into full papers within two months; drafts will be peer reviewed before the final drafts are published. A limited amount of travel money is available for selected papers that require field research.
Please also see
http://www.soros. org/initiatives/ cep/news/ cep-occasional- papers-20100503
Call for Papers: The Journal of Central Asian and Caucasian Studies
* The Journal of Central Asia and the Caucasian Studies (JCACS) is a refereed journal and published twice (Winter and Summer) a year.
* JCACS publishes scholarly articles in Turkish and English from all over the world. The Editorial Office of the JCACS is in the International Strategic Research Organisation (ISRO) central building in Ankara, Turkey. However, the journal is an independent publication in terms of scientific research and the editors decide its publication policy.
* JCACS focuses on legal, political, sociological, cultural, social, religious, anthropological and economic studies regarding the Central Asia, the Caucasus and neighbouring states' (Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, China, Mongolia, Russia) and regions' (the Black Sea, South Asia, the Middle East, the Far East) relations with Central Asia and the Caucasus.
* The journal encourages interdisciplinary studies. Manuscripts submitted to JCACS should be original and challenging, and should not be under consideration by another publication at the time of submission.
* We also welcome short pieces on recent developments and review articles.
* Articles submitted for consideration of publication are subject to peer review. The editorial board and editors consider whether the submitted manuscript follows the rules of scientific writing. The appropriate articles are then sent to two referees known for their academic reputation in their respective areas.
The Editors and referees use three-step guidelines in assessing submissions:
i) Literary quality: Writing style, usage of the language, organisation (paragraphing, syntax, flow etc.)
ii) Use of references. Referencing, sources, relationship of the footnotes to the text.
iii) Scholarship quality: Depth of research, quality; contribution, originality of the contribution (new and creative thought) and plausibility of the author's argument.
Upon the referees' decision, the articles will either be published in the journal or rejected for publication. The review process lasts from five to 15 weeks. Questions regarding the status of submissions should be directed to the editor by e-mail at turgutdem "at" yahoo.co.uk or hasanozertem "at" gmail.com.
The referee reports are kept confidential and stored in the archives for five years.
*Aim *
JCACS's aim is to generate a productive dialogue and exchange between theorists, writers and practitioners in disparate locations. JCACS assumes that one of the main problems in Central Asian and Caucasian studies is lack of dialogue between writers and scholars from different cultural backgrounds.
All manuscripts and editorial correspondence and enquiries should be addressed to the JCACS Editorial Office (The Office).
*Submission *
We prefer electronic submission to turgutdem "at" yahoo.co.uk, or hasanozertem "at" gmail.com as a Microsoft word attachment file. Please be sure that you received a confirmation from The Office.
Manuscripts should be one-and-half or double spaced throughout (including all quotations and footnotes) and typed in English on single sides of A4 paper. Generous margins on both sides of the page should be allowed. Pages should be numbered consecutively. The author should retain a copy, as submitted manuscripts cannot be returned. Full names of the author(s) should be given, an address for correspondence, and where possible a contact telephone number, facsimile number and e-mail address.
*Length *
Articles as a rule should not exceed 10,000 words, not including footnotes. Book reviews should be about 2,500 word-length for one book, or maximum 3,500 words for two or more books.
*Style and Proofs *
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts conform to the JCACS style. Editors will not undertake retyping of manuscripts before publication. Please note that authors are expected to correct and return proofs of accepted articles within two weeks of receipt.
*Titles and Sub-Titles *
Titles in the article should be 12 point, bold and in uppercase. The sub-titles should be 12 point and in the title case form.
*Footnotes *
In the case of books the following order should be observed in footnotes:
Author(s), Title, (Place of Publishing: Publisher, Year), Page. For example:
1. Begali Qosimov, ?stiqlol Qahramonlari: Mahmud Khoja Behbudiy, Tanlangan Asarlar, (Tashkent: Ma'naviyot, 1997), p. 45.
In articles: Author(s), "Article Title", Journal Title, Vol., No., Year, Page.
2. Chantal Lemercier-Quelquejay, "Abdul Kayum Al-Nasuri: A Tatar Reformer of the 19th Century", Central Asian Survey, Vol. 1, No. 4, April 1983, pp. 122-124.
*Book Reviews *
Book reviews should be preceded by full publication details including price and ISBN number:
Dale F. Eickelman, The Middle East and Central Asia: An Anthropological Perspective, 4. Edition, (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001). 384 sayfa. Biblo. Index. $48.40. ISBN: 0130336785
*Biography*
Current and recent academic and professional affiliations, and recent major publications for the Notes on Contributors should be supplied with the articles. It should not exceed 150-word.
*Abstract*
The authors should send a 200-word abstract of the manuscripts.
For more information about the journal feel free to contact with the editors:
Editors: Turgut DEMIRTEPE & Esra HATIPOGLU
Assisting Editor: Hasan Selim OZERTEM
Editorial Office: JCACS/ OAKA, Ayten Sokak, No: 21, Mebusevleri, Tandogan, Ankara / TURKEY
*E-mail: turgutdem "a t" yahoo.co.uk or hasanozertem "at" gmail.com*
Call for papers International Conference: Van City – 2865
Second half of October, 2010
Yerevan, Armenia
“Vaspurakan” Compatriots’ Union, the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of National Academy of Sciences, Armenia, in collaboration with the Institute of History and the Institute of Oriental Studies, NAS RA are organizing an International Conference dedicated to 2865th anniversary of the first record about Van city.
Confirmed by the written sources, Turushpa-Tushpa-Van was an ancient city in Armenian Highlands, which existed uninterrupted more than twenty eight and a half centuries. In such status it is also one of the unique cities of the whole Middle East. Since its foundation Tushpa-Van was not only the Capital City of Van Kingdom (Urartu), but also the Yervanduni Armenian kingdom, successor of the Van Kingdom, thus this city is the capital of the first state with all-Armenian coverage. In 10-11th centuries it was also the capital of Vaspurakan Kingdom. Van maintained its role of Armenian center in the late Middle Ages too. During the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th Van was the commercial, handicraft and cultural center and the most Armenian-populated city of Western Armenia. During the years of Armenian Genocide Van was the only large city, the self-defense of which ended with victory. The power, created later by Aram Manukyan’s, and in 1917-1918 – by Kosti Hambardzumyan’s leadership in this city, was the first Armenian political formation of the 20th century.
Conference is dedicated not only to the first capital of Armenia, but the history, culture, archaeology, ethnography, folklore, literature, art and architectural heritage of the whole Vaspurakan region.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Abstracts in Armenian or English (not exceeding 300 words) are to be emailed by September 6, 2010 to: hmarut@yahoo.com A brief CV, including contact details is to be included in the message. The authors of the selected abstracts will be contacted by the Organizing Committee by September 14, 2010. The selected presentations will be published in a separate volume. Conference will be held in the second half of October. Details will be posted to selected speakers.
For questions and additional information please contact Dr. Harutyun Marutyan, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography (15 Charents str., Yerevan, 0025, Armenia) by email: hmarut@yahoo.com or call (+374-10) 55-67-97, (+374-10) 23-03-65, (+374-91) 65-86-76.
Information partner: Armenian Association for Academic Partnership and Support – ARMACAD
Call for Papers: The South Caucasus in a Changing World
Annual Symposium of International Relations Scholars
Baku, Azerbaijan
22-23 October 2010
1. Background and Rationale
The growing role of the South Caucasus in contemporary world politics is indisputable. In the context of emerging threats, accelerated processes towards globalization and the revolution in information and communication technology, the South Caucasus, lying at the crossroads of a geopolitically strategic zone and considered to be the most potentially explosive region in the world, becomes all the more important. Despite their recent independence, the countries of this region have attracted the attention of dominant powers and have been visited by many prominent decision-makers over the last 15 years. Three of the world’s four frozen conflicts are based in the region; this brings numerous decision-makers, conflict specialists and experts on quests seeking “permanent peace”. Bordering the Islamic Republic of Iran, Turkey and Russia – the most important players in the region – the South Caucasus promises to be a real battleground for diplomats.
In light of the fluidity of the situation here, the importance of building a knowledge-based society and a pool of regional experts becomes more evident. With this and many other objectives in mind, Azerbaijan intends to hold an international conference, in Baku, in late October 2010, in order to develop a systematic and sustainable platform of communication, involving experts on the region from around the world. It is planned to make this an annual conference which will provide a basis for the continuous development of new levels of discussion.
2. Objectives
General: By enhancing regional cooperation and networking, the Symposium aims to contribute to the growing community of scholars in Azerbaijan and the region who are interested in regional politics, economics and international relationships.
The specific objectives are to:
• Promote active participation by scholars of international relations in the political and public life of the region.
• Reaffirm and reinforce the role of young students of international relations in academic discourse, and to direct their activities towards more efficient and Western-oriented approaches to research and publication.
• Assess the achievements of regionally-known international scholars, while ensuring the emergence of a new generation of independent experts in the fields of international relations, politics and public sciences.
• Extend processes of regional cooperation on international relations, opening them up to new subjects and new participants.
• Support dialogue within the South Caucasus in order to implement more vigorous debate between scholars and foreign experts directly or indirectly engaged in the region.
3. Anticipated Results & Follow-up
The Symposium, which will be held annually, is not intended to be an end in itself, but rather to serve as a platform for future forms of cooperation, both operational and academic.
It is planned to publish a book including papers delivered at the Symposium by participant-scholars. Participants of the Symposium will also get a chance to continue their discussions on an online forum, created by the organizers of the conference.
The Executive Board is open to further contributions by other potential partners willing to co-organize the Symposium.
4. Format
The Symposium will take place over two days, with an opening session, five different panel sessions and a closing session.
The working language of the Symposium is English.
The opening session of the Symposium will include speeches by high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. These will be followed by the presentation of the panel co-chairs and by their formal approval. The afternoon will be devoted to panel sessions attended by experts and scholars specifically assigned to each panel.
All expenses (accommodation, food and transportation) of selected scholars will be covered by the Symposium.
5. Panel Themes
A. Global Challenges in a Regional Context
B. Regional Security Challenges – Conflicts and post-conflict developments
C. Emerging Economic trends in the South Caucasus – the future of IT and energy in the region
D. Religion and Identity in the South Caucasus
E. Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus: Visions, Strategies and Choices
6. Symposium Organizers
The Symposium is jointly promoted and organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sport of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Centre for Strategic Studies of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan University of Languages, Qafqaz University, Khazar University, London Information Network on Conflicts and State-building (LINKS), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Scientific Research Centre of the IRELI Public Union, and others.
7. Participation Requirements
An abstract (not more than 1000 words) and a one-page CV in Ms. Word format should be sent to the E-mail address - info "at" asirs.org - by 1 September 2010. Acceptance notification will be sent to authors on 15 September 2010, following approval by a Scientific Board comprised of well-known scholars. The complete papers of accepted abstracts should be submitted before 10 October 2010.
For more information, please see http://www.asirs.org/index.php
Call for Papers: Journal of Conflict Transformation: Caucasus Edition
The Journal of Conflict Transformation: Caucasus Edition invites submissions for its 2nd Academic issue. The articles should be 15 to 25 pages in length and contribute to the better understanding of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, and suggestions for improvement of the peace process and positive transformation of inter-societal relations. If you are interested, please submit a 300 word abstract along with a short bio to editor "at" caucasusedition.net by July 15, 2010.
Prior to submitting, you are encouraged to contact the editors and discuss the topic and your plans for submitting.
Submission of analytical papers and blog posts
The Journal is accepting two-three page long analytical articles and one page long blog posts on a rolling basis.
Submission guidelines can be viewed at Guidelines for Contributors.
For style and tone of analytical articles please refer to www.caucasusedition .net and Guidelines to Contributors: http://caucasusedit ion.net/guidelin es-for-contribut ors.
Call for Papers: International Seminar on" Armenia 2010; Previous Activities – Future Prospects"
Iran, Tehran
3 and 4 August 2010
University of Tehran
Armenia is a South Caucasian Country with a long history of culture and civilization. Beside its important regional position, due to circumstances of the lingering Conflict of Nagorno – Karabakh and its recent month reconciliation with Turkey, Armenia has turned to a Political Hub in the Sphere of International Relations. Every political Analyst would approve the increasing Geopolitical importance of Armenia. Hence to discuss Armenia's recent Internal and External Changes, Caucasus Studies Institute with cooperation of the Center for the Study of Central Asia and Caucasus of the Institute for Political and International studies of I.R.I Ministry of Foreign affairs, will hold an International Seminar entitled "Armenia 2010; Previous Activities – Future Prospects". This Seminar will be Held in Tehran University on August 3-4, 2010.
Main Topics:
* Turkey – Armenia Relations; opening of borders and historical conflicts
* Azerbaijan Republic – Armenia Relations; Karabakh Conflict and the Role of OSCE Minsk Group
* Iran – Armenia Relations; Economic and Energy Cooperation
* Russia – Armenia Relations; its influence in the Region
* Georgia – Armenia Relations; Javakhk Armenians, Georgia as the Black Sea Corridor for Armenia
* Armenia – Western Countries and European Union Relations
* Armenia Internal Changes in the Beginning of 2013 Presidential Election
* Position of Armenia in Caucasus 2010
* Energy and Security in Armenia 2010
* The Role of Armenia in Caucasus Transportation and Transit, with emphasize on the Construction of Jolfa – Yerevan Railway
* Armenian Government Relations with Diaspora, and the influence of International Armenian Lobby
* IRI Role in the South Caucasus Recent Changes
Scientific Secretaries:
* Dr Javad Vaeedid (former deputy secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of IRI)
* Dr Alireza Kasaei (director of the Center for the Study of Central Asia and Caucasus of the Institute for Political and International studies of IRI Ministry of Foreign affairs)
Scientific Board:
* Dr Mostafa Dolatyar (Director General of Institute for Political and International Studies of IRI Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
* Dr Javad Vaeedid (Former Deputy Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of IRI)
* Dr Alireza Kasaei (Director of the Center for the Study of Central Asia and Caucasus of the Institute for Political and International Studies of IRI Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
* Mohammad Farhad Koleini (IRI Former Ambassador in Armenia)
* Mahmoud Sadri (Chief, Second Department of CIS Countries, IRI Ministry Of Foreign Affairs)
* Dr Grigor Arakelian (Current Armenia Ambassador to Iran)
* Seyed Ali Saghaeian (Current IRI Ambassador to Armenia)
Executive Committee:
* Hamed Kazemzadeh (Director of Caucasus Studies Institute - kazemzadeh "at" ut. ac.ir)
* Amir Ramazani (Expert, Center for the Study of Central Asia and Caucasus of the Institute for Political and International Studies of IRI Ministry of Foreign Affairs - ramezani "at" ipis. ir)
* Grigor Ghazarian (Expert, Hoor Publishing and Translation House - ghazarian "at" hoosk. net)
* Soren Gasparian (Armenia's Cultural Attaché in IRI - rabia "at" freenet. am)
To participate in this seminar please send an abstract, no more than 300 words, and a one page СV in Word format to Seminar Secretariat Email Address by July 11, 2010. Acceptance Notification will send to Authors till July 18, and the full paper of accepted abstracts should be submitted to Seminar Secretariat before August 1, 2010.
Working Languages of the Seminar: Persian, Armenian, Russian, English
Seminar will be held on August 3 - 4, 2010 at University of Tehran
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 11, 2010
Acceptance Notification: July 18, 2010
Full Paper Submission Deadline: August 1, 2010
Electronic Address: info "at" caucasus. ir
Conference _cis "at" ipis.ir
Secretariat Address:
* Iran, Tehran, Valiasr St, west Zartosht St, No.56, Caucasus Studies Institute, Telephone: +98218899366- 7, Fax: +982188956620 - www.caucasus. ir
* Tehran, Niavaran, Shahid Aghaei st. Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS), Center for the Study of Central Asia and Caucasus. +982122802671- 5, Fax: +98212122802649. - www.ipis.ir
Partners:
* Iran – Armenia Friendship Association - www.Iranarmenia. com
* Hoor Publishing and Translation House - www.Hoosk.net
* Noravank Foundation - www.Noravank. am
* Armenian Embassy in Tehran
Call for Papers: Ninth Annual Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies
University of California, Los Angeles, Friday, February 11, 2011
We enthusiastically invite graduate students and recent post-docs (Ph.D., within the last two years) in fields associated with Armenian Studies (broadly defined) to present their recent research. Work in progress is encouraged. We accept papers from a variety of disciplines and welcome comparative themes and interdisciplinary approaches. Panel submissions are also welcome.
Applicants must e-mail presentation abstracts of no more than 250 words and their curriculum vitae by September 19, 2010. Please attach the required documents in the form of a Word document. Please note that a 20-minute time limit for presentations will be strictly enforced (roughly 8-10 pages double-spaced) . Invited participants will be required to submit a final version of their full presentation by December 19, 2010.
A reception will be held on the Wednesday evening prior to the event to welcome the colloquium speakers. Students will have an opportunity to meet with faculty and students on campus, tour Armenian Studies resources, and visit Armenian Studies classes. The colloquium will conclude with a reception.
Priority of acceptance will be given to those who have not presented at the colloquium before. Limited travel grants will be available to assist those who would otherwise be unable to attend. Travel grant applications will be sent to all invited participants.
To submit abstracts or for more information contact the UCLA Armenian Graduate Students Association Colloquium Committee at colloquium.agsa "at" gsa.asucla. ucla.edu.
Call for Papers: International Symposium on “The Caucasian Migration of 1864”
December 6-7, 2010
YTU Auditorium, Istanbul, TURKEY
The Center for Balkan and Black Sea Studies (BALKAR) at Yýldýz Technical University, Istanbul, organizes an international symposium on the “Caucasian Migration of 1864” on December 6-7, 2010. The forced migration of 1864 was the largest migration movement from Caucasus during the period of the Russian occupation. More than a million people were affected by this event. The largest group among the migrants was the Circassians, but other Muslim groups from the Caucasus were to join this migration movement. Ottoman authorities settled this population mainly in the Balkans, Anatolia and the Middle East. Their successors are still living in these territories, especially in Turkey and Jordan. The aim of this international symposium is threefold: 1- to examine to which extent this forced migration, almost entirely unknown to the general public, has been a subject of academic research; 2- to bring together experts of the topic; and 3- to encourage young academicians to carry out research on the subject.
The symposium will examine the Migration of 1864 from four different angles:
1. The causes of the 1864 Caucasian Migration: The Ottoman-Russian relations in the 19th century, the Caucasus policy of Russia and the political, economic and social situation of the Muslims of Caucasus in the 19th century, the causes of migration.
2. The forced migration of 1864 and waves of migration in the following years: The Russian expansion in the Caucasus, wars, resistance, migration movements, migration routes, epidemics during the migration and death etc.
3. The situation of the Muslim Caucasians after the Migration of 1864: the establishment of the Russian administration in Caucasus, the situation of the Muslims under Russian administration until the present day.
4. The Settlement of the Caucasian migrants and the process of their integration: The areas of settlement for the Caucasian migrants, the process and problems of their integration, the developments until the present day.
Scholars willing to participate in the symposium shall send the title of their presentation with an abstract of 200-300 words as a Word document to the organizing committee by July 5, 2010. Among the applications those papers which are based on archive research or field work, and particularly those of young scholars writing a master thesis or PhD dissertation on this theme will be given priority.
Following the symposium, the papers will be published in an edited book titled “The Caucasian Migration of 1864.”
Organization Committee:
Doç. Dr. Mehmet Hacýsalihoðlu (Director of BALKAR): Hacisalihoglu.Mehmet@gmx.de
Yaprak Has (YTU undergraduate student): hasyaprak@gmail.com
Keisuke Wakizaka (YTU graduate student): kafkaslikeisuke85@gmail.com
For further information and update: http://www.bal-kar.org
Conference: "Ethnology and Archaeology of Armenia and Neighboring Countries"
12th Conference of Young Scientists
Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA
25-29 October 2010, Yerevan
The Conference is dedicated to the archaeology, ethnology (social/cultural anthropology) and folklore of Armenia and the neighboring countries. Interdisciplinary studies in spheres of social (sociology, history, philology, psychology, arts, religion studies, cultural studies, architecture, etc.) and natural (archaeo- and enthnobiology, archaeology of landscape and environment, archaeoeconomics, archaeogeology, archaeogeography, application of digital technologies, etc.) sciences related to above mentioned disciplines are also welcome.
The Conference announces call for proposals for young Scholars, Ph.D. and Master degree students (up to 35 y.o.). Only oral presentations will be accepted.
Deadline for submission of the registration forms [submit email request for registration forms to ysc_iae_arm "at" yahoo.com] and the abstracts of the presentations is July 1, 2010. The abstracts should not exceed 300 words. The abstracts and the presentations in Russian are also acceptable.
The authors of the selected abstracts will be contacted by the Organizing Committee by August 1, 2010.
The selected presentations will be published in a separate volume.
Conference organizer: Young Scientists Council of Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography NAS RA.
Address: 15 Charents str., 0025, Yerevan , Republic of Armenia .
Contact Tel. (+374) 10 55 68 96, (+374) 55 55 05 29, (+374) 93 06 56 24.
E-mail: ysc_iae_arm "at" yahoo.com
Inf. Partner: Armenian Association for Academic Partnership and Support - ARMACAD
Call for Papers for the Summer 2010 Issue of the Caucasian Review of International Affairs
The Caucasian Review of International Affairs (CRIA) is pleased to invite submissions for its Summer 2010 issue (Vol. 4, No. 3) to be published in the beginning of August 2010.
Deadline for submissions is June 15, 2010. Submission guidelines can be viewed at Submit a Paper.
CRIA is particularly interested in papers on the following topics.
Note: This is a preliminary list. Please feel free to offer alternative topics, including commentaries and book reviews, to the Editor.
Regional topics:
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict;
- Turkish-Armenian rapprochement;
- Separatist conflicts in Georgia;
- Nabucco gas pipeline;
- European Union and the South Caucasus;
- European Neighborhood Policy;
- NATO and South Caucasus;
- Russian policy towards the South Caucasus;
- Obama Administration and the South Caucasus;
- Situation in the North Caucasus;
- Different faces of Sufi Islam in the present-day North Caucasus;
- Israel and Jews in the South Caucasus;
- Foreign policy of Azerbaijan;
- Azerbaijan's relations with the Islamic world;
- Relations between Azerbaijan and Georgia;
- Relations between Azerbaijan and Iran;
- Azerbaijani community of Iran;
- Islam in Azerbaijan; Islam in the Caucasus;
- Foreign policy of Armenia;
- Iran-Armenia relations;
- Legal status of the Caspian Sea;
- Turkey’s foreign policy;
- Turkey 's accession to the EU;
- Iran-Turkey relations;
- Iran’s nuclear program;
- New Islamic directions in Central Asia: internal and external dimensions;
- Kyrgyzstan: End of Revolution?
- Global and regional powers in Central Asia;
- Energy security in Central Asia;
- Water security in Central Asia;
- Ukraine 's foreign policy under the new president;
- Moldova’s foreign policy;
- GUAM and its future;
- Armenian Diaspora and lobby in the US;
- US missile defense shield in Eastern Europe.
International relations and general topics:
- Theory of International Relations;
- Problems of the Modern International Law;
- International Law and current world politics;
- International Court of Justice and the separatist conflicts;
- US foreign policy;
- Russia’s foreign policy;
- China’s foreign policy;
- Foreign policy challenges for the European Union.
All correspondence and submissions should be e-mailed to:
contact [at] cria-online.org
CRIA distinguishes itself as the only open-access peer-reviewed e-journal worldwide covering a variety of topics on the Caucasus. Being based in Germany the CRIA is published quarterly in English. The Review is committed to promote a better understanding of the regional affairs by providing relevant background information and analysis, as far as the Caucasus in general, and the South Caucasus in particular are
concerned. CRIA also welcomes and publishes lucid, well-documented papers on other countries and regions including especially Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, as well as on all aspects of international affairs, from all political viewpoints. CRIA is indexed/abstracted in Columbia International Affairs Online, ProQuest Research Library, GALE, EBSCOhost Political Science Complete, Directory of Open Access Journals, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, etc. The
last issue of the Review can be viewed at http://www.cria-online.org
Call for Papers: Congress on "Caucasus and Central Asia in the Globalization Process"
This the third such international congress on the “Caucasus and Central Asia in the Globalization Process” will be organized to take place during the 15-17 October 2010 in Baku, Azerbaijan, and will centre on the economic and international relations of the region.
The purpose of this confrence is to gather the scientists who work for the different Institutes, Universities, Academies of the Caucasus and Central Asia which share the joint history and culture in the terms of the global world, to evaluate the conditions, generally the conditions inside the Caucasus and Central Asia, and the problems of the society where they live personally, to provide discussion touching the shared problems and to contribute to generating joint policies.
Those who wish to participate or present papers to the Congress are required to send the abstract of their independent academic work related to the resolution of the current problems of the region in english, to the Secretariat of the Congress by email no lately than 15 th June 2010 at the latest. Please send the papers concerning ‘economy’ to congress_economy "at" qafqaz.edu. az, and the ones about ‘international relations’ to congress_ir "at" qafqaz.edu. az, Word format. Later a full text will be requested from the successful applicants.
The Reports presented for the Congress related to Economics may be written in any of the specified languages: English, Azerbaijani, Turkish or Russian. The Reports presented for the Congress related to International Relations must be only in English.
Call for Papers: Armenia – Iran: History. Culture. The modern perspectives of progress, June 28, 2010, Moscow, Russia
Date: June 28, 2010
Venue: Institute of Afro-Asian Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Mokhovaya st. 11, Moscow, Russia
The conference “Armenia – Iran: History. Culture. The modern perspectives of progress” will take place in the Institute of Asian and African Studies of Lomonosov Moscow State University. A wild range of questions will be discussed:
- initial Indo-European unity
- ancient period
- Hellenistic period
- the early Middle Ages
- the late Middle Ages
- the modern history
- ancient Armenian sources about Persia
- medieval Armenian sources about Iran
The Culture
- The cultures of the region and its community
- The nations’ relationships and interaction of cultures
- From historical confrontation to collaboration
- Possibility of art beyond the national background
- Traditions, rites
- Beliefs and religions
- The religion as the factor of formation of national consciousness
- Armenian scientists in Iran, their contribution in Iranian science
Language
- linguistic subject matter of Indo-European studies
- adoptions from Medium-Iranian
Literature
- Persian writers of Armenian origin and Armenian writers, writing in Persian
- Armenian literature
- The Iranian mythological and heroic images in Armenian history
- Armenians and Iranian mythology, literature, history
- Mythological parallels and borrowings
- The Persian poetry and Armenian literature the Middle Ages
Visual arts, architecture
- Armenian art in Iran
- Medieval miniature
- Borrowings in architecture and common features
- Applied arts
modern perspectives of development
- The topical problems of the modern political situation
- The new approaches to the international relations
- The place and role of Armenia in geopolitical processes
- The significance of Armenian church at present
The Armenian diaspora in Iran
- The modern state
- Goals and objectives of life activity
- Major alteration of connections between mother country and the diaspora
- The diaspora’s functions in government system of Armenia
- The role of the Armenian diaspora in social and government order of Iran, in relations between Armenia and Iran
- The Armenian diaspora in the aspect of the spiritual, intellectual and politico-economic space of Iran
- The role of the Armenian Apostolic Church in maintening of the Armenian identity
- The culture of the diaspora
We invite you to take part in the conference, give a talk or make a presentation.
If you are unable to come, you can collaborate in the collected articles based on materials of the conference.
Please, send your applications till June 1. The compulsory condition of the participation in our conference (except stipulated cases) is placing the text up to the 15th of June in the organizing committee. The capacity is up to 24 p, Unicod, on electronic carriers. You can send the text and the reference to the author by e-mail: armiranconference "at" mail.ru; lalazulum "at" mail. ru The operational languages are Russian and English.
All the outlay is at the expense of the organizers. The hostel of MSU can be granted in certain cases.
The conference is taking place on the 28th of June in the Institute of Afro-Asian Studies of Lomonosov MSU at Mokhovaya st., 11.
The chairman of organizing committee: PROFESSOR Maier Michal Sirafimovich
The coordinator- Zulumyan Burastan Sergeevna lalazulum "at" mail. ru
Phone number for inquiries: 7-495-704-19- 11; 7-495-629-42- 02
Call for Paper Proposals: Conference on the Contemporary Russian-Speaking Jewish Diaspora November 14–15, 2011, at Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University, with the cooperation of the American Councils for International Education and the Russian Foundation for Humanities , invites submissions of paper proposals for an international conference on the Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora that has been formed over the past four decades.
The emigration of about 1.5 million Jews from the former Soviet Union (FSU) in several large waves since the mid-1970s—more than three times as many as those who remain—has affected Jewish life in its successor states and in the host countries. The post-1989 migration of Jews from the FSU, for example, constitutes the single largest immigration in the sixty-two-year history of Israel and the largest group of Jews to come to the United States and to Germany since the early twentieth century.
This conference will focus on how Russian-speaking Jews in the late 20th–early 21st centuries have affected the cultures, politics, and economies of Israel, the United States, and Germany, as well as the "sending" countries of the FSU. Conferees will consider whether Russian-speaking Jewry constitutes "a global community," and how this recent migration challenges the larger concepts of identity and "diaspora" across geographic and national borders.
Suggested Themes
We are interested in papers from a range of disciplinary perspectives that address the history, evolution, and future of Russian-speaking Jewish communities, cultures, and identities. We encourage papers that move beyond the description of particular populations or institutions and introduce analyses of the problems, paradoxes, contradictions, and challenges involved in thinking about the Russian-speaking Jews.
The following themes are suggested as guides for the formulation of topics for paper proposals:
Globalization, Transnationalism, and Ethno-Cultural Diasporas in the 21st Century. How is our understanding of the migration of Soviet Jews in the late Soviet and post-Soviet periods enriched by theories of transnationalism, globalization, and diaspora studies? How can we introduce the study of Russian-speaking Jews into broader paradigms of academic analysis?
Political Behavior, Social Mobility, Commercial Activities, and Cultural Endeavors. Paper presenters will be asked to address the political behavior, social mobility, commercial activities, or cultural endeavors and impact of the émigrés. For example, is it true that the majority of Russian-speaking Jews in the United States has gravitated to conservative politics much more than other American Jews, and that in Israel they support right-of-center parties? If so, why? Can these trends be explained and analyzed in light of Soviet-era politics? How are the activities of Russian-speaking Jews who are engaged in business and technology affecting the economic landscape of their host country as well as their country of departure? We also encourage analyses of how the massive out-migration of Jews from the former Soviet Union has affected the family dynamics, cultural activities, and political thinking and behavior of those who stayed in the FSU.
Definitions of Jewishness. Definitions of Jewishness are a contentious issue. They have been complicated by the presence and experiences of Russian-speaking Jews outside of the FSU, many of whom are of only partial Jewish ancestry, most of whom are not religious, and few of whom are familiar with Judaism, Jewish culture, and Jewish history. In Israel, how have immigrants dealt with religious authorities who govern issues of marriage, conversion, and burial? How have Russian-speaking Jews in America related to the largely synagogue- and tradition-based model of Jewishness in the United States? What has been the role of Russian-speaking Jews in Germany, whose Jewish community has expanded exponentially? In a country which was responsible for the murder of about 2.5 million Soviet Jews in World War II, there are likely to be some profound ambivalences and uncertainties about rebuilding public Jewish life. What might these be, and what do they tell us about the future of Russian-speaking Jews there?
Cultural Expressions of Russian-Speaking Jews. How have the experiences of emigration and of settling in host countries shaped the forms of cultural expression produced by Russian-speaking Jews in film, music, art, and the performing arts? What new literary trends have emerged and what do they tell us about their writers and their target communities? What role has cultural memory played in the emergence of new forms of cultural expression? How do literature, music, and art produced outside the countries of the former Soviet Union by émigrés figure into the larger paradigms of contemporary Russian-language culture? In turn, how—if at all—does the world-wide availability of Russian-language culture produced in the countries of the former Soviet Union shape and influence cultural and literary trends abroad?
Media and Communications. Many forms of media—print, broadcast, and internet—play a role in defining identities across national borders, consolidating political opinion and forms of cultural expression, and maintaining connections between diasporic and non-diasporic Russian-speaking Jewish communities. In what languages do immigrants get news about Russia and the former Soviet Union? What role do media play in re-connecting younger immigrants with the language, culture, and current affairs of their home countries? What are the patterns of communication between émigrés and those who stayed, and how have such communications influenced Jewish life in the former Soviet Union?
Future of the Russian-Speaking Jewish Diaspora. Some have speculated on the longevity of the "Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora." Will the children of immigrants stop speaking Russian within a generation or two, as has happened in many previous immigrations? And if they do, will the Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora community cease to be a discrete entity, or will other cultural or ideological features continue to bind them to each other and to their home countries in the former Soviet Union? Papers will be considered on any other themes relevant to the contemporary Russian-speaking Jewish diaspora. Note that the working language of the conference is English: all papers must be submitted and presented in English.
Submitting a Proposal
Junior and senior scholars in the humanities and social sciences, as well as others working in relevant areas, are eligible to apply, irrespective of citizenship or country of residence. Proposals should be submitted via the online application.
Submissions must include:
A completed online application form
A project abstract of approximately 250 words
A 2-page curriculum vitae (CV) listing education, publications, fellowships and awards, and recent work and teaching experience
The deadline for submitting proposals is May 14, 2010. All materials must be submitted in English. Decisions will be announced by July 1, 2010. Presenters must submit their final conference papers by September 1, 2011. Selected papers will be considered for publication in an edited volume.
Harvard University and cooperating funders will cover presenters' expenses for travel, lodging, and meals. A modest honorarium will also be provided (contingent on presenter's eligibility to receive payment).
Please write to diaspora "at" fas.harvard.edu if you have questions about submitting a proposal.
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
CGIS South Building
1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: diaspora "at" fas.harvard.edu
Visit the website at http://daviscenter.fas.harvard.edu/seminars_conferences/diaspora/index.html
CONF/CFP – Situation in the Caucasus and Perspectives of Regional Security
International Conference entitled “Situation in the Caucasus and Perspectives of Regional Security” organized by the CIS Institute (Институт стран СНГ) and Armenian branch of the Institute will be held on May 25, 2010 in Yerevan, Armenia.
Conference is devoted to the thorough and in-depth study of trends within new geopolitical realities in the region and to analysis the policies adopted by Iran, Turkey as well as Russia, EU, and the United States towards issues of regional stability, security, integration and cooperation. In addition, perspectives of Armenian-Turkish rapprochement and developments over Karabakh negotiation will be under the special focus of the discussion.
The conference will be attended by the politicians and experts from Russia, South Caucasus states as well as from Iran and Turkey.
To participate in this conference the abstract of the presentation not exceeding 300 words is to be submitted by May 10, 2010 to the following address: ArmeniaCIS.Institute "at" gmail.com
The Org committee will NOT cover travel and accommodation costs.
**Call for proposals for the Special Issue War, Conflict and Commemoration in the Age of Digital Reproduction (Autumn 2010)**
Digital Icons: Studies in Russian, Eurasian and Central European New Media http://www.digitali cons.org/
Wars, conflicts and commemoration occupy the minds of today's users of new media across the globe, especially those in Russia, Eurasia and Central Europe: from digital accounts of 'wars on terror' to virtual museums of political terror under communism; from cyberwars against websites and databases to computer war games; from on-line anti-war organising to virtual memorials to WWII soldiers; from photo-and video- reporting on warfare in Kosovo, Chechnya, Gaza or Georgia to flash-mobs of political protest or racist incitement; from digitalised personal memories and family histories to YouTube clips featuring victorious presidential speeches.
The aim of this special issue is to explore the ways wars and conflicts are mediated, commemorated, reported and discussed on the Internet as well as in other forms of new media, including mobile phones, digital broadcasting and computer games. What is the role of new media in understanding, representing, negotiating and remembering (or forgetting) war and terror? What is the status of testimony, evidence and reportage in the age of digital reproduction? What practices of memory do new information and communication technologies entail? What structures of feeling operate in on-line reports and debates around military operations and human suffering? How can digital mediations of conflict bring people and communities together, while tearing others apart? And lastly, how can the embodied, physical violence intensify in digital interactions, and how can it be resisted?
This special issue of Digital Icons aims to create a forum for scholars working in the fields of war, conflict, commemoration, digital media, and new media, while simultaneously addressing linguistic, cultural, historical and political aspects of new media use in Russia, Eurasia and Central Europe. We invite original articles that focus on one or more countries of the region, or on their diasporas. We also welcome theoretical essays, reflection by media practitioners on their own practices, contributions from artists and authors, and reviews of relevant projects, books and events.
Deadline for submissions: 1 May 2010
Anticipated date of publication: October 2010
Please contact Adi Kuntsman warconflictcommemoration "at" googlemail.com
or DI editors editor "at" digitalicons.org to discuss your submission.
When submitting your work, please include the following information: a biographical statement (100-120 words in English) and an abstract/description of the submission (or the first paragraph of the essay if appropriate) (about 150 words in English).
Publication/Call for Papers - Edited Volume: Mapping Conflict and Peace in Eurasia
The Eurasian Conflicts in international politics are known for their embedded nature transcending beyond a mono-factor for analysis. Owing to diversity and fragility many states have not matured towards coherent status of nation building; rather it appears the agenda has remained unfinished due to disturbed ethnic aspirations, fragile borders, inherent complications and power interventions. These factors have made this emerging region in the post-Cold war era a hotbed of conflicts. Papers are solicited for an edited volume analyzing major conflicts in the region (including South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Kosovo, Nagorno Karabakh, Chechnya, Kashmir, Balochistan, Tibet, Xinjiang) with main focus on the attempts and prospects of peace; aim of the volume being to understand the Eurasian conflicts from a peace perspective.
Interested contributors should send a 500-word abstract along with two page CV by April 20, 2010.
Dr. Debidatta Aurobinda Mahapatra
Centre for Central Eurasian Studies
University of Mumbai
Mumbai, India
Email: a.mahapatra34 "at" gmail.com
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE SPRING 2010 ISSUE OF
THE CAUCASIAN REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
The Caucasian Review of International Affairs (CRIA) is pleased to invite submissions for its Spring 2010 issue (Vol. 4, No. 2) to be published in the beginning of May 2010. Deadline for submissions is March 15, 2010. Submission guidelines can be viewed at Submit a Paper.
CRIA is particularly interested in papers on the following topics:
Regional topics:
- Prospects of the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict;
- Turkish-Armenian rapprochement;
- Relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey;
- Separatist conflicts in Georgia;
- Western energy interests in the South Caucasus and Central Asia;
- Nabucco gas pipeline;
- White Stream gas pipeline;
- European Union and the South Caucasus;
- European Union and the conflict resolution in the South Caucasus;
- Georgia and NATO;
- Russian policy towards the South Caucasus;
- New US Administration and the South Caucasus;
- Prospects of the South Caucasian regional security;
- Regional integration in the South Caucasus;
- Situation in the North Caucasus;
- Ethno-nationalism and violence in the North-Western Caucasus;
- Different faces of Sufi Islam in the present-day North Caucasus;
- Israel in the Caucasus;
- Azerbaijan’s foreign policy;
- Azerbaijan's relations with the Moslem world;
- Relations between Azerbaijan and Georgia;
- Islam in Azerbaijan; Islam in the Caucasus;
- Foreign policy of Armenia;
- Iran-Armenia relations;
- Azerbaijani community of Iran;
- Legal status of the Caspian Sea;
- Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan legal dispute over the oil fields in the Caspian Sea;
- Turkey’s new foreign policy;
- Turkey 's accession to the EU;
- Iran-Turkey relations;
- Iran’s nuclear program;
- New Islamic directions in Central Asia: internal and external dimensions;
- Global and regional powers in Central Asia;
- Energy security in Central Asia;
- Ukraine 's foreign policy;
- Moldova’s foreign policy;
- GUAM and its future;
- Armenian Diaspora and lobby in the US;
- US missile defense shield in Eastern Europe.
International relations and general topics:
- Theory of International Relations;
- Problems of the Modern International Law;
- International Law and current world politics;
- International Court of Justice and the separatist conflicts;
- US foreign policy;
- Russia’s foreign policy;
- China’s foreign policy;
- Foreign policy challenges for the European Union.
This is a preliminary list. Please feel free to offer alternative topics, including commentaries and book reviews, to the Editor.
All correspondence and submissions should be e-mailed to:
contact[at]cria-online.org
The CRIA distinguishes itself as the only open-access peer-reviewed e-journal worldwide covering a variety of topics on the Caucasus. Being based in Germany the CRIA is published quarterly in English. The Review is committed to promote a better understanding of the regional affairs by providing relevant background information and analysis, as far as the Caucasus in general, and the South Caucasus in particular are concerned. The CRIA also welcomes and publishes lucid, well-documented papers on other countries and regions including especially Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, as well as on all aspects of international affairs, from all political viewpoints. The CRIA is indexed/abstracted in Columbia International Affairs Online, ProQuest Research Library, EBSCOhost Political Science Complete, Directory of Open Access Journals, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, etc. The last issue of the Review can be viewed at http://www.cria-online.org
Caucasian Review of International Affairs
Eppsteiner Str. 2, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Tel: +49 69 138 76 684
E-mail: contact "at" cria-online.org
Web: www.cria-online.org
ISSN: 1865-6773
CFP: Central Eurasian Studies Society Eleventh Annual Conference (2010)
October 28-31, 2010
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) invites panel and paper proposals for the Eleventh Annual CESS Conference, October 28-31, 2010, in East Lansing, MI. The event will be held at Michigan State University, hosted by the Center for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Asian Studies Center. Panels begin Friday morning, October 29, and continue through mid-day on Sunday, October 31.
Panel and paper topics relating to all aspects of humanities and social science scholarship on Central Eurasia are welcome. The geographic domain of Central Eurasia extends from the Black Sea and Iranian Plateau to Mongolia and Siberia, including the Caucasus, Crimea, Middle Volga, Afghanistan, Tibet, and Central and Inner Asia. Practitioners and scholars in all humanities and social science disciplines with an interest in Central Eurasia are encouraged to participate.
The program will feature approximately 45 panels and there will also be a supplementary program including a welcome reception on Thursday, a conference dinner and a keynote speaker.
Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: Friday, March 5, 2010
For complete details, please see the complete Call for Papers (http://www.units. muohio.edu/ cess/CFP_ 2010.html) on the CESS website.
Call for articles: Transitions, The Black Sea World in the Age of Democratizations
ed. by l'Institut de Sociologie, Université Libre de Bruxelles and l'Institut Européen, Université de Genève
Twenty years after the fall of the communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe, the transitions of these countries to democracy and market economy have been finally achieved. Central and Eastern Europe has become a stable region, as it overcame the risk of turbulence it went through in the 90s. But, as we move to the East, the situation is completely different. In the years 2000, the tra