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Sep. 22nd, 2013|09:30 am |
Call for Papers
19th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
International Affairs Building,
Columbia University, NY
Sponsored by the Harriman Institute
24-26 April 2014
www.nationalities.org
***Proposal deadline: 24 October 2013***
[Please note that the deadline is earlier than in previous years]
Contact information:
proposals must be submitted to:
darel@uottawa.ca and darelasn2014@gmail.com
Over 140 PANELS in nine sections:
Nationalism Studies
Migration & Diasporas
Balkans
Russia
Ukraine & Belarus
Central Europe (incl. Baltics & Moldova)
Eurasia (incl. Central Asia & China)
Caucasus (North and South)
Turkey, Greece & Cyprus
THEMATIC Panels on
History
History, Politics, & Memory
Ethnicity & Violence
Gender & Identity
Transitional Justice & Minority Rights
Energy & Nationalism
SCREENING of New Documentaries
SPECIAL ROUNDTABLES on New Books
AWARDS for Best Doctoral Student Papers,
ASN Harriman Joseph Rothschild Book Prize
ASN Award for Best Documentary
The Nationalities Papers Opening Reception
The ASN Convention, the most attended international and inter-disciplinary scholarly gathering of its kind, welcomes proposals on a wide range of topics related to nationalism, ethnicity, ethnic conflict and national identity in several regional sections on Balkans, Central Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia, the Caucasus, and Turkey/Greece/Cyprus, as well as the two cross-regional sections of Nationalism Studies and Migration & Diasporas. Disciplines represented include political science, history, anthropology, sociology, international studies, security studies, geopolitics, area studies, economics, geography, sociolinguistics, literature, psychology, and related fields.
The Convention is also inviting paper, panel, roundtable, or special presentation proposals related to:
•“History, Politics and Memory,” on the construction and contestation of the memory of historical events in sites, symbols, discourse and research;
•“Ethnicity and Violence,”on the conditions, construction, and implications of violence perpetrated against “ethnic” or culturally-defined groups;
•“Gender & Identity,” on the saliency of gender in discourse, representation, practices and mobilization;
•“Transitional Justice & Minority Rights,” encompassing human rights, minority rights, war crimes, genocide, international tribunals, and related issues;
•“Energy & Nationalism” touching on oil and gas revenues, pipelines, the “oil curse”, ecology, sustainable development and the securitization of energy
Prospective applicants can get a sense of the large thematic scope of ASN Convention papers by looking at the 2013 Final Program
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