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CALL FOR PAPERS – FOURTEENTH ANNUAL CZECH STUDIES WORKSHOP
at Columbia University in the City of New York

Proposal Deadline: January 11, 2013

The Fourteenth Annual Czech Studies Workshop, which will be held at Columbia University in the City of New York on April 26-27, 2013, welcomes proposals for papers on Czech topics, broadly defined, in all disciplines. Slovak topics will also be considered.

In the past, our interdisciplinary conference has drawn participants from colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. Areas of interest have included:
anthropology, architecture, art, economics, education, film, geography, history, Jewish studies, literature, music, philosophy, politics, religion, and theater. Work in progress is appropriate for our workshop format. Junior faculty and advanced graduate students are especially encouraged to participate. Continue reading →

The Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (Middle East and Central Asia) is convening a postgraduate conference titled ‘Change and Continuity in the Middle East and Central Asia’ on the 30th of November and 1st of December 2012 for local and international graduate students and early career researchers based in Australia and internationally.
The two day interdisciplinary conference will offer an opportunity for emerging scholars to present new ideas and analysis on the region and potentially to have their work published in peer reviewed outlets.

We invite exceptional Masters by research students, PhD scholars, Postdoctoral fellows and early career academics to submit a short conference abstract (of no more than 300 words) by 17 August 2012 for consideration by the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies. Paper proposals should be within the disciplines of Political Science, International Relations, or Anthropology and Sociology, and relate to one or more of the following themes:
• Political Islam
• Peace and Conflict
• State Building
• Social Movements
• Gender
• Political Economy
• Revolutionary Change in the Arab World
• Nationalism and Identity

All participants whose abstracts have been accepted will be invited to present at the conference in person. Discussions will be encouraged, and presenters will be able to get feedback from their peers as well as academics in attendance on their work.

Presenters seeking to be considered for the conference publication, must submit their complete papers by 19 October 2012. These papers will be submitted for anonymous peer review by prominent academics in the field in line with HERDC guidelines. After the conference, a selection of the best papers will be published in an edited volume.

Further information relating to this conference can be found at http://cais.anu.edu.au/event/change-and-continuity-in-the-middle-east-and-central-asia-postgraduate-conference .

CALL FOR PAPERS: Central Slavic Conference 2012: 50 Years (and Beyond),
November 1-4, 2012, St. Louis, Missouri
Proposal Deadline, September 1, 2012

The Central Slavic Conference is pleased to invite scholars of all
disciplines working in Slavic, Eurasian, and East European studies to
submit proposals for panels, individual papers, roundtables, and poster
presentations for its annual meeting, to be held in conjunction with the
2012 International Studies Association Midwest Conference (see link below). Continue reading →

AATSEEL-Wisconsin Conference
12-13 October 2012
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Call for papers for the 2012 AATSEEL-WI Conference

Proposal Deadline August 31, 2012

Abstracts for 20-minute papers on any aspect of Slavic literatures
and cultures (including film, music, the visual arts, linguistics, and language
pedagogy) are invited for the annual conference of the Wisconsin chapter
of AATSEEL (The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European
Languages). Comparative topics and interdisciplinary approaches are welcome.
The conference will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday and
Saturday, 12-13 October 2012. Continue reading →