Hello,
I am contacting you on behalf of the Eurasia Program of the Social Science Research Council to ask that you publicly distribute the following information (text below and PDF flyer attached) about our upcoming Dissertation Development Workshop. This workshop, "Times of Trouble: Violence in Eurasia, from Past to Present," will be held April 4-6, 2008 in New York City and is open to graduate students at any stage of the dissertation process whose projects examine Eurasia and the workshop themes. (Please note: only U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible to apply).
Please let me know if you require any additional information, and thank you for your assistance.
Best,
Holly Danzeisen
Eurasia Program
Times of Trouble: Violence in Eurasia from Past to Present New York City April 4-6, 2008
Application Submission Deadline: December 17, 2007
The Eurasia Program of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) invites proposals for a dissertation development workshop focusing on issues of violence in Eurasia. Graduate students at any stage of their dissertation process (from proposal to write-up) and from any disciplinary or interdisciplinary program in the humanities or social sciences are eligible to apply. We particularly encourage applicants who propose fresh theoretical perspectives and methodologies, and whose work speaks to a
wide scholarly audience.
Tsarist-era pogroms, the brutalities of the Stalinist period, the fame of the Russian mafia, contemporary human rights abuses in Central Asia, and ongoing conflicts across the Caucasus suggest only some of the best known concerns of the past 100 years. What kind of norms or values have governed the use of violence in the territory once covered by the Russian empire and the Soviet Union, now by the Russian Federation and other successor states? To what extent have scholars focused appropriately, or at times excessively, on these most sensational aspects of former Soviet space? What have been the responses from individuals, groups, and states from
within and outside the region to violence and repression, or to ongoing scholarly
and popular renderings of themselves as violent? Does the region deserve such reputation relative to other world areas?
These and related questions will shape the discussions of the Eurasia Program dissertation development workshop, with participants invited from, but not limited to the fields of anthropology, archaeology, economics, environmental studies, film and media studies, history, law, literature, politics, psychology, and sociology.
For detailed information on application procedures and eligibility requirements, please visit the Eurasia Program online at www.ssrc.org/ programs/ eurasia or contact program staff at eurasia@ssrc. org.
Eurasia Program
Social Science Research Council
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New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 377-2700
Fax: (212) 377-2727
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