May 12, 2008

CfP: The Anthropology of SouthEastern Europe, Craiova, 26-29.11.2008

Dear Colleagues,
It is our great pleasure to let you know that, from 26 to 29 of November 2008, it will take place in Craiova the Third International Conference in Ethnology and Anthropology „AnthropoEast: The Europenisation of Balkans – The Balkanisation of Europe”.

Organised by the The Museum of Oltenia – The Department of Ethnography, The University of Craiova and the Centre for Studies in Folklife and Traditional Culture of the County of Dolj with the support of the County of Dolj Council, our conference’s aim is to create a debate framework for academics both from Romania and from abroad, who are concerned with the (re)defining of the epistemological limits of the research field each of them cover.

Several themes should be taken into consideration:

I. (Multi)Cultural Europe. Rhetorics and Practice of Diversity
Migrations and the Construction of Ethnic Groups in the New Europe

Rituals, Narratives, Discourses and Material Culture

Negotiating Identity in the New Europe

Interpreting Religious Diversity: Conversion, Syncretism and Religious Practice

II. A New Europe – A New Anthropology ?!

„My Home, Your Country, Our Museum”. Migration Flow and Museums

Poetics and Politics in the New Anthropology


Without having any intention to cover the entire problems of the anthropological research in the South-Eastern Europe, the conference we organise is intended to be only a simple X-raying of the discipline as it looks like at the beginning of the Century.
Papers will be given in English and they are not to exceed 20 minutes of time.

In order to improve communication we are going to edit and publish the volume of the conference,Symposia . Studies in Ethnology and Anthropology, issue no. 1/2008 in advance, so that each participant should have it in its conference portfolio. That is why the papers to be presented during the conference, the in extenso copy, should be submitted to our editorial board by September 15, 2008.

The submitters should send the papers to the publisher at the following address:
- Mihai Fifor, general manager
- Lavinia Coaje, project coordinator
The Museum of Oltenia
8 Popa Sapca Street, 200422 Craiova - Romania
Tel: 0040 251 411906
Fax: 0040 251 419435
E-mail: muzeulolteniei@ yahoo.com

The papers should be original and should not be under consideration elsewhere.

Articles should not exceed 15 pages. On a different sheet of paper you are to write the author's name and academic affiliation and also the title of the paper.
All contributions should be clearly typed or printed on one side of an A4 paper or American Quarto, one and a half spaced and with wide margins throughout (including footnotes and bibliographical references).
Footnotes should be kept at a minimum. Essential notes should be presented in a typed list at the end of the article, one and a half spaced.
Bibliographical references should be given in parentheses in a standard author-date form in the body of the text: (Thomas 1991: 123)
A complete list of references cited, arranged alphabetically by author's surname, should be typed at the end of the article:
Thomas, K. 1991. Religion and the Decline of Magic. London: Penguin Books.
Declich, F. 2000. 'Sufi experience in rural Somali. A focus on women', Social Anthropology 8, 3 : 295-318.
Lash, S. and Friedman, J. (eds.) 1996. Modernity and Identity. Oxford: Blackwell.
Quotations. Single inverted commas should be used except for quotations within quotations, which should have double inverted commas. Quotations of more than 60 words should be set off from the text with an extra line of spacing above and below, and typed without inverted commas.
Spelling. British English (not American English) spelling should be used in English articles except in quoted matter which should follow the original. Use -ise not -ize word endings.
Participation expenses. All the expenses, excepting the travel costs from your country to Bucharest and from Bucharest back home, will be covered by the organisers.

Therefore, we would kindly invite you to take part in our conference, your presence being a real guaranty for our reunion success.
Looking forward to hearing from you,

Truly yours,

prof.dr. Mihai Fifor
researcher
Manager of the The Museum of Oltenia






THE PROGRAM OF THE CONFERENCE

Wednesday, November 26, 2008
17.00 Arrival
19.30 Dinner

Thursday, November 27, 2008
08.00 Breakfast
09.30 Official opening of the
conference
10.30 Coffee break
11.00 Plenum
14.00 Lunch
16.00 Workshops
17.30 Coffee break
17.45 Workshops
20.00 Dinner
21.00 Ethnologic Film Show

Friday, November 28, 2008
08.00 Breakfast
09.00 Workshops
10.30 Coffee break
11.00 Workshops
12.30 City Tour
14.30 Lunch
16.00 Workshops
17.30 Coffee break
18.00 Workshop reports
20.00 Farewell Party

Saturday, November 29, 2008
08.00 Breakfast
09.00 Workshops final reports in plenum
10.00 Coffee break
11.00 Conference final conclusions
12.00 Departure.


prof.dr. Mihai Fifor
general manager of The Regional Museum of Oltenia

8 Popa Sapca Street, 200422 Craiova, Romania
tel: +40 251 411906
fax: +40 251 419435
e-mail: mihai_fifor@ yahoo.com

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