Call for Papers
Contemporary Albanian Societies in Transition
The Center for European and Mediterranean Studies and the MA Program in the Department of Politics of New York University are sponsoring a one-day Conference on Contemporary Albanian Societies in Transition. The Conference will be held on December 19th 2008 at New York University. We particularly welcome proposals that
examine various social and policy problems related to contemporary Albanian societies and politics. We welcome panel and paper submissions from scholars, graduate students and professionals who specialize on Albanian issues.
Committee Chair: SHINASI A. RAMA, New York University
Organizing Committee: AROLDA ELBASANI, University of Berlin, BESNIK PULA,
University of Michigan, ELTON
SKENDAJ, Cornell University, MIRELA BOGDANI, Oxford University, and VENERA
BEKTESHI, Boston College.
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS:
Submissions of abstracts may be of two types: (i) individual paper presentations, (ii) proposals to organize a panel of up to four individuals on a particular theme or topic. Submissions must be 250 words or less and must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document. The submission deadline for abstracts is October 1st, 2008. Submissions will be reviewed and selected participants will be notified within two weeks of their submissions.
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:
All papers submitted by scholars and graduate students residing in the US and Canada must be submitted online by November 15th 2008. Scholars coming from other countries should submit their papers online as earlier as possible or by November 15th 2008.
GUEST LECTURER:
Our Guest Lecturer is His Excellency, Prof. Dr. ENVER HOXHAJ, Minister of Education of the Republic of Kosova.
ROUNDTABLE:
The Conference will also feature a Roundtable on Kosova led by Dr. SAMI REPISHTI, City University of New York.
BEST CONFERENCE PAPER:
The Organizing Committee will select which, in its judgment, is the best paper presented at the conference. The author or authors of the selected paper will receive a prize awarded by the Editorial Board of the Albanian Journal of Politics.
PUBLICATION:
Selected revised papers will be published in the Albanian Journal of Politics and in a separate volume.
IMPORTANT DEADLINES:
Deadline for Abstract Submission: October 1st 2008
Notification of Acceptance: October 15th 2008
Submission of Full Papers: November 25th 2008
The Conference is held on: December 19th 2008
INFORMATION:
Submissions and requests for further information can be made to the following email address: sar6@nyu.edu
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