Regional Student Conference Dedicated to the memory of Viktoria Lavrova
CALL FOR PAPERS "Transitions in Eurasia" Date: 27-28 January 2007 International
& Comparative Politics Department
American University - Central Asia, Bishkek
The ICP Department envisions both a debate and an interdisciplinary conference with a range of papers on the broad question of transition in Central Asia. For instance, papers on competing 'democratic' leadership styles in Central Asia and Mongolia, economic and business elites, social elites, intellectual and cultural elites, the military, religious elites, and pop-culture and fashionable icons as elites are all welcome. The Conference and debate are dedicated in honour of Viktoria Lavrova, our
beloved colleague on the first anniversary of her death.
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The first day will consist of paper presentations as well as student lectures on selected themes for the debates the following day. The second day will consist of teams of debaters competing against each other. Therefore, this academic event consists of both a conference and a debate.
Submitted paper proposals must be no more than 350 words (one page), in English, and include: an explanation of how the proposal is relevant to the conference theme; a specific research question; a thesis statement; and an explanation of the materials or methods that will be used to research the paper.
Priority will be given to proposals, which take an original, creative approach to a specific question related to the conference theme, and consider this question in terms of more than one country or culture. Interdisciplinary proposals are also welcome.
*When preliminary enquiries are received the 'Guidelines for Preparing Student Conference Proposals & Papers' will be electronically sent in response. *
*After receipt of this, applications should be written in light of the guideline.*
Proposals must be prepared for 'blind review'. The author's name should not appear on the proposal; only the title being used to identify the proposal.
Complete applications must include the following:
· a paper proposal (1 page, 350 words, prepared for blind review)
OR
· Statement of interest for participating in the Debate
All materials must be submitted in electronic format no later than 25 December 2006 to yigit_s@mail. auca.kg (Dr. Sureyya Yigit, Acting Associate Professor, International & Comparative Politics Department, American University – Central Asia Bishkek)
Results will be announced on 29 December 2006
International Conference CALL FOR PAPERS "Concept of Eurasia" Date: 26 January 2007 Department of International & Comparative Politics (ICP) American University – Central Asia
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
The ICP Department envisions an international multi-disciplinary conference, dedicated in Memoriam for Viktoria Lavrova, consisting of a range of papers on the broad question of the conceptual transitions in Central Asia. Papers on competing conceptual understandings and explanations with regard to "Eurasia", the historical development of the Eurasia notion, its significance in the past and the present, the economic, political, strategic and institutional developments between the Kyrgyz and Turkish Republics are all welcome.
Submitted proposals must be no more than 350 words (one page), in English and include both a paper title, as well as an explanation of how the proposal is relevant to the conference theme
The aim of this Conference is to identify and discover a coherent explanation of Eurasia and to advance some evidence for this concept through an analysis of a case study. The Conference will be an intensive one-day event, which will be divided into three parts.
The morning session will venture into highlighting the concept of Eurasia, primarily focusing on the origins of the idea, its theoretical development and how it affects the contemporary debate.
The afternoon session will investigate as a case study of the theory the relationship between Kyrgyzstan and Turkey. Given the fact that Kyrgyzstan shares a linguistic and historical heritage with Turkey alongside common ethnicity and cultural traits alongside the fact that in political terms Turkey was the first country to recognize the independent Kyrgyz polity after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it is natural that these two countries be investigated to gather evidence for proving or falsifying the Eurasia concept. The third and final session will look at the implications of developing and following a Eurasia concept on third parties such as the EU, U.S.A and China.
Needless to say, this is an emerging conceptual and theoretical area and to do justice for a conference aiming for conceptual clarity and results of a particular case study, experts and interested scholars are encouraged to participate and share their findings with the audience. To cater for such an aim, regional and international researchers as well as domestic academics are invited to propose paper titles and hopefully attend in order to disseminate their findings.
Priority will be given to proposals, which take an original, creative approach to the specific question related to the conference theme, considering it within the broad geographic area of Eurasia. Interdisciplinary proposals are more than welcome.
All materials must be submitted in electronic format no later than 25 December 2006 to sari_y@mail. auca.kg (Yasar Sari, Head of Department International & Comparative Politics American University – Central Asia). Results will be announced on 27 December 2006.
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