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CESS Elections 2008
Call for Papers: CESS Ninth Annual Conference
Call for Papers: First CESS Regional Conference
Date: 2 May 2008
Balloting for the 2008 CESS elections, which closed on 15 April, yielded the following new leaders for our organization:
President-Elect:
Peter Finke, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Executive Board Member:
Cynthia Werner, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, U.S.A.
Executive Board Member:
Victoria Clement, Assistant Professor of History, Western Carolina University, U.S.A.
With the completion of these elections, Edward Lazzerini, who became President-Elect a year ago, now becomes President, and Laura Adams, by completing her term, becomes Past President. Scott Levi and Douglas Northrop are our outgoing Executive Board members. Our thanks to Dr. Adams, Dr. Levi, and Dr. Northrop for their leadership, and congratulations to all those who are assuming new duties now.
On behalf of the current Executive Board and the Nominations and Elections Committees, we also want to express deep appreciation to all those who stood in the elections. We highly value their willingness to serve the cause of building our organization. All of the candidates received significant levels of support. In the presidential voting, 53% voted for Peter Finke, while 46% voted for M. Nazif Shahrani. In the Executive Board voting, with a field of four candidates, the highest vote-getter received the support of 56% of voters, while the lowest received 37%.
In the elections, 36% of those eligible to vote submitted their votes. We welcome any feedback on either the elections themselves or how we can encourage greater participation.
On behalf of the Board, we want to express appreciation to the Nominations Committee - Gulnara Aitpaeva and Alexander Knysh (co-chairs), David Abramson, Marianne Kamp, Adeeb Khalid, James Millward, John Schoeberlein, and Nayereh Tohidi - for their contributions to making this process a success.
From today, the CESS elected officers and Executive Board are as follows:
Elected Officers:
President: Edward Lazzerini
Past President: Laura Adams
President-Elect (to become President in 2009): Peter Finke
Executive Board
Gulnara Aiptaeva (one year remaining)
Victoria Clement (beginning a three-year term)
Philippe Forêt (two years remaining)
Deniz Kandiyoti (two years remaining)
Anara Tabyshalieva (one year remaining)
Cynthia Werner (beginning a three-year term)
Sincerely,
Anara Tabyshalieva
Douglas Northrop
Elections Committee co-chairs
Date: 2 February 2008
Call for Papers
Central Eurasian Studies Society Ninth Annual Conference (2008)
September 18-21, 2008
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) invites panel and paper proposals for the Ninth CESS Annual Conference, September 18-21, 2008, in Washington, D.C. The event will be held at Georgetown University, hosted by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES). Panels begin Friday morning, September 19, and continue through mid-day on Sunday, September 21.
Panel and paper topics relating to all aspects of humanities and social science scholarship on Central Eurasia are welcome. The geographic domain of Central Eurasia extends from the Black Sea and Iranian Plateau to Mongolia and Siberia, including the Caucasus, Crimea, Middle Volga, Afghanistan, Tibet, and Central and Inner Asia. Practitioners and scholars in all humanities and social science disciplines with an interest in Central Eurasia are encouraged to participate.
The program will feature approximately 60 panels and there will also be a supplementary program including cultural events, a welcome reception on Thursday, a conference dinner and a keynote speaker.
Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: Wednesday, April 16, 2008.
Submissions of pre-organized panels are strongly encouraged and will be given some preference in the selection process. Individual papers are also welcome and will be assigned by the program committee to an appropriate panel with a chair and a discussant. Only electronic submissions will be accepted, preferably via the webform available on the CESS website: http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_cfp.html
*** In order to improve the academic quality and the registration process of the annual conference, the CESS Conference Committee has instituted several new policies. Please read and attend to the policies detailed below.***
FULL DETAILS OF CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
Please note that due to an anticipated high level of interest in the 2008 conference, the selection of papers will be very competitive, and we encourage all potential presenters to consider working with colleagues to arrange a pre-organized panel, as this will improve your chances of acceptance. Successful proposals will offer new findings based on theoretically informed, empirically rich research. As always, we strongly encourage the participation of graduate students and scholars from Central Eurasia.
The Conference Committee accepts electronic submissions only -- either by webform (see the CESS website: http://www.cess.muohio.edu), or by an e-mailed form in MS Word format (if you do not have access to the webform, please contact us at cess@muohio.edu and we will e-mail you the submission forms in MS Word format).
The following information is required for submissions; we suggest that you prepare the text before accessing the website so you can simply paste the information into the form (but do not send it without the form!).
For individual papers and for each presenter on a regular panel please make sure you provide us with:
1) Name, 2) Current institutional affiliation, 3) Title/position, 4) E-mail address, 5) Postal address, 6) Telephone, 7) Fax, 8) Title of Paper, 9) Abstract of Paper (a summary of the paper of 200-300 words; abstracts longer than 300 words may be rejected), 10) Any audio-visual equipment requests (specify -- e.g., overhead projector, slide projector, video player), 11) A brief (100 word) biographical statement that contains the information which the panel chair may require for introductions, and includes the presenter's educational background (highest degree, year awarded, awarding institution, and field of study).
For panels:
Proposals may be submitted for REGULAR PANELS (with the presentation of 3-4 scholarly papers) and ROUNDTABLE PANELS (featuring 3-6 people informally discussing a current topic in the field). Pre-organized panels should be thematically coherent and may be organized/sponsored by a scholarly organization.
REGULAR panels must have three or four paper presenters, a chair, and a discussant (ideally, the roles of chair and discussant will be filled by two different people). In addition to the information for each of the paper presenters on the panel (as indicated above), the following are also required: a) a title for the proposed panel, and b) name, affiliation, and contact information of the panel organizer, chair and discussant. Please make sure your panel is complete before submitting this information; incomplete panels will be given a lower ranking.
ROUNDTABLE panels must have between three and six presenters and a chair (note: no discussant is required for roundtables). As roundtables are oriented towards a more informal discussion, no paper proposal is expected from roundtable panelists, but please provide information for each of the presenters on the panel (as indicated above, with the exception of an abstract), as well as a) a title for the proposed roundtable, and b) name, affiliation, and contact information of the panel organizer and chair. Please make sure your panel is complete before submitting this information; incomplete panels will be given a lower ranking.
Please note the following policy: only complete panels with a full set of panelists, including a chair, (and a discussant for regular panels) should be submitted. If a panel or roundtable receives a high score from the reviewers but does not include a full complement of panelists, the panel may be wait-listed until it is complete.
Sponsored Panels: CESS encourages other institutions supporting the study of Central Eurasia to organize "sponsored panels" at the CESS conference -- i.e., panels organized by the sponsoring institution, involving their members and receiving their imprimatur (and possibly their funding). CESS partner organizations are customarily granted one panel slot upon request. For more information on partnering with CESS, please contact the secretariat at cess@muohio.edu.
Best Paper Graduate Student Award: There will be an award in the amount of $500 given to the best graduate student conference paper submitted to the Awards Committee for consideration. See the CESS awards webpage for details, or contact the Awards Committee Co-chair, Dr. Uli Schamiloglu <uschamil@wisc.edu>.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
1. Submission format: Do not send your proposal in any format other than the webform or the MS Word form created by CESS.
2. The importance of the abstract: We anticipate that the selection process will be quite competitive in 2008. Your proposal will be anonymously peer-reviewed and scored based on the quality of its abstract; personal factors such as your institutional affiliation, academic status, and history with CESS have little impact on whether or not your proposal will be accepted.
- Abstracts that do not include information about the theoretical and/or empirical contributions of the research will have significantly lower chances being accepted. If you want to know more about how to write a good abstract, please follow the Guidelines for Writing Abstracts available on the CESS website (http://www.cess.muohio.edu/CESSpg_conf_abgu.html).
- If you participate in the conference, your abstract will be published on the CESS website, so please write it carefully to avoid errors. Those less accustomed to writing in English should have their abstract proofread prior to submission. Abstracts written in very poor English or apparently translated word-for-word from another language will be rejected, under the assumption that the author does not have sufficient command of English to present the paper.
3. Commitment to Participate: By submitting a proposal, you are indicating your serious intention to participate in the conference -- including your commitment to take the necessary steps to obtain any required visa or funding.
- You will be asked to confirm your commitment to participate by the end of July, so please try to have your travel and funding arrangements in place by then. Note that CESS rules stipulate that those who do not confirm their participation in the conference by August 1 will be DROPPED FROM THE PROGRAM and their slot on the program will be given to another presenter.
- Those who fail to appear at the conference without timely notice to the Conference Committee will be considered "no-shows" and will be barred from participating for the next two years. The deadline for such notification is Friday, August 15, and after this date, no registration fees can be refunded. However, if an individual faces extraordinary circumstances at the last minute that prevent him or her from attending the conference (such as the denial of a visa), these circumstances will certainly be taken into account.
- It is CESS policy not to allow papers to be read in absentia.
4. E-mail Contact: Since all communication with conference participants is via e-mail, it is vitally important that you make sure we always have an active e-mail address for you. If we lose contact with you after your proposal is accepted, you may be dropped from the program, so please keep us posted of any changes to your primary email address, and please respond to requests from the Conference Committee in a timely manner.
5. Program Limitations: No participant may present more than one paper at the conference, including roundtable presentations. Without special justification, the program committee will not schedule any individual to appear on more than two panels as a presenter, chair or discussant. If you have a paper included on a pre-organized panel and you also submit an individual paper, the pre-organized panel takes precedence and if it is accepted, your other paper proposal will not be considered.
6. Language of the conference: The language of the conference is English. All presentations are to be made in English; translation from other languages is not allowed.
Schedule of Key Dates
Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: Friday, April 11, 2008.
• Note: Submissions after this date may be accepted only in the case of special justifying circumstances and at the discretion of the program committee. Please be sure you have a complete proposal to us by this date.
Notification of acceptance: by June 6, 2008.
• The host institution will provide, upon request, mailed or faxed invitation letters to support an application for a visa or travel funds. Note: Obtaining a U.S. visa can take a long time, and we urge participants to begin the process immediately upon notification of their proposal's acceptance. Participants should have visa and travel arrangements in place by August 1.
Hotel reservation deadline: August 1.
Some of the conference hotels will begin releasing the rooms reserved for CESS conference participants beginning on this date. CESS cannot guarantee availability of lodgings near the conference after this date.
Deadline for notification of audio-visual requests: Friday, August 15.
Deadline for pre-payment or withdrawal from the program: Friday, August 15.
• For those not on the program, pre-payment of registration fees reserves a space at the conference, in the event that attendance reaches the maximum capacity.
• Pre-payment of registration fees and a current membership in CESS is REQUIRED for everyone on the program (with the exception of chairs and discussants specially invited by the host institution). All presenters must pay their registration and (if necessary) membership fees by this deadline or they may be DROPPED FROM THE PROGRAM. NOTE: Presenters without access to the regular methods of payment should just email the CESS Secretariat (cess@muohio.edu) to request an exemption from this requirement.
After August 15, no fees will be refunded.
Papers should be submitted to chairs/discussants: by Friday, August 29.
• Paper presenters will be informed via e-mail by mid-August of the e-mail addresses of their panel's chair and discussant, to whom they should send their papers by the deadline.
Conference: September 18-21, 2008.
• Arrival to Washington is on the afternoon/evening of Thursday, September 18 -- registration opens in the afternoon followed by a reception in the evening. Panels begin Friday morning, September 19, and continue through mid-day on Sunday, September 21.
Registration information
Each conference attendee is required to pay a registration fee and presenters are required to pre-pay. The fee is reduced for CESS members, for Georgetown University students, and for those who pay their registration fees before the pre-payment deadline – August 15. The level of the fee also depends on your CESS membership dues category (with some members being entitled to reduced dues -- see the CESS Membership Form for details).
Payment of registration fees IS REQUIRED for all attending the conference, and covers a welcome reception on Thursday and the conference dinner on Friday. The deadline for pre-payment (required for all presenters) is August 15.
Fees for 2008 are as follows:
Regular fee members*: $75 (pre-paid) or $100 (after August 15)
Reduced fee members**: $50 (pre-paid) or $70 (after August 15)
Non-members: $100 (pre-paid) or $130 (after August 15)
GU students: $35 (pre-paid) or $45 (after August 15)
GU student CESS members: $25 (pre-paid) or $30 (after August 15)
* "Regular fee members" are those who have paid their annual dues at $50.
** "Reduced fee members" are those who have current membership at reduced fees ($0-$20).
Panel participants may submit the registration fee at the same time as submitting their proposal form, or at any time before the pre-payment deadline of August 15. We accept payment by 1) cash (only at the conference), 2) check or money order (if not from a US bank, please contact us to find out what form is acceptable from your country), 3) credit card (see the Credit Card Payment Form). Payments should be mailed to: Central Eurasian Studies Society, Havighurst Center, Harrison Hall, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, U.S.A.. Please consult the CESS Membership Form for full details on methods of payment.
NOTE: CESS does not have funds to support the costs of conference participation, and does not waive the conference fee for participants who cannot afford it. Participants must obtain their own funding -- from personal resources, their own institutions, or grant-giving organizations which provide conference travel grants. Some further information about possible sources is available on the conference website.
Travel and Accommodations
Information about the Georgetown University and the city of Washington, transportation options, maps, and lodging information will be available on the Georgetown University's CESS Conference Information page at http://www1.georgetown.edu/sfs/ceres/CESS2008/. Please be sure to visit this web page for detailed information.
All conference participants are responsible for making their own arrangements for travel and accommodations. CESS does not have sufficient resources to subsidize travel and accommodations for conference participants.
Further Information
The Co-chairs of the Conference Committee are:
Dr. Laura Adams (Harvard University; lladams2@earthlink.net)
Dr. Victoria Clement (Western Carolina University; vsclem@yahoo.com)
Dr. James Millward (Georgetown University; millwarj@georgetown.edu)
Full information about CESS 2008 in Washington may be found on the conference webpages:
* Main conference website: http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_cfp.html.
* Registration: http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_reg1.html
* Program (preliminary version available in July 2008):
http://www.cess.muohio.edu/CESS_Program.html
* Full information about hosting and location at the Georgetown University: http://www1.georgetown.edu/sfs/ceres/CESS2008/
Virtually all questions about the conference can be answered by consulting the above-mentioned webpages. If you don't have web access, or if you don't find the answer to your questions there, you can contact the conference organizers by e-mail at cess@muohio.edu.
Communications regarding local arrangements, including invitation letters, should be addressed to:
CESS 2008 Annual Conference
Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies
Georgetown University
Box 571031, ICC 111
Washington, DC 20057-1031
Telephone: 1-202-687-6080
Fax: 1-202-687-5829
Communications about proposal submission, program matters, registration matters, the mailing list, and data updates should be sent to the CESS Secretariat. Please send payments also to:
Central Eurasian Studies Society
Havighurst Center, Harrison Hall
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056, U.S.A.
Tel.: +1/513-529-0241 Fax: +1/513-529-0242
CESS@muohio.edu
Date: 17 January 2008
Call for Papers
Central Eurasian Studies Society Regional Conference (2008)
Date: August 4-7, 2008
The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) announces that its first regional conference will be held the summer of 2008 in Kyrgyzstan. Conference registration is open to the public. For more information, see the information on CESS's website: http://www.cess.muohio.edu/regional_conf_08.html. Due to space limitations, we may have to close registration when capacity is reached, and thus, non-presenting attendees are urged to pre-register to ensure that their place is reserved.
Those wishing to present a paper at the conference are welcome to submit a proposal in accordance with the guidelines below.
Conference dates: August 4-7, 2008
Conference location: Royal Beach Hotel, Choq Tal village, Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, hosted by the Aigine Research Center and The University of Central Asia.
The program will feature approximately 16 panels in sessions running from Tuesday morning till Thursday noon. There will also be a supplementary program including films and other cultural events, a welcoming reception on Monday, August 4 and a conference conclusion and lunch on Thursday, August 7.
The working languages of the conference are Russian and English. Translation will be provided for a key lecture and closing speech.
Call for Paper and Panel Proposals
Panel and paper topics relating to all aspects of humanities and social science scholarship on Central Eurasia are welcome. The geographic domain of Central Eurasia extends from the Black Sea and Iranian Plateau to Mongolia and Siberia, including the Caucasus, Crimea, Middle Volga, Afghanistan, Tibet, and Central and Inner Asia. Practitioners and scholars in all humanities and social science disciplines with an interest in Central Eurasia are encouraged to participate.
Submissions of pre-organized panels are strongly encouraged and will be given some preference in the selection process. Individual papers are also welcome and will be assigned by the program committee to an appropriate panel with a chair and a discussant. CESS members wishing to organize panels are encouraged to use the Central Eurasian Scholars Network to make contact with interested colleagues.
Please note that due to a high level of interest in CESS conferences, and the fact that the total number of participants in first regional conference of CESS will be limited due to space constraints, we anticipate that the selection of papers will be extremely competitive. We encourage all who hope to attend to consider working with colleagues to arrange a pre-organized panel, as this will improve your chances of acceptance.
Submission of Proposals
The Conference Committee only accepts ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS – please fill out the web form for a panel or individual paper proposal at: http://www.cess.muohio.edu/regional_conf_08.html. Those who don't have access to the website may contact us at <frc.cess@gmail.com> and we will e-mail the submission forms in MS Word format.
The following information is required for submissions; we suggest that you prepare the text before accessing the website so you can simply paste the information into the form (but do not send it without the form!):
FOR PAPER PRESENTERS: 1) Name, 2) Current institutional affiliation, 3) Title/position, 4) E-mail, 5) Postal address, 6) Telephone, 7) Fax, 8) Title of Paper, 9) Abstract of Paper (a summary of the paper of 200-300 words in Russian or English; abstracts longer than 300 words may be rejected) 10) Any audio-visual equipment requests (specify -- e.g., overhead projector, slide project, video player), 11) A brief, one-page CV or biographical statement which contains the information which the panel chair may require for introductions, and includes the presenter's educational background (highest degree, year awarded, awarding institution, and field of study).
FOR PANELS: Proposals may be submitted for regular panels (with presentation of scholarly papers) and roundtable panels (featuring discussion of a current topic in the field).
Regular panels MUST have three or four paper presenters, a chair, and a discussant. In addition to the information for each of the paper presenters on the panel (as indicated above), the following are also required: a) a title for the proposed panel, and b) name, affiliation, and contact information of the panel chair and discussant.
Roundtable panels MUST have between three and six presenters and a chair (no discussant is required). As roundtables are oriented towards a more informal discussion, no paper proposal is expected from roundtable panelists, but please provide information for each of the presenters on the panel (as indicated above, with the exception of an abstract), as well as a) a title for the proposed roundtable, and b) name, affiliation, and contact information of the panel chair.
Panels should be formed to work in one language (either Russian or English).
Only complete panels with a full set of panelists, a chair,
and a discussant (for regular panels) will be considered for acceptance. If a panel or roundtable as proposed does not include a full complement of panelists, the panel may be wait-listed until it is complete. Pre-organized panels should be thematically coherent and may be organized/sponsored by a scholarly organization (optional).
The deadline for proposals is February 15, 2008. Please do not submit your proposal until it is complete. In the case of panels, this means having complete information on all panelists. Once your paper or panel proposal information is complete, please fill out the appropriate webform, available at: http://www.cess.muohio.edu/regional_conf_08.html
SPONSORED PANELS: CESS encourages other institutions supporting the study of Central Eurasia, such as regional scholarly associations, to organize "sponsored panels" at the CESS conference -- i.e., panels organized by the sponsoring institution, involving their members and receiving their imprimatur.
The following organizations have already offered their participation, but other organizations are also welcome to contact CESS about organizing their own panels:
Aigine RC has limited funds to support two panels on the biological and cultural diversity of Central Asia for participants from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkey. The support will be provided for travel and accommodation expenses. Participants must obtain their own funding from personal resources, their own institutions, or grant-giving organizations to cover the conference fees. Central Asian participants studying abroad at the time of the conference are not eligible to apply. The contact person is Zemfira Inogamova <inogamova@gmail.com>
University of Central Asia will sponsor two panels: 1) "Issues and Challenges of Teaching about Central Asia to Central Asians", 2) "Socio-economic Development in the Mountain Regions of Central Asia". Scholars from any countries are eligible to apply. The contact person is Dr. Elmira Kochumkulova (University of Central Asia, Bishkek, <elmira.kuchumkulova@ucentralasia.org>).
IFEAC (Institut Francais d'Etudes sur l'Asie centrale) will sponsor participation of three scholars from Uzbekistan. The contact person is Bayram Balci, IFEAC, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, <balci_bayram@yahoo.fr>)
Commitment to Participate:
By submitting a proposal, you are indicating your serious intention to participate in the conference -- including your commitment to take the necessary steps to obtain any required visa or funding -- unless prevented by circumstances out of your control. You will be asked to confirm your commitment in
April after your proposal is accepted. Note that, because withdrawal after the program has been put together is very disruptive and harms the quality of panels, and prevents us from including people in the program who would indeed be able to attend, CESS rules stipulate that those who withdraw after May 1 without a good reason are barred from participating in the conference the following year, and those who fail to appear at the conference without timely notice to the Conference Committee will be considered "no-shows" and will be barred from participating for the next two years. The deadline for such notification is seven days prior to the conference (July 28), and after this date, no registration fees can be refunded.
E-Mail Contact:
Since all communication with prospective participants are via e-mail, and we will require your confirmation of participation in April after proposals are accepted and again in June when all of your visa and travel arrangements should be in place, it is vitally important that you make sure we always have an e-mail address that will reach you. If we LOSE CONTACT with you after your proposal is accepted, you will be dropped from the program, will be counted as a "no-show", and will not be able to participate in the conference.
Program Limitations:
No participant may present more than one paper at the conference, including roundtable presentations. Without special justification, the program committee will not schedule any individual to appear on more than two panels as a presenter or discussant.
Schedule of Key Dates:
Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: Friday, February 15, 2008.
Note: Submissions after this date may be accepted only in the case of special justifying circumstances and at the discretion of the program committee.
Notification of acceptance: by April 12.
The Conference Committee will provide, upon request, mailed or faxed invitation letters to support an application for a visa or travel funds; these will be sent in the second half of June. Note: Obtaining a Kyrgyz visa can take a long time, and we urge participants to begin the process immediately upon notification of their proposal's acceptance.
Deadline for notification of audio-visual requests: June 30.
Papers should be submitted to chairs/discussants: by Friday, July 4.
Paper presenters will be informed via e-mail in the middle of May of the e-mail addresses of their panel's chair and discussant, to whom they should send their papers by the deadline.
Conference: August 4-7, 2008
Arrival to Choq Tal is on the afternoon/evening on Monday, August 4. Registration opens in the afternoon followed by a reception in the evening. Panels begin Tuesday morning, August 5, and continue through Wednesday and Thursday, August 6 and 7. There will be a concluding party and the conference lunch on Thursday, August 7 at 1 pm.
Registration:
Each conference presenter is required to have a current CESS membership. To join CESS or check on the status of your membership, go to http://www.cess.muohio.edu/
Payment of registration fees IS REQUIRED for everyone attending the conference. The fee covers a welcoming reception on Monday, coffee breaks during the conference lunch on Wednesday and transport Bishkek- Royal Beach – Bishkek. The fees are as follows:
Registration fee: $45/$40 for CESS members
Registration fee for regional scholars: $25/$20 for CESS members
Note: citizens of Central Eurasian countries currently studying/researching outside of the region as well as citizens of non-Central Eurasian countries currently studying/researching in Central Eurasia are considered regional scholars.
PAYMENT OF REGISTRATION FEES WILL BE ACCEPTED ON SITE.
Travel and Accommodations
It is expected the majority of participants will stay at the Royal Beach Club Hotel, Choq Tal village. There will be block booking through Aigine RC. Requests should be sent to Guljan Kudabaeva <kiguljan@gmail.com>
Another accommodation possibility is to stay in Choq Tal village located nearby the Royal Beach Club Hotel. Participants shall book rooms in the village individually. Aigine RC cannot provide any contact information for this option.
There will be two buses going to Issyk-Kul on the noon and afternoon of August 4. Participants will have to sign up for the buses by sending an e-mail to Guljan Kudabaeva (<kiguljan@gmail.com>) after their travel arrangements are set.
Information about the Royal Beach Club Hotel and Issyk-Kul, transportation options, maps, and lodging information will be available on the Aigine Research Center’s CESS Conference
Information page: http://www.aigine.kg/Articles/ViewSection.aspx?ArticleID=253
Virtually all informational questions about the conference can be answered by consulting the above-mentioned web pages. If you don't have web access, or if you don't find the answer to your questions there, you can contact the conference organizers by e-mail at <frc.cess@gmail.com>
The hosts of future CESS conferences are as follows:
2008 – Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
2009- University of Toronto
Communications regarding local arrangements, including invitation letters, should be addressed to:
Aigine Research Center
93 Toktogul Street
Bishkek, 720040,
Kyrgyzstan
Tel.: +996 (312) 666966, 667673
Fax: +996 (312) 667674
e-mail: <aigine.bishkek@gmail.com>
Communications about proposal submission, program matters, registration matters, the mailing list, and data updates should be sent to the FRC CESS committee: <frc.cess@gmail.com>
The members the Conference Committee are:
1. Dr. Ali Igmen (University of California, aigmen@csulb.edu),
2. Dr. Anvar Mokeev (Kyrgyzstan-Turkey “Manas” University, anvarmokeev@yahoo.com
3. Dr. Ainura Asamidinova (American University- Central Asia, asamidinova_a@mail.auca.kg)
4. Dr. Daniel G. Prior (Miami University, priordg@muohio.edu)
5. Mr. Dilshod Sharipov (Central Asian Resource Centre, Almaty, dilshodbek@mail.ru),
6. Dr. Elmira Kochumkulova (University of Central Asia, Bishkek, elmira.kuchumkulova@ucentralasia.org)
7. Dr. Gulnara Aitpaeva (Aigine Research Centre, aitgul@yahoo.com)
8. Dr. Gulmira Junushalieva (Kyrgyz-Russian Slavonic University, dzun_gulmera@mail.ru)
9. Dr. John Schoeberlein (Harvard University, schoeber@fas.harvard.edu),
10. Dr. Laura Adams (Princeton University, lladams2@earthlink.net)
11. Ms. Madeleine Reeves (University of Manchester, madeleinereeves@gmail.com)
12. Dr. Mahinoor Mamatova (American University- Central Asia, mamatova@mail.auca.kg)
13. Ms.Venerahan Torobekova (International Ataturk Alatoo University, venerahan@gmail.com)
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