Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS)
Call for Papers
Central Eurasian Studies Society
Regional Conference (2008)
August 4-7, 2008
Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan
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Please note that registration for this conference is now closed. Booking for accommodation and bus transportation is also closed.
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 Pre-registration Form.
Due to space limitations, we may have to close registration when
capacity is reached, 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 until 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.
Contents of This Page:
Call for Papers
Submission of Proposals
Schedule of Key Dates
Registration
Travel and Accommodations
Call for Papers
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, so please prepare your proposal carefully,
detailing the empirical or theoretical contribution your research is
making to the field. 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. Once
you are prepared to submit a paper or panel proposal, please fill out
the appropriate webform. 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:
- Name
- Current institutional affiliation
- Title/position
- E-mail
- Postal address
- Telephone
- Fax
- Title of Paper
- Abstract of Paper (a summary of the paper of 200-300 words in
Russian or English languages; abstracts longer than 300 words may be
rejected)
- Any audio-visual equipment requests (specify -- e.g., overhead projector, slide project, video player)
- 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 for individual
papers), 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 (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:
Form for individual paper proposals
Form for panel proposals (both regular and roundtable panels)
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:
The Christensen Fund (TCF) through Aigine Research Center will support two panels: 1) "Gender Dimensions of Current Kyrgyz Society", 2) "Sacred Sites and Mazar Pilgrimage throughout Central Asia". 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. Aigine RC will also sponsor program print expenses and other organizational needs of the conference. The contact person is Zemfira Inogamova <inogamova@gmail.com>
University of Central Asia (UCA) will sponsor paper presenters from two panels: 1) "Issues and Challenges of Teaching about Central Asia to Central Asians", 2) "Funeral Customs of Central Asia". UCA also will support the cultural program of the conference. The contact person is Dr. Elmira Kochumkulova (University of Central Asia, Bishkek, <elmira.kuchumkulova@ucentralasia.org>).
The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) will support the key-speaker's expenses and co-sponsor together with the OSCE Academy in Bishkek two panels: 1) "Regional Cooperation in Central Asia: Prospects and Challenges", 2) "The Resource Curse in Eurasian Petro-states: The cases of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan".
The Higher Education Support Program (HESP) of the Open Society Institute (OSI) will support 35 scholars from the region and abroad who will take part at the great number of panels of the conference.
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 (such as visa or funding difficlties) are
barred from participating in the conference the following year.
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.
Confirmation of participation: May 1.
Participants who withdraw after this date without good reason may not be allowed to participate in future conferences.
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
PLEASE NOTE THAT REGISTRATION FOR THIS CONFERENCE IS NOW CLOSED.
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 and payment will be accepted only on site at the time of 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.
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 accommodation’s 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
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,
registrationmatters, the mailing list, and data updates should be sent
to the FRC CESScommittee: <frc.cess@gmail.com>
The members the Conference Committee are:
Dr. Ali Igmen (University of California, aigmen@csulb.edu),
Dr. Anvar Mokeev (Kyrgyzstan-Turkey "Manas" University, anvarmokeev@yahoo.com
Dr. Ainura Asamidinova (American University- Central Asia, asamidinova_a@mail.auca.kg)
Dr. Daniel G. Prior (Miami University,priordg@muohio.edu)
Mr. Dilshod Sharipov (Central Asian Recourse Centre, Almaty, dilshodbek@mail.ru)
Dr. Elmira Kochumkulova (University of Central Asia, Bishkek, elmira.kuchumkulova@ucentralasia.org)
Dr. Gulnara Aitpaeva (Aigine Research Centre, aitgul@yahoo.com)
Dr. Gulmira Junushalieva (Kyrgyz-Russian Slavonic University, dzun_gulmera@mail.ru )
Dr. John Schoeberlein (Harvard University, schoeber@fas.harvard.edu)
Dr. Laura Adams (Harvard University, lladams2@earthlink.net)
Ms. Madeleine Reeves (University of Manchester, madeleinereeves@gmail.com )
Dr. Mahinoor Mamatova (American University- Central Asia, mamatova@mail.auca.kg)
Ms.Venerahan Torobekova (International Ataturk Alatoo University, venerahan@gmail.com )
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