Conference
organized by the Nationalism Studies Program at Central European
University (CEU) and the Association for the Study
of Nationalities (ASN)
Central
European University, Budapest, Hungary, 12-14 June, 2014
Conference
website: http://nationalism.ceu.hu/Conference2014
***Proposal deadline:
January 27, 2014***
Proposals
must be submitted to: asn.ceu.2014@gmail.com
The focus of the conference Nationalist
Responses to Economic and Political Crises will be
nationalism and ethnic conflict in Central Europe, the Balkans, the former
Soviet Union, the Middle East and Central Eurasia. Special attention will be
given to themes discussing the relationship between economic crises,
nationalism and politicized ethnicity.
The year 2014 will be the 100th anniversary of the outbreak
of World War I, and also the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust in Hungary.
Thematic panel proposals and individual papers dealing with these events,
as well as with the connections between them (both in the Hungarian context and
more generally), are also welcome.
The conference invites proposals devoted to comparative
perspectives on nationalism-related issues, empirical case studies as well as
papers on theoretical approaches that need not be grounded in any particular
geographic region. Disciplines represented include political science,
philosophy, history, anthropology, sociology, international relations,
economics, political geography, sociolinguistics, literature, and related
fields.
The keynote lecture will be delivered by Donald L. Horowitz
(Duke University).
Conference panels will be organized under five sections:
·
Central and Eastern Europe
·
Balkans
·
Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and the
Caucasus
·
Middle East and Central Eurasia
·
Nationalism studies (for comparative and
theoretical proposals not specifically related to any of the sub-regions)
Topics covered in the conference will include:
·
“First World War Centenary,” on nationalist
challenges to the territorial and political order;
·
“Nation-building and Empires,” on the politics
of nation-building under and after empires;
·
“Populism and the Radical Right”, the rise of
populist rhetoric after economic and political crises;
·
“Nationalisms and Crises,” on the impact of
economic and social crises on nationalist politics and discourses;
·
“History, Politics and Memory,” on the
construction and contestation of the memory of historical events in particular
sites, political discourses and historical research;
·
“Ethnicity and Violence,” on the construction
of personal and group identity and its potential mobilization in violence
perpetrated against culturally-defined groups;
·
“Migration and Globalization,” on the social
and political challenges related to migration and the integration of immigrant
communities in modern societies.
A limited number of grants (covering travel expenses and
free accommodation in the CEU dormitory) offered by the Nationalism Studies
Program at CEU and the Tom Lantos Institute are available for PhD students
presenting a paper at the conference. Applicants for the travel grant should
indicate the requested amount in the Fact Sheet (see below).
Proposal Information
The conference invites proposals for individual
papers or panels. A panel includes a chair, three or
four presentations based on written papers, and a discussant.
The conference is also welcoming offers to serve as discussant on
a panel to be created by the Program Committee from individual paper proposals.
The application to be considered as discussant can be self-standing, or
accompanied by an individual paper proposal.
In order to send proposals to the conference, the three
mandatory items indicated below (contact information, abstract, biographical
statement) must be included in a single Word document (PDF documents will not
be accepted) attached to a single email message.
Each applicant – single or multiple authors in individual
proposals, every member of a panel proposal – must also fill out a Fact
Sheet available at https://nationalism.ceu.hu/sites/default/files/field_attachment/page/node-38896/asn-fact-sheet.doc.
Applicants can only send one paper proposal --
whether as an individual proposal, or as a paper part of a panel proposal. The
Program will not consider more than one paper proposal from the same applicant.
Individual paper proposals must include four items:
*Contact information: the name, email, postal address and
academic affiliation of the applicant.
*A 300- to 500-word abstract (shorter abstracts will not be
considered) that includes the title of the paper.
*A 100-word biographical statement, in narrative
form (a text with the length of one paragraph). Standard CVs
will be rejected.
Individual proposals featuring more than one author (joint
proposal) must include the contact information and biographical statement of
all authors and specify who among the co-authors intend to attend the
conference. Only joint presenters attending the conference will have their
names in the official program.
*A Fact
Sheet. In the case of co-authors, only those intending to attend the
conference must send a Fact Sheet.
Panel proposals must
include four items:
*Contact information (see above) of all proposed panelists.
*The title of the panel and a 200- to 300-word abstract of
each paper.
*A 100-word biographical statement (see above) for each
proposed panelist. Statements in standard CV format will be rejected.
The rules on joint proposals are the same as with individual proposals (see above).
*A Fact
Sheet, for each panelist attached to the proposal.
Proposals can also be sent for roundtables and book
panels directly related to the core themes of the conference. Roundtables
include a chair, four presenters, but no discussant, since the presentations,
unlike regular panels, are not based on written papers. Roundtable proposals
include the same four items as a panel proposal, except that the 200- to
300-word abstracts are presentation abstracts, rather than paper abstracts.
The convention is also inviting proposals for Book
Panels, based on books published in English between January 2013 and April
2014. The proposal must include the Chair, three discussants, as well as the
author. A Book Panel proposal must include the same four items as a panel
proposal, except that the abstract is limited to a 200- to 300-word abstract of
the book. The discussants need not submit an abstract.
Proposals for documentaries must include four items:
*Contact information (see above)
*A 300- to 500-word abstract of the documentary
*A 100-word biographical statement (see above). CVs
will be rejected.
*A Fact
Sheet.
Two copies of the documentary on DVD (in NTSC or PAL format)
will also need to be sent to the Convention, unless there is an agreement to
provide a streaming link. These and other matters will be discussed upon
receipt of the film proposals.
Proposals for a roundtable following the screening of a film
are most welcome. In these cases, the requirements of a panel proposal apply,
in addition to the 300- to 500-word abstract of the film.
Proposals to serve as a discussant must include four items:
*Contact information (see above)
*A 100-word statement about your areas of expertise
*A 100-word biographical statement (see above). CVs
will be rejected.
*A Fact
Sheet.
Proposals for applicants already included in an individual
paper or panel proposal need only include the 100-word statement on areas of
expertise.
IMPORTANT: All proposals must be sent in a single
email message, with an attached proposal in a Word document (PDFs will not
be accepted) containing contact information, an abstract, a biographical
statement, as well as the Fact Sheet (or multiple Fact Sheets, in the case of
co-authors and/or panel proposals). Proposals including contact information,
the abstract and the bio statement in separate attachments, or over several
email messages, will not be considered. The proposals must be sent
to asn.ceu.2014@gmail.com.
The receipt of all proposals will be promptly acknowledged
electronically, with some delay during deadline week, due to the high volume of
proposals.
An international Program Committee will be entrusted with
the selection of proposals. Applicants will be notified by March 7, 2014 at the
latest. Information regarding registration costs and other logistical questions
will be communicated afterwards.
The Convention Organizing Committee:
Mária M. Kovács, CEU Nationalism Studies Program Director
Zsuzsa Csergo, ASN President
Florian Bieber, ASN Vice-President
Szabolcs Pogonyi, CEU Nationalism Studies Program
Deadline for proposals: January 27
(to be sent to asn.ceu.2014@gmail.com)
Informations are from the conference’s website.
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