CFP: Baltic Research Forum: New Directions in Baltic Studies

Deadline for presenting: September 3, 2024

The Slavic Reference Service and the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies?invite proposals for the Baltic Research Forum, taking place virtually October 9-10, 2024. 

We invite graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early-career scholars in all disciplines to discuss the theme of New Directions in Baltic Studies. We welcome proposals for individual papers, panels, and roundtables from all academic disciplines to explore new conceptual frameworks, emerging research areas, and historiography of the Baltic Sea region. Papers and presentations may be derived from any stage of the research process; the intention of the forum is to provide an open space for discussion and feedback.

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CFP: 9th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation: Navigating New Realities in Diaspora Communities (Honolulu, Hawai’i)

Deadlines: August 31, September 30, 2024

The Department of Linguistics and the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa are pleased to announce the…

9th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation:

Navigating new realities in diaspora communities

March 6-9, 2025

Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA

** in-person conference **

http://www.icldc-hawaii.org

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CFP: Politics and Political Economy of Eurasia Workshop

Deadline: September 13, 2024

We are pleased to invite paper submissions for the sixth annual Politics and Political Economy of Eurasia Workshop, to be held during the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) annual meeting in Chicago from April 3-6, 2025. To submit a proposal, please complete this form by September 13, 2024. For more information about the conference, please visit the conference webpage.

We encourage you to share this invitation with colleagues, including advanced graduate students, who may be interested in participating.
This workshop aims to convene researchers focused on the expansive region spanning Eastern Europe to Central Asia, addressing key issues in the region’s politics and political economy. We welcome papers on a diverse range of topics, including but not limited to:

  • Political institutions and behavior
  • Regime dynamics
  • Economic development and policies
  • Historical political economy
  • Governance
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CFP: Central Slavic Conference (Saint Louis University)

Deadline: September 6, 2024

The Central Slavic Conference is pleased to invite scholars from all disciplines working in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies to submit proposals for individual papers, panels, and roundtables at its annual meeting to be held Friday, November 1 to Sunday, November 3, 2024.

Founded in 1962, the Central Slavic Conference is the oldest of the regional affiliates of ASEEES (Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies). The CSC welcomes participants from the region, outside the region, and around the world.

Our conference will have in-person and virtual sessions. The in-person events will take place on campus at Saint Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. The adjacent Hotel Element will offer special SLU room rates. Availability is limited andconference participants should book rooms as soon as possible.

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CFP: 9th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (Honolulu, Hawai’i)

Deadline: August 31 (Workshops); September 30 (Papers, etc)

The Department of Linguistics and the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa are pleased to announce the…9th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation: Navigating new realities in diaspora communities

March 6-9, 2025

Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA

http://www.icldc-hawaii.org

One notable achievement of the modern language documentation and conservation movement has been the (re)centering of community in language work. Rather than viewing language as an abstract system, documentary practice increasingly begins with the community, is guided by the community, and contributes to ongoing maintenance of language in the community. At the same time the nature of community is changing. Global forces of migration and urbanization have resulted in the displacement of language teachers and learners from their traditional communities, and in many cases these diaspora communities are now larger than the original communities from which they arose. And yet, whether intentionally or not, the practice of language documentation and conservation has largely ignored the diaspora in favor of more traditional undisplaced communities. 

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CFP/Conference: 9th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (University of Hawai’i)

Deadlines: August 31, 2024 (Wkshps + Talk Story Sessions); September 30, 2024 (General Sessions)

The Department of Linguistics and the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa are pleased to announce the…

9th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation:

Navigating new realities in diaspora communities

March 6-8, 2025

Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA

http://www.icldc-hawaii.org

One notable achievement of the modern language documentation and conservation movement has been the (re)centering of community in language work. Rather than viewing language as an abstract system, documentary practice increasingly begins with the community, is guided by the community, and contributes to ongoing maintenance of language in the community. At the same time the nature of community is changing. Global forces of migration and urbanization have resulted in the displacement of language teachers and learners from their traditional communities, and in many cases these diaspora communities are now larger than the original communities from which they arose. And yet, whether intentionally or not, the practice of language documentation and conservation has largely ignored the diaspora in favor of more traditional undisplaced communities. 

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CFP/Conference: Telling Stories about the Dark Past

Deadline: August 15, 2024

 Södertörns Högskola, Stockholm, 12-13 September, 2024

 Storytelling takes place everywhere: in books, films, songs, magazines, and everyday conversations, as well as in school textbooks, in museums, and in academic research. But some stories are difficult and nearly always incomplete: stories about the past, and especially, about atrocities in the past. This is particularly noticeable in Eastern Europe, where constructions or reconstructions of national historical memory remain controversial, sensitive, and contested. Memories of past events tend to be fundamentally political. Governments establish or close museums of national trauma, promote some interpretations of historical events while rejecting or even legislating against others, erect or dismantle statues of national heroes, and institute new days of national commemoration. This conference will explore different uses of stories of the past, in a number of different contexts (in media productions, educational settings, academia and politics). This two-day conference at Södertörns Högskola in Stockholm seeks to attract established scholars, early career researchers, and PhD students conducting research on the Baltic countries or Central and Eastern Europe (including the Balkans). 

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Conference/CFP: ICCEES XI World Congress: ‘Disruption’

Deadline for Submissions: October 31, 2024

The International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES) is proud to announce that its upcoming XI World Congress will be hosted by University College London around the theme of “disruption”. The regions covered by ICCEES are currently navigating a period of profound change and rupture, particularly in the aftermath of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Recent events have shown the need to disrupt conventional approaches to thinking about, studying, and researching these regions – their histories, cultures, languages, politics, economics, infrastructures, and societies.  Place-specific knowledge is as vital as ever in understanding how local and regional processes interact with transregional and global dynamics. At the same time, the need to reassess our methodologies, assumptions, and perspectives has never been more urgent. It is against this backdrop of transformation that we invite scholars, researchers, and practitioners to engage in conversations that push the boundaries of conventional understandings of past events and contemporary developments. 

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CFP: 22nd Annual Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies

Deadline: September 10, 2024

The UCLA Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies Committee invites current graduate students and recent graduates (MA or PhD within the last two years) to present their research at the 22nd Annual Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies on February 21, 2025. Research papers will be accepted on all aspects of Armenian studies, including but not limited to language, literature, history, gender studies, sociology, anthropology, economics, and art history. Papers that make use of comparative themes and interdisciplinary approaches are particularly encouraged.

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CFP: What keeps Ukraine together? Continuity and Change as Interrelated Forces in Ukrainian History and Culture (Italian Association of Ukrainian Studies )

Deadline: May 30, 2024

The Italian Association of Ukrainian Studies (AISU) is pleased to announce a call for papers for its second international conference, which takes the idea of “Continuity and Change” as its theme. The University of Cagliari will host the event on January 15-16, 2025.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has caused many to reconsider Ukraine’s place on their mental maps, spurring reflection on what makes Ukraine a nation in its own right. Until February 2022, the notions that Ukraine is historically a part of Russia, and that Ukrainian identity has only emerged as the result of foreign interference, were deeply ingrained not only in the minds of Russian leaders but also in large sectors of Western public opinion. However, Ukraine’s fierce and spontaneous resistance in the face of Russian aggression conveyed an image of a remarkably unified nation despite a past of incomplete statehood and an internal landscape rich with ethnic, linguistic, religious, and regional differences. What, then, keeps Ukraine together across ethnic, linguistic, and confessional lines?

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