CALL FOR PAPERS- SOYUZ Conference, April 1999

[Amy Rachel Goldenberg]

CALL FOR PAPERS- SOYUZ Conference, April 1999

Peripheral Visions: Views for the Margins

SOYUZ--the research network for Post-Communist Cultural Studies
Annual Conference

April 9-11, 1999
Indiana University

The theme for this year's conference focuses on changes in the periphery
of the former Communist states since the fall of Communism.  This includes
changes in the composition of the periphery (geographical, social, and
economic) and changes in relationships between periphery and center.  We
are also looking for papers that address how disciplinary approaches to
the study of the periphery have changed.  And perhaps most importantly we
are looking for the point of view of those in the periphery.

Possible topics include, but are by no means limited to:
nationalism and identity              poverty and homelessness
elderly and youth                      crime/mafia
rural communities                      religious and ethnic minorities
management of natural resources        alternative lifestyles
gender and family issues               regionalization
tourism (eco-, cultural-,historical-)
development                            emerging institutions
alcoholism                             "tradition" and cultural change

Abstracts should be sent to:
Katherine Metzo
Department of Anthropology
130 Student Building
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN  47405

or to <kmetzo at indiana.edu>

Please include name, title of paper, academic affiliation, and a 200-word
abstract.  Electronic submissions or submissions on diskette (please
indicate name of file and program) are preferred.

Due: December 15, 1998

Some free housing will be available with IU students for graduate students
and foreign guests.  A bloc of hotel rooms has been reserved.  Further
information on accommodations will be sent to program participants or upon
request.