CALL FOR PAPERS- SOYUZ Conference, April 1999

[Amy Rachel Goldenberg]

Thank you for your comments. I will be sure to share them with the other
conference organizers. An elaboration of it would make an interesting
contribution to the conference. Amy Goldenberg

On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Hanya Krill wrote:

> At 07:57 PM 11/3/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >CALL FOR PAPERS- SOYUZ Conference, April 1999
> [...]
> >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.
>
> I am not of the "periphery", but here is my opinion anyway.
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> Considering that today Russia is potentially on the verge of political
> Balkanization, it would be hard to make a case for the existence of any
> sort of a "center" even within Russia's geographic boundaries or especially
> any Russian ethnic "center" beyond it's borders.  The concepts of a
> "center" and a "periphery" within the context of the proposed conference
> topics as inclusive of the newly independent countries is completely absurd
> today under the present geo-political structures that have arisen since the
> break-up of the Soviet Union.
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> I thought that Russo-Soviet centrism was a thing of the past, most
> especially among the erudite members on this list.
>
> Now, as to the name "SOYUZ" ....
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> - Hanya Krill
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