ASNet/Convention Program on the Web

[curt fredric woolhiser]

Dear SEELANGers,

The upcoming convention of ASN (Association for the Study of Nationalities)
will include a number of panels on language, culture and ethnicity in the
FSU/Eastern Europe that may be of interest to list members. The preliminary
program can be found at the following website:

http://picce.uno.edu/ASN/ASNannualConf1.htm


>
>4th Annual Convention of the
>Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
>
>"Rethinking Identities:
>State, Nation, Culture"
>
>Columbia University, 15-17 April 1999
>PRELIMINARY PROGRAM NOW ON THE WEB
>
>The 4th Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities
>(ASN) will be the largest gathering ever of scholars interested in issues
>of ethnicity, nationalism, national identity, and nation-building of the
>former Soviet bloc. The convention will feature 87 panels, an increase of
>almost 50 percent from the number of panels offered in 1998. Close to 400
>people will be on panels.
>
>All post-Soviet areas will be covered in tremendous depth, with thirteen
>panels on the Russian Federation, ten on Ukraine, more than fifteen on
>Eastern Europe, five on the Baltics, four on the Caucasus, and several
>thematic and cross-regional panels. Special roundtables will be devoted to
>Kosovo, Russia in Turmoil, Chechnya, Ernest Gellner's Theories of
>Nationalism and the Caspian Oil. Video screenings will include An Ordinary
>President (on Belarusian President Lukashenka), Boy Hero 001 (on Pavlik
>Morozov) and The Warhol Nation (on the Rusyns).
>
>The convention has truly become the World Annual Event on Nationalities
>Studies. One hundred and twenty five panelists will be travelling from
>abroad for the convention (as well as an additional two dozens from
>Canada). Almost 40 percent of paper-givers are international participants
>(and this does not include the large amount of non-US born participants
>currently residing in the United States).
>
>PRELIMINARY PROGRAM. The preliminary program is now available on ASN's new
>web site (http://picce.uno.edu/ASN/ASNannualConf1.htm). The web site, still
>under construction, also contains back issues of Analysis of Current Events
>(ACE).
>
>LOCATION. The convention will be taking place in the International Affairs
>Building (IAB) of Columbia University, 420 W. 118th St. (metro station:
>116th St., on the Red Line). Registration will be on the 15th Floor of IAB
>and most panels on the 15th and 12th Floors, where the Harriman Institute
>is located.
>
>REGISTRATION. Registration fees are $25 for ASN members, $40 for members,
>and $10 for students. A registration form can be requested from our
>Convention Coordinator Oded Eran (address below). People who plan to attend
>the convention are strongly encouraged to pre-register.
>
>SCHEDULE. Registration will begin at 11 AM, Thursday April 15, on the 15th
>Floor of IAB. Participants will have sent their payment in advance, but
>they will need to pick up their name tag and the convention program. On the
>Thursday, the panels will run from 1 PM-7.30 PM. On Friday and Saturday,
>from 9 AM to 6.30 PM. The convention will end on the Saturday evening,
>April 17.
>
>ACCOMMODATION. The convention does not have arrangements with a particular
>hotel and each participant is responsible to find their own accommodation.
>A list of recommended hotels can be emailed upon request.
>
>ASN MEMBERSHIP. Participants are invited to join the fast growing ASN. A
>membership form will be included with the convention registration form. ASN
>members receive yearly four issues of Nationalities Papers, six issues of
>Analysis of Current Events (ACE) and two issues of ASNews, the
>association's newsletter (next issue: February 1999). Annual dues are $45
>(students: $25). Members have also the option of subscribing to Europe-Asia
>Studies for an additional $52, over a hundred dollars less than its usual
>yearly subscription rate.
>
>We look forward to seeing you at the convention!
>
>       Dominique Arel
>       ASN Convention Program Chair
>       Watson Institute
>       Brown University, Box 1970
>       Two Stimson Ave.
>       Providence, RI 02912
>       401 863 9296 tel
>       401 863 1270 fax
>       darel at brown.edu
>
>       Oded Eran
>       ASN Convention Coordinator
>       Harriman Institute
>       Columbia University
>       1215 IAB, Columbia University
>       410 W. 118th St.
>       New York, NY 10027
>       212 854 6239 tel
>       212 666 3481 fax
>       asn at columbia.edu
>