Call for papers: 2002 AAASS National Convention

[Jolanta M. Davis]

Call for Papers for the AAASS 34th National Convention, in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, 2124 November, 2002.

The 34th National Convention of the American Association for the
Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) will be hosted by our colleagues in
the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, and held at the Hilton Pittsburgh and
Towers, with additional housing and meeting space at the Omni William Penn
Hotel.

Ronald Linden, of the Department of Political Science of the University of
Pittsburgh will chair the Program Committee. The theme of this conference
is "Complex Approaches to a Complex Region."

The changes we are witnessing in the region we study are producing an
increasingly complex social, political, economic and literary environment.
These changes affect these societies, their political systems, their
relations with others in the region and with their own past.  At the same
time, the tools we use to examine both contemporary and historical
developments are becoming more varied and have their roots both in
knowledge of the area and of various scholarly disciplines.  The meeting in
2002 will have as a special theme the "intersection" of area-based and
discipline-based knowledge and proposers are urged to consider this theme
as they suggest panels or papers.  In support of this theme, the 2002
meeting will feature five "intersection" panels specifically devoted to
exploring the issues that emerge at the nexus of area-based and
discipline-based research and teaching.

Proposals must be for complete panels (individual paper proposals cannot be
considered) and should normally involve the presentation of prepared
papers. Special consideration will be given to panels reporting on recent
field or archival research, especially those that include presentations by
advanced graduate students and/or junior faculty. The Program Committee
also encourages the submission of panel proposals that include both women
and men. Proposals for roundtables should be submitted only when the topic
clearly justifies this format. Please note that proposals can be accepted
only from AAASS members or foreign non-members.

In recent years, the AAASS has experienced a welcome increase in attendance
at the national convention, and we are grateful to all of our members who
seek to participate. Unfortunately, due to limited affordable convention
space, the increase in convention attendance cannot be matched by an
increase in the number of panels given. Please observe the following
restrictions on panel/roundtable participation:
--No participant may serve in more than one role on a panel or roundtable
--No participant may present more than one paper at the convention
--No participant may appear more than twice in the convention program

If a participant is proposed for more than one paper or more than two
panels, all proposals listing that person will be returned to panel
organizers for clarification of the conflicts, which will delay
consideration of the panels involved.

Procedure for Submitting Panel/Roundtable Proposals

(Proposal forms may be downloaded from the AAASS Web site:
<www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass>)

1.  By 14 December 2001 send two copies of the proposal form and one copy
of a brief c.v. for each participant to:
Wendy Walker, Convention Coordinator
AAASS, 8 Story Street, Cambridge, MA  02138
AAASS will conduct initial screening of all proposals and forward them to
the appropriate members of the program committee. Only those proposals
received by the AAASS national office by 14 December 2001 will be considered.
2.  Indicate in the appropriate space on the form the category under which
you would like your panel/roundtable to be considered. Choose only from the
list of categories shown below to ensure that the appropriate member of the
program committee receives your proposal.
3.  Provide complete information on all panel/roundtable participants:
name, affiliation, full address, phone, e-mail, and paper title. Incomplete
proposal forms will be returned to the panel/roundtable organizer. Brief
c.v.'s for all participants must accompany the form. Each participant may
only have one role on a panel (i.e., you cannot be chair and discussant on
the same panel, or chair and give a paper).
4.  All participants on panels and roundtables must preregister and pay the
registration fee. All Slavic scholars living in the U.S. must be current
AAASS members. Only foreigners and scholars outside the field of Slavic
studies do not need to join AAASS.
5.  Type or print very clearly, especially when title of the panel includes
words in languages other than English and when names of the participants
include special characters not used in English. Illegible forms will be
returned to the panel/roundtable organizer.
6.  Affiliate organizations of the AAASS are each allowed one
panel/roundtable, which must be specified on the proposal form. Each
affiliate-sponsored panel/roundtable will be screened; we will no longer
accept unscreened panel/roundtable proposals.
7.  Be sure to include any requests for audiovisual equipment.  Please
specify types of equipment (i.e., "overhead projector," not simply
"projector"). Please keep in mind that the AAASS can provide up to $100
worth of equipment; you will be charged for anything above this amount.

Categories for Submission of Panel/Roundtable Proposals
Arts/Film/Electronic Media
Comparative Politics
Economic History/Transition Issues/Emerging Markets
Geography
History: Central and Southeast Europe
History: Russian and Eurasian
International Relations/Security Studies/Foreign Policy
Linguistics/Language Pedagogy
Literature
Library/Information Science
Miscellaneous
Religion/Philosophy
Sociology/Anthropology

For more information and with any questions, contact Wendy Walker, AAASS
Convention Coordinator, e-mail: walker at fas.harvard.edu, tel.: 617-495-0678,
fax: 617-495-0680.

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