two training workshops for junior scholars, U Illinois, June 2006

Lynda Park lypark at UIUC.EDU
Wed Jan 11 15:54:56 UTC 2006 

Please post.  Thank you.

The Russian, East European and Eurasian Center, University of Illinois, 
Urbana-Champaign, announces two summer training workshops for junior 
scholars as part of the 2006 Summer Research Laboratory.

1. Russian–Jewish Studies Training Workshop for Junior Scholars
“From the Pale to Moscow: Russian-Jewish and Soviet-Yiddish Studies”
June 12–16, 2006

2. Balkan Studies Training Workshop for Junior Scholars
"Building Balkan Studies: Integrating Multidisciplinary Perspectives"
June 20 - 22, 2006

For more information see 
<http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/srl.html>www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/srl.html
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1. “From the Pale to Moscow: Russian-Jewish and Soviet-Yiddish Studies, " 
June 12–16, 2006

Workshop Moderators
Gennady Estraikh, Visiting Associate Professor, Jewish Studies, New York 
University
Harriet Murav, Professor and Head, Department of Slavic Languages and 
Literatures, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
David Shneer, Director, Center for Judaic Studies; Associate Professor, 
Department of History, University of Denver

Workshop Goals
The goal of this five-day workshop is to bring together advanced graduate 
students, junior faculty, and professionals who work in various disciplines 
on Russian–Jewish–Soviet–Yiddish studies (with a primary focus on the 
20th–21st  century) to discuss their research and current issues in the 
field. The increase in publication in this field in recent years, the 
opening of new faculty positions, the discovery of new archival materials, 
and shifts in basic conceptual paradigms in humanities and social sciences 
have created new opportunities for scholarly research. However, rarely do 
scholars have the opportunity to exchange their ideas in a forum that is 
devoted exclusively to Russian–Jewish studies and brings together an array 
of multidisciplinary theoretical and methodological approaches to issues 
and questions in the field.

This workshop will provide scholars with an opportunity to present their 
work on topics including, but not limited to:
    * Language in conflict: Hebrew and Yiddish in the Soviet Union; Russian 
as a language of Russian-Jewish culture; language policy and culture
    * Re-assessing ethnicity, nationality, religion, and citizenship as 
categories of analysis in Russian–Jewish studies; the viability of models 
of multi-linguistic, multi-ethnic identity in the Soviet and post-Soviet era
    * The contribution of current critical theory and cultural studies 
approaches to Russian-Jewish studies: post-colonial studies, post-socialist 
studies, gender, sexuality, the body, trauma
    * Historicizing the shift away from state and society approaches
    * Approaching anti-Semitism and interethnic conflict as cultural 
phenomena and/or state policies
    * Holocaust studies; genocide studies
    * The cultural turn: literature and other forms of cultural production, 
including visual culture, film, photography, and theater; revisiting the 
question of socialist realism
    * Frames of reference:  1917, 1938, 1952, 1991 ­how the use of these 
dates shapes the analysis of history, culture, and identity
Workshop Format
Workshop sessions will be devoted to a discussion of the participants’ 
research; investigation of current literature and paradigms; and a 
presentation of scholarly resources, including relevant databases by staff 
specialists from the Slavic and East European Library. Time will also be 
available for research in the UI Library­one of the largest Slavic and East 
European collections in the U.S. Participants may stay beyond the workshop 
dates to conduct individual research.

2. "Building Balkan Studies: Integrating Multidisciplinary Perspectives," 
June 20-22, 2006

Moderator
Gerald Creed (Professor of Anthropology, CUNY)

Workshop Goals and Themes
The workshop is part of the 
<http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/SRL2006/../srl.html>Summer Research Lab. The 
central aim of this three-day workshop is to bring together doctoral 
students and junior faculty who focus on the modern Balkans in various 
disciplines to discuss their work and issues in the field. Although massive 
political change and the Yugoslav wars regularly put the region on the 
front page of major newspapers throughout the 1990s, Balkan studies is 
still a relatively underrepresented field. The workshop objectives, then, 
are to foster a supportive network of colleagues involved in this field and 
to explore recent research paradigms and resources. The workshop provides a 
superb forum in which to investigate a variety of pressing issues, 
including, but not limited to, the following:
  • state formation and democratization
  • privatization and the creation of new market economies
  • ethnopolitics and the civil rights of minorities
  • law reform, the writing of new legal codes, and rethinking intellectual 
property rights
  • human security (terrorism, trafficking of women and children, organized 
crime syndicates)
  • demographic movement (displaced peoples, diasporic formations, 
refugees, guest workers)
  • the culture of socialism and postsocialism
  • education (rewriting of curricula; establishment of new institutions 
for higher learning)
  • popular culture and contemporary society (entertainment industry, 
especially music and film)
  • the arts, social change, and postsocialist identity (literature, fine 
arts, architecture)
  • the changing position of Balkan states vis á vis the EU, the US, 
Russia, and the Middle East
  • Islam in Europe (architectural restoration, revival of Sufism, renewal 
of worship practices)
  • gender, especially changing roles and images of women in society.
Workshop Format
Workshop sessions will be devoted to a discussion of the participants’ 
research; investigation of current literature and paradigms; and a 
presentation of scholarly resources, including relevant databases by staff 
specialists from the Slavic and East European Library. Time will also be 
available for research in the UI Library­one of the largest Slavic and East 
European collections in the U.S. Participants may stay beyond the workshop 
dates to conduct individual research.

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Eligibility
The workshops are open to doctoral students and junior faculty in any 
discipline and professionals who specialize in the workshop-related areas. 
To be eligible for the workshop housing and travel grants, which are funded 
by a Title VIII grant from the State Department, participating scholars 
must be US citizens/permanent residents and must state the policy relevance 
(broadly defined) of their research in the application. Very limited 
housing grants may be available for international scholars. Those who are 
not eligible for financial support may take part in the workshop at their 
own expense, if selected and pending space availability.

Housing and Travel Grants
Participants who are eligible for the workshop may also apply for 
additional research housing grants­ a total of up to 14 days for graduate 
students; 8 for all others. Graduate students (US citizens/permanent 
residents only) may also apply for domestic travel grants of up to $200.

Deadline
15 April 2006 for U.S. citizen/permanent resident applications
1 April 2006 for international applications (limited housing grant only)

Application
All participants are considered Summer Research Lab associates and must 
submit a Summer Lab application and registration fee (submit fee upon 
acceptance). To apply, applicants must submit a one- to two-page research 
proposal that includes a statement clearly indicating the policy relevance 
of the proposed research.  For more information on this issue please click 
on "<http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/SRL2006/proposal.html>proposal 
<http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/SRL2006/proposal.html>information" in the 
side bar of the website below. Workshop space is limited.

To download an application form go to 
<http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/srl.html>www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/srl.html and 
click on “how to apply” in the navigation bar.  To request a paper 
application form contact:

Summer Research Lab
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
104 International Studies Building
910 S. Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-1244; fax (217) 333-1582
<mailto:reec at uiuc.edu>reec at uiuc.edu
www.reec.uiuc.edu



Lynda Y. Park, Assistant Director
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
University of Illinois
104 International Studies Building, MC-487
910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-6022, 333-1244; fax (217) 333-1582
lypark at uiuc.edu
http://www.reec.uiuc.edu

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