CFP: BUILDING THE BALKANS ANEW, extended deadline July 13

[Lynda Park]

The University of Illinois
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
Annual Conference

Call for Papers
DEADLINE EXTENDED: 13 July 2007

BUILDING THE BALKANS ANEW: FROM METAPHOR TO MARKET

Keynote Speaker: Robert Hayden, Professor of Anthropology, Law and Public & 
International Affairs, University Center for International Studies Research 
Professor, & Director, Center for Russian & East European Studies, 
University of Pittsburgh

On Friday and Saturday, 21­22 September 2007, the University of Illinois 
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) will host a conference 
focusing on the implications of post-1989 political, economic, demographic, 
and historiographic trends for understanding the ongoing development of the 
Balkan region­as individual states and an interconnected geopolity 
constructed in metaphor and increasingly, through market relations­within 
and vis-a-vis the New Europe. Recent events such as the 2007 accession of 
Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, the establishment of an 
independent Montenegro, the continued shared governance of Bosnia and its 
capital, Sarajevo, and the debates surrounding the changing status of 
Kosovo are impacting not just the region's cartography, but how its states 
and populations relate to each other. Although not an exclusive list, we 
are particularly interested in topics exploring identity politics, 
religion, popular culture, and the new mobilization of history; energy and 
the environment; people and goods on the move; and media, business, and 
tourism, including the local effects of foreign investment in and ownership 
of property. Importantly, we do not wish to revisit the Yugoslav wars of 
secession here, but will consider topics that concern their contemporary 
consequences.

Paper proposals (maximum 250 words) treating these or related issues in 
Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, 
and/or Slovenia should be submitted for consideration to Lynda Park, 
Associate Director, REEEC, University of Illinois, 104 ISB, 910 South Fifth 
St., Champaign, IL 61820, or via e-mail to lypark at uiuc.edu by 13 July 
2007.  Proposals concerning Turkey as that country relates to other Balkan 
states will also be considered. If selected, you will be notified by 23 
July 2007. Both advanced graduate students and established scholars are 
encouraged to apply.   Two nights of lodging and some meals provided.  No 
travel support.

Conference Organizers: Donna Buchanan (Director, REEEC; Associate 
Professor, School of Music), Lynda Park (Associate Director, REEEC), and 
Maria Todorova (Professor, History)

Graduate Organizers: Stefania Costache (History), Larisa Puslenghea 
(Advertising), Kate Pedrotty (History), Terrell Starr (REEES), Robert 
Whiting (Geography)

Lynda Y. Park, Associate 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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