2008 CENTRAL EURASIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE - 22-23 MARCH 2008

[Deborah Hoffman]

  From: ACES [mailto:aces at indiana.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 8:37 AM
To: ACES
Subject: CONF./CFP - 2008 CENTRAL EURASIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE - 22-23
MARCH 2008


Dear Friends,

Please share this announcement with faculty, students, and any other
colleagues who may be interested.


Thank you very much.



THE ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EURASIAN STUDENTS (ACES) OF INDIANA
UNIVERSITY



CALL FOR PAPERS

15TH ANNUAL CENTRAL EURASIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE

Saturday 22 March - Sunday 23 April 2008 

Submission deadline: 18 January 2008

ACES invites panel and individual paper proposals for the Fifteenth
Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference to be held Saturday, 22 March
and Sunday, 23 March 2008 at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
Graduate students, professors, and independent scholars are cordially
invited to submit abstracts of papers covering all topics pertaining to
Central Eurasian Studies.

Central Eurasian Studies is defined for the purposes of this conference
as the study of the historical and contemporary Afghan, Balto-Finnic,
Hungarian, Mongolic, Persian, Tibetan, Tungusic, and Turkic peoples,
languages, cultures, and states.

An extensive, but by no means comprehensive, list of topics addressed by
this conference may be found at the end of this announcement.

Submission Instructions

Submission of pre-organized panels is strongly encouraged. Individual
papers are also welcome and will be assigned by the Conference Committee
to a suitable panel. An honorable distinction of best paper will be
awarded. All participants will receive a certificate of participation.

Please include the following information on all submissions: 

1) Names of all authors (note name of the person presenting the
paper);
2) Institutional affiliation and title/position;
3) Contact information, including e-mail address, postal address,
and telephone/fax numbers;
4) Curriculum Vitae (1 page);
5) Paper title;
6) An abstract of no more than 300 words, to be included in the
Conference Program;
7) Geographic location and thematic panel preference. Thematic
panel preferences include, but are not limited to: socio-economic
issues, nationalism and identity, natural resources management, music
and culture, politics, history, education, and archaeology; and
8) Any audio-visual equipment needs (overhead, slide projector,
PowerPoint, etc.)

Due to space constraints, abstracts exceeding 300 words cannot be
accepted.

ACES regrets that it cannot provide any funding to participants.

Submission deadline: 18 January 2008.
Applicants will be notified of acceptance by 15 February 2008.

Submit this information:

Via e-mail as an attachment (pdf, .doc or .rtf formats preferred) to:
aces at indiana.edu

Or via hard copy sent to:
The Fifteenth Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference
The Association of Central Eurasian Students ( ACES)
Goodbody Hall 157
Indiana University
1011 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-7005
USA
Fax: (812) 855-7500

Some covered topics:
Azerbaijan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Finland, Karelia, Estonia, Buryatia,
Turkmenistan, Uyghur, Manchu, Kazakh, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz, Kyrgyz
Republic, Xinjiang, Tibet, Mongolia, Manchuria, Hungary, Tatarstan,
Volga, Siberia, Tungusic, Tajikistan, Persia, Iran, Evenki, Afghanistan,
Ferghana Valley, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Central Eurasian steppe an/or
oases, Inner Asia, Sufism, Chaghatay, Mari, "Silk Road", Ottoman Empire,
Orkhon, politics, nationalism, identity, ethnicity, state-building,
ancient and contemporary religion, Islam, Nestorian Christianity,
Buddhism, Lamaism, Qing Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, shamanism, cinema, film,
literature, history, linguistics, anthropology, musicology, folklore,
archaeology, architecture, art, law - in short, the historical and
contemporary Afghan, Balto-Finnic, Hungarian, Mongolic, Persian,
Tibetan, Tungusic, and Turkic peoples, languages, cultures, and states.

Association of Central Eurasian Students
Goodbody Hall 157
Indiana University
1011 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-7005
USA
Fax: (812) 855-7500
aces at indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~aces



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