CFP:

[Margaret Beissinger]

4th Biennial Conference of the Association for Women in Slavic Studies
GENDER, CITIZENSHIP, AND EMPIRE
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
April 16-18, 2009

Call for Papers/Panels
In an increasingly globalized world, the meaning of citizenship has 
become ever more fluid. Post-socialist countries in particular have seen 
great transformations in the rights individuals claim and in the
obligations expected of them. The changing nature of citizenship in the 
post-Cold War world has also prompted those who look at the past to 
reconsider what it meant to be the subject (and sometimes citizen) of 
imperial lands (Russian, Soviet, Ottoman, or Habsburg) in Eastern Europe 
and Eurasia.

Gender is central to understanding definitions of citizenship and 
subjecthood during the imperial period(s) as well as to understanding  the
shifting definitions of citizenship in the post-Soviet period. While 
issues of gender have been visible in the arts, they have yet to be  fully
explored by historians and social scientists. Thus the aim of the 
conference is to stimulate further investigation and discussion of the 
relationship between gender and the overarching structures and practices 
(political, social, economic, and cultural) of the empires and
post-imperial states of this region.

AWSS invites scholars of all disciplines (Slavic/Eurasian/East European 
studies, including anthropology, art, film, history, library science, 
literature, music, political science, popular culture, sociology, and  any
aspect of women's studies) who are working on themes related to  gender,
citizenship, and empire in Eastern Europe and Eurasia to submit  their
abstracts electronically to Professor Margaret Beissinger,
Princeton University, mhbeissi at Princeton.edu , who will distribute them 
to a multi-disciplinary conference selection committee. All proposals  are
due January 15, 2009. Applicants will be notified about their 
participation in mid-February.
Proposals for panels/papers must include:
• A 150-word abstract for each paper
• A one-page c.v. for each participant
Proposals for workshops must include a brief description of the topic 
and, if possible, should attach a list of possible
presenters/facilitators.
In 2009, the AWSS Conference will be held in conjunction with the annual 
conference of the Midwest Slavic Association on the campus of The Ohio 
State University.


Margaret H. Beissinger
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
238 East Pyne
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
office: 609-258-3874
department: 609-258-4726
home: 609-497-3415

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