SEELANGS Digest - 21 May 2012 to 22 May 2012 (#2012-178)

Thu May 24 04:16:00 UTC 2012

The UC Undergraduate Journal of Slavic and East/Central European Studies

Volume Five (2012) of the The UC Undergraduate Journal of Slavic and
East/Central European Studies has just been published. You can access it at:

http://www.international.ucla.edu/languages/slavicjournal/index.asp

Roman Koropeckyj

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> Topics of the day:
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>   1. CFP: Ready for Democracy? Religion and Political Culture in the Orthodox
>      and Islamic Worlds
>   2. contact in Tashkent
>   3. ACTR Russian Scholar Laureate Award
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> Date:    Tue, 22 May 2012 16:06:44 +0000
> From:    "Liverman, Emily SR" <eliverma at INDIANA.EDU>
> Subject: CFP: Ready for Democracy? Religion and Political Culture in the
> Orthodox and Islamic Worlds
> 
> Call for Papers
> 
> "Ready for Democracy? Religion and Political Culture
> in the Orthodox and Islamic Worlds" conference
> at Indiana University Bloomington, February 28-March 2, 2013
> 
> 
> The Russian and East European Institute at Indiana University invites advanced
> graduate students and recent PhDs (those who received their degrees in 2009 or
> after) to submit proposals for a conference to be held at Indiana University
> Bloomington February 28-March 2, 2013. Pending funding, REEI will cover travel
> and housing expenses for 8-10 selected scholars.  They will join a smaller
> group of senior scholars who have been invited to present their work at the
> conference.
> 
> The aim of this conference is to examine common assumptions about the limits
> to democratic practices in societies that are largely Orthodox or Islamic.
> Within this comparative framework, we aim to move beyond generalities about
> religion, religious institutions, and politics to consider what specifically
> might be the relationship between religion and political culture. We expect
> that panels at this conference will focus on:
> 
> 
> 
> ・         the roles that religious institutions, religious movements, and
> their leaders play in civil society and democratic processes;
> 
> ・         the ways that religious tradition and beliefs impact ideas about and
> practices of democracy;
> 
> ・         the significance of religious rituals in shaping the practices of
> the public sphere.
> 
> We hope that this conference will offer scholars ― from a variety of
> disciplines interested in these two religious traditions and their political
> contexts ― an opportunity to compare notes and perhaps develop common
> frameworks for speaking about religion's place in the debates about democracy
> that have become more intense in the wake of the Arab Spring and the recent
> Russian protests. Publication of a volume based upon the conference will be
> considered.
> 
> Topics in any field will be considered; however, preference will be given to
> those proposals that deal explicitly both with 1) aspects of the religions
> themselves, as outlined above, and 2) questions of democracy and civil
> society.  Geographically, preference will be given for work focusing on
> Russia/CIS, the Balkans, Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa.
> Comparative and global research is also welcome.
> 
> Proposals must include 1) a paper title, 2) an abstract (minimum 300 words),
> and 3) complete contact information.  Submit all proposals to
> reei at indiana.edu<mailto:reei at indiana.edu>
> no later than Saturday, September 15, 2012; direct inquiries to Padraic
> Kenney, Director, Russian and East European Institute, at
> pjkenney at indiana.edu<mailto:pjkenney at indiana.edu> .
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> Date:    Tue, 22 May 2012 17:24:15 +0000
> From:    Elena Baraban <Elena.Baraban at AD.UMANITOBA.CA>
> Subject: contact in Tashkent
> 
> My colleague is going to Uzbekistan for research approx 22 August - 14
> September 2012. She's looking for contacts in Tashkent and advice re:
> accommodation, transportation, city in general, etc.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks for your help. Please send your responses to Lisa Alexandrin at
> alexandr at cc.umanitoba.ca<mailto:alexandr at cc.umanitoba.ca>
> 
> 
> 
> Elena
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> Date:    Tue, 22 May 2012 19:54:03 -0500
> From:    Nataliya Ushakova <nushakova at GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: ACTR Russian Scholar Laureate Award
> 
> Dear Colleague!
> 
> I am writing to remind you that the period for nominating an ACTR Russian
> Scholar Laureate is now open. If you wish to nominate your best sophomore or
> junior secondary school Russian student for this award, you may do so until
> June 30, 2012. Your membership in ACTR must be current, but there is no fee
> for participation in this program.  A PDF of the brochure and the nomination
> form can requested from the Chair by email.
> 
> Please send your complete nomination materials to the address below
>  (note that this is a new address).
> 
> 
> Nataliya Ushakova, Chair
> ACTR Russian Scholar Laureate Award
> Staten Island Technical HS
> 485 Clawson Street,
> Staten Island, NY 10306
> nushakova at gmail.com
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