Call for papers: A Quarter Century of Post-Communism: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2-3 Feb 2015

[Evgeny Pavlov]

Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Australian and New Zealand Slavists' Association

Ukrainian Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand

CALL FOR PAPERS

A Quarter Century of Post-Communism: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

International Conference

University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2-3 February 2015

When the people and their political leaders overthrew communist party rule in the countries of former communist Eastern Europe they were led by a strong desire to eliminate the ideological, political, economic and socio-cultural divisions that separated the West and East in Europe and the world. The following quarter century of post-communist reforms, an extended accession process and the integration of eleven post-communist countries into the enlarged European Union (EU) have successfully eliminated many European Cold-War divisions. Yet, the political and socio-economic transformations of post-communist states are still on-going. The differences between the 'old' western and 'new' eastern members of the EU are still remarkable in regards to both economic development and many socio-cultural norms and values. Moreover, new differences have emerged between the EU and non-EU post-communist states in many respects; those related to the tumultuous developments in Ukraine and the sinking of most post-Soviet states into authoritarianism being the most visible among them.


The conference organisers welcome papers which examine developments in the countries of post-communist Europe and post-Soviet region from a broad range of disciplines, including but not limited to: sociology, political science, EU studies, economics, history, languages, literary and cultural studies. Scholars who provide new theoretical and/or empirical insights into the events and developments from the communist and pre-communist past of these countries are also strongly encouraged to submit abstracts and present their papers at the conference.

Please submit abstracts of no more than 300 words to the conference coordinator or organisers listed below by 1 September 2014. The organisers expect to inform participants of the acceptance of their papers by 15 September 2014. Conference organisers expect to secure a guest-edited issue of an international peer-reviewed journal. Conference participants will be invited after the conference to submit an extended and enhanced version of their papers for possible publication in this Issue.

For any further information please contact one of the conference organisers:



Dr Milenko Petrovic (milenko.petrovic at canterbury.ac.nz )

Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Senior Lecturer and Conference Coordinator

Department for Global, Cultural and Language Studies and National Centre for Research on Europe

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Associate Professor Dr Evgeny Pavlov, (evgeny.pavlov at canterbury.ac.nz)

Australian and New Zealand Slavists' Association

Department for Global, Cultural and Language Studies, European and European Union Studies

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Associate Professor Dr Natalia Chaban (natalia.chaban at canterbury.ac.nz)

Department for Global, Cultural and Language Studies, European and European Union Studies

University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Ukrainian Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand


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