CFP: ASEC, Inc. biennial conference, October 5-6, 2007, Ohio State University (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:28:28 -0500
From: Christine Worobec <td0cdw1 at WPO.CSO.NIU.EDU>
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Subject: [SEELANGS] CFP: ASEC, Inc. biennial conference, October 5-6, 2007,
     Ohio State University

Dear Colleagues:

The Association for the Study of Eastern Christian History and Culture,
Inc. (ASEC) announces its second biennial conference to take place in
Columbus, Ohio October 5-6, 2007, and is pleased to invite papers for
its multi-disciplinary conference on the theme "Centers and
Peripheries: Interaction and Exchange in the Social, Cultural, Historical,
and Regional Situations of Eastern Christianity."

Papers may deal with any historical period or with contemporary issues
and come from all disciplines including anthropology, cultural
studies, history, literary criticism, linguistics, sociology and religious
studies. The conference aims to explore the interactions between and
among different religiously-defined communities within the Eastern
Christian traditions, and the interactions and exchange between
Eastern Christian communities and other religious groups and traditions.

Conference sessions will be held at the Blackwell Hotel and Conference
Center with accommodations at the nearby Holiday Inn on the Lane. The
conference will include two days of panels plus a keynote address.
Panel proposals of three presenters plus chair/discussant are preferred but
individual papers are also encouraged. Please send panel and paper
proposals with abstracts of 100-200 words for each paper, and a short
c.v for each participant to Russell Martin (martinre at westminster.edu).
Proposals must be received by May 31, 2007.

Registration is $40 and participants must be members of ASEC, Inc. by
the time of the conference. Fees are waived for students and faculty
of The Ohio State University with current university identification. Dues
are a mere $10 per annum ($5 for graduate students); dues (made out to
ASEC Inc.) for 2006 and 2007 may be sent to Lucien Frary, Rider
University, 2083 Lawrence Rd., Lawrenceville, NJ 08648.

The conference is co-sponsored by ASEC, Inc. and The Ohio State
University"s Center for Slavic and East European Studies, Resource
Center for Medieval Slavic Studies, the Hilandar Research Library, the
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures, and
the Center for the Study of Religion.

For more information contact martinre at westminster.edu or
jennifer.spock at eku.edu.

Respectfully submitted by
Christine Worobec
Secretary, ASEC, Inc.


Christine D. Worobec
Presidential Research Professor
and Acting Director of Graduate Studies
Department of History
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-753-6821
worobec at niu.edu

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