PROG. INFO- Eurasian and Balkan Studies Training Workshops, U of Illinois

Mon Jan 28 15:47:30 UTC 2008

Call for Applications

University of Illinois
Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia
http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/srl.html

Eurasian Studies Training Workshop for Junior Scholars
Gendering Democracy: Self, State, and Political Reform in Eurasia and Beyond
June 1113, 2008

Balkan Studies Training Workshop for Junior Scholars
Building Balkan Studies: Integrating Multidisciplinary Perspectives
June 30July 2, 2008

The workshops are part of the Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, Eastern 
Europe, and Eurasia; organized by the Russian, East European, and Eurasian 
Center and the Slavic and East European Library at the University of 
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; and funded in part by the U.S. Department of 
State Title VIII program.
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Eurasian Studies Training Workshop for Junior Scholars

Dates
June 1113, 2008

Workshop Moderator
Cynthia Buckley, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Texas, Austin

Workshop Goals
The central aim of this three-day workshop is to bring together advanced 
graduate students, junior faculty and other professionals who focus on 
gender and democracy in Russia, Eurasia and beyond in various disciplines 
to discuss their work and issues in the field. The workshops objectives 
are to foster a supportive network of colleagues involved in this field and 
to explore recent research paradigms and resources. Cross-regional research 
of the former Soviet space (especially Central Asia and the Caucasus) and 
such countries as Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Korea, China and 
Turkey is particularly welcome. The workshop will provide a superb forum in 
which to investigate a variety of pressing issues, including, but not 
limited to, the following:

§   State formation, democratization, and the role of gender
§   Post-Soviet economic conditions and the impact on gender issues
§   Female politicians in post-Soviet governments
§   Civil society, NGOs and gender
§   Human security (terrorism, trafficking of women and children, organized 
crime syndicates)
§   Health policies and issues
§   Demographic problems and movement (fertility change, population aging, 
displaced peoples, diasporic formations, populations on the move)
§   Changing roles and images of gender in society
§   Education (rewriting of curricula; establishment of new institutions 
for higher learning)
§   Law reform and its impact on gender issues
§   Religion and gender
§   The arts, social change, and postsocialist identity (literature, fine 
arts, architecture)
§   Rethinking the historiography of gender and democracy in Eurasia

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Balkan Studies Training Workshop for Junior Scholars
Building Balkan Studies: Integrating Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Dates
June 30July 2, 2008

Workshop Moderator
Julie Mostov, Associate Vice Provost for International Programs and 
Associate Professor of Political Science, Drexel University

Workshop Goals
The central aim of this three-day workshop is to bring together advanced 
graduate students, junior faculty and other professionals who focus on the 
modern Balkans in various disciplines to discuss their work and issues in 
the field. Although massive political change and the Yugoslav wars 
regularly put the region on the front page of major newspapers throughout 
the 1990s, Balkan studies is still a relatively underrepresented field. The 
workshops objectives are to foster a supportive network of colleagues 
involved in this field and to explore recent research paradigms and 
resources. Comparative work is strongly encouraged. The workshop will 
provide a superb forum in which to investigate a variety of issues, 
including, but not limited to, the following:

§   State formation and democratization
§   Status of Kosovo
§   Privatization and the creation of new market economies
§   Ethnopolitics and the civil rights of minorities
§   The role of language (identity and citizenship; maintenance, shift, and 
endangerment)
§   Law reform, the writing of new legal codes, and rethinking intellectual 
property rights
§   Human security (terrorism, trafficking of women and children, organized 
crime syndicates)
§   Demographic movement (displaced peoples, diasporic formations, 
refugees, guest workers)
§   The culture of socialism and postsocialism
§   Education (rewriting of curricula; establishment of new institutions 
for higher learning)
§   Popular culture and contemporary society
§   The arts, social change, and postsocialist identity (literature, fine 
arts, architecture)
§   The changing position of Balkan states vis-à-vis the EU, the U.S., 
Russia, and the Middle East
§   Religion in the Balkans
§   Gender, especially changing roles and images of women in society
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Workshop Format
Workshop sessions will be devoted to a discussion of the participants 
research; investigation of current literature and paradigms; and a 
presentation of scholarly resources, including relevant databases by staff 
specialists from the Slavic and East European Library. Time will also be 
available for research in the UI Libraryone of the largest Slavic and East 
European collections in the U.S. Participants may stay beyond the workshop 
dates to conduct individual research.

Workshop Eligibility
The workshops are open to advanced graduate students and junior faculty in 
any discipline and professionals who specialize in the respective regions. 
To be eligible for workshop housing and travel grants, which are funded by 
a U.S. State Department Title VIII grant, applicants must be U.S. 
citizens/permanent residents and must state the policy relevance (broadly 
defined) of their research in the application. Limited space and housing 
grant available for international scholars.  Depending on space 
availability, those who do not qualify for financial support may 
participate in the workshop at their own expense. Please see the Summer Lab 
website (url above) for more information.

Housing and Travel Grants
Participants who are eligible for workshop housing and travel grants (see 
eligibility) may also apply for additional research housing grantsa total 
of up to 14 days for graduate students; 8 for all others. Graduate 
students, who are US citizens/permanent residents, may also apply for 
travel grants of up to $200.  Please see the website for more detailed 
information.

Deadline
1 April 2008 for international applications (limited housing grant only)
15 April 2008 for US citizen/permanent resident applications

Application
All participants are considered Summer Lab associates and must submit a 
Summer Research Lab application and application fee. To apply for financial 
assistance, applicants must also submit a one- to two-page research 
proposal that includes a statement clearly indicating the policy relevance 
of the proposed research.  Workshop space is limited.

To apply online go to 
<http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/srl.html>www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/srl.html and 
click on how to apply in the navigation bar. To request a paper 
application form contact:

Summer Research Lab
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
104 International Studies Building
910 S. Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-1244; fax (217) 333-1582
<mailto:reec at uiuc.edu>reec at uiuc.edu
www.reec.uiuc.edu

Lynda Y. Park, Associate Director
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
University of Illinois
104 International Studies Building, MC-487
910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-6022, 333-1244; fax (217) 333-1582
lypark at uiuc.edu
http://www.reec.uiuc.edu

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