Call for Papers: Interprofessional & Interdisciplinary Relations in Russia

[andy byford]

CALL FOR PAPERS 

Interprofessional and 
Interdisciplinary Relations in Russia:
Zones of Collaboration, 
Competition and Conflict.
International conference, funded 
by Durham University's Faculty of Arts & 
Humanities and its School of Modern Languages and 
Cultures, taking place in Durham on 19-21 September 2014 at the Institute of Advanced Study. See conference 
website: https://www.dur.ac.uk/russianinterdisciplinarity/
Professions and sciences form a 
complex, highly differentiated yet closely interconnected, field of expert 
knowledge and labour, vital to all modern states and societies. The focus of 
this conference will be on the dynamics of this field in Russian history in the 
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The conference will re-examine the history 
of Russian professions and sciences from a new vantage point – that of 
interprofessional and interdisciplinary relations. This is a neglected aspect of 
this history, yet vital to understanding how Russian professions and sciences 
created, defined and legitimised their work, expertise and jurisdictions. The 
topic is particularly timely given the importance currently accorded to 
interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaboration in matters of academic and 
technological innovation, and the purported potential that this has for solving 
complex challenges, including those relating to the environment, healthcare, 
changing demographics, and the way new technologies affect society. For further 
details see the conference 
agenda: https://www.dur.ac.uk/russianinterdisciplinarity/agenda/
Confirmed participants include 
(in alphabetical order): Nick Baron (University of 
Nottingham), Frances Bernstein (Drew 
University), Andy Byford (Durham University), Juliette Cadiot (EHESS, Paris), Victoria Donovan (University of St 
Andrews), Karl Hall (Central European 
University), Jonathan Oldfield (University of 
Birmingham), and Kenneth Pinnow (Allegheny 
College).
The keynote lecture, titled 
'Russian "Cosmism" as a Potential Inspiration for Twenty-First Century 
Interdisciplinary Work', will be given by Professor Steve Fuller of the University of 
Warwick.
On how to submit a proposal see 
the open call for 
papers: https://www.dur.ac.uk/russianinterdisciplinarity/cfp/
The deadline for the submission 
of proposals is 22 April 2014.
All enquiries should be 
addressed to andy.byford at durham.ac.uk. 		 	   		   		 	   		  
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