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  • CESS Annual Conference call for papers - October 18-21, 2007

    Central Eurasian Studies Society
    c/o John Schoeberlein
    1730 Cambridge Street, Room S-327
    Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A.
    e-mail: [email protected]
    fax: +1 / 617-495-8319


    Call For Papers

    Central Eurasian Studies Society Eighth Annual Conference (2007)

    October 18-21, 2007
    University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

    The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) invites panel and paper
    proposals for the Eighth CESS Annual Conference, October 18-21, 2007,
    in Seattle, Washington. The event will be held at the University of
    Washington, hosted by the Ellison Center for Russian, East European
    and Central Asian Studies. Panels begin Friday morning, October 19,
    and continue through mid-day on Sunday, October 21.

    Panel and paper topics relating to all aspects of humanities and
    social science scholarship on Central Eurasia are welcome. The
    geographic domain of Central Eurasia extends from the Black Sea and
    Iranian Plateau to Mongolia and Siberia, including the Caucasus,
    Crimea, Middle Volga, Afghanistan, Tibet, and Central and Inner Asia.
    Practitioners and scholars in all humanities and social science
    disciplines with an interest in Central Eurasia are encouraged to
    participate.

    The program will feature approximately 60 panels and there will also
    be a supplementary program including cultural events, a welcome
    reception on Thursday, a conference dinner and a keynote speaker.

    Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: Friday, April 6, 2007.

    Submissions of pre-organized panels are strongly encouraged and will
    be given some preference in the selection process. Individual papers
    are also welcome and will be assigned by the program committee to an
    appropriate panel with a chair and a discussant. Only electronic
    submissions will be accepted (see the webform on the CESS website:
    http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conferen ce.html).

    FULL DETAILS of Conference Participation

    There has been a huge growth in interest in the CESS conference as our
    society has become more established. Over the past three years,
    attendance has averaged about 500 per year, with dozens of countries
    and all major fields of scholarship represented. We expect a similar
    number to attend in 2007.

    Please note that due to this high level of interest, and the fact that
    the total number of participants in CESS 2007 will be limited due to
    space constraints, we anticipate that the selection of papers will be
    very competitive, and we encourage all who hope to attend to consider
    working with colleagues to arrange a pre-organized panel, as this will
    improve your chances of acceptance.

    The Conference Committee accepts electronic submissions only -- either
    by webform (see the CESS website:
    http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conferen ce.html), or by an e-mailed
    form in MS Word format in the case of those who don't have web access
    (please contact us by e-mail to obtain the form in MS Word format).
    We require electronic format because website submissions can more
    easily be processed than other methods, and we have limited resources
    to manage the hundreds of submissions that we anticipate receiving.

    The following information is required for submissions; we suggest that
    you prepare the text before accessing the website so you can simply
    paste the information into the form (but do not send it without the form!):

    For Paper Presenters: 1) Name, 2) Current institutional affiliation,
    3) Title/position, 4) E-mail, 5) Postal address, 6) Telephone, 7) Fax,
    8) Title of Paper, 9) Abstract of Paper (a summary of the paper of
    200-300 words; abstracts longer than 300 words may be rejected), 10)
    Any audio-visual equipment requests (specify -- e.g., overhead
    projector, slide project, video player), 11) A one-page CV which
    contains the information which the panel chair may require for
    introductions, and includes the presenter's educational background
    (highest degree, year awarded, awarding institution, and field of study).

    For Panels: Proposals may be submitted for regular panels (with
    presentation of scholarly papers) and roundtable panels (featuring
    discussion of a current topic in the field).

    Regular Panels: In addition to the information for paper presenters
    (as indicated above), the following are also required: a) a title for
    the proposed panel, and b) name, affiliation, and contact information
    of the panel chair and discussant. Panels should have three or four
    paper presenters, a chair, and a discussant. The program committee can
    accept panel submissions which lack one or two of these, but no panel
    proposal should have fewer than four people who have given a firm
    assurance that they definitely plan to participate in the conference
    unless they are prevented by circumstances out of their control. If
    the panel as proposed does not include a full complement of panelists
    (i.e., 3-4 presenters, discussant and chair), the other panel
    participants may be filled in as necessary by the program committee if
    the panel proposal is accepted. Pre-organized panels should be
    thematically coherent and may be organized/sponsored by a scholarly
    organization (optional).

    Roundtable Panels: A roundtable has four or five presenters and a
    chair/moderator. For roundtable proposals, the organizer must provide
    a paragraph describing the panel objectives and providing
    justification for use of the roundtable format. The same information
    is required of each participant as for regular panels with the
    exception that abstracts and paper titles are not required.

    Sponsored Panels: CESS encourages other institutions supporting the
    study of Central Eurasia, such as regional scholarly associations, to
    organize "sponsored panels" at the CESS conference -- i.e., panels
    organized by the sponsoring institution, involving their members and
    receiving their imprimatur.

    Best Paper Graduate Student Award: There will be an award in the
    amount of $500 given to the best graduate student conference paper
    submitted to the Awards Committee for consideration. The deadline for
    submissions is Friday, Sept. 21, 2007, 5:00 pm Eastern Time. See the
    CESS awards webpage for details, or contact the Awards Committee
    Co-chairs, Dr. Douglas Northrop <northropumich.edu>, and Dr. Uli
    Schamiloglu <uschamilwisc.edu>.

    IMPORTANT NOTES for submissions:

    1. Submission Format: Do not send your proposal in any format other
    than the webform or the MS Word form, as the committee will not
    consider it in that case.
    2. Ensuring Quality Proposals: Since the selection process is expected
    to be quite competitive, we strongly advise you to follow the
    Guidelines for Writing Abstracts available on the CESS website. Those
    who do not do this will have significantly lower chances of their
    proposal being accepted. If you do not have web access, we can send
    you the guidelines by e-mail upon request.
    3. Commitment to Participate: By submitting a proposal, you are
    indicating your serious intention to participate in the conference --
    including your commitment to take the necessary steps to obtain any
    required visa or funding -- unless prevented by circumstances out of
    your control. You will be asked to confirm your commitment in June
    after your proposal is accepted. Note that, because withdrawal after
    the program has been put together is very disruptive and harms the
    quality of panels, and prevents us from including people in the
    program who would indeed be able to attend, CESS rules stipulate that
    those who withdraw after August 1 without a good reason are barred
    from participating in the conference the following year, and those who
    fail to appear at the conference without timely notice to the
    Conference Committee will be considered "no-shows" and will be barred
    from participating for the next two years. The deadline for such
    notification is September 28, and after this date, no registration
    fees can be refunded.
    4. E-mail Contact: Since all communication with prospective
    participants is via e-mail, and we will require your confirmation of
    participation in June after proposals are accepted and again in
    September when all of your visa and travel arrangements should be in
    place, it is vitally important that you make sure we always have an
    e-mail address that will reach you. If we LOSE CONTACT with you after
    your proposal is accepted, you will be dropped from the program, will
    be counted as a "no-show", and will not be able to participate in the
    conference.
    5. Abstracts of Publishable Quality: If you are accepted and
    participate in the conference, your abstract will be published on the
    CESS website, so please write it carefully to avoid errors and ensure
    that it conforms with the criteria for a good abstract (see Guidelines
    for Writing Abstracts).
    6. Program Limitations: No participant may present more than one paper
    at the conference. Without special justification, the program
    committee will not schedule any individual to appear on more than two
    panels as a presenter or discussant. If you have a paper included on
    a pre-organized panel and you also submit an individual paper, the
    pre-organized panel takes precedence and if it is accepted, your other
    paper proposal will not be considered.

    Schedule of Key Dates

    Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: Friday, April 6, 2007.
    - Note: Submissions after this date may be accepted only in the case
    of special justifying circumstances and at the discretion of the
    program committee.

    Notification of acceptance: by June 5, 2007.
    - The host institution will provide, upon request, mailed or faxed
    invitation letters to support an application for a visa or travel
    funds; these will be sent in the second half of June. Note: Obtaining
    a U.S. visa can take a long time, and we urge participants to begin
    the process immediately upon notification of their proposal's acceptance.

    Deadline for notification of audio-visual requests: Friday, September 14 .

    Pre-registration deadline: Friday, September 14 .
    - Note: Pre-registration and CESS membership is required for all
    presenters, and entitles you to significantly reduced registration
    fees. For those not on the program, pre-registration reserves a space
    at the conference, in the event that attendance reaches the
    maximum capacity.

    Papers should be submitted to chairs/discussants: by Friday, September 28.
    - Paper presenters will be informed via e-mail by mid-September of
    the e-mail addresses of their panel's chair and discussant, to whom
    they should send their papers by the deadline.

    Deadline for confirmation of participation: Friday, September 28.

    - Paper presenters who have not pre-registered will be requested via
    e-mail in late August to confirm their participation in the
    conference. Any who do not respond within 1 month will be removed
    from the program. Anyone withdrawing from the conference after this
    date will not be eligible for a refund of conference fees and may be
    ineligible to participate in the subsequent year's conference.

    Conference: October 18-21, 2007 .
    - Arrival to Seattle is on the afternoon/evening of Thursday, October
    18 -- registration opens in the afternoon followed by a reception in
    the evening. Panels begin Friday morning, October 19, and continue
    through mid-day on Sunday, October 21.

    Registration

    Each conference participant is required to pay a registration fee and
    presenters are required to pre-register. The fee is reduced for CESS
    members, for University of Washington students, and for those who
    pre-register before the pre-registration deadline -- September 14 .
    The level of the fee also depends on your CESS membership dues
    category (with some members being entitled to reduced dues -- see the
    CESS Membership Form for details).

    Payment of registration fees IS REQUIRED for all attending the
    conference, and cover an welcoming reception on Thursday and the
    conference dinner on Friday.

    Panel participants may submit the registration fee at the same time as
    submitting this form, or at any time before the pre-registration
    deadline of September 14. We accept payment by 1) cash (only at the
    conference), 2) check or money order (if not from a US bank, please
    contact us to find out what form is acceptable from your country),
    3) credit card (see the Credit Card Payment Form on the CESS website).
    Payments should be mailed to: Central Eurasian Studies Society, c/o John
    Schoeberlein, 1730 Cambridge Street, Room S-327, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
    Please consult the CESS Membership Form for full details on methods of
    payment (http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Membership.html) .

    NOTE: CESS does not have funds to support the costs of conference
    participation, and does not waive the conference fee for participants
    who cannot afford it. Paper presenters, other panelists, and
    conference attendees are required to pay the registration fee, and
    additionally, those included on the program (paper presenters,
    roundtable panelists, discussants, etc.) are required to be CESS
    members in good standing -- i.e., to have paid any dues they owe.
    Participants must obtain their own funding -- from personal resources,
    their own institutions, or grant-giving organizations which provide
    conference travel grants. Some further information about possible
    sources is available on the conference website.

    Travel and Accommodations

    Information about the University of Washington and the city of
    Seattle, transportation options, maps, and lodging information will be
    available on the University of Washington's CESS Conference
    Information page at http://jsis.washington.edu/ellison/CESS.shtml.
    Ple ase be sure to visit this webpage for detailed information.

    All conference participants are responsible for making their own
    arrangements for travel and accommodations. CESS does not have
    sufficient resources to subsidize travel and accommodations for
    conference participants, nor can we make hotel reservations on your
    behalf.

    Further Information

    The Co-chairs of the Conference Committee are:

    Dr. Laura Adams (Harvard University; [email protected])
    Dr. Michael Rouland (Miami University of Ohio; [email protected])
    Dr. Stephen Hanson (University of Washington, Seattle;
    [email protected])

    Full information about CESS 2007 in Seattle may be found on the
    conference webpages:

    * Main conference website: http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html
    * Registration: http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conf-Reg.html
    * Program (preliminary version available in July 2007):
    http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Program.html
    * Full information about hosting and location at the University of
    Washington:
    http://jsis.washington.edu/ellison/CESS.shtml

    Vir tually all informational questions about the conference can be
    answered by consulting the above-mentioned webpages. If you don't
    have web access, or if you don't find the answer to your questions
    there, you can contact the conference organizers by e-mail at
    <[email protected]>.


    Conference -related correspondence should be addressed as follows:

    Communications regarding local arrangements, including invitation
    letters, should be addressed to:

    CESS 2007 Annual Conference
    Allison Dvaladze
    Outreach Coordinator for the Ellison Center for Russian, East European
    and Central Asian Studies
    203B Thompson Hall, Box 353650
    University of Washington
    Seattle, Washington 98195, U.S.A.
    [email protected].
    fax: +1 / 206-543-4852
    tel.: +1 / 206-685-0668

    Communications about proposal submission, program matters,
    registration matters, the mailing list, and data updates should be
    sent to the CESS Secretariat. Please send payments also to:

    Central Eurasian Studies Society
    c/o John Schoeberlein
    1730 Cambridge Street, Room S-327
    Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A.
    e-mail: [email protected]
    fax: +1 / 617-495-8319


    Key Web Addresses:

    CESS 2007 at the University of Washington:
    http://jsis.washington.edu/ellison/CESS.shtml
    Conf erence Info.: http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html
    C onference Registr.: http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conf-Reg.html
    CES S Member Registr.: http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Membership.html
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