From: Dominique Arel <[log in to unmask]>
5th Annual Convention of the
Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
"Identity and the State:
Nationalism and Sovereignty in a Changing World"
Columbia University, 13-15 April 2000
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM NOW ON THE WEB
The ASN Convention continues its impressive growth. The 5th Annual
Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)
will feature the unprecedented number of 105 panels, almost twice the
size of the convention two years ago, spread over eleven sessions
from Thursday April 13, 1 PM, to Saturday April 15, in the evening.
Close to 500 people will be on panels. The full preliminary program
is now available on the ASN web site: http://asn.uno.edu.
All post-Soviet areas will be covered in tremendous depth, with
fourteen panels on the Balkans, thirteen on the Russian Federation,
twelve each on Ukraine, Central Asia, and Central Europe, six on the
Southern Caucasus, five on the Baltics, and almost two dozens on
thematic and cross-regional themes. Special events will include a
roundtable on the 2000 Russian Presidential Election, roundtables on
the recent work of Jack Snyder and Valery Tishkov, the INCORE Tip
O'Neill Annual Lecture, delivered by Fernand de Varennes on minority
rights, and several panels devoted to the recent/ongoing wars in
Kosovo and Chechnya.
Panels on the Russian Federation at the convention will include:
Dagestan in Comparative Perspective
State Formation in the North Caucasus: History, Prospects, and Problems
Military Tactics and Operational Art of Yeltsin's Second Chechen War
The Russian-Chechen War(s)
State Formation in the North Caucasus: History, Prospects, and Problems
Why Do Conflicts Not Turn Violent?: The Cases of Tatarstan, Ajaria,
and Crimea (Sponsored by the Watson Institute, Brown U)
Russia's Regions and Republics
Ethnicity and Regionalism in Siberia
Nationalism and Federalism in the Russian Federation
Russia In Search of Itself
Extremist Variants of Russian Nationalism
Orthodoxy, Ethnicity, and Civil Society in Russia
Conflict and Identity in Russian Foreign Policy
Nations and Empire in Russia
The Kosovo War: Perceptions, Representations, Myths
The convention is unveiling a full section devoted to new
documentaries and feature films exploring ethnonational and identity
issues in the post-Communist world. No less than four films will be
devoted to Chechnya: THE MAKING OF A NEW EMPIRE (Netherlands 1999), a
documentary on a Chechen warlord; IMMORTAL FORTRESS (US, 1999),
featuring interviews with Shamil Basayev and Salman Raduyev; along
with CHECKPOINT (Russia 1999) and PURGATORY (Russia, 1998), two
feature films set during the first Chechnya war. The Balkan wars will
also be featured prominently with the documentaries A CRY FROM THE
GRAVE (UK, 1999), on Srebrenica, and THE VALLEY (UK, 1999), on events
in the Drenica Valley of Kosovo in Summer 1998, as well as a panel on
The Yugoslav Wars on Film. Other films to be shown include TRADING
STORIES (US, 1999), on Jewish property and restitution in the Czech
Republic; BLACK WORD (Slovakia, 1999), on a Roma settlement in
Eastern Slovakia; and HERR ZWILLING UND FRAU ZUCKERMANN (Austria,
1999), on an elderly couple from Chernivtsi (Chernorwitz), in
Ukraine. All screenings will be followed by discussion with the
audience.
The convention is consolidating its status as the World Annual Event
on Nationalities Studies. Over one hundred and fifty panelists will
be travelling from overseas for the event (plus an additional three
dozens from Canada). Almost 40 percent of paper-givers are
international participants (and this does not include the large
amount of non-US born participants currently residing in the United
States).
LOCATION. The convention will be taking place in the International
Affairs Building (IAB) of Columbia University, 420 W. 118th St.
(metro station: 116th St., on the Red Line). Registration will be on
the 6th Floor of IAB and the panels will be held on several floors.
REGISTRATION. Registration fees are $30 for ASN members, $50 for
non-members, and $15 for students. A registration form can be
downloaded from the ASN web site (http://asn.uno.edu) or requested
from our Convention Director Gordon Bardos (address below). People
who plan to attend the convention are strongly encouraged to
pre-register, since places are limited.
SCHEDULE. Registration will begin at 11 AM, Thursday April 13, on the
6th Floor of IAB. People who sent preregistered will need to pick up
their name tag and the convention program. On the Thursday, the
panels will run from 1 PM-7.30 PM. On Friday and Saturday, from 9 AM
to 6.30 PM. The convention will end on the Saturday evening, April 15.
ACCOMMODATION. The convention does not have arrangements with a
particular hotel. A list of recommended hotels can be found on the
ASN web site.
ASN MEMBERSHIP. People can now directly join a fast growing ASN on
the convention pre-registration form. In addition to getting a
significant discount at the ASN convention, ASN members receive
annually four issues of Nationalities Papers, the field's leading
journal; six issues of the Analysis of Current Events, containing
up-to-the-minute analyses of ongoing events; and two issues of
ASNews, the association's newsletter. An annual membership costs a
remarkably low $50 annually---$30 for students.
BONUS FOR ASN MEMBERS. ASN members have also the option of
subscribing to Europe-Asia Studies (formerly Soviet Studies), which
publishes eight issues a year, for $55, almost a hundred dollars less
than the regular subscription price. Convention panelists can take
advantage of this offer directly on the convention registration form.
BOOK EXHIBIT/SALE OF PAPERS. Publishers will exhibit their wares in
the exhibit room, located in the spacious Dag Hammarskjold Lounge on
the 6th floor, near the registration desk. The convention innovated
last year by selling convention papers for $1 apiece and the
experiment proved hugely successful. At least 20 copies of each paper
will go on sale in the book exhibit on Friday, April 14, at 11.15 AM.
We look forward to seeing you at the convention!
For information on panels:
Dominique Arel
ASN Convention Program Chair
Watson Institute
Brown University, Box 1831
130 Hope St.
Providence, RI 02912
401 863 9296 tel
401 863 2192 fax
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For information on registration, exhibits
and advertisements in the convention program:
Gordon Bardos
ASN Convention Director
Harriman Institute
Columbia University
1216 IAB
420 W. 118th St.
New York, NY 10027
212.854.8487 tel
212.666.3481 fax
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