(Cross-posted on Ethnopolitics, Historical Population Displacement,
Minelres, Balkan Academic.)

7th Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities
(ASN)

Columbia University, 11-13 April 2002

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM NOW ON THE WEB

The full preliminary program of the ASN Seventh Annual World Convention is
now available on the ASN web site: http://www.nationalities.org/. The
Convention will feature 104 panels and events, spread over eleven sessions
from Thursday April 11, 1 PM, to Saturday April 13, in the evening. More
than 500 people will be on panels.

All post-Soviet areas will be covered in tremendous depth, with thirteen
panels on the  Balkans, eleven on Central Europe, thirteen on Central Asia
(plus four on Turkey), eleven on the Russian Federation, fourteen on
Ukraine, five on the Caucasus, and twenty-one on thematic and cross-regional
themes. Special roundtables will include "Nationalism, Sectarianism, and
Terrorism," with Jack Snyder and Susan Woodward;  "Can Liberal Pluralism be
Exported to Eastern Europe," featuring Will Kymlicka; "Eurasia as a New
Post-Soviet Paradigm," with Mark von Hagen and Andreas Kappeler; two
roundtables on Afghanistan; and a session on publishing in Slavic Studies,
featuring the incoming editor of ASN flagship journal Nationalities Papers.

More than a dozen brand new documentaries and feature films, exploring
ethnonational and identity issues in the post-Communist world, will also be
shown at the convention. They include L'OPIUM DES TALIBANS, a riveting
French documentary on the opium trade shot illegally under the Taliban
regime; ALLIES AND LIES, a stunning British BBC report on American cover
operations during the Bosnia war; A HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION, about a surreal
visit by a Belgian parliamentary delegation to the world's most secretive
country: North Korea; MY MOTHER'S VILLAGE, an acclaimed Canadian documentary
on Ukrainian diaspora identity; and TIME TO GATHER STONES, an account of the
Transdniestria conflict, produced by Moldova television. Each film will be
followed by discussion. The full film lineup will be announced shortly.

Panel themes include:
Approaches to Peace in Chechnya
The War in Afghanistan
Nationality and Language in the 2001 Ukrainian Census
Nationality and Language in the Russian Census, Past and Present
Rethinking Institutional Design Approaches to Self-Determination Conflicts
Refugee Policy and Humanitarian Action in the New Century
Issues of Jewish Identity
Dilemmas of Immigration and Migration (two panels)
Partitions between Histories and Destinies
Building the Crimean Tatar Nation
The Logic of Russian Federalism
Ethnicity and Political Culture in Turkey
Ethnic Cleansing and Statehood
Issues of Eastward Enlargement

A number of slots for chairs and discussants, for panels created from
individual paper submissions, remain open. If you are interested in being
chair or discussant, please contact Troy McGrath. Panelists can appear on a
maximum of two panels.

The convention is consolidating its status as the World Annual Event on
Nationalities Studies. As in the past, 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 15th Floor of IAB
and the panels will be held on several floors.

REGISTRATION. $40 for ASN Members, $60 for Non-Members ($30 for Non-Members
residing in Eastern Europe at the time of the convention) and $25 for
Students. Preregistration payments are non-refundable after 15 March 2001.
A registration form can be downloaded from the ASN web site
(www.nationalities.org) or requested from Alex Brideau ([log in to unmask]).
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 11, on the 15th
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 13.

ACCOMMODATION. The convention does not have arrangements with a particular
hotel. A list of nearby 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; four 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 $55 annually-$33 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 $60, 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 Room 1501 on the 15th floor.
Convention papers will also go on sale for $2 apiece. At least 20 copies of
each paper will go on sale in the book exhibit on Friday, April 12, at 11.15
AM.

We look forward to seeing you at the convention!

For information on panels:
Troy McGrath
ASN Convention Program Chair
Political Science Department
Arnold Hall, Box 76
Hartwick College
Oneonta, NY 13820
tel.: 607-431-4586
fax: 607-431-4351
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For information on 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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