CONF./CFP- Australasian Assoc. for Communist & Post-Communist Stds., Feb.
2005
CALL FOR PAPERS
Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies
(AACPCS)
Seventh Biennial Conference (2005)
February 4-5, 2005, Australian National University, Canberra,
Australia.
The Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies
invites proposals for panels and papers for the 7th Biennial
Conference to be held at the ANU in Canberra on 4-5 February 2005. The
event will
be jointly hosted by the Transformation of Communist Systems Project,
theCentre for Arab and Islamic Studies (the Middle East and Central
Asia), Contemporary China Centre, and the Research School of Pacific and
Asian Studies.
The Conference theme is "Systemic Transformation of Communism: The
Record of the Past Quarter Century in Communism and Post-Communism"
Proposals for panels and paper topics relating to all aspects of
scholarship in the social sciences and humanities on European and Asian
communism
and its aftermath will be welcome. Existing panels, their themes and
chairpersons are listed below:
- Domestic Change in the Former Soviet Union (Chair: Stephen
Fortescue) <[log in to unmask]>
- Russian Foreign Policy From Gorbachev to Putin (Chair: Robert F.
Miller) <[log in to unmask]>
- Geopolitical Challenges in Central Asia and the Caucasus (Chair:
Geoffrey Jukes) <[log in to unmask]>
- Alternative Paths of Transformation and Emergent Socio-Economic
Problems: Comparing Asian Communism and/or European Post-
Communism (Chair: Anita Chan)
<[log in to unmask]>
- Cultural and Educational Aspects of Transformation (Chair: Kevin
Windle) <[log in to unmask]>
- Transnational Security Threats in Post-Communist Eurasia (Chair:
Kirill Nourzhanov) <[log in to unmask]>
Submission of Proposals
For Paper Presenters:
1) Name
2) Current Institutional Affiliation,
3) Title/Position
4) E-mail address
5) Postal address
6) Telephone number
7) Fax no.
8) Title of paper
9) Abstract of paper (200-300-word summary)
10) Any audio-visual equipment required (specify: overhead projector,
slide projector, video player)
11) A brief CV containing information for panel chairperson's
introduction).
For Panels:
In addition to the information for paper presenters (see above), the
following are also required:
1) Title for proposed panel
2) name, affiliation and contact information of the panel chair and
discussants. Panels should have two to four paper presenters, a
chairperson and discussants. (All submissions should be in Word or
WordPerfect.)
Deadlines:
For proposed Panels, 31 August 2004
For Papers, 30 November 2004.
Conference Registration Fee: $25.00
Conference-Related Correspondence Should Be Addressed to:
Jill Wolf
Research Assistant
CAIS
Australian National University
Canberra, ACT 0200
Australia
Tel. 61 2 6125 4928
Fax 61 2 6125 5410
E-mail [log in to unmask]
Note:
AACPCS DOES NOT have funds to support the costs of conference
participation. Participants should obtain their own funding.
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