to post: ASN 2005 PRELIMINARY PROGRAM ONLINEASN 2005 WORLD CONVENTION
(COLUMBIA U, 14-16 APRIL 2005)
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM NOW ON THE WEB (www.nationalities.org).
The preliminary program of the ASN 2005 World Convention is now available
on the web site, at www.nationalities.org. The program features 97 panels,
not yet including up to ten film screenings and multimedia presentations to
be announced later. As usual, the Convention boasts the most international
lineup of panelists, with more than half of the 297 scholars who will be
delivering papers (55 percent, from 42 countries) currently based outside of
the United States.
***A preregistration form can be downloaded from the web site. For all
information regarding our Convention at Columbia University, please contact
our Executive Director Gordon N Bardos at [log in to unmask], 212 854
8487***
The Convention will be hosting six special panels featuring new major books
by Michael Mann (The Dark Side of Democracy), Alfred Stepan, Juan Linz and
Yogendra Yadav ("Nation State" or "State Nation"), Anatol Lieven (America
Right or Wrong), David Crowe (Oskar Schindler), Kanchan Chandra (Why Ethnic
Parties Succeed?) and Dmitry Gorenburg (Minority Ethnic Mobilization in the
Russian Federation). Discussants on these special panels include Mark
Beissinger, Paul Brass, John Hall, Jack Snyder, Istvan Deak and Doris
Bergen. The Mann, Stepan, Lieven and Chandra panels are among the offerings
in the new section "Theories of Nationalism," introduced in 2004.
In recognition of the epochal events of the last few months, the Convention
will feature an exceptionally large selection of Ukraine panels (fourteen),
several of which related to the Orange Revolution. Special roundtables on
the "First 100 Days of the Yushchenko Administration" and "Is Ukraine in
Europe or Eurasia?", including former ambassadors, are in the works, as well
as a multimedia presentation on the Orange Revolution (to be scheduled and
announced later).
Other special panels include "The Kurds and the Constitutional Future of
Iraq," an homage to David Johnson's Russia List, three panels on Chechnya,
an Harriman Institute-sponsored roundtable on Russian Nationalism, a
roundtable on "sham elections" in Central Asia, and a panel on "The Roots of
Ethnic Violence" in the Balkans.
As always, the Convention offers a strong lineup of panels in all regions of
the former Communist world and Eurasia: Russia, the Caucasus, Central
Asia/Turkey, Central Europe, the Balkans and, as mentioned above, Ukraine.
The Program Committee had to be more selective than ever in devising the
lineup. The Balkans, Central Europe and Central Eurasia (Central Asia and
Turkey combined) lead the pack with 15 panels each, followed by Ukraine
(14), Russia, excluding the North Caucasus (12), Nationalism 12, and the
Caucasus (North and South) 6. Eight panels appear in the "Thematic" section.
The Convention Film Lineup will be announced later.
Russia and former Soviet Union-related panels include:
Are the States of Central Asia 'Nationalising States'?
How do Sham "Elections" Matter in Central Asia?
Terrorism in Chechnya (2 panels)
Chechen and Ingush Scholars Reflect on Challenges and Opportunities
Orthodoxy and Identity: Religion and Nationalism in Post-Soviet Russia
The Polish Uprising of 1863 and
Russia and the Politics of Energy Russian Nationalistic Discourse
Issues of Space, Geography, and Identity in the Russian and Soviet Empires
Russia and the Politics of Energy
The Regional Factor in Ukrainian Politics
The 2004 Ukrainian Presidential Election (2 panels)
Ukraine Under Leonid Kuchma (2 panels)
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. $50 for ASN Members, $70 for Non-Members, and $35 for
Students. Preregistration payments are non-refundable. A registration
form can be downloaded from the ASN web site
(http://www.nationalities.org/) or
requested from Jamie Kosmar ([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 14, 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 7 PM
PM. The convention will end on the Saturday evening, April 16.
ACCOMMODATION. The convention does not have arrangements with a
particular hotel. A list of nearby hotels can be found at
http://www.nationalities.org/hotels.html
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. An annual
membership
costs a remarkably low $60 annually-$35 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 Dag Room on the 6th floor.
Convention papers will also go on sale for $1 apiece. At least 20
copies of each paper will go on sale in the book exhibit on Friday,
April 15, at 11.15 AM.
We very much look forward to seeing in April at the Convention!
Dominique Arel ([log in to unmask]), ASN President
Gordon N Bardos, Director
Troy McGrath, Program Chair
on behalf of the ASN Convention Program Committee
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