From:  "GOSECA University of Pittsburgh" <[log in to unmask]>  
    
Hello,
   
We are writing to you to let you know that the
deadline for the GOSECA conference has been extended
to December 12th. This conference may be an
interesting opportunity for graduate students that are
interested in Eastern Europe, Russian and Central
Asia.  We would be grateful to you if you could
circulate the following call for proposals among your
graduate students. 
http://www.pitt.edu/~sorc/goseca/GOSECA2008/
Thank you, 
GOSECA
Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe and
Central Asia (GOSECA) at the University of Pittsburgh
   
  University of Pittsburgh, REES, and GOSECA
  Fifth Annual Graduate Student Conference
   
  February 22nd - 24th, 2008
   
   
  GENERATION REMOVED? ASSESSING NOSTALGIA, MEMORY, AND LEGACY IN RUSSIA,
EASTERN EUROPE, AND CENTRAL ASIA
   
  The collapse of communist regimes in the former
Soviet Union, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia led to
radical shifts in social, economic, political, and
cultural realities. Subsequently, the transition to
postcommunism dramatically affected the worlds of both
the living and the dead, transforming epistemologies,
as well as lifestyles. The changes also prompted the
revisiting of the past and its relationship to the
present. As the first generation removed from the
communist era comes of age and examines its heritage,
it seeks to negotiate its identity with a world
audience. Nostalgia, memory and legacy have lasting
impacts on such efforts and provide useful frameworks
for this endeavor. 
  Examples of presentation topics include:
  -  Postcommunist religious vestiges: revival and
opposition
  -  The impact of the collective memory of super
power status on contemporary Russian foreign policy
  -  The impact of clan structures on Central Asian
society
  -  Nostalgic contemporary views of Czechoslovakia's
Golden Era of the 1920s and 1930s
  - The effects of the Soviet legacy on cultural
institutions
  - Monuments and memories: communist legacies and the
appropriation of the past
   
  REES and GOSECA invite papers that assess the
current and past roles of nostalgia, memory and legacy
in the Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. The
conference is deliberately interdisciplinary and aims
to deepen our understanding of the region as a whole
using a broad range of approaches to examine an
intricately woven matrix of issues. Participation is
open to graduate students in the social sciences, the
humanities, and the professional schools.
   
  Abstracts should be no more than 250 words long.
Please submit abstracts by December 12th, 2007 to the
following email address: [log in to unmask]

http://www.pitt.edu/~sorc/goseca/GOSECA2008/



GOSECA Conference Organizing Committee
Russian and East European Studies Graduate Student
Conference
University of  Pittsburgh

GOSECA Conference Organizing Committee
Russian and East European Studies Graduate Student Conference
University of Pittsburgh