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Subject: CfP: Post-Soviet Secession Crises, Berlin 2.-4.12.10 (15.7.)
Call for Papers
"Conflict as an Instrument in Internal Political Struggles: Secession Crises
in the Post-Soviet Area"
December 2nd – 4th 2010
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Department of Social Sciences
In the framework of a DAAD Project on ‘conflict solution in Azerbaijan and
Moldova’ at the Department of Social Sciences of Humboldt-Universität zu
Berlin we are inviting submissions for a conference on the topic “Conflict
as an instrument in internal political struggles. Secession crises in the
post-Soviet area”. The conference will be a significant step for researchers
from the region, Germany and other countries to establish new collaborative
links and networks across countries.
Deadline for submission of the abstracts is July 15, 2010.
We welcome contributions focusing on the following topics:
Secession crises in post-Soviet states were shaped by heterogeneous
dependencies and have different cause-effect relations. Most research on
this topic is from an external perspective. This conference will focus on
the internal perspective - the impact these conflicts have on the political
regimes, political institutions, on the economy, the political culture, the
society, and the process of consolidation. With the
particular emphasis on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict we will deal with the
directly involved states of Armenia and Azerbaijan and the relations between
both countries.
But also a comparative view on other conflicts like Abkhazia, Transnistria
and South-Ossetia and the political systems of the involved countries seems
to be worthwhile especially because of the wide differences concerning the
initial situation, the course of conflict, and the actors involved in these
conflicts.
The international dimension will be considered only in so far as the
engagement of external actors played an important role during the numerous
attempts towards a permanent establishment of peace. Primarily the
conference will be devoted to the societal, political and economic impacts
of these conflicts on the affected countries: to what extent can these
conflicts be regarded as inheritances from the Soviet era, thus a special
type of ‘post-colonial dispute’? What kind of impact do these unsolved
issues have on the political development and the economic perspectives on
(of) the countries involved? To what extent can the setbacks in the process
of democratization be explained as a consequence of these (ethnic)
conflicts? In this way the full range and the complexity of these actually
not so frozen conflicts in the post – Soviet area will be illustrated.
Apart from the country examples we also welcome contributions with more
theoretical approaches for the analysis of these conflict situations. The
main focus of the submitted abstracts should be the direct relation between
the use and influence of secession crises in internal political struggles.
We especially encourage young researchers to submit their proposals.
Abstracts must be no longer than 500 words and should be submitted by email
to
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Workshop for young researchers
Within the framework of the conference a workshop will take place for young
postgraduates. Students and doctoral candidates are able to prepare
themselves for the following conference and discuss preliminary outcomes and
research questions.
It is also intended to help graduate-level research students to overcome the
academic isolation associated with PhD research, to ‘try’ their ideas and
findings on wider audiences, and to establish new collaborative links across
countries.
Abstracts should indicate the academic significance of the topic, relevance
of conceptual literature, and analytical structure. In addition to the
proposal (no longer than 500 words), applicants will be expected to provide
a short statement of support from their supervisor (no more than 300 words)
and a CV. Completed submissions can be made by email only to:
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Interested persons can also enroll by contacting
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http://www.bgss.hu-berlin.de/lehrbereiche/osteuropa/Aktuelles/cfp/view
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