The conference will take place over three days from 12–14 February, 2018, at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (UCL SSEES) in London, UK.

The aim of the conference is to bring together postgraduate students and early career researchers from the Social Sciences and Humanities to showcase new research from across academic disciplines relating to Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.

The UCL SSEES Biennial International Postgraduates Conference is an opportunity for postgraduate students and early career researchers. It is a forum for participants to present their research to a broad audience and to network with others who study Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union from different perspectives.

This year, a Professional Development Event on publishing will be held at the conference. The aim of the event is to provide networking opportunities and advice for early career researchers on how best to get their work published. The event will feature panels on book and journal publishing with representatives from major publishing houses, for example Peter Sowden, an Asia and Russia and Eastern Europe Book Editor for Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group). Following the panels on book and journal publishing, there will be a Working and Networking Session where conference attendees will be able to speak with publishers and ask questions in an informal setting.

One of this year’s Keynote Speakers is Dr Frances Pine, an Anthropologist from Goldsmiths, University of London. Dr Pine has been conducting research in Eastern Europe for more than thirty years. Focusing on Poland, her work deals with kinship and gender, place, history and memory, work, markets, informal economy, unemployment and restructuring, and migration and emerging inequalities.

UCL SSEES produces some of the most innovative research on Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. The school attracts researchers and students from around the world to participate in seminars and collaborate in programmes. Previous keynote speakers at the UCL SSEES Biennial International Postgraduates Conference include Dr Denisa Kostovicova from the London School of Economics, Professor Stephen Lovell from King's College London, Professor James Mark from the University of Exeter, and Professor László Kontler at Central European University.

To register and submit a proposal for the conference, please fill out the online form at: http://tinyurl.com/sseespgc2018. Paper proposals and proposals for fully formed panels should be no more than 300 words. The application deadline is 24 November 2017. The language of the conference is English. Presentations should be no longer than 20 minutes. Successful applicants will be notified on or around 10 December 2017.

UCL SSEES can provide non-UK based applicants with Invitation Letters for visas. Some travel expenses may be covered for applicants, but please seek alternate sources of funding beforehand.

The conference organising committee is composed of postgraduate students currently conducting doctorate research at UCL SSEES.

For more information on research at UCL SSEES please visit: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/research.

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