CFP.: RUSSIA AND ORIENT: PROBLEMS OF INTERACTION
To be held by the Center of Regional and Transboundary Studies (Volgograd
State University) and the Department of the Commonwealth of Independent
States Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies (Russian Academy of
Sciences), Moscow. Sponsored by Open Society Institute (Soros Foundation -
Russia).
The following topics are planned to be discussed:
1. Historical heritage as a Factor of Mutual Perception at the Level of
Social Consciousness.
a) Historical Offences and Their Mythologization.
b) The Influence of Ethnic Myths upon Interethnic and International
Relations.
2. The Social Status of Eastern Minorities in Russia and Vice Versa:
political, legal, social and ethno-cultural issues.
3. The Issues of Border Security and Transboundary Cooperation in the Light
of Interrelations between Russia and Eastern Countries: Challenges and
Possibilities.
Please send your proposals to:
Dr. Sergey Golunov, Volgograd State University, 30, 2-nd Prodolnaya Street,
Volgograd State University, Volgograd, 400062, RUSSIA
Tel.: (8442) 43-20-25
Fax: (8442) 43-37-22
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URL: http://www.transbound.narod.ru/conf/orient_2002_eng.html
Please include in your proposal: your name, title and abstract of your
paper (not longer than 400 words), address and contact information, and
current curriculum vitae.
Deadline for proposals is October 1, 2002.
All expenses of Russian participants related to their stay in Volgograd
will be covered by the organizers while the question of reimbursement for
their travel expenses will be considered individually. The Organizing
Committee encourages foreign participants to seek the
funding of their travel and other expenses and registration fee ($ 10). The
participants from the NIS and other Eastern European are recommended to
apply for travel grants to their national Open Society Institutes.
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