Havighurst Center for Russian & Post-Soviet Studies
10th Annual International Young Researchers Conference
The Gulag in History and Memory
Organizer: Stephen M. Norris
Miami University
Oxford, OH
October 28-31, 2010
This conference will explore the history and legacies of what Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn described as "an almost invisible, almost imperceptible
country inhabited by zeks." We will also seek to understand how "the
scars and sores of the past are healing over" (Solzhenitsyn again) and
how literature and art represented the Gulag system. Finally, we will
hope to explore the current state of Gulag remembrance.
We encourage submissions from a range of disciplines and from foreign
researchers. In particular, we encourage submissions from researchers
who have gained access to formerly closed archives or previously unknown
papers or collections and who are employing innovative research methods
to explore the nature and legacies of the Gulag. We are particularly
interested in stimulating cross-disciplinary conversations about the
Gulag in communist and post-communist societies.
Proposals must come from young researchers who have already completed
their dissertation research (ABD) or researchers who have defended their
dissertation within the last five years. This will be an intensive 2-1/2
day working conference during which each of the selected papers will be
critiqued by the other participants and a team of discussants made up of
Miami University faculty. Two keynote speakers-Steve Barnes (George
Mason University) and Lynne Viola (University of Toronto)--will also
deliver lectures on the Gulag. We also intend to publish an edited
volume on the conference theme and expect the papers presented at the
conference to be publishable. The Havighurst Center will provide
accommodation in Oxford, ground transportation to and from the airport,
and partial travel funding (up to $400 for domestic travel and up to
$800 for international travel in the form of an honorarium).
Please submit an abstract of approximately 250 words and a short CV to
mailto:[log in to unmask] We will begin to review proposals
on April 20, 2010. Please type "2010 Gulag Conference" as the subject
of the email. Questions can be directed to:
The Havighurst Center for Russian & Post-Soviet Studies
Miami University
Harrison Hall, Room 116
Oxford, OH 45056
(513) 529-3303
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