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From: "Mihnea Vasilescu" <[log in to unmask]> CONF./CFP- Grad Student Conf. on Post-Communist Societies, Univ. of Pittsburgh CENTER FOR RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Call for Papers 1st Annual Graduate Student Conference Historical and Contemporary Forces of Integration and Disintegration in the Post-Communist Societies March 5-6, 2004 Deadline for paper submissions: What used to be the communist bloc in Europe and Asia was characterized by divergent tendencies and was influenced by opposing forces, which can be traced into the past and remain part of the tumultuous present of the post-communist world. Empires formed and collapsed, ideologies were embraced, imposed, and rejected, boundaries shifted and identities redefined, solidarities broke and new commitments were made, policies were implemented and challenged together with the governments that put them into practice. Geographic labels, such as Central / Eastern / Southern Europe and, more recently, New Europe, are contested territories themselves. If the problems of the region are to be addressed, and the successes to be understood, it is necessary to improve our understanding of this dynamic region through an interdisciplinary approach. It is in this effort that the graduate students of University of Pittsburgh's Center for Russian and East European Studies invite all interested graduate students to submit abstracts of a paper for presentation at its first annual graduate student conference. The theme of integration and disintegration should be viewed most broadly. The conference will focus on agents of integration and disintegration, solidarity and conflict, tolerance and antagonism, inclusion and separation, continuity and disruption, construction and dissolution. The level of analysis could be any, from the family and community, to the state and international level. The conference will include panels devoted to aspects of: * history * politics * culture and society * governmental policy * law * economics * business * literature * film * public health * education * others Graduate students that are working on the region of eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union from any discipline are encouraged to submit abstracts by December 1, 2003. Further details about submission requirements, dates, housing, etc. can be found on the conference's web page (http://www.pitt.edu/~creesgsc) or by e-mailing [log in to unmask]