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13th Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities
Nation, Identity, Conflict, and the State
International Affairs Building,
Columbia University, NY
Sponsored by the Harriman Institute
10-12 April 2008
100+ panels on the Balkans, Central Europe and the Baltics, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Central Asia and Eurasia, the Caucasus, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kurdistan, China and surrounding countries
**INCLUDING a Special Section on Theoretical Approaches to Nationalism**
THEMATIC Panels on Islam and Politics, Genocide and Ethnic Violence, Anthropology of Identity, Citizenship and Nationality, Religion, Language Politics, Conflict Resolution, Autonomy, Gender, EU Integration, Diaspora and many more
AWARDS for Best Doctoral Student Papers
AND the Screening and Discussion of **New Films/Documentaries**
The 2008 Final Program can be accessed here
The 2008 Film Line-up can be accessed here
The ASN Convention, the most attended international and inter-disciplinary scholarly gathering of its kind, welcomes proposals on a wide range of topics related to national identity, nationalism, ethnic conflict, state-building and the study of empires in Central/Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Balkans, Eurasia, and adjacent areas. Disciplines represented include political science, history, anthropology, sociology, international studies, economics, geography, sociolinguistics, psychology, and related fields.
The Convention also features a section devoted to theoretical approaches to nationalism, from any of the disciplines listed above. The papers in this section need not be grounded in an area of the former Communist bloc usually covered by ASN, provided that the issues examined are relevant to a truly comparative understanding of nationalism-related issues. In this vein, we ae welcoming theory-focused and comparative proposals, rather than specific case studies from outside Central/Eastern Europe and Eurasia. A dozen panels are expected to be featured in the Nationalism section.
Since 2005, the ASN Convention has acknowledged excellence in graduate studies research by offering Awards for Best Doctoral Student Papers in five sections: Russia/Ukraine/Caucasus, Central Asia/Eurasia, Central Europe, Balkans, and Nationalism Studies. The winners at the 2006 Convention were Tammy Lynch (Boston U, History, Russia/Ukraine/Caucasus), Judith Beyer (Anthropology, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Central Asia/Eurasia), Zsuzsanna Magdo (U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, History, Central Europe), Connie Robinson (New School U, Sociology, Balkans), and Wendy Pearlman (Harvard U, Political Science, Nationalism). Doctoral student applicants whose proposals will be accepted for the 2008 Convention, who have not defended their dissertation by 1 November 2007, and whose paper is delivered by the deadline, will automatically be considered for the awards.
The 2008 Convention has also invited submissions for documentaries or feature films made within the past few years and available in VHS or DVD format. Most films selected for the convention will be screened during regular panel slots and will be followed by a discussion moderated by an academic expert. Films on the 2007 Program included the Oscar-nominated My Country, My Country (US, 2007), Vukovar-Final Cut (Serbia and Montenegro, 2006), A Lesson of Belarusian (Poland, 2006), Orange Revolution (US, 2007) and Final Solution (India, 2005).
The 2008 Convention invited proposals for INDIVIDUAL PAPERS or PANELS. A panel includes a chair, three presentations based on written papers, and a discussant. Proposals using an innovative format are encouraged. Examples of new formats include a roundtable on a new book, in which the author is being engaged by three discussants (nine book panels were featured in the 2007 Convention); a debate between two panelists over a critical research or policy question, following rules of public debating; or special presentations based on original papers where the number of discussants is equal to or greater than the number of presenters. Other innovative formats are also welcome.
The programs from past conventions, going back to 2001, are also online and can be accessed here.
Several dozen publishers and companies have had exhibits and/or advertised in the Convention Program in past years. Due to considerations of space, advertisers and exhibitors are encouraged to place their order early. For information, please contact Convention Executive Director Gordon N. Bardos (gnb12@columbia.edu).
We look forward to seeing you there!
The Convention organizing committee:
Dominique Arel, ASN President
Gordon N. Bardos, Executive Director
David Crowe, ASN Chair of Advisory Board
Sherrill Stroschein, Program Chair
The ASN convention's headquarters are located at the:
Harriman Institute
Columbia University
1216 IAB
420 W. 118th St.
New York, NY 10027
212 854 8487 tel
212 666 3481 fax
gnb12@columbia.edu
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