DEADLINE EXTENSION- CESS Annual Conference 2008, DEADLINE: Wednesday, April 16
Posted by: Central Eurasian Studies Society <cess@muohio.edu>
Final Call for Papers
Central Eurasian Studies Society Ninth Annual Conference
September 18-21, 2008
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) invites panel and paper
proposals for the Ninth CESS Annual Conference, September 18-21, 2008,
in Washington, D.C. The event will be held at Georgetown University,
hosted by the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies
(CERES). Panels begin Friday morning, September 19, and continue
through mid-day on Sunday, September 21.
Panel and paper topics relating to all aspects of humanities and
social science scholarship on Central Eurasia are welcome. The
geographic domain of Central Eurasia extends from the Black Sea and
Iranian Plateau to Mongolia and Siberia, including the Caucasus,
Crimea, Middle Volga, Afghanistan, Tibet, and Central and Inner Asia.
Practitioners and scholars in all humanities and social science
disciplines with an interest in Central Eurasia are encouraged to participate.
The program will feature approximately 60 panels and there will also
be a supplementary program including cultural events, a welcome
reception on Thursday, a conference dinner and a keynote speaker.
Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: EXTENSION: April 16, 2008.
Submissions of pre-organized panels are strongly encouraged and will
be given some preference in the selection process. Individual papers
are also welcome and will be assigned by the program committee to an
appropriate panel with a chair and a discussant. Only electronic
submissions will be accepted, preferably via the webform available on
the CESS website: http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_cfp.html
*** In order to improve the academic quality and the registration
process of the annual conference, the CESS Conference Committee has
instituted several new policies. Please read and attend to the
policies detailed below. ***
FULL DETAILS OF CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
Please note that due to an anticipated high level of interest in the
2008 conference, the selection of papers will be very competitive, and
we encourage all potential presenters to consider working with
colleagues to arrange a pre-organized panel, as this will improve your
chances of acceptance. Successful proposals will offer new findings
based on theoretically informed, empirically rich research. As always,
we strongly encourage the participation of graduate students and
scholars from Central Eurasia .
The Conference Committee accepts electronic submissions only -- either
by webform (see the CESS website:
http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_cfp.html), or by an e-mailed
form in MS Word format (if you do not have access to the webform,
please contact us at cess@muohio.edu and we will e-mail you the
submission forms in MS Word format).
The following information is required for submissions; we suggest that
you prepare the text before accessing the website so you can simply
paste the information into the form (but do not send it without the form!).
For individual papers and for each presenter on a regular panel please
make sure you provide us with:
1) Name, 2) Current institutional affiliation, 3) Title/position, 4)
E-mail address, 5) Postal address, 6) Telephone, 7) Fax, 8) Title of
Paper, 9) Abstract of Paper (a summary of the paper of 200-300 words;
abstracts longer than 300 words may be rejected), 10) Any audio-visual
equipment requests (specify -- e.g., overhead projector, slide
projector, video player), 11) A brief (100 word) biographical
statement that contains the information which the panel chair may
require for introductions, and includes the presenter's educational
background (highest degree, year awarded, awarding institution, and
field of study).
For panels:
Proposals may be submitted for REGULAR PANELS (with the presentation
of 3-4 scholarly papers) and ROUNDTABLE PANELS (featuring 3-6 people
informally discussing a current topic in the field). Pre-organized
panels should be thematically coherent and may be organized/sponsored
by a scholarly organization.
REGULAR panels must have three or four paper presenters, a chair, and
a discussant (ideally, the roles of chair and discussant will be
filled by two different people). In addition to the information for
each of the paper presenters on the panel (as indicated above), the
following are also required: a) a title for the proposed panel, and b)
name, affiliation, and contact information of the panel organizer,
chair and discussant. Please make sure your panel is complete before
submitting this information; incomplete panels will be given a lower ranking.
ROUNDTABLE panels must have between three and six presenters and a
chair (note: no discussant is required for roundtables). As
roundtables are oriented towards a more informal discussion, no paper
proposal is expected from roundtable panelists, but please provide
information for each of the presenters on the panel (as indicated
above, with the exception of an abstract), as well as a) a title for
the proposed roundtable, and b) name, affiliation, and contact
information of the panel organizer and chair. Please make sure your
panel is complete before submitting this information; incomplete
panels will be given a lower ranking.
Please note the following policy: only complete panels with a full set
of panelists, including a chair, (and a discussant for regular panels)
should be submitted. If a panel or roundtable receives a high score
from the reviewers but does not include a full complement of
panelists, the panel may be wait-listed until it is complete.
Sponsored Panels: CESS encourages other institutions supporting the
study of Central Eurasia to organize "sponsored panels" at the CESS
conference -- i.e., panels organized by the sponsoring institution,
involving their members and receiving their imprimatur (and possibly
their funding). CESS partner organizations are customarily granted one
panel slot upon request. For more information on partnering with CESS,
please contact the secretariat at cess@muohio.edu.
Best Paper Graduate Student Award: There will be an award in the
amount of $500 given to the best graduate student conference paper
submitted to the Awards Committee for consideration. See the CESS
awards webpage for details, or contact the Awards Committee Co-chair,
Dr. Uli Schamiloglu <uschamil@wisc.edu>.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
1. Submission format: Do not send your proposal in any format other
than the webform or the MS Word form created by CESS.
2. The importance of the abstract: We anticipate that the selection
process will be quite competitive in 2008. Your proposal will be
anonymously peer-reviewed and scored based on the quality of its
abstract; personal factors such as your institutional affiliation,
academic status, and history with CESS have little impact on whether
or not your proposal will be accepted.
- Abstracts that do not include information about the theoretical
and/or empirical contributions of the research will have significantly
lower chances being accepted. If you want to know more about how to
write a good abstract, please follow the Guidelines for Writing
Abstracts available on the CESS website
(http://www.cess.muohio.edu/CESSpg_conf_abgu.html).
- If you participate in the conference, your abstract will be
published on the CESS website, so please write it carefully to avoid
errors. Those less accustomed to writing in English should have their
abstract proofread prior to submission. Abstracts written in very poor
English or apparently translated word-for-word from another language
will be rejected, under the assumption that the author does not have
sufficient command of English to present the paper.
3. Commitment to Participate: By submitting a proposal, you are
indicating your serious intention to participate in the conference --
including your commitment to take the necessary steps to obtain any
required visa or funding.
- You will be asked to confirm your commitment to participate by the
end of July, so please try to have your travel and funding
arrangements in place by then. Note that CESS rules stipulate that
those who do not confirm their participation in the conference by
August 1 will be DROPPED FROM THE PROGRAM and their slot on the
program will be given to another presenter.
- Those who fail to appear at the conference without timely notice to
the Conference Committee will be considered "no-shows" and will be
barred from participating for the next two years. The deadline for
such notification is Friday, August 15, and after this date, no
registration fees can be refunded. However, if an individual faces
extraordinary circumstances at the last minute that prevent him or her
from attending the conference (such as the denial of a visa), these
circumstances will certainly be taken into account.
- It is CESS policy not to allow papers to be read in absentia.
4. E-mail Contact: Since all communication with conference
participants is via e-mail, it is vitally important that you make sure
we always have an active e-mail address for you. If we lose contact
with you after your proposal is accepted, you may be dropped from the
program, so please keep us posted of any changes to your primary email
address, and please respond to requests from the Conference Committee
in a timely manner.
5. Program Limitations: No participant may present more than one
paper at the conference, including roundtable presentations. Without
special justification, the program committee will not schedule any
individual to appear on more than two panels as a presenter, chair or
discussant. If you have a paper included on a pre-organized panel and
you also submit an individual paper, the pre-organized panel takes
precedence and if it is accepted, your other paper proposal will not
be considered.
6. Language of the conference: The language of the conference is
English. All presentations are to be made in English; translation from
other languages is not allowed.
Schedule of Key Dates
Deadline for submission of panel/paper proposals: Wednesday, April 16, 2008.
* Note: Submissions after this date may be accepted only in the case
of special justifying circumstances and at the discretion of the
program committee. Please be sure you have a complete proposal to us
by this date.
Notification of acceptance: by June 6, 2008.
* The host institution will provide, upon request, mailed or faxed
invitation letters to support an application for a visa or travel
funds. Note: Obtaining a U.S. visa can take a long time, and we urge
participants to begin the process immediately upon notification of
their proposal's acceptance. Participants should have visa and travel
arrangements in place by August 1.
Hotel reservation deadline: August 1.
Some of the conference hotels will begin releasing the rooms reserved
for CESS conference participants beginning on this date. CESS cannot
guarantee availability of lodgings near the conference after this date.
Deadline for notification of audio-visual requests: Friday, August 15.
Deadline for pre-payment or withdrawal from the program: Friday, August 15.
* For those not on the program, pre-payment of registration fees
reserves a space at the conference, in the event that attendance
reaches the maximum capacity.
* Pre-payment of registration fees and a current membership in CESS
is REQUIRED for everyone on the program (with the exception of chairs
and discussants specially invited by the host institution). All
presenters must pay their registration and (if necessary) membership
fees by this deadline or they may be DROPPED FROM THE PROGRAM. NOTE:
Presenters without access to the regular methods of payment should
just email the CESS Secretariat (cess@muohio.edu) to request an
exemption from this requirement.
After August 15, no fees will be refunded.
Papers should be submitted to chairs/discussants: by Friday, August 29.
* Paper presenters will be informed via e-mail by mid-August of the
e-mail addresses of their panel's chair and discussant, to whom they
should send their papers by the deadline.
Conference: September 18-21, 2008.
* Arrival to Washington is on the afternoon/evening of Thursday,
September 18 -- registration opens in the afternoon followed by a
reception in the evening. Panels begin Friday morning, September 19,
and continue through mid-day on Sunday, September 21.
Registration information
Each conference attendee is required to pay a registration fee and
presenters are required to pre-pay. The fee is reduced for CESS
members, for Georgetown University students, and for those who pay
their registration fees before the pre-payment deadline - August 15.
The level of the fee also depends on your CESS membership dues
category (with some members being entitled to reduced dues -- see the
CESS Membership Form for details).
Payment of registration fees IS REQUIRED for all attending the
conference, and covers a welcome reception on Thursday and the
conference dinner on Friday. The deadline for pre-payment (required
for all presenters) is August 15.
Fees for 2008 are as follows:
Regular fee members*: $75 (pre-paid) or $100 (after August 15)
Reduced fee members**: $50 (pre-paid) or $70 (after August 15)
Non-members: $100 (pre-paid) or $130 (after August 15)
GU students: $35 (pre-paid) or $45 (after August 15)
GU student CESS members: $25 (pre-paid) or $30 (after August 15)
* "Regular fee members" are those who have paid their annual dues at $50.
** "Reduced fee members" are those who have current membership at
reduced fees ($0-$20).
Please note that we no longer ask you to contribute an extra $3.00 for
credit card processing.
Panel participants may submit the registration fee at the same time as
submitting their proposal form, or at any time before the pre-payment
deadline of August 15. We accept payment by 1) cash (only at the
conference), 2) check or money order (if not from a US bank, please
contact us to find out what form is acceptable from your country), 3)
credit card (see the Credit Card Payment Form). Payments should be
mailed to: Central Eurasian Studies Society, Havighurst Center,
Harrison Hall, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056, U.S.A. Please
consult the CESS Membership Form for full details on methods of payment.
NOTE: CESS does not have funds to support the costs of conference
participation, and does not waive the conference fee for participants
who cannot afford it. Participants must obtain their own funding --
from personal resources, their own institutions, or grant-giving
organizations which provide conference travel grants. Some further
information about possible sources is available on the conference website.
Travel and Accommodations
Information about the Georgetown University and the city of
Washington, transportation options, maps, and lodging information will
be available on the Georgetown University's CESS Conference
Information page at http://www1.georgetown.edu/sfs/ceres/CESS2008/.
Please be sure to visit this web page for detailed information.
All conference participants are responsible for making their own
arrangements for travel and accommodations. CESS does not have
sufficient resources to subsidize travel and accommodations for
conference participants.
Further Information
The Co-chairs of the Conference Committee are:
Dr. Laura Adams (Harvard University; lladams2@earthlink.net)
Dr. Victoria Clement (Western Carolina University; vsclem@yahoo.com)
Dr. James Millward (Georgetown University; millwarj@georgetown.edu)
Full information about CESS 2008 in Washington, DC may be found on the
conference webpages:
* Main conference website: http://www.cess.muohio.edu/cesspg_conf_cfp.html
* Registration:
- To submit an individual paper, click here.
- To submit a panel proposal, click here.
- To register as a non-presenter, click here.
* Program (preliminary version available in July 2008):
http://www.cess.muohio.edu/CESS_Program.html
* Full information about hosting and location at the Georgetown
University: http://www1.georgetown.edu/sfs/ceres/CESS2008/
Virtually all questions about the conference can be answered by
consulting the above-mentioned webpages. If you don't have web access,
or if you don't find the answer to your questions there, you can
contact the conference organizers by e-mail at cess@muohio.edu.
Communications regarding local arrangements, including invitation
letters, should be addressed to:
CESS 2008 Annual Conference
Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies
Georgetown University
Box 571031, ICC 111
Washington, DC 20057-1031
Telephone: 1-202-687-6080
Fax: 1-202-687-5829
Communications about proposal submission, program matters,
registration matters, the mailing list, and data updates should be
sent to the CESS Secretariat. Please send payments also to:
Central Eurasian Studies Society
Havighurst Center, Harrison Hall
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056, U.S.A.
Tel.: +1/513-529-0241 Fax: +1/513-529-0242
cess@muohio.edu
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