February
- Canadian Association of Slavists Annual Conference
June 14-16, 2024 at McGill University in Montreal
CALL FOR PAPERS Due February 1, 2024
The annual conference of the Canadian Association of Slavists will take place at McGill University (Montreal, Quebec) in early June 2024. The CAS Annual Conference is held as a part of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences with more than 70 national associations in attendance. The theme of the 2024 Congress is “Sustaining Shared Futures.” More information is available here: https://www.federationhss.ca/en/congress2024
This year, the CAS conference overlaps with the annual meetings of a number of associations, including: Folklore Studies Association of Canada, Canadian Association of University Teachers of German, Canadian Association of Hispanists, Film and Media Studies Association of Canada, Canadian Political Science Association, Canadian Linguistic Association, Canadian Game Studies Association, Hungarian Studies Association of Canada, Canadian Disability Studies Association, Canadian Philosophical Association, Canadian Comparative Literature Association, the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion, and others. Please consult this calendar for the full list of associations, dates, and other details: https://www.federationhss.ca/sites/default/files/2023-09/Association-Conference-Schedule-2024-V1.pdf
Proposals for interdisciplinary panels with other associations are very welcome. They are always a highlight at the CAS conference. Additional funding from the Federation is available for such panels.
Proposals are invited for individual papers, panels, and roundtable discussions. Complete panels are preferred.
Forms for panel, roundtable and individual proposals are available on the CAS website: http://www.ualberta.ca/~csp/cas/conference.html.
Please follow our abstract specifications when submitting your proposal(s).
The conference welcomes papers from the wide range of disciplines devoted to the study of central and eastern Europe, the Balkans, Eurasia, Russia, the Soviet Union, and the post-Soviet space. In the past, this has included panels on (in alphabetical order):
• Cinema
• Folklore and Ethnographies
• History
• Linguistics (comparative and Slavic)
• Literatures and Cultures
• Pedagogy and Second Language Acquisition (teaching of individual skills; curriculum design, presentation of new teaching materials; use of technology in language teaching; study abroad; etc.).
• Politics, Policy and Governance
• Religion
The meeting of the Canadian Association of Ukrainian Studies (CAUS) is traditionally part of the CAS conference and therefore Ukrainian Studies are always very prominently represented at the CAS Annual Meeting, including panels on, for example, Ukrainian folklore and ethnography; diaspora studies; Ukrainian Canadian literature; museum studies; Holodomor studies; Ukrainian history, literature, politics, and culture.
Early career scholars and graduate students are especially encouraged to participate. We kindly ask our senior CAS membership to support graduate students in applying. Some funds are available to graduate students to help with the cost of attending the conference. An application form for the 2024 Travel Grant will be sent out in March 2024 by the Secretary-Treasurer and will also be available on the CAS website.
Deadline for all proposals is February 1, 2024.
All proposals should be sent to the Program Chair, Daniel W. Pratt at CASCongress2024@gmail.com
ALL PRESENTERS MUST BE MEMBERS OF CAS.
Join CAS online at:https://slavists.ca/membership/
CAS members can use the Canadian Slavonic Papers (CSP) mailing list to help them form panels and roundtables: canadian-slavonic-papers@mailman.srv.ualberta.ca
For any further questions, suggestions or concerns please contact: Daniel W. Pratt, CAS 2024 Program Chair and Local Arrangements Coordinator, CASCongress2024@gmail.com
CAS is looking forward to hosting you in June on the McGill University Campus in Montreal, QC!- "The Crisis of the Left in post-Communist Europe: Reasons and Consequences", Conference at Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Conference
25-26 April 2024
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
The crisis of the Left in post-Communist Europe: reasons and consequences
Call for Papers
Deadline: 01/02/2024 at 00.00 (CET)
In the aftermath of the democratic transition of communist Europe, communist successor parties have emerged as major actors in the respective political scenes. Scholars of party politics have been interested in assessing their adaptation and survival strategies, as well as their ideological rebranding. Along with EU accession, research has later focused on Europeanization of party systems and political parties, measuring the effects of such a process on communist successors.
Thirty years after the transition, communist successor parties still play a critical role in most of the region and represent one of the main legacies of the old Communist regimes. Formally defined as « leftists », successor parties represent nonetheless an extremely uneven party family: the Czech communists stick to Marxism-Leninism, while their Hungarian and Polish fellows are close to the political center; in Romania and Bulgaria, communist successors are catch-all parties– swinging between national conservatism and social democracy, while in Russia and Moldova they have embraced pragmatism and nationalism; elsewhere, and for instance in Latvia, they are relegated to represent the Russian ethnic minority. Albeit preponderant, communist successor parties are not the exclusive actors on the Left and are instead sided by restored pre-war social democratic parties – like in Czechia, second-generation successor parties – like in Slovakia, or new grassroots movement parties, mainly in former Yugoslavia
What is even more striking at a first glance is the high variance in the electoral performances of the Left, the main focus of the present call: in some cases, leftists are witnessing a steady and fast decline, such as in the Czech Republic (where no left-wing party is by now represented in Parliament), Hungary, Poland and Bulgaria; in Romania and Slovakia they represent instead the biggest political forces. The aim of this panel is to assess the reasons behind the crisis of the Left in Central and Eastern Europe and in the post-Soviet space. Emphasis on the comparative dimension of the question is encouraged, and in particular on the differences between the successful and the failing cases.
We welcome proposals touching one or more of the following points:
- Crisis of the Left: reasons and consequences.
- Reasons behind the success in part of the region.
- Eastern European party cleavages: is there no space for the Left in the fight between liberals and conservatives?
- The emergence of a new, progressive Left: social movements and movement parties.
Please send your abstract at Jean-Michel.De.Waele@ulb.be by 01/02/2024 (00.00 CET).
Scientific Committee:
Jean-Michel De Waele - Professor of Political Science, CEVIPOL, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Michel Perottino - Head of the Political Science Department, Charles University
Sergiu Mișcoiu - Professor of Political Science, Thesis Director at University Babes-Bolyai (UBB) and Paris-Est (UPE), Director of the Centre for International Cooperation (UBB)
Mark Marku - Director of the Communication and Journalism Department, University of Tirana
Valentina Petrović - Postdoctoral researcher, University of Zurich
Liutauras Gudžinskas - Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, Vilnius University
Ivaylo Dinev - Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS)
Gianmarco Bucci - Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa (SNS)
- 2024 Anthropology Graduate Student Association (AGSA) Symposium
2024 Anthropology Graduate Student Association (AGSA) Symposium
Relevancy(?)
March 1-2, 2024
Indiana University, Bloomington
Featuring a keynote lecture by
Dr. Catalina Fernández
Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
The Annual Anthropology Graduate Student Association (AGSA) Symposium is hosted by the AGSA of Indiana University, Bloomington each spring. The Symposium provides a venue for graduate students in anthropology and related fields to share their research with the larger departmental, university, and Bloomington communities. We welcome presentations from students at all stages and especially encourage students to present formal conference papers, dissertation proposals, or works-in-progress. Additionally, to facilitate engagement between students and faculty, faculty serve as discussants for each panel.
This year’s Symposium is oriented around the theme of Relevancy(?) in which we consider the relevancy of anthropological fieldwork, research, and the discipline itself. Anthropology often mediates between academia and the public sphere, keeping concerns of disciplinary and interdisciplinary relevancy fresh. The intentional framing of the theme with a parenthetical question mark opens up space for consideration of anthropological relevancy, lack thereof, or other possibilities in-between. In what ways is our work relevant to our own lives and social contexts, those of our interlocutors, and the larger publics with which we may engage? What constitutes relevancy in our work, or in anthropology or ethnography more generally? This symposium invites presentations of conventional and creative formats that somehow connect to or reflect on the theme of Relevancy(?).
Students will have 15 minutes to present papers or proposals. Poster presentations will occur at a designated time in which students will have about an hour to present and answer attendee questions as needed. As alternative formats are accepted, please make a note in your submission if you require more than 15 minutes for your presentation as well as any other materials or accommodations.
Submissions require:
Title of presentation
Presentation Type
Abstract (250-300 words)
Presenter(s) Information
Please submit proposals to our submission form:
The deadline for proposal submissions is 11:59pm EST on Friday, February 2nd, 2024.
If your proposal is accepted, you will be notified by February 10th, 2024.
Attendance and participation in the Symposium are free and open to both graduate and undergraduate students from any department.
More information can be found on our Symposium website
Further inquiries can be directed to the AGSA Symposium Organizing Committee at iuagsasymposium@gmail.com
- 30th Annual REECAS Northwest Conference
REECAS Northwest, the annual ASEEES northwest regional conference for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies (REECAS) will take place April 11-13, 2024 at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.
The REECAS Northwest Conference welcomes students, faculty, independent scholars, and language educators from the United States and abroad. Proposals on all subjects connected to the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian regions are encouraged. The conference hosts panels on a variety of topics and disciplines including political science, history, literature, linguistics, anthropology, culture, migration studies, gender studies, LGBTQ studies, film studies and more.Established in 1994, REECAS Northwest is an important annual event for scholars and students in the Western U.S., Canada, and beyond. This interdisciplinary conference is organized by the University of Washington’s Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies.
The REECAS Northwest Conference welcomes both individual paper proposals and also panel/roundtable proposals. Individual proposal submissions will be grouped into panels with a common theme.
The CfP is open! To submit your proposal, please submit a 250-word abstract and C.V. using the form on the REECAS Northwest Conference webpage: https://bit.ly/REECAS-Northwest. Deadline February 5, 2024.
Questions? Please email reecasnw@uw.edu with any questions not answered on the conference website.
- REEESNe 2024 Student Conference at UMass Amherst
REEESNe’s third annual FREE Student Conference will be hosted by UMass Amherst the weekend of April 12th-14th (precise schedule to follow, but student presentations will be on the 12th and 13th). This will be an opportunity for undergraduate and graduate (MA/pre-doctoral candidacy) students throughout the network to meet and to present their REEES-related research, internships, and other experience. It is designed as an in-person conference for students at institutions in the northeastern U.S., though if there is enough interest to warrant putting together panels of online presenters, we may be able to accommodate some hybrid participation. To the extent possible, REEESNe will cover travel and accommodations for student presenters (from northeast universities and colleges) with financial need. Proposals for presentations are due by February 9th, 2024 at 11:59 pm Eastern.
https://reeesnenetwork.yale.edu/event/reeesne-2024-student-conference-umass-amherst
- Chicago Language Symposium
THE CHICAGO LANGUAGE SYMPOSIUM 2024
Action-Oriented Pedagogies in Language Teaching April 27, 2024 University of Illinois-Chicago At the turn of the 21st Century, innovative approaches to language teaching have placed the “learning by doing” principle into focus based on the premise that students learn a language by using the language. ACTFL’s Performance Indicators, influenced by the Can-Do Statements of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), have set the basis for instruction to be action-oriented where the goal is for students to accomplish relevant and engaging real-world tasks and projects that need to be completed through the use of the target language. In such pedagogies, a communicative goal is identified and the planning follows a backward design that sets the path towards supporting and assessing students’ accomplishment of the goal. In short, these innovative pedagogies put the student at the center stage and, in addition to effectively promoting language learning, they also foster creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and intentional examination of the world through investigation. Our goal for the CLS 2024 is to explore how pedagogies focused on experiential learning are designed and implemented in the classroom.
Specific topic proposals may include:
● Task-based language teaching
● Project-based language teaching
● Content-based language instruction
● Content and language-integrated learning
● Integrated Performance Assessment
We welcome proposals that address or illustrate language teaching reflecting these frameworks and that also may also incorporate principles of diversity, equity and inclusion, technology-mediated teaching and learning, multimodality, virtual realities, artificial intelligence, accessibility, or community-based learning.
All presentations are 20 minutes long, plus 10 minutes for Q&A. All presenters must present in-person. Language instructors at all levels are invited to submit proposals; examples in any target language are welcome, but the language of the symposium will be English. For information on past symposia, click here:
Questions about your proposal? Visit our website:
Proposal submission deadline: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024
NOTE: Since its founding in 1999, the Chicago Language Symposium has allowed for lively conversations and sustained dialogues amongst its participants through the course of the sessions. We would like to continue that highly valued aspect of the meeting and have thus established the following guidelines:
▪ This will be primarily an in-person event
▪ Remote participation will be allowed, however, opportunities for remote- participant interaction during sessions will be limited (due to the venue and logistics)
▪ We require that all presenters attend in-person
Thank you in advance for your understanding and consideration.
Organized by:
The Sandi Port Errant Language and Culture Learning Center at the University of Illinois-Chicago The University of Chicago Language Center at the University of Chicago The Council on Language Instruction at Northwestern University The Department of Modern Languages at DePaul University
- Midwest Russian History Workshop
Midwest Russian History Workshop, April 19-20, 2024
Call for Papers and Participants
Every year, the Midwest Russian History Workshop brings together scholars to discuss pre-circulated drafts of articles, book or dissertation chapters, or other works in progress in the field of Russian and Soviet history. This year, the Workshop will be held at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, from the afternoon of Friday, April 19, to the evening of Saturday, April 20. We invite proposals for papers, and also indications of interest from scholars who would just like to attend and join the discussion.
At the Workshop, each presenter has 5-10 minutes to introduce the paper, followed by 45 minutes of discussion. The Workshop offers a chance to receive feedback on work in progress from a friendly expert audience. It is also an opportunity to network with scholars, students, and institutions across our region and field.
To apply, please email me (Alex Martin, Department of History, University of Notre Dame) at a.m.martin@nd.edu.
• If you would like to present a paper, provide a short (50 word) description of the project and why you’d like to discuss it at the Workshop.
• If you would just like to attend, expressions of interest are also welcome and will help with organizing the event.
If you would like to present a paper or just come for the discussion, please email me by February 23. This will help us put together the program and plan the logistics of the meeting. If your proposal is accepted, we will expect your paper to be available for distribution to Workshop participants by March 29.
Organization:
Details will follow, but we plan to arrange a block of hotel rooms for attendees to reserve at their own cost. To reduce the cost for students, we will try to house visiting graduate students with local graduate students at Notre Dame; if that is not feasible, we will cover part or all of their hotel costs.
We will provide dinner on Friday night, lunch on Saturday, and coffee and pastries on both days.
Katarzyna (Kasia) Swierad-Redwood (kswierad@nd.edu) will be handling many of the logistical questions.- Hamilton Lugar Lens
- Recognition
- Contribute to the scholarly disocurse in global and international studies
- Networking
- Connect with peers and mentors who share you rpassion for global affairs
- Resume Builder
- Enchance your portfolio with a publication credit, demonstrating your commitment to rigorous research and critical thinking
Submission Guidelines
- Topics: international studies, law, area studies, or papers writtenin foreign languages
- Length: 5 to 10+ pages; senior theses and work from previous classes accepted
Important Dates
- Abstract Deadline: February 29th, 2024
- Paper Deadline: March 31st, 2024
For inquries, contact bchatpun@iu.edu or @hls_globalstudent7 on instagram
- Recognition