• Sometime in 1999

The Marjorie Mayrock Center for Russian, Eurasian, and East European Research plans to organise an international conference for 1999 on 'Post-Soviet Youth: A Comparative Study'.

For further details please contact: Mayrock Center, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel.

Tel: (972) 2 588 3179/80;

Fax: (972 2 532 2545.

E-mail:msrussian@pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il

• Early January

XXV Annual Conference of the Study Group on the Russian Revolution, venue to be confirmed.

Provisional contact: Dr. Tony Heywood, Dept. of European Studies, University of Bradford,Bradford, West Yorks, BD7 1DP, UK

Tel: +44-1274-233826

Fax: +44-1274-235550

E-mail: a.j.heywood@bradford.ac.uk

• Early January

XXV Annual Conference of the Study Group on the Russian Revolution, venue to be confirmed.

Provisional contact: Dr. Tony Heywood, Dept. of European Studies, University of Bradford,Bradford, West Yorks, BD7 1DP, UK

Tel: +44-1274-233826

Fax: +44-1274-235550

E-mail: a.j.heywood@bradford.ac.uk

• February 18-21

COLD WAR CULTURE: FILM, FACT, AND FICTION

Held at:

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

Any person who witnessed or who is interested in the cultural changes of this era will find the dialogue, papers, and fellowship educational and rewarding..

For further information:
Conference Registrar

P.O.Box: 249, Bloomington, IN 47402-2049.

TEL: 812.855.4661

URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~weur/Cwc.html

• March 15-17

Conference "Islam and Human Rights in Post-communist Europe" (Sofia)

The Center for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, the New University of Bulgaria and the International Center for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations (Sofia) will sponsor the conference.

Website : http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/REGIONAL/ECE/call992.html

• March 25-27

Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, University of Richmond in Richmond, VA.

Call for panel and paper proposals by December 1, 1998.

For infomation contact: Dr. Anthony Anemone, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, College of William and Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187;tel. 757-221-3636 (W); 221-8183 (H);

e-mail:aaanem@facstaff.wm.edu

• March 27-29

BASEES (The British Association for Slavic and East European Studies) 1999 Conference

Fitzwilliam College Cambridge

Website of the Conference : http://www.gla.ac.uk/External/BASEES/conf.htm

• April 9-10

Symposium "Russian Modernism Methods and Meaning in the Post-Soviet Era"

The first event in a series of symposia planned by the Society of Historians of East European and Russian Art and Architecture (SHERA), and is co-sponsored by the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland, College Park.

GOAL
The event's aim is to assess critical issues and the state of current research in the field. It is organized around questions of methodology in response to shifts in the study of Russian modernism in the visual arts and design practices that have followed the recent political changes in the former USSR. The themes proposed by the speakers reconsider the debates and practices of Russian modernism through the prism of its historiography.

DATES AND LOCATIONS
The first day of the symposium (930 am to 430 p.m., April 9th) will take place at the University of Maryland, College Park in the Art and Sociology Building, Room 2203 (call 301-405-1479 for directions and parking information). The second day (930 am to 6 pm, April 10th) will be held in the sixth floor auditorium of the Woodrow Wilson Center (call 202-691-4000 for directions).

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Website: http://wwics.si.edu/FORTHCOM/rusmod.htm for a conference agenda.
For infomation contact: Allison Abrams of the Kennan Institute at 202-691-4236 for further details and to R.S.V.P., if you plan on attending.

• April 9-10

Symposium "Russian Modernism Methods and Meaning in the Post-Soviet Era"

The first event in a series of symposia planned by the Society of Historians of East European and Russian Art and Architecture (SHERA), and is co-sponsored by the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Maryland, College Park.

GOAL
The event's aim is to assess critical issues and the state of current research in the field. It is organized around questions of methodology in response to shifts in the study of Russian modernism in the visual arts and design practices that have followed the recent political changes in the former USSR. The themes proposed by the speakers reconsider the debates and practices of Russian modernism through the prism of its historiography.

DATES AND LOCATIONS
The first day of the symposium (930 am to 430 p.m., April 9th) will take place at the University of Maryland, College Park in the Art and Sociology Building, Room 2203 (call 301-405-1479 for directions and parking information). The second day (930 am to 6 pm, April 10th) will be held in the sixth floor auditorium of the Woodrow Wilson Center (call 202-691-4000 for directions).

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Website: http://wwics.si.edu/FORTHCOM/rusmod.htm for a conference agenda.
For infomation contact: Allison Abrams of the Kennan Institute at 202-691-4236 for further details and to R.S.V.P., if you plan on attending.

• April 15-17

4th Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN).

Sponsored by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, in the International Affairs Building, 420 W.118th St.,New York. The central theme of the 1999 Convention will revolve around questions of identities in East-Central Europe and the post-Soviet Union. Special considerations will be given to inter-disciplinary panel proposals. DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: 10 DECEMBER 1998.

For further details,contact:Dominique Arel,ASN Convention Program Chair,Watson Institute,Brown University, Box 1970,Two Stimson Ave.,Providence,RI 02912 or Oded Eran,ASN Convention Coordinator,Harriman Institute, Columbia University,1215 IAB, Columbia University,410 W. 118th St., New York, NY 10027

Tel:401 863 9296 or 212 854 6239

Fax:401 863 1270 or 212 666 3481

E-Mail:darel@brown.edu or asn@columbia.edu

Wed Page:http://library.pace.end/asn

• April 17-18

Ukrainian folklore conference announcement.

"THE ETHNIC HISTORY OF EUROPE'S NATIONS"

the Kyiv Taras Shevchenko University, formerly known as the University of Kiev,

Volodymyrska street 60, Room 329, Kyiv 33, Ukraine 252033.

Accommodation for conference participants will be at the university hotel. The program will include the paper sessions and a cultural program.

To participate, please send a 6-8 page abstract of your proposed talk plus a registration fee of $89 to:

For further details, contact:The Department of Ethnology,Faculty of History,Kyiv Taras Shevchenko University,Volodymyrska street 60,Kyiv 33,Ukraine 252033

tel.: 011-380-44-221-0218

fax: 011-380-44-224-3181

e-mail: tov@rpd.univ.kiev.us

• April 23-24

"Provincial Landscapes: The Local Dimensions of Soviet Power, 1917-1953.",The Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

The purpose of the conference is to provide a forum for both junior and senior scholars who study the political, social, and/or cultural aspects of Soviet local history between 1917 and 1953, and to publish a unique collection of essays that will help de-center standard narratives of the Soviet historical experience. Appropriate topics might address issues such as how political events and social engineering played themselves out at the local level; the construction of Bolshevik identities, including the identities of class, gender, ethnicity, and place; the hybridization of Soviet cultural forms; center-periphery relations; propaganda; religion, etc. Particular consideration will be given, however, to those proposals that employ non-traditional disciplinary approaches; tap local archives; focus on the connection between language and power; conceptualize local history as the product of diverse social relations that cut across specific locations in a multiplicity of ways; and/or seek to define what is "local" about local history.

Interested scholars are invited to send a one-page abstract and curriculum vitae to the conference organizer. Those selected to participate in the conference must submit their papers for duplication and circulation by February 1, 1999. The Center hopes to be in a position to cover all basic conference expenses.

For infomation contact:Donald J. Raleigh, Department of History, CB #3195, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599,

e-mail:djr@email.unc.edu

 
• May 6-8

Spring Conference, "Creating the Other: the Causes and Dynamics of Ethnic Enmity and Racism in Central and Eastern Europe"

Held by: the Center for Austrian Studies

Held at: the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The registration fee is $35 and the deadline is 21 April, 1999. For registration information, please contact:

Shirley Mueffelman

Program Development and Management

University College

221 Nolte Center

315 Pillsbury Drive SE

Minneapolis MN 55455-0139

tel: 612.625.38050

fax: 612.626-1632

e-mail: smueffel@mail.cee.umn.edu

For a complete program see the Center for Austrian Studies web site at:

http://www.socsci.umn.edu/cas/

For further program information please feel free to contact Matthew

Lungerhausen, the conference coordinator, at the Center for Austrian

Studies via phone, fax, email or surface mail.

Center for Austrian Studies

314 Social Sciences Tower

267 19th Ave. S.

Minneapolis MN 55455 USA

e-mail: lung0004@tc.umn.edu

telephone: 612.624.9811

fax: 612.626.9004

• May 6-9

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Department of Linguistics of the University of Chicago in cooperation with the Society for the Study of Caucasia announce that the First Chicago Conference on Caucasia will take place on the campus of the University of Chicago, 6-9 May 1999. There will be a Linguistics Session and a Culture Session.

For the Linguistics Session, papers are solicited dealing with languages presently or historically spoken in the Caucasus. Topics dealing with any area of linguistics are welcomed. For the Culture Session, solicited papers are dealing with all areas of the folklore, literature, art, music, ethnography, history, political science, economics, and sociology of the peoples of North and South Caucasus.

Those interested in participating should send a one-page abstract of their proposed paper to the address below. Faculty members are particularly requested to encourage graduate students to submit abstracts. The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 1 November 1998. You will be notified if your paper has been accepted for presentation by 15 January 1999.

For further information contact: Chicago Conference on Caucasia, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago, 1130 East 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.

Tel: (1) 773-702 8033

Fax : 773-702 7030

E-mail: hia5@midway.uchicago.edu

• May 20-23

International Conference "Diasporas and Ethnic Migrants in 20th Century Europe" Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION JANUARY 15,1999. The conference will focus on ethnic migration in 20th century Europe with special emphasis on Germany, Hungary, Israel, Russia/the former Soviet Union and former Yugoslavia. Applicants are encouraged to submit abstracts for papers. Papers will be circulated four weeks in advance. The deadline for turning in the papers in the papers is March 31, 1999.

For further details, contact: Rainer Ohliger Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin Sozialwissenschaften Unter den Linden 6 D-10099 Berlin

Tel:+49(30)2093-1937

Fax:+49(30)2093-1432

E-Mail:ethnic@sowi.hu-berlin.de

Wed page:http://www.demographie.de/ethnic

• May 27-29

3rd International Conference "ENTERPRISE IN TRANSITION", Univ.of Split, Faculty of Economics.

Website of the Conference : http://www.efst.hr/eitconf/99web/eit99.html

• May 29

Cultural Expression in Post Authoritarian European Regimes

(1) Place : Graz, Osterreich

(2) Organizer : Rider University, USA

(3) Description : -

(4) Call for Paper : -

(5) Contact: Barry Seldes, Director, Rider Univ.2083 Lawrenceville Road

(6) Tel.: 609/896-5268

(7) Fax: 609/896-5221

(8) E-mail: Seldes@rider.edu

(9) Website : http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/termine/1999/kbiog29.htm

• May 30-31

"Regional History in Russian and Foreign Historiography"

Held by:

The History and English Department of Ryazan State Pedagogical

University

Held at:

the city of Ryazan

To participate in the conference:

send us(svdem@ttc.ryazan.ru) your request comprising the information about the place of your employment, position, academic degree, address, telephone numbers, e-mail address, the summary of your report up to three pages. You can participate personally or just send us, the summary of your report, we are planning to publish the materials of the forthcoming conference.

For further information:

Russia, 390000, Ryazan, ul. Svobody, 46. Ryazan State Pedagogical

University. The Department of Russian History.

Tel: (0912) 77-46-13 or (0912) 77-66-96

Email: svdem@ttc.ryazan.ru

• June 8-11

FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ETHNIC STUDIES NETWORK "MOVING TOWARDS PLURALISM"

Held at:

Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, RUSSIA The fourth international conference of the Ethnic Studies Network will be held in the headquarters of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology at the Russian Academy of Science, in Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow, RUSSIA from 8-11 June 1999. The conference will be held in conjunction with the 3rd Congress of Russian Ethnologists and Anthropologists.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

Submission Deadline: 26 February 1999

For further information:Lyn Moffett Ethnic Studies Network Aberfoyle House Northland Road Londonderry Northern Irleand BT48 7JA

Tel: +44 (0)1504 375507

Fax: +44 (0)1504 375510

Email: lyn@incore.ulst.ac.uk

Website:http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/esn/esncall.html

• June 11-13

The Role of Myth in Albania in History and Development

(1) Place : Senate House, Malet Street, London

(2) Organizer : The School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London (SSEES)

(3) Description : -

(4) Call for Paper : -

(5) Contact: SSEES, Senate House, Fr. Schwandner-Sievers Malet St.

(6) Tel.: -

(7) Fax: -

(8) E-mail: sschwand@ssees.ac.uk

(9) Website : http://www.ssees.ac.uk/seecent.html

• June 28-30

International Conference:

The 275 anniversary of the Academy of Sciences Petersburg Scientific Center of Russian Academy of Sciences. Organised by St.Petersburg Branch of Institute of Human Studies Russian Academy of Sciences and St.Petersburg Branch of Institute for History of Science and Technology Russian Academy of Sciences.

Abstracts 1 000 signs (0,5 pages)are accepted until 31 January 1999.

E-mail and ascii text files are highly esteemed.

P. O. Box 264, B-358, St.Petersburg 194358 Russia

Main Subjects of the Conference:

-The history of the St.Petersburg Academy of Sciences as a history of the Russian sciences and humanities

-The St.Petersburg Academy of Sciences as a paradise for scientists and scholas

For further details, contact:

Prof. Tatiana V. ARTEMIEVA & Dr. Michael I. MIKESHIN

Tel: +7 (812) 218 4712

Fax: +7 (812) 328 4667

E-Mail: art@hb.ras.spb.su & mic@mm1734.spb.edu

• Late June

"History of East Asia in historical education of 20th century: dialog of teachers with students" in Vladivostok. DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: 1 DECEMBER 1998.

For further details, contact: B.L.Larin, Professor of ÈÈÀÝ(Èíñòèòóò èñòîðèè, àðõåîëîãèè è ýòíîãðàôèè íàðîäîâ Äàëúíåãî Âîñòîêà ).

• July 5-9

THE BALTIC OPEN WORKSHOP

Karl Popper's First Visit to St.Petersburg Held at: the Institute for History of Science and Technology in St.Petersburg.

Preliminary Program:
---5 July, Monday---

The Welcome Reception.

---6 July, Tuesday---

The Workshop: EVOLUTIONARY EPISTEMOLOGY: APPROACHES & PROBLEMS Directed by Vadim Sadovsky & John Watkins Participants: David Miller, Vladislav Lektorsky, Mark Notturno, Ludmila Mikeshina, Vladimir Porus, Delir Lakhuti, Vladimir Bryushinkin. Presentation of the recently issued collection of essays 'Evolutionary Epistemology and Logic of Social Sciences'.

---7 July, Wednesday---

The Workshop: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE OPEN SOCIETY: CRISES & LOCALITIES Directed by Michael Mikeshin Participants: Grigory Tulchinsky, Irina Griftsova, Galina Sorina, Tatiana Artemieva, Vladimir Kelle. 8-9 July, Thursday & Friday

The Round Table: OPEN SOCIETY, FRIENDSHIP, AND TRUST III Directed by Mark Notturno and Kira Viktorova. Those interested in publication should send their texts in English or Russian (2000 to 4000 words) by e-mail. Applications and texts must be received not later than 31 March 1999.

For further information: Michael Mikeshin

Fax:7-812-328-4667

Email:mic@mm1734.spb.edu

• July 7-10

"International Nabokov Centennial Conference",School of Slavonic and East European Studies,London,with Trinity College,Cambridge.

For infomation contact:Jane Grayson,SSEES,Senate House,Malet Street,London WC1E 7HU,UK.

Tel:+44-171-637-4934

Fax:+44-171-436-8916

e-mail:j.grayson@ssees.ac.uk

• July 07-10

International Nabokov Centennial Conference

(1) Place : -

(2) Organizer : School of Slavonic and East European Studies London (SSEES);Trinity College, Cambridge

(3) Description : -

(4) Call for Paper : -

(5) Contact: Jane Grayson, SSEES, Senate House Malet Street

(6) Tel.: +44-171-637 4934

(7) Fax: +44-171-436 8916

(8) E-mail: j.grayson@ssees.ac.uk

(9) Website : -

• July 21-24

SRC Annual International Symposium

"Russian Regions: Economic Growth and Environment"

Slavic Research Center , Hokkaido University

• July 25-31

10th International Congress of Enlightenment Studies. Some of the sessions at this Congress will be of direct relevance to Slavists, including sessions on Peter the Great and the spiritual life of the Russians in the 18th Century.

For further details contact:Jochen Schlobach, University of Saarbrucken, D-66123 Saarbrucken, Germany.

Alternatively, contact:Andrew Carpenter, English Department, University College, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland.

E-mail:andrewcarpenter@ucd.ie

August 16-21

Russian Language, Literature and Culture at the Turn of the Century: IX International Congress of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. Organised by the Slovak branch of MAPRYAL (International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature).
Sections: 1. Linguistics; 2. Literature; 3. Methodology; 4. Culture
There will be round tables on:
The new generation of textbooks;
Translations of Pushkin.

Abstracts were to be prepared by 1 May 1998, but will also be considered if sent up to July 1998. "Lectures" up to 2 pages double-spaced; "Communications" 1 page only, double-spaced. You may also offer a "poster" session.

For further information contact:Orgkomitet IX Kongressa MAPRYAL, Katedra rusistiky (ARS), Fakulta humanitnych vied, Univerzita Mateja Bela, Tajovskeho 51, 974 01 Banska Bystrica, Slovenska republika (Slovakia)

Tel: (421) 887 33137;

Fax: (421) 847 382 148.

• Augst 24-29

The 8th International Congress of the International Association for Southeast European Studies (AIESEE)

For infomation contact:Victor A. Friedman, President US Committee of AIESEE

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures,Univ.of Chicago

1130 East 59th Street,Chicago, IL 60637

e-mail:vfriedm@midway.uchicago.edu

or: Südosteuropa-Ges., Prof. Majer Widenmayerstr. 49 80538 München

Tel: 089/212154-0

Fax: 089/2289469

e-mail:Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft@t-online.de

• Late Augst

Fourth Meeting of the International Association for Ukrainian Studies, in Odesa, Ukraine. Submission Deadline for paper titles is October ‚P,1998 and paper synopses(8 to 10 pages) are due December 31,1998.

For further details, contact:Oleksa Myshanych, The International Association for Ukrainian Studies vul. Hrushevs'koho ‚P, room 214, Kyiv 252001 or: Natalie Kononenko, Slavic Dept., Cabell Hall 109, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903.

Tel:(044)228-8185

Fax:(044)229-7650

E-Mail:nkm@virginia.edu

• September3-8

Territory, Identity and Politics : Territorial Politics in the New European Order

(1) Place : Eurovillage, Obernai (near Strasbourg), Frankreich

(2) Organizer : European Science Foundation with co-sponsoring from the Euroconferences Activity of the European Union

(3) Description : -

(4) Call for Paper : -

(5) Contact: Dr. Josip Hendekovic

(6) Tel.: +33 3 88 76 71 35

(7) Fax: +33 3 88 36 69 87

(8) E-mail: slewis@esf.org

(9) Website : http://www.esf.org/euresco/Sc99130b.htm

• September17-20

International Conference "The media and the Political Change in Europe" in Berlin Organised by Deutsches Historisches Museum Location: Martin Gropius Bau. Main Subjects of the Conference:
- Foundation of anti communist broadcasts (Radio Free Euope, Radio Libery, RIAS)
- Strategies of programmes of border passing transmissions during the cold war and afterwards
- Reception of western media (radio, and later television) in East Europe
- Importance of the media for East European dissident movements
- Political crisises and reportings ( 17th of June in 1953, Hungary 1956, Prague 1968, Solidarnocz, etc)
- Gorbatchew and the offensive “exploitation in the (western) media
- The importance of the KSZE final agreement (Helsinki) for the East-West exchange
- The change in Europe nothing more than a media initiated revolution.
- Summer and autumn 1989 in television
- First attempts to summarize: features and documentaries in film and TV on the occasion of the anniversary of the change.
Abstracts:
- 1 page at 30 lines and 60 strikes, threefold
- DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION JANUARY 31, 1999
- Short biography and list of recent publicatations
For further details,contact: Rainer Rother and/or Eva-M. Baumann
Deutsches Historisches Museum
Unter den Linden 2
D-10117 Berlin

Tel: 030 / 20 30 44 21 (Eva-M. Baumann)

Fax: 030 / 20 30 44 24

E-Mail:papers@dhm.de

• September 23-25

TEN YEARS AFTER - 1989-1999 : A FIRST BALANCE
(Memorial Conference on EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE'S ROAD INTO THE NEW WORLD )

(1) Place : Budapest, Hungary

(2) Organizer : Hungarian Sociological Association

(3) Description : see the website of the conference

(4) Call for Papers : Abstracts not exceeding one page (size A4) should be submitted in English by 15 May 1999

(5) Contact: CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT (c/o SCOPE Meetings Ltd.Kende u. 13-17 H-1111 Budapest, Hungary)

(6) Tel.: +361 209 6001, 209 6442

(7) Fax: +361 386 9378

(8) E-mail: sos@sztaki.hu

(9) Website :http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/termine/1999/cten9.htm

• September 24-25

Modernisation and Globalisation in Euro-Trans-Atlantic Integration Processes Of Slovakia

(1) Place : Martin, Slowakische Republik

(2) Organizer : Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology

(3) Description : -

(4) Call for Paper : -

(5) Contact: Slovak Acad. of Sciences, Inst. of Sociology Klemensova 1981364 Bratislava

(6) Tel.: +421-07-362315

(7) Fax: +421-07-362315

(8) E-mail: sociolog@sou.savba.sk

(9) Website :-

• September 25-26

The Second International Research Workshop : Case Studies on Enterprises and Organizations in Transition Economies

(1) Place : Almaty, Kazakhsta

(2) Organizer : Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (KIMEP) ; the Copenhagen Business School ; ESADE(Barselona)

(3) Description :

(4) Call for Papers :

(5) Contact: Center for East Europ. Studies, Klaus Meyer (Copenhagen Business School, Dalgas Have 15, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark)

(6) Tel.: Office: (45)3815 3033, Mobile: (45)2216 2297

(7) Fax: (45)3815 3037

(8) E-mail: km.cees@cbs.dk

(9) Website :

 
• October 13-14

Islam and Politics in Russia and Central ASIA ( Early 17th - Late 20th Centuries)

(1) Place : Maison franco-japonaise, Tokyo

(2) Organizer : Unit 1 of The Islamic Area Studies Program

(3) Program :

First day: October 13, 1999

Panel I - Community Building in the Russian dar al-harb.

Panel II - Towards a Restoration of the Dar al-Islam? State Building in

20th Century Muslim Central Asia.
Second day: October 14, 1999

Panel III -The Role of the Religious ('ulama) and the Literati (udaba).

Panel IV - Islam and Political Mobilization, from Tajikistan to the Suburbs of Moscow.

(4) Call for Papers : -

(5) Contact:

KOMATSU Hisao, or Stephane A. DUDOIGNON,
Islamic Area Studies Program The University of Tokyo, Bungakubu Annexe 7-3-1 Hongo,Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
   Tel.: (81) 03 58 41 26 87
   Fax: (81) 03 58 41 26 86
   E-mail: komatsu@l.u-tokyo.ac.jp , dudoignon@aol.com

(6) Website : -

• October 22-24

A Tale of Three Cities: Janacek's Brno Between Vienna and Prague

(1)Place :Senate House, University of London

(2)Organizer : the Music Department of Royal Holloway College, in association with the Centre for the Study of Eastern Europe, School of Slavonic and East European Studies

(3)Description : -

(4) Call for Paper : -

(5) Contact: Matthew Lane,Department of Music, Royal Holloway,University of London,Egham Hill,Egham,Surrey TW20 0EX, UK.

(6) Tel.: 44-1784-443361;

(7) Fax: 44-1784-439441;

(8) E-mail: zhlf272@sun.rhbnc.ac.

(9) Website :-

• October 26-27

The Conditions of Poland's Participation in the European Community

(1) Place : Lodz, Polen

(2) Organizer : University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology,International Trade and Finance Department

(3) Description : -

(4) Call for Papers : -

(5) Contact : Frau Janicka

Trade and Finance Department, Univ. of Lodz, POW 3/5.90-255 Lodz
   Tel.: (-48) (42) 633-08-57
   Fax: (-48) (42) 633-08-57

(6) Website : -

• October 30-November 08

Political corruption in Central and Eastern Europe

(1) Place : Budapest

(2) Organizer : Princeton University

(3) Description : -

(4) Call for Papers : -

(5) Contact:

Marijana Trivunovic
COLPI Nador u. 11, 4th floor H - 1051 Budapest
   Tel.: (36-1) 327-3102
   Fax: (36-1) 327-3103
   E-mail: trivunovic@osi.hu
Stvan Szijarto (Princeton Univ.)
   E-mail: szijarto@ludens.elte.hu

(6) Website : http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de

• November 3-4

European Union Enlargement

(1) Place : Columbus Hilton, Columbus, GA

(2) Organizer :

EU Center at Georgia Institute of Technology, European Council of the University System of Georgia, Center for International Education and Department of History, Columbus State University

(3) Program :

Keynote Address : "EU Enlargement : Strategies for the Future" Geoffrey Harris, EU Parliament.
Panel discussion : "EU Enlargement and Eastern Europe," "Implications of EU Enlargement for Political-Institutional Reform," and "The Idea of Europe: Historical and Philosophical Foundations."

(4) Call for Papers : Paper proposals still being accepted.

(5) Contact : Alice K. Pate

Department of History , Columbus State University , 4225 University Avenue Columbus, GA 31907-5645
   Tel.: 706-565-3632
   Fax: 706-569-3123
   E-mail: Pate_Alice@colstate.edu

(6) Website : http://history.colstate.edu/Pate

• November 4-6

68th EAAE Seminar: "Analysis of Food Consumtion in Central and Eastern Europe : Relevance and Empirical Methods"

(1) Place: Halle/Saale , Germany

(2) Organizer: Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (University of Halle)

(3) Description : -

(4) Call for Papers : -

(5) Contact : Dr. Stephan Brosig

IAMO, Magdeburger Str. 106112 Halle
  Tel.: (49)345 500 81 28
  Fax: (49)345 500 8177
  E-mail: brosig@iamo.uni-halle.de

(6)Website : http://www.landw.uni-halle.de/iamo/iamo.htm

• November 6-7

Postgraduate Research Conference "Between the Bloc and the Hard Place: Moving towards Europe in Post-Communist States?"

(1) Place : School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London

(2) Organizer : The research Students of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, with the support of the School's academic staff

(3) Description : see the website

(4) Call for Papers : see the website

(5) Contact : Roman Zyla or Elizabeth Skomp

Postgraduate Research Conference c/o Department of Social Sciences , School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London , Senate House Malet Street London WC1E 7HU UK

    Tel.: -

    Fax: -

    E-mail: romanzyla1@hotmail.com

(6) Website : http://www.ssees.ac.uk/bloc.htm

• November 11-12

1st Annual Conference of the International Association Caucasus: "Ethnic Relations, Human Rights, Geopolitics" (IACERHRG)

(1) Place: Tbilisi, Georgia

(2) Organizer : IACERHRG

(3) Description :

Main themes of the Conference are:
1) Activities of IACERHRG;
2) Human Rights and Ethnic Relations in the Caucasus;
3) History of the Human Rights movement in the Soviet Caucasus (1921-1991);
4) Problems of the Caucasian Geopolitics;
5) Caucasus: Human Rights and Education;
6) Political Prisoners and Refugees in the Caucasus;
7) Rights of Nations (the discussion round table).

(4) Call for Papers : Deadline for abstracts: October 15, 1999

(5) Contact : Dr. Levan Z. Urushadze

G.Tsabadze Street 3-32 ,Tbilisi, Georgia
  Fax: (+995 32) 348651, 001153
  E-mail: iacerhrg@hotmail.com

(6)Website : http://members.theglobe.com/levur/iacerhrg.html

• November 12-13

The Conference on Technology, Art and Modernity in Russia and Eastern Europe

(1) Place : Columbia University, New York, NY

(2) Organizer : Columbia University

(3) Description :

We seek paper and panel proposals which deal with any aspect of technology and technological experience as it is manifested in the works of Russian and East European artists. We are particularly encouraged by the investigations of the ways in which the cultural meaning and uses of technology across the boundaries of Russian and East European modern arts complicate established theories and histories of modernism.
As a special feature of the conference we will accept papers and panel proposals on the work of Andrei Platonov, whose centenary is being celebrated this year.
All proposals should explicitly engage the questions of methodology. Some essays will be published in a collection.

(4) Call for Papers :

Please send, fax or e-mail a 200 -300 words description of your proposed papers or panels.

(5) Contact : Nadia Michoustina

Slavic Department Columbia University Mail Code: 2139 NY, NY 10025

    Tel.: -

    Fax: 212. 854. 5009.

    E-mail: nsm3@columbia.edu

(6) Website : -

• November 18-21

AAASS 31st National Convention

(1) Place : St. Louis, Missouri

(2) Organizer : AAASS

(3) Description : see the Preliminary Program

(4) Call for Papers :

(5) Contact:

(6) Tel.:

(7) Fax:

(8) E-mail:

(9) Website : http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass/stlouis.htm

• December 3-5

Bakhtin in Context(s)

(1) Place : Indiana University (Bloomington)

(2) Organizer : the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

(3) Description :

The workshop will consist of six discussion groups based on the following six position-papers: Sergei Bocharov (Moscow), "Bakhtin on Dostoevsky" (in Russian) Nikolai Nikoleav (St. Petersburg), "Bakhtin's Hermeneutics in the contextof the 1920's" (in Russian) Liudmila Gogotishvili (Moscow), "Bakhtin and Philosophy of Language" (in Russian) Viach. Vs. Ivanov (Los Angeles and Moscow), "Bakhtin's Theory of Language from the Standpoint of Modern Linguistics" (in English); Brian Poole (Berlin), "Bakhtin and the Marburg School of Philosophy" (in English) Vadim Liapunov (Indiana University, Bloomington), "Bakhtin's Philosophical Contexts" (in English).

(4) Call for Paper : Those interested in participating in the Workshop will be provided with the texts of the position papers. Let us know:

a) which discussion group(s) you would like to attend.

b) if you are willing to present a paper (20 mins) in response to the position-papers in any of the discussion groups.

(5) Contact: Nina Perlina, Vadim Liapunov or Robert Efird

(6) Tel.: 812 -855-2608

(7) Fax: 812-855-2107

(8) E-mail: perlina@indiana.edu/ refird@indiana.edu

(9) Website : -

• December 9-11

Gender in Transition in Eastern and Central Europe

(1) Place : Humboldt-University ,Berlin

(2) Organizer : Humboldt-University, Berlin (HUB), Zentrum fur Interdisziplinare Frauenstudien (ZiF)

(3) Description : -

(4) Call for Papers : -

(5) Contact: Gabriele Jannert Sophienstr

(6) Tel.: 030/80882 301/302/303/304

(7) Fax: 030/39882216

(8) E-mail: frauenforschung=zif@rz.hu-berlin.de

(9) Website :-