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September 23, 2009

Imagining Other Histories, 02/10-13/2010, NM

Deadline: December 1, 2009

Imagining Other Histories

New Mexico

Call for Papers

Imagining Other Histories: The SW/TX PCA/ ACA in the area of Historical Fiction invites papers on the role of history and alternate history in fiction. To what extent have fiction writers, poets, filmmakers, myth makers, and other producers of pop culture bent the paths of history into different directions, into ur worlds, friendlier worlds, bleak worlds, parallel worlds, idealist worlds? Take, for example, the way that the reality of African American history was initially omitted from standard American historical accounts and the paths of history were bent toward the hegemony of a White world. Other examples might be how Plato imagined the course of human history in parallel worlds; or the America imagined by Nathaniel Hawthorne in House of the Seven Gables.

Submission deadline is December 1, 2009. The conference is held from February 10-13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Please consult the website at http://swtxpca.org/ for other information, registration deadlines, and conference organizer contacts.

All queries are welcome. Email queries and abstracts to me at solizc@fvsu.edu or at csoliz@csoliz.com

Please submit a vita with your abstract and a short biographical statement (1 paragraph) with your abstract.

Cristine Soliz

014 Bond Building

478-827-3125

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The Legacy of Communism

Deadline: October 1, 2009

Papers, Essays and Reviews (PEAR)

Published twice a year and managed by graduate students, Papers, Essays and Reviews (P.E.A.R.) is a peer-reviewed graduate journal of International Studies at Yonsei University’s Graduate School of International Studies in association with the Center for International Studies and Yonsei University Press, the first of its kind in both Korea and East Asia.

We have extended our deadline for submissions for our next issue until October 1st. We will have a spotlight containing 4-5 featured-length papers under the title "The Legacy of Communism." We also encourage submission of any IR-related papers, essays or reviews for inclusion in the print version. For more information on PEAR, including sample articles, submission guidelines and contact information, please refer to our website at http://gsis.yonsei.ac.kr/pear/

We encourage submissions from graduate students, scholars and professionals

Editor in Chief: Cade Holleman
Papers, Essays and Reviews,
262 Seongsanno, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul
120-749, South Korea

Phone: +82 2 2123-7596
Fax: +82 2 2123-8653

Email: pear@yonsei.ac.kr

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September 21, 2009

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - Roma Rights 2/09: Multiple Discrimination

Deadline: October 15, 2009

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - Roma Rights 2/09: Multiple Discrimination

The European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) is looking for original articles and other submissions (book reviews, interview with key figures and conference reports) from a broad range of disciplines addressing the issue of discrimination that Romani individuals, groups and communities face on multiple grounds.

Unlawful discrimination, in its legal sense, is treating a person or group less favourably than another in the same situation, usually on the grounds of their race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation or religion or some other protected category. Discrimination can be in direct or indirect forms. Various international instruments as well as domestic regulations forbid such discrimination.

However, people and human societies are diverse, complex and multi-layered. Thus, a person, in most cases, bears more than one identity such as being Romani, a woman, a mother, a homosexual, a person with a disability, and so on. There are cases where a person becomes the victim of a discriminatory practice due to the combination of different identities that s/he possesses. For example a Romani woman can be denied a job because she is a “woman” and she is “Romani”. Multiple discrimination occurs when a person is subjected to discrimination on more than one ground and can occur when someone experiences discrimination on different grounds on separate occasions. This situation is also called “parallel discrimination”. Secondly, it can be “additive” or “compound”, where the discrimination occurs on the basis of two or more grounds simultaneously and where the discrimination on one ground intensifies the discrimination experienced on the basis of the other ground. The third type occurs when the discrimination involves more than one ground and the grounds interact with each other in such a way that they are completely inseparable. This is often called “intersectional discrimination”. These terms have been increasingly used in recent years but little concrete information has been made available on this topic concerning Roma.

In this issue of Roma Rights, ERRC seeks submissions which reflect on and seek to provide answers to questions like:
What is multiple discrimination? How has this concept developed?
What are the types of multiple discrimination practices that Romani individuals and/or communities face?
What are the implications of multiple discrimination on Romani communities?
How does European law combat multiple discrimination? What are the deficiencies of the EU legislation? How can the EU acquis be improved to provide better protection against multiple discrimination?
What are other international or domestic legal instruments addressing the issue of multiple discrimination?
How should a future EU Policy on Roma Inclusion address multiple discrimination?
What are policy and law suggestions to combat multiple discrimination?
What are the challenges in fighting multiple discrimination?
What examples of good practices exist for tackling multiple discrimination?
What multiple discrimination practices exist within Romani communities and how may these practices be addressed?
What role is there for the grassroots Roma movement to combat multiple discrimination?

Individual testimonies reflecting the experiences of Romani persons are particularly welcome. Articles offering critical insight to lessons learned in similar situations in different countries, as well as submissions reflecting the perspective of the grassroots Roma movement are also welcome. Submissions addressing the theme from other perspectives are also welcome.

All submissions will be reviewed by a committee of ERRC staff who will make the final selection of articles for publication.

Please send queries and submissions to the Coordinating Editor of Roma Rights, Sinan Gokcen: sinan.gokcen@errc.org.

Submission guidelines
All submissions and accompanying materials must be written in British English.
Submissions must be in electronic form and accompanied by any relevant graphics or pictures.
Submissions must follow the ERRC Style Sheet.
The length of submissions should not exceed 6,000 words for articles and 2,500 words for other items (e.g. book reviews or conference reports), inclusive of footnotes.
Footnote referencing should be utilised. Submissions with bibliographical referencing will be sent back to authors.
All contributions must be original, previously unpublished material.

The ERRC reserves the right to refuse publication of submissions at any point prior to the publication of the Journal.

The European Roma Rights Centre is an international public interest law organisation which monitors the human rights situation of Roma and provides legal defence in cases of human rights abuse. For more information about the European Roma Rights Centre, visit the ERRC on the web at http://www.errc.org

European Roma Rights Centre
1386 Budapest 62
P.O. Box 906/93
Hungary
Tel: +36.1.413.2200
Fax: +36.1.413.2201

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July 23, 2009

Comparative Yearbook

Deadline: September 1, 2009

The editorial staff of ‘Comparative Yearbook’ consisting of:
prof. Mieczysław Dąbrowski (editor-in-chief assistant), prof. Ulrike Jekutsch, dr Jerzy Kazimierski (editorial secretary), prof. Marta Skwara, (chief editor), prof. Lech Sokół, prof. dr Dorota Walczak-Delanois is honored to present the guidelines of our new “Comparative Yearbook”, which is to come out in 2010. The aim of the new literary periodical is the methodological analysis of history and contemporariness of the discipline, its reformulations, redefinitions and its current state as well as the analysis of Polish literature in the comparative context. The editorial staff will draw particular attention to the reflection upon the presence of Polish literature in the world and its capability of taking part in intertextual/intercultural dialogue.

The leading subject of the first issue of ‘Comparative Yearbook’ will be relations between comparative studies, translation and the reception of a literary work. Our editorial staff plans the following thematic sections (the numbers given in brackets refer to the maximum standard units of text length):
1. Dissertations and studies (1,5)
2. Analyses (1,0)
3. Translations (length to be consulted with editorial section)
4. Presentations and discussions (this section includes both the description of individual comparative works as well as polemics) (0,5)
5. Reports (0,3)
6. Received books (0,2)

The publication of each volume will be preceded by a seminar, which will take place annually in academic centers cooperating with the volume. The first ‘founding’ seminar took place 29-31 March 2009 at the University of Szczecin’s conference center in Pobierowo. The next seminar is to take place in a year in Warsaw, whereas the succeeding seminars are due to be held in Brussels and Greifswald. The materials for the first issue (prepared both by the participants of the seminar as well as all those interested in working with the yearbook) are to be sent by 1st September 2009.

Please send all papers to the editorial secretary: casimir67@o2.pl or the editor in chief martskw@univ.szczecin.pl
All received works will be externally reviewed, texts delivered in English, German, Russian or French will be translated into Polish.

Technical details:
The standard units of text length equal 40,000 signs (with spaces and notes). One unit is about 22 pages of the ‘old’ standard typescript (30 lines a page, 60 signs per line).
Please enclose a summary of the text in English (max. 1,000 signs with spaces). Summary must include the name of the translator if the author of the summary is also the author of the text this also needs to be noted.

If the text includes the quotations in foreign languages operating in alphabets other in Latin (extended) please leave original spelling, do not transliterate. Every case of translation needs to be consulted with the editorial section.
In the bibliography please use Latin terminology (op.cit., ibidem, idem/eadem, passim etc.)
Here are some examples illustrating the convention of the footnotes:
1 A.O. Lovejoy, Wielki łańcuch bytu. Studium z dziejów idei. Translated by A. Przybysławski. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo KR, 1999, p. 45.
2 Ibidem, p. 79.
3 M. Głowiński, Świadectwa i style odbioru. In: idem, Style odbioru. Szkice o komunikacji literackiej. Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1977.
4 M. Głowiński, O intertekstualności. “Pamiętnik Literacki” 1986, no. 4, passim.
5 A. O. Lovejoy, op. cit., p. 89.
6 J. Olkusz, Literatura orientalna w latach 1890–1900. “Zeszyty Naukowe WSP w Opolu”, Filologia Polska, 1989, pp. 83–106.
7 Z. Łapiński, Sens i konieczność. “Studia Norwidiana” vol. 2 (1985), p. 6.
8 B. Holmberg, “Adab” and Arabic Literature. In: Literary History: Towards a Global Perspective. Ed. by G. Lindberg‑Wada. Vol. 1. Notions of Literature Across Times and Cultures. Ed. by A. Petersson. Berlin–New York: Walter de Gruyter 2006, p. 181.

Russell Scott Valentino
Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature
Chair, Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature
University of Iowa
tel. 319-335-2827

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June 24, 2009

Journal: Nationalities Papers

Call for Papers: Nationalities Papers

Nationalities Papers is the leading journal on nationalism, ethnicity, ethnic conflict and national identity in Central Europe, the Balkans, the former Soviet Union, the Caucasus, the Turkic world and Central Eurasia. Furthermore, the journal also publishes contributions on theories of nationalism, comparative studies of nationalism, and trans- and supranational aspects of interethnic relations and national identity. The journal publishes timely, high quality articles from a variety of disciplines, including history, political science, sociology, anthropology, and literature.

In 2009, Nationalities Papers has moved to six issues per year. Under the leadership of a new editorial team, the journal will receive a visual re-design in 2010 and launch a number of exciting new features, such as book symposiums, state of the art articles and debates, and special sections. In this context Nationalities Papers is soliciting submissions from broad disciplinary and regional ranges. As part of these changes, we are looking for innovative contributions in the field, both in terms of new and ground-breaking research and theoretical articles. Being a journal with an international editorial team and a global readership, we are open to contributions from around the world.

Nationalities Papers is the journal of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN), bringing together scholars worldwide working on nationalism and ethnicity, Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Eurasia. For information on ASN and on its Annual World Convention, please go to http://www.nationalities.org. The next ASN Convention will take place on 15-17 April 2010 at Columbia University.

Submission of Articles

Nationalities Papers accepts submissions up to 10,000 words in length from a multitude of disciplines on issues of nationalism and ethnicity, focusing particularly on Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Eurasia as well as theoretical contributions, on ethnicity, ethnic conflict and nationality, not necessarily grounded in the geographical areas usually covered by the journal.

For author's instructions, including citation rules, consult the following website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0090-5992&linktype=44
To submit an article please register and log in at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cnap.

For any queries regarding possible submissions or special section ideas contact the editor in chief Florian Bieber at f.bieber@kent.ac.uk

All articles undergo a rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and double-blind refereeing by a minimum of two anonymous referees.

Book Reviews and Review Essays

Nationalities Papers publishes regular book reviews (800-1,000 words), longer review essays on particular themes or topics (2,000-6,000 words) and book symposiums with scholarly debates on important recent books.

Authors interested in proposing a review essay should contact the book review editor Zsuzsa Csergo at csergo@queensu.ca to discuss their ideas.

If you are interested in writing book reviews for the journal, contact the book review editor to be included in the book reviewer database.

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June 16, 2009

New Security Challenges for the Western Balkans

Deadline: July 15, 2009

Call for Papers, June 2009

ANALYTICAL, VOL: 2, No: 2

Analytical is an electronic journal published by Analytica, which is focused on studying and analyzing the recent and ongoing socio-political and economic developments in the Western Balkans and the wider region. The journal will include contributions that approach the subject area – countries of the Western Balkans – from various perspectives: political, IR, economic, historical, sociological, educational, etc.

Analytical now accepts submissions for the fourth issue. The topic of the upcoming issue is:
New Security Challenges for the Western Balkans

Stirred by the post-conflict period of security sector reconstruction; emergence of new states; NATO enlargement as well as the EU integration prospects; the (still present) status of drug/THB/crime route to the countries from Western Europe; and other emerging security developments, Analytica announces this call for papers for the fourth issue of its electronic journal Analytical. The contributions are expected to address the new security challenges which the Western Balkans are facing.

Whilst, our aim is to represent a wide spectrum of disciplines and approaches, we strongly encourage comparative and multi-disciplinary perspectives, and welcome proposals using new research methodologies. We invite submission of original research papers including but not limited to the following themes:
-Security studies, NATO and EU integrations, Regionalism, Regional Cooperation, Transitional Justice.
-International Relations, EU politics, Law, Geopolitics of Energy, Administration and Institutions, International Organizations, Energy policy, security and stability in Southeast Europe.
-Social Policy, Sustainable Development, Urban Development.

We strongly encourage cross-cultural, cross-national and multi-disciplinary perspectives, with entries on new research methodologies welcomed.

- The papers should be original and not previously published.

Paper abstracts of up to 500 words and a resume should be sent with full contact details (E-mail, Telephone, Postal Address) to journal@analyticamk.org.

Deadline for abstracts is 15 July 2009.
Final deadline for papers is 15 September 2009.

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June 09, 2009

First World War

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

First World War Studies, the journal of the International Society of First World War Studies, is pleased to announce its first call for submissions. The premier issue will appear in March 2010.

First World War Studies is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal that seeks to publish articles that explore comparative, trans-national, and multi-disciplinary strengths evident in the International Society for First World War Studies and pursue as its guiding principles the same intellectual assets. As the Society draws its strengths from graduate students to more experienced scholars, the journal is equally committed to a collegial academic forum open to any scholar irrespective of degree, academic seniority, or disciplinary affiliation. The journal approaches the subject of the First World War without chronological, geographic, or topical constraints. It embraces not merely the period associated with the years between 1914 and 1918, but seeks to include the diplomatic, political, social, cultural, and military complexities evident before, during, and most certainly after the cessation of hostilities. The journal will contribute significantly to the ongoing debates concerning the origins and causes, conduct, and implications of the First World War.

First World War Studies is the only scholarly journal devoted to this extraordinary and controversial conflict and maintains an Editorial Board that consists of many internationally recognized scholars.

Articles should be no more than 8,000 words and conform to Chicago referencing, including a 500 word abstract, 5-7 keys words, and full author contact information. As we approach the 100th anniversary of the start of the war, the journal will eagerly consider "special issues" that thematically or topically focus upon any aspect of its origins, prosecution, and legacy.

First World War Studies also seeks book reviewers. All who are interested are invited to send short emails to the editor listing their area of expertise. Normally books will be assigned to review, although scholars interested in writing review essays are encouraged to submit proposals. Please bring to our attention new titles in any language appropriate to the scope of the journal.

Submissions should be sent as attachments in word format and address all queries to the Editor, Dr. Steven Sabol, at
sosabol@uncc.edu

For more information about the International Society for First World War Studies, please go to our website at
http://www.firstworldwarstudies.org

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June 02, 2009

AATSEEL, 10/16-17/2009, Wisconsin

Deadline: August 31, 2009
AATSEEL-Wisconsin Conference
16-17 October 2009
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Call for papers for the 2009 AATSEEL-WI Conference

Abstracts for 20 minute papers on any aspect of Slavic literatures and cultures (including film, music, the visual arts, and language pedagogy) are invited for the annual conference of the Wisconsin chapter of AATSEEL (The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages). Comparative topics and interdisciplinary approaches are welcome.
The conference will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday and Saturday, 16-17 October 2009.

Recent conference programs and guidelines for preparing abstracts are posted on the AATSEEL-WI website at
http://slavic.lss.wisc.edu/new_web/?q=node/7

To present a paper at the AATSEEL-WI conference, please submit a proposal by 31 August 2009. A complete proposal consists of:
1. Author's contact information (name, affiliation, postal address, telephone and email).
2. Paper title
3. 300-500 word abstract
4. Equipment request (if necessary)

Please send proposals by email to: Melissa Miller
mmiller8@wisc.edu

All submissions will be acknowledged.

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May 29, 2009

History of Anti-Communism

Call for Papers

"The History of Anti-Communism"

Journal: "Jahrbuch für Historische Kommunismusforschung" (Yearbook for Historical Communist Studies, JHK)

Deadline: July, 31, 2009

The history of anti‐communism will be the main theme of the Jahrbuch für Historische Kommunismusforschung (JHK) in 2011. From the beginning, the world view of communism, its adherents [Interpreten] and those who built regimes in its name came up against the vehement rejection of bourgeois society. They saw an existential danger in its atheistic and anti‐national ideology, which negated the existing political, economic and social order. But so too did Socialists and Social democrats experience the advance of communism in the aftermath of the First World War and the Russian October Revolution as a threat to their hegemony in the workforce. Anti‐communism was established as a reaction to communism; however, during its existence it never developed clearly defined objectives, its own ideology or a precise, comprehensive system of thought. Its historical development and organisational forms are to be at the centre of the 2011 edition of the journal. The editors and advisory board of the Jahrbuch invite contributions that deal with the characteristics of anticommunism during the interwar years, under National Socialism and Fascism as well as during the first decade after 1945. The focus can be on Europe or worldwide. The contributions should address the multifarious associations and organisations of anti‐communism, shedding light on their patrons, ideologues, stereotypes and images of the enemy. To what extent and in what phases did anticommunism direct itself not only against totalitarian communism, but against any criticism from the Left? Was anti‐communism the ‘cardinal folly of our time’ (Thomas Mann)? How did communism react to its adversary? How did they stigmatise critics within their own ranks? To what extent can we differentiate between a ‘democratic anti‐communism’ and an ‘undemocratic anti‐communism’? Is there anti‐communism without communism? To what extent did communist movements succeed during the second half of the twentieth century in stigmatising anti‐communism sufficiently that anticommunism became part of ‘political correctness’ down to the present day, which is an obstacle preventing an unambiguous evaluation of communist regimes?

The editors also welcome offers of contributions that are not part of the main theme outlined above. Especially welcome are texts focussing on the year 1961 as a Cold War caesura in Europe or globally. Also aspects of the Great Terror in the Soviet Union which ask new questions are welcome, as it will be 75 years since the beginning of these events when the Jahrbuch is published in 2011. Finally, contributions are welcome which deal with the place of the history of communist dictatorships in the culture of memory in present day Europe.

Please send offers of contributions to the editor of the Jahrbuch, Karin Jaeger, at: jhk@stiftungaufarbeitung.de
They should be in the form of a short outline with details of the author. The Jahrbuch publishes essays and miscellaneous short articles, biographical sketches, contributions to the Forum section as well as overviews of research and archives. They are published in German and are usually between 25,000 and 50,000 characters in length. Translations from other languages can be arranged by the editors. Payment of a fee for contributions is, unfortunately, not possible. The Jahrbuch will appear in March 2011. Contributions for this edition must be with the editors – unless otherwise agreed – by 31 January 2010.

For further details about the Jahrbuch go to:
https://stiftung-aufarbeitung.de/Jahrbuch/index.php?PHPSESSID=3f788da2d6cc1778b2878fc5854d0c78

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May 22, 2009

Infinity

Deadline: September 7, 2009

INFINITY JOURNAL (IJ) is seeking creative and innovative papers from graduates and young professionals, specifically research papers, opinion pieces, and book reviews

GLOBALIZATION: we are also looking for papers for the "in focus" section on globalization.

Please note that we are looking for articles for the 5th edition, which will launch in October 2009 (submission deadline - 7 September). Please see the website (submission guidelines) for more details.

Awards of up to $5,000 will be given in January/February 2010, for best pieces.

Please note: those with an undergraduate degree or one of PhD or higher are welcome to join the site and benefit from the articles but are not eligible to submit work (ONLY graduates, e.g. those with or currently obtaining masters level education and young professionals.

For more information, rules, and submission guidelines, please visit http://www.infinityjournal.com or contact Adam at adam@infinityjournal.com

Adam Stahl
Infinity Journal - Executive Director

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May 21, 2009

National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages

Deadline: October 31, 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS - Journal of NCOLCTL

The Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) is soliciting articles for publication. As the official journal of the Council, the journal serves the professional interests of teachers, researchers, and administrators of less commonly taught languages in all settings and all levels of instruction. The Journal is refereed and published once a year.

Our general editorial focus is on policy, education, programs, advocacy, and research in the field of less commonly taught languages (all foreign languages except English, French, German, and Spanish). The envisaged segmentation of the Journal is as follows:
a. Methodology and Technology,
b. Academia,
c. Beyond Academia,
d. Social Embeddedness

The first section shall include papers focusing on broader theoretical and technological issues in all fields of less commonly taught languages. The second section will encompass reports about research and teaching in academia, at both K-12 and collegiate levels. The third section shall comprise papers addressing research and teaching in government and industry. Finally, the fourth section will address the issues of a broader social environment, ranging from heritage communities to advancing LCTLs in federal initiatives and legislation.

In preparing the manuscript, please use the latest edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), see http://www.apa.org/journals/authors/guide.pdf. Manuscripts should be a maximum of 25 pages (excluding references, charts, notes, etc.) and preferably submitted electronically via email attachment. Double-space the manuscript throughout, including notes, references, and tables, using 12-point font with a 1.5 inch left margin. The manuscript should be accompanied by a 150 word (or less) abstract and a cover sheet containing the manuscript title, name, address, office and home telephone numbers, fax number, email address, and full names and institutions of each author.

Because the manuscript will be blind reviewed, identifying information should be on the cover sheet only, and not appear in the manuscript.

While submissions are welcome at any point, only papers received by October 31, 2009 will be guaranteed consideration for the 2010 issue of the Journal.

ncolctl@mailplus.wisc.edu

NCOLCTL
4231 Humanities Building
455 N. Park Street
Madison, WI 53706
Tel: 608-265-7903; FAX 608 265 7904.

Danko Sipka
Editor, Journal of Less Commonly Taught Languages
http://www.councilnet.org/jnclctl/index.htm
Professor of Slavic Languages and Applied Linguistics
School of International Letters and Cultures
Arizona State University
Web: http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka
Mail: Danko.Sipka@asu.edu

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May 19, 2009

The Contemporary Romanian religious landscape

Deadline for papers: 1 September 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS - STUDIA SOCIOLOGIA

Twenty years after the fall of official Atheism:
The Contemporary Romanian religious landscape
Guest-editors: Sorin Gog, Malina Voicu and László Fosztó

For almost a half of century religion was excluded from the public life in Romania by the socialist regime. The fall of the regime created opportunity for public manifestation of religiosity and also opened the way for religious education and missionary activity. Debates on religious topics in the media, the setting up of a religious educational system allowed the penetration, at the population level, of religious knowledge but also opened space for religious revival on the everyday level.

Postsocialist Romania ranks among the most religious countries of contemporary Europe as shown by longitudinal and cross-sectional studies focused on religious values and behaviors. While the religious practice has strongly increased during the last twenty years many questions can be raised about this religious revival and about the Romanian religious landscape. Is religious revival real or is only an artifact of the comparative research? Are the standard measures used for assessing religiosity valid for the Romanian case or not? Which are the most religious groups in Romanian society and why? And generally how religious landscape looks like and which are the most appropriated tools for its investigation? How can sociology and socio-cultural anthropology and particularly the anthropology of religion enhance our understanding of religious phenomena?

The journal Studia Sociologia announces a special issue that analyzes the recent religious transformations called "Twenty years after the fall of official Atheism: the contemporary Romanian religious landscape". The papers may address the issue in a historical or contemporary perspective. Contributions are welcome from scholars in sociology, anthropology, political science, religious studies, history and law that focus on the contemporary Romanian religious landscape and the post-communist transformations.

Topics to be addressed by this thematic issue might include (but not limited to) the following:
. Religion, national identity, and the State
. The dynamics of religious practices and beliefs
. Historical Churches versus New Religions
. Minority religious groups and interdenominational relations
. The dynamics of the New Religious Movements
. Religious associations, networks, and interest groups: sources of solidarity or discord?
. Multiple modernities: arguing Secularization or the Return of the Religious?
. Forms of religious participation: confessions, testimonies, prayer, services and rituals
. Religious conversion: narratives, practices, and values
. Pilgrimages, icons, the cult of Virgin Marry and the Saints
. Apparitions, visions and other presence of the sacred
. New Age and the emerging market for spirituality
. Religious tourism
. Popular magic, and the religious management of well-being
. Missionaries and charismatic leaders
. Religious Fundamentalism and Globalization

NOTE FOR CONTRIBUTORS
Please submit your manuscript electronically at:
sorin_gog@yahoo.com
malina@iccv.ro
laszlo.foszto@gmail.com

A confirmation letter is sent after the receipt of the manuscript. The paper is peer-reviewed (double-blind review) and feedback is forwarded to the authors within six weeks. Manuscripts should respect the formal requirements stated below.

Guidelines for Contributors
Prepare your manuscript in MS Office, according to the guidelines below.
Language:
We accept papers in English, French, German and Romanian, provided with an English language abstract, however please consider that at least 75% of the final publications appear in English.
Length:
Articles/research papers should have 6,000-8,000 words including Footnotes.
Essays, discussion papers should have no more than 3,000 words including Footnotes.
Abstracts (in English) should have no more than 300 words.
Book reviews should have no more than 1,500 words (if joint reviews), respectively 800 words (if single reviews).
Page setup:
A4, 2.5 cm all margins
Fonts & style:
The whole manuscript should be written with Times New Roman fonts, double spaced line distances and justified paragraphs in the following order and stylization.
Title: Times New Roman, 14, Bold
Abstract (in English): Times New Roman, 12, Regular
Body text: Times New Roman, 12, Normal
Footnotes (numbered continuously) : Times New Roman, 10, Regular
References: Times New Roman, 12, Regular and Italic where appropriate (see below).
Annexes (numbered continuously) , if any: Times New Roman, 12, Regular
If your text includes several sections and/or subsections, please title them as follows:
Title(s) of section(s): Times New Roman, 12, Bold
Subtitle(s) of section(s): Times New Roman, 12, Bold, Italic.

As far as we are a peer-reviewed publication, please do not indicate your name and affiliation, except the first page of your manuscript where mention only the followings:
Name of the author(s): Times New Roman, 12, Bold
Affiliation of the author(s): Times New Roman, 12, Regular
Electronic address of the authors: Times New Roman, 12, Regular
Tables, graphs, figures:
Tables, graphs, figures, etc. should be included within the body text, clearly laid out and designed to fit onto a page 18 cm X 12 cm.
Regarding tables simple, both vertical and horizontal lines should be used, avoiding any additional style. Please, use Times New Roman, 12, Regular fonts when fill in the table and mark totals and percentages, if any.
Tables should be numbered continuously and titled with Times New Roman
12, Regular fonts (e.g. Table 1. The age structure of the population).
Graphs, figures, etc. should be prepared in black & white (respectively in greyscale and corresponding styles), numbered continuously and subtitled with Times New Roman 12, Normal fonts (e.g. Graph 1. The age structure of the population)
Quotations:
Short quotations should appear continuously within the body text. Please use double quotation marks in this case. Lengthy quotations (over 40 words) should be displayed and indented in the text. Please use single quotation marks in this case.
References:
The author/datum system should be used and reference to page numbers in the text should be shown.

Examples for citations: if one author (Giddens, 1994), if pages (Giddens, 1994: 62), if two authors (Abramson and Inglehart, 1995), if three authors or more (Beck et al., 2003)
Within the final reference list the Chicago Manual of Style-type citation should be used with the following nuances:
Books:
Abramson, Paul R. and Inglehart, Ronald (1995). Value Change in Global Perspective. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Articles from books with editors:
Giddens, Anthony (1994). Living in a post-traditional society. In U. Beck, A. Giddens and S. Lash (eds.) Reflexive Modernization: Politics, Tradition and the Aesthetics in the Modern Social Order. Oxford: Polity Press, pp. 56-109.
Articles from journals:
Beck, Ulrich, Bonss, Wolfgang and Lau, Cristoph (2003). The theory of reflexive modernization: problematic, hypotheses and research programme. Theory, Culture and Society, 20 (2): 1-33.
References to websites should contain the full URL and date the site was accessed:
(i.e. http://www.studia.ubbcluj.ro/serii/index_en.html, 8/Feb/2008)

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May 14, 2009

Contemporary Issues/Suvremene teme

Deadline: September, 1st 2009

Call for Papers

Political Science Research Centre (PSRC), Croatia, launched an online Journal for Social Sciences & Humanities. The Journal Contemporary Issues http://www.contemporary-issues.cpi.hr/ is a peer reviewed international online open-access journal for social sciences & humanities in which contemporary social topics and issues are multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary analysed and discussed.

The Journal will be published online once a year. It will publish papers from different scientific fields: political science, sociology, contemporary history, philosophy, law, economics and other related disciplines. Contemporary Issues supports open-access, therefore all papers will be accessible free of charge.

Editorial Board will accept only original papers in Croatian and English that have not been previously published. All papers will be peer reviewed by independent reviewers. Editorial Board will also accept reviews of new and significant books, as well as of current ongoing research in social sciences and humanities. The journal is keen to encourage submissions from both established and young scholars.

Contemporary Issues is now seeking articles for the next issue Vol. II, No. 2 (2009)!

Along with usual topics this issue will also include special topic "European Union and Western Balkans". Therefore we are especially inviting authors who have a particular scientific and research interest in this subject.

Papers should be submitted directly at the Journal web site http://www.contemporary-issues.cpi.hr/ after creating an account. For details please see Instructions for Authors at the web site.

Deadline for submitting papers for this issue: September, 1st 2009

Višeslav Raos
Centar za politološka istraživanja/Political Science Research Centre
Gupčeva 14a, 10090 Zagreb, Hrvatska/Croatia
http://www.cpi.hr/

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Caucasian Review of Int. Affairs

Deadline: June 30, 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE SUMMER 2009 ISSUE OF THE CAUCASIAN REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (Vol. 3, No. 3)

Published in the beginning of August 2009.
Submission guidelines can be viewed at
http://cria-online.org/Submit_a_Paper.html

For a list of topics, see
http://www.cria-online.org/Call_for_Papers.html

CRIA is a Germany-registered quarterly peer-reviewed free, non-profit and online academic journal. The Review is committed to promote a better understanding of the regional affairs by providing relevant background information and analysis, as far as the Caucasus in general, and the South Caucasus in particular are concerned. CRIA also welcomes lucid, well-documented papers on other countries and regions including especially Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Russia, Ukraine, Eastern Europe as well as on all aspects of international affairs, from all political viewpoints. CRIA is indexed/abstracted in Directory of Open Access Journals, ProQuest Research Library, EBCOhost Research Database, Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, etc. The last issue of the Review can be viewed at http://www.cria-online.org .

Nasimi Aghayev
Editor-in-Chief
Caucasian Review of International Affairs
Eppsteiner Str. 2, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Tel: +49 69 138 76 684
E-mail: contact@cria-online.org
Web: http://www.cria-online.org

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April 27, 2009

CFP: Baltic cinema

PUBLICATION: ACTA ACADEMIAE ARTIUM VILNENSIS (2010),
VILNIUS ART ACADEMY PRESS

TOPIC: Baltic Cinemas and Cinematic Art after 90s:
(Hi)stories and (Id)entities of Small Nations

The recent decades demonstrate gradually increasing interest in new and unexplored cinematic territories among international film researchers that strive to localize these marginalized economic and cultural entities in the global film market and the world map of cinematography. This shift from mono-centric to poly-centric attitude to film studies was stimulated by rise of rich and little known cinemas after the fall of the Socialist empire and the growing economic and cultural impact of Asian, African and Latin American countries in the world. As a consequence in international film
scholarship several studies on minor cinemas (the cinemas of small nations and regions) emerged where those cinemas are analyzed in the context of world cinema (in parallel with dominant cinemas) and taking into consideration interrelations of national, regional, global aspects of film industry. Moreover, a new conceptual framework for film studies was created by borrowing and adapting geopolitical concepts of national, local, global, peripheral, etc. and developing the academic discourses of the cinema of small nations, the world cinema, the cinema of the others, the national cinema and similar concepts.

Despite the above mentioned paradigmatic shifts the Baltic Cinemas still remain on the very outskirts of the film scholarship. It usually serves as contextual element in analysis of the post-soviet or Central European cinemas. This situation was preconditioned by the long-time development of Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian cinemas in cultural and economic isolation as well as slow development of film studies at universities and insufficient
distribution and promotion of national films in the world. Thus this
publication aims at consolidating the research in the aforementioned field and stimulating academic discussion on national and regional identity of the three Baltic States films as well as their interrelation to their foreign counterparts' traditions.

The publication Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis invites film and culture researchers from Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and other countries to share research on a wide range of aspects of film development in the Baltic region after 90s until now. The papers could be focused on, but not limited to, the following topics:

- The global and the local aspects of film production and distribution
- National and transnational narratives
- Gender, sexuality and otherness
- Ideology, politics and social issues in filmmaking
- Authors and generational shifts
- Films of immigrants and national Diasporas

All those wishing to submit an article for the publication Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis on the topic of Baltic Cinemas and Cinematic Art after 90s: (Hi)stories and (Id)entities of Small Nations are kindly asked to send a proposal of 250-300 words (in English), 3-5 keywords and short bio notes to the editor by May 20, 2009 at e-mail address renata_sukaityte@yahoo.com.
The papers should be original unpublished articles of app. 3.000-5.000 words volume. The deadline for submission of the final text in English is October 30, 2009. The articles are expected to be published in 2010. Concerning any further information please contact dr. Renata Sukaityte (e-mail renata_sukaityte@yahoo.com, Ph. + 37061410144).

Please be free to share this call for papers with your collegues.

sincerely,
Renata Sukaityte

Lecturer at Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy
Theatre and Film Department
www.lmta.lt

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April 01, 2009

JOURNAL/CFP- International Journal of Russian Studies

The third issue of the International Journal of Russian Studies has
been published at www.radtr.net. We are now calling for articles for
our fourth issue. The deadline for the fourth edition will be 30 June 2009..

The journal's goal is to publish original articles related to the
history, culture, literature, linguistics, politics, religions,
languages and peoples of Russia from its earliest history to the
present day. All aspects of Russia's relations - cultural, political,
military and economic - with and influence on the areas of the former
Soviet Union, such as the states of Central Asia, fall within the
scope of the journal.

Prof.Dr. Ayse Dietrich
Ankara University
Faculty of Letters
Dept. of Russian Lang. and Lit.
Sihhiye-06100
Ankara/Turkey
International Journal of Russian Studies
Editor and Founder

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March 27, 2009

CfP Journal: The Arts of Democracy

SOUNDINGS: An Interdisciplinary Journal --CFP: The Arts of Democracy

It is often assumed that the arts, and particularly the fine arts, create and sustain the kinds of social distinctions that are antithetical to true democracy. This is the claim advanced by Pierre Bordiue's influential Distinction where he argues that what appear to be innocent differences in aesthetic tastes are, in fact, the markers of class identity that enforce social hierarchy. However, there is a countervailing tradition, represented most famously by John Dewey, that insists that the arts are necessary to the health and longevity of democratic culture, and many contemporary artists and theorists are devoted to developing an aesthetic that participates in the development of democratic ideals.

Is a democratic aesthetic merely wishful thinking, or do the arts have some role to play in democratic culture? Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal is soliciting articles which address the relationship between the arts and democratic culture and politics. Possible topics include:

Revolutionary Rhetoric/ The literature of Democracy: How Literature Influences Democracy
The Restorative Function of Art/ The Aesthetics of Overcoming Hardship
The Arts as a Model for Democratic Collaboration and Conflict Resolution
How Art Locates/Influences/Creates the Language of Cultural Diversity
The Aesthetics of Politics or Political Aestheticism
The Ethics of Supporting the Arts During Economic Crisis
Virtual Spaces: The Internet and the Globalization of Democracy
Democratic Kitsch

SOUNDINGS

216 Aconda Ct.
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
Email: sounding@utk.edu
Visit the website at http://web.utk.edu/~sounding

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March 26, 2009

CfP Journal: Historical Biography

Deadline: June 1, 2009

Call for Submissions: The Journal of Historical Biography

The Journal of Historical Biography, an international, peer-reviewed, open access periodical, invites the submission of articles that address any aspect of historical biography. These may include biographical portraits of prominent individuals of any nation; theoretical, methodological or philosophical pieces that reflect on the larger issues associated with writing biography or autobiography; standard reviews of works of historical biography or of works that discuss the writing of historical biography; and longer review essays of a more reflective nature.

The journal is published twice yearly, in Spring and Fall, and considers submissions on an ongoing basis. Material to be considered for the Fall 2009 edition should be received by 1 June.

Your submission should be submitted electronically in Word or RTF (as an e-mail attachment), and must include the author’s name and institutional affiliation. For a full-length article, a short paragraph about the author (between one hundred and one hundred and fifty words) should be submitted in a separate file. For detailed submission guidelines, see: http://journals.ufv.ca/jhb/submissions.html

Barbara Messamore
University of the Fraser Valley
33844 King Road
Abbotsford, BC
Canada, V2S 7M8
Email: barbara.messamore@ufv.ca
Visit the website at http://www.ufv.ca/jhb

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CfP Journal: Historical Biography

Deadline: June 1, 2009

Call for Submissions: The Journal of Historical Biography

The journal is published twice yearly, in Spring and Fall, and considers submissions on an ongoing basis. Material to be considered for the Fall 2009 edition should be received by 1 June.

Barbara Messamore
University of the Fraser Valley
33844 King Road
Abbotsford, BC
Canada, V2S 7M8
Email: barbara.messamore@ufv.ca
Visit the website at http://www.ufv.ca/jhb

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March 20, 2009

CfP Journal: Black Sea Studies

Karadeniz Arastirmalari (Black Sea Studies) is an academic quarterly, dealing with social science studies on the 'broader' Black Sea basin, that is, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Anatolia and Eastern Europe. It completed its 5fth volume (No 20) with great stability and academic seriousness. It is published both in print and .pdf versions, which can be reached at www.karamder.org. Essays are published in Turkish, English and Russian,. We welcome new contributions for the next issues. English version of the website is under construction, but you can find English abstracts after clicking each essay. You can find previous issues at http://www.karamder.org/karam/karamarsiv. The last issue is available on the homepage.

Bilgehan A. Gokdag
President of the Center for Black Sea Studies
batsiz@yahoo.com

Yahya Kemal Tastan
Editor of the Journal "Karadeniz Arastirmalari"
karadenizarastirmalari@gmail.com

Osman Karatay
Advisor to the editor
karatay.osman@gmail.com

Karadeniz Arastirmalari Merkezi
(Center for the Black Sea Studies)
www.karamder.org
Mithatpasa Caddesi, Kivanc Apt.
No: 54/18 / Kizilay / ANKARA
Tel: (90 312) 431 53 95

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March 16, 2009

CfP Journal: Plotki

DEADLINE: March 20, 2009

Call for contributions: ***LANGUAGE***

PLOTKI - the Central and Eastern European magazine is looking for rumors about LANGUAGE to be published in the upcoming edition of its on-line magazine www.plotki.net - we welcome your original text, visual and multimedia contributions.

LANGUAGE ISSUE CALL-OUT

"Language may be for communication, but it's also for revelry"
Contribute to the online rumors of PLOTKI April issue ~ Language

Seeking text as well as graphic and other media-based submissions revolving around the theme of language.

NYELV*ЕЗИК*LIMBĂ*SPRACHE*GJUHË*JĘZYK

Are Eastern European languages more difficult to learn than Western European languages or is it just a matter of perspective?
Are Eastern European languages sexier? Is there a common thread? (Pan-slavs might wish to show some restraint) If English is less widely spoken in Eastern Europe, how does it affect the experience of travel throughout the region? How does communication through language differ in Eastern Europe from that of other cultures? Is more expressed or less expressed through the same number of words used in, say, Belorussian, than in Dutch?

Language and cultural preeminence: Am I the only one who is bothered that Polish, Czech, etc are usually listed only after German and French on consumer packaging? Or that Austrian trains travelling to Hungary list notices in English, French and Spanish, but not Magyar?

Any other articles focusing on the history, culture, philosophy, psychology or literature of languages around the block (minority languages too! Think Yiddish, Esperanto, etc.) will be very welcome for this issue. A special award will go to anyone who can use 10 Eastern European languages in one single poem or prose submission!

Articles and abstracts are possibly very welcome in your own language as well. Please get in touch.

please write to: language_issue@plotki.net
Justin Hyatt and Katarzyna Pabijanek
**********

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PLOTKI is a project from around the bloc
PLOTKI encourages rumor hunting across Central and Eastern Europe
PLOTKI is interested in original reports, interviews, stories, research, that cannot be found in other media
And PLOTKI brings together writers, photographers and graphic artists from Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe

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March 13, 2009

CfP Journal: Romanian Journal for Political Science

POLSCI CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadline: May 10, 2009

Governing the Crisis

POLSCI (Romanian Journal of Political Science) is a bi-annual journal edited by the Romanian Academic Society. It is the first peer reviewed journal of political science in Romania and also the first in the field being indexed by ISI Thompson under the Social Sciences Citation Index.

The journal benefits from the extensive experience and professionalism of the board members and from valuable contributions of researchers and scholars in the field, being also indexed by other prominent institutions such as IPSA, GESIS, CIAONET, EBSCO, CEEOL and EPNET

The journal invites contributions on every topic, but particularly on the topic of management of the financial crisis by national governments and the European Union and other intergovernmental organizations. We are particularly interested in papers contributing to the debate on the changing role of the state in the post-globalization era and the redefinition of governance in international finance.

We will not review manuscripts that have already been published, are scheduled for publication elsewhere, or have been simultaneously submitted to another journal; this applies to both print and online formats. The authors are encouraged to limit their papers to fewer than 10,000 words before publication. References and citations should follow Harvard Style.

Ionut Vasiloiu
Managing Editor

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CfP Journal: Globalization

Deadline: June 1, 2009

Call for Papers
EUROPOLIS Issue 6, December 2009
Political Science Journal
www.polito.ubbcluj.ro/cpa/rev/en/europolis.html

Printed only (English language). Research institutes, academic and research centres and units, and faculties can receive the journal for free for the following two years. To receive printed copies, fill in and send via regular mail the form available at www.polito.ubbcluj.ro/cpa/rev/en/porder.html

EUROPOLIS is a ”peer review” journal, abstracted and indexed in relevant international databases. Issue 6/2009 focuses on globalization, the editors encouraging contributions that deal with various aspects of the political dimensions of this phenomenon. Articles may tackle, but not restricted to, issues like the problems and opportunities created by globalization for democracy and democratization, the impact of globalization on the international regimes of human rights, the growing influence of transnational (religious and secular) actors and global institutions, the emergent global civil society, the problem of global governance, the fate of the nation-state, global security, etc.

In order to attract various contributions, the journal proposes two categories: academic papers and book reviews. Under the “work in progress” section, it also accepts parts of larger works that are not yet finalized. This provides the authors the chance to receive valuable feedback from the readers and it allows the latter to analyze a developing research. The requirements for work in progress are the similar with the ones for an article.
More details at www.polito.ubbcluj.ro/cpa/rev/en/europolis.html.

Contact: revista.europolis@yahoo.com
The Editorial Board,
Europolis Journal,
Centre for Political Analysis,
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
www..polito.ubbcluj.ro/cpa/rev/en/europolis.html

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CfP Book: Sites and Politics of Religious diversity in Southern Europe

Deadline: April 1st, 2009

CALL FOR PAPERS

Book: Sites and Politics of Religious diversity in Southern Europe
Editors: Ruy Blanes and José Mapril
Publisher: Brill (pending final approval of MS)
Expected date of publication: 2010

We are pleased to invite you to contribute an essay to a proposed book on "Sites and Politics of Religious diversity in Southern Europe". Pending approval of the final manuscript, the book will be part of the International Studies in Religion and Society (ISRS) series, published by E.J. Brill.

GENERAL CONCEPT
In recent years, the Southern borders of Europe (from Ceuta to Lampedusa and Athens) have become landmarks for the media and academic verve regarding the migration and diasporas towards and beyond 'Schengen Europe'. In these debates, religion is acknowledged as playing a central role in the recognition of major societal changes in the continent, being object of political concern and attention: from the recognition of plural forms of Christianity to the debates on a 'European Islam', and so on. Yet, in this respect, what goes on around those borders, in the countries that are targeted as gateways for the transglobal flow that finds Europe as its destiny, is still largely uncharted and un-debated.

Traditionally catalogued as 'single-faith' nations, part of an alleged 'Mediterranean cultural continuity' -a popular interpretation among a generation of anthropologists in the seventies and eighties-, countries like Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Greece are now experiencing important transformations that defy longstanding categories: Catholic Iberia, Orthodox Greece, etc. Those transformations do not just multiply religious expressions, but also challenge traditional 'regional' and 'national' socio-political categories, such as nationhood, local belonging, tradition, heritage, citizenship, etc. This book will present and discuss, from a critical point of view, case studies on religious pluralism and diversity in Southern Europe, and on the impact of migrant religiosity in national and EU politics.

We welcome in particular anthropologically and sociologically informed papers that tackle issues directly related to religious diversity and the politics of multiculturalism in this context, focusing on one (or both) of the following approaches: 1) religious pluralism as discourse in the public sphere; and 2) Southern European ethnographies that challenge mainstream perceptions of 'European religiosity'.

Abstract proposals and further enquiries can be e-mailed to either Ruy Blanes ruy.blanes@gmail.com
or José Mapril jmapril@gmail.com

SUBMISSION PROCEDURES:
1. We invite you to submit an Abstract Proposal (including title and institutional affiliation) of 300-500 words describing a scholarly essay that you propose to submit with relation to the general theme of the book. Proposals are due to the editors by April 1st, 2009.
2. If your proposal is approved, you will be given guidelines and asked to submit a 8000-word essay (including notes and references) by early July, 2009. Essays must be previously unpublished.

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March 09, 2009

CfP Jounral: Humanicus

Deadline: May 31st

HUMANICUS
An interdisciplinary on-line journal of social sciences, humanities and philosophy www.humanicus.org

CALL FOR PAPERS Issue #3 (summer 2009)

The HUMANICUS academic journal is accepting new essays for the upcoming 3rd issue (approx. time of publishing: summer 2009).

Humanicus is an academic journal concentrating on social sciences, humanities and philosophy, at the address www.humanicus.org
Technically, essays that can be classified as belonging to any social science are accepted for review and potential publishing. For now, we re accepting works in following areas:
Linguistics (general linguistics, English studies, Serbocroatian studies, Swedish studies, Chinese studies) Culture studies (sometimes referred to as culturology) and anthropology Sociology Philosophy

As the number of our reviewers grows, so will the count of the areas for which we accept essays. The concept of Humanicus is, in its ideal form, to publish essays in any and all world languages. In practice, that means that articles shall be accepted for review and publishing in those languages for which we at the moment have proofreaders for. We naturally hope that the number of the languages will grow during time. For the time being, we are accepting articles in English, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian,Swedish, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian and Chinese (Mandarin). As the number of languages grows, we will post information on the web page.

Though we completely understand that matter, in science, is more important than form, please keep the essay consistent with itself, e.g. use one method of citing throughout the essay and make the essay
as clear and accessible for reading/reviewing as possible.
www.humanicus.org

Humanicus is an electronic journal. The newest issue will always be downloadable in a .pdf format from this address, for free, as it is the opinion of the editor and the reviewing board that academic
education should be available to all, not only to those with a deep pocket. The journal comprises three parts:
1) The standard academic essay section
In this section, standard academic essays shall be published. Holders of any and all academic degrees are invited to submit their papers, in accordance with the current call for papers.
2) Reviews
Reviews of relevant books, essays, articles, even fiction books are accepted in this section.
3) The student section
Maybe even the most important of sections, the student section will concentrate on students, those who still have not achieved official academic expertise and still haven't received an academic title. The
general idea is to promote academic writing amongst students. The level of expertise for academic writing is not easy to achieve, and students are seldom encouraged to write academically. This section
should help students in honing their writing skills during the course of their studies. We invite all students (especially final-year students, seniors) to send us their essays. The essays shall be reviewed by a member of the reviewing board in accordance with the topic, after which the essay shall be sent back to the student with ideas and comments about how to make the essay better. Once the student has corrected the essay, he or she will resubmit, after which the review board will choose whether it will be published or not.

Instructions for contributors:
Works should be sent in a .doc format (MS Word) as an attachment. Hard-copied submissions are not accepted.
The essay should be sent to editor@humanicus.org
Every essay should have a short summary (not longer than 300 words), located on the front page, with the name of the author and his academic degree(s)..
The scope of the work can vary from subject to subject. We recommend to our contributors, however, that they should stick to an approximate number of 10 to 25 author-type pages – 1.5 lines spacing. Reviews should be kept under five pages.
The essay should be formatted in the following way:
Font Times New Roman or Ariel, size 12
Paper format A4 (for contributors from the USA or Canada: please do not use the LETTER format!)
Spacing 1.5
Quoting/citing: Do not use the Chicago style. Instead, the Turabian method is encouraged:
Dawkins, Richard. The God Delusion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 2006.
Please use footnotes rather than endnotes.

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March 06, 2009

CFA Journal: Regional & Local History

Articles for International Journal of Regional & Local History

Articles are invited for submission to the peer reviewed International Journal of Regional and Local History. See web site for details and examples: www.ijorals.co.uk

Aims and Scope
The intention of iJORALS is to publish articles with an historical approach but which may relate to other academic disciplines such as sociology, media, economics etc. The focus is on regional and local studies which is not restricted to any one location and contributions are encouraged which seek to provide international examples and comparisons.

Dr Philip Swan
Lincoln School of Humanities and Performing Arts
University of Lincoln
Brayford Pool
Lincoln. LN6 7TS
United Kingdom
Email: pswan@lincoln.ac.uk
Visit the website at http://www.ijorals.co.uk

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CfP Journal: Journal of Justice Studies

Deadline: March 2009

Journal of Justice Studies Call for Articles

The Journal of Justice Studies is a blind peer reviewed journal. It will be published once annually in hard copies. The Journal will publish scholarly articles, essays, and book reviews relevant to justice issues. Since justice encompasses a wide range of issues and disciplines including crime, sociology, economics, politics, education, and social work, scholars will have the freedom to incorporate a combination of disciplines in their work.

All manuscripts must be carefully edited before submission. Submissions should not exceed 7-15 pages single spaced 8.5” by 11” manuscript pages (roughly 7,000-7,500 words), in a 12-point font and with one inch margins in American Psychological Association (APA) format. Pages should be numbered and tables, appendixes, graphs, charts, and footnotes should be included at the end of the text. The manuscript should be typed in Microsoft Word. Submissions should include four hard copies of the manuscript as well as a disk copy. Author’s bio should be submitted on a separate sheet of paper and include the author’s name, title, institution, mailing address, daytime phone and fax number, and e-mail address. Deadline date for submission is March, 2009. Every effort will be made to inform contributors of the outcome of the peer review process in a timely manner. If article is accepted for publication, authors must pay a small editing cost.

ISSN 19317X

For further information contact:
Alvin Mitchell

Journal of Justice Studies
Winston-Salem State University
Phone: 336-750-3055
mitchellal@wssu.edu

The Journal of Justice Studies is a joint venture with the Center for Community Safety in Winston-Salem, NC. The Center for Community Safety was established in 2001 as a community-based center for the purpose of shaping the way local communities in Forsyth County address and respond to violence impacting its residents. Its mission is to use research to shape action and response to community safety issues. Recognized as a leader both locally and nationally, the Center for Community Safety sustains and leverages community-based initiatives, develops innovative projects, and is used as a training facility for communities in strategic justice planning. For any additional information on the Center for Community Safety, please contact:

Alvin Atkinson, Director at (336) 750-3476 or atkinsona@wssu.edu

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CfP Journal: You and Yours: The Second Person in Literature,

Deadline: March 25, 2009
TRANS- # 8 Est/Ouest: "You and Yours". The Second Person in Literature

"You and Yours"
The Second Person in Literature

The dialog with the reader inscribes itself in a secular tradition. Whether it be to seduce the reader by means of an erudite captatio benevolentiae (“Ah ! insensé, qui crois que je ne suis pas toi” [ Ah ! fool, who thinks that I am not you], Victor Hugo), or a line of argument that is either ironic (as in Cervantes’s Don Quijote and Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels) or perverse (as in the preliminary poem from Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du mal [The Flowers of Evil]), or, on the contrary, to attack the reader (as in the narratives of Céline or Jean Genet), the literary text often explicitly puts forward the kind of relationship that it attempts to establish with its reader and without which it could not exist. A number of diverse genres, fictional or not, lend themselves to such representations of the second person, ranging from the manifesto to love poetry, epistolary, and the novel.

Since Blanchot a commonplace of criticism has been the affirmation according to which literature is based on the “infinite” interpellation of an other which it will never reach. An illustration of this idea of literary space can be found in the monologue of La nuit juste avant les forêts [The Night Just Before the Forests] by Bernard-Marie Koltès, in which a man calls to someone who will never respond to him until he exhausts himself. According to Paul Celan, the poem, dialogic in essence, stretches “towards a you that can be invoked, towards a reality to invoke.” This “you” becomes a witness of the Other and becomes a figure of alterity. The second person is also the place where a profound interrogation of identity occurs : that of the exile of interiority. If contemporary literature has exploited all modes of interpellation, it is not only as a celebration of this “essential space,” but also as a way of renovating their forms. From Apollinaire, who revolutionized poetry in “Zone” by substituting “you” for the lyric “I,” to Peter Handke, who in Kaspar corners the character on scene through the anguishing mechanism of persecutory voices, as well as novelists such as Faulkner, Fuentes, or Butor, who in La modification [The Modification] follows his character using the second personal plural, there are numerous devices that, thanks to interpellation, alter the traditional modes of enunciation. What are the stakes in these enunciatory displacements that create what could be called a vocative literature ?

These are some of the diverse configurations of interpellation that interest us, without privileging or excluding any form, period, or genre.

Proposals for submissions (3000 characters or about 500 words), accompanied by a short bibliography and a brief author’s note, should be sent in a Word or RTF document before Wednesday, March 25, 2009 to the following email address : lgcrevue@gmail.com

Authors of accepted proposals should send completed articles no later than Thursday, May 28, 2009. The editorial team would like to underscore that the journal Trans— accepts texts written in French, Spanish, and English.

Revue Trans-
Université de la Sorbonne nouvelle - Paris 3
Email: lgcrevue_at_gmail.com
Visit the website at http://trans.univ-paris3.fr

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March 03, 2009

CFP Essays: Postsocialist Sexualities

Deadline: April 27, 2009

CFP: Dilemmas of Visibility: Post-Socialist Sexualities (essay collection)

The democratic changes in post-socialist Europe have provided various
opportunities for making sexual minorities visible; yet, their general
recognition is still fraught with contradictions. Although the fall of
communism marked the end of state censorship, subtle forms of political and social control have emerged to marginalize or even silence public expressions of non-heterosexual identities and self-definitions. While some coverage of gay, lesbian and transsexual lifestyles is present in the mainstream media, the often sensational representations reinforce rather than counter a prevailing heterosexist prejudice. In fact, the post-socialist sexual landscape is characterized by the scarcity of politically sound public discussions of non-heteronormative sexual and gender identities and continuing hostile public reactions against sexual minorities.

Our aim in this essay collection is twofold. On the one hand, we intend to reflect on the ways in which sexual minorities are made visible in post-socialist Europe. What concern us here are the contradictions embedded in the visibility of sexual differences and 'new' forms of femininities and masculinities. What sexualities and genders have garnered attention and what identities are suppressed in post-socialist mainstream cultures? What forms of sexuality and gender invite aggression, phobia, and public scapegoating? On the other hand, the mainstream reactions provoke us to examine what forms of resistance, opposition, and activism have come into being to challenge and repoliticize prevailing heterosexist notions of gender and sexuality. Thus, we are interested in what kinds of visibility politics have been shaping and prove effective to counter sensationalized or hostile public reactions against sexual minorities in post-socialist Europe. In order to map out the various forces that define the post-socialist sexual landscape, we invite proposals that consider the visibility of post-socialist
sexualities in relation to both mainstream sexual politics and strategies of resistance and opposition.

Our overall hope is that the essay collection will provide fruitful ground for a comprehensive theorizing of post-socialist sexual politics and their specific cultural parameters. We are interested in expanding on existing feminist and queer theoretical interventions in visibility politics through negotiating Western feminist and queer agendas and those of post-socialist realities. To this end, we welcome papers that use comparative as well as interdisciplinary methodologies. Papers may cover (but are not limited to) various cultural and epistemological fields including literature, theatre
and performance arts, film, photography, media (including new media),
popular culture, publication and publicity, education, and non-governmental organizations within and across national borders.

Please email proposals (500 word abstracts) to Nárcisz Fejes (Case Western Reserve University) narcisz.fejes@gmail.com and Andrea P. Balogh (University of Szeged) andrea.pbalogh@gmail.com by 27 April 2009.

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March 02, 2009

CFP Journal: Ulbandus XIII -- The Wound and the Imagination

Call For Papers: Ulbandus XIII

The Wound and the Imagination -- Aesthetics of Violence in Slavic Art

For the upcoming issue of "Ulbandus - The Slavic Review of Columbia
University" we are seeking submissions that relate to the problem of
violence and the artistic medium. As early as the Russian chronicles,
one is confronted with numerous instances of violence in the Slavic
canon. From early representations of violence as a facilitator of
assiduous martyrdom to its later renderings as a phenomenon that
haunts and traumatizes communities and individuals alike, the wounded,
battered body has occupied the center of many an artistic imagination.
Slavic artists have extensively focused their gaze on violence and
have used their art both as a last resort for rendering the horrors of
history and as means of shocking the public into awareness of the
systemic violence of reality.

Submissions can treat texts from any period and inter-disciplinary
essays that treat film, music and the visual arts are encouraged.

In addition to scholarly articles, Ulbandus encourages submission of
original poetry, fiction, translations, photography and artwork.
Contributions from outside of the Slavic field are warmly invited.
The deadline for submissions is JUNE 1, 2009.

Manuscripts should be in MLA format, double-spaced and not exceed 25
pages in length. Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged and
may be sent to ak2448@columbia.edu in .doc or .rtf format.

Interested applicants may also submit 2 hard copies of the paper to:

ULBANDUS (attn: Submissions)
Columbia University
1130 Amsterdam Avenue,
Mail code 2839
New York, NY
10027

After acknowledging receipt of your paper, we will prompt you to also
send an electronic copy. For inquiries or questions, see our website at
www.columbia.edu/cu/slavic/ulbandus/, or write to: ak2448@columbia.edu for
more information. Ulbandus is a peer-reviewed journal.

When it comes to violence, artists have opted for diverse methods of
representation that have both been influenced by the medium in which
they were creating and the pervading styles of their period. At
times, however, violence invites a defiance of normative aesthetics.
At times, violent crimes can be seen rendered to the tiniest most
terrifying details; at other times, the artist is overpowered by the
violent dismemberment of the individual and presents a blank,
distorted canvas. In this issue, we are hoping to capture some of
these variations and invite article submissions that address some of
the following questions, though this is by no means an exhaustive list:

Does the violent moment create a rupture in the overall texture of an
artwork? Does an artist mask a violent act through representation or
does s/he project it realistically or sensationally? Does art crouch
before certain types of violence? What does the post-traumatic
narrative look like? What are the ethical implications of treating
violence? Does violence in art strive to provoke a particular
affective response? Does an artist condition the reader's response;
does s/he seek to shield the reader from the brutality? How do
representations of violence compare between different artistic
mediums? Can art, wittingly or unwittingly, propagate violence? Can
it create cultural mythologies about violence and grant it the sort of
weight that it would not otherwise have? Is representation itself
self-consciously presented as a form of violence?

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CfP Journal: The Orthodox Churches in Contemporary Contexts

Call for Papers 2010:

International Journal of the Study of the Christian Church
Special Issue: The Orthodox Churches in Contemporary Contexts

Guest Editors: Revd Dr. Charles Miller & Dr. Anthony O'Mahony
Academic Editors: Rt. Revd Dr. Geoffrey Rowell & Revd Deacon Christine Hall

Whilst the Orthodox Churches, that is the Chalcedonian Orthodox
Churches, are still predominantly located in their traditional
heartlands of Eastern Europe and the Middle East, for historical and
political reasons large numbers of Orthodox Christians have become well established in North America and Western Europe. This situation has not only involved them in significant issues of jurisdiction and the creation of 'new' cultural identities, but has also challenged them to search for authentic ecclesial structures in varying contemporary contexts; to engage in a dynamic way with the ecclesiological and canonical questions that new situations have posed for them, and to enter critically into dialogue with a number of other Christian traditions, including the Oriental Orthodox Tradition to which they are closely related.

In 2010 a themed issue of IJSCC will focus on a number of aspects of the Orthodox Tradition and on ways in which the Orthodox Churches have
sought to respond to challenges and opportunities in changing
contemporary contexts.

The Editors seek research articles of high quality, both from those who have already made a key contribution in this field of study and from emerging scholars, in order to ensure that this special issue provides a wide and coherent conspectus that will make a significant contribution to the theme it seeks to address.

Guidelines for authors are available on the IJSCC website:

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rjsc
Deadline for notification of intention to submit (with abstract of max. 500 words): 23 March, 2009

Deadline for submission of papers for refereeing: 9 November, 2009

All abstracts and articles, and any other communications related to this call for papers must be sent to the Academic Editors, The Rt Revd Dr Geoffrey Rowell and The Revd Dr Deacon Christine Hall at:
editorsijscc@eastmarden.net

Articles of up to 8000 words are invited for this issue. They may focus on the Orthodox presence in any part of the world and may cover areas such as the following, though other topics of research are not excluded:

* The Orthodox Church in emerging states such as Georgia, Ukraine and
Belorussia, where Orthodox Christianity is the dominant confession * The Orthodox Church in post-communist states, such as Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia or Russia, as a significant marker in cultural and political identity * The significance of the Orthodox diaspora in its response to new contemporary and cultural contexts * The place of the Oecumenical Patriarchate in European and global Orthodoxy * The ecclesiological significance of Mount Athos and of monasticism in general in 21st-century Orthodox spirituality * New or renascent movements within the Orthodox Spiritual Tradition and liturgical life * Orthodox approaches to contemporary problems which confront the Christian Church as a whole: mission and evangelisation; society and culture; ethics; church-state relations; nationalism and ethnicity; democracy, freedom of religion and pluralisation; ecological and environmental issues; the communication revolution and globalization.

* The role of ecclesiology in ecumenical dialogues involving Orthodox
churches (e.g. with Roman Catholic, Lutheran, and Anglican churches) *
The contribution and influence of particular Orthodox theologians and
thinkers to ecclesiology in their own or other churches'

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February 18, 2009

Wandering Scholars Call for Papers

Wandering Scholars seeks submissions for its next biannual issue in July. We are an online arts journal publishing articles and reviews on literature, music, the visual arts and aesthetics. We aim to bring together exploration of both contemporary art and the traditional canon in a broad humanistic spirit. We also seek to create a space where professional and amateur criticism can meet. Graduate students are particularly welcome to submit. Please see our website for further details.

Damian Love
Editor
editor@wanderingscholars.org.uk
Email: editor@wanderingscholars.org.uk
Visit the website at http://www.wanderingscholars.org.uk

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Graduate papers on Human Rights: $5,000.00 Award

INFINITY JOURNAL (IJ), a “global affairs journalzine”, is seeking creative and innovative research papers from graduates and young professionals specifically on HUMAN RIGHTS.
Please note that we are looking for articles for the 4th edition, which will launch in August 2009. Please see the website (submission guidelines) for more details.

Awards of up to $5,000 will be given January 2010 for best pieces.

Please note: those with a degree of PhD or higher are not eligible to submit work (only graduates, e.g. those with or currently obtaining maters level education and young professionals.

For more information, rules, and submission guidelines, pleases visit http://www.infinityjournal.com or contact Adam at adam@infinityjournal.com

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New Online Global Affairs "Journalzine": $5,000.00 Award

INFINITY JOURNAL (IJ), a “global affairs journalzine”, is seeking creative and innovative papers (research and/or opinion pieces) from graduates and young professionals. Please note that we are looking for articles for the 4th edition, which will launch in August 2009.
Awards of up to $5,000 will be given at the end of the year (November 2009) for best pieces. Please note: those with a degree of PhD or higher are not eligible to submit work (only graduates, e.g. those with or currently obtaining maters level education and young professionals.

For more information, rules, and submission guidelines, visit infinity journal at http://www.infinityjournal.com or contact Adam at adam@infinityjournal.com

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February 16, 2009

Analytical, E-Journal

Call for Papers
Analytical
E-Journal, III issue

Energy and Climate Changes – Southeast Europe in focus

For the past two decades the climate changes and the energy impact on the environment has been in the focus of the international community. The changes of the climate in different parts of the world have been seen as a direct outcome of the uncontrolled and inefficient use of the energy resources. Thus, providing energy security and sustainable development nowadays is tightly connected to the protection of the environment and the climate changes. This is particularly important for the developing countries and their capacities to provide economic development parallel to sustaining high environmental standards.
Whilst, our aim is to represent a wide spectrum of disciplines and approaches, we strongly encourage comparative and multi-disciplinary perspectives, and welcome proposals using new research methodologies. We invite submission of original research papers including but not limited to the following themes:

- IR, Law, Security Studies, Geopolitics of Energy, Regionalism, Administration and Institutions, International Organizations, United Nation, EU Energy Policy, Energy Security and stability, Energy Security in Southeast Europe.

- Biopolitics, Social Policy, Sustainable Development, Urban Development.

- Climate Change and GHG Emission, Kyoto Protocol, UNFCCC, Alternative Sources of Energy, Renewable Energy Sources (wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal), Sustainable Energy Development, USA Environmental policy, Global Oil Crisis.

- New Technologies for exploitation of alternative energy sources, Eco-vehicles, Systems for Purging Stations and Collector Systems, New technologies for power generation, Carbon Capture and Storage.

We strongly encourage cross-cultural, cross-national and multi-disciplinary perspectives, with entries on new research methodologies welcomed

Paper abstracts of up to 500 words and a resume should be sent with full contact details (E-mail, Telephone, Postal Address) to journal@analyticamk.org or nhroneska@analyticamk.org.

Deadline for abstracts is 02 March 2009.

Final deadline for papers is 27 March 2009.

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CfP Journal: Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Vol. 3, No. 2

Call for Papers for the Spring 2009 issue (Vol. 3, No. 2) of the Caucasian Review of International Affairs

Caucasian Review of International Affairs (CRIA) announces a call for papers for its Spring 2009 issue to be published at the end of April 2009. Deadline for submissions is March 31, 2009. Submission guidelines can be found at http://cria-online.org/Submit_a_Paper.html.

The CRIA is a Germany-registered quarterly peer-reviewed free, non-profit and online academic journal. The Review is committed to promote a better understanding of the regional affairs by providing relevant background information and analysis, as far as the Caucasus in general, and the South Caucasus in particular are concerned. The CRIA also welcomes lucid, well-documented papers on all aspects of international affairs, from all political viewpoints. The last issue of the Review can be viewed at www.cria-online.org.

Best regards,
Nasimi Aghayev
Editor-in-Chief
Caucasian Review of International Affairs
www.cria-online.org
ISSN: 1865-6773

CRIA is particularly interested in papers on the following topics:

- Prospects of the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict after the recent developments in the region;
- Recent attempts of rapprochement in Turkish-Armenian relations and their prospects;
- Russian policy towards the South Caucasus;
- GUAM and its role in the security of the member-states;
- The recent initiatives for the stability in the Caucasus – their prospects;
- European Union and the conflict resolution in the South Caucasus;
- Eastern Partnership initiative of the European Union – chances and prospects;
- Western energy interests in the South Caucasus and Central Asia, especially the Nabucco project;
- Role of the South Caucasus in the energy security of Europe;
- Situation in the North Caucasus;
- Iranian nuclear program and its implications for the South Caucasus ;
- Germany and South Caucasus;
- Georgia and its NATO-membership aspirations;
- Integration of the South Caucasus to the Euro-Atlantic structures;
- Prospects of the South Caucasian regional security;
- Global financial crisis and the South Caucasus;
- Israel in the Caucasus;
- Azerbaijan's relations with the Islamic world;
- Foreign Policy of Armenia;
- Iran-Armenia relations;
- Azerbaijani community of Iran;
- Legal status of the Caspian Sea;
- China in Central Asia ;
- Foreign Policy of Turkmenistan under the new government;
- Turkey's accession to the EU;
- Iran-Turkey relations;
- Ukraine's foreign policy - NATO and EU versus Russia;
- Armenian Diaspora and lobby in the US – its influence over US foreign policy;
- What will be Obama's foreign policy towards Turkey and South Caucasus?

This is a preliminary list. Please feel free to offer alternative topics, including book reviews, to the Editor.

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CfP Journal: SMILE AND LAUGHTER

Deadline: May 31, 2009

SMILE AND LAUGHTER

The editorial board of ACTA IASSYENSIA COMPARATIONIS, an annual academic journal of comparative literature and cultural studies, published by the Comparative Literature Department, Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi - Romania, welcomes submissions of scholarly papers written by academics and researchers worldwide for its 7th issue (2009), SMILE AND LAUGHTER.

Fields envisaged: World Literature, Comparative and General Literature, Visual and Performative Arts Studies, Cultural Philosophy and Cultural Studies

For further details please access the contacts below.

Professor Mihaela Cernauti-Gorodetchi micer@uaic.ro
Associate Professor Catalin Constantinescu c.constantinescu@gmail.com
Lecturer Ana-Maria Stefan anamaria.stefan@uaic.ro
Mihaela Cernauti-Gorodetchi
Al. I. Cuza University
Faculty of Letters
Department of Comparative Literature
11 Carol I Blvd.
700506 Iasi, Romania
Phone: +40 232 201256
Fax: +40 232 201152
Email: micer@uaic.ro

Visit the website at http://media.lit.uaic.ro/comparata/acta_site/acta_engl.html

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February 13, 2009

CFP JOURNAL: Civil Society in Armenia, Armenian Review

Deadline: Apr. 15, 2009

JOURNAL/CFP- Civil Society in Armenia, Armenian Review; Deadline: Apr. 15, 2009

Call for Papers

The past decade witnessed a rise in scholarship on the development of civil society in the post-Soviet space, in general, and in Armenia, specifically. Civil society in Armenia has become active in the past several years due to both internal and external factors. In addition to NGOs, today social movements, networks of activists, grassroots associations, and other groups are becoming involved in public debates and policy advocacy. Although in the early years of independence most NGOs were involved in providing humanitarian assistance, today the majority of NGOs in Armenia are engaged in development and advocacy projects as they strive to address the problems facing society as well as the structural, political and socio-economic causes of those problems. The mass demonstrations following the 2008 presidential election indicate a growing number of civil society groups in Armenia are advocating for good governance and greater respect for human rights.

We seek papers that explore the increasing role and relevance of civil society actors in Armenia and Armenian life. The Armenian Review invites scholars and activists to submit papers addressing the many aspects of civil society including:
1. The role of civil society in socioeconomic and/or political developments in Armenia
2. The relevance of the Diaspora organizations, political parties or individuals in the development of civil society in Armenia
3. Civil society in cyberspace: What are the roles of blogs and online networking websites in creating an active civil society in Armenia?
4. The role of civil society in conflict resolution (in the case of Nagorno-Karabakh, Turkish-Armenian relations or internal political conflict in Armenia)
5. Comparative studies of civil society development in the former Soviet Union highlighting their role in peaceful regime change (better known as "colourful revolutions")
6. Civil society and youth mobilization
7. Gender and civil society
8. Regional civic, grassroots networks

Interested authors should submit their manuscripts to the editor at
editor@armenianreview.org by April 15, 2009. Submissions will be reviewed anonymously by at least two reviewers and the authors will be informed of any decision by May 15, 2009. The final submission date of the revised articles will be June 30, 2009. Please visit the
"submission guidelines" page on www.armenianreview.org for details on submission, format and style.

The Armenian Review is an English language, multidisciplinary, peer reviewed journal published since 1948 and dedicated to exploring issues related to Armenia and Armenians. Articles dealing with countries and themes other than Armenia and Armenians are welcome if
they have a comparative approach or elucidate the Armenian experience.

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CfP JOURNAL: Kazakhstan in Global Processes, Volume 4 (18), 2008

Deadline: March 15, 2009

JOURNAL/CFP.- Kazakhstan in Global Processes, Volume 4 (18), 2008

The Institute for World Economy and Politics (IWEP) at the Foundation
of First President of Kazakhstan informs about publication of the
volume 4 (18) of its "Kazakhstan v globalnykh protsessakh" (Kazakhstan in Global Processes) journal. It is currently available at
http://www.iwep.kz/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=12&Itemid=53

The journal is in Russian but English abstracts of about 300 words are available at the same link mentioned above.

The journal covers up-to-date topics in global economy, international
relations and politics in foreign countries with the aim of defining
worldwide and regional trends having their impact on Kazakhstan and
Central Asia. The previous volumes are available online on
www.iwep.kz. Currently the journal has its version in Russian only.

We now collect articles for the volume 1 (2009). The texts for
consideration can be on variety of topics mentioned above.

The length of articles should not exceed 5 000 words. The texts should be in Russian. But in exceptional cases texts in English (maximum of 3000 words) can be translated by editors. An article should be accompanied by an English abstract of about 300 words. Deadline for contributions to volume 1 (2009) is March 15.

For more information please contact office(at)iwep.kz or
askar.abdrakhmanov@gmail.com. The journal's executive editor is Askar Abdrakhmanov.

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January 27, 2009

CfP: The Unbearable Charm of Frailty. Philosophizing in/on Eastern Europe, Angelaki

Third Call for Papers: "The Unbearable Charm of Frailty
Philosophizing in/on Eastern Europe."

A Special Issue of "ANGELAKI – The Journal of the Theoretical
Humanities"

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/routledge/0969725x.html

Guest Editor: Costica Bradatan (The Honors College, Texas Tech
University)

ANGELAKI hereby invites contributions on the topic of
"Philosophizing in/on Eastern Europe."

This special issue is scheduled for early 2010.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Over the last several years European Union has welcomed a number of new member countries, most of which used to belong to the "Eastern
bloc." While, thanks to the influence of mass-media, tourism,
immigration, etc., Western Europe has come to acquire some general
geographic knowledge about these countries, relatively little is known
about what happens there in terms of production of knowledge and
cultural artifacts, in terms of intellectual debates and marketplace of ideas. Although all of them are now part of the same "European
family," there is comparatively little knowledge in the countries of
the Western Europe about the cultural physiognomy of the East-European
newcomers.

The intellectual traffic between East and West within Europe seems to be most often one-way traffic: it is as if ideas and intelligence can only move eastwards, as though from East westwards almost nothing
(intellectually valid) is to be expected or desired. As such, the face
of the "new Europe" that the West most often sees is that of
"le plombier polonais."

The originality of thinkers such as Slavoj Žižek, Julia Kristeva, Tzvetan Todorov, Jan Patoèka, Mircea Eliade, Emil Cioran or Leszek Ko³akowski, who have at different times made a significant contribution to the shaping of the Western intellectual discourse, is
somehow taken for granted, and the character of the world they have come from is passed over in silence. It is as though these people come from nowhere – out of nothing. No significant attention is being paid to their complex backgrounds, to the specificity of their cultural origins, to the unique blend of intellectual challenges and ethical concerns that shaped their thinking, strengthened their personalities and, in the end, made them who they are.

The special issue we are proposing addresses precisely this situation in an attempt to bridge this gap of intellectual communication between
Eastern and Western Europe. Its plan is to map out the complex
intellectual landscape, the major intellectual debates and their
historical origins, as well as the current marketplace of philosophical ideas in the countries of the Eastern Europe. This issue aims at offering insights into the recent (or not so recent) history of "the East-European mind" and its many facets, as well as into what takes place philosophically right now in these places. It also seeks to point to the specific contributions that East-European thinkers might have to the shaping of a new, more comprehensive European intellectual project.

More importantly, this special issue will pay special attention to what connects these countries, giving them as it does a certain "family resemblance." One important thing that these East-European newcomers to the EU have in common – despite their many cultural, linguistic, political and social differences – is the fact that all of them shared, not long ago, the same historical failure: the failure of the Communist project of Soviet inspiration. Whether you are in Prague or Budapest, Riga or Bucharest, Sofia or Warsaw, you cannot help noticing the traces of this major historical event: they are everywhere, in the public discourse as well as in the private conversations, in the ways people articulate their thoughts, in the language itself. For people living in Eastern Europe simple words such as "freedom," "human rights," "Communism," "capitalism,"
"left" and "right," "poverty" and "inequality" mean something different from what they do for someone who has been living in Western Europe. Much of what happens intellectually and philosophically in these places is deeply marked by the haunting memory of this historical failure of grand proportions,
with its accompanying sense of immense collective suffering, frustration and bitterness.

That being said, it might be precisely this failure, frustration and
bitterness, that place the East-Europeans – somehow paradoxically
– in a philosophically interesting and potentially creative
position. It is exactly the point that Václav Havel made in a speech
in 1990. For him, the failed Soviet system left behind "a legacy of
countless dead, an infinite spectrum of human suffering, profound
economic decline, and above all enormous human humiliation. […] At
the same time, however unintentionally, … it has given us something
positive: a special capacity to look, from time to time, somewhat
further than someone who has not undergone this bitter experience. A
person who cannot move and live a normal life because he is pinned under a boulder has more time to think about his hopes than someone who is not trapped in this way. […] We too can offer something to you: our experience and the knowledge that has come from it."

The philosophizing that takes place in Eastern Europe is highly relevant today not only because it has gained some privileged access to the topics of historical failure and frailty, collective suffering and trauma, but also because it comes to bear a special relationship with the notions of hope and political renewal, ethical openness and the reinvention of the human.

We invite submissions dealing with the history and the current state of philosophy and the philosophically minded disciplines in the countries of the Eastern Europe, some aspects of which have been pointed to above. Interdisciplinary approaches (combining, for example, philosophy, critical theory and intellectual history) are particularly encouraged.

Here are only some of the possible topics:

- (Philosophical) texts in/and their (cultural) contexts

- Lost in translation

- The traffic of philosophical ideas between Eastern & Western
Europe

- Centrality and marginality in the European philosophical
culture/discourse

- Canon(s) and canonization in the European philosophical
culture

- Specifically East-European philosophical topics

- Making philosophical sense of (disastrous) historical
experiences

- The (quite) bearable lightness of being East-European

- (Eastern) Europe as a laboratory of ideas

- Genealogies, contaminations & disseminations of ideas

- Philosophy and politics in Eastern Europe (before and after
the collapse of Communism)

- Philosophy & civil society in Eastern Europe

- The tragic (East-European) fate of some (Western)
philosophical ideas

- The European project, philosophically speaking

- "Le plombier polonais," philosophically speaking

Please note that – in the spirit of ANGELAKI, a journal of
"theoretical humanities" – we use throughout the term
"philosophy" in a broad (Continental and interdisciplinary)
sense.

Geographically, for the sake of convenience, this issue attempts to
cover philosophical developments in countries that used to belong to the "Eastern bloc" and are now part of the European Union (Czech
Republic, Slovenia, Poland, the Baltic countries, Romania, etc.) or will join the EU in a foreseeable future (Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, etc.). Needless to say, as always, these are just approximations.

SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES:

Deadline for submissions: May 1, 2009

Length: 5000-7000 words

Authors should keep in mind that they are writing for an academic, but
non-specialist (and largely Western) readership. Therefore, references
to specifically East-European developments, institutions, figures, etc. should be further clarified in end-notes as appropriate.

All submissions should be in English. Notwithstanding the fact that some authors use this language as their second language, it is their
responsibility to make sure that their submissions are written in
publishable English.

Apart from essays, we also invite proposals for a small number of book
reviews – on the theme of the issue – and translations of
(short) philosophical texts by major East-European philosophers.
Interested authors should approach the Guest Editor with a short
proposal offering a brief description of the book/translation in
question & explaining their relevance for this special issue of
ANGELAKI. However, the Guest Editor's initial approval of the book
review/translation proposals should not be taken as a guarantee that
their book reviews/translations will be accepted for inclusion in the
special issue.

All materials submitted to ANGELAKI undergo peer-review. Manuscripts and Notes, typed double-spaced, should be submitted to the Guest Editor as e-mail attachments, using Microsoft Word. The author's full address should be supplied as a footnote to the title page. Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the MLA Citation Style:
http://www.mla.org/

You can submit your contributions to: bradatan@hotmail.com (with "For the Angelaki issue" in the subject line). Please allow at least 4-6 months for the review process and editorial decisions. Receipt of materials will be confirmed by email in a matter of days.

Unless otherwise stated in this Call for Papers, the Instructions for
Authors on the journal's webpage are adopted for this issue:

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0969-725x&linktype=44

We look forward to your submissions!

Sincerely,

Costica Bradatan
Guest Editor – ANGELAKI
Assistant Professor of Honors – Texas Tech University
http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/cbradata

Costica Bradatan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Texas Tech University
The Honors College
PO Box 41017
Lubbock, TX 79409

http://www.webpages.ttu.edu/cbradata

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January 23, 2009

CfP Journal: Romanian Journal of European Affairs

Romanian Journal of European Affairsis a publication that deals with a wide range of topics pertaining to the realm of European Affairs. Its articles focus on issues ofsignificance in the EU today (institutional building, economic policies, energy, migration etc.), the effects of the European integration process on the new member states (with a particular focus on Romania) as well as the EU�s relations with other global actors.Issued on a quarterly basis by the European Institute of Romania, the journal has been largely distributed both in Romania and in universities and research centers across Europe and has also been included in various academic electronicdatabases.We warmly welcome submission of papers or book reviews.The ideal length of an article (in English or French) is from 4 000 to 8 000 words, including a 200-word abstract in English and a very briefautobiographical note. Book reviews should be no longer than 2 000 words. All articles should be presented in Microsoft Office Word format, Times New Roman, 12, at 1.5 lines, and will be sent to the address rjea@ier.ro or oana.mocanu@ier.ro mentioning "For RJEA". Contributions are welcomed at any time of the year and will be considered for the next issues.For more information, please visit www.ier.ro/rjea or contact us at rjea@ier.ro

OVIDIU PALCU

PhD Candidate
University of Athens
Faculty of Political Science

mobile phone: 0030-6978696257
www.uoa.gr
http://ovidiupalcu.blogspot.com
www.communityvoice.gr

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CfP Journal: Democratization

Dead-line: 15 February 2009.

Call for Papers
EUROPOLIS Issue 5, July 2009
Political Science Journal

Printed only (English language). Research institutes,
academic and research centres and units, and faculties can receive the
journal for free for the following two years. To receive printed
copies, fill in and send via regular mail the form avialble at www.polito.ubbcluj.ro/cpa/rev/en/porder.html

EUROPOLIS is a ”peer review” journal, abstracted and indexed in relevant international databases. The next issue focuses on democratization, the editors encouraging contributions in the form of single-case studies or comparative approaches (including large N studies) that deal with the topic. Articles may tackle, but not restricted to, questions like: What are the main challenges of post-authoritarian regimes? Are transitions similar across countries or regions? Are there transition particularities? What elements influence the degree and speed of democratization?

In order to attract various contributions, the journal proposes
two categories: academic papers and book reviews. Under the “work in
progress” section, it also accepts parts of larger works that are not
yet finalized. This provides the authors the chance to receive valuable feedback from the readers and it allows the latter to analyze a developing research. The requirements for work in progress are the similar with the ones for an article.

Requirements: More details at www.polito.ubbcluj.ro/cpa/rev/en/europolis.html

Contact: revista.europolis@yahoo.com

The Editorial Board, Europolis Journal, Centre for Political Analysis, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca

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CfP chapter: 2012- Reflections on a Mark in Time

Deadline: March 1, 2009

2012: Reflections on a Mark in Time
An edited collection to be published in 2010 by Equinox Publishers.

December 21 2012 is believed to mark the end of the thirteenth B'ak'tun cycle in the Long Count of the Mayan calendar. A growing number of people believe this date to mark the end of the world or, at the very least, the end of the world as we know it: a shift to a new form of global consciousness. 2012: Reflections on a Mark in Time brings together for the first time a range of scholarly analyses on the 2012 phenomena grounded in various disciplines including religious studies, anthropology, Mayan studies, cultural studies and the social sciences. 2012: Reflections on a Mark in Time will show readers how much of the 2012 phenomenon is based on the historical record, and how much is contemporary fiction. It will reveal to readers the landscape of the modern apocalyptic imagination, the economics of the spiritual marketplace, the commodification of countercultural values, and the cult of celebrity. This collection brings much-needed academic rigour and documentation to a subject of rapidly increasing interest to diverse religious and other communities in these crucial closing years before we experience what will be either a profound leap in the human story or, less dramatically, just another mark in time.

A number of key researchers of the 2012 phenomenon have already signed up to be part of this unique edited collection. I am seeking to commission a further few chapters to complete the volume. Please send an abstract for proposed contributions of around 200 words and a CV by 1 March 2009 to: Joseph.Gelfer@arts.monash.edu.au. Please include "2012" in the subject line.

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January 21, 2009

CfP: Journal of Identity and Migration Studies

Deadline January 30, 2009

The editors of the Journal of Identity and Migration Studies (JIMS) invite scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and students to submit articles, essays, book reviews and recent conference reports for publication in the Spring/Summer 2009 edition.

All submissions for the spring 2009 edition are expected by January 30, 2009. Please send submissions to: jims@e-migration.ro (and a copy to contact@e-migration.ro). For more details, please visit the Guidelines for Authors page on the website of JIMS at: www.jims.e-migration.ro
The Journal of Identity and Migration Studies (JIMS) is an online review published twice a year under the auspices of the Research Centre on Identity and Migration Issues - RCIMI, from the Faculty of Political Science and Communication Sciences, University of Oradea, Romania. JIMS promotes high-quality academic work and is committed to publishing cutting-edge, provocative, and thoughtful scholarship in the field of migration and identity, as well as in other related fields in the social sciences. Our goal is to explore new directions and perspectives in understanding the complex phenomena of migration and its challenge in redefining identity.

Best regards,

Marius Tatar
JIMS Deputy Editor-in-Chief
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JIMS - Journal of Identity and Migration Studies
Research Centre on Identity and Migration Issues - RCIMI
University of Oradea
Faculty of Political Science and Communication Science
Address:
Str. Traian Blajovici nr. 2
Oradea, 410238
Romania
Tel./Fax: +40 259 455 525
E-mail: jims@e-migration.ro; contact@e-migration.ro
Web: www.jims.e-migration.ro

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January 14, 2009

CFP- Journal: Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism

Deadline: January 30, 2009Call For Papers

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, a tri-annual, fully-refereed
journal published in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics, invites the submission of high-quality interdisciplinary articles on issues pertaining to nationalism, ethnicity and related themes.

Examples of these themes include:

* Ethnicity, nationalism and conflict in the Great Lakes
* African borders and identity
* Nation-building and architecture
* Cinema and national struggles
* Secularism and minorities
* Ethnic identity and religious institutions

The editors are particularly interested in submissions for special issues on:
* Africa
* Art
* Religion and Secularism

The editors welcome submissions of work in progress as well as
contributions from young professionals, post-docs and lecturers in the early stages of their career. SEN especially encourages submissions from PhD candidates. For submissions to be considered for publication in 2009, please ensure your paper reaches us by 30th January, 2009. The word limit is 7000 words, including bibliography and references. All papers must be submitted on-line via the manuscript centre:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sena

For author guidelines and further information, visit the SEN website:
http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1473-8481

The Editorial Board
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism

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January 07, 2009

Journal: literary translation

Deadline: March 20, 2009

Call for submissions eXchanges

eXchanges, the University of Iowa's online journal of literary
translation announces the launch of its Fall 2008 issue, ROOTS &
BRANCHES. Visit http://www.uiowa.edu/~xchanges/ to read this new issue!

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
eXchanges will be accepting variations on the theme MIRRORS & MASKS for our spring 2009 issue until March 20, 2009. Short stories, novel
excerpts, literary nonfiction, and poetry are all welcome, as well as
critical essays on translation.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
To be considered, submissions must include:
* Both the original and the translation
* Biographies and photos of both author and translator
* A short note on the process of translation
* Permission for online publication for both languages

Submissions should total no more than ten pages in length. Electronic
submissions are strongly preferred. Please send both original and
translation as .doc attachments to exchanges@iowa.uiowa.edu. Direct
paper submissions to eXchanges, Bowman House, 230 N. Clinton St., Iowa
City, IA, 52242, U.S.A.

We do accept simultaneous submissions; however, please inform us if your work is under consideration elsewhere.
For more information please visit eXchanges at http://www.uiowa.edu/~xchanges/ or email exchanges@iowa.uiowa.edu

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December 04, 2008

CfP: global affairs journalzine

""New Online Global Affairs "Journalzine": $5,000.00 Award"

This Call for Papers is for Opinion Pieces for the 3rd Edition

INFINITY JOURNAL (IJ), an online “global affairs journalzine�?, is seeking creative and innovative OPINION PIECES from graduates and young professionals. Please note that we are looking for articles for the 3rd edition, which will launch in late March 2009. Awards of up to $5,000 will be given at the end of the year (November 2009) for best pieces. Please note: those with a degree of PhD or higher are not eligible to submit work (only graduates, e.g. those with or currently obtaining maters level education and young professionals. For more information, rules, and submission guidelines, contact Adam at adam@infinityjournal.com

NOTE: This call for papers is for OPINION PIECES ONLY

Adam Stahl
Founder-Executive Director
Infinity Journal and The Infinity Forum

+44 795 778 5990

Email: adam@infinityjournal.com

Visit the website at http://www.infinityjournal.com

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CfP: Scarcity and Exploitation of Natural Resources in Developing Societies

Deadline: December 15, 2008

Call for Papers

ANALYTICAL VOL: 1, No: 2

Analyticalis an electronic journal published
by Analytica, which is focused on studying and analyzing the recent and ongoing socio-political and economic developments in the Western Balkans and the wider region. The journal will include contributions that approach the subject area - countries of the Western Balkans - from various perspectives: political, IR, economic, historical, sociological, educational, etc.

Analytical now accepts submissions for the second (fall-winter) issue for 2008. The topic of this issue is:
Scarcity and Exploitation of Natural Resources in Developing Societies

Contemporary development debates often feature discussions
about the environmental impact and effects of development measures and
policies of the developing world. Scientists warn on the adverse effects that uncontrolled development policies can have on the natural resources and the environment. Therefore, recently even development aid is conditioned on respect of specific environmental standards.

However, environmental debate is more present in developed countries than the developing ones and there is a need to raise the
policy-makers' and especially public awareness about preserving and
prudent use of natural resources for development purposes. In the western Balkans, where all states aspire to join the European Union, this drive towards environmental awareness and resource preservation is provided by the EU requirements and standards in the area of environment. These drives towards faster growth and development and greater environmental awareness and protection pose a challenge
for the policy-makers in western Balkans states - one well worth
investigating.

The contributions for this issue are expected to address the
subject of scarcity and exploitation of natural resources from a variety of theoretical and empirical perspectives. Interdisciplinary approaches are particularly welcome. Particularly welcome are contributions examining: alternative and innovative ways towards environment-friendly development, impact of scarcity of natural resources on development policies, EU accession environment standards performance of Western Balkans countries. Other original and innovative contributions are also welcome.

Important Note:
- The papers should be original and not previously published.

Format:
- MS Word Document
- Papers should be written in Chicago referencing style:
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chicago_Manual_of_Style).
- Times New Roman, 12pt, 1.5 lines spacing, 2 cm margins.
- Limited to 2500 - 5000 words (including bibliography)

Submission deadline for the papers is 15th December, 2008.
Note: We prefer papers in English, as well as in Macedonian, Albanian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Turkish.

Submit papers to: journal@analyticamk.org

Analytical
http://www.analyticalmk.com/
Analytica
http://www.analyticamk.org/

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December 03, 2008

CfP Democratization, Europolis

deadlinel: February 15, 2009
Call for Papers
EUROPOLIS Issue 5, July 2009
Political Science Journal
www.polito.ubbcluj.ro/cpa/rev/en/europolis.html

Printed only (English language). Research institutes, academic and research centres and units, and faculties can receive the journal for free for the following two years. To receive printed copies, fill in and send via regular mail this form www.polito.ubbcluj.ro/cpa/rev/en/porder.html

EUROPOLIS is a �?peer review�? journal founded in 2001 within the academic community of the Political Science and Public Administration Faculty, Babeş-Bolyai University. The bi-annual publication promotes Political Science scholars, focusing on research and studies that fulfill academic criteria and standards. The publication represents a framework where researchers’ interests, approaches, and methodologies meet to create high standard academic debates.

Issue 5/2009 focuses on democratization, the editors encouraging contributions in the form of single-case studies or comparative approaches (including large N studies) that deal with the topic. Articles may tackle, but not restricted to, questions like: What are the main challenges of post-authoritarian regimes? Are transitions similar across countries or regions? Are there transition particularities? What elements influence the degree and speed of democratization?

In order to attract various contributions, the journal proposes two categories: academic papers and book reviews. Under the “work in progress�? section, it also accepts parts of larger works that are not yet finalized. This provides the authors the chance to receive valuable feedback from the readers and it allows the latter to analyze a developing research. The requirements for work in progress are the similar with the ones for an article.

Requirements:
Articles:
5.000–7.000 words (the number of words does not include footnotes or bibliography);
Appendix of maximum 6 pages,
References and bibliography according to APSA Manual Style
(http://dept.lamar.edu/polisci/DRURY/drury.html);
Times New Roman 12, space 1,5 lines;
Abstract of 100-150 words.

Book Reviews:
Maximum 1,000 words;
Times New Roman 12, space 1,5 lines;
Book reviews on relevant books in the fields approached by the journal. If you want to be a reviewer for our journal, but you do not have a book to review, please send your CV to our e-mail address and we will provide a list of books to choose from;
References and bibliography according to APSA Manual Style

Dead-line: 15 February 2009.
Contact: revista.europolis@yahoo.com

The Editorial Board,
Europolis Journal,
Centre for Political Analysis,
Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
www.polito.ubbcluj.ro/cpa/rev/en/europolis.html

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November 25, 2008

CfP: Univerum Journal, Prishtina

Call for papers - Universum Journal

The Institute for Research and Consultations of the Universum
University in Prishtina, Kosovo, invites, professors, scholars,
professionals, policymakers, decision makers, researchers and
students to submit papers, essays and book reviews for the second
Volume of the Universum Journal to be published in January 2009.

The Universum Journal is a periodical scientific publication with an
interdisciplinary nature and a bilingual structure - Albanian and
English, focused mainly, but not only, in public policy. The
Universum Journal will be published under the supervision of the
Institute for Research and Consultations of the Universum University
and its Publishing Board.

All contributions are required to comply with our publication rules
as in following:

Contribution size: from 2500 – 10.000 words including
footnotes (N/A for book reviews)
Line space: 1.5
Font type: Times New Roman
Text size: 12 pt
Abstract: about 200 – 250 words
Brief CV of the author: up to 100 words.
Language: Albanian and English (contributions may be submitted in both languages)

All contributions are expected to be written in accordance with
Chicago Manual of Style, fifteenth edition, the humanities style
rules. For more information please visit the Chicago Manual Style
website at:
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html.

The submission deadline is 15 December, 2008.

The publication of contributions will be decided by the Publishing
Board of the Universum Journal. All the authors of contributions
accepted for publication, depending by the size of their
contributions will be entitled to receive a symbolic honorarium from
50 – 100 Euros and three free copies of the journal.

The focus for the second Volume will be mainly on the following
topics:

1. The Economic Transition of South East European Countries
2. The Challenges of European Integration for Western Balkans
3. The European Perspective of Kosovo
4. The Foreign Direct Investments in Western Balkans
5. Building Democracy in Multi-ethnic Societies
6. The Regional Integration in Western Balkans
7. International Law vs. Domestic Law
8. Global Financial Crisis and its impact in Western Balkans
9. Lisbon Treaty and its impact in the EU Enlargement

Other related topics may also be considered.

For any further information please contact:

Mr. Vilhard Shala
Assistant Editor
Universum Journal

Institute for Research and Consultations
Universum University
Veterniku p.n. Prishtina, Kosova
Tel. +381 38 544 210
journal@universum-ks.org
www.universum-ks.org

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CfP Journal: Sextures. A New Central and East European Spaces for Sexualities in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Please reply to: editor@sextures.net

SEXTURES - VIRTUAL FORUM AND E-JOURNAL

A NEW CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN SPACE FOR SEXUALITIES IN THE HUMANITIES, ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

http://www.sextures.net/home
SEXTURES provides a forum for open intellectual debate across the arts, humanities and social sciences about all aspects affecting the intricate connections between politics, culture and sexuality primarily, but not exclusively, in the Balkans, Eastern and Central Europe. It aims to offer new and challenging debates on sexualities to academic and non-academic audiences in these regions and globally.

All articles submitted to the e-journal will be refereed by members of the editorial board and external referees when required. All contributions submitted for publication in a thematic strand will be reviewed by the editor of that thematic strand and/or a member of the editorial board when required. Sextures plans to become a fully (double-blind) refereed international e-journal of the arts, humanities and social sciences in the near future. Articles in thematic strands can be published at any time of the year, while the e-journal will initially publish bi-annually, with the intention to publishing 3 issues a year in the near future.

We are seeking articles, essays, reviews, visual and audio material, or artwork in a wide range of disciplines across the arts, humanities and social sciences. Reading our concept will help you get a sense of the kinds of work and approaches we intend to publish. If in doubt read other articles already published on the website or email us.

We are particularly interested in the following topics:
* Sexual citizenship
* Human rights and sexual identities
* Reproductive rights of women
* Geographies of sexualities
* The interface between ethnicity, class, religion, age, gender and
sexuality
* Sexual identities/sexual communities
* Sex tourism
* Representations of sexualities in the Balkans, Eastern and Central
Europe, including pornography and mass media communications of sexualities
* All aspects of sex work (health, criminal, social, etc.)
* Globalization of sexualities
* Postsocialist transition and the diversification of sexualities
* Social aspects of health and sexuality (including the links between
drug/alcohol use and sex work, drugs and sex, HIV, HEP C)
* Cultural representations of HIV/AIDS in the Balkans, Eastern and
Central Europe
* Commercialization of sex and sexualities
* Internet and sex/sexualities
* Methodologies for sex research
* Sexual politics
* Nationalism and sex/sexuality
* Love and intimacy
* Key thinkers and theories of sexuality
* Queer ethics
* Queer theory
* Gendering of sexualities
* Transgressive sexualities
* Sex at work
* Sexual harassment and sexual violence
* Feminism and sexualities
* Traditional/unconventional masculinities and sexualities
* Narrative of sexualities
* Youth pregnancy and adolescent sexualities
* Gender blending/transitioning
* Constructions of deviant sexualities as national threats in discourses
of national security
* Sex in schools and sex education
* Bodies and sexualities
* Moral panics and the regulations of sex and sexual identities
* Politicization of sex and sexualization of politics
* Stigma, shame, sex and love

SEXTURES also welcomes book reviews; interviews; reviews of films and film festivals; reviews of video clips; panel discussions and debates; photographs and accompanying material; audio and video clips; information about undergraduate and postgraduate courses in sexualities in the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe; relevant calls for grant or research proposals, information about donors supporting research in the area of sexualities in the above mentioned regions; information about activist projects in the area of lesbian, gay, transgender and women's rights; anti-gay violence projects,
anti-trafficking projects; HIV/HEP C prevention projects; bibliographies of sex research in the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe; conference announcements and reports; etc.

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November 19, 2008

L/CFP- Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Winter Issue 2009

Deadline: December 31, 2008

JOURNAL/CFP- Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Winter Issue
2009

Call for Papers for the Winter 2009 issue of the Caucasian Review of
International Affairs

Caucasian Review of International Affairs (CRIA) announces call for
papers for its Winter 2009 issue to be published at the end of January 2009. Deadlines for submissions is December 31, 2008. Submission guidelines can be found at http://cria-online.org/Submit_a_Paper.html
CRIA is particularly interested in research papers and comments on the following topics:

- Prospects of the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict after
the recent developments in the region
- Refugee issues due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- Recent attempts of rapprochement in Turkish-Armenian relations and
their prospects
- Did Kosovo establish a precedent for the conflicts in the Caucasus?
- GUAM and its role in the security of the member-states
- The recent initiatives for the stability in the Caucasus - their
prospects
- European Union and the conflict resolution in the South Caucasus
- What should the West do in Georgia? What roles for the EU?
- Western energy interests in the South Caucasus and Central Asia
- Islam in the Caucasus
- Iranian nuclear program and its implications for the South Caucasus
- Germany and Caucasus
- Russian policy towards the South Caucasus
- Georgia and its NATO-membership aspirations
- Integration of the South Caucasus to the Euro-Atlantic structures
- Prospects of the South Caucasian Regional Security
- Global financial crisis and the South Caucasus
- Israel in the Caucasus
- Azerbaijan's relations with the Moslem world
- Foreign Policy of the new Armenian Government
- Iran-Armenia relations
- Azerbaijani community of Iran
- Legal status of the Caspian Sea
- China in Central Asia
- Foreign Policy of Turkmenistan under the new government
- Turkey and PKK
- Realist view on Turkey 's accession to the EU
- Iran-Turkey relations
- Ukraine 's foreign policy - NATO and EU versus Russia
- Armenian Diaspora and lobby in the US - its influence over US foreign
policy
- The American Elections and it's possible impact on Eurasia
- Obama's foreign policy towards Turkey - he issues of Cyprus and
"Armenian Genocide"
- New administration in Washington and its possible Caucasus policy
- Interests of the US policy in the South Caucasus

This is a preliminary list. Please feel free to offer alternative
topics, including book reviews to the Editor.

The CRIA is a Germany-registered quarterly peer-reviewed free,
non-profit and online academic journal. The Review is committed to
promote a better understanding of the regional affairs by providing
relevant background information and analysis, as far as the Caucasus
in general, and the South Caucasus in particular are concerned. The
CRIA also welcomes lucid, well-documented papers on all aspects of
international affairs, from all political viewpoints. The last issue
of the Review can be viewed at www.cria-online.org.

Nasimi Aghayev

Editor-in-Chief
Caucasian Review of International Affairs
www.cria-online.org
ISSN: 18656773

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November 18, 2008

CfP Journal: Southeastern Europe

The Europe and the Balkans International Network is pleased to announce a Call for Articles for Journal Southeastern Europe.
Southeastern Europe is a peer-reviewed journal. The journal aims to be a pioneer in the contextualization and conceptualization of South East European developments. From a theoretical point of view, Southeastern Europe is intended to be pluridisciplinary and interdisciplinary in character and to use a comparative approach to the analysis.

Articles for Southeastern Europe can be submitted online through the
Editorial Assistant at unibo.editoriacecob@unibo.it

More information available at http://www.brill.nl/seeu

Bests,
Sara

Sara Barbieri
Editorial Assistant Journal SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE, Brill
Istituto per l'Europa Centro-Orientale e Balcanica
Alma Mater Studiorum-UniversitÃ di Bologna
Corso della Repubblica 88/A, 47100 ForlÃ¬, Italy
Tel.: +39 0543 36304

Editor-in Chief: Anna Krasteva, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria; Executive Editor Stefano Bianchini, University of Bologna, Italy; Associate Editors: Florian Bieber, University of Kent, UK; Gvozdan Flego, University of Zagreb, Croatia; Henry Huttenbach, the City College of New York, USA;Â Editorial Board: George Contogeorgis, Pantheion University, Greece; Zdravko Grebo, University of Sarajevo, BiH; Damir Grubiša, University of Zagreb, Croatia; Dušan Janjic, Forum for Ethnic Relations, Belgrade, Serbia; Joseph Marko, University of Graz, Austria; Julie Mostov, Drexel
University, Philadelphia, USA; Günay Göksu Ozdogan, Marmara University, Turkey; Francesco Privitera, University of Bologna, Italy; Violette Rey, Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon, France; Mikola Riabchuk, University of Kiev, Ukraine; Rudolf Rizman, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; Mitja Žagar, Institute for Ethnic Studies, Slovenia

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November 12, 2008

CfP Journal: Southeast European Law, Politics and Economics

Call for Papers: Journal for Southeast European Law, Politics and Economics (SEELPE)

The Journal for Southeast European Law, Politics and Economics (SEELPE) is accepting submissions for the first issue. SEELPE an electronic journal published by the Competence Centre for Southeast Europe at Graz University wishing to facilitate research on Southeast Europe.

SEELPE is expecting original high quality papers investigating legal, political, economic, sociological, historical and anthropological issues in Southeast Europe. Scholars, researchers, students, as well as professionals and policymakers are encouraged to submit their papers to the Journal.

Contributions are required to comply with the journal's publication rules published at https://www.unigraz.at/seelpe/guidlines/index.html. The decision on whether a paper is accepted for publication or not, is taken by the Editorial Board. Submissions of the articles and contacting of the managing editors should be made via email to seelpe@uni-graz.at.

Journal for Southeast European Law, Politics and Economics at https://www.uni-graz.at/seelpe/

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November 11, 2008

CfP Journal: ECCCS First Call for Submissions

Deadline January 5, 2009

The Electronic Center for Contemporary Cultural Studies (ECCCS) is happy to announce a call for papers for their first issue of 2009. Founded in August, 2008, The ECCCS is an electronic forum for young scholars exploring contemporary culture. The ECCCS encourages submissions that explore, integrate and challenge issues in contemporary culture in the following areas: Education, New/Social Media, Music, Television/Film and Society/Culture. With the intention of providing space for a range of voices and styles, the ECCCS seeks submissions from young scholars, young professionals with academic or practical experience in the topic they hope to explore, and academics at the beginning of their careers. The ECCCS welcomes submissions in the following formats:

- Critical (Academic) Papers
- Essays (Commentary)
- Bloggers

We strongly encourage, indeed expect, some or all submissions to fall outside of or overlap our general categories. All submissions must, however, directly address relevant questions in the larger field of contemporary culture. Additionally, we ask that:

- Critical papers not exceed 9000 words and follow MLA style guidelines.

- Essays are between 1,000 and 3,000 words long.

- Bloggers provide sample material from an ongoing or recently active blog.

For more detailed information on submission guidelines, please see http://www.the-ecccs.org/submissions/

Deadline for the January 2009 issue is January 5, 2009. Please see the ECCCS’s website, www.the-ecccs.org for mission statement, updates and general information. Please direct all submissions or questions to the editors at the.ecccs@gmail.com.

Justin Philpot
American Culture Studies
Bowling Green State University
101 East Hall

Email: jmphilpot@gmail.com

Visit the website at http://the-ecccs.org

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November 06, 2008

CfP Journal: INFINITY JOURNAL

"New Online Global Affairs "Journalzine": $5,000.00 Award"

INFINITY JOURNAL (IJ), a “global affairs journalzine�?, is seeking creative and innovative papers (research and/or opinion pieces) from graduates and young professionals. Please note that we are looking for articles for the 3rd edition, which will launch in March 2009. Awards of up to 5,000 dollars will be given at the end of the year (November 2009) for best pieces. Please note: those with a degree of PhD or higher are not eligible to submit work (only graduates, e.g. those with or currently obtaining maters level education and young professionals. For more information, rules, and submission guidelines, contact Adam at adam@infinityjournal.com

Adam Stahl
Infinity Journal
+44 795 778 5990
Email: adam@infinityjournal.com

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CfP Journal: Culture and Language Change

Call for Papers

~BOCA~ The South Florida Journal of Linguistics accepts papers on a rotating basis for their bi-annual publication.

The 2009 Spring publication will have a thematic focus of Culture and Language Change. While papers addressing any facet of this field will be considered, the editors are especially interested in papers addressing the following:

• Language change as a function of global and/or local contact

• Dialectical differences related to, or resulting from, socio-cultural factors

• Theories, especially socio-cultural ones, which aim to explain how and why languages change

• Developments or modifications of cultural identities as a function of linguistic change or contact

• Arenas of human interaction that are fertile grounds for language change

• Socio-cultural factors that drive similarities and differences within languages, and within patterns of linguistic change

Submissions should be no more than 20 pages, or approximately 6,000 words, and should follow the guidelines of the Linguistic Society of America’s Language and the Unified Linguist Style Sheet—available through the Linguist List.

Reviews of books which address these issues are also welcome. These submissions should be between 1,000-2,000 words.

A separate title page should include the author’s name, e-mail address and mailing address. The author’s name should not appear on the manuscript pages to allow for blind review. Please also include a short (100-200 word) abstract, to be used upon publication.

Submissions must be received by January 15, 2009 and should be sent as attachments using Microsoft Word to: bocajournal@gmail.com

Robert Trammell or Kristyl Kepley
Florida Atlantic University
Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991.
561-297-3860

Email: bocajournal@gmail.com

Visit the website at http://www.fau.edu/linguistics/Boca.php

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October 28, 2008

JOURNAL/CFP- Non-Russians and the Russian Army, Imperial Ageto Present, PIPSS

The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies, #10, June 2009
An electronic journal of social sciences
www.pipss.org

Call for contributors: "The relations of the Russian, Soviet and
Post-Soviet army with non Russians, from the Imperial Age to the present".

Pipss.org is an electronic journal of social sciences devoted to the
armed forces and power institutions of post-Soviet societies.
Pipss.org is a multi-disciplinary journal, which addresses issues
across a broad field of disciplines including sociology, anthropology, political science, psychology, economics, history, legal science. Its main objective is to study changes and their underlying mechanisms in post-Soviet republics, through the analysis of the institutions that remain most hidden from the public eye: armies and power institutions. As an electronic journal, pipss.org also aims to promote scholarly debate across as broad an audience as possible, and make CIS research available to Western scholars. Thanks to its international scientific board drawn from a large pool of leading academics and experts in their respective fields, it is in a position to become a leading source of analysis on post-Soviet societies. Pipss.org is a principal partner of the International Security Network (www.isn.ethz.ch) and a
member of the CNRS/EHESS scientific journals network Revues.org.

Tenth issue: "The relations of the Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet
army with non Russians, from the Imperial Age to the present".

In 2009, our electronic review, The Journal of Power Institutions in
Post-Soviet Societies (www.pipss.org) will devote an issue to "the
relations of the Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet army with non
Russians, from the Imperial Age to the present". The issue will
present a multidisciplinary view - historical, sociological,
anthropological, demographic, political science, etc.

Guidelines for article submission

The journal will be published in three languages (French, English and
Russian with a 100-word abstract in English) thanks to which most
authors will be able to write in their mother tongue. This will ensure greater precision in the articles and avoid a decrease in scientific quality. But we draw your attention to the fact that most pipss.org readers are essentially English speakers, therefore we do encourage articles in English in order to reach an audience as broad as possible.

The articles submitted to pipss.org for publication should be original contributions and should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time. Manuscripts should be attached as
Microsoft Word format. References should be given in footnotes. (For
more details about the guidelines for article submission please check
www.pipss.org or contact the Editorial Board). There should be a cover page stating the author's background and affiliation, full address.

If you wish to submit an article, please first contact the editorial
board and send a 100-word abstract in English. The deadline for
article submission is April 10, 2009, with publication in June 2009.
Final decisions on publication will be made by the Editorial Board.

Please send your contributions or inquiries to:

Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski, Chief Editor, contact@pipss.org
Juliette Cadiot, Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski (10th Issue Editor)

Papers dealing with other issues related to armies and power
institutions in the CIS, as well as book review proposals are also welcome.

Owing to its situation as melting pot of the Nation, the army has
always had to deal with the problem of ethnic diversity, its
recognition and importance varying according to the period.

The Imperial Age was marked by the introduction of universal
conscription. Yet despite the declared "universality" of military
service, different recruitment policies were applied depending on
geographic and social origin, as well as religion.

After the revolution, the Red Army, which became the Soviet army,
played and essential role in the making of "the Soviet man": military
service became the nation's school - it was the Army's job to teach
populations to read and write and to Russianise them. Managing the
ethnic mix in the Army was a complex problem. The Army's physical
needs and its needs for skills, combined with the authorities'
distrust of certain minorities led to numerous twists and turns:
ethnic battalions were organised, while minorities considered
unreliable were first barred from conscription, then gradually
reintegrated.

After the Great Patriotic War, the continuing distrust of certain
nationalities on the part of the high command led to the exclusion of
these populations from the officers corps, while less prestigious
battalions (stroibat) were made up essentially of Central Asian
recruits. Military hierarchy was predominantly Slav. It was during
this period that the zemliachestvo phenomenon appeared.

On the eve of the fall of the Soviet Union, some of the federated
states (notably the Baltic republics) considered the Soviet army as an occupying army. Many minorities refused to speak Russian. When the
USSR collapsed, it was the Slavs' turn to be a minority in the armies
originating in the Soviet army (in states) outside Russia.

Having chosen to maintain a policy of conscription, the post-Soviet
Russian army remains confronted with ethnic and religious problems: in particular, it is faced with a sharp increase in its Muslim population (this increase was already problematical under Brezhnev, but became less so with the fall of the USSR and the loss of Central Asia, especially Azerbaidjan. The two Chechen conflicts, as in the previous war in Afghanistan, forced military authorities to adopt specific policies towards Muslim recruits. Finally, the post-Soviet Russian army seems at present to have officially chosen to support local and ethnic grouping as a new method for eradicating dedovchtchina, and continues to direct Muslim recruits towards non combat and less prestigious battalions.

The organisation of ethnic and religious diversity specific to each of these different epochs up to now is therefore the crux of our
investigation. The study of military policies in regard to minorities
from the tsarist epoch up to the present time seems essential to an
understanding of the foundations of post-Soviet ethnic relations.

The questions we would like to deal with in this issue are the following:

Minorities and conscription policy
- minority conscription policies during the various periods mentioned
(Jews, Muslims, Caucasian ethnic minorities, etc.); problems
encountered by the authorities for the integration of these
minorities; passive and active resistance of these minorities to
integration into the army; political, social, demographic, linguistic
and physical barriers to integration into military service;
- dissensions between ethnic minorities and the state

Ethnic units
- the training of ethnic units; the role of ethnic minorities during
the first and second world wars (their contribution to the victory of
the Red army over Nazi Germany);
- the use of ethnic units during local wars (Tadjikistan,
Afghanistan, Chechnya, etc.).

Zemliatchestvo
- the principle of extra-territoriality and nationalities policy in the army;
- ethnic grouping in the army (zemliatchestvo): yesterday and today;
ethnic (and religious) grouping as a factor in the eradication of
dedovchtchina in the post-Soviet army?

The Slavic minority, from the tsarist empire to the CIS
- The Ukrainising of the Ukrainian Soviet State in the 20s and 30s;
- Russian/Slavic officers in CIS armies;

Language policy in the army
- the Russian army and language policy (Russianising, literacy, the
language of command, etc.)
- the Russian occupation army (from the imperial army to the Soviet
army before the collapse of the USSR)
- CIS armies and language policy after the fall of the USSR

The army, military exploits and the xenophobic component in Russian
nationalist discourse
- the appropriation by the Russians of the army's glories, from
Stalin (under whom, already, only the great Russian generals were
celebrated) to Putin.

Religious minorities in the army
- managing religious minorities (Jewish, Muslim, etc.) in the army;
freedom of worship; dealing with Muslim conscripts during the Afghan
and Chechen crises;
- changeover to a professional army. What is the scenario, in the
context of an increasing Muslim population? Towards a mono-national
and mono-religious volunteer army or an army representative of
national diversity? (towards the constitution of multinational or
mono-national units, as is the case in Chechnya today?)

Reviews

Publishers interested in publicizing their editions, please send
review copies to:
Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski
15 rue Charlot
75003 Paris, France

Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski
Chief Editor

The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies
www.pipss.org
contact@pipss.org

Editorial Board: Eden Cole, Anna Colin Lebedev, Françoise Dauce,
Gilles Favarel-Garrigues, Anne Le Huerou, Erica Marat, Laurent Rucker,
Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski, Joris Van Bladel

Scientific Board: Adrian Beck (UK), Alexander Belkin (Russia),
Frederic Charillon (France), Stephen Cimbala (USA), Julian Cooper
(UK), Roger Mc Dermott (UK), Isabelle Facon (France), Mark Galeotti
(UK), Aleksandr Gol'ts (Russia), Dale Herspring (USA), Philippe
Manigart (Belgium), Kimberly Zisk Marten (USA), Michael Orr (UK),
Michael Parrish (USA), Nikolay Petrov (Russia), Eduard Ponarin
(Russia), Jean-Christophe Romer (France), Jacques Sapir (France),
Manfred Sapper (Germany), Louise Shelley (USA), Richard Staar (USA),
Brian Taylor (USA), Mikhail Tsypkin (USA), Stephen Webber (UK), Elena
Zdravomyslova (Russia)

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CfP Journal: Racism and Fascism in Eastern Europe

deadline will be in the beginning of January 2009

INQUIRIES AND COMMENTS TO: redaktion@zag-berlin.de

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ZAG 54

The next edition of the antiracist journal ZAG (www.zag-berlin.de, print run of 1000) concentrates on the subject of "Racism and Fascism in Eastern Europe". Herewith, we would like to ask for handing in proposals for articles. The articles should comprise 12.000 signs (inclusive blank signs); the deadline will be in the beginning of January 2009. Of course, we'll be happy about earlier submitted articles.

Please submit information, requests as well as proposals to
redaktion@zag-berlin.de. Additional remarks as well as criticism concerning this call for papers are welcome.

Looking forward to your answers / ZAG Berlin

zag - antirassistische zeitschrift
c/o Netzwerk Selbsthilfe, Mehringhof
Gneisenaustr. 2a
10961 Berlin
fon: +49/ (0)30/ 785 72 81
fax: +49/ (0)30/ 691 30 05
email: redaktion@zag-berlin.de
http://www.zag-berlin.de

Racism and Fascism in Eastern Europe

Racism and Fascism in Eastern Europe is a growing problem which we only recognize when reading newspaper articles about violent / deadly assaults. Parliamentary success of fascist and nationalist parties prick up West-European ears and the public presence of racist and fascist groups threaten tourists. We've got the notion, that a racist and violent normality evolves which is not tackled at all by state or public institutions or responsible persons.

Such parties and groups are also a current phenomenon in Western Europe. Right wing parties represent a growing number of citizens in parliament; right wing groups attack homeless people, foreigners and leftist people, sometimes to death. However, the fear of such developments seems to be confined by the trust in "civil society" or "civic engagement". In Eastern Europe, that are countries such
as Poland, Russia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Rumania or Slovakia, civil society is said to be weak or non-existent. Medial representation of the situation suggest, that Anti-Semitism as well as hostility towards Sinti and Romanies as well as national
chauvinism shape official politics in those societies. One could ask, if anti-racist or antifascist groups as well as other actors in civil society are really not existent or just invisible.

Additionally, the picture of these countries in western media changes due to geopolitical changes. The "Russian bear" transforms in one day to a troubled economy and grows suddenly to an imperial giant securing
its raw materials. The Balkans - still framed as politically instable in the German discourse - breaks into pieces during its various wars which then - in turn - are again justified by voices framing them as necessary to end genocide or to stabilize the state. However, in some of the states such as Croatia, it is still common practice to
connect symbolically to the fascist past in politics but also in football.
Those problems are expounded the less, the more advanced those countries are in the European integration process.

All those countries look back on a dramatic process of transformation from socialist to capitalist societies. Can the significant increase of fascist and racist phenomena be framed as a new development within those transformation processes? Is it only "transitional problems" in the process of societal adjustment to the western
role models? Or is it a sign for the recurrence of 'old' phenomena
historically inherent to those societies?

Possible subjects for articles:

1. Racism and fascism in the eastern European countries
2. Reference to history, anti-communism, fascism and the time after 1989
3. Antiracist and antifascist groups and actions in the respective countries
4. Connections between antiracist as well as antifascist groups in Germany
and eastern European
countries
5. Connections between German (European) fascist groups and fascist groups
on eastern European
countries now, as well as in times of the Eastern Bloc
6. Interrelationship between civil society on the one side and fascism, racism, as well as nationalism on the other side

Other proposals are WELCOME!

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October 16, 2008

CfP Journal: Neo-Eurasianism & the Russian New Right, a special issue of "Forum noveishchei vostochnoevropeiskoi istorii i kul'tury"

CALL FOR PAPERS

"'Neo-Eurasianism,' the 'Conservative Revolution,' and the 'New Right' in Post-Soviet Russia" - a special issue of "Forum noveishchei
vostochnoevropeiskoi istorii i kul'tury"
(http://www1.ku-eichstaett.de/ZIMOS/forumruss.html).

Deadline for non-Russian papers (yet to be translated): 31 December 2008. Deadline for Russian-language papers: 31 January 2009. Deadline for submission of edited final version: 30 March 2009.

ZIMOS, the Eichstaett Institute for Central and East European Studies
in Bavaria, invites research papers for a 2009 special issue of its
interdisciplinary Russian-language web journal "Forum for Contemporary East European History and Culture" (vol. 6). The Russian "Forum" has been published twice per year, since 2004, as a scholarly WWW periodical supplementing ZIMOS's printed German-language "Forum für osteuropäische Ideen- und Zeitgeschichte."

We are looking for properly footnoted, scholarly researched,
well-structured, and thoroughly edited investigations into the
biographies, ideas, influence and activities of contemporary Russian
representatives of so-called "neo-Eurasianism," the "Conservative
Revolution" and "New Right," e.g. Lev Gumilev, Aleksandr Panarin,
Aleksandr Dugin, Mikhail Remizov, and others. Texts should have a
length of approx. 3,000 to 10,000 words, and be based on primary as
well as secondary sources, which are fully listed in the footnotes.

We are interested in both, original papers that have not been
published yet, as well as papers that might have been printed in
Russian or other languages before, but are, so far, not available in
Russian, on the WWW. In the case that a paper has been published in
Russian language before, in a printed edition (journal, collected
volume) only, authors will have to provide an explicit permission, by
the editors of the periodical or book where the article originally
appeared, for re-publication as a PDF file in our web journal.

Papers accepted content-wise for publication will only be published in case of a proper adaptation of its linguistic quality and formal style (footnotes, headings, references, citations etc.) to the standards of the "Forum" by the author/s, by 30 March 2009. A model article showing the formal style required of the final editions of the papers to be prepared by the author/s may be found at the following site:
http://www1.ku-eichstaett.de/ZIMOS/forum/docs/Umland6.pdf
All versions of the papers should be submitted as MS Word Documents.

For authors who wish to publish an English-, German- or
Ukrainian-language text on the special issue's topic in Russian
language, we can provide qualified Russian translating services.
However, the costs for this translation will have to borne fully by
the author her- or himself. In addition, after the provision of a
draft translation by our translator, authors will be required to
carefully check the translated Russian draft version, before the
translator produces the final version of the text for print. (Our
translator is a native Russian speaker and philologist with
considerable translating experience, yet not a social scientist who
will have full understanding of the papers' arguments.) The translator will, after delivering a satisfactory final version of the
translation, have to be paid, by the author/s, EUR0.07 per word of the English, German or Ukrainian original version of the article, i.e., for instance, EUR350 for a 5,000-word article. (This word count
includes also non-Russian bibliographical literature listed in the
footnotes that will note be translated into Russian or transcribed in
Cyrillic, yet the formal style of which will be adapted to the format
of the "Forum" by the translator.) The copyright of the Russian
version of the article remains with the translator until the author
has made payment for the translation.

Authors of texts that have been published in English, German or
Ukrainian before are advised to clarify with the editors of the
periodical, web site, or book where the paper originally appeared
whether re-publication in a Russian-language web journal is
permissible. The editors of the "Forum" will not take responsibility
for any violations of copyright.

Please, submit your text until either 31 December 2008 (non-Russian
papers), or 31 January 2009 (Russian papers), as an MS Word Document,
to:

andreas.umland@ku-eichstaett.de (with cc to anumland@yahoo.com)

or as a hard copy to:

Dr. Andreas Umland
ZIMOS
Ostenstr. 27
D-85072 Eichstaett
GERMANY

The "Forum's" Editors
Leonid Luks, Alexei Rybakov, Andreas Umland
http://www1.ku-eichstaett.de/ZIMOS/forumruss.html

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October 14, 2008

CfP Journal: The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies

In 2009, our electronic review, The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies (www.pipss.org) will devote an issue to “the relations of the Russian, Soviet and Post-Soviet army with non Russians, from the Imperial Age to the present�?. The issue will present a multidisciplinary view – historical, sociological, anthropological, demographic, political science, etc.

Owing to its situation as melting pot of the Nation, the army has always had to deal with the problem of ethnic diversity, its recognition and importance varying according to the period.

The Imperial Age was marked by the introduction of universal conscription. Yet despite the declared “universality�? of military service, different recruitment policies were applied depending on geographic and social origin, as well as religion.

After the revolution, the Red Army, which became the Soviet army, played and essential role in the making of “the Soviet man�?: military service became the nation’s school – it was the Army’s job to teach populations to read and write and to Russianise them. Managing the ethnic mix in the Army was a complex problem. The Army’s physical needs and its needs for skills, combined with the authorities’ distrust of certain minorities led to numerous twists and turns: ethnic battalions were organised, while minorities considered unreliable were first barred from conscription, then gradually reintegrated.

After the Great Patriotic War, the continuing distrust of certain nationalities on the part of the high command led to the exclusion of these populations from the officers corps, while less prestigious battalions (stroibat) were made up essentially of Central Asian recruits. Military hierarchy was predominantly Slav. It was during this period that the zemliachestvo phenomenon appeared.

On the eve of the fall of the Soviet Union, some of the federated states (notably the Baltic republics) considered the Soviet army as an occupying army. Many minorities refused to speak Russian. When the USSR collapsed, it was the Slavs’ turn to be a minority in the armies originating in the Soviet army (in states) outside Russia.

Having chosen to maintain a policy of conscription, the post-Soviet Russian army remains confronted with ethnic and religious problems: in particular, it is faced with a sharp increase in its Muslim population (this increase was already problematical under Brezhnev, but became less so with the fall of the USSR and the loss of Central Asia, especially Azerbaidjan. The two Chechen conflicts, as in the previous war in Afghanistan, forced military authorities to adopt specific policies towards Muslim recruits. Finally, the post-Soviet Russian army seems at present to have officially chosen to support local and ethnic grouping as a new method for eradicating dedovchtchina, and continues to direct Muslim recruits towards non combat and less prestigious battalions.

The organisation of ethnic and religious diversity specific to each of these different epochs up to now is therefore the crux of our investigation. The study of military policies in regard to minorities from the tsarist epoch up to the present time seems essential to an understanding of the foundations of post-Soviet ethnic relations.

Given the difficulty of some of these subjects and the rarity of sources, we would be very grateful if you could let us know whether you are able to contribute to this issue, to recommend specialists in these fields, and if you can indicate books and/or articles to list as references on the subject of this issue.

Lastly, if you are in possession of unpublished documents pertaining to these subjects, we would like to know whether you would consider publishing them in this issue, along with your own commentary or that of a specialist on the subject.

We thank you in advance for your aid in the realisation of this issue.

Cordially yours,

Juliette Cadiot

Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski

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Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski

Chief Editor

The Journal of Power Institutions in Post-Soviet Societies

www.pipss.org

contact@pipss.org

Editorial Board : Eden Cole, Anna Colin Lebedev, Françoise Dauce, Gilles Favarel-Garrigues, Anne Le Huerou, Erica Marat, Laurent Rucker, Elisabeth Sieca-Kozlowski, Joris Van Bladel

Scientific Board : Adrian Beck (UK), Alexander Belkin (Russia), Frederic Charillon (France), Stephen Cimbala (USA), Julian Cooper (UK), Roger Mc Dermott (UK), Isabelle Facon (France), Mark Galeotti (UK), Aleksandr Gol'ts (Russia), Dale Herspring (USA), Philippe Manigart (Belgium), Kimberly Zisk Marten (USA), Michael Orr (UK), Michael Parrish (USA), Nikolay Petrov (Russia), Eduard Ponarin (Russia), Jean-Christophe Romer (France), Jacques Sapir (France), Manfred Sapper (Germany), Louise Shelley (USA), Richard Staar (USA), Brian Taylor (USA), Mikhail Tsypkin (USA), Stephen Webber (UK), Elena Zdravomyslova (Russia).

The questions we would like to deal with in this issue are the following:

Minorities and conscription policy

- minority conscription policies during the various periods mentioned (Jews, Muslims, Caucasian ethnic minorities, etc.); problems encountered by the authorities for the integration of these minorities; passive and active resistance of these minorities to integration into the army; political, social, demographic, linguistic and physical barriers to integration into military service;

- dissensions between ethnic minorities and the state

Ethnic units

- the training of ethnic units; the role of ethnic minorities during the first and second world wars (their contribution to the victory of the Red army over Nazi Germany);

- the use of ethnic units during local wars (Tadjikistan, Afghanistan, Chechnya, etc.).

Zemliatchestvo

- the principle of extra-territoriality and nationalities policy in the army;

- ethnic grouping in the army (zemliatchestvo): yesterday and today; ethnic (and religious) grouping as a factor in the eradication of dedovchtchina in the post-Soviet army?

The Slavic minority, from the tsarist empire to the CIS

- The Ukrainising of the Ukrainian Soviet State in the 20s and 30s;

- Russian/Slavic officers in CIS armies;

Language policy in the army

- the Russian army and language policy (Russianising, literacy, the language of command, etc.)

- the Russian occupation army (from the imperial army to the Soviet army before the collapse of the USSR)

- CIS armies and language policy after the fall of the USSR

The army, military exploits and the xenophobic component in Russian nationalist discourse

- the appropriation by the Russians of the army’s glories, from Stalin (under whom, already, only the great Russian generals were celebrated) to Putin.

Religious minorities in the army

- managing religious minorities (Jewish, Muslim, etc.) in the army; freedom of worship; dealing with Muslim conscripts during the Afghan and Chechen crises;

- changeover to a professional army. What is the scenario, in the context of an increasing Muslim population? Towards a mono-national and mono-religious volunteer army or an army representative of national diversity? (towards the constitution of multinational or mono-national units, as is the case in Chechnya today?)

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CfP Journal: Ab Imperio: HOMO IMPERII: THE IMPERIAL SITUATION OF MULTIPLE TEMPORALITIES AND HETEROGENEOUS SPACES

Ab Imperio invites contributions to the four issues of the journal in 2009. Please, find the annual program below.
For inquiries, submissions, or subscription, please, visit the journal’s website at http://abimperio.net

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2009
annual theme:
Homo Imperii: The Imperial Situation of Multiple Temporalities and Heterogeneous Space

When Marc Bloch coined his famous definition of history as a science about humans in time, he anticipated by several decades the “anthropological turn�? in historical studies. The humanistic message of Bloch’s formulation is ambivalent: does it suggest that human beings change together with the circumstances of “total history,�? or that they remain essentially the same throughout different epochs and situations? Is it really possible to “translate�? adequately the life experience of a representative of a certain epoch in terms of a different time period? How do “grand narratives�? look through the prism of an individual’s life experience? How does one’s life perception depend on the different aspects of the imperial situation that may combine uneven social and cultural spaces, and elements of different epochs, both archaic and modern? Can the methods of biographical writing and prosopography be regarded as an alternative to grand, depersonalized historical narratives? Writing biography is inconceivable without taking into consideration time and space as crucial factors, but how does the specificity of these features affect human life and its perception?

1/2009 Narrating the Multiple Self: New Biographies for the Empire

In search of an analytic model of biography in the imperial context · the autobiographical narrative in its imperial and national contexts · national heroes and international swindlers · national history as a heroic saga · historians of empire and nation as heroes from the past · personality cults in the culturally divided society · the enemy: forging a superman’s biography · biography beyond borders: biographies of cosmopolitan intellectuals and a history of the phenomenon of cosmopolitanism in the 18th – 20th centuries · the migration of experiences, ideas, and practices across the borders of continental and colonial empires · biography and myth · the privatization of social experience in the personal life story · the “small man�? in the heterogeneous space · the biography and prosopography of bureaucratic cadres in Russian empire, and of party nomenclature in the Soviet Union · the personal dimension of foreign policy.

№ 2/2009 Homo Imperii in Space and Time: Settling and Unsettling Imperial Spaces

Mappa mundi, homo imperii · garden cities · a free port or a naval stronghold · humans and temporality in the capital and in the provinces: a history of imperial cities · the rotation of cadres, workforce migration, and travel · a new appointment: governors and administrators changing workplaces · biography as the “interpretation of travel�? · Friday, Saturday, Sunday: when does empire rest? · calendars and clocks · the many dimensions of empire: moving in space as traveling in time · the five-stage Marxist historical scheme: “the empire of history�? · constructing the “spheres of vital interests�? in the foreign policy of Russian empire and Soviet Union · conception of individual, social, generational, and political “age�? · membership in a generation.

№ 3/2009 Maison des sciences de l’Homme: Human Sciences in the Empire

The history of enlightenment in Russia as a project of normalization and Europeanization · scientific classifications of the population · borrowings and adaptations of the scientific discourses and practices of nineteenth-century colonial empires as a condition of admittance into the club of European colonial powers · psychology, its subjects and its objects of study · social sciences in imperial context · the sciences of imperial diversity: anthropology, ethnography, linguistics, etc. · museums and exhibitions as imperial “Panopticons�? · political human sciences in empire · the humanistic paradigm and the problem of representation of the modern personality · medicine as a language of studying the individual and society · the imperial concept of norm and deviation · scientific foundations of uprising against empire · projects of rational cognition and re-description of empire and its inhabitants · “caring for souls:�? theology on personality and empire.

№ 4/2009 From Homo Imperii to Civitas: Projects of Imagined Imperial Communities

Is civic society possible in empire? · Projects of state reform of imperial population: social engineering from above in empire · great ideologies on “small men�? and their communities · “underground Russia�? as an alternative social network · the corporate structure of imperial society: cooperative, professional, confessional, et al. self-organization · Utopian projects of imperial society · political parties and movements and programs of imperial social reform · the empire of “obshchestvennost’�? in Russia and USSR.

Permanent Sections:
Theory and Methodology n History n Archive n Sociology, Anthropology & Political Science n ABC: Empire & Nationalism Studies n Newest Mythologies n Historiography and Book Reviews.

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CfP Journal:

Submission Deadline: 1 May 2009

Journal of the Georgia Philological Association

The Journal of the Georgia Philological Association invites submissions of scholarly papers on any subjects relating to American, British, French, Hispanic, Russian, German, or Slavic literature or language, as well as linguistics, speech/oral communication, drama, fine arts, film, rhetoric, composition, philosophy, history, translation, the general humanities, interdisciplinary studies, and pedagogy. Submission Deadline: 1 May 2009. Electronic versions may be submitted to gpa@bpc.edu; send hard copies to Vicki Hill, Brewton-Parker College CMB 2052, P. O. Box 197, Mount Vernon, GA 30445-0197.

Vicki Hill

Brewton-Parker College CMB 2052

P. O. Box 197

Mount Vernon, GA 30445-0197

Email: gpa@bpc.edu

Visit the website at http://www.bpc.edu/gpa/Journal-submit.htm

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October 09, 2008

CfP Journal: Beyond post-socialism? Durham Anthropology Journal

Submission deadline 30 November, 2008

Durham Anthropology Journal
Call for submissions

Beyond post-socialism?
Resistance, creativity and change in the corners of Eurasia

The second decade since the collapse of communist regimes in Central,
East and South-East Europe is slowly coming to a close and it is now
time to look back to the socio-cultural changes within the region in
both more depth and breadth.

Submissions and queries send to David Henig david.henig@durham.ac.uk

Durham Anthropology Journal facilitates the dissemination of research
ideas to the academic community at large for comment and criticism with a view towards improving them prior to submission to peer-reviewed publications. This may include experimental ways of disseminating ideas which capitalize on the multimedia potential of the internet. Thus the inclusion of video, audio, still image and meta data as well as data stored in databases or spreadsheets can be integrated with the text of the paper.

For further information please visit
http://www.dur.ac.uk/anthropology.journal/DAJ.html

Durham Anthropology Journal (DAJ) invites submissions dealing with the
concept of post-socialism in a broad sense. The aim of this
monothematic journal issue is to critically reassess disciplinary,
spatial, as well as thematic boundaries of the anthropology of
post-socialism. The guest editor of DAJ for the issue is David Henig.
Particularly, we welcome papers focused on:
1. New research perspectives and themes How to approach various practices and continuities (e.g. anthropology of consumption, rhetoric culture as a means of approaching post-socialism, closer dialogue between anthropologists and historians)
2. Spatiality of post-socialism:
Does the concept of post-socialism have any spatial boundaries? If so, what are the criteria for inclusion/exclusion?
3. Reflexivity of research:
How is anthropological knowledge on post-socialism produced? How
should fieldwork in post-socialist Eurasia be carried out?

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October 08, 2008

CfP Journal: HUMSEC Journal

Deadline for the submission of papers is 17 January 2009.

The HUMSEC Journal aims to widen the discussion on the issue of human
security in general and in particular on the impact of transnational
terrorist and criminal organizations on the peace-building process of
the Western Balkan region, the influence of transnational and
criminal organisations on the state and on the society, and the
connection between transnational terrorist and criminal organisations
in the Western Balkan region.

The Editorial Board welcomes original scientific papers addressing
the issues of human security, terrorism and organised crime. The main
topic of the third edition of the HUMSEC Journal is:

"THE INFLUENCE OF TRANSNATIONAL TERRORIST AND CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS
ON THE PEACEBUILDING PROCESS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS."

If you wish to publish an article please contact us under the
following email address: journal@humsec.eu

Detailed background information on the submission of papers and
reviews can be found at the HUMSEC website (www.humsec.eu).

Best Regards,

Alline Pedra Jorge Birol and Maddalena Vivona

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HUMSEC Project
Schubertstrasse 29/1
8010 Graz
Austria

Tel: +43 316 322888 23
Fax: +43 316 322888 4
Website: www.humsec.eu

The HUMSEC Project is supported by the European Commission under the
Sixth Framework Programme "Integrating and Strengthening the European
Research Area".

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CfP Journal: Slovo

Deadline: 27 October 2008

Slovo
An inter-disciplinary journal of Russian, Eurasian and East European affairs published by postgraduates of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies.

anthropology - economics - film - geography - history - international
studies - linguistics - literature - media - music - politics - sociology

CALL FOR PAPERS Volume 21.1 (Spring 2009)

Contributions, including research articles, book and film reviews, and review articles are welcome from all research students and academics. Submissions to the Board of Editors may be sent via e-mail attachment (slovo@ssees.ucl.ac.uk) or on a CD in Microsoft Word format. All research articles must include a 100-200 word abstract and adhere to the MHRA Style guide in advance of submission(available for download for free from the MHRA website).

All manuscripts are refereed and undergo a review process. Contributions submitted must not be under consideration by other publications at the time of submission. The editors reserve the right to make any changes thought to be necessary or appropriate to typescripts accepted for publication. A duplicate should be retained by the author. No disks or hard copies shall be returned. The maximum length for consideration of an article is 6,000 – 7,000 words (including footnotes), and 700 words for a review.

The deadline for article submissions for Volume 21.1 is the 27th of October.

If you have any queries about becoming a contributor for Slovo please do not hesitate to get in touch with us via slovo@ssees.ucl.ac.uk and we will be happy to assist.
* * * Not ready to submit an article? Then why not write a book or film review? Contact Slovo for more details.

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CREES

Center for Russian and East European Studies postings. www.ii.umich.edu/crees

September 23, 2009

Imagining Other Histories, 02/10-13/2010, NM

The Legacy of Communism

September 21, 2009

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - Roma Rights 2/09: Multiple Discrimination

July 23, 2009

Comparative Yearbook

June 24, 2009

Journal: Nationalities Papers

June 16, 2009

New Security Challenges for the Western Balkans

June 09, 2009

First World War

June 02, 2009

AATSEEL, 10/16-17/2009, Wisconsin

May 29, 2009

History of Anti-Communism

May 22, 2009

Infinity

May 21, 2009

National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages

May 19, 2009

The Contemporary Romanian religious landscape

May 14, 2009

Contemporary Issues/Suvremene teme

Caucasian Review of Int. Affairs

April 27, 2009

CFP: Baltic cinema

April 01, 2009

JOURNAL/CFP- International Journal of Russian Studies

March 27, 2009

CfP Journal: The Arts of Democracy

March 26, 2009

CfP Journal: Historical Biography

CfP Journal: Historical Biography

March 20, 2009

CfP Journal: Black Sea Studies

March 16, 2009

CfP Journal: Plotki

March 13, 2009

CfP Journal: Romanian Journal for Political Science

CfP Journal: Globalization

CfP Book: Sites and Politics of Religious diversity in Southern Europe

March 09, 2009

CfP Jounral: Humanicus

March 06, 2009

CFA Journal: Regional & Local History

CfP Journal: Journal of Justice Studies

CfP Journal: You and Yours: The Second Person in Literature,

March 03, 2009

CFP Essays: Postsocialist Sexualities

March 02, 2009

CFP Journal: Ulbandus XIII -- The Wound and the Imagination

CfP Journal: The Orthodox Churches in Contemporary Contexts

February 18, 2009

Wandering Scholars Call for Papers

Graduate papers on Human Rights: $5,000.00 Award

New Online Global Affairs "Journalzine": $5,000.00 Award

February 16, 2009

Analytical, E-Journal

CfP Journal: Caucasian Review of International Affairs, Vol. 3, No. 2

CfP Journal: SMILE AND LAUGHTER

February 13, 2009

CFP JOURNAL: Civil Society in Armenia, Armenian Review

CfP JOURNAL: Kazakhstan in Global Processes, Volume 4 (18), 2008

January 27, 2009

CfP: The Unbearable Charm of Frailty. Philosophizing in/on Eastern Europe, Angelaki

January 23, 2009

CfP Journal: Romanian Journal of European Affairs

CfP Journal: Democratization

CfP chapter: 2012- Reflections on a Mark in Time

January 21, 2009

CfP: Journal of Identity and Migration Studies

January 14, 2009

CFP- Journal: Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism

January 07, 2009

Journal: literary translation

December 04, 2008