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CALL FOR PAPERS- CESS Annual Conf., Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2005, 2004, Boston Univ.

Central Eurasian Studies Society Sixth Annual Conference (2005)

September 29-October 2, 2005 Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts,
U.S.A.

The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) invites PAPER and
ROUNDTABLE
proposals for the Sixth CESS Annual Conference, September 29-October 2,
2005, in Boston, Massachusetts. The event will be hosted by Boston
University.

Please note that this is an abbreviated version of the Call for Papers.
Please visit the CESS website
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html for full details, or
request a text version of the full Call for Papers by sending an email
to
.

Paper and roundtable proposals relating to all aspects of humanities
and
social science scholarship on Central Eurasia are welcome. The
geographic
domain of Central Eurasia extends from the Black Sea and Iranian
Plateau to
Mongolia and Siberia, including the Caucasus, Crimea, Middle Volga,
Afghanistan, Tibet, and Central and Inner Asia. Practitioners and
scholars
in all humanities and social science disciplines with an interest in
Central Eurasia are encouraged to participate. The language of the
conference is English.

Based on past CESS conferences, we expect the 2005 conference to be
lively
and well-attended by scholars from all over the world. The program
will
include panels and roundtables on a wide variety of topics related to
Central Eurasia. Please note that due to the high level of interest,
and
the fact that the total number of people on the program will be limited
to
no more than 400, we anticipate that the selection of papers will be
very
competitive. We also welcome attendees who do not wish to participate
in a
panel (see the Registration/Pre-registration Form for information:
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conf-Reg.html).

The 2005 conference program will be organized differently than it has
been
in the past, so please read the full Call for Papers (located at
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html) carefully.
ROUNDTABLE
proposals will be evaluated by the Conference Committee. PAPER
proposals
will be submitted to a particular panel organizer from a list of panels
available on the conference website. The person submitting the paper
proposal will inform CESS which panels the paper should be sent to.
Papers
that are not accepted on a particular panel will then be sent back to
the
Conference Committee for consideration on another panel. Notifications
of
acceptances and rejections will be sent by June 1, 2005.

The Conference Committee accepts ONLY ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS -- either
by
webform (see forms for Individual Papers and for Roundtable Panels at:
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html), or by an e-mailed
form
in MS Word format in the case of those who don't have web access.

INSTRUCTIONS for INDIVIDUAL PAPER Proposals

Paper authors should review the submission criteria and the
participation
and program policies found at
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html, and then prepare the
following information in order to start the online submission process.

1. Review the list of panels at
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html and choose 1-2
panels
you would like your paper to be considered for
2. Prepare the following information for online submission:
- Paper title
- Paper abstract of 200-300 words. Please prepare this carefully,
as
panel organizers will be making their decision to accept or reject
your
proposal based on the quality of your abstract. Be sure to check
spelling
and grammar, and clearly state the topic of your paper, the source
of your
data, your specific argument and central findings, and the relevance
of
your research for the scholarly literature and to Central Eurasia.
- A biographical statement or brief, narrative CV of 300 words
describing
your educational and professional background
3. Submit your proposal via the webform located at
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html or request a
submission
form from CESSconf@fas.harvard.edu
4. Become a member of CESS, if you have not already done so. While
membership is not required to submit a paper proposal, membership is
required for participation in the conference. You may complete this
step
after your proposal has been accepted.

INSTRUCTIONS for ROUNDTABLE Proposals

A roundtable has four to six presenters and a chair/moderator. For
roundtable proposals, the organizer must provide a paragraph describing
the
panel objectives and providing justification for use of the roundtable
format.

Roundtable organizers should review the submission criteria and the
participation and program policies found at
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu,
and then prepare the following information in order to start the online
submission process.

1. Prepare the following information for online submission:
- Roundtable title
- Roundtable description of 200-300 words.
- A biographical statement or brief, narrative CV of 300 words
describing
your educational and professional background
- The names, institutional affiliations, brief, narrative CVs, and
contact
information of each of the presenters who have agreed to be part of
your
roundtable
2. Submit your proposal via the webform located at
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu
or request a submission form from CESSconf@fas.harvard.edu
3. Become a member of CESS, if you have not already done so, and make
sure
that all the roundtable presenters are members, also. While
membership is
not required to submit a paper proposal, membership is required for
participation in the conference. You may complete this step after
your
proposal has been accepted.

Deadline for Submission of Paper and Roundtable Proposals: April 1,
2005.

Note: Submissions after this date may be accepted only in the case of
special justifying circumstances and at the discretion of the program
committee.

Notification of acceptance: by June 1.

BEST PAPER GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD: There will be an award in the amount
of
$500 given to the best graduate student conference paper submitted to
the
Awards Committee for consideration. See the CESS awards webpage for
details, or contact the Awards Committee Co-chair, Dr. Uli Schamiloglu
.

Contact Information

The Co-chairs of the Conference Committee are:

Dr. Laura Adams (Princeton University; lladams2@earthlink.net)
Prof. Thomas Barfield (Boston University; barfield@bu.edu)

Correspondence should be directed to:

CESS 2005 Annual Conference
c/o Program on Central Asia and the Caucasus
Harvard University
615 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139 U.S.A.
tel.: +1 / 617-496-2643
fax: +1 / 617-495-8319
e-mail: CESSconf@fas.harvard.edu

Full information about CESS 2005 in Boston is found on the conference
webpages:
Main conference website:
http://cess.fas.harvard.edu/CESS_Conference.html
Full information about hosting and location at Boston University:
http://www.bu.edu/cess

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