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01-02-06, 11:24
Middle East Conf - Sep 2006 - Call for Papers
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 2006 MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA
POLITICS, ECONOMICS, and SOCIETY CONFERENCE
September 7 - 9, 2006
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
SALT LAKE CITY, USA
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: MARCH 31, 2006
The fourth annual multidisciplinary Middle East & Central Asia Politics,
Economics, and Society Conference will be held during September 7-9, 2006.
Since its inception in 2003, the conference has successfully brought
together academics (professors and advanced graduate students), analysts,
policy makers, and NGO workers interested in the two regions of Middle East
and Central Asia/Caucasus in order to network and share research interests.
This year, the organizers expect to accommodate as many as 150 research
papers from around the world divided into nearly 40 panels. There will also
be two plenary presentations, one of which will be delivered by Professor
Dru C. Gladney of the University of Hawaii-Manoa and entitled: "China Faces
Central Asia: A New Chapter in the Great Game?"
The three-day event will also include a presentation by an Ambassador to the
US from one of the two regions. Other attractions include three
complimentary meals, an evening of Middle Eastern and Central Asian music
and art, a book fair, and the screening of recently released films and
documentaries on the Middle East and Central Asia.
PANEL THEMES: The conference encompasses and encourages interdisciplinary
social science approaches to analysis and problem-solving. Panel themes may
fall within, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:
State/Society Relations
Religion and Politics
Islam and Islamism
Civil and Inter-State Conflict Prevention and Resolution
Human Rights and Minorities
Post-9-11 International Affairs
Terrorism and State Violence
Authoritarianism and Democracy
Challenges of Post-Communism
Problems of Economic and Democratic Transitions
Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Natural Resources and Conflict
Economic Development and Sustainability
International Financial Institutions and Regional Policy
Oil and Natural Gas Trade and Conflict
Nation-building Projects in Iraq and Afghanistan
Politics of External Actors (US, Russia, EU, China, etc.)
Regional Organizations and Cooperation
Post-Communist Velvet Revolutions
Xinjiang and Uyghur Nationalism
Kurdish Nationalism
Azerbaijan-Armenia Dispute
Chechnya and Russia
US-Iran Relations
Turkey-EU Relations
Palestine-Israel Conflict
Culture, Gender, and Ethnicity
Impacts of Globalization
Civil Society, NGOs and International Development
UN Millennium Development Goals
Media, Cinema, and Film
Migration, Refugees, Displaced, and Diaspora
OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLISH: Selected papers from the conference will be
submitted to three social science journals, including the Journal of Muslim
Minority Affairs and the Digest of Middle East Studies for publication in
late 2006 and early 2007.
APPLICATION: If interested in proposing a pre-organized panel or presenting
a paper in the 2006 MECA Conference, please submit:
YOUR FULL NAME
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION
E-MAIL, POSTAL ADDRESS, and TEL. NUMBERS (work, mobile, home)
PAPER TITLE (and Panel theme and paper titles if applicable)
300-WORD-MAX PAPER ABSTRACT
ONE-PAGE-MAX ACADEMIC RESUME
Indicate willingness to serve as a session MODERATOR and/or DISCUSSANT
Whether, if accepted, you will need a US visa to attend the conference.
Kindly save the above in NO MORE THAN 2 PAGES TOTAL in A WORD FILE and name
your file as: Your last name in capital letters, a hyphen, followed by your
first name (e.g. if your name is 'Vadim Sharapov', your 2-page Word
application should be named: SHARAPOV-Vadim.doc). As the Subject of your
email type: 'MECA 2006 Proposal'. Applications should be sent no later than
March 31, 2006 to:
Middle-E...@utah.edu or Central-A...@utah.edu
Note that the Conference Committee is unable to provide for participants'
travel and lodging expenses. Participants are expected to seek funding from
their own institutions. For overseas participants whose paper proposals have
been approved, we will send official letters necessary for acquiring entry
visas into the United States. All participants will be required to pay a
conference participation fee of $65 (and a late fee of up to $100) with due
dates to be given out in a later time. Other important information including
due dates and suggested lodging venues will be forthcoming. Updates will
also be included in the conference website: <www.utah.edu/meca/>.
BOOKS, EXHIBITS, ADVERTISING: If you are a publisher or organization and
would like to reserve exhibition space at the conference or if you would
like to purchase an advertisement for publication in the conference program
booklet, please contact us at the email addresses above or the telephone
number:
+1-801-856-7031
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 2006 MIDDLE EAST & CENTRAL ASIA
POLITICS, ECONOMICS, and SOCIETY CONFERENCE
September 7 - 9, 2006
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
SALT LAKE CITY, USA
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: MARCH 31, 2006
The fourth annual multidisciplinary Middle East & Central Asia Politics,
Economics, and Society Conference will be held during September 7-9, 2006.
Since its inception in 2003, the conference has successfully brought
together academics (professors and advanced graduate students), analysts,
policy makers, and NGO workers interested in the two regions of Middle East
and Central Asia/Caucasus in order to network and share research interests.
This year, the organizers expect to accommodate as many as 150 research
papers from around the world divided into nearly 40 panels. There will also
be two plenary presentations, one of which will be delivered by Professor
Dru C. Gladney of the University of Hawaii-Manoa and entitled: "China Faces
Central Asia: A New Chapter in the Great Game?"
The three-day event will also include a presentation by an Ambassador to the
US from one of the two regions. Other attractions include three
complimentary meals, an evening of Middle Eastern and Central Asian music
and art, a book fair, and the screening of recently released films and
documentaries on the Middle East and Central Asia.
PANEL THEMES: The conference encompasses and encourages interdisciplinary
social science approaches to analysis and problem-solving. Panel themes may
fall within, but are not necessarily limited to, the following:
State/Society Relations
Religion and Politics
Islam and Islamism
Civil and Inter-State Conflict Prevention and Resolution
Human Rights and Minorities
Post-9-11 International Affairs
Terrorism and State Violence
Authoritarianism and Democracy
Challenges of Post-Communism
Problems of Economic and Democratic Transitions
Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Natural Resources and Conflict
Economic Development and Sustainability
International Financial Institutions and Regional Policy
Oil and Natural Gas Trade and Conflict
Nation-building Projects in Iraq and Afghanistan
Politics of External Actors (US, Russia, EU, China, etc.)
Regional Organizations and Cooperation
Post-Communist Velvet Revolutions
Xinjiang and Uyghur Nationalism
Kurdish Nationalism
Azerbaijan-Armenia Dispute
Chechnya and Russia
US-Iran Relations
Turkey-EU Relations
Palestine-Israel Conflict
Culture, Gender, and Ethnicity
Impacts of Globalization
Civil Society, NGOs and International Development
UN Millennium Development Goals
Media, Cinema, and Film
Migration, Refugees, Displaced, and Diaspora
OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLISH: Selected papers from the conference will be
submitted to three social science journals, including the Journal of Muslim
Minority Affairs and the Digest of Middle East Studies for publication in
late 2006 and early 2007.
APPLICATION: If interested in proposing a pre-organized panel or presenting
a paper in the 2006 MECA Conference, please submit:
YOUR FULL NAME
INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION
E-MAIL, POSTAL ADDRESS, and TEL. NUMBERS (work, mobile, home)
PAPER TITLE (and Panel theme and paper titles if applicable)
300-WORD-MAX PAPER ABSTRACT
ONE-PAGE-MAX ACADEMIC RESUME
Indicate willingness to serve as a session MODERATOR and/or DISCUSSANT
Whether, if accepted, you will need a US visa to attend the conference.
Kindly save the above in NO MORE THAN 2 PAGES TOTAL in A WORD FILE and name
your file as: Your last name in capital letters, a hyphen, followed by your
first name (e.g. if your name is 'Vadim Sharapov', your 2-page Word
application should be named: SHARAPOV-Vadim.doc). As the Subject of your
email type: 'MECA 2006 Proposal'. Applications should be sent no later than
March 31, 2006 to:
Middle-E...@utah.edu or Central-A...@utah.edu
Note that the Conference Committee is unable to provide for participants'
travel and lodging expenses. Participants are expected to seek funding from
their own institutions. For overseas participants whose paper proposals have
been approved, we will send official letters necessary for acquiring entry
visas into the United States. All participants will be required to pay a
conference participation fee of $65 (and a late fee of up to $100) with due
dates to be given out in a later time. Other important information including
due dates and suggested lodging venues will be forthcoming. Updates will
also be included in the conference website: <www.utah.edu/meca/>.
BOOKS, EXHIBITS, ADVERTISING: If you are a publisher or organization and
would like to reserve exhibition space at the conference or if you would
like to purchase an advertisement for publication in the conference program
booklet, please contact us at the email addresses above or the telephone
number:
+1-801-856-7031