Fwd: [SEELANGS] Extended Deadline: CFP "Transnational Contacts in the Socialist World" Tufts University, March 27, 2015

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Ksenya Gurshtein

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From: Applebaum, Rachel <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 9:14 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] Extended Deadline: CFP "Transnational Contacts in the
Socialist World" Tufts University, March 27, 2015
To: [email protected]

  *Please note the extended deadline due to the holidays and the beginning
of the new semester*



Call for Papers



*Transnational Contacts in the Socialist World*



A Workshop at the Center for the Humanities, Tufts University

March 27, 2015



In 1961, Nikita Khrushchev hailed the development of a "world socialist
system," which he defined as "a social, economic, and political community
of free, sovereign nations [. . .] united by common interests and goals, by
the close ties of international socialist solidarity." This day-long
workshop will bring together an interdisciplinary group of early-career
scholars to examine the socialist system from a global and transnational
perspective. Among the questions to be discussed: how did transnational
cultural, interpersonal, and economic contacts between socialist countries
contribute to the construction of the "world socialist system"? How did
this system impact the everyday lives of ordinary citizens? How did
national histories and cultures shape transnational relations in the
socialist world?  How does the theory and methodology of transnational
history apply to the study of socialist countries?



Paper proposals are welcome from historians, anthropologists, and literary
and film scholars in the early stages of their careers (advanced graduate
students, recent Ph.D.s, and junior faculty). Papers can examine any aspect
of cultural, social, and economic contacts between socialist countries in
the postwar period, or between socialist and non-aligned countries during
the Cold War. Topics can include (but are not limited to): transnational
cultural production; cultural and educational exchanges; tourism; sports;
transnational organizations; transnational marriages and friendships; and
official and unofficial commercial contacts between socialist countries.



Papers will be pre-circulated in advance of the workshop; participants
should come prepared to discuss each other's papers in detail, as well as
how their own research contributes to a broader history of the socialist
world.



Please send a paper proposal of no more than 500 words (including a
description of how the paper fits into a broader research project) and a
brief CV by *January 18, 2015* to [email protected] Selected
participants will be notified by the end of January, 2015. Papers (15-20
pages) should be submitted for pre-circulation by March 6, 2015. Limited
funding is available from the Mellon Foundation to contribute toward travel
to Tufts University and up to two nights accommodation in the Boston area,
however participants are asked to use funds from their home institutions
when possible. If you will need help with funding, please submit an
estimated budget for transport and lodging along with your proposal.



Rachel Applebaum, Workshop Organizer

Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow

Center for the Humanities

Tufts University






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Ksenya Gurshtein
Lecturer, McIntire Department of Art
Fayerweather Hall 309
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Phone: (434) 924-6123 (work); (347) 567-8425 (home)
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"Art is what makes life more interesting than art."
--- Robert Filliou

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life. The game is worthwhile insofar as we don't know what will be the end."
--- Michel Foucault

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