Call for Papers

CFP.: RUSSIA AND ORIENT: PROBLEMS OF INTERACTION
To be held by the Center of Regional and Transboundary
Studies (Volgograd State University) and the
Department of the Commonwealth of Independent States
Studies of the Institute of Oriental Studies (Russian
Academy of Sciences), Moscow. Sponsored by Open
Society Institute (Soros Foundation - Russia).
The following topics are planned to be discussed:
1. Historical heritage as a Factor of Mutual
Perception at the Level of Social Consciousness.

 a) Historical Offences and Their Mythologization.
 b) The Influence of Ethnic Myths upon Interethnic and
International Relations.

2. The Social Status of Eastern Minorities in Russia
and Vice Versa: political, legal, social and
ethno-cultural issues.

3. The Issues of Border Security and Transboundary
Cooperation in the Light of Interrelations between
Russia and Eastern Countries: Challenges and
Possibilities.
 


Please send your proposals to: 
Dr. Sergey Golunov, Volgograd State University, 30,
2-nd Prodolnaya Street, Volgograd State University,
Volgograd, 400062, RUSSIA 
Tel.: (8442) 43-20-25
Fax: (8442) 43-37-22
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
URL:
http://www.transbound.narod.ru/conf/orient_2002_eng.html
 
Please include in your proposal: your name, title and
abstract of your paper (not longer than 400 words),
address and contact information, and current
curriculum vitae.
Deadline for proposals is October 1, 2002.
All expenses of Russian participants related to their
stay in Volgograd will be covered by the organizers
while the question of reimbursement for their travel
expenses will be considered individually. The
Organizing Committee encourages foreign participants
to seek the 
funding of their travel and other expenses and
registration fee ($ 10). The participants from the NIS
and other Eastern European are recommended to apply
for travel grants to their national Open Society
Institutes.


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