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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=2>What about
well-known, well-funded, English-speaking intellectuals like Kagarlitsky
who are elites in their countries dominating the Eastern presence at
Western meetings? :-)</font></blockquote><br>
I can only intuitively agree in a sense that I see his name very often on
different events in Berlin where he seems invited and paided. I have many
books of him at home and consider him like one of those intelectuals who
catched his topic very well and uses a "tusovka effect" (having
contacts on the west and keeping plus using them for himself) to be
invited everywhere and also due to strange western activists/organizers
aproach (invite always the same aprobated person to the analogical
events). Maybe it also has something to do with exclusion/inclusion which
supposed to be discussed in below mentioned conference. The topic seems
to be very close towards what we discuss but more on academical level.
Maybe someone from you can participate there. I would like to but cause
of my baby its less likely I would get there. Please have a
look.<br><br>
regards, Olga<br><br>
Distrib. by: Central-Eurasia-L - Announcement List for Central<br>
Eurasian Studies<br><br>
CONF./CFP- Inclusion/Exclusion, 7th Graduate Conference, Feb. 2006,<br>
London<br><br>
7th Postgraduate Conference: Inclusion/Exclusion<br><br>
Web:
<a href="http://www.ssees.ucl.ac.uk/pgconf06.htm" eudora="autourl">
http://www.ssees.ucl.ac.uk/pgconf06.htm<br><br>
</a>London, 16-18th February 2006<br><br>
The boundary changes that have occurred in Central and Eastern
Europe<br>
over the past two hundred years have been far greater than any that<br>
have taken place in Western Europe during the same period. This<br>
conference seeks to address the issues of inclusion and exclusion<br>
that have arisen from these boundary changes. The boundaries of<br>
Central and Eastern Europe have been constantly contested from
within<br>
and without and continue to shift and evolve in the wake of the fall<br>
of communism. This perpetual change is reflected through the<br>
redefinitions and realignments of identities within the region. The<br>
challenge of the expansion of the European Union in the new century<br>
represents a key factor in the ongoing processes of regional<br>
realignment. Every aspect of identity within the new members, the<br>
*old* EU countries, the candidate states, as well as the
regions<br>
excluded from the process has to be reasserted in the face of these<br>
dynamics.<br><br>
At the heart of this evolving process of redefinition or reassertion<br>
lie the notions of *exclusion* and *inclusion*. These concepts
inform<br>
current debates at all levels of European society, from the
attempted<br>
spread of democracy beyond the old borders, to the exclusion of<br>
minority groups from mainstream economic, political and social<br>
activity or the place of minority languages in the new enlarged<br>
Europe. The lingua franca imposed by information technology
threatens<br>
to exclude those who do not have at least a passive knowledge of<br>
English. This may also contribute to a new barrier between the old,<br>
once influential intellectuals of the region and young cosmopolitan<br>
intellectuals. The re-evaluation of history, especially that of the<br>
twentieth century, may also have a destabilising impact on the old<br>
narratives and intellectual certainties that have shaped our<br>
understanding of Central and Eastern Europe.<br><br>
This conference is inviting young academics to submit papers that<br>
discuss current phenomena of inclusion and exclusion in the
countries<br>
and regions of Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet<br>
Union, including but not limited to the following themes:
Historical:<br>
Pre-communist, Communist-led and Post-communist Nationalisms, Ethnic<br>
Cleansing from the Middle Ages onwards, Jewish Emancipation, Women's<br>
Education, Women before, during and after Communism, Fascist and<br>
Communist Politics of Exclusion.<br><br>
Cultural: Purism, Lexical Cleansing, Rewriting History, Fine and<br>
Performance Art, Popular Culture, Media, Boundary Reshuffling and<br>
Canon Redefinition, The Impact of Poststructuralist/ Postmodern<br>
Thought, National Revival, National Collapse, Religion.<br><br>
Political: Power Relations and Agency, New Feminisms in Central and<br>
Eastern Europe, Migration, Political Exclusion, Security, Democratic<br>
Transformation, Integration and Hard Border Regimes.<br><br>
Economic: Health, Welfare and Inequality, Human Capital and the<br>
Knowledge Economy, Corruption and Informal Practices, Economic
Growth<br>
and Development, Business and Entrepreneurship, Corporate
Governance.<br><br>
Social: Insiders and Outsiders in Historical Context, Minority<br>
Relations, Gender Discrimination, Poverty, Citizenship, Health and<br>
Education Reforms, Social Exclusion, The New Middle Class,<br>
Traditional Classes - Peasantry, Intelligentsia and Workers.<br><br>
We strongly encourage cross-cultural, cross-national and multi-<br>
disciplinary perspectives, with entries on new research
methodologies<br>
welcomed.<br><br>
The Committee invites post-doctoral and graduate students in the<br>
Humanities and Social Sciences to submit original research papers
for<br>
discussion. Invitation is not limited to academics; we would also<br>
like to invite professionals with sound academic backgrounds and<br>
academic interests.<br><br>
Paper abstracts of up to 500 words and a curriculum vitae should be<br>
sent with full contact details (E-mail, Telephone, Postal Address)<br>
to:<br>
pgconference@ssees.ucl.ac.uk<br>
and/or to<br>
7th Postgraduate
Conference,<br>
School of Slavonic and East
European Studies,<br>
University College
London,<br>
Senate House, Malet
Street,<br>
London, WC1E 7HU, UK.<br><br>
Presented papers should not exceed 20 minutes in length, and must be<br>
in English. The Conference will provide online training in paper<br>
presentation (live 1st November 2005). A selection of the best<br>
papers will appear in a separate Conference publication.<br><br>
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 31st August 2005<br><br>
Senior Academic Advisers: Christopher J. Gerry, Geoffrey A. Hosking,<br>
George Kolankiewicz, Alena Ledeneva, Robert Pynsent, Martyn Rady<br><br>
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