[MGSA-L] Call for Papers: 21st Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)

[Harris Mylonas]

Call for Papers:  *21st Annual World Convention of the* *Association for
the Study of Nationalities (ASN)*



International Affairs Building,

Columbia University, NY

Sponsored by the Harriman Institute

14-16 April 2016

www.nationalities.org



****Proposal deadline: 29 October 2015****

 [A PDF of this announcement can be accessed at
http://nationalities.org/uploads/documents/ASN16_Call_for_Papers.pdf]



Contact information:

proposals must be submitted to:

darel at uottawa.ca *and* darelasn2016 at gmail.com



Over 150 PANELS in nine sections:

Nationalism Studies

Migration & Diasporas

Balkans

Russia

Ukraine (and Belarus)

Central Europe (including Baltics & Moldova)

Eurasia (including Central Asia & China)

Caucasus (North and South)

Turkey and Greece (and Cyprus)



THEMATIC Panels on

The Conflict in Ukraine

Refugees and Migrants

Insurgency, Self-Determination and the State

Memory Politics



Screening of NEW DOCUMENTARIES



BOOK PANELS



AWARDS for Best Doctoral Student Papers,

ASN Harriman Joseph Rothschild Book Prize



The *Nationalities Papers* Opening Reception



The ASN Convention, the largest international and inter-disciplinary
scholarly gathering of its kind, welcomes proposals on a wide range of
topics related to nationalism, ethnicity, ethnic conflict and national
identity in regional sections on the Balkans, Central Europe, Russia,
Ukraine, Eurasia, the Caucasus, and Turkey/Greece, as well as thematic
sections on Nationalism and Migration/Diasporas. Disciplines represented
include political science, history, anthropology, sociology, international
studies, security studies, geopolitics, area studies, economics, geography,
sociolinguistics, literature, psychology, and related fields.



The Convention is also inviting paper, panel, roundtable, or special
presentation proposals related to:

•“Insurgency and the State,” on the rise of ISIS, the resumption of
conflict in Turkey, civil wars, self-determination, international law;

            •“The Conflict in Ukraine,” on the events/international crisis
unleashed by “Maidan,” the fall of a regime, the war in Donbas, Russia’s
role, NATO;

•“Refugees and Migrants,” the refugee crisis in Europe, the rise of the far
right, labour migration (*gastarbeiters*), securitization of borders,
migration and civil rights;

•“Memory Politics,” on the construction and contestation of the memory of
historical events in sites, symbols, discourse and research;



Prospective applicants can get a sense of the large thematic scope of ASN
Convention papers by looking at the 2015 Final Program, which can be
accessed at

http://nationalities.org/uploads/documents/ASN_Final_Program_2015.pdf.



Popular topics have also included ethnic violence, language politics,
religion and politics, EU integration, nation-building, energy politics,
and post-conflict reconstruction.



*Nationalities Papers*, the ASN flagship journal, will present the
consistently popular roundtable “How To Get Your Article Published”, which
features the editors of some of the leading journals in the field. It will
also sponsor the opening reception.



For several years, the ASN Convention has acknowledged excellence in
graduate studies research by offering Awards for Best Doctoral Student
Papers. The ASN 2015 Doctoral Student Awards were given to:



Aleksandra Zdeb (Political Science, Jagiellonian U, Poland) and Jelena
Dureinovic (Art History, Justus Liebig U, Germany), Balkans; Kyle L.
Marquardt  (Political Science, U of Wisconsin Madison, US), Central
Europe; David
R. Stroup (Political Science, U of Oklahoma, US),
Caucasus/Eurasia/Turkey; Scott
Weiner (Political Science, George Washington U, US), Nationalism; Maria
Tagangaeva (Sociology, U of St. Gallen, Switzerland), Russia; Daria
Mattingly (Slavonic Studies, U of Cambridge, UK), Ukraine.
http://nationalities.org/prizes/doctoral-student-awards/2015-best-doctoral-student-papers-awards



Doctoral student applicants whose proposals are accepted for the 2016
Convention, who will not have defended their dissertation by 1 November 2015,
and whose papers are delivered by the deadline, will automatically be
considered for the awards. Each award comes with a certificate and a cash
prize.



In 2010 the ASN Convention inaugurated an annual ASN Harriman Book
Prize—the *Joseph Rothschild Prize in Nationalism and Ethnic Studies*. At
the 2015 ASN Convention, the prize was awarded to Madeleine Reeves for *Border
Work: Spatial Lives of the State in Rural Central Asia *(Cornell University
Press, 2014).

http://nationalities.org/conventions/book-panels/books-2015/border-work

An honorable mention was given to Willard Sunderland for *The Baron’s
Cloak: A History of the Russian Empire in War and Revolution *(Cornell
University Press, 2013). The award comes with a certificate and a cash
prize. For information on how to have a book considered for the ASN 2016
Convention Book Prize, please contact Dmitry Gorenburg at
asnbookprize at gmail.com, or go to
http://www.nationalities.org/prizes/Rothschild.asp.



The Convention is also inviting submissions for new documentaries available
in mp4 or DVD format (NTSC or PAL). The documentaries selected will be
screened during regular panel slots and, in several cases, will be followed
by a discussion with the filmmaker. The full 2015 film lineup can be
accessed at
http://nationalities.org/conventions/film-presentations/2015-film-presentations
.



*Proposal Information*



The ASN 2016 Convention invites proposals for *individual papers* or
*panels*. A panel includes a chair, three or four presentations based on
written papers, and a discussant.



The Convention is also welcoming offers to serve as *discussant *on a panel
to be created by the Program Committee from individual paper proposals. The
application to be considered as discussant can be self-standing, or
accompanied by an individual paper proposal.



In order to submit proposals to the Convention, *the three mandatory items
indicated below (contact information, abstract, biographical statement)
must be included in a single Word document (PDF documents will not be
accepted) attached to a single email message*.



Each applicant – single or multiple authors on individual proposals, every
member of a panel proposal – must also fill out a Fact Sheet online that
can be accessed at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ASN2016_survey.



IMPORTANT: Applicants can only send one paper proposal  -- whether as an
individual proposal, or as a paper part of a panel proposal. The Program
will not consider more than one paper proposal from the same applicant. At
the Convention, each panelist can only appear on a maximum of TWO panels,
only one of which can be in the capacity of a paper presenter. For example,
a panelist can chair a panel and present a paper on another, or chair a
panel and be discussant or another, and so forth. This rule applies to
co-authored papers, thus a co-authored paper presentation counts as one
appearance. This means that *applicants can appear on a maximum of two
proposals sent to the Convention, only one of which can be in the capacity
of a paper-giver*.



*Individual paper proposals* must include four items:

*Contact information: the name, email, postal address and academic
affiliation of the applicant.

*A 300- to 500-word abstract (shorter abstracts will not be considered)
that includes the title of the paper.

*A 100-word biographical statement, *in narrative form* (a text with the
length of one paragraph). *Standard CVs will not be considered*.

Individual proposals featuring more than one author (joint proposal) must
include the contact information and biographical statement of all authors *and
specify who among the co-authors intend to attend the Convention*. Only
joint presenters attending the Convention will have their names in the
official program.

*A Fact Sheet, to be filled out online (see above). In the case of
co-authors, only those intending to attend the Convention must send a Fact
Sheet. *The Word document proposal must indicate that the Fact Sheet has
been filled out online.*



*Panel proposals* must include four items:

*Contact information (see above) of all proposed panelists.

*The title of the panel and a 200- to 300-word abstract of each paper.

*A 100-word biographical statement (see above) for each proposed
panelist. *Statements
in standard CV format will not be considered*. The rules on joint proposals
are the same as with individual proposals (see above).

*A Fact Sheet, to be filled out online (see above), for each panelist
attached to the proposal. *The Word document proposal must indicate that
all panelists have filled out their Fact Sheet online*.



Proposals can also be sent for *roundtables* and *book panels*. Roundtables
include a chair, four presenters, but no discussant, since the
presentations, unlike regular panels, are not based on written papers.
Roundtable proposals include the same four items as a panel proposal,
except that the 200- to 300-word abstracts are presentation abstracts,
rather than paper abstracts.



The Convention is also inviting *proposals for Book Panels*, based on books
published between January 2015 and February 2016. The proposal must include
the Chair, three discussants, as well as the author. A Book Panel proposal
must include the same four items as a panel proposal, except that the
abstract is limited to a 200- to 300-word abstract of the book. The
discussants need not submit an abstract.



*Proposals for documentaries* must include four items:

*Contact information (see above)

*A 300- to 500-word abstract of the documentary

*A 100-word biographical statement (see above). *CVs will not be
considered.*

*A Fact Sheet filled out online (see above).

*A streaming link for reviewing purposes.



Proposals for a roundtable following the screening of a film are especially
encouraged. In these cases, the requirements of a panel proposal apply, in
addition to the 300- to 500-word abstract of the film.



*Proposals to serve as a discussant* must include four items:

*Contact information (see above)

*A 100-word statement about your areas of expertise

*A 100-word biographical statement (see above). *CVs will not be
considered.*

*A Fact Sheet filled out online (see above)

Proposals for applicants already included in an individual paper or panel
proposal need only include the 100-word statement on areas of expertise.



IMPORTANT: All proposals must be sent in *a single email message*, with an
attached proposal in a Word document (PDFs will not be accepted) containing
contact information, an abstract, a biographical statement, as well as a
confirmation that the Fact Sheet has been filled out online (or multiple
Fact Sheets, in the case of co-authors and/or panel proposals). Proposals
including contact information, the abstract and the bio statement in
separate attachments, or over several email messages, will not be
considered. *The proposals must be sent to darel at uottawa.ca
<darel at uottawa.ca> AND darelasn2016 at gmail.com <darelasn2016 at gmail.com>*.



The receipt of all proposals will be promptly acknowledged electronically,
with some delay during deadline week, due to the high volume of proposals.



IMPORTANT: Participants are responsible for covering all travel and
accommodation costs. *Unfortunately,* *ASN has no funding available for
panelists*.



An international Program Committee will be entrusted with the selection of
proposals. Applicants will be notified by January 2016 at the latest.
Information regarding registration costs and other logistical questions
will be communicated afterwards.



The full list of panels from *last year’s convention* can be accessed at
http://nationalities.org/uploads/documents/ASN_Final_Program_2015.pdf.



The programs from past conventions, going back to 2001, are also available
online at http://nationalities.org/conventions/world/



Several dozen publishers and companies have had exhibits and/or advertised
in the Convention Program in past years. Due to considerations of space,
advertisers and exhibitors are encouraged to place their order early. For
information, please contact ASN Executive Director Ryan Kreider (
rk2780 at columbia.edu).



The ASN Facebook page will post regular updates on the ASN 2016 Convention.
To become a follower of ASN on Facebook, go to
https://www.facebook.com/Nationalities

and click on the “Like” option.



We very much look forward to hearing from you and receiving your proposal!



Dominique Arel, ASN Convention Director

Ceren Belge, ASN Convention Associate Director

Evgeny Finkel, ASN Convention Associate Director

Sherrill Stroschein, ASN Program Chair

On behalf of the ASN Convention Program Committee



*Deadline for proposals: 29 October 2015 (to be sent to
both darel at uottawa.ca <darel at uottawa.ca> AND darelasn2016 at gmail.com
<darelasn2016 at gmail.com>)*



To communicate with the ASN Convention’s headquarters:



Ryan Kreider

Assistant Director

The Harriman Institute

ASN Executive Director

Columbia University

420 W. 118th St., Room 1218, MC 3345

New York, NY 10027

212 851 2174 tel

212 666 3481 fax

rk2780 at columbia.edu



Harris Mylonas <http://home.gwu.edu/~mylonas/>
Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs,
Department of Political Science, George Washington University,
440 Monroe Hall, 2115 G St., NW, Washington, DC 20052
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