MINELRES: ASN Convention: Columbia University, 3-5 April 2003

[MINELRES moderator]

Original sender: Dominique Arel <dominique_arel@Brown.edu>


8th Annual Convention of the
Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN)

Columbia University, 3-5 April 2003
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM NOW ON THE WEB

The full preliminary program of the ASN Eight Annual World Convention is
now available on the ASN web site: www.nationalities.org. The Convention
will feature a hundred panels and events, spread over eleven sessions
from Thursday April 3, 1 PM, to Saturday April 5, in the evening. More
than 500 people will be on panels.

All post-Soviet areas will be covered in tremendous depth, with ten
panels on the  Balkans, fourteen on Central Europe, nine on Central Asia
(plus four on Turkey), eleven on the Russian Federation, twelve on
Ukraine, six on the Caucasus, and twenty-two on thematic and
cross-regional themes. Special events will include four panels on the
2002 Russian census, two roundtables on the new books by Terry Martin
("The Affirmative Action Empire") and Mark Beissinger ("Nationalist
Mobilization and the Collapse of the Soviet State"), and panels on the
Ukrainian Famine, Chechnya, Afghanistan, and EU enlargement.

More than a dozen brand new documentaries and feature films, exploring
ethnonational and identity issues in the post-Communist world, will also
be shown at the convention. The lineup will be announced shortly.

Panel themes include:
Roma in East Central Europe
The Ghosts of Pereiaslav
Demands for Autonomy: the Cases of Russia and Kazakhstan
Comparative Analyses of Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Estonia: A Multi-Cultural Model?
Ethnopolitics and Elections
Managing Pluralism and Ethnicity in China
Russian Federalism post-Yeltsin
Do We Need a Theory of post-Socialist Conflict?
Identity and Migration in Former Soviet Union
Bosnia's Past, Bosnia's Future
Islam in Russia
Turkey at the Crossroads?
Can Stateless People have an Encyclopedia?
Kaliningrad on the Frontline

The convention is consolidating its status as the World Annual Event
on Nationalities Studies. As in the past, over one hundred and fifty
panelists will be travelling from overseas for the event (plus an
additional three dozens from Canada). Almost 40 percent of
paper-givers are international participants (and this does not include
the large amount of non-US born participants currently residing in the
United States).

LOCATION. The convention will be taking place in the International
Affairs Building (IAB) of Columbia University, 420 W. 118th St. (metro
station: 116th St., on the Red Line). Registration will be on the 15th
Floor of IAB and the panels will be held on several floors.

REGISTRATION. $45 for ASN Members, $60 for Non-Members, and $30 for
Students. Preregistration payments are non-refundable. A registration
form can be downloaded from the ASN  web site (www.nationalities.org) or
requested from Gaurav Raina-Thapan (gr2008@columbia.edu). People who
plan to attend the convention are strongly encouraged to pre-register,
since places are limited.

SCHEDULE. Registration will begin at 11 AM, Thursday April 3, on the
15th Floor of IAB. People who sent preregistered will need to pick up
their name tag and the convention program. On the Thursday, the panels
will run from 1 PM-7.30 PM. On Friday and Saturday, from 9 AM to 7 PM
PM. The convention will end on the Saturday evening, April 5.

ACCOMMODATION. The convention does not have arrangements with a
particular hotel. A list of nearby hotels can be found on the ASN web
site.

ASN MEMBERSHIP. People can now directly join a fast growing ASN on the
convention pre-registration form. In addition to getting a significant
discount at the ASN convention, ASN members receive annually four
issues of Nationalities Papers, the field's leading journal; four
issues of the Analysis of Current Events, containing up-to-the-minute
analyses of ongoing events; and two issues of ASNews, the
association's newsletter. An annual membership costs a remarkably low
$60 annually-$35 for students.

BONUS FOR ASN MEMBERS. ASN members have also the option of subscribing
to Europe-Asia Studies (formerly Soviet Studies), which publishes
eight issues a year, for $60, almost a hundred dollars less than the
regular subscription price. Convention panelists can take advantage of
this offer directly on the convention registration form.

BOOK EXHIBIT/SALE OF PAPERS. Publishers will exhibit their wares in
the exhibit room, located in the spacious Dag Room on the 6th floor.
Convention papers will also go on sale for $1 apiece. At least 20
copies of each paper will go on sale in the book exhibit on Friday,
April 4, at 11.15 AM.

We look forward to seeing you at the convention!

For information on panels:
Troy McGrath
ASN Convention Program Chair
troy_mcgrath@hotmail.com

For information on exhibits and advertisements in the convention
program:
Gordon Bardos
ASN Convention Director
Harriman Institute
Columbia University
420 W. 118th St.
New York, NY 10027
212.854.8487 tel
212.666.3481 fax
gnb12@columbia.edu