aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- RE: [aaus-list] Graduate Conference - IDEA EXCHANGE: Mediums andMethods of Communication in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia

["Aleks Kalashnik" <sanya3@hotmail.com>]

Another pointer. According to a Kyiv Post article, the rate of Internet use 
in Ukraine has doubled within the past year. Another source also registered 
6.4 mln Ukrainians online in April 2005. There may be an interesting 
correlation of the rate of Internet use with the revolution, and even a 
cause-effect relationship in either direction.

AK


----Original Message Follows----
From: Robert DeLossa <radelo@earthlink.net>


FYI. [There certainly must be a substantial paper out there about the role 
of the internet in political change in Ukraine. Susan Fink, in her Chicken 
Kyiv article in HUS (June '97) talks about Ukr-Americans e-mailing the VR in 
Kyiv to warn them what Bush was about to say; likewise the role of 
Ukrains'ka pravda and the internet  news and petitions that circulated 
around the Gongadze affair; and then the internet and the Orange Revolution 
all would make for something interesting, if there is a grad student looking 
for a term paper and presentation opportunity...--RD]


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>Abstract Due Soon!
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>Call for Papers
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>Third Annual Graduate Student Conference:
>
>IDEA EXCHANGE:  Mediums and Methods of Communication in Eastern Europe,
>Russia and Central Asia
>
>Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia
>Center for Russian and East European Studies
>
>Visit our website:  www.pitt.edu/~sorc/goseca
>
>Contact us:  gosecaconference@yahoo.com
>
>University of Pittsburgh, February 24-26, 2006
>
>In the histories of Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, countless
>social and political upheavals have been articulated through, if not
>facilitated by, a variety of communication mediums and methods.  The uses
>of various modes of communication played a critical role in the collapse
>of state socialism and in the later reconstruction of new political and
>social regimes.  In the sixteen years since, the exchange of ideas and the
>dissemination of knowledge through practices of communication continue to
>be of vital importance to political engagement, cultural expression, arts,
>sciences, and the creation of novel social orders.
>
>This conference will explore questions related to the historical and
>contemporary impact of different mediums and methods of communication in
>Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia.  We find it useful to adopt an
>inclusive understanding of mediums and methods that refers equally to
>venues for idea exchange, channels for the transmission of information,
>means through which communication is generated and even arenas for public
>debates and the constitution of civic initiatives.
>
>We invite abstracts that address questions and arguments such as:  What is
>the relationship between various mediums of communication and the
>reorganization of power, politics and the state in former socialist
>societies?  How are they impacted by state regulations, economic factors,
>or the international promotion of intellectual property rights?  Have
>mediums of communication been to used stimulate democratic participation
>and debate of ideas?  Do they rather facilitate the exercise of novel
>forms of governance and tactics of power?  What factors limit
>communication, and what elements of communication and media create new
>opportunities in the region?  Who controls information, and who can
>authoritatively spread ideas?
>
>The University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate Organization for the Study of
>Europe and Central Asia, in cooperation with the Center for Russian and
>East European Studies, invites fellow graduate students working on related
>topics from all disciplines to submit abstracts for our Third Annual
>Graduate Student Conference.  We encourage a broad range of approaches,
>from social science and humanities to law and public policy, as well as a
>diverse set of topics to be explored in accordance with the main goal of
>this conference:  to stimulate interdisciplinary debates and the exchange
>of ideas.
>
>
>Deadline for submission of abstracts:
>DECEMBER 15, 2005
>
>Abstract Requirements
>Paper abstracts of up to 500 words (using Microsoft Word or PDF format, 12
>point font, double spaced) and curriculum vitae must be submitted via
>email to gosecaconference@yahoo.com by December 15, 2005.  The body of the
>abstract should contain no identifying information other than its title.
>The cover page must include: title of submission, author's or authors'
>name(s), institutional and departmental affiliation(s), e-mail
>address(es), geographic address(es), and a primary phone number. Although
>we require all of this information, correspondence will occur mainly via
>e-mail.
>
>We will contact the author(s) of accepted abstracts by January 1, 2004.
>
>Paper Requirements
>In order to facilitate presentation time limits, and to ensure time for
>active discussions, paper length will be limited to 8 typed pages,
>double-spaced, with 12 point font.  All participants will be required to
>submit a copy of the final paper one month prior to the conference.
>
>Housing
>The conference organization will be able to offer free housing, but not
>transportation, to all selected participants.
>
>For more information visit www.pitt.edu/~sorc/goseca

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