aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] call for papers: International Graduate StudentSymposium on Contemporary Ukraine, University of Toronto,January 24-26, 2008

[Roman Senkus <r.senkus@utoronto.ca> (by way of Robert DeLossa)]

An International Graduate Student Symposium
Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, University of Toronto
January 24-26, 2008

New Perspectives on Contemporary Ukraine: Politics, History, and Culture

The University of Toronto's Centre for European, Russian, and 
Eurasian Studies (CERES) is pleased to announce a call for papers for 
the International Graduate Student Symposium "New Perspectives on 
Contemporary Ukraine: Politics, Hsitory, and Culture" to be held in 
Toronto on January 24-26, 2008. This interdisciplinary Symposium will 
bring together aspiring young scholars for three days of 
presentations and intensive discussions centred around new 
perspectives on the study of contemporary Ukraine.

The goal of the Symposium is to present new research and innovative 
thinking that explores the political, socioeconomic, and cultural 
dynamics in Ukrainian society. The Symposium seeks to integrate and 
draw on a wide range of theories and new scholarly research by 
applying them to Ukraine as a case study.

The Symposium is open to graduate students and recent PhD holders 
(those who have graduated within the past three years) from North 
America and Europe. Proposals involving cross-national comparisons in 
the wider context of the post-communist space are encouraged. 
Submissions can focus on a variety of topics including, but not 
limited to, the following:
    * Democratization and democracy consolidation;
    * State-society relations;
    * Political economy;
    * Ukraine's foreign relations and national security;
    * Regionalism and identity;
    * Rethinking Ukrainian literature and culture since independence;
    * Rewriting the past: new approaches to Ukrainian history.

To be considered as a candidate for presentation at the symposium, 
please submit an abstract (maximum 750 words) and curriculum vitae by 
November 19, 2007. The abstract should include a statement of 
objectives, methods, expected results and conclusions.  Submissions 
must be made via email to ukrainian.gradsymposium@utoronto.ca
Authors whose papers are selected will be notified by December 1, 
2007. Presenters should seek external funding. Limited grants for 
travel and accommodation may be available for participants who cannot 
obtain full external funding.





ROMAN SENKUS / POMAH CEHbKYCb
Director, CIUS Publications Program www.utoronto.ca/cius
Managing Editor, www.encyclopediaofukraine.com

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