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["Chernetsky, Vitaly A. Dr." <chernev@muohio.edu>]

Dear Colleagues,
FYI.

Best,
VC
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From: Larysa Iarovenko [larysa.iarovenko@utoronto.ca]
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 9:28 AM
To: dillon@ukrainianstudies.org; Chernetsky, Vitaly A. Dr.
Subject: please post Call for Papers

Dear Professors Dillon and Chernetsky,

We would like to ask you to post a Call for Papers for International Graduate Student Symposium organized by the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the University of Toronto on January 24-26, 2008. The deadline for applications is November 19, 2007. We would appreciate if you could send this information on AAUS email list .

Many thanks in advance.

Sincerely,
Larysa Iarovenko
Petro Jacyk Program for the Study of Ukraine
Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
Munk Centre for International Studies
University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place Toronto, ON
M5S 3K7 Canada

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Call for Papers

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, Society, 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 Third International Graduate Student Symposium “New Perspectives on Contemporary Ukraine: Politics, Society, 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. Further details about the conference may be found online at http://www.utoronto.ca/jacyk/gss2008/