CFP: 4th Biennial Conference of the Association for Women in Slavic Studies

GENDER, CITIZENSHIP, AND EMPIRE

Time: April 16-18, 2009
Location: The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

In an increasingly globalized world, the meaning of citizenship hasbecome ever more fluid. Post-socialist countries in particular have seengreat transformations in the rights individuals claim and in theobligations expected of them. The changing nature of citizenship in thepost-Cold War world has also prompted those who look at the past toreconsider what it meant to be the subject (and sometimes citizen) ofimperial lands (Russian, Soviet, Ottoman, or Habsburg) in Eastern Europeand Eurasia.

Gender is central to understanding definitions of citizenship andsubjecthood during the imperial period(s) as well as to understanding theshifting definitions of citizenship in the post-Soviet period. Whileissues of gender have been visible in the arts, they have yet to be fullyexplored by historians and social scientists. Thus the aim of theconference is to stimulate further investigation and discussion of therelationship between gender and the overarching structures and practices(political, social, economic, and cultural) of the empires andpost-imperial states of this region.

AWSS invites scholars of all disciplines (Slavic/Eurasian/East Europeanstudies, including anthropology, art, film, history, library science,literature, music, political science, popular culture, sociology, and anyaspect of women's studies) who are working on themes related to gender,citizenship, and empire in Eastern Europe and Eurasia to submit theirabstracts electronically to Professor Margaret Beissinger,Princeton University, mhbeissi@Princeton.edu , who will distribute themto a multi-disciplinary conference selection committee. All proposals aredue January 15, 2009. Applicants will be notified about theirparticipation in mid-February.

Proposals for panels/papers must include:

A 150-word abstract for each paper
A one-page c.v. for each participant

Proposals for workshops must include a brief description of the topicand, if possible, should attach a list of possible presenters/facilitators.

In 2009, the AWSS Conference will be held in conjunction with the annualconference of the Midwest Slavic Association on the campus of The OhioState University. Margaret H. BeissingerDepartment of Slavic Languages & Literatures238 East PynePrinceton University.