International Conference: "Commodity,Consumer,Entrepreneur: Women and the Marketplace in Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia"

[Katalin Fabian]

Call for Papers for International Conference: "Commodity,
Consumer,
Entrepreneur: Women and the Marketplace in Russia, Eastern
Europe and
Eurasia" / 24-25 June, 2005 / University of Illinois, Urbana-
Champaign /
Sponsored by the Association for Women in Slavic Studies (AWSS)
and UIUC
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC)/ For more
information
see: http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/events/fisher.html /Deadline for
proposals:
15 March, 2005 / Applicants will be notified the first week of
April.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: NADEZHDA AZHGIKHINA, Russian Union of
Journalists

The conference will focus on women's experience in the
marketplace in
Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia. While developments in the
region from
1985 to 2005 are of particular interest, historical and
chronologically
comparative topics are also welcome. AWSS and REEEC invite
proposals for
individual papers, panels (with chair and discussant) and
roundtables. We
are looking for proposals from any field of Slavic/ East
European/
Eurasian studies, including economics, anthropology, sociology,
media,
law, history, literature, political science, cultural studies,
policy
studies, and any other aspect ofwomen's studies.
Interdisciplinary work
and proposals from representatives of NGOs are also welcome.
Limited
funding for graduate students is available.

Proposals for panels/papers must include:
1) A 150-200 word abstract for each paper; and 2) A one-page CV
for each
participant. Proposals should be submitted electronically to:
Natasha
Kolchevska, Chair, Program Committee: nakol at unm.edu

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Location: IL
Deadline: March 15, 2005

--
Katalin Fabian
Lafayette College
Department of Government and Law
Kirby Hall 103
Easton, PA 18042-1780

Tel: (610) 330-5392
Fax: (610) 330-5397