DREJT MBYLLJES - Peizazhe të fjalës: "Katedra e Albanologjisë në Universitetin e Mynihut rrezikon t’i mbyllë dyert, për arsye pas gjase financimi dhe burokratike.
Këtë katedër, ku kanë dhënë mësim në të shkuarën Martin Camaj dhe Wilfried Fiedler, e drejton tani Bardhyl Demiraj, ndoshta albanologu shqiptar më i shquar i brezit të vet.
Në mediat po qarkullon një thirrje, e sinqertë, që autoritetet shtetërore në Shqipëri dhe në Kosovë të mos e lënë katedrën të mbyllet, duke ia siguruar të paktën mbështetjen financiare."
Friday, July 8, 2011
Symposium Call For Papers
THE FIRST FREEDOMS:
MIHAJLOV'S QUEST
FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
HILTON, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, USA, August 4-7, 2011
MIHAJLOV'S QUEST
FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
HILTON, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA, USA, August 4-7, 2011
http://www.jis3.org/symposium2011.htm
All friends, colleagues, students, and admirers of Mihajlo Mihajlov (1934-2010) are cordially invited to participate in a re-assessment of his life, work, and legacy whose significance reaches well beyond Tito's Yugoslavia, the Balkans, and Eastern Europe. Mihajlov's quest for democracy and human rights is an inspiration for all who strive for an open society, pluralism, and tolerance. An indefatigable human rights champion, Mihajlov's example contributed to the rise of dissent, civic culture, and civil society which ushered in momentous changes culminating in the peaceful revolution in Eastern Europe and the demise of Soviet rule. Mihajlov's first freedoms–speech, thought, press, assembly, association, philosophical, political and religious persuasion--remain a continuing challenge, East and West, North and South. Curiously, Mihajlov's thought offers a conceptual bridge between Westernizers and Slavophiles, while his universalism helped him befriend dissidents of all ethnic groups. Indeed, Mihajlov's was a universal message of individual freedom and social justice. His undogmatic spirituality and central conception of human dignity drew on Russian religious philosophy. The question arises: Can the quest for global democracy and basic human rights and freedoms be realized in a world of competing socio-economic, political, and ethno-national interests and ideologies? Can equality be reconciled with liberty? And, can science and technology be harnessed to serve, rather than enslave, humanity?
KEYNOTE: "MIHAJLO MIHAJLOV: HOMELAND IS FREEDOM"
Maria M. Ivusic, Washington (Mihajlo's Sister & Translator)
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
International Journal of Balkan Policy Research
The new International Journal of Balkan Policy Research (IJBPR) is a double-blinded peer-reviewed Journal published by Universum University College in Kosovo with the financial support of the US Embassy in Kosovo and the US State Department.
It is edited by an International Editorial Board (please see below) which consists of prominent Academics, Scholars and Practitioners from the field and led by the Editor-in-Chief Dr. Adrian Treacher from the University of Sussex in the UK.
IJBPR is a gateway to key policy research on the Western Balkan region and individual countries. Of interest to policy-makers, scholars, and readers of Western Balkan affairs, it aims to address theoretically-informed and empirically-tested economic, legal and political issues which directly shape policy and attitudes in the region.
The review process ensures that the academic quality of the published articles is approved by experienced scholars/practitioners from the relevant field.
Call for Papers
With the purpose to promote comprehensive research and policy options in the Western Balkans, IJBPR invites scholars, researchers, public policy practitioners, and graduate students at advanced stages of research, to submit papers to be published in the first issue of the Journal in November 2011 or in subsequent issues.
Deadline for submission of Abstract Proposals: July 15, 2011
Deadline for submission of Full Paper: September 15, 2011
All contributions together with a short biography of the author(s) should be sent by email to editor@balkanpolicyjournal.net.
Guidelines for Authors
Articles submitted to IJBPR should be double-spaced, be in Times New Roman 12-point font and have a margin of 1.5 inch on both sides. The numbering of pages, tables and figures is required. Tables and figures, besides being set in the text, should be provided separately to the Editor. Every table and/or figure should have a title or header, as to show its function within the article's context.
Articles should also have a title as well as the author(s) name(s), affiliation(s) and highest academic qualification where applicable. In addition, an abstract of up to 200 words should be submitted. The name(s) and other details of the author(s) will be deleted by the Editor, prior to the paper being sent for peer-review.
Referencing system: the IJBPR recommends and encourages that its authors use the University of Chicago Style B system of referencing. For more information on citations click here.
Editorial Team
Editor in-chief:
Dr. Adrian Treacher, University of Sussex, UK
Managing Editor:
Alejtin Berisha, Universum University College, Kosovo
Editorial Board:
Prof. Franz-Lothar Altmann, State University of Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Edna Andrews, Duke University, USA
Prof. Margaret Beissinger, Princeton University, USA
Kujtese Bejtullahu-Michalopoulos, Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland
Prof. Horst Brezinski, University of Freiberg, Germany
Prof. David Chandler, University of Westminster, UK
Prof. Lenard Cohen, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Prof. Rory Conces, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
Prof. László Csaba, CEU and Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Dr. Anna Di Lellio, New School University, USA
Prof. Donald Dyers, University of Mississippi, USA
Dr. Arolda Elbasani, Wissenschaftszentrum fur Sozialforschung, Germany
Dr. Adam Fagan, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Prof. Kevin Featherstone, London School of Economics, UK
Prof. Danica Fink Hafner, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Prof. Tom Gallagher, formerly with the University of Bradford, UK
Dr. Josip Glaurdic, University of Cambridge, UK
Dr. Eric Gordy, SSEES UCL, UK
Dr. Bersant Hobdari, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Prof. Leslie Holmes, University of Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Soeren Keil, University of Kent, UK
Dr. James Korovilas, University of the West of England, UK
Prof. Satoshi Mizobata, University of Kyoto, Japan
Dr. Klejda Mulaj, University of Exeter, UK
Prof. Neill Nugent, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and College of Europe, Belgium
Dr. Dimitris Papadimitriou, University of Manchester, UK
Prof. Slavo Radosevic, SSEES, UCL, UK
Prof. Xavier Richet, University Sorbonne Nouvelle, France & CEFC-CNRS, Hong Kong
Prof. Marcello Signorelli, University of Perugia, Italy
It is edited by an International Editorial Board (please see below) which consists of prominent Academics, Scholars and Practitioners from the field and led by the Editor-in-Chief Dr. Adrian Treacher from the University of Sussex in the UK.
IJBPR is a gateway to key policy research on the Western Balkan region and individual countries. Of interest to policy-makers, scholars, and readers of Western Balkan affairs, it aims to address theoretically-informed and empirically-tested economic, legal and political issues which directly shape policy and attitudes in the region.
The review process ensures that the academic quality of the published articles is approved by experienced scholars/practitioners from the relevant field.
Call for Papers
With the purpose to promote comprehensive research and policy options in the Western Balkans, IJBPR invites scholars, researchers, public policy practitioners, and graduate students at advanced stages of research, to submit papers to be published in the first issue of the Journal in November 2011 or in subsequent issues.
Deadline for submission of Abstract Proposals: July 15, 2011
Deadline for submission of Full Paper: September 15, 2011
All contributions together with a short biography of the author(s) should be sent by email to editor@balkanpolicyjournal.net.
Guidelines for Authors
Articles submitted to IJBPR should be double-spaced, be in Times New Roman 12-point font and have a margin of 1.5 inch on both sides. The numbering of pages, tables and figures is required. Tables and figures, besides being set in the text, should be provided separately to the Editor. Every table and/or figure should have a title or header, as to show its function within the article's context.
Articles should also have a title as well as the author(s) name(s), affiliation(s) and highest academic qualification where applicable. In addition, an abstract of up to 200 words should be submitted. The name(s) and other details of the author(s) will be deleted by the Editor, prior to the paper being sent for peer-review.
Referencing system: the IJBPR recommends and encourages that its authors use the University of Chicago Style B system of referencing. For more information on citations click here.
Editorial Team
Editor in-chief:
Dr. Adrian Treacher, University of Sussex, UK
Managing Editor:
Alejtin Berisha, Universum University College, Kosovo
Editorial Board:
Prof. Franz-Lothar Altmann, State University of Bucharest, Romania
Prof. Edna Andrews, Duke University, USA
Prof. Margaret Beissinger, Princeton University, USA
Kujtese Bejtullahu-Michalopoulos, Graduate Institute, Geneva, Switzerland
Prof. Horst Brezinski, University of Freiberg, Germany
Prof. David Chandler, University of Westminster, UK
Prof. Lenard Cohen, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Prof. Rory Conces, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA
Prof. László Csaba, CEU and Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Dr. Anna Di Lellio, New School University, USA
Prof. Donald Dyers, University of Mississippi, USA
Dr. Arolda Elbasani, Wissenschaftszentrum fur Sozialforschung, Germany
Dr. Adam Fagan, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Prof. Kevin Featherstone, London School of Economics, UK
Prof. Danica Fink Hafner, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Prof. Tom Gallagher, formerly with the University of Bradford, UK
Dr. Josip Glaurdic, University of Cambridge, UK
Dr. Eric Gordy, SSEES UCL, UK
Dr. Bersant Hobdari, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Prof. Leslie Holmes, University of Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Soeren Keil, University of Kent, UK
Dr. James Korovilas, University of the West of England, UK
Prof. Satoshi Mizobata, University of Kyoto, Japan
Dr. Klejda Mulaj, University of Exeter, UK
Prof. Neill Nugent, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK and College of Europe, Belgium
Dr. Dimitris Papadimitriou, University of Manchester, UK
Prof. Slavo Radosevic, SSEES, UCL, UK
Prof. Xavier Richet, University Sorbonne Nouvelle, France & CEFC-CNRS, Hong Kong
Prof. Marcello Signorelli, University of Perugia, Italy
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
The Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History
The Reginald Zelnik book prize is for any genre of history and does include Eastern and Central Europe as well as Eurasian studies. The deadline for submission is May 6.
Rules of eligibility for the Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History competition are as follows:
Send one copy of eligible monograph to each Committee member (see addresses below) AND to the ASEEES main office. Nominations must be received no later than May 6, 2011.
Submissions should be clearly marked "Reginald Zelnik Book Prize Nomination." If you would like to receive an acknowledgment that your nomination was received please enclose with the copy mailed to the ASEEES main office a note with your e-mail address or a self-addressed stamped envelope or a postcard.
Rules of eligibility for the Reginald Zelnik Book Prize in History competition are as follows:
- The copyright date inside the book must list the previous calendar year as the date of publication (the book must have been published in 2010 to be eligible for the 2011 competition)
- The book must be originally in the form of a monograph, preferably by a single author, or by no more than two authors
- Authors may be of any nationality as long as the work is originally published in English
- Works may deal with any area of Russia, Eastern Europe, or Eurasia
- The competition is open to works of scholarship in history
- Textbooks, collections, translations, bibliographies, and reference works are ineligible
Send one copy of eligible monograph to each Committee member (see addresses below) AND to the ASEEES main office. Nominations must be received no later than May 6, 2011.
Submissions should be clearly marked "Reginald Zelnik Book Prize Nomination." If you would like to receive an acknowledgment that your nomination was received please enclose with the copy mailed to the ASEEES main office a note with your e-mail address or a self-addressed stamped envelope or a postcard.
Henry Reichman, California State University East Bay; Committee Chair, 2009-2012
(mailing address):
Henry Reichman
1507 Beverly Place
Albany, CA 94706
Alice Freifeld, University of Florida; 2009-2011
(mailing address):
Alice Freifeld
Department of History
University of Florida
POB 117320
Gainesville, Florida 32611-8525
Marianne Kamp, University of Wyoming; 2009-2011(mailing address):
Marianne Kamp
University of Wyoming
Department of History, Dept 3198
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
New Book: Theodora Dragostinova, Between Two Motherlands
Cornell University Press
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=9922
Between Two Motherlands
Nationality and Emigration among the Greeks of Bulgaria, 1900-1949
Theodora Dragostinova
978-0-8014-4945-1
45.00
In 1900, some 100,000 people living in Bulgaria—2 percent of the
country’s population—could be described as Greek, whether by
nationality, language, or religion. The complex identities of the
population—proud heirs of ancient Hellenic colonists, loyal citizens
of their Bulgarian homeland, members of a wider Greek diasporic
community, devout followers of the Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul,
and reluctant supporters of the Greek government in Athens—became
entangled in the growing national tensions between Bulgaria and Greece
during the first half of the twentieth century.
In Between Two Motherlands, Theodora Dragostinova explores the
shifting allegiances of this Greek minority in Bulgaria. Diverse
social groups contested the meaning of the nation, shaping and
reshaping what it meant to be Greek and Bulgarian during the slow and
painful transition from empire to nation-states in the Balkans. In
these decades, the region was racked by a series of upheavals (the
Balkan Wars, World War I, interwar population exchanges, World War II,
and Communist revolutions). The Bulgarian Greeks were caught between
the competing agendas of two states increasingly bent on establishing
national homogeneity.
Based on extensive research in the archives of Bulgaria and Greece, as
well as fieldwork in the two countries, Dragostinova shows that the
Greek population did not blindly follow Greek nationalist leaders but
was torn between identification with the land of their birth and
loyalty to the Greek cause. Many emigrated to Greece in response to
nationalist pressures; others sought to maintain their Greek identity
and traditions within Bulgaria; some even switched sides when it
suited their personal interests. National loyalties remained fluid
despite state efforts to fix ethnic and political borders by such
means as population movements, minority treaties, and stringent
citizenship rules. The lessons of a case such as this continue to
reverberate wherever and whenever states try to adjust national
borders in regions long inhabited by mixed populations.
Theodora Dragostinova is Assistant Professor of History at The Ohio
State University.
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=9922
Between Two Motherlands
Nationality and Emigration among the Greeks of Bulgaria, 1900-1949
Theodora Dragostinova
978-0-8014-4945-1
45.00
In 1900, some 100,000 people living in Bulgaria—2 percent of the
country’s population—could be described as Greek, whether by
nationality, language, or religion. The complex identities of the
population—proud heirs of ancient Hellenic colonists, loyal citizens
of their Bulgarian homeland, members of a wider Greek diasporic
community, devout followers of the Orthodox Patriarchate in Istanbul,
and reluctant supporters of the Greek government in Athens—became
entangled in the growing national tensions between Bulgaria and Greece
during the first half of the twentieth century.
In Between Two Motherlands, Theodora Dragostinova explores the
shifting allegiances of this Greek minority in Bulgaria. Diverse
social groups contested the meaning of the nation, shaping and
reshaping what it meant to be Greek and Bulgarian during the slow and
painful transition from empire to nation-states in the Balkans. In
these decades, the region was racked by a series of upheavals (the
Balkan Wars, World War I, interwar population exchanges, World War II,
and Communist revolutions). The Bulgarian Greeks were caught between
the competing agendas of two states increasingly bent on establishing
national homogeneity.
Based on extensive research in the archives of Bulgaria and Greece, as
well as fieldwork in the two countries, Dragostinova shows that the
Greek population did not blindly follow Greek nationalist leaders but
was torn between identification with the land of their birth and
loyalty to the Greek cause. Many emigrated to Greece in response to
nationalist pressures; others sought to maintain their Greek identity
and traditions within Bulgaria; some even switched sides when it
suited their personal interests. National loyalties remained fluid
despite state efforts to fix ethnic and political borders by such
means as population movements, minority treaties, and stringent
citizenship rules. The lessons of a case such as this continue to
reverberate wherever and whenever states try to adjust national
borders in regions long inhabited by mixed populations.
Theodora Dragostinova is Assistant Professor of History at The Ohio
State University.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics 5.2 (EMCL-5.2) — Chicago
The Center for the Study of Languages (CSL)
together with
The Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies (CEERES),
at the University of Chicago
present
Empirical Methods in Cognitive Linguistics 5.2 (EMCL-5.2) — Chicago
The Integration of Corpus and Experimental Methods
SCLC-2011
THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF
THE SLAVIC COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS ASSOCIATION (SCLC-2011)
October 14-16, 2011
American University (Washington, DC, USA)
The Slavic Cognitive Linguistics Association (SCLA) announces the Call for Papers for the 2011 annual conference. The conference will be held on the campus of American University (Washington, DC, USA) on Friday, October 14 through Sunday, October 16, 2011. Keynote speakers:
THE SLAVIC COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS ASSOCIATION (SCLC-2011)
October 14-16, 2011
American University (Washington, DC, USA)
The Slavic Cognitive Linguistics Association (SCLA) announces the Call for Papers for the 2011 annual conference. The conference will be held on the campus of American University (Washington, DC, USA) on Friday, October 14 through Sunday, October 16, 2011. Keynote speakers:
Gilles Fauconnier, UC San Diego
Jacques Moeschler, Université de Genève
Naomi Baron, American University
Abstracts are invited for presentations addressing issues of significance for cognitive linguistics with some bearing on data from the Slavic languages. As long as there is a cognitive orientation, papers may be on synchronic or diachronic topics in any of the traditional areas of phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, discourse analysis, or sociolinguistics. In addition to the Slavic Languages, relevant papers on other languages of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are also acceptable.
Abstracts may be submitted up until the deadline of April 8, 2011 to sclcAbstracts@gmail.com. Abstracts should be approximately 500 words, but strict word limits are not required. Notification of acceptance will be provided by May 31, 2011. The abstract should be submitted as a word or pdf file as an attachment to an email message with “SCLC abstract submission” in the subject headline. Abstracts should be anonymous, but the author’s name, affiliation and contact information should be included in the email message.
Most presentations at SCLC are given in English, but may be in the native (Slavic) language of the presenter. However, if the presentation is not to be made in English we ask that you provide an abstract in English in addition to an abstract in any other SCLA language. Each presentation will be given 20 minutes and will be followed by a 10-minute discussion period.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Information on transportation, accommodations, and the conference venue will be forthcoming. Please see the organization and conference websites for further information:
http://languages.uchicago.edu/
http://www.american.edu/cas/sclc/index.cfm
If you have questions, contact Alina Israeli (aisrael@AMERICAN.EDU>) or Tore Nesset (tore.nesset@uit.no).
If you have questions, contact Alina Israeli (aisrael@AMERICAN.EDU>) or Tore Nesset (tore.nesset@uit.no).
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)