CALL FOR PAPERS

THE NINTH ANNUAL CENTRAL EURASIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE

Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
USA

Saturday, April 13th, 2002

ACES (the Association of Central Eurasian Students, Indiana University) is proud to announce the Ninth Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference. Graduate students, faculty and independent scholars are invited to submit abstracts of papers on Central Eurasian issues in all fields.

Central Eurasia is defined, for the purpose of this conference, as the vast area including or corresponding to present-day Mongolia, Western China (Xinjiang), Tibet, Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, as well as the historic regions of Khorasan and northern Afghanistan), Azerbaijan, Turkey, Hungary, Estonia, Finland, and other regions which include Finno-Ugric peoples.

This year's conference takes place the same weekend as the György Ránki Hungarian Chair Symposium. Scheduled for Sunday, April 14, 2002 in Bloomington, the topic of the symposium is Lajos Kossuth and America. The free symposium is organized by IU Hungarian Chair Visiting Professor Pál Hatos and the Department of Central Eurasian Studies. Advance notice of intent to attend the Hungarian symposium is requested but not required.

Please e-mail CEUS@indiana.edu for more information regarding this Symposium.

ABSTRACTS:

Central Eurasian Studies Conference abstracts of no more than two double spaced pages are due by January 7, 2002. Abstracts are expected to be comprehensive and publishable--a collection of abstracts of accepted papers will be published by the date of the conference. Please provide the following with your abstract:

• names of all authors (also note name of the person presenting the paper)
• institution affiliation (if any)
• mailing address
• e-mail address
• telephone/fax numbers

Please e-mail abstracts in an attachment (.doc or .rtf formats preferred) to: ACES@indiana.edu

OR, mail a print-out of your abstract to:

The Ninth Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference
Goodbody Hall 157
Indiana University
1011 East Third Street
Bloomington, IN 47405-7005

Fax: (812) 855-7500
Telephone: (812) 855-9510

Notifications of acceptance and other materials will be e-mailed to the authors of accepted papers by January 21, 2001. ACES regrets that it cannot provide any funding to participants.