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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Germany: 6th Conference of the International Association for Southeast European Anthropology (InASEA)

Overview

For the 6th InASEA conference in Regensburg, Germany, we invite paper and panel proposals from anthropologists, ethnologists and scholars from neighbouring disciplines which discuss the impact of the transformative processes on the everyday life and culture in Southeast Europe. We especially invite proposals that address one of the following themes:

* Conceptualizing "tradition", "modernity" and "post-modernity"
* Coping with the challenges of change: adaptation, appropriation, resistance
* Social groups and new life styles
* Dimensions of social and cultural exclusion
* Cultures of the new elites
* The reconfiguration of political and economic power
* Gender relations after socialism
* Changing faces of labour and labour relations
* Impact of the new communication technologies
* Modalities of consumption
* Forms and uses of material culture
* Changing modes of leisure
* New cultural tastes: entertainment, media, heroes, stars
* Family, kinship and generational relations
* Sexuality between commercialization and liberation
* "(Post) modern" religion and faith
* Historical experiences of change in everyday life
* Modernization theory and Southeast Europe
* Anthropological theories and methods of studying social change

Venue: The 6th Conference of the International Association for Southeast European Anthropology (InASEA) on Southeast European (Post) Modernities will be held at the University of Regensburg,Faculty of Philosophy I, in Regensburg (Germany).

Paper proposals

Paper proposals are to be sent to the conference organizers by July 18, 2010. The form for paper proposals can be downloaded at
http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/inasea/pdf/proposal_form.doc
http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/inasea/pdf/proposal_form.rtf

Only proposals using this form will be considered. Proposals should refer to the most appropriate conference theme and specify the technical equipment needed for the paper presentation. Invited panel proposals are also welcome. The panel organizer(s) should submit the panel title, a 200-250 word panel abstract, as well as a list of the three to four planned presenters including all the information about individual papers detailed above using the paper proposal form. The papers may be proposed and presented in one of the three InASEA official languages, i.e. English, French or German.

Paper proposals are to be sent to:

* Prof. Dr. Ulf Brunnbauer (University of Regensburg)
email: ulf.brunnbauer@geschichte.uni-regensburg.de
and
* Rosemarie Scheid (secretary of Prof. Brunnbauer)
email: rosemarie.scheid@geschichte.uni-regensburg.de
Participants will be notified in November 2010 about the acceptance of their paper.


Proceedings

A selection of conference papers will be published in two regular issues of InASEA's annual journal, Ethnologia Balkanica (volumes 14 and 15), after undergoing anonymous peer reviewing.

Travel and Accommodation

Pending the approval of sufficient funds for the conference, the conference organizers will cover at least a part of the travel and accommodation costs for participants from the countries of Southeast Europe not in the European Union before 2007 (Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Turkey).

Accommodation for participants who qualify for financial support will be pre-arranged. Other participants will also be assisted in making hotel reservations. More information about accommodation will be published on the conference website (http://wwwgewi. kfunigraz.ac.at/inasea/conference6.html) in due time.

Registration Fee

InASEA members are entitled to free participation in the conference. Non-InASEA members will be asked to pay an on-site registration fee equivalent to: 20 EUR (participants from the above-mentioned Southeast European countries) and 40 EUR (other participants, including those from the SEE countries that joined the European Union before 2007)

Contact

More information about the conference can be obtained from the Chair of the Conference Organizing Committee Prof. Dr. Ulf Brunnbauer Chair of Southeast and East European History University of Regensburg
Email: ulf.brunnbauer@geschichte.uni-regensburg.de
Phone: +49.941.943-3792, fax: +49-941-943-5032

Additional Information

More information about InASEA is available at its website at http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/inasea

News on the Conference will be announced on the Conference website at
http://www-gewi.kfunigraz.ac.at/inasea/conference6.html
More information on Regensburg and accommodation in Regensburg:
http://www.regensburg.de/sixcms/detail.php/3854


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