Black Sea Regional Symposium

IREX, in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson Center for
International Scholars, will be administering a Symposium to bring
together senior and junior US scholars to discuss a variety of
political, economic,historical, and cultural topics related to the
Black Sea Region. Junior scholars will be chosen based on a national
competition. Applications must demonstrate a commitment to continued
study, research, and work on, and with, the countries of the Black
Sea Region. The symposium is scheduled for April 2001.

Junior Scholar Application Deadline: December 1, 2000

For more information and applications:
http://www.irex.org/programs/black-sea/index.htm

Hello everyone,

My mistake! That was not a conference in Berlin, but a colloquium.
Anyway, for those of you in that part of Europe, it looks very
promising and has some excellent people involved with it.

Best,
Leon

Hello everyone,
This conference is not strictly about Bulgaria, but a Bulgarian
scholar is presenting a paper.

Best,
Leon


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Minderheiten und Minderheitenkonflikte im Wandel: Ostmittel- und
Osteuropa im Umbruch

Veranstaltungszeit:
Wintersemester 2000/01, jeweils Dienstags, 16.00-18.00 Uhr c.t.

Veranstaltungsort:
Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin
Institut fuer Sozialwissenschaften
Bevoelkerungswissenschaft (Rainer Muenz)
Universitaetsstr. 3b, Raum 003
http://www.demographie.de/kolloquium


24. Oktober: Phil Triadafilopoulos (New School for Social Research,
New York): Debating 'Engineered Ethnic Unmixing': Partition and
Transfers of Population in 20th Century Europe

31. Oktober: Catalin Turliuc (Romanian Academy of Sciences, "A.D.
Xenopol" Institute of History Iasi):  Social Representation of Ethnic
Groups in Contemporary Romania

7. November: Holm Sundhaussen (Freie Universitaet Berlin): Mehr- oder
Minderheiten? Legitimationsmuster und Statuskonflikte im ehemaligen
Jugoslawien

21. November: Wolfgang Hoepken (Universitaet Leipzig): Opfer des
Nationalstaats: Muslime und muslimische Emigration auf dem Balkan im
19./20. Jahrhundert

28. November: Marie-Janine Calic (Buero des Sonderkoordinators des
Stabilitaetspaktes fuer Suedosteuropa, Bruessel): Der Stabilitaetspakt
fuer Suedosteuropa - ein neues Instrument der Konfliktpraevention?

5. Dezember: Anton Sterbling (Fachhochschule fuer Polizei Sachsen):
Die Minderheitenproblematik in Suedosteuropa. Grundsaetzliche
Ueberlegungen und Betrachtungen

12. Dezember: Ivanka Nedeva-Atanassova (George Mason University,
Fairfax): Trans-Border Ethnic Communities in Southeast Europe:
Impacts On Regional Security

19. Dezember: Rainer Bauboeck (Malmoe University/Oesterreichische
Akademie der Wissenschaften): Grenzen der Selbstbestimmung: Gibt es
ein Recht auf Sezession?

9. Januar: Ewa Morawska (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia):
Poland's Majority and Minorities: An Uneasy Coexistence

16. Januar: Aristide Zolberg (New School for Social Research, New
York): Institutional Negotiations Between Majorities and Minorities:
The Importance of Differences

23. Januar: Jacques Rupnik (CERI, Paris): Ethnic Minorities and
Conflict Prevention: The Experience of the International Commissions
on the Balkans

30. Januar: Sammy Smooha (Haifa University): The Model of Ethnic
Democracy: Comparing Israel, Slovakia and Estonia

6. Februar: Steven Vertovec (Oxford University): Concepts of
Transnationalism: What's old, what's new?

13. Februar: George Schoepflin (School of Slavonic and Eastern
European Studies, London): Majorities and Minorities: The State and
Citizenship

Didar Erdinc <didar@...>

I am Didar Erdinc, Assistant Professor of Economics at the American
University in Bulgaria. I teach advanced macroeconomics, financial markets
and institutions and economics of transition. I received my Ph.D. from the
Univestiy of Southern California with the dissertation titled "Macroeconomic
Uncertainty and Crisis in a Liberalizing Economy: Turkey, 1986-1997".

Currently, in addition to working on a paper on Bulgarian Banking System:
Current Practices and Future Prospects, I have been writing a paper
entitled "The economic situation of the Turkish Minority during the
Bulgarian transition," to be presented in a conference. Last year, I
presented a paper on the conditions of the Turks, Pomaks and the Roma
Minorities in Bulgaria. I would very much appreciate economic data sources
on the minorities in Bulgaria, if anyone of you has this information.

>>>>New Member

Birgul Coskun (bdemirtas@...)

My name is Birgul Coskun. I am working at the Balkan Studies Desk of the
Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies, located in Ankara, Turkey. At the
same time I am a Ph.D. student at Bilkent University, International
Relations Department. My master's thesis was entitled as "The Exemplary
Relationship in the Balkans: Turkish-Bulgarian Relations in the Post-Cold
War Era". I am especially interested in Bulgarian Foreign Policy,
Turkish-Bulgarian Relations, and the Plight of the Turkish Minority in
Bulgaria.

Congragulations. I hope we will not wait too much to see the entire work.
Best. O.K.

-----Original Message-----
From: Florin Curta [mailto:fcurta@...]
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 10:22 PM
To: Bulgarian_Studies@egroups.com
Subject: Re: [Bulgarian_Studies] ASN Conference volunteers




Many thanks for your reply. The tentative title for my paper is "Pots,
Slavs, and 'imagined communities': Slavic archaeology in Bulgaria and
Romania (1945-1989)." Here is a brief abstract:



Some fifty years ago, those writing the history of the (early) Slavs were
mainly scholars trained in comparative linguistics. Today, the
authoritative discourse is that of archaeology. The purpose of this paper
is to illuminate some of the circumstances in which archaeologists gained
power in academic debates. Slavic archaeology is examined within the
broader context of the "politics of culture" which characterizes all
nation-states, as "imagined communities" (B. Anderson). Slavic archaeology
is a discipline crisscrossing national divisions of archaeological schools.
My paper focuses on developments in Bulgaria and Romania. Despite recent
emphasis on the impact of nationalism on archaeology, the discussion has
centered more on the ideological framework of the culture-historical school
of archaeology, particularly on the concept of archaeological culture.
Comparatively little attention has been paid to how archaeologists
contributed to the construction of the national past. Focusing on Slavic
archaeology, this paper attempts to establish criteria for distinguishing
readings of the past, which were appropriated by identity politics. To
many, the current academic discourse about the early Slavs in Bulgaria and
Romania appears as strikingly tied to political, rather than intellectual
considerations. Between 1945 and 1989, archaeologists in both countries
defined the concept of archaeological culture in monothetic terms on the
basis of the presence or absence of a list of traits or types derived from
typical sites or intuitively considered to be representative cultural
attributes. They regarded archaeological cultures as actors on the
historical stage, playing the role individuals or groups have in
documentary history. Archaeological cultures thus became ethnic groups, and
were used to legitimize claims of modern nation-states to territory and
influence.


Should you need any other materials, please let me know.


Florin Curta
_____________________________________________________________

Florin Curta
Department of History
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Florida
4411 Turlington Hall
P.O. Box 117320
Gainesville, FL 32611-7320
Phone: (352) 392-0271
FAX: (352) 392-6927
E-mail: fcurta@...
http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/fcurta


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Many thanks for your reply. The tentative title for my paper is "Pots,
Slavs, and 'imagined communities': Slavic archaeology in Bulgaria and
Romania (1945-1989)." Here is a brief abstract:



Some fifty years ago, those writing the history of the (early) Slavs were
mainly scholars trained in comparative linguistics. Today, the
authoritative discourse is that of archaeology. The purpose of this paper
is to illuminate some of the circumstances in which archaeologists gained
power in academic debates. Slavic archaeology is examined within the
broader context of the "politics of culture" which characterizes all
nation-states, as "imagined communities" (B. Anderson). Slavic archaeology
is a discipline crisscrossing national divisions of archaeological schools.
My paper focuses on developments in Bulgaria and Romania. Despite recent
emphasis on the impact of nationalism on archaeology, the discussion has
centered more on the ideological framework of the culture-historical school
of archaeology, particularly on the concept of archaeological culture.
Comparatively little attention has been paid to how archaeologists
contributed to the construction of the national past. Focusing on Slavic
archaeology, this paper attempts to establish criteria for distinguishing
readings of the past, which were appropriated by identity politics. To
many, the current academic discourse about the early Slavs in Bulgaria and
Romania appears as strikingly tied to political, rather than intellectual
considerations. Between 1945 and 1989, archaeologists in both countries
defined the concept of archaeological culture in monothetic terms on the
basis of the presence or absence of a list of traits or types derived from
typical sites or intuitively considered to be representative cultural
attributes. They regarded archaeological cultures as actors on the
historical stage, playing the role individuals or groups have in
documentary history. Archaeological cultures thus became ethnic groups, and
were used to legitimize claims of modern nation-states to territory and
influence.


Should you need any other materials, please let me know.


Florin Curta
_____________________________________________________________

Florin Curta
Department of History
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Florida
4411 Turlington Hall
P.O. Box 117320
Gainesville, FL 32611-7320
Phone: (352) 392-0271
FAX: (352) 392-6927
E-mail: fcurta@...
http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/fcurta

-----Original Message-----
From: LizFrank@... [mailto:LizFrank@...]
Sent: Sun, October 01, 2000 3:00 PM
To: Bulgarian_Studies-owner@egroups.com
Subject: An interesting news item

Dear Bulgarian Studies Members:

I noticed this item from SEGA as translated from the "Bulgaria Today" page
on www.centraleurope.com/bulgaria today/news.php3?i, and have copied and pasted
it here in order to ask all those interested in the current health care
situation in Bulgaria to comment and interpret:

Bulgaria would close 100 of its 300 hospitals and
reduce the number of doctors working there to 17,000 from some 29,000
now, under its health reform plan starting from mid-2001.

Are these hospital closings and staff cuts being done in the name of greater
efficiency and cost cutting and will they truly have a beneficial impact on
the system?  Will further hardships result with less access to health care
services, fewer skilled doctors to take care of people, and subsequent
increases in sickness and mortality?  Or is there some other interpretation?
I am a literary person, not an economist, political scientist or
sociologist, and work in the fuzzy zone of personal anecdotes and impressions,
but remain very concerned about health care in Bulgaria after speaking this
August to a doctor in Sofia, an endocrinologist who has been practicing for
thirty years, told me that people are unhealthier in Bulgaria than they were
before 1989, that they cannot afford fruits and vegetables and are eating much
more fat and salt, and that she and her colleagues have fewer
resources--medicines and equipment--than ever before to deal with people's
health problems.

I would welcome responses, ideas and information.

Best to all,

Elizabeth Frank (LizFrank@...  OR frank@...)

Hello everyone,
So far I have around five volunteers who want to present at a special
Bulgarian table at the ASN world conference. If all of you volunteers
will send in a short abstact and paper title I will start work on the
panel proposal.
Best,
Leon

Josette Baer, University of Zurich (jbaer@...)

My name is Josette Baer. I'm located at the Institute of Philosophy at
Zurich University. I was trained in Slavonic culture, political
sciences and history of Eastern Europe. I am specializing in the
field 'Slavonic Political Thought/Philosophy.  My PhD was a Czech
topic. Currently I'm preparing my habilitation thesis. A chapter of
this work will be an analysis of the philosophical/political thought
of Stefan Stambolov. Concerning Bulgaria, I've since worked on
Zhelev's political thought. A couple of years ago, I spoke Bulgarian
quite fluently, as I was at the "leten" seminar in Veliko Turnovo.
Nowadays, my reading skills are still better.

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Svetlana Stamenova stamenova@...
I am currently teaching a course of lectures called "Theories and
Conceptions of the Post-communist Systemic Change" at Sofia
University andNew Bulgarian University. I received my doctorate
degree in political science at the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Now I am preparing a cross-national comparative survey in 7 Balkan
countries. I will be grateful if you suggest me some valuable books
about the political processes and ethnic conflicts in Southeastern
Europe, for my previous knowledge concerns mainly central European
transformation.
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Nikolai Voukov - hphvon01@...

My name is Nikolai Voukov. I have graduated from the Faculty of
Slavonic Studies at the University of Sofia - with a major in
Bulgarian Philology. Then I did post-graduate research on Bulgarian
folklore, and particularly - kinship relationships in Bulgarian epic
songs - at the Institue of Folklore, Bulgaria. I did my second major
in contemporary history at the the History Department of the Central
European University, Budapest, where I am currently enrolled in the
PhD program, and I am doing a research on monuments of the communist
past in Bulgaria. I am interested in literature, folklore, history
and anthropology studies.

Dear All,
I just want to welcome all of our new members including the esteemed
professor Maria Todorova (If you haven't read her book _Imagining the
Balkans_ Oxford, 1997 you should definitely put it on your short
list).
If you have not sent in a short bio and interest list, please do so
as soon as possible. The list has really grown in such a short time
and I want to encourage members who are interested in the same topics
to get in touch with each other.

Vsichko hubavo!
Leon Lowder
Columbia University



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Anamaria Dutceac (adutceac@...)

My name is Anamaria Dutceac. Coming originally from Romania, I got my
MA in Political Science from Northeastern University in Boston, MA. I
am mainly interested in the political organizations of ethnic
minorities in the Balkans, and especially in the case of Bulgaria,
Macedonia and Romania. In the case of Bulgaria proper, I am very
interested in the Turkish minority there and its political parties
and other organizations (i.e. the Movement for Rights and Freedom).

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Elizabeth Frank (LizFrank@... OR frank@...)

(I prefer the first address and use it more often)

My name is Elizabeth Frank.  I am a writer who teaches American
literature at Bard College, but I live in New York City and part-time
in Sofia.  I am studying Bulgarian, working with a partner on prose
translation, and, in addition to having great concern about the
current political and economic situation in Bulgaria, am very
interested in Bulgarian literature, film, history and culture.

======================================================================
Irina Gigova (gigova@...)

My name is Irina Gigova. I am third-year graduate student in History
at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Modern Southeastern
Europe is my main research field, with a focus on Bulgaria. My
dissertation project looks at the experience of two generations of
writers in Bulgaria from 1939 to 1953. I hope to address issues such
as: the role of intellectuals in Balkan societies; individual and
group experience of the Second World War and the
socialist 'revolution' in terms of daily life; (intellectuals' and
party) images of Bulgaria during the late 1940s and early 1950s, etc.
My interests are in all areas of Southeastern Europeansocial and
cultural history in the late nineteenth and twentieth century. I am a
native Bulgarian. I received my undergraduate degree in History
from the American University in Bulgaria, and MA in the same field
from the Central European University, Budapest.

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Dejan Guzina (dguzina@...)

I am currently working as a Post-Doctorate Research Fellow at the
Center for the Study of Democracy, Queen's University,Kingston,
Canada.  I received my doctorate degree in political science at
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.  The dissertation represents an
analysis of nationalism in the context of a multi-nation state, the
case of the post-socialist Serbia.  My particular interests are in
the following areas:
*Ethnic politics in the Balkans
*Democratic theory and post-communist change in East-Central Europe
*Liberalism and communitarianism in the context of South-East Europe.
I hope that being a part of the "electronic" community of scholars
interested in Bulgaria ( and other South-East European states), I can
learn more about the ups and downs of democratization processes in
the Balkans.

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John M. Nomikos (jnomikos@...)
Chairman
Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS)
Athens, Greece.

RIEAS Web Site: http://www.itel.gr/riies

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Donald F. Reindl (dreindl@...)

I am a Ph.D. student in Slavic linguistics at Indiana University,
Bloomington. My research interests include comparative historical
study of the south Slavic languages, lexicography, 19th and 20th
century history of the Balkans, and nationalism. I spent one summer
working on an archeological excavation at Silistra.

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Glenda J. Ross (gjross0531@...)

I am a graduate student at the University of Tennessee doing my
dissertation on the Bulgarian higher education system in transition
from communism to democracy and how these changes may influence the
future of higher education. I will leave for Bulgaria in November,
and I am interviewing Bulgarians before I leave to help me with
cultural and educational perspective.  If any of the people on your
list (within a day's drive of Knoxville) would be willing to be
interviewed, please have them contact me.


Research Associate for International Studies
Leadership Studies in Higher Education
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN  USA
865/558-6148    or    865/607-005
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Charles Schenk (charles_schenk@...)

My interest in Bulgaria arises from the fact that I've spent much of
the last couple years living in Bulgaria and Macedonia, where I
taught English. Since then, I've returned to journalism here in the
States, and my knowledge of the Balkans proves valuable at times.

What's more, by the end of this year I expect to be married to a
Bulgarian woman from a small town near Plovdiv, so my daily life may
be filled with cross-cultural problems in which I will find my
knowledge of the Balkans -- so impressive in the newsroom -- utterly
inadequate.

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Galina Schneider  (ohrid@...)

Galina Schneider, Independent Researcher, Washington, DC.  My primary
interests in Bulgaria are Orthodox Church History and Church Music,
History of Art and Architecture, and ethnicities issues.

======================================================================
Dan Shaffer (danshaffer@...)

My name is Dan Shaffer.  I am an entrepreneur and owner of a small
business that has been involved in contract manufacturing in Asia for
the computer industry.  I am also a doctoral student in Public
Administration at Arizona State University.

In 1992, while employed as a faculty research associate by Arizona
State University, I spent several delightful weeks in Bulgaria doing
research on the agribusiness sector.  This work was part of a USAID-
sponsored program entitled "Restructuring Agriculture and
Agribusiness in the Private Sector".

I am fairly knowledgeable in the area of business incubation and have
done a number of reports, evaluations and feasibility studies related
to usiness incubation for local, national, and international clients.

In Bulgaria, I also visited computer factories and met with the group
in Sofia who had been producing supercomputers, IBM-mainframe
compatible, and Apple compatible computers in spite of embargoes on
technology exports.

At the time of my visit in 1992, I saw Bulgaria as the "California"
of the Balkans with many similarities in terms of climate, geography,
agriculture, and technology.  Unfortunately, things went downhill for
a number of years,but the promise remains!
======================================================================
Maria Todorova (mtodorov@...)

Maria Todorova. Professor of History at the University of Florida. I
have written on problems of social and cultural history, historical
demography, and historiography of the Balkans in the 19th and 20th
century. At present, as a fellow of the National Humanites Center, my
research revolves around questions of nationalism, especially its
symbology, national memory and national heroes in Bulgaria.

I would definitely be interested. I've noticed that one of the favored
themes is Tishkov's contribution to the anthropology of Russia. Speaking of
anthropology/archaeology, would you accept a paper on Slavic archaeology
and nationalism? I already wrote on this topic (an article in
_Sudost-Forschungen_, 1994, and another under press for _European Journal
of Archaeology_) and the introductory chapter of my coming book (_The
Making of the Slavs. History and Archaeology of the Lower Danube Region,
ca. 500-700 A.D._, Cambridge University Press, 2001) also deals with
nationalist archaeologies. What I have in mind for your panel is a
comparison between developments in Bulgaria and Romania between 1945 and
1989. Please let me know if my proposal would match your other papers or
intentions for this panel.

Best,

Florin Curta


At 01:42 PM 9/28/00 -0000, you wrote:
>Hello Everyone,
>So far we have three people signed on to create a panel at the ASN
>convention. I think we will need at least one more person to have our
>own panel. Anyone interested? If we get one more person, I'll handle
>the proposal.
>
>Let me know,
>Leon Lowder
>

_____________________________________________________________

Florin Curta
Department of History
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Florida
4411 Turlington Hall
P.O. Box 117320
Gainesville, FL 32611-7320
Phone: (352) 392-0271
FAX: (352) 392-6927
E-mail: fcurta@...
http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/fcurta

Hello Everyone,
So far we have three people signed on to create a panel at the ASN
convention. I think we will need at least one more person to have our
own panel. Anyone interested? If we get one more person, I'll handle
the proposal.

Let me know,
Leon Lowder

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++


Call for Papers

"Nation-Making, Past and Present:
Community, Economy, Security"

ASN 6th Annual World Convention
International Affairs Building,
Columbia University, NY
Sponsored by the Harriman Institute
5-7 April 2001


The Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of
Nationalities (ASN) has become the most attended international
scholarly gathering dealing with issues of national identity,
nationalism, ethnic conflict and state-building in Central and
Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Central Asia, and adjacent
areas. The Convention continued its impressive growth in 2000 with a
record 600+ attendees and 100 panels. More than a hundred
participants travelled from overseas for the event, particularly, but
not exclusively, from Western and Eastern Europe. Panelists'
disciplines included political science, history, anthropology,
sociology, economics, geography, and sociolinguistics.

The central theme of the 2001 Convention addresses the interface of
identity politics with economic issues and security/foreign policy
concerns, either in the past or in contemporary developments.
Proposals can focus on particular cases, theoretical questions, or
cross-regional comparison. Papers or panels comparing cases of the
post-Communist world with cases from other regions of the world are
encouraged. Due to continuing instability in the Caucasus and the
Balkans, proposals dealing with these areas are particularly
solicited. Unlike most conventions, ASN accepts individual paper
proposals, although full panel proposals have a greater chance of
being accepted, due to space constraints.

The ASN World Convention's yearly theme specifically refers to a core
number of panels. Since the Convention is far larger in scope than a
thematic conference, we invite, as in previous years, proposals on a
wide range of topics related to identity, nationalism, conflict and
state-building in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet
Union, Central Asia, and  adjacent areas. Themes in 2000 included
Nationalism and Federalism in the Russian Federation; Ethnic
Minorities in Georgia; Ukrainian Foreign Policy Orientation: East or
West?; The Russian-Chechen War(s); Bosnia after Dayton:
Disintegration or Reintegration; Security, Energy, and Foreign Policy
South of Russia; What Is European Identity?; The Kosovo War; Forced
Migrations in the Balkans and the Caucasus; Valery Tishkov and the
Anthropology of Russia; Approaches to the Prevention of Ethnic
Conflict and many more. The ASN web site (http://asn.uno.edu)
contains a complete list of the 2000 panels.

Videos/Films. The 2000 Convention was enhanced by the highly
successful screening of short videos (10-15 minutes), accompanying
presentations in regular panels, as well as medium- and full-length
documentaries or feature films in video format, shown as special
screenings followed by a general discussion. The British
documentaries The Valley, on Kosovo, and A Cry from the Grave, on
Serbenica, were some of the highlights of the 2000 Program. For 2001,
proposals partly or entirely revolving around video, film, or
audio-visual material (including slides and power point
presentations) are strongly encouraged. As a rule, the convention
intends to show video or film material produced within the past year
or two. Throughout the convention, one or two of the convention
meeting rooms will be exclusively devoted to the screening of video
material. All suggestions and proposals should be sent to the Program
Chair, Dominique Arel (address below).

Location. The Convention will be held by the Harriman Institute at
Columbia University, New York (address below), and co-sponsored by
the Watson Institute, Brown University, Rhode Island.

Schedule. The convention will begin on Thursday, April 5th, at 1 PM,
and end on Saturday, April 7th in early evening. No panels will be
held on Sunday, and the dates do not coincide with the Jewish and
Orthodox religious holidays, which all take place later in the month.

Panel/Roundtable/Roundtable Proposals. There is no particular
application form to fill out. The vast majority of proposals were
e-mailed to the Program Chair last year, but proposals sent by fax or
regular mail are also accepted. For instructions on the proposals,
see the "Application Information" below. All proposals must be sent
to the Program Chair, Dominique Arel (address below).

Registration. Registration fees are $40 for ASN Members, $60 for
Non-Members ($30 for East European Non-Members) and $25 for Students.
All panel participants have to pre-register by March 15th, 2001.
Non-panel participants are also urged to pre-register early. Please
note that the Convention will be unable to refund preregisterees
after March, 15th, 2001.  Pre-registration by panel participants and
attendees can be done electronically, by fax, or by regular mail. A
registration form can be downloaded from our ASN web page
(http://asn.uno.edu), or be requested from Gordon Bardos (address
below).

Funding. Participants are responsible for seeking their own funds to
cover all travel and accommodation costs. ASN is unfortunately unable
to assist participants financially, including applicants from Central
and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Central Asia.

Accommodation. The Convention does not have particular arrangements
with hotels. Our ASN web site (http://asn.uno.edu), however, provides
a list of several hotels, in various price ranges. Participants and
attendees are strongly encouraged to reserve as early as possible.

Advertisements/Exhibitors. Several dozen publishers and companies had
exhibits and/or advertised in the Convention Program in 2000. Due to
considerations of space, advertisers and exhibitors are encouraged to
place their order early. For information, please contact the
Convention Director Gordon Bardos (address below).

Convention Papers. The convention papers will be available for sale
at the Convention for $1.50 apiece. That policy has proven a huge
success in the past.

Web Site. Our web site (http://asn.uno.edu) provides continuously
updated information on the ASN World Convention.

Membership Subscription to ASN. A yearly membership to ASN is $50,
and $30 for students. Members receive the journal Nationalities
Papers (four times a year), the periodical Analysis of Current Events
(ACE, four times a year), the newsletter ASNews (twice a year) and a
registration discount at the ASN Annual World Convention. Since 1999,
ASN Members also have the option of subscribing to Europe-Asia
Studies at the cut-rate of $55 yearly. A membership form can be
downloaded from our ASN web page (http://asn.uno.edu), or be
requested from Gordon Bardos (address below).

We look forward to seeing you at the convention!

Dominique Arel, Program Chair
Gordon Bardos, Convention Director


Application Information

ASN is accepting proposals for panels, roundtables, or individual
papers. There is no particular form to fill out. Proposals can be
emailed (preferably), faxed or mailed to the Program Chair (address
below).

Proposals for panels with presentations based on papers must include:
         *a chair, no more than three paper-givers and a discussant
*the title of the panel, as well as the title and an abstract (200 to
500 words) for each of the papers
         *the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email
(very
         important) of all participants
         *a one-paragraph cv of each participant

Proposals for roundtables must include:
         *a chair and no more than four presentors
         *the title of the roundtable
         *the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email
(very
         important) of all participants
         *a one-paragraph cv of each participant

Proposals for individual papers must include:
         *the title and an abstract (200 to 500 words) of the paper
         *the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email
(very
         important) of the applicant
         *a one-paragraph cv of each participant

If audio-visual equipment is required, please indicate so in your
application.

As before, applicants must abide by three golden rules:
         *No participant may be listed more than once on a given panel
         *No participant may present more than one paper at the
convention
         *No participant may appear more than twice in the convention
program

The proposals must be sent to Dominique Arel (address below). Email
applications are encouraged. An international Program Committee will
be entrusted with the selection.


Deadline for proposals:7 December 2000

For information on panel and paper proposals:
Dominique Arel
ASN Convention Program Chair
Watson Institute
Brown University, Box 1831
130 Hope St.
Providence, RI 02912
401 863 9296 tel
401 863 2192 fax
darel@b...

For information on exhibits
and advertisements in the convention program:
Gordon Bardos
Convention Director
Harriman Institute
Columbia University
1216 IAB
420 W. 118th St.
New York, NY 10027
212 854 8487 tel
212 666 3481 fax

I would like to mention one of the wonders that Woodrow Wilson Center
already has available to scholars - publications of the Cold War History
Project.  Issue 10 of their _Bulletin_, for example, has some
comparative translated historic documents on meetings of Yugoslav and
Bulgarian leaders with Stalin.  This Cold War History Project Bulletin
volume sections related to former Yugoslavia and Bulgaria in that issue
are available online at :

http://cwihp.si.edu/pdf/Bultn10f.pdf

  and should members of the study group be willing to read and discuss
the documents, I think it might make a nice introductory exploration for
this list and for the Balkan Studies list as well.  Those pages of the
Bulletin are in Adobe Acrobat Reader format.  Those listmembers needing
the same will find it available on the introductory Bulletin download
page at:

http://cwihp.si.edu/bulletin-pdf.htm

One can also send for hard copies of the publication.  Related "Working
Papers " from the CWIHP are available at the following URL:

http://cwihp.si.edu/working%20papers-pdf.htm

Finally, a list of archives available online and a document search is
available at:

http://cwihp.si.edu/cwihplib.nsf

Message: 1
    Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 08:24:02 +0200
    From: Jaromír A. Mása <cyrilm@...>
Subject: Re: Bulgarian Studies List


Dear All,
We are a group studying the history of Bulgarian cultural history,
namely church history, some graduated as linguists and some as
theologians. Our interests are various. Maybe No.1 is the history of
the church during last 50 years, i.e. in the totality period. It is
known, that on one side the church co-operate as everywhere on the
European East, but that there were concentrations camps (on Danube
islands) where the priests were tortured (aseverywhere on the
European East). But it is very difficult to get reliable information
about. We shall be grateful to anybody for information,
recommendations, anmd any other aid.
Best thanks
Dr Jaromir A. Masa, Prague
Lic.Theol. Plamen Todorov, Prague

Many thanks for all suggestions!

E. Frank

Hello,

Taking on the conference suggestion, I have a paper on the cultural
politics of the BKP during the sixties and the seventies, arguing that
the party revived a form of cultural nationalism to maintain its
legitimation. If you think that could be included in a panel, I would be
more than glad to participate.

Irina Gigova

Hello Everyone,

I am a writer in New York, member of the literature faculty at Bard
College, and part-time resident of Sofia who has just joined this
list.  Can anyone tell me where in the United States I could find a
bookstore where it's possible to find works in Bulgarian by Bulgarian
poets and novelists?  I am also interested in finding out where I
could find Bulgarian films in the US, particularly films by Angel
Wagenstein.  Film archives, film departments, foreign film catalogues-
-any source would be welcome.

    Thanks. 

    E. Frank
    (LizFrank@... OR frank@...)



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Hello,
I know there is a Bulgarian bookstore on the Internet, but I have
never used it so I don't know how good the service will be.

The site address is: http://www.ablen.com/bookstore/


Best,
Leon

HI!

I can tell you that in Cambridge, MA there is a foreignbooks bookstore named
Schoenhoff (or something close to this name). They might have something of
your interest. Also the Harvard Film Archive has a good collection of
foreign movies.

Anamaria Dutceac

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Leon Lowder" <lcl16@...>
Reply-To: Bulgarian_Studies@egroups.com
To: Bulgarian_Studies@egroups.com
Subject: [Bulgarian_Studies] Request for Information
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 13:46:10 -0000

Hello Everyone,

I am a writer in New York, member of the literature faculty at Bard
College, and part-time resident of Sofia who has just joined this
list.  Can anyone tell me where in the United States I could find a
bookstore where it's possible to find works in Bulgarian by Bulgarian
poets and novelists?  I am also interested in finding out where I
could find Bulgarian films in the US, particularly films by Angel
Wagenstein.  Film archives, film departments, foreign film catalogues-
-any source would be welcome.

      Thanks.

      E. Frank
      (LizFrank@... OR frank@...)




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Dear colleagues,

I can write a paper on Turkish-Bulgarian relations in the post-Cold War era
for this conference.
I have already written a master thesis on the subject. I consider this
subject very important since the Sofya-Ankara relations were very tense in
the late 1980s, but in the 1990s they achieved to improve bilateral ties in
a very short time.

Birgul Demirtas Coskun
Researcher
Balkan Studies
Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies
Ankara/TURKEY


-----Original Message-----
From: Leon Lowder [mailto:lcl16@...]
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 1:23 AM
To: Bulgarian_Studies@egroups.com
Subject: [Bulgarian_Studies] ASN 6th Annual World Convention



Hello everyone,
I hate to be so American-centric and then Columbia-centric as well,
but this is a great conference that I have had the honor of being a
moderator on before. Would anyone be interested in putting together a
Panel/Roundtable proposal discussion on Bulgaria? All it would take
would be four to five people interested in the general topic for this
year's conference. Let me know if you're interested.

All the best,
Leon Lowder
======================================================================




Call for Papers

"Nation-Making, Past and Present:
Community, Economy, Security"

ASN 6th Annual World Convention
International Affairs Building,
Columbia University, NY
Sponsored by the Harriman Institute
5-7 April 2001


The Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of
Nationalities (ASN) has become the most attended international
scholarly gathering dealing with issues of national identity,
nationalism, ethnic conflict and state-building in Central and
Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Central Asia, and adjacent
areas. The Convention continued its impressive growth in 2000 with a
record 600+ attendees and 100 panels. More than a hundred
participants travelled from overseas for the event, particularly, but
not exclusively, from Western and Eastern Europe. Panelists'
disciplines included political science, history, anthropology,
sociology, economics, geography, and sociolinguistics.

The central theme of the 2001 Convention addresses the interface of
identity politics with economic issues and security/foreign policy
concerns, either in the past or in contemporary developments.
Proposals can focus on particular cases, theoretical questions, or
cross-regional comparison. Papers or panels comparing cases of the
post-Communist world with cases from other regions of the world are
encouraged. Due to continuing instability in the Caucasus and the
Balkans, proposals dealing with these areas are particularly
solicited. Unlike most conventions, ASN accepts individual paper
proposals, although full panel proposals have a greater chance of
being accepted, due to space constraints.

The ASN World Convention's yearly theme specifically refers to a core
number of panels. Since the Convention is far larger in scope than a
thematic conference, we invite, as in previous years, proposals on a
wide range of topics related to identity, nationalism, conflict and
state-building in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet
Union, Central Asia, and  adjacent areas. Themes in 2000 included
Nationalism and Federalism in the Russian Federation; Ethnic
Minorities in Georgia; Ukrainian Foreign Policy Orientation: East or
West?; The Russian-Chechen War(s); Bosnia after Dayton:
Disintegration or Reintegration; Security, Energy, and Foreign Policy
South of Russia; What Is European Identity?; The Kosovo War; Forced
Migrations in the Balkans and the Caucasus; Valery Tishkov and the
Anthropology of Russia; Approaches to the Prevention of Ethnic
Conflict and many more. The ASN web site (http://asn.uno.edu)
contains a complete list of the 2000 panels.

Videos/Films. The 2000 Convention was enhanced by the highly
successful screening of short videos (10-15 minutes), accompanying
presentations in regular panels, as well as medium- and full-length
documentaries or feature films in video format, shown as special
screenings followed by a general discussion. The British
documentaries The Valley, on Kosovo, and A Cry from the Grave, on
Serbenica, were some of the highlights of the 2000 Program. For 2001,
proposals partly or entirely revolving around video, film, or
audio-visual material (including slides and power point
presentations) are strongly encouraged. As a rule, the convention
intends to show video or film material produced within the past year
or two. Throughout the convention, one or two of the convention
meeting rooms will be exclusively devoted to the screening of video
material. All suggestions and proposals should be sent to the Program
Chair, Dominique Arel (address below).

Location. The Convention will be held by the Harriman Institute at
Columbia University, New York (address below), and co-sponsored by
the Watson Institute, Brown University, Rhode Island.

Schedule. The convention will begin on Thursday, April 5th, at 1 PM,
and end on Saturday, April 7th in early evening. No panels will be
held on Sunday, and the dates do not coincide with the Jewish and
Orthodox religious holidays, which all take place later in the month.

Panel/Roundtable/Roundtable Proposals. There is no particular
application form to fill out. The vast majority of proposals were
e-mailed to the Program Chair last year, but proposals sent by fax or
regular mail are also accepted. For instructions on the proposals,
see the "Application Information" below. All proposals must be sent
to the Program Chair, Dominique Arel (address below).

Registration. Registration fees are $40 for ASN Members, $60 for
Non-Members ($30 for East European Non-Members) and $25 for Students.
All panel participants have to pre-register by March 15th, 2001.
Non-panel participants are also urged to pre-register early. Please
note that the Convention will be unable to refund preregisterees
after March, 15th, 2001.  Pre-registration by panel participants and
attendees can be done electronically, by fax, or by regular mail. A
registration form can be downloaded from our ASN web page
(http://asn.uno.edu), or be requested from Gordon Bardos (address
below).

Funding. Participants are responsible for seeking their own funds to
cover all travel and accommodation costs. ASN is unfortunately unable
to assist participants financially, including applicants from Central
and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Central Asia.

Accommodation. The Convention does not have particular arrangements
with hotels. Our ASN web site (http://asn.uno.edu), however, provides
a list of several hotels, in various price ranges. Participants and
attendees are strongly encouraged to reserve as early as possible.

Advertisements/Exhibitors. Several dozen publishers and companies had
exhibits and/or advertised in the Convention Program in 2000. Due to
considerations of space, advertisers and exhibitors are encouraged to
place their order early. For information, please contact the
Convention Director Gordon Bardos (address below).

Convention Papers. The convention papers will be available for sale
at the Convention for $1.50 apiece. That policy has proven a huge
success in the past.

Web Site. Our web site (http://asn.uno.edu) provides continuously
updated information on the ASN World Convention.

Membership Subscription to ASN. A yearly membership to ASN is $50,
and $30 for students. Members receive the journal Nationalities
Papers (four times a year), the periodical Analysis of Current Events
(ACE, four times a year), the newsletter ASNews (twice a year) and a
registration discount at the ASN Annual World Convention. Since 1999,
ASN Members also have the option of subscribing to Europe-Asia
Studies at the cut-rate of $55 yearly. A membership form can be
downloaded from our ASN web page (http://asn.uno.edu), or be
requested from Gordon Bardos (address below).

We look forward to seeing you at the convention!

Dominique Arel, Program Chair
Gordon Bardos, Convention Director


Application Information

ASN is accepting proposals for panels, roundtables, or individual
papers. There is no particular form to fill out. Proposals can be
emailed (preferably), faxed or mailed to the Program Chair (address
below).

Proposals for panels with presentations based on papers must include:
         *a chair, no more than three paper-givers and a discussant
*the title of the panel, as well as the title and an abstract (200 to
500 words) for each of the papers
         *the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email
(very
         important) of all participants
         *a one-paragraph cv of each participant

Proposals for roundtables must include:
         *a chair and no more than four presentors
         *the title of the roundtable
         *the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email
(very
         important) of all participants
         *a one-paragraph cv of each participant

Proposals for individual papers must include:
         *the title and an abstract (200 to 500 words) of the paper
         *the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email
(very
         important) of the applicant
         *a one-paragraph cv of each participant

If audio-visual equipment is required, please indicate so in your
application.

As before, applicants must abide by three golden rules:
         *No participant may be listed more than once on a given panel
         *No participant may present more than one paper at the
convention
         *No participant may appear more than twice in the convention
program

The proposals must be sent to Dominique Arel (address below). Email
applications are encouraged. An international Program Committee will
be entrusted with the selection.


Deadline for proposals:7 December 2000

For information on panel and paper proposals:
Dominique Arel
ASN Convention Program Chair
Watson Institute
Brown University, Box 1831
130 Hope St.
Providence, RI 02912
401 863 9296 tel
401 863 2192 fax
darel@...

For information on exhibits
and advertisements in the convention program:
Gordon Bardos
Convention Director
Harriman Institute
Columbia University
1216 IAB
420 W. 118th St.
New York, NY 10027
212 854 8487 tel
212 666 3481 fax
gnb12@...




To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
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Hello Everyone,

I am a writer in New York, member of the literature faculty at Bard
College, and part-time resident of Sofia who has just joined this
list.  Can anyone tell me where in the United States I could find a
bookstore where it's possible to find works in Bulgarian by Bulgarian
poets and novelists?  I am also interested in finding out where I
could find Bulgarian films in the US, particularly films by Angel
Wagenstein.  Film archives, film departments, foreign film catalogues-
-any source would be welcome.

     Thanks.

     E. Frank
     (LizFrank@... OR frank@...)

Hi everybody,

Leon's idea seems compelling. Would be delighted to join. Could write a paper on
the dynamics of Balkan/European identity in Bulgaria's post-1989 foreign policy.

Let us know what how we should proceed next.
Best,
Nadege Ragaru



>Call for Papers
>
>"Nation-Making, Past and Present:
>Community, Economy, Security"
>
>ASN 6th Annual World Convention
>International Affairs Building,
>Columbia University, NY
>Sponsored by the Harriman Institute
>5-7 April 2001
>
>
>The Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of
>Nationalities (ASN) has become the most attended international
>scholarly gathering dealing with issues of national identity,
>nationalism, ethnic conflict and state-building in Central and
>Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Central Asia, and adjacent
>areas. The Convention continued its impressive growth in 2000 with a
>record 600+ attendees and 100 panels. More than a hundred
>participants travelled from overseas for the event, particularly, but
>not exclusively, from Western and Eastern Europe. Panelists'
>disciplines included political science, history, anthropology,
>sociology, economics, geography, and sociolinguistics.
>
>The central theme of the 2001 Convention addresses the interface of
>identity politics with economic issues and security/foreign policy
>concerns, either in the past or in contemporary developments.
>Proposals can focus on particular cases, theoretical questions, or
>cross-regional comparison. Papers or panels comparing cases of the
>post-Communist world with cases from other regions of the world are
>encouraged. Due to continuing instability in the Caucasus and the
>Balkans, proposals dealing with these areas are particularly
>solicited. Unlike most conventions, ASN accepts individual paper
>proposals, although full panel proposals have a greater chance of
>being accepted, due to space constraints.
>
>The ASN World Convention's yearly theme specifically refers to a core
>number of panels. Since the Convention is far larger in scope than a
>thematic conference, we invite, as in previous years, proposals on a
>wide range of topics related to identity, nationalism, conflict and
>state-building in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet
>Union, Central Asia, and  adjacent areas. Themes in 2000 included
>Nationalism and Federalism in the Russian Federation; Ethnic
>Minorities in Georgia; Ukrainian Foreign Policy Orientation: East or
>West?; The Russian-Chechen War(s); Bosnia after Dayton:
>Disintegration or Reintegration; Security, Energy, and Foreign Policy
>South of Russia; What Is European Identity?; The Kosovo War; Forced
>Migrations in the Balkans and the Caucasus; Valery Tishkov and the
>Anthropology of Russia; Approaches to the Prevention of Ethnic
>Conflict and many more. The ASN web site (http://asn.uno.edu)
>contains a complete list of the 2000 panels.
>
>Videos/Films. The 2000 Convention was enhanced by the highly
>successful screening of short videos (10-15 minutes), accompanying
>presentations in regular panels, as well as medium- and full-length
>documentaries or feature films in video format, shown as special
>screenings followed by a general discussion. The British
>documentaries The Valley, on Kosovo, and A Cry from the Grave, on
>Serbenica, were some of the highlights of the 2000 Program. For 2001,
>proposals partly or entirely revolving around video, film, or
>audio-visual material (including slides and power point
>presentations) are strongly encouraged. As a rule, the convention
>intends to show video or film material produced within the past year
>or two. Throughout the convention, one or two of the convention
>meeting rooms will be exclusively devoted to the screening of video
>material. All suggestions and proposals should be sent to the Program
>Chair, Dominique Arel (address below).
>
>Location. The Convention will be held by the Harriman Institute at
>Columbia University, New York (address below), and co-sponsored by
>the Watson Institute, Brown University, Rhode Island.
>
>Schedule. The convention will begin on Thursday, April 5th, at 1 PM,
>and end on Saturday, April 7th in early evening. No panels will be
>held on Sunday, and the dates do not coincide with the Jewish and
>Orthodox religious holidays, which all take place later in the month.
>
>Panel/Roundtable/Roundtable Proposals. There is no particular
>application form to fill out. The vast majority of proposals were
>e-mailed to the Program Chair last year, but proposals sent by fax or
>regular mail are also accepted. For instructions on the proposals,
>see the "Application Information" below. All proposals must be sent
>to the Program Chair, Dominique Arel (address below).
>
>Registration. Registration fees are $40 for ASN Members, $60 for
>Non-Members ($30 for East European Non-Members) and $25 for Students.
>All panel participants have to pre-register by March 15th, 2001.
>Non-panel participants are also urged to pre-register early. Please
>note that the Convention will be unable to refund preregisterees
>after March, 15th, 2001.  Pre-registration by panel participants and
>attendees can be done electronically, by fax, or by regular mail. A
>registration form can be downloaded from our ASN web page
>(http://asn.uno.edu), or be requested from Gordon Bardos (address
>below).
>
>Funding. Participants are responsible for seeking their own funds to
>cover all travel and accommodation costs. ASN is unfortunately unable
>to assist participants financially, including applicants from Central
>and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Central Asia.
>
>Accommodation. The Convention does not have particular arrangements
>with hotels. Our ASN web site (http://asn.uno.edu), however, provides
>a list of several hotels, in various price ranges. Participants and
>attendees are strongly encouraged to reserve as early as possible.
>
>Advertisements/Exhibitors. Several dozen publishers and companies had
>exhibits and/or advertised in the Convention Program in 2000. Due to
>considerations of space, advertisers and exhibitors are encouraged to
>place their order early. For information, please contact the
>Convention Director Gordon Bardos (address below).
>
>Convention Papers. The convention papers will be available for sale
>at the Convention for $1.50 apiece. That policy has proven a huge
>success in the past.
>
>Web Site. Our web site (http://asn.uno.edu) provides continuously
>updated information on the ASN World Convention.
>
>Membership Subscription to ASN. A yearly membership to ASN is $50,
>and $30 for students. Members receive the journal Nationalities
>Papers (four times a year), the periodical Analysis of Current Events
>(ACE, four times a year), the newsletter ASNews (twice a year) and a
>registration discount at the ASN Annual World Convention. Since 1999,
>ASN Members also have the option of subscribing to Europe-Asia
>Studies at the cut-rate of $55 yearly. A membership form can be
>downloaded from our ASN web page (http://asn.uno.edu), or be
>requested from Gordon Bardos (address below).
>
>We look forward to seeing you at the convention!
>
>Dominique Arel, Program Chair
>Gordon Bardos, Convention Director
>
>
>Application Information
>
>ASN is accepting proposals for panels, roundtables, or individual
>papers. There is no particular form to fill out. Proposals can be
>emailed (preferably), faxed or mailed to the Program Chair (address
>below).
>
>Proposals for panels with presentations based on papers must include:
>        *a chair, no more than three paper-givers and a discussant
>*the title of the panel, as well as the title and an abstract (200 to
>500 words) for each of the papers
>        *the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email
>(very
>        important) of all participants
>        *a one-paragraph cv of each participant
>
>Proposals for roundtables must include:
>        *a chair and no more than four presentors
>        *the title of the roundtable
>        *the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email
>(very
>        important) of all participants
>        *a one-paragraph cv of each participant
>
>Proposals for individual papers must include:
>        *the title and an abstract (200 to 500 words) of the paper
>        *the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email
>(very
>        important) of the applicant
>        *a one-paragraph cv of each participant
>
>If audio-visual equipment is required, please indicate so in your
>application.
>
>As before, applicants must abide by three golden rules:
>        *No participant may be listed more than once on a given panel
>        *No participant may present more than one paper at the
>convention
>        *No participant may appear more than twice in the convention
>program
>
>The proposals must be sent to Dominique Arel (address below). Email
>applications are encouraged. An international Program Committee will
>be entrusted with the selection.
>
>
>Deadline for proposals:7 December 2000
>
>For information on panel and paper proposals:
>Dominique Arel
>ASN Convention Program Chair
>Watson Institute
>Brown University, Box 1831
>130 Hope St.
>Providence, RI 02912
>401 863 9296 tel
>401 863 2192 fax
>darel@...
>
>For information on exhibits
>and advertisements in the convention program:
>Gordon Bardos
>Convention Director
>Harriman Institute
>Columbia University
>1216 IAB
>420 W. 118th St.
>New York, NY 10027
>212 854 8487 tel
>212 666 3481 fax
>gnb12@...
>
>
>
>
>To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
>Bulgarian_Studies-unsubscribe@egroups.com
>
>
>
>


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Hello everyone,
I hate to be so American-centric and then Columbia-centric as well,
but this is a great conference that I have had the honor of being a
moderator on before. Would anyone be interested in putting together a
Panel/Roundtable proposal discussion on Bulgaria? All it would take
would be four to five people interested in the general topic for this
year's conference. Let me know if you're interested.

All the best,
Leon Lowder
======================================================================




Call for Papers

"Nation-Making, Past and Present:
Community, Economy, Security"

ASN 6th Annual World Convention
International Affairs Building,
Columbia University, NY
Sponsored by the Harriman Institute
5-7 April 2001


The Annual World Convention of the Association for the Study of
Nationalities (ASN) has become the most attended international
scholarly gathering dealing with issues of national identity,
nationalism, ethnic conflict and state-building in Central and
Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Central Asia, and adjacent
areas. The Convention continued its impressive growth in 2000 with a
record 600+ attendees and 100 panels. More than a hundred
participants travelled from overseas for the event, particularly, but
not exclusively, from Western and Eastern Europe. Panelists'
disciplines included political science, history, anthropology,
sociology, economics, geography, and sociolinguistics.

The central theme of the 2001 Convention addresses the interface of
identity politics with economic issues and security/foreign policy
concerns, either in the past or in contemporary developments.
Proposals can focus on particular cases, theoretical questions, or
cross-regional comparison. Papers or panels comparing cases of the
post-Communist world with cases from other regions of the world are
encouraged. Due to continuing instability in the Caucasus and the
Balkans, proposals dealing with these areas are particularly
solicited. Unlike most conventions, ASN accepts individual paper
proposals, although full panel proposals have a greater chance of
being accepted, due to space constraints.

The ASN World Convention's yearly theme specifically refers to a core
number of panels. Since the Convention is far larger in scope than a
thematic conference, we invite, as in previous years, proposals on a
wide range of topics related to identity, nationalism, conflict and
state-building in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet
Union, Central Asia, and  adjacent areas. Themes in 2000 included
Nationalism and Federalism in the Russian Federation; Ethnic
Minorities in Georgia; Ukrainian Foreign Policy Orientation: East or
West?; The Russian-Chechen War(s); Bosnia after Dayton:
Disintegration or Reintegration; Security, Energy, and Foreign Policy
South of Russia; What Is European Identity?; The Kosovo War; Forced
Migrations in the Balkans and the Caucasus; Valery Tishkov and the
Anthropology of Russia; Approaches to the Prevention of Ethnic
Conflict and many more. The ASN web site (http://asn.uno.edu)
contains a complete list of the 2000 panels.

Videos/Films. The 2000 Convention was enhanced by the highly
successful screening of short videos (10-15 minutes), accompanying
presentations in regular panels, as well as medium- and full-length
documentaries or feature films in video format, shown as special
screenings followed by a general discussion. The British
documentaries The Valley, on Kosovo, and A Cry from the Grave, on
Serbenica, were some of the highlights of the 2000 Program. For 2001,
proposals partly or entirely revolving around video, film, or
audio-visual material (including slides and power point
presentations) are strongly encouraged. As a rule, the convention
intends to show video or film material produced within the past year
or two. Throughout the convention, one or two of the convention
meeting rooms will be exclusively devoted to the screening of video
material. All suggestions and proposals should be sent to the Program
Chair, Dominique Arel (address below).

Location. The Convention will be held by the Harriman Institute at
Columbia University, New York (address below), and co-sponsored by
the Watson Institute, Brown University, Rhode Island.

Schedule. The convention will begin on Thursday, April 5th, at 1 PM,
and end on Saturday, April 7th in early evening. No panels will be
held on Sunday, and the dates do not coincide with the Jewish and
Orthodox religious holidays, which all take place later in the month.

Panel/Roundtable/Roundtable Proposals. There is no particular
application form to fill out. The vast majority of proposals were
e-mailed to the Program Chair last year, but proposals sent by fax or
regular mail are also accepted. For instructions on the proposals,
see the "Application Information" below. All proposals must be sent
to the Program Chair, Dominique Arel (address below).

Registration. Registration fees are $40 for ASN Members, $60 for
Non-Members ($30 for East European Non-Members) and $25 for Students.
All panel participants have to pre-register by March 15th, 2001.
Non-panel participants are also urged to pre-register early. Please
note that the Convention will be unable to refund preregisterees
after March, 15th, 2001.  Pre-registration by panel participants and
attendees can be done electronically, by fax, or by regular mail. A
registration form can be downloaded from our ASN web page
(http://asn.uno.edu), or be requested from Gordon Bardos (address
below).

Funding. Participants are responsible for seeking their own funds to
cover all travel and accommodation costs. ASN is unfortunately unable
to assist participants financially, including applicants from Central
and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Central Asia.

Accommodation. The Convention does not have particular arrangements
with hotels. Our ASN web site (http://asn.uno.edu), however, provides
a list of several hotels, in various price ranges. Participants and
attendees are strongly encouraged to reserve as early as possible.

Advertisements/Exhibitors. Several dozen publishers and companies had
exhibits and/or advertised in the Convention Program in 2000. Due to
considerations of space, advertisers and exhibitors are encouraged to
place their order early. For information, please contact the
Convention Director Gordon Bardos (address below).

Convention Papers. The convention papers will be available for sale
at the Convention for $1.50 apiece. That policy has proven a huge
success in the past.

Web Site. Our web site (http://asn.uno.edu) provides continuously
updated information on the ASN World Convention.

Membership Subscription to ASN. A yearly membership to ASN is $50,
and $30 for students. Members receive the journal Nationalities
Papers (four times a year), the periodical Analysis of Current Events
(ACE, four times a year), the newsletter ASNews (twice a year) and a
registration discount at the ASN Annual World Convention. Since 1999,
ASN Members also have the option of subscribing to Europe-Asia
Studies at the cut-rate of $55 yearly. A membership form can be
downloaded from our ASN web page (http://asn.uno.edu), or be
requested from Gordon Bardos (address below).

We look forward to seeing you at the convention!

Dominique Arel, Program Chair
Gordon Bardos, Convention Director


Application Information

ASN is accepting proposals for panels, roundtables, or individual
papers. There is no particular form to fill out. Proposals can be
emailed (preferably), faxed or mailed to the Program Chair (address
below).

Proposals for panels with presentations based on papers must include:
         *a chair, no more than three paper-givers and a discussant
*the title of the panel, as well as the title and an abstract (200 to
500 words) for each of the papers
         *the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email
(very
         important) of all participants
         *a one-paragraph cv of each participant

Proposals for roundtables must include:
         *a chair and no more than four presentors
         *the title of the roundtable
         *the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email
(very
         important) of all participants
         *a one-paragraph cv of each participant

Proposals for individual papers must include:
         *the title and an abstract (200 to 500 words) of the paper
         *the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email
(very
         important) of the applicant
         *a one-paragraph cv of each participant

If audio-visual equipment is required, please indicate so in your
application.

As before, applicants must abide by three golden rules:
         *No participant may be listed more than once on a given panel
         *No participant may present more than one paper at the
convention
         *No participant may appear more than twice in the convention
program

The proposals must be sent to Dominique Arel (address below). Email
applications are encouraged. An international Program Committee will
be entrusted with the selection.


Deadline for proposals:7 December 2000

For information on panel and paper proposals:
Dominique Arel
ASN Convention Program Chair
Watson Institute
Brown University, Box 1831
130 Hope St.
Providence, RI 02912
401 863 9296 tel
401 863 2192 fax
darel@...

For information on exhibits
and advertisements in the convention program:
Gordon Bardos
Convention Director
Harriman Institute
Columbia University
1216 IAB
420 W. 118th St.
New York, NY 10027
212 854 8487 tel
212 666 3481 fax
gnb12@...

This notice was posted by member Pat McClung. I must say that I do not agree
with the editorial content of this film nor with the agenda of the CATO
Institute in general, but I will share it with the list in case someone is
interested.

Leon Lowder

===============================================================================



I see that the Washington Post reports that the 57 minute documentary
film entitled "Collateral Damage: The Balkans After NATO's Air War.",
produced last year by CATO Institute policy analysts Gary Dempsey and
Aaron Lukas,  has been selected for showing at the United Nations
Association Film Festival to be held in October 2000, at Stanford
University here in California.  If you have Internet access, and the
free RealVideo software plug-in,  you can view this film at
http://www.freetrade.org/aaron/video.html.

Subject: GRANTS: Woodrow Wilson Center East European Studies

     RESEARCH SCHOLAR GRANTS

The East European Studies program at the Woodrow Wilson Center would
like to announce its competition for Research Scholar Grants (2-4
months). With funding provided by Title VIII (the Soviet-East
European Research and Training Act), EES offers research grants to
scholars having particular need for the library, archival, and other
specialized resources of the Washington DC area. This program is
limited to American citizens, or permanent residents, in the early
stages of their academic careers(generally before tenure but after
the Ph.D) or scholars whose careers have been interrupted or delayed.
An equivalent degree of professional achievement is expected for
those from other fields.  Office space at the Wilson Center and a
research assistant will be provided whenever possible. Access to the
Library of Congress, the National Archives, and other resources of
the Washington area will be facilitated.

     Applications
     To apply for a Research Scholarship, the applicant must submit the
     following:

     a completed application form - you may download the application
at:
     http://www.wilsoncenter.org/ees/grants.htm;
      a concise description of his/her research project;
     a curriculum vitae; and
     three letters of recommendation in support of the research to be
conducted
     at the Wilson Center.

     Completed application forms should be mailed to the following
address:

     East European Studies
     The Woodrow Wilson International
     Center for Scholars
     One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
     1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
     Washington, DC 20004-3027

     The deadline for receipt of applications and supporting materials
is
     November 1, 2000. Grantees can start heir appointments as early
as the next
     May.

EES is currently soliciting submissions for its Occasional Papers
Series from all disciplines in the humanities field of East European
studies. These manuscripts are academic papers meant to provide
readers with more detailed information on various topics of the
region and are usually chapter-length in size.  EES regularly
publishes these papers for dissemination in printed booklet format
and makes the text available for downloading in .PDF format on the
program's website.  Please provide all manuscripts in both hard copy
and electronic copy formats.  You may direct all inquiries to Program
Assistant, Meredith Knepp at: kneppm@....

All inquiries are welcome.

___________________________

Meredith Knepp
Program Assistant
East European Studies
The Woodrow Wilson Center
One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20004-3027

tel:  202-691-4227
fax: 202-691-4001

www.wilsoncenter.org/ees
___________________________

The Bulgarian Studies list welcomes these new members:


Florin Curta fcurta@...

Florin Curta. Currently a professor of Medieval History and Archaeology at
the University of Florida, I worked for several years as archaeologist in
Romania, Moldova, Hungary, and Germany. My research now focuses on Eastern
Europe, particularly on the Lower Danube region. My coming book, _The Making
of the Slavs: History and Archaeology of the Lower Danube Region,
ca. 500-700 AD_ (Cambridge University Press, 2001) is a result of this
research interest. I recently became interested in medieval Bulgaria. My
next project is a book on Moravia and Bulgaria before and after the
conversion to Christianity. For more details about me and my research,
please visit my web page (http://web.clas.ufl.edu/users/fcurta).



Michael Dwyer hurst@...

Michael Dwyer is director of Hurst & Co. Publishers, London, and
commissioning editor of their publications on the Balkans. A
graduate in African history from London University, he has not been to
Bulgaria but hopes to do so in the near future! You can access our catalogue
on the world wide web: http://www.hurstpub.co.uk/


Osman Karatay okaratay@...

I'm Osman Karatay, ex-chair and now senior researcher of Balkan Studies Desk
of ASAM (Center for Eurasian Strategic Studies) www.avsam.org, an NGO
think-tank in Ankara. I worked in Bosnia and around to as a journalist
between 1995 and 98. Upon return to Turkiye I started my academic works in
Gazi University, in Ankara, and focused on medieval Bulgar history, on which
matter I have an yet-unpublished book. My works on Bulgars led me to new
theories about origin of Croats. So, now I have my book 'The Making of
Croatian Nation' (HIRVAT ULUSUNUN OLUSUMU) published just one month ago.
Currently I'm preparing a book on Montenegrin policy towards Yugoslavia and
finishing preparation of the first issue of Balkan Affairs, a quarterly by
ASAM. My
books:
-Ba'de Harab'il Bosna (After the destruction of Bosnia), Istanbul, 1997.
-Kosova Kanli Ova (Kosovo the bloody plain), Istanbul, 1998.
-Balkanlarin Gulen Cehresi (The smiling face of the Balkans), Ankara, 1999.
-Hirvat ulusunun olusumu (The making of Croatian nation), Ankara, 2000.
-Tuna Bulgar Hanligi (The Danubian Bulgar Khanat), to be published soon.
-Dayton Dosyasi (The Dayton File), to be published soon.
-Balkanlar ve Dis politikalar (The Balkans and Foreign Policies), editorial,
to be published soon.
-Karadag'in Yugoslavya macerasi (The Yugoslavia adventure of Montenegro), to
be finished in this year.



"Vesna Nikolic" <vesnanikolic@...>

I am Dr. Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic, senior researcher of Institute for
criminological and sociological research in Belgrade (Serbia), now visiting
scholar at Keele University (England). I am currently working on second year
(analyses and writing) of comparative research on social changes, everyday
life and violence against women in post-communist societies, including
Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia and Macedonia. During last year, I was working on
collection of empirical data in these four countries.



Alicia Phillips <phillips@...>

I am the Bulgaria Program Manager at the National Democratic Institute for
International Affairs (an organization that does democratic development
abroad (www.ndi.org).  We currently run a parliamentary party program in
Sofia, thus I am interested in political party development and institutional
reform/transition.  My MA is in Conflict Analysis however (esp. political
violence), and I have also done quite a bit of research regarding the
political unrest in 1997.



Antoine ROGER (antoine.roger@...)

I am 26 years old and I am from France. I have a Ph. D. in political science
(Universite Montesquieu - Bordeaux IV). I am temporarily teaching at
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux (Bordeaux Institute of Political
Studies). My Ph. D. thesis dealt with the social basis (especially the
peasant one) of Romanian nationalism from 1790's to 1990's. I am now working
in a comparative way on political representation of peasants in three
countries (Poland, Romania and Bulgaria). I try to evidence an interplay
between three levels : 1° social stratification inside the peasantry (i.e.
social recompositions after the land redistribution); 2° electoral behaviour
of the delimited groups  (I would like to analyse this behaviour in term of
social interests, on an regional level); 3° answers given by the political
parties to the varied expectations of peasants. I am looking for contacts
or tips which could help me to gather empirical data on these subjects. I
also would like to know where I have to go and who I have to meet in
Bulgaria.


Antonia Rousseva tony@...

My name is Antonia Rousseva. I am graduating from the Faculty of Slavic
Studies at the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (Bulgaria). Being a
native Bulgarian, it is obvious that I am interested in everything related
to my country but my academic interests have been directed mainly to the
Bulgarian folklore, literature and history in the Balkan and Slavonic
context. Furthermore, I work for an international information agency and one
of my duties is the preparation of daily and weekly bulletins in English
covering the latest political, economic and social developments on the
Balkans, as well as establishing contacts and cooperation with NGOs. I am
also responsible for monthly reports on the Bulgarian telecommunications and
energy sectors. So, Bulgaria as a country in transition also represents a
challenge to my personal and professional interests as a journalist.
I speak Bulgarian, English, Polish and Russian.

Zdraveite vsichki,

Welcome to the new Bulgarian Studies List. My name is Leon Lowder and I am
the moderator of this new list.

I created this list to help promote scholarly exchange about Bulgaria, and I
hope that it grows to serve as an international "electronic" community of
scholars. I think there are a growing number of scholars and policy makers
who are interested in Bulgaria and so I feel the time is propitious for us
to get together and communicate in a supportive and encouraging way to
advance Bulgarian Studies across the globe. In the future, I would like to
see the list as a place for book reviews, general academic exchange,
electronic notices and general inquiries about anything having to do with
the serious study of Bulgaria.

I also encourage all subscribers to send in a short biography and statement
of their particular interest in Bulgaria. A list is great but it can be
rather anonymous, and so I encourage everyone to share their interests with
the list.

Since English is my native language I used it to set up the list, but unless
anyone objects, I have no problems with postings in German, French or
Bulgarian (the other languages which I am familiar with).

As for myself, I am a Ph.D. candidate in history at Columbia University in
New York. I am just beginning work on my dissertation which will look at the
history of the "middle class" in Bulgaria under communism. I am especially
interested in exploring the more "subjective" side of middle class life in
the 1960's and 1970's. I want to take an interdisciplinary approach and look
at various sources from films, books and newspapers to sociological surveys
and party records. I hope to create a picture of both everyday life for
Bulgaria's middle class and capture how the party adopted many "middle
class" values as the regime aged, especially in the Zhivkov period. My first
M.A. thesis was "How the Flowers Revolted Against their Gardeners: The
Post-War Generation in Bulgaria" and my second thesis was entitled,
"Democracy and Decommunization: Bulgaria and the Fall of the Dimitrov
Government." I have also recently published an article on the role of
popular music in Bulgaria after November 1989.

Before my scholarly career, I lived and worked in Bulgaria as a teacher for
two years at one of the country's excellent foreign language high schools. I
am generally interested in all things Balkan, and hence I also work as the
financial administrator for the Albanian-American Enterprise Fund here in
New York. I am also a big fan of Bijelo Dugme and Shturtsite!

Vsichko hubavo,
Leon Lowder

Zdraveite!
I was very pleased to get such a quick and large response to this new
list. Could everyone who has joined so far please email me directly a
short introduction of yourself and what your research interests are?
I will combine them and send them out so we can all get to know each
other.

Blagodariya vi mnogo!

Leon Lowder
Columbia University
Email: LCL16@...