October 2015: Conference European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS)

Call for papers

The European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS) invites proposals for individual papers, panels and round-table discussions for the fourteenth ESCAS biennial conference scheduled for 8^th -11^th October 2015 at the Department for Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland. The Conference will be organized by the Halle-Zurich Centre for the Anthropological Study of Central Asia (CASCA).

ESCAS welcomes proposals relating to all aspects of research in the arts, humanities and social sciences on Central Asia – namely the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, together with Xinjiang, Mongolia, Afghanistan and adjacent regions of Russia, China, Iran, South Asia and the Caucasus.

Scholars and practitioners of anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art & art history, cinema, development studies, economics & finance, history, musicology, philology, political science, sociology and other related disciplines are encouraged to participate. We particularly welcome panel proposals which will cross disciplinary boundaries, bringing together experts from different fields.

The theme of the 2015 conference is “Central Asia in the XXI Century: Historical trajectories, contemporary challenges and everyday encounters“.

Please note: the official language of the conference is English. Individual paper proposals will only be accepted in English, but the organisers may consider complete panel or round-table proposals which include presentations in Russian.

Timetable

Financial Support (please note that the deadline for applying for support has passed)

The conference organisers are hoping to subsidise or pay in full the cost of participation for delegates from Central Asia, and also to find general subventions to reduce the conference fee required from other participants. At this stage we cannot guarantee this, however, so the registration fees currently stand as follows: Members 125EUR, Non-Members 150EUR, Participants from Central Asia: 100 EUR.

Preliminary inquiries regarding the conference should be made to: escas2015@gmail.com

We hope to hear from you soon,

Your Organizing Committee

Peter Finke, Judith Beyer and Eliza Isabaeva