Dear all !
Hope that you enjoy summer wherever you are !
There are several things which I want to share with you:
1. I just came from Buryatia and Zabaikal’sky krai (former Chita region) and attended some grandiose events in July , such as the next session of the World Convention of Mongols in UU ( http://www.infpol.ru/news/670/38458.php http://www.infpol.ru/news/670/38363.php http://www.infpol.ru/news/673/37780.php ) and transborder Buryat ethnic festival “Altargana”, which took place in UB (http://www.altargana.org http://zabinfo.ru/modules.php) . You can see some reports on these websites.
2. At the last workshop in July we were talking about some Bibliography we can share. Gregory ! Is it possible to create in “All Categories” one more position called “Bibliography” or smth like that ?
For some historical reading on North Asian Borderlands I can recommend the following article by P. Perdue (1998) “Boundaries, Maps and Movement: Chinese, Russian and Mongolian Empires in Early Modern Central Eurasia” ( Three_Empires_Perdue) .
Sayana
Hi Sayana,
Thanks for the link, and for you suggestion. I hope you enjoyed the summer break!
I’ll work on a page where everybody can post bibliographic suggestions, and also on a few other improvements on the website. I’d like to make new comments on each post visible from the Forum page, among others…
Dear All,
I have just uploaded a bibliography (first link under “Material”).
Should you have suggestions for additional material to be added (I am sure you will have many), please email me the references directly and I will update this section.
Dear all,
I want to draw your attention to Conference “Borders and Borderlands: Contested Spaces”. Submission deadline is November 30, 2011. Travel and accomodation will be covered for successful applicants. Some shortterm fellowships in Berlin are also available.
Natasha, you should apply, because you are ‘practitioner’ !
read more here
http://www.irmgard-coninx-stiftung.de/borders.html
15th Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality, March 28 – 31, 2012
With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, a new era seemed to have opened up: a world without borders and thus – potentially – a world with less conflict and more freedom. Today, more than 20 years later, we can observe that some border systems have softened while others have been consolidated, and many more border-based regulations have been created on national and supra-national levels. The nation-state has not disappeared and neither have its borders. However, borders and borderlands cannot be reduced to spaces of division and conflict but they also exist as spaces of social, ethnic, cultural and economic blending – territories of their own. In the tradition of previous Berlin Roundtables held on urban development, transnational risks, human rights, and cultural diversity the 15th Berlin Roundtables on Transnationality will focus on borders and borderlands as contested spaces.
For further details please see the background paper.
Conference Format
The 15th Berlin Roundtables will be held at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) from March 28 – 31, 2012. Based on an international essay competition, approximately 45 applicants will be invited to discuss their research, concerns and agendas with peers and prominent scholars in Berlin. The Irmgard Coninx Foundation will cover travel to and accommodation in Berlin.
Discussions will take place in three workshops:
“The Social Life of Borders and Borderlands” chaired by Julie Y. Chu (Anthropology, University of Chicago) and Tatiana Zhurzhenko (Political Science, University of Vienna),
“The Politics of Borders: Security and Control” chaired by Mattias Kumm (Law, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, WZB and New York University) and Eric Tagliacozzo (History, Cornell University),
“Natural Resources and the Environment along Borders and Borderlands: Conflicts and Solutions” chaired by Michael Redclift (Geography, King’s College London) and Maria Tysiachniuk (Environmental Unit, Center for Independent Research St. Petersburg).
The conference will be accompanied by evening lectures. Guest speakers will be announced soon.
Eligibility and Application Procedure
The call for papers extends to scholars (max. up to 5 years after Ph.D.) and practitioners (e.g. workers in governmental or urban services, NGOs, journalists). Please submit your paper (maximum 3500 words including footnotes and bibliography), an abstract (max. 300 words), a narrative biography and a CV using the online submission form and the style sheets for your abstract and essay. Submission deadline is November 30, 2011. Please note that co-authorship and already published papers will not be accepted. All participants are expected to actively participate during all days of this workshop.
Irmgard Coninx Research Grant
Conference participants are eligible to apply for one of up to three short-term fellowships to be used at the WZB in Berlin. For further information on the fellowship please visit our research grant site. Conference participants will receive all necessary details on the grant application shortly before the conference.