Association for Study of Nationalities schedules fourth annual convention (03/07/99)

Association for Study of Nationalities schedules fourth annual convention

NEW YORK - The fourth annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN), "Rethinking Identities: State, Nation, Culture," to be held April 15-17 at Columbia University, will be the largest ever gathering of scholars interested in issues of ethnicity, nationalism, national identity and nation-building in the former Soviet bloc. The convention will feature 87 panels, an increase of almost 50 percent from the number of panels offered in 1998. Approximately 400 people will serve on panels.

All post-Soviet areas will be covered in depth, with 13 panels planned on the Russian Federation, 10 on Ukraine, more than 15 on Eastern Europe, five on the Baltics, four on the Caucasus, and several thematic and cross-regional panels. Special roundtables will be devoted to Kosovo, Russia in turmoil, Chechnya, Ernest Gellner's theories of nationalism. Video screenings will include "An Ordinary President" (about Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka), "Boy Hero 001" (about Pavlik Morozov) and "The Warhol Nation" (about the Rusyns).

From abroad, 125 panelists will travel for the convention, as well as two dozen from Canada. Almost 40 percent of the presenters are international participants; this figure does not include the large number of non-U.S.-born participants who currently reside in the United States.

The preliminary program is now available on ASN's new website: http://picce.uno.edu/ASN.

The convention will take place in the International Affairs Building (IAB) of Columbia University, 420 W. 118th St. (subway stop 116th Street, on the 1/9 train). Most panels will be held on the 15th and 12th floors, where the Harriman Institute is located.

Registration fees are $25 for ASN members, $40 for non-members, and $10 for students. A registration form can be requested from Convention Coordinator Oded Eran (address below). Those who plan to attend the convention are strongly encouraged to pre-register.

Registration will begin at 11 a.m., Thursday, April 15, on the 15th floor of IAB. Participants will have sent their payment in advance, but they will need to pick up their name tags and the convention program. On April 15, panels will run from 1 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. On Friday and Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. The convention will end Saturday evening, April 17.

The convention does not have arrangements with a particular hotel. Participants are responsible for accommodations. A list of recommended hotels can be e-mailed upon request.

For further information contact: Oded Eran, ASN Convention Coordinator, Harriman Institute, Columbia University, 1215 IAB, Columbia University, 410 W. 118th St., New York, NY 10027; telephone, (212) 854- 6239; fax,(212) 666-3481; e-mail, [email protected].

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