Conference European Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS)

Speaker: Peter Finke, Judith Beyer and Eliza Isabaeva
Organiser (s): Organized by the CASCA Halle-Zurich Centre for Anthropological Studies on Central Asia in cooperation with the University of Konstanz
Location: Department for Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Society for Central Asian Studies (ESCAS)

Central Asia in the XXI Century: Historical trajectories, contemporary challenges and everyday encounters

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 Anthropological Studies on 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, Turkmenistanand Uzbekistan, together with Xinjiang, Mongolia, Afghanistan andadjacent 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“.

Timetable

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

http://www.isek.uzh.ch/veranstaltungen/conference/escas2015.html