CFPs and Conferences

The Twentieth Annual Czech and Slovak Studies Workshop will be held at the University of Pittsburgh on March 19-21, 2020. The program committee welcomes proposals for papers on Czech and Slovak topics, broadly defined, in all disciplines. In the past, the areas of interest have been: anthropology, architecture, art, economics, education, film, geography, history, Jewish studies, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, politics, religion, society, sociology, and theater. 

The NEW deadline for submitting proposals is January 22, 2020.

The upcoming Graduate Student Conference at the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto seeks papers from graduate students related to this years theme: "Transcending Borders in Europe and Eurasia." The conference will take place February 28-29, 2020.

The deadline to submit a paper is December 16, 2019.

Apply for the PATHS / Area Studies Centers Public Lectureship Prize to share your global expertise with local populations.  Recipients will receive a $250 stipend and logistical support for planning a talk at a Chicago-area school, public library, or other community venue.  Recipients will also engage in required GRADTalk public speaking training as they prepare for their presentations.

Applications for this round must be received by Friday, December 6, 2019.

Today, it may be productive to reevaluate what “postsocialism” is—stressing its organic link to socialism—rather than merely a rupture from it. The impulse of our conference is not to toss out “postsocialism” as a triumphalist fantasy but to reclaim (post)socialism, and its link to socialism, as a position and a resource for genuine critical engagement—both in terms of analysis and political praxis. Interested graduate students, post-docs, and junior faculty members are invited to submit a 250–300 word abstract along with a short bio to by January 15, 2020.

Canadian Slavonic Papers/ Revue canadienne des slavistes seeks submissions for a special issue on the theme of “The Legacies of State Socialist Memory Politics.” This project will investigate those mnemonic discourses, strategies, and media which, transcending the collapse of state socialism, continue to play a role in contemporary memory politics. The special issue aims to rebalance the discussion in a field that tends to focus on the contemporary determinants of memory: the political and sociocultural vagaries of post-socialism.

Please send expressions of interest to the Guest Editor, Dr. Antony Kalashnikov, Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta by December 15, 2019.

The Bulgarian Studies Association welcomes abstracts from BSA members in good standing for our 11th conference in Washington, DC from June 11-12, 2020. Papers may be in any discipline and on any topic related to Bulgaria or the Bulgarian language. The deadline for submission of paper abstracts is November 15, 2019.

Abstracts for 20-minute papers on any aspect of Slavic literatures, cultures (including film, music, theatre, visual art, etc.), linguistics, and history are invited for the annual Wisconsin Slavic Conference. Comparative topics and interdisciplinary approaches are welcome and encouraged. Please submit a proposal by January 18th, 2020. The conference will be held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday and Saturday, April 3-4, 2020.