Society and Politics in Africa:
Traditional, Transitional, and
New
13th International African
Studies Conference
(Moscow, May 27-29, 2014)
First Announcement and Call for
Panel Proposals
Dear Colleagues,
On May 27-29, 2014 in Moscow
the Research Council for the Problems of African Countries and the Institute
for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences hold the 13th African
Studies Conference titled “Society and Politics in Africa: Traditional, Transitional,
and New.” The Conference will take place at the Institute for African Studies
and the Institute for Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The
working languages are Russian and English.
The Organizing Committee would
like to encourage you to submit panel proposals, focusing on any particular
topics related to the Conference’s umbrella theme. The deadline for panel
proposals submitting is February 1, 2013. The Organizing Committee will be glad
to consider any panel proposals (within 500 words in English or both English
and Russian) received by this date. The information to be submitted alongside
with the proposal includes the proposed panel convenor (s)’ full name(s),
title(s), institutional affiliation(s), full mail and e-mail addresses,
telephone and fax #. The list of prospective papergivers with their particulars
is desirable.
The Organizing Committee will
inform the applicants about the results of their panel proposals’ consideration
by February 15, 2013. Besides that, the Organizing Committee reserves the right
to establish one or more Free Communication panels. The list of all the
Conference participants is to become known by December 1, 2013 due to the
activities of both the Organizing Committee and panel convenors.
None of the proposals may be
accepted or rejected on the basis of its submitter(s)’ previous academic
credentials, ethnic or national origin, sex, or otherwise, but only on the
basis of the proposal’s relevance to, and importance for, the Conference’s
general theme.
In the case the proposal is
accepted, the Organizing Committee will send you in the beginning of 2014 the
list of documents necessary to support your and your panel participants’ visa
application process at the Russian Consulates or Embassies in the respective
countries.
The conference registration fee
in Russian rubles, equivalent to $150 ($75 in rubles for students) is to be
paid in cash onsite upon arrival. The registration fee includes the visa
application support (Official Invitation**), the
Conference Book of Abstracts, stationary items, reception and coffee-breaks.
The fee for an accompanying person, equivalent to $50 in rubles, includes the
visa application support (Official Invitation) and reception.
The Organizing Committee can
assist in booking accommodation, but independent reservation is encouraged.
Please note that early hotel reservation in strongly recommended, as the
Conference is to take place in tourist high season.
All the correspondence should
be sent by e-mail for the Conference Organizing Committee, to the attention of
Mrs. Natalia Bondar, Head, Center of Information and International Relations,
Institute for African Studies (conf2014@gmail.com;
tel.: + 7 495 690 2752) – prospective international participants, or to the
attention of Dr. Natalia Zherlitsyna, Secretary, Research Council for the
Problems of African Countries (ns_inafr@mail.ru;
tel.: + 7 495 690 6025) – prospective Russian participants.
The Organizing Committee would
appreciate your familiarizing the faculty of your research unit, as well as all
interested persons, with the content of the present Announcement.
* Please note that according to
the Russian visa regulations, the host organisation has to pay fees to the
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for every international participant and
even a bigger sum for accompanying persons. However, all the foreigners wishing
to enter the Russian Federation must not only apply for visas at the Russian
Consulates or Embassies in respective countries but also pay another fee on
their own for the visas’ granting.
