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Hosted by: The 17th Annual REECAS-NW Conference will be held on Saturday, April 16th, 2011, at the University of Washington \u2013 Seattle Campus. The conference is organized by the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies in the Jackson School of International Studies and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Washington.<\/p>\n We welcome students, faculty and staff from institutions of higher learning from throughout the Pacific Northwest, as well as K-12 educators and the general public. Admission to the conference is free. Advance registration is required by April 10th, if you would like to order a box lunch. On the morning of the conference, you will need to confirm your registration and pay $13 for your lunch at the registration table on the 1st floor of Thomson Hall between 9:15am-9:45am. Coffee, tea and pastries will be provided. The conference will be held in Thomson Hall on the UW-Seattle Campus. All conference participants are invited to attend a reception following the conference.<\/p>\n For further information or questions, please call The Ellison Center at (206) 543-4852\u00a0or email\u00a0<\/span>reecas@u.washington.edu.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Chair:\u00a0Elena Campbell,\u00a0Assistant Professor,\u00a0History Department, UW<\/p>\n Infrastructure and Empire: The development of the Russian railroads and its impacts on the Russian Empire<\/i>\u00a0 Claiming the Pamiatnik: Transforming a National Monument into a Symbol of Local Identity in 1830\u2019s Kazan<\/a> The Mongol impact on state formation in Russia: From polycentrism to subordination to hyper-centralism Chair:\u00a0Marta Mikkelsen, Assistant Director, Ellison Center, UW<\/p>\n Alternative dispute resolutions in the Republic of Belarus Post-Soviet Courts and the Rights of Religious Minorities Stalin’s Intellectual? Ilya Ehrenburg, the State of Israel, and the Jewish Question in the Soviet Union<\/a> Legacies of Soviet Health and Nuclear Policies<\/em><\/strong> Gender and Women in Central Asia<\/strong><\/em> Chair:\u00a0Bojan Belic, Lecturer, Slavic Languages and Literatures, UW<\/p>\n Building National Anxiety: Macedonia’s ‘Skopje 2014’ Project Gender Equality in Kosovo: An Examination of ‘Kanuni i Lek\u00eb Dukagjinit’ Through a Feminist Lens<\/a> On the Border: National Construction in Finland and Slovenia, Minority Policy, and the Nationalism of Minor Difference <\/a> Chair:\u00a0Ilse Cirtautas, Professor, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, UW<\/p>\n Reflections of A Soviet Kyrgyz Writer in Post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan Sacred Space in the Pamirs through the Eyes of European Travelers Ethnography or Fine Arts – Curatorial Approaches to Central Asian Art Chair:\u00a0James Augerot, Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures, UW<\/p>\n The Interaction Between Visual in Linguistic Components in Russian TV Commercials<\/a> Liudmila Ulitskaia’s Medea and her Children: Medea, Stalin, and the Limits of Tolerance The Bronze Soldier: Alternate Perceptions of History and Identity Crisis in Estonia Chair: Nathaniel S. Trumbull, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Connecticut<\/p>\n The Pertinence of the Hypothesis “Knowledge Based Economy in Azerbaijan”: Case Study Oil Sector<\/a> The Kharkiv Agreement and Black Sea Security Cold Reality in the “Land of Fire” – Twenty Years of Geopolitical Wrestling around Azerbaijani Hydrocarbon Resources Chair:\u00a0Glennys Young, Associate Professor, Department of History, UW<\/p>\n Eastern Residues and Western Influences on Political Memory: An Analysis of Museums and Memorials in Prague and Bratislava “The Streets are Yours, the Tenements Ours”: The Changing Meanings of Urban Space in post-Holocaust \u0141\u00f3d\u017a Growing up Soviet?: History and Memory among the “Orphans of Stalin’s Revolution” Land and Humanity in Russia, East Europe and Central Asia The Seventeenth Annual Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Northwest Conference Saturday, April 16, 2011 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Thomson Hall University of Washington \u2013 Seattle, Washington Hosted by: Herbert J. Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies and<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Herbert J. Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies and the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures<\/p>\n
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\n9:15am-9:45am\u00a0REGISTRATION<\/b><\/h3>\n
\n10:00am-11:30am\u00a0SESSION 1<\/b><\/h3>\n
\nPanel 1 A \u2013 Power and Periphery in the Multi-ethnic Empire: legacy and expansion<\/h3>\n
\n<\/a>Karl Starns, MAIS Candidate, REECAS, UW<\/p>\n
\n<\/i>Eric Johnson, MA Candidate, Department of History, UW<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/i>Robert Bedeski, Affiliate Professor, REECAS, UW<\/p>\n
\nPanel 1 B \u2013 Rights, Disputes and State Policy<\/h3>\n
\n<\/i><\/a>Tatsiana Bialayeva, Visiting Scholar<\/p>\n
\n<\/i>Sophia Wilson, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, UW<\/p>\n
\nSarah Zaides, MA Student, Department of History, UW<\/span><\/p>\n
\n11:30am-12:00am\u00a0BREAK<\/b><\/h2>\n
\n12:00pm-1:30 pm\u00a0LUNCH\/PLENARY SESSION<\/b><\/h2>\n
\nRobert Smurr, Professor, Evergreen State College<\/p>\n
\nDiana Pearce, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Work, UW<\/p>\n
\n1:45pm-3:15pm\u00a0SESSION 2<\/b><\/h2>\n
\nPanel 2 A \u2013 Balkan Narratives: Preserving the Past, Molding the Future<\/h3>\n
\n<\/a><\/i>Sofia Harwell, MAIS\/MPA Candidate, REECAS\/Evans School, UW<\/p>\n
\n<\/i>Elizabeth Zherka, MAIS Candidate, REECAS, UW<\/p>\n
\n<\/i>Andrew Mullins, MAIS Candidate, REECAS, UW<\/p>\n
\nPanel 2 B -Filtering Culture: Central Asia through Western eyes<\/h3>\n
\n<\/a><\/i>Alva Robinson, MA Candidate, NELC, UW<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/i>Jennifer Webster, PhD Student,\u00a0 Department of History, UW<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/i>Rosemary Carroll, MAIS Candidate, REECAS, UW<\/p>\n
\nPanel 2 C \u2013 Authoring Perception and Crafting Identity<\/h3>\n
\n<\/i>Veronika Egorova, PhD Candidate, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, UW<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/i>Mary Childs, PhD Candidate, Department of Comparative Literature, UW<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/i>Henrik Strand, BA Candidate, JSIS\/Slavic, UW<\/p>\n
\n3:15pm-3:30pm\u00a0BREAK<\/b><\/h2>\n
\n3:30pm-5:00pm\u00a0SESSION 3<\/b><\/h2>\n
\nPanel 3A \u2013\u00a0Post-Soviet Energy and Security<\/h3>\n
\n<\/i>Emin Aliyev, Visiting Scholar, Universite de Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS-Gredeg<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/i>Derek Hom, MAIS Candidate, REECAS, UW<\/p>\n
\n<\/i>Csaba Marosvari, MA Candidate, Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/p>\n
\nPanel 3B \u2013 Inconvenient People, Awkward Places, and the Threatened Majority<\/h3>\n
\n<\/i>Sara Tomczuk, MA Candidate, Department of Sociology, UW<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/i>Travis Currit, PhD Candidate, Department of History, UW<\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/i>Andrew Stone, PhD Candidate, Department of History, UW<\/p>\n
\n5:00pm-6:00pm\u00a0CLOSING RECEPTION<\/b><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"