The Association of Central Eurasian Students (ACES) is proud to announce the Ninth Annual Central Eurasian Studies Conference. Central Eurasia is defined, for the purpose of this conference, as the vast area including or corresponding to present-day Mongolia, Western China (Xinjiang), Tibet, Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, as well as the historic regions of Khorasan and northern Afghanistan), Azerbaijan, Turkey, Hungary, Estonia, Finland, and other regions which include Finno-Ugric peoples.
The conference attracts professors, independent scholars, and graduate students from around the USA and abroad. The conference is a forum for established scholars to present new research and for graduate students to gain experience presenting papers before a scholarly audience. All papers are normally presented in English (on rare occasions, however, a translator may be found for non-English speakers among other conference participants).
The conference will be held at Ballantine Hall on the IU Bloomington Campus from 8 AM-5 PM on Saturday, April 13th. Panels will start at 9 AM. Each talk should be approximately 15-20 minutes. A light breakfast and lunch will be served. The conference will be followed by a reception at the IMU Club. The conference does not have a single, specific theme. The conference schedule will depend on the papers submitted and accepted for presentation. In the past, papers have discussed a broad range of Central Eurasian subjects, including anthropology, history, linguistics, literature, economics, politics, and related subjects. Conference Schedule:
Participants: Each presenter will have 15-20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for questions. Panels longer than two hours will have breaks.
9:00 - 12:00: POST-MONGOL CENTRAL EURASIAN HISTORY (Panel Chair: Professor Yuri Bregel)
9:00 - 12:00: FINANCE AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
9:00 - 12:00: POLITICS
12:00 - 1:00: COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH BUFFET
1:00 - 2:00: FEATURED PRESENTATION
Skilled hands in motion: Technician Transfers in the Mongol Empire (Prof. Thomas Allsen, Trenton State College)
2:00 - 4:30: POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
2:00 - 4:00: PRE-MONGOL CENTRAL EURASIAN HISTORY (Panel Chair: Prof. Aleksandr Naymark)
2:00 - 4:00: GEOPOLITICS
2:00 - 3:00: MONGOLIA SOCIETY PRESENTATION
Reciprocity, Corruption and the State in Contemporary Mongolia (David Sneath, University of Cambridge)
3:00 - 6:00: MONGOLIA AND BURIATIA: THEN AND NOW
4:00 - 6:00: LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS
4:00 - 6:00: REPRESENTATIONS OF IDENTITY
Last year's conference schedule may be seen here: 2001 Program
Please email aces@indiana.edu for more information or check back on this page. To contact us by phone, call (812) 855-9510 or fax us at (812) 855-7500.
Funding:
The conference is open and free of charge to everyone who wants to attend, but the sponsoring institutions are unable to provide any funding to conference participants. Participants will be responsible for seeking their own funds to cover all travel and accommodation costs.
Additional Symposium:
This year's conference takes place on the same weekend as the György Ránki Hungarian Chair Symposium. Scheduled for Sunday, April 14, 2002 in Bloomington. The topic of the symposium is Lajos Kossuth and America. The free symposium is organized by IU Hungarian Chair Visiting Professor Pál Hatos and the Department of Central Eurasian Studies. Advance notice of intent to attend the Hungarian Symposium is requested but not required. Write to ceus@indiana.edu.
Bloomington Information
Accommodations:
The Conference organizers do not have particular arrangements with local hotels. Below are some suggestions.
On the campus of Indiana University:
The hotel in the Indiana Memorial Union is located next to the conference location (Ballantine Hall)
Rates: Single ($86-$105 per night); Double ($94-$113 per night)
Eigemann Residence Hall, a dormitory, is a 15-minute walk from the conference location.
Hotels in Bloomington:
Geocities Guide to Bloomington
Travel and Directions:
The conference will be held on the ground floor of Ballantine Hall, Indiana University.
Bloomington is located approximately 50 miles south of Indianapolis, Indiana.
See the following websites for directions and maps:
Directions website
IU campus map website
The Indianapolis International Airport is the closest commercial airport to Bloomington. The convenient Bloomington Shuttle service leaves the Indianapolis airport for Bloomington every two hours from the "Ground Transportation" area (round-trip cost US$35.00). Take the shuttle to the Indiana Memorial Union (on the campus of the University) or to one of the hotels on its route.
Campus Parking:
Please note that most parking lots on campus require a parking sticker, and the university frequently checks and tickets illegally parked cars. The closest FREE parking is in the Atwater parking structure, located at the intersection of Atwater and Faculty Streets. PAY parking is located at the Indiana Memorial Union, next to the conference location.
Walking directions from Atwater:
Walk north on Faculty Street to Third Street. You will see a big building directly across the street called Jordan Hall. Ballantine Hall is directly behind it. The conference will be held on the ground floor (the level below the "first floor").