Romanian Studies Conference
February 5 and 6, 2010
Indiana University

Deadline: December 11, 2009

In February 2010, Indiana University's Romanian Studies Organization will
host the third annual interdisciplinary Romanian Studies Conference for
graduate students and recent PhDs in the humanities and social sciences.
We are delighted to announce that Daniel Chirot, Job and Gertrud Tamaki
Professor of International Studies and Professor of Sociology at the
University of Washington in Seattle, will deliver the keynote address
Ideology and the Tragic Twentieth Century in Romania.

We welcome paper proposals from graduate students and recent PhDs on any
topic related to Romania, Moldova, or the Romanian diaspora in any
discipline or methodology, including but not limited to history,
political science, economics, international relations, anthropology,
literature, sociology, musicology, art history, and cultural studies.
Especially encouraged are papers that take an interdisciplinary approach.
Small travel grants may be available to aid student travel to and from
the conference.

Please submit abstracts of 250-300 words, along with your contact
information to RomSOindiana.edu by Friday, December 11, 2009. We will be
pre-circulating the papers so that our commentators can provide more
extensive feedback. Therefore, if your paper is selected we ask that you
submit a complete paper by Friday, January 15, 2010.

Any other inquiries about the conference may be directed to the Indiana
University Romanian Studies Organization at RomSOindiana.edu or to Alex
Tipei at atipeiindiana.edu. Please forward this call for papers to anyone
who may be interested in participating.