We would like to draw your attention to the annual theme of the new international journal Ab Imperio, dedicated to the study of nationalism and nationalities in the former Russian Empire/USSR/CIS. Submissions are welcome from all disciplines. Although the journal has clear regional focus, we welcome submissions that deal with modernization, imperialism, nationalism in multiethnic societies in Central and Eastern Europe as well. Comparative works are particularly welcome. You can visit the website of the journal at the website below where the contents of the journal in 2000 has been made available to public free of charge.
Ab Imperio accepts manuscripts in English, Russian, French, German, Polish and Ukrainian. Translations from other languages should be discussed with editors well in advance.
CALL FOR PAPERS 2002 annual theme:
THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE/USSR AND PARADOXES OF MODERNIZATION
Volume 1, 2002 “Russia’s “Special Path” and Varieties of Imperial and National Experiences of Modernization”
Rethinking of the concept of modernity and modernization (economic, social, political) in application to Russia (the problem of modernity as a Eurocentric concept) Modernization and the concept of the nation state History of the Russian discourses of modernization, anti-modernization, and a “Special Path” Comparative analysis of the Russian experiences of empire-building, nation-building, and regulation of interethnic relations and ethnic minority rights Debates on Russian totalitarianism, imperialism, colonialism, Eurocentrism, and orientalism in comparative perspective Contemporary debates on “Special paths” in European historiographies; the concept of “Special path” in contemporary debates in Russia.
Volume 2, 2002 “Organization of Political Space of Empires and Nations”
Evolution of political institutes, political elites, and mentality in empires Rationalization of space and population management The challenge of modernization as a factor of international relations The emergence of novel disciplinary practices and the persistence of pre-modern political patterns Problems of federalism, centralism, and unitary state in empires and nations Citizenship and ascribed nationality Symbolic geography of historical regions, empires, and nations Political languages of national movements.
Volume 3, 2002 “Russian Society: Structures and Cultures”
Assimilation, emancipation, social mobility, and segregation The problem of adaptation of social structures to the challenge of modernity Dynamics of cultural change and institutional transformation Institutions of Civil Society in the process of modernization of empire Processes of secularization and democratization in a multiethnic and polyconfessional polity History and sociology of the “imagining” of nations Urban and rural dimensions of nation-building Public opinion and mass consciousness: the formation of mass society Strategies of social integration, segregation or marginalization of ethnic minorities
Volume 4, 2002 “Economy of Empire, Nation, and Region”
The problem of the economic basis of imperial expansion in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union Family, peasant commune, city, regions as economic units and ways of their integration into the imperial economic space Industrialization and its influence on assimilation of ethnic minorities or ethnic conflicts the problem of Russian and Soviet colonialism The role of economic factors in the development of ethnic separatism problems of economic integration in the post-Soviet political space Moral economy The problem of multi-tiered economy in polyethnic society.
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