Open Calls
This page lists open calls for papers, primarily for publications. Any revolving deadlines appear in bold.
Call for Papers: Building Open Society in Central Asia & South Caucasus
SERIES/CFP- OSI Central Eurasia Project's Occasional Paper Series
Open Society Institute
The Central Eurasia Project's Occasional Paper Series
The Open Society Institute (OSI), a private operating and grant-making foundation, aims to shape public policy to promote democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform. OSI was created in 1993 by investor and philanthropist George Soros to support his foundations in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. OSI has expanded the activities of the Soros foundations
network to other areas of the world where the transition to democracy is of particular concern. Active in more than 70 countries, the Open Society Institute works to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens. Working with local communities, the Open Society Institute supports justice and human rights, freedom of expression and access to public health and education.
The Central Eurasia Project (CEP) is one of OSI's regional initiatives. CEP's mission is to promote social progress and human rights in the South Caucasus and Central Asia. In doing so, CEP coordinates closely with the Soros Foundations in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. CEP also manages OSI's activities related to those closed society countries in the region without national foundations, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The programmatic areas of CEP include human rights, labor migration, electricity and hydropower governance, and social and economic policy. The instruments of CEP's work to pursue its mission are research and advocacy, public information, and targeted grants.
Occasional Paper Series
CEP is looking for authors who are interested in contributing to CEP's Occasional Papers. The Occasional Papers is a new series of well written papers that will explore under-researched issues and trends that are important for OSI's efforts to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens in Central Asia and the South Caucasus. As such, they will inform OSI's programmatic approaches in the region, but will also serve to introduce these issues into the discussion of the wider community of policy makers, analysts, academics, practitioners and others who take an interest in that work on Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Long-term challenges to the development of open societies in Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus remain insufficiently discussed in the West. While there are a few outlets for high-policy related discussions or mediums that address academic questions whose practical value is limited, there is a need for a paper series that identifies challenges to open society and its supporters in Central Asia and the Caucasus, discusses potential approaches to achieve solutions, and opens these issues to the informed public for debate. While the Occasional Papers will primarily serve an OSI audience, they will also be distributed widely to the interested NGO, academic, policy-making and professional community except in special cases.
CEP is looking for contributors who are interested in authoring a paper of about 25 - 30 pages. Applications are welcome from individuals from a variety of backgrounds including researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and PhD students from the former Soviet Union, U.S. and Europe. CEP is especially interested in papers that would cover the following topics:
* Freedom of religion in Central Asia and the South Caucasus: Issues and Implications
* Understanding Islamic civil society in Central Asia
* China's role in Central Asia
* CASAREM challenges for Central Asia: Transparency, accountability and domestic energy security
* Public utilities (gas, water, electricity) issues in Central Asia and the South Caucasus
* The War on Terror in Central Asia: Ramifications for Human Rights, Societies and States
* Minority rights in Central Asia and the South Caucasus
* Civil societies role in legal remedies for environmental issues in Central Asia and the South Caucasus
* Implications of information and communication technologies for democratic governance and practice
* Cotton monoculture and agricultural reform in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
Proposals for papers on other topics related to open society values in Central Asia and the South Caucasus are also welcome.
Interested authors should apply by sending in a complete application package consisting of:
* Expose of the paper no longer than three pages,
* Remuneration requirement,
* CV,
* Writing samples
in English by email to ceppapers@sorosny. org. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and will be reviewed by an expert committee. Successful proposals should be finalized into full papers within two months; drafts will be peer reviewed before the final drafts are published. A limited amount of travel money is available for selected papers that require field research.
Please also see
http://www.soros. org/initiatives/ cep/news/ cep-occasional- papers-20100503
Call for Papers: The Journal of Central Asian and Caucasian Studies
* The Journal of Central Asia and the Caucasian Studies (JCACS) is a refereed journal and published twice (Winter and Summer) a year.
* JCACS publishes scholarly articles in Turkish and English from all over the world. The Editorial Office of the JCACS is in the International Strategic Research Organisation (ISRO) central building in Ankara, Turkey. However, the journal is an independent publication in terms of scientific research and the editors decide its publication policy.
* JCACS focuses on legal, political, sociological, cultural, social, religious, anthropological and economic studies regarding the Central Asia, the Caucasus and neighbouring states' (Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, China, Mongolia, Russia) and regions' (the Black Sea, South Asia, the Middle East, the Far East) relations with Central Asia and the Caucasus.
* The journal encourages interdisciplinary studies. Manuscripts submitted to JCACS should be original and challenging, and should not be under consideration by another publication at the time of submission.
* We also welcome short pieces on recent developments and review articles.
* Articles submitted for consideration of publication are subject to peer review. The editorial board and editors consider whether the submitted manuscript follows the rules of scientific writing. The appropriate articles are then sent to two referees known for their academic reputation in their respective areas.
The Editors and referees use three-step guidelines in assessing submissions:
i) Literary quality: Writing style, usage of the language, organisation (paragraphing, syntax, flow etc.)
ii) Use of references. Referencing, sources, relationship of the footnotes to the text.
iii) Scholarship quality: Depth of research, quality; contribution, originality of the contribution (new and creative thought) and plausibility of the author's argument.
Upon the referees' decision, the articles will either be published in the journal or rejected for publication. The review process lasts from five to 15 weeks. Questions regarding the status of submissions should be directed to the editor by e-mail at turgutdem "at" yahoo.co.uk or hasanozertem "at" gmail.com.
The referee reports are kept confidential and stored in the archives for five years.
*Aim *
JCACS's aim is to generate a productive dialogue and exchange between theorists, writers and practitioners in disparate locations. JCACS assumes that one of the main problems in Central Asian and Caucasian studies is lack of dialogue between writers and scholars from different cultural backgrounds.
All manuscripts and editorial correspondence and enquiries should be addressed to the JCACS Editorial Office (The Office).
*Submission *
We prefer electronic submission to turgutdem "at" yahoo.co.uk, or hasanozertem "at" gmail.com as a Microsoft word attachment file. Please be sure that you received a confirmation from The Office.
Manuscripts should be one-and-half or double spaced throughout (including all quotations and footnotes) and typed in English on single sides of A4 paper. Generous margins on both sides of the page should be allowed. Pages should be numbered consecutively. The author should retain a copy, as submitted manuscripts cannot be returned. Full names of the author(s) should be given, an address for correspondence, and where possible a contact telephone number, facsimile number and e-mail address.
*Length *
Articles as a rule should not exceed 10,000 words, not including footnotes. Book reviews should be about 2,500 word-length for one book, or maximum 3,500 words for two or more books.
*Style and Proofs *
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts conform to the JCACS style. Editors will not undertake retyping of manuscripts before publication. Please note that authors are expected to correct and return proofs of accepted articles within two weeks of receipt.
*Titles and Sub-Titles *
Titles in the article should be 12 point, bold and in uppercase. The sub-titles should be 12 point and in the title case form.
*Footnotes *
In the case of books the following order should be observed in footnotes:
Author(s), Title, (Place of Publishing: Publisher, Year), Page. For example:
1. Begali Qosimov, ?stiqlol Qahramonlari: Mahmud Khoja Behbudiy, Tanlangan Asarlar, (Tashkent: Ma'naviyot, 1997), p. 45.
In articles: Author(s), "Article Title", Journal Title, Vol., No., Year, Page.
2. Chantal Lemercier-Quelquejay, "Abdul Kayum Al-Nasuri: A Tatar Reformer of the 19th Century", Central Asian Survey, Vol. 1, No. 4, April 1983, pp. 122-124.
*Book Reviews *
Book reviews should be preceded by full publication details including price and ISBN number:
Dale F. Eickelman, The Middle East and Central Asia: An Anthropological Perspective, 4. Edition, (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001). 384 sayfa. Biblo. Index. $48.40. ISBN: 0130336785
*Biography*
Current and recent academic and professional affiliations, and recent major publications for the Notes on Contributors should be supplied with the articles. It should not exceed 150-word.
*Abstract*
The authors should send a 200-word abstract of the manuscripts.
For more information about the journal feel free to contact with the editors:
Editors: Turgut DEMIRTEPE & Esra HATIPOGLU
Assisting Editor: Hasan Selim OZERTEM
Editorial Office: JCACS/ OAKA, Ayten Sokak, No: 21, Mebusevleri, Tandogan, Ankara / TURKEY
*E-mail: turgutdem "a t" yahoo.co.uk or hasanozertem "at" gmail.com*
Call for Papers: Digital Icons: Studies in Russian, Eurasian and Central European New Media
Digital Icons: Studies in Russian, Eurasian and Central European New Media invites submissions on all aspects of new media use in the region.
The journal is published twice per annum; submissions are accepted continuously. However for publication of materials in the autumn issue of Digital Icons the deadline for submissions is 1 September, for the spring issue the deadline is 1 February.
Digital Icons: Studies in Russian, Eurasian and Central European New Media is a peer reviewed journal that explores new media as a variety of information flows, varied communication systems and networked communities (http://www.digitalicons.org).
Contributions to Digital Icons cover a broad range of topics related to the impact of digital and electronic technologies on politics, economics, society, culture and the arts in Russia, Eurasia and Central Europe. The journal publishes works that explore developments in information and communications technologies and their impact on the governance, economy and cultural life of the region. Submissions focusing on internet use and new media forms among the various diasporas of the region are also welcome.
Digital Icons publishes articles by scholars from a variety of academic backgrounds, as well as artists? contributions, interviews, comments, reviews of books, digital films, animation and computer games, and relevant cultural and academic events as well as any other forms of discussion of new media in the region.
Guidelines
Text-based academic entries in English, German or Russian, and/or submissions in other genres, styles and form, reflecting the nature of the medium, by scholars, politicians, artists and cultural practitioners are welcome and will be considered for publication. More information and journal style guide are available here: http://www.digitalicons.org/forthcoming/