Call for Papers
Anthropology of Socialist and Postsocialist Societies: NEW DIRECTIONS IN POST/SOCIALIST RESEARCH

The Departments of Anthropology of University College London, and Cambridge University, will host a workshop at University College London on Monday June 19th 2006 for anthropologists and other like-minded academics, to hear and discuss papers on specific aspects of research in socialist and post-socialist societies.

We anticipate part though not all of this years workshop to focus on socialism in the non-traditional areas, i.e., byond the space of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Though submissions are not restricted to these areas, they will be particularly welcomed, in an attempt to theorise the effects of Soviet post-socialism on the non-Soviet socialist world.

Please send:
1) abstracts for papers if you are interested in presenting Or
2) your name and email contact info if interested in attending
to Ruth Mandel:

In the past, workshop papers occasionally have evolved into publications:
- in a special issue of Central Asian Studies, 1998, edited by Deniz Kandiyoti and Ruth Mandel
- in Markets and Moralities: ethnographies of postsocialism, edited by Ruth Mandel and Caroline Humphrey (Berg, 2002)

Limited funds may be available to subsidise studentstransportation costs.