Durham: Russian Zones of Collaboration, Competition and Conflict



CALL FOR PAPERS
Interprofessional and Interdisciplinary Relations in Russia
Zones of Collaboration, Competition and Conflict
International conference, funded by Durham University's Faculty of Arts & Humanities and its School of Modern Languages and Cultures, taking place in Durham on 19-21 September 2014 at the Institute of Advanced Study. See conference website.
Professions and sciences form a complex, highly differentiated yet closely interconnected, field of expert knowledge and labour, vital to all modern states and societies. The focus of this conference will be on the dynamics of this field in Russian history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The conference will re-examine the history of Russian professions and sciences from a new vantage point – that of interprofessional and interdisciplinary relations. This is a neglected aspect of this history, yet vital to understanding how Russian professions and sciences created, defined and legitimised their work, expertise and jurisdictions. The topic is particularly timely given the importance currently accorded to interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaboration in matters of academic and technological innovation, and the purported potential that this has for solving complex challenges, including those relating to the environment, healthcare, changing demographics, and the way new technologies affect society. For further details see the conference agenda.
Confirmed participants include (in alphabetical order): Nick Baron (University of Nottingham), Frances Bernstein (Drew University), Andy Byford(Durham University), Juliette Cadiot (EHESS, Paris), Victoria Donovan (University of St Andrews), Karl Hall (Central European University), Jonathan Oldfield (University of Birmingham), and Kenneth Pinnow (Allegheny College).
The keynote lecture, titled 'Russian "Cosmism" as a Potential Inspiration for Twenty-First Century Interdisciplinary Work', will be given by Professor Steve Fuller of the University of Warwick.
On how to submit a proposal see the open call for papers.
The deadline for the submission of proposals is 22 April 2014.
All enquiries should be addressed to andy.byford@durham.ac.uk.
(Apologies for cross-posting)
Dr Andy Byford
Senior Lecturer in Russian
School of Modern Languages & Cultures
Durham University
Elvet Riverside, New Elvet
Durham, DH1 3JT
Tel: +44 (0)191 33 43432+44 (0)191 33 43432
Fax: +44 (0)191 33 43421