Deviance in Culture and Society

[John M. Krafft]

Nikolay Schitov and Alexei Lalo, USIA and OSI Faculty Incentive Fellowship 
Program fellows in 1998-2000
Setting up a Collaborative Research and Curriculum Development Program in 
Culture and Society at the European Humanities University in Minsk and Far 
Eastern National University in Vladivostok
International Project Co-Sponsored by the Open Society Institute in New 
York City, European Humanities University in Minsk (EHU), Far Eastern 
National University in Vladivostok (FENU), Columbia University, and Duke 
University

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Within the framework of the aforementioned project, we take pleasure in 
announcing a call for contributions to a major collection of essays/reader 
tentatively entitled
DEVIANCE IN CULTURE AND SOCIETY
This publication aims to enhance interdisciplinary research activities and 
serve as a textbook (reader) on the issues of sociology of deviant 
behavior, social control, punishment, culture studies, and 
gender/sexualities from a comparative sociocultural perspective for 
interested undergraduate and graduate students, younger faculty and general 
public in the former USSR countries. The publication will consist of two 
volumes:
Volume 1. Deviant Behavior and Society (edited by Dr. Nikolai Schitov; to 
be published in Vladivostok by the FENU Press). The volume will comprise 
the following sections:
1.      Sociology of Deviant Behavior: Theory and Practices.
2.      Issues of Social Control and Deviance.
3.      Crime and Punishment.
4.      Gender and Deviance.
5.      Gender and Violence.
Should you be interested in contributing to the volume, please contact 
Nikolai Schitov at: schitov at ext.dvgu.ru

Volume 2. Deviance in Literature and Culture (edited by Alexei Lalo; to be 
published in Minsk by the EHU Press). It will include the following sections:
1.      Deviance and Violence in Contemporary Literature.
2.      Visions of Social Control in Modern Literature.
3.      Reflections on Crime and Punishment.
4.      Cultural Studies and Deviant Behavior.
5.      Sexualities in Literary and Cultural Contexts.
Should you be interested in contributing to the volume, please contact 
Alexei Lalo at: lalo at ehu.unibel.by
The contributors we envisage will be younger faculty, postgraduate and 
advanced MA and BA-level students from the FENU, EHU and other universities 
in ex-USSR. We also intend to translate and publish essays and other 
materials by several established Western, Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian 
scholars, some of whom have actively collaborated with both EHU and FENU.
Both volumes will be published in Russian. However, we encourage 
submissions in English too as we plan to translate a number of materials 
into Russian. Contributions from undergraduate and graduate students are 
strongly encouraged.
The size of a submitted essay should not exceed 12,000 words. The average 
contribution will range between 5,000 and 8,000 words.
Please submit your paper via email as a Word (PC version) file. Use font 
Times New Roman (or TNR Cyrillic) 12 and 1.5 line spacing (no spacing 
between paragraphs). Please enclose a short autobiographical paragraph of 
5-10 sentences including your educational background, present professional 
position, and research interests.
The deadline for emailed contributions to both volumes is
May 19, 2002
Should you have any questions and comments, please email those to either of 
the editors. We would be delighted to answer your queries!


John M. Krafft, English               | Miami University/Hamilton
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E-mail: krafftjm at muohio.edu
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