Date

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

Ethnosocial processes in Siberia
(19-21 May, Krasnoiarsk)

Institute of Philosophy and Law
Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences

This annual conference examines theory, methodology, and contemporary issues
surrounding ethnosociological processes in Siberia. Papers at past
conferences have focused on the problems of Slavic/Turkic interrelations,
social and demographic challenges in Siberia, and the effect of market
reforms on traditional societies and the ecology.

The conference invites interested sociologists, economists, legal
specialists, historians, anthropologists, demographers, political scientists
and local activists to submit abstracts. The results of the conference will
be published as an edited collection and as a set of recommendations to
Federal and local government officials.

Interested individuals should send their name, title, affiliation, address,
telephone and fax numbers, and abstract to the organizing committee by
March 20, 1999.

Please contact:

Dr. Yurii Popkov
Institute of Philosophy and Law
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
17 pr. Lavrenteva
Novosibirsk 630090 RUSSIA

Tel: +7-383-235-5786 Fax: 7-383-235-7791
Email popkov [at] philosophy.nsc.ru