SACR 2010 - 7th National Conference of the Romanian Society of Cultural Anthropology

The Romanian Society of Cultural Anthropology (SACR) invites you, between 24-26 September 2010, to the 7th edition of the
SACR National
Conference. The event will take place at Casa Universitarilor in
Bucharest.

Eligibility

Applications are open to all Romanian researchers with professional interests in the
field
of anthropology as well as to foreign anthropologists with fieldwork in
the
Romanian space. We strongly encourage the participation of MA students,
PhD
students and young researchers.

Plenary Sessions

Victor Alexandru Stoichiţă (University Paris-X Nanterre/New Europe College), Steven
Sampson (University of Lundt) and Filippo Zerilli (University of
Perugia) have
accepted our invitation to hold the plenary sessions.

Thematic Sessions

PANEL 1: Anthropology and the City: Researching the Urban
through Ethnography (Convenors: Liviu Chelcea -
University of Bucharest; Norbert Petrovici - University Babes-Bolyai
Cluj)

PANEL 2: Methodological Challenges in Migration Research (Convenors: Remus Anghel
(Romanian Institute
for Research on National Minorities; Ionela Vlase (Université de
Neuchatel)

PANEL 3: Disentangling Ethnicity (Convenors: Alina Silian - Central European
University/New Europe College; László Fosztó - Romanian Institute for
Research
on National Minorities)

PANEL 4: Body, Embodiments and Disembodiments (Convenor: Alexandru Bălăşescu - National School of Political
and Administrative Sciences /SNSPA)

PANEL 5: The Changing Face of the Economy (Convenors:
Monica Vasile ? Max Plank Institute for Social Anthropology
Halle /University of Bucharest; Viorel Anăstăsoaie ? University College
London)

PANEL 6: Developing Spaces of Representation: Local Displays and Social Recognition (Convenors: Vintilă Mihăilescu - National
School of Political and Administrative Sciences /SNSPA; Bogdan Iancu ? University of Perugia /SNSPA)

Complementary to the proposed panels, other papers can be admitted and presented within
sessions whose topics will be established further, in function of
received
papers.

Application and evaluation process

Submissions Deadline: July 10th 2010

You can submit your proposal in Romanian or / and in English by e-mail, as an
abstract
of maximum 300 words, accompanied by the filled registration form, to societatea.de.antropologie-AT-gmail.com and to the convenor(s) of the intended panel (if applicable).

Call for Papers, Registration form and description of panels are available in English and Romanian on
the
SACR website (http://antropo.ro/uncategorized/a-vii-a-conferinta......). For further
information, please contact us at the following email address: societatea.de.antropologie-AT-gmail.com .

On behalf of the SACR organisational committee,

Monica Stroe

PhD candidate

National School of Political and Administrative Studies Bucharest