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The Association for the Study of Eastern Christian History and Culture, Inc. (ASEC) announces its second biennial conference to take place in Columbus, Ohio, October 5-6, 2007, and is pleased to invite papers for its multi-disciplinary conference on the theme "Centers and Peripheries: Interaction and Exchange in the Social, Cultural, Historical, and Regional Situations of Eastern Christianity."

Papers may deal with any historical period or with contemporary issues and come from all disciplines including anthropology, cultural studies, history, literary criticism, linguistics, sociology and religious studies. The conference aims to explore the interactions between and among different religiously-defined communities within the Eastern Christian traditions, and the interactions and exchange between Eastern Christian communities and other religious groups and traditions.

Conference sessions will be held at the Blackwell Hotel and Conference Center with accommodations at the nearby Holiday Inn on the Lane. The conference will include two days of panels plus a keynote address. Panel proposals of three presenters plus chair/discussant are preferred but individual papers are also encouraged. Please send panel and paper proposals with abstracts of 100-200 words for each paper, and a short c.v for each participant to Russell Martin (martinre@westminster.edu). Proposals must be received by May 31, 2007.

Registration is $40 and participants must be members of ASEC, Inc. by the time of the conference. Fees are waived for students and faculty of The Ohio State University with current university identification. Dues are a mere $10 per annum ($5 for graduate students); dues (made out to ASEC Inc.) for 2006 and 2007 may be sent to Lucien Frary, Rider University, 2083 Lawrence Rd., Lawrenceville, NJ 08648.

The conference is co-sponsored by ASEC, Inc. and The Ohio State University's Center for Slavic and East European Studies, Resource Center for Medieval Slavic Studies, the Hilandar Research Library, the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures, and the Center for the Study of Religion.

For more information contact Russell E. Martin (martinre@westminster.edu) or Jennifer B. Spock (jennifer.spock@eku.edu).