ПРИГЛАШЕНИЕ НА ФОРУМ

РУССКИЙ ФОРУМ НА XV ВСЕМИРНОМ СОЦИОЛОГИЧЕСКОМ КОНГРЕССЕ ПОЛУЧИЛ ОФИЦИАЛЬНЫЙ СТАТУС

   Русский Форум (Russian-Speaking Forum) получил официальный статус в рамках XV Всемирного социологического конгресса в Брисбейне (Австралия). Это первое научное мероприятие подобного рода за всю историю МСА.
   Организатор Русского Форума-Сообщество профессиональных социологов (СоПСо).
   Своей целью Русский Форум ставит создание атмосферы интеллектуального общения среди социологов мира, говорящих на русском языке. Никаких ограничений относительно тематики выступлений Русский Форум на своих участников не налагает.
   К участию в Русском Форуме приглашаются социологи из России, русскоговорящие социологи из стран СНГ, Балтии, Восточной Европы, стран Западной Европы, США, всех других регионов мира, готовые предварительно представить свои материалы на русском и английском языках и, после одобрения их докладов селекционным комитетом СоПСо, выступить на сессиях на русском языке. СоПСо от имени Оргкомитета Конгресса направляет официальные приглашения на Конгресс участникам программы Русского Форума.
   Заседания Русского Форума будут проходить в ходе вечерних заседаний Конгресса в течение двух последовательных сессий (два дня). На первой сессии "Россия и мир: изменяющиеся перспективы и глобальные реальности" (координатор Н.Е.Покровский) и второй сессии "Современная Россия как процесс: куда он направлен?" (координатор М.К.Горшков) будет рассмотрен широкий круг научных тем, отражающих профессиональные интересы мирового русскоговорящего сообщества социологов.
   Заявки на участие следует направить в адрес СоПСо до 15 сентября 2001 г. Заявка должна содержать аннотацию выступления (не более 200 слов) на русском и английском языках. До 1 октября 2001 г. СоПСо сообщит авторам о возможности включения их выступления в программу Русского Форума.

Сообщество профессиональных социологов
Россия, Москва 125319, Кочновский пр., д. 3
Телефон: (095) 152-02-31
Факс: (095) 152-41-35
E-mail: office@sociolog.net; nikita@theo.soc.msu.su

Вся информация о Русском Форуме размещается и постоянно обновляется на сайте СоПСо www.sociolog.net

The Social World in the Twenty First Century:
Ambivalent Legacies and Rising Challenges

Programme Coordinators
Nikita Pokrovsky, Moscow State University, Russia, nikita@theo.soc.msu.su and Michael Gorshkov, Russian Independent Institute of Nationalities and Politics Research, Moscow.

The Russian-Speaking Forum deals with the meeting of and discussion among the Russian-speaking sociologists representing Russia and all other regions of the world. It would allow to unite all Russian-speaking sociologists throughout the world willing to discuss in the Russian language their research and teaching practices, theoretical issues, and current professional problems.
The panel will be open to all participants of the Congress who may present a sufficient level of academic advancement and equally sufficient proficiency in Russian. The applicants would be expected to preliminary submit their papers both in Russian and English but orally present them at the Congress in Russian alone. (The session volume would include parallel texts in both languages as well.) This would demonstrate participants' willingness to address, on the one hand, the international community of sociologists and, on the other hand, a specific language and cultural group having its own meaningful characteristic.

Session 1
Russia and the world: shifting perspectives and global realities

Session 2
Contemporary Russia as a process: where does it lead?

Anyone wishing to present a paper in either of the sessions should send an abstract (max 200 words) - both in Russian and English - to Program Coordinators before September 15, 2001. By October 1st, 2001 the preliminary program will be established, and you will hear whether your paper has been accepted.

July 26, 2001
International Sociological Association
isa@sis.ucm.es

ИСТОРИЯ ВОПРОСА

    The Society of Professional Sociologists (Russia) has the honor and pleasure to propose to the Program Committee of ISA a special event for the forthcoming XV World Congress of Sociology in Brisbane. It deals with the meeting of and discussion among the Russian speaking sociologists representing Russia and all other regions of the world. We suppose that the proposed event would best fit the framework of the evening SSO sessions. We would also suggest to have two evening sessions of 2 hours each.
    The Society of Professional Sociologists would plan to inform through Internet and unite all Russian speaking sociologists throughout the world willing to discuss in the Russian language their research and teaching practices, theoretical issues, and current professional problems. The panel will be open to all participants of the Congress who may present a sufficient level of academic advancement and equally sufficient proficiency in Russian. The applicants would be expected to preliminary submit their papers both in Russian and English but orally present them at the Congress in Russian alone. The session volume would include parallel texts in both languages as well. In our opinion, this would demonstrate our willingness to address, on the one hand, the international community of sociologists and, on the other hand, a specific language and cultural group having its own meaningful characteristic.
    At the preliminary stage this idea met a unanimous enthusiasm on the part of all Russian sociologists who plan to take part in the Congress.
    The following is a draft structure of the proposed session.

Title of the Session: Russian Speaking Forum
Organizer: Society of Professional Sociologists (Russia)
Program Coordinators: Nikita Pokrovsky (Moscow State University; State University-Higher School of Economics), Michael Gorshkov (Russian Independent Institute of Nationalities and Politics Research, Moscow)
Theme of the First Session: Russia and the World: Shifting Perspectives and Global Realities (Nikita Pokrovsky, Chair Person)
Theme of the Second Session: Contemporary Russia as a Process: Where Does It Lead? (Michael Gorshkov, Chair Person)

Financial Support to attend ISA World Congress of Sociology

  International Sociological Association and the Local Congress Organizing Committee (LOC) of the XV World Congress of Sociology have made a provision in their budget to support invited speakers, session organizers and paper givers from developing countries, totalling USD 65,000. This amount is made up from an anticipated grant of USD 50,000 from the UNESCO Participation Programme and another USD 15,000 taken from the joint ISA-LOC Congress budget.

Guidelines

1. Who is eligible?

   Only individual members of the ISA in good standing (i.e. having paid their individual membership fees) coming from developing countries (listed in categories B and C on the congress registration form, see the table of countries) and who play an active role in the Congress programme either as a session chair or a paper giver.

2. What will the grants be?

The grants can be allocated for one or many of the following items:

Congress registration fee
Airfare (in full or in part). Tickets will be purchased by the Local Organizing Committee
Accommodation (available in students residence)
Regretfully no per diem can be allocated.

3. How to apply?

Letters of applications shall be received by November 15, 2001 at:

International Sociological Association
Faculty of Political Sciences and Sociology
University Complutense
28223 Madrid, Spain
Phone: (34)91-352 76 50
Fax: (34)91-352 49 45
isa@sis.ucm.es

4. Decisions

  The Congress Grants Committee composed of members of the Local Congress Organizing Committee and of the ISA Executive Committee will review all applications and distribute available funds accordingly by December 15, 2001, so that all successful applicants can pre-register to the Congress in February 2002.

Should the UNESCO grant be lower than anticipated, the allocation of grants will have to be limited accordingly.