[Aaus-list] FW: Aspasia Vol. 11: "The Russian Revolution 100 Years Later"

Chernetsky, Vitaly A vchernetsky at ku.edu
Wed Mar 25 11:42:23 EDT 2015


Dear Colleagues,
FYI.

Best,
VC

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Vitaly Chernetsky
Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Associate Director, Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies
University of Kansas
2140 Wescoe Hall & 320G Bailey Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045
(785) 864-2359
vchernetsky at ku.edu
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From: Oksana Kis (oksanakis55 at gmail.com)
Sent:  Wednesday - March 25, 6:52 AM

Aspasia: The International Yearbook of Central, Eastern,
and Southeastern European Women's and Gender History


Call for contributions : Volume 11 (to be published in
2017)


THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION: 100 YEARS LATER
Deadline for submissions: September 15, 2015


The year 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of what has
come to be called the Russian Revolution, the collective
designation for the February and October Revolutions. The
impact of the Revolution reverberated throughout Europe.
The former Russian empire was thrown into civil war.
Battles raged over the territory of Russia and Ukraine.
Some parts of the empire, including Finland, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania, and Georgia, used the upheaval to declare
independence. The Revolution encouraged socialist uprisings
in the crumbling German and Habsburg Monarchies and
inspired left-wing activism all over the world. Ever since, the
meaning and significance of Russian Revolution of October
1917 has been hotly debated. Did it offer possibility and
hope or violence and oppression?


The Revolution and its consequences were also deeply
gendered. Celebrations of International Women’s Day
were a significant catalyst for the February Revolution.
The Bolshevik agenda engaged with gender on the level
of society and the family. Women were to be liberated
 from housework and childcare and involved more actively
in the public sphere. Official policies promised equal pay
for equal work. New family laws granted women greater
rights in marriage and divorce. Although these legal
changes and new social policies did not erase family
patriarchy, and indeed invoked resistance, the revolution
 introduced new gender ideals both for women and men.


We invite historians of women and gender in the region
of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe to reflect
on the regional and global impact of the Russian
Revolution. Questions we are interested in include, but
are not limited to:

* What was the impact of the February and/or October
Revolution on gender in the countries of the region?
* How were women involved in the Russian Revolution?
What were the tensions between different women’s groups
(liberal feminists, Bolsheviks, etc.)?
* What were the gender ideologies of the Russian
Revolution? How were they implemented? Who resisted
these changes and how?
* What was the relationship between national movements
and the Russian Revolution, and how did gender shape
them?
* How did the Russian Revolution change or transform
gender roles/ideologies?
In addition to the specific theme of The Russian Revolution
100 Years Later, we welcome submissions on all topics
related to women’s and gender history in CESEE on an
on-going basis.


Submissions of up to 8,000 words (including notes) can
be sent to aspasia at ceu.edu or to Melissa Feinberg at
mfeinberg at history.rutgers.edu. For more information,
please write to one of the editors or visit ASPASIA
web-site (http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/asp/)
where you can also download the Aspasia Guidelines
for Authors.

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