The Hannah Arendt Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism is preparing a special number of its journal “Totalitarianism and Democracy” focusing on the coloured revolutions happened in Eastern Europe and former Soviet Countries (see the rationale below).

The issue will come out in spring 2008 and the deadline is the 20 of October, 2007 (for the first submission, articles will then be reviewed and the final submission date will be the 25 of November).

Interested authors are invited to send an abstract (max 500 words) by the 17 of August to Prof. Donnacha Ó Beacháin donnacha at kimep.kz (back up address donnacha_1 at yahoo.com), Abel Polese Abel.Polese at mailbox.tu-dresden.de (back up address abelpolese at yahoo.co.uk).

Authors of accepted abstract will be notified by the 22 of August 2007. English is preferred but articles in German can be accepted as well.

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