We review some recent results on quasi-exactly solvable spin models
presenting near-neighbors interactions. These systems can be understood as
cyclic generalizations of the usual Calogero-Sutherland models. A nontrivial
modification of the exchange operator formalism is used to obtain several
infinite families of eigenfunctions of these models in closed form.Comment: This is a contribution to the Proc. of workshop on Geometric Aspects
of Integrable Systems (July 17-19, 2006; Coimbra, Portugal), published in
SIGMA (Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications) at
http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA
