Conference Announcement

[Natalie Kononenko]

This is being posted for the Kiev Folklore Institute.

Natalie Kononenko


        The Rylsky Institute of Folk Art, Folklore, and Ethnography of the
Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, with the help of the International
Renaissance Foundation, has organized an international conference on
"The Oral Epic: Ethnic Traditions and Performance," to be held
September 8-14, 1997, in the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv.

        This conference will address the oral nature of folklore and
performance, textualization in oral epic traditions, and the genre
typology of folklore phenomena. The conference will also include a
roundtable discussion on "The Theoretical Concepts of Albert Lord and
Filaret Kolessa as a Basis for the Development of Folklore Research."
Discussions of performance problems and exchanges with epic singers
(<italic>kobzari</italic>) and with story tellers are also planned.

        All materials from the conference will be published.  The required
format for publication is provided below.

        The registration fee is $50 per scholar, and $25 per accompanying
guest.  Conference accommodations in Kiev's most attractive and green
suburb, including full board (three meals daily) and transportation to
the conference location is available at a cost of $80 per person per
day.  Accommodations at other hotels, ranging in price from $25 to $100
per day for full room and board, are also available.  All expenses must
be paid upon arrival at the conference.

        If you would like to attend, please contact us by May 15, 1997 at:

        Ukraine, 252001 Kyiv, Str. Hrushevskogo 4. Institute of Folk Art,
Folklore, and Ethnology, Ukrainian Academy of Science Conference,
Organizing committee

        E-mail address:  imfemail at gilan.uar.net

        Fax:  011-380-44-229-4522


FORMAT REQUIREMENTS FOR CONFERENCE SUBMISSIONS

All conference papers will be published.  Please submit papers by July
1, 1997 in publication-ready form.


Papers can be written in Ukrainian, Russian, or English and should be
no more than 5 pages (1500 words) in length.


Please prepare your materials in Microsoft Word format, or typewritten
using paper size A4, line spacing 1.5, left margin 3 centimeters, right
margin 1 centimeter, top and bottom margins at least 2 centimeters.
Each line must have 65 characters, each page 43 lines.


Please put your full name in bold in the upper left corner of the first
page of your text, and your country under the name in parenthesis.
Please do not indent your name and country.  Please put a blank space
under your country, followed by the paper title.  Title should be in
bold capitals.


On a separate sheet, please write your full name, country, city, title,
and degree and institutional affiliations.  This information will be
included in an index of participants.