Mickiewicz Conference in Belarus

[curt fredric woolhiser]

Dear SEELANGers:

The following information appeared in the January 1997 issue of "Kantakty i
dyjalohi" (the bulletin of the International Association for Belarusian
Studies) and may be of interest to students of Polish literature and
Polish-East Slavic literary/cultural/linguistic contacts (English
translation follows):


                        S^ANOUNAJE SPADARSTVA!

Pa inicyjatyvie Hrodzienskaha dziarz^aunaha univiersiteta imia Janki Kupaly
(Bielarus'), Vars^auskaha i Hdan'skaha univiersitetau i Litaraturnaha
abjadnannia imia Adama Mickievic^a (Pols^c^a) 12-17 maja 1997 h.
pravodzicca Miz^narodnaja navukovaja kanfierencyja, prysviec^anaja 200-m
uhodkam z dnia naradz^ennia vialikaha polskaha paeta Adama Mickievic^a.
Tvorchasc' Adama Mickievic^a   uvajs^la u skarbonku susvietnaj kultury i
bolsh za 150 hadou uplyvaje na razviccio estetyc^naj dumki mnohich narodau.
   Dla Bielarusi budzie vialikim honaram, s^anujuc^y spadc^ynu Mickievic^a,
praviesci kanfierencyju na Bac'kaus^c^yne paeta -- ziamli Pryniamonnia,
jakuju jon horac^a liubiu i uslaviu u svajoj tvorc^asci.
   Kanfierencyja "Adam Mickievic^ i susvietnaja kultura" budzie prachodzic'
u Hrodnie (universitet imia Janki Kupaly) i na Navahradc^ynie (muzej
Mickevic^a, voziera Sviciaz').

Asnounyja prablemy kanfierencyi:

*Tvorc^asc' Adama Mickievic^a
*Adam Mickievic^ i belaruskaja kultura
*Adam Mickievic^ i suc^asny historyka-kulturny praces
*Suchasnaje litaraturaznaustva, movaznaustva, historyja i kultura u honar Adamu
 Mickievic^u

Raboc^yja movy kanfierencyi: bielaruskaja, polskaja, ruskaja.

Daklady:   na plenarnym pasiadz^enni -- 30 chvilin
           na sekcyjach:             -- 20 chvilin

Pamier dakladau: 10-12 staronak mas^ynapisnaha tekstu praz dva intervaly
(kampjuterny nabor).
   Tematyku dakladau prosim dasylac' na adras arhkamiteta kanfierencyi:

Bielarus 230023
h. Hrodna
vul. E. Az^es^ka, 22
Hrodzienski dziarz^auny univiersitet
imia Janki Kupaly
Kafiedra polskaj filalohii

Telefon dla daviedak: 8 015 47-00-55

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(translation)

                Ladies and Gentlemen:


Through the initiative of the Janka Kupala Hrodna State University
(Belarus), Warsaw University, the University of Gdansk and the Adam
Mickiewicz Literary Society (Poland), an international conference honoring
the 200th birthday of the great Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz will be held on
12-17 May, 1997. The works of Adam Mickiewicz are among the treasures of
world culture and for more than 150 years have influenced the aesthetic
thought of many nations.
     For Belarus it will be a great honor, in celebrating Mickiewicz's
legacy, to hold the conference on the poet's native soil -- the lands along
the river Nioman, which he loved fervently and extolled in his works.
     The conference "Adam Mickiewicz and World Culture" will be held in
Hrodna (Grodno) (Janka Kupala State University) and in the Navahrudak
(Nowogrodek) region (the Mickiewicz Museum, lake Sviciaz').

The main topics of the conference are:
*The works of Adam Mickiewicz
*Adam Mickiewicz and Belarusian culture
*Adam Mickiewicz and contemporary historico-cultural processes
*Contemporary literary, linguistic, historical and cultural studies on the
works of Adam Mickiewicz

The working languages of the conference are Belarusian, Polish and Russian

Papers:               plenary sessions: 30 min.
                      panels:           20 min.

Length of papers: 10-12 doubled-spaced typewritten pages (computer format).

Abstracts should be sent to the address of the organizing committee for the
conference:

Belarus  230023
h. Hrodna
vul. E. Azheshka, 22
Hrodzenski dziarzhauny universitet
Kafedra polskaj filalohii

For further information call: 8 015 47-00-55

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Curt F. Woolhiser
Dept. of Slavic Languages
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78713-7217

Tel. (512) 471-3607
Fax: (512) 471-6710
Email: cfwoolhiser at mail.utexas.edu
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