Announcement and Call for Abstracts: Balkan and South Slavic Conference

[Grace Fielder]

ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

        The 1998 Biennial Conference on Balkan and South Slavic Languages,
Literatures, and Folklore will be held at the University of Arizona in Tucson,
Arizona on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 26,27,28.  We are soliciting
the presentation of papers on any topic in the areas of South Slavic and/or
Balkan linguistics, literature or folklore.

        We are requesting the submission of titles and one-page abstracts by
October 1, 1997, to ensure consideration for inclusion in the conference.  These
may be sent to:

                Professor John Leafgren
                Dept. of Russian and Slavic Languages
                340 Modern Languages
                University of Arizona
                Tucson, AZ  85721

        Please bring this request to the attention of any interested colleagues
or advanced graduate students who may not have seen this announcement.  Advanced

graduate students need to include with their abstract a letter of support from
their faculty advisor.