UIUC Discussion Group -- Women in Slavic Lits and Cultures (x-post)

[Sibelan Forrester]

Dear colleagues,

I'm forwarding this message, which Mary Zirin posted on AWSS-L, along with
an enthusiastic recommendation of this discussion group, which has been
running for many years now.  It offers friendly and stimulating
conversations with scholars working on women's lives and writing and on
gender issues from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, and in a variety
of linguistic and cultural parameters.  The setting at the UIUC Summer
Research Laboratory allows visitors to combine intensive research in the
library's rich collections ( --> thanks to the discussion group on Women in
Slavic Cultures and Literatures, the resources in feminist criticism,
women's nineteenth-century periodicals, etc., and bibliogaphical savvy of
the librarians are really unparalleled) with pleasant and enlightening
conversations, a chance to discuss or initiate collaborative projects, and
a way to meet with friends and colleagues from all over the country and
abroad.

This opportunity is especially valuable for graduate students who have
already passed their PhD Qualifying Exams -- in the past, at least,
graduate students have received housing support for four weeks, which in
combination with the superb library and congenial colleagues can make for a
period of extremely productive research or writing on the dissertation.

In short, give this your consideration, especially if at first it sounds
too good to trust.

Sibelan Forrester
Modern Languages & Literatures
Swarthmore College

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From: MARY at bigbear.caltech.edu

Discussion Group: Women in Slavic Cultures and Literatures.

This group, which meets annually at the Summer Research Laboratory
(sponsored by the Russian and East European Center of the University of
Illinois Urbana/Champaign), is scheduled for - July 6-17 1998.
     The group meets for one hour each weekday morning to discuss the work
of its members.  In past years most sessions dealt with topics in Russian
history and literature.  Some sessions are always dedicated to the
practical issues of finding aids and getting published.  Graduate students
and scholars working on non-Russian topics are particularly encouraged to
attend the group.
     Anyone interested in presenting a paper (45-50 minutes) on -any-
aspect of women's and gender studies in the Slavic field should contact
coordinator Robin Bisha, History Dept., Univ. of
Texas at El Paso, El Paso TX 79968; tel. 915 747-7049 or 581-1054;
<rbisha at aol.com>.
     To sign up for the laboratory or for further information about the
program and the UIUC research facilities, write to Vicki Retzolk, Russian
and East European Center, 104
International Studies Bldg., UIUC, 910 So. Fifth St., Champaign IL 61820.
Deadline: April 1.

This announcement will also appear in WEW 52, out late next week -- Mary Zirin.