Conference for Emigration and Exile from Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century

[Megan Swift]

Dear Seelangers,

The Association of Slavic Graduate Students in conjunction with the
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of
Toronto is currently accepting proposals for a 3-day Conference on
Emigration and Exile from Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth
Century, to be held in February 2000.  Abstracts of 1 page or less should
be sent to the following address: emigre30 at hotmail.com before November 1,
1999.
This interdisciplinary conference will focus on formulating, interpreting
and debating the concepts of emigration and exile in the light of
theorizing the notions of wandering and homelessness, the desire and
need for rootedness.  The issues of emigration and exile during and after
the pressures of Russian and Soviet colonialism will be dealt with
extensively over the 3 days of the conference.
Our goal is to facilitate interaction between graduate
students and young and established scholars in the social sciences and
humanities.  A broad range of papers will be heard, including
topics from Literature, Linguistics, History, Political Science and
Anthropology.
The University of Toronto is Canada's largest university and as such the
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures is able to offer the most
comprehensive range of Slavic and non-Slavic languages and literatures in
North America, including Croatian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish,
Hungarian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Ukrainian.
We encourage you to participate in this unique experience.

The Association of Slavic Graduate Students (ASGS) at the University of
Toronto.