Call for Papers

[William K. Wolf]

CALL FOR PAPERS

"Negotiating Cultural Upheavals: Icons, Myths, and Other Institutions of
Cultural Memory in Modern Russia, 1900-2000"

a conference to be held at
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
April 14-15, 2000

sponsored by
Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures
Ohio State University

Twentieth-century Russia has seen more than its share of social and cultural
upheaval resulting from wars, revolutions, the collapse of governments and
the imposition of others--events that extend from 1905 to the more recent
disintegration of the Soviet Union and Russia's reintegration in to the
global economy.  These social and political changes have inevitably affected
the course of cultural evolution, producing enormous gulfs between new and
old traditions and isolating thousands of people from their traditional
cultural environments.  Despite their magnitude, these gulfs are not
unbridgeable: in fact, various types of "bridges" have been and are being
constructed across them. The objective of this interdisciplinary conference
is to examine these bridges, their builders, and the ideas upon which they
are founded.

Interested scholars are asked to submit a one-page abstract and a short c.v.
by November 15, 1999. Submissions should be sent to (and queries should also
be directed to): Bill Wolf, East European Studies Center, 303 Oxley Hall,
1712 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1219; tel: 614-292-8770; fax:
614-292-4273; e-mail: wolf.5 at osu.edu

Article-length versions of the conference papers will be considered for
publication in a special issue of "Kritika: Explorations in Russian and
Eurasian History."
The conference organizers are Dr. Michael David-Fox, Dr. Sara Dickinson, Dr.
George Kalbouss, Dr. Irene Masing-Delic and Dr. Galina Rylkova.