Conference/Call for Papers

[Michael Newcity]

DUKE CENTER FOR SLAVIC, EURASIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES proudly announces

A CONFERENCE AND CALL FOR PAPERS

St. Petersburg: Three Centuries of Music, Art, Literature and Culture

The Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies is sponsoring a
conference on September 19 and 20, 2003, to commemorate the 300th
anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg, Russia.
The conference program will consist of:
* 5 roundtable panels on the topics of (1) St. Petersburg's Contributions
to the Performing Arts, (2) St. Petersburg's Contributions to Literature,
(3) St. Petersburg’s Contributions to the Visual Arts, (4) Russian
Educational System and Research, and (5) Investment and Commerce in St.
Petersburg.  The panel on education will be in Russian; the others will be
in English.
* Major lectures by several leading Russian and American speakers including
Dr. Lyudmila Verbitskaya, Rector of St. Petersburg State University, and
Dr. Nikolai Kotrelev, Institute of World Literature, Russian Academy of
Sciences
* Concert on Saturday, September 19:  An evening of Russian music performed
by renowned Russian and international musicians, including musicians from
the St. Petersburg Mussorgsky Theatre of Opera and Ballet.  This concert
will be part of the Duke Artists’ Series.
In conjunction with the conference, during September 2003 the Duke
University Museum of Art will display an exhibition of modern Russian art.
If you might be interested in participating or attending this conference,
please contact us at cseees at duke.edu or eda at duke.edu.  More detailed
information about this conference will be disseminated in early 2003.

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