call for papers

[Vitaly Chernetsky]

Dear SEELANGers,

I am writing to announce the call for papers for the Slavic-themed panels
for this year's annual convention of the Modern Language Association of
America, which will take place December 27-30 in New York City (the panels
are sponsored by the MLA's Division on Slavic and East European
Literatures and the Discussion Group on Slavic Literatures and Cultures,
in cooperation with AATSEEL). All presenters must be current members of
the MLA by April 1 at the latest in order to participate in the
conference (membership waivers may be requested by non-North American
presenters).


The panels are:

"(Post)communist Responses to Globalization." Please e-mail paper
abstracts by March 15 to Vitaly Chernetsky (vac10 at columbia.edu).

"Famous Last Words in Life and Literature."  The use of (falsified) last
words for ideological-propagandistic purposes; the use of "elevating" last
words for diminishing death fear in the as yet living; the motif of last
moments in literary texts.  Please e-mail abstracts by March 15 to Irene
Masing-Delic (irene at hiperism.com).

"'Clash of Civilizations': Representations of Slavic/Muslim Encounters."
Please e-mail abstracts by March 15 to Dragan Kujundzic (dragan at uci.edu).

"Slavs in Hollywood." Please e-mail abstracts by March 15 to George
Gutsche (gutscheg at u.arizona.edu)

"Representing the Other: Russia and America during the Cold War." Please
e-mail abstracts by March 15 to Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy
(cn29 at columbia.edu)


Sincerely,

Vitaly Chernetsky

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