North American Association for Belarusian Studies

[curt fredric woolhiser]

>
>The North American Association for Belarusian Studies (NAABS)
>
>The North American Association for Belarusian Studies (NAABS) is a
>non-profit scholarly organization which promotes teaching, research
>and publication in all areas of Belarusian studies, including
>history, language and linguistics, literature and the arts, cultural
>studies, sociology, anthropology and ethnography, political science,
>economics, and international relations. NAABS seeks to foster
>communication and interdisciplinary collaboration between teachers
>and scholars engaged in Belarusian studies and related fields by
>publishing a biannual newsletter, sponsoring conferences, panels and
>workshops at the regional, national and international levels, and
>supporting the publication of research by North American
>Belarusianists. Established in 2001 as an affiliate of the
>International Association of Belarusianists (IAB/MAB), NAABS joins
>other IAB national and regional affiliates in Belarus, Poland,
>Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria,
>Germany, France and Great Britain
>       Current NAABS projects include an interdisciplinary
>conference on Belarusian studies (tentatively scheduled for the
>spring of 2003) and an Internet-based "Belarusian Studies Resource
>Center" with specially-commissioned articles and essays on various
>aspects of Belarusian studies, an electronic anthology of Belarusian
>literature in English translation, and various useful links and other
>Belarus-related resources for teachers, researchers, journalists and
>the general public.
>       NAABS invites all researchers, teachers, students and other
>individuals with an interest in Belarus and its multicultural
>heritage to join the Association and participate in its activities.
>For additional information about NAABS and its organizational
>structure, membership information (including an application form in
>PDF format), and information on the Association's current projects
>and upcoming NAABS-sponsored events, please see the NAABS Web site
>at: http://www.belarusianstudies.org/.
>
>       Questions may be directed to Curt Woolhiser (NAABS President); e-mail:
>cfwoolhiser at mail.utexas.edu, tel. (512) 471-3607, fax. (512)
>471-6710. Mailing address: Department of Slavic Languages and
>Literatures, Box 7217, The University of Texas, Austin TX 78713-7217.
>
>
>Officers of the North American Association for Belarusian Studies, 2001-2004
>
>President: Dr. Curt Woolhiser, Dept. of Slavic Languages, University
>of Texas at Austin (Field: Slavic Linguistics; Research interests:
>Belarusian and East Slavic historical linguistics, dialectology and
>sociolinguistics; language attitudes and language ideology; language
>planning and policy)
>
>Vice-President: Dr. Maria Paula Survilla, Dept. of Music, Wartburg
>College (Iowa) (Field: Ethnomusicology; Research interests:
>Belarusian traditional and urban music; music and national identity)
>
>Secretary-Treasurer: Dr. Alicja Boruta-Sadkowska, Dept. of Modern
>Languages, University of Northern Iowa (Field: Slavic languages and
>literatures; Research interests: history of the Belarusian literary
>language; morphological variation in Belarusian journalistic prose in
>the 1920s and 1930s)
>
>Newsletter Editor/Webmaster: Mr. Peter Kasaty, CTS, San Diego,
>California (creator of "A Belarus Miscellany" website; creator and
>moderator of "Belarus" internet discussion group and usenet newsgroup
>"soc.culture.belarus")
>
>
>Executive Council:
>
>Dr. Thomas Bird, Dept. Slavic Languages, Queens College, CUNY
>(Field: Slavic Languages and Literature; Research interests: Nasha
>Niva; religion in Belarus; Belarusian Drama; literature of the
>Belarusian diaspora)
>
>Dr. Zina Gimpelevich, Dept. of Slavic Languages, Waterloo University
>(Canada) (Field: Slavic Languages and Literatures; Research
>interests: Belarusian language and literature; the works of Vasil
>Bykau)
>
>Dr. Vitaut Kipel, Director, Belarusian Institute of Arts and Sciences
>(Belaruski instytut navuki i mastactva, BINiM), New York (Field:
>History, Cultural Studies; Research interests: Belarusian history;
>history and culture of the Belarusian diaspora)
>
>Dr. David Marples, Dept. of History, University of Alberta (Canada)
>(Field: History; Research interests: History of Belarus (20th century
>emphasis);the impact of Chernobyl; health and social-demographic
>issues; contemporary Belarusian politics)
>
>Dr. Jan Zaprudnik, Member, Board of Directors, BINiM, New York
>(Field: History; Research interests: Belarusian history; Soviet and
>post-Soviet Belarusian society and politics)



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Curt F. Woolhiser
Dept. of Slavic Languages
and Literatures
Calhoun 415
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78713-7217 USA

Tel. (512) 232-9133, (512) 471-3607
Fax: (512) 471-6710
Email: cfwoolhiser at mail.utexas.edu
Slavic Department Home Page:
http://www.dla.utexas.edu/depts/slavic/
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