Conference announcement: Czech studies

[Neil Bermel]

NEW IDEAS AND TRENDS IN CZECH CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATURDAY, 11 JANUARY 2003, 10.00 - 18.00
EMBASSY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
26 KENSINGTON PALACE GARDENS, LONDON
Sponsored by the Embassy and the International Association of Teachers of Czech

This one-day conference brings together many of the leading academics
in Czech literary, linguistic and cultural studies in Britain.
Speakers will present aspects of their current research in a lively
and accessible format.  The goal of the conference is to promote an
exchange of views between the public and academia, and to acquaint
the public with the research underway in these fields in British
universities.

Guest speaker:  doc. PhDr. Petr Bilek, CSc. (Department of Czech
Literature, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, Charles University,
Prague)

Invited speakers:  Prof. R. Pynsent (SSEES-UCL), Prof. R. Porter
(Glasgow), Dr. J. Naughton (Oxford), Dr. J. Culik (Glasgow), Dr. J.
Smejkalova (Durham), Mr. T. Dickins (Wolverhampton), Mr. R. Chitnis
(Bristol), Dr. N. Bermel (Sheffield).

There is no charge for conference attendance.  Members of the public
are welcome.

**Travel bursaries are available for postgraduate students working in
allied fields at UK universities.  For more information, please
contact Neil Bermel at n.bermel at sheffield.ac.uk**

Financial support for this conference was provided by a grant from
the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Further information and preliminary programmes:  n.bermel at sheffield.ac.uk
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Neil Bermel
University of Sheffield
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
Sheffield S10 2TN England
+44 (0)114 222 7405
+44 (0)114 222 7416 fax

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