Conference Announcement and Invitation

[David Danaher]

2002 AASTEEL-Wisconsin Conference
October 4-5, 2002, Madison, Wisconsin

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2002

A Free and Public Lecture:
"Blok's Femme Fatale:  History as Palimpsest"
by Professor Olga Matich, University of California, Berkeley

4:30 pm
Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street

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*There is no conference registration fee; the conference is open to the
public*
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2002

9:00 - 3:30
Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street


9:00-9:15               Coffee and Tea


9:15-10:00      New Takes on Film

Chair:  Viktoria Ivleva, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Secretary:  Amanda Baldwin, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Vince Bohlinger, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"Characterizing Russian Symbolist Film:  A Case Study of Evgenii Bauer's
'Daydreams' ('Grezy', 1915)"

Lioudmila Fedorova, Independent Scholar, Oak Park, IL
"Nostalgia as Imperfect Sacrifice"


10:00-10:15     Coffee and Tea


10:15-12:15     Russian Literature:  Dostoevsky, Nabokov

Chair:  David Vernikov, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Secretary:  Kat Scollins, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Denis Crnkovic', Gustavus Adolphus College
"Christian Apatheia and Dostoevsky's 'The Dream of a Ridiculous Man'"

Benjamin Jens, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"Silent Cues to Character Development in 'The Brothers Karamazov'"

Brian (Rufus) Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"The Wilhelmine Representation of Homosexuality and Yasha Chernyshevski
in Vladimir Nabokov's 'The Gift'"

Adam Weiner, Wellesley College
"'There was no Alexander Ivanovich':  The Real Hero of Nabokov's
'Defense'"


12:15-1:15      Lunch


1:15-1:30               Coffee and Tea


1:30-3:30               Gender Studies and Cultural Studies

Chair:  David Polet, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Secretary:  Molly Peeney, University of Wisconsin, Madison

David Borgmeyer, University of Southern California and University of
Wisconsin, Green Bay
"Hallowed/Harlot:  The Ideal Feminine in the Silver Age"

Regina Grol, State University of New York, Buffalo
"Slawomir Mrozek's 'The Reverends', or Is It Better to Be a Jew or a
Woman?"

Hana Pichova, University of Texas, Austin
"The Lineup for Meat:  The Stalin Memorial in Prague"

"Anke Ziolkowska, University of Wisconsin, Madison
"Lost in the Woods between Two Cultures:  The Psychological Portrait of
a Returning Emigre in Iuliia Kisina's 'Russkii les'"


Halina Filipowicz and David Danaher
Co-Chairs, AATSEEL-Wisconsin

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