Call for Papers, MLA annual convention

[Vitaly Chernetsky]

Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to draw your attention to the call for papers for
Slavic-themed panels for the annual convention of the Modern Language
Association of America, which will take place December 27-30 in San Diego,
CA. This year, the MLA Division on Slavic and East European Literatures,
the Discussion Group on Slavic Literatures and Cultures and AATSEEL (in
its capacity as an MLA-affiliated organization) are soliciting paper
proposals for the following panels:

Globalization and Post-Soviet Cultures.
Responses to/engagements with the cultural aspects of globalization in the
nations of the former Soviet Union. Please send abstracts by March 15 to
Vitaly Chernetsky (vac10 at columbia.edu).

Anti-Americanism in Russia and Eastern Europe.
Discussions and critiques of American culture and its impact on Eastern
Europe and Russia in politics, the arts, religion, or any other relevant
sphere. Please send abstracts by March 15 to Irene Masing-Delic
(irene at hiperism.com).

Disease in Slavic Literature and Film.
Representations of disease and pestilence. Disease as metaphor. Disease
and artistic creativity. Please send abstracts by March 15 to George
Gutsche (gutscheg at u.arizona.edu).

Representations of Terrorism: The Long Twentieth Century (1881-2003).
Problems with defining terrorism suggest that representations of terrorism
are implicated in the distortions of language during wartime. We invite
papers that address these issues historically or currently in a variety of
media. Please send abstracts by March 15 to Hilde Hoogenboom
(hoogenboom at Macalester.edu).

Siberia, Alaska, California: The Russian Pacific Rim.
Papers on the Russian Pacific Rim, in film, literature, history,
geography, geopolitics, Russo-American, Russo-Far East Asian relations,
etc. Please send abstracts by March 15 to Dragan Kujundzic
(dragan at uci.edu).

To be able to participare in the convention, all presenters must be MLA
members in good standing by April 1, 2003. For more information, please
consult the MLA website (www.mla.org).

Sincerely,

Vitaly Chernetsky
Member of the Executive Committee of the MLA Division on Slavic and East
European Literatures &
AATSEEL Liaison to the MLA

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