call for papers

[trojanowska]

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Polish Language and Literature Program in the Department of
Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Toronto, the
Polish Studies Center at Indiana University in Bloomington, the
Center for Slavic and East European Studies at Ohio State University,
and the International Polish Studies at the Jagiellonian University
in Krakow are inviting papers for the upcoming international
conference: IN SEARCH OF (CREATIVE) DIVERSITY: NEW PERSPECTIVES IN
POLISH LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES ABROAD.

FEBRUARY 1-5, 2006
TORONTO, CANADA

We are looking for papers that
I. place Polish literature in comparative and interdisciplinary
contexts; present specific instances of using comparative and
interdisciplinary approaches in Polish studies in institutional
contexts both in Poland and North America; examine strengths and/or
weaknesses of comparative and interdisciplinary approaches in North
America;
II. place Polish literature in new theoretical frameworks; examine
the impact of new theories on the study of Polish literature and
culture; explore the relationship between new theoretical frameworks
and methodologies and more traditional approaches to literary and
cultural studies;
III. examine the changes in the Polish canon and factors that
underlie such changes; address theoretical and practical issues
surrounding construction and deconstruction of the canon; analyze the
influence of the canon on the representation of Polish identities
both in Poland and North America;
IV. present émigré contexts; deal directly or indirectly with the
status of immigrant literature and culture in mainstream literary and
cultural studies; use recent exilic and diasporic theories and/or
methodologies in discussing Polish émigré literature and culture;
place Polish émigré literature and culture in comparative contexts.

We are also inviting presentations for the round-table discussions on
the following topics:
I. Research Resources  (Internet, library, and media resources for
Polish Studies; future formats for collaborations; networking;
synergies; dissemination of information; institutional contexts:
relationship between Polish Studies in Poland and abroad).
II. Literature as a Teaching Resource (a need for a new
English-language history of Polish Literature, Polish literature and
culture as a resource for language instruction).
III. Issues of Translation (translation needs, strategies of
translation; Polish literature and North American academia; impact of
translations on the canon as it functions abroad).

Please send the proposals to Prof. Tamara Trojanowska, Chair of the
Organizing Committee, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures,
University of Toronto, 121 St. Joseph Str., Toronto, M5S 1J4, Canada
(t.trojanowska at utoronto.ca). The deadline for submissions is
September 30, 2005.

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