44th Southern Conf. on Slavic Studies, March 23-25 in Columbia, SC

[Alexander Ogden]

Dear Colleagues,

Next month's meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies in 
Columbia, SC (March 23-25) will feature a keynote address by Nancy Condee, 
a plenary session surveying Western journalists' experiences in Moscow over 
nearly half a century, and a full array of regular panels.

SCSS is the oldest, largest, and most active regional affiliate of the 
American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.

The conference's plenary session, "Reporting from Moscow: Khrushchev to 
Putin," will include Marvin Kalb (CBS Moscow Bureau Chief in the 1950s and 
'60s), Charles Bierbauer (ABC Moscow Bureau Chief in the 1970s), and Peter 
Baker (Washington Post Moscow Bureau Chief 2001-2004); it will be moderated 
by University of South Carolina Russian politics expert Gordon Smith.  This 
session is free and will be followed by a public reception.

Nancy Condee of the University of Pittsburgh will deliver the keynote 
address at the annual banquet dinner.  Her talk is titled, "Does the Empire 
Have No Close?  Problems of 'National Identity.'"

The traditional SCSS "beach party" Saturday afternoon will take place in a 
swamp--Congaree National Park, the nation's largest remaining old-growth 
hardwood forest.

For registration information and further details on the web, please see
http://www.cas.sc.edu/dllc/russian/Events%20&%20Activities/SCSS06.html

The deadline for paper and panel proposals has already passed.  However, 
proposals that include full panels can still be added, and individual paper 
proposals will also still be considered if a panel for them can be 
found.  Panel and paper proposals should be sent to Roy Robson at 
r.robson at usip.edu

*Please note*: Hotel reservations must be made by 21 Feb. (next Tuesday) to 
receive the conference rate.  Please call the Clarion Townhouse directly 
(1-800-277-8711 or 803-771-8711) and mention the SCSS conference by name.

Best wishes,
Alex Ogden





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Dr. J. Alexander Ogden
Assistant Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
Russian Program Director / Coordinator, Russian Area Studies
Dept of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
(803) 777-9573; fax: (803) 777-0454

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