Conf: "Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as Writer, Myth-Maker and Public Figure," U Illinois

[Lynda Park]

Conference Announcement

"Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as Writer, Myth-Maker and Public Figure"
Ralph and Ruth Fisher Forum
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
June 14-16, 2007
<http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/events/fisher.html>http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/events/fisher.html 


The 2007 Ralph and Ruth Fisher Forum will be held at the University of 
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, beginning at 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 14 and 
concluding on the evening of Saturday, June 16. The topic of this year's 
forum, which will include five panels and two round tables, is "Aleksandr 
Solzhenitsyn as Writer, Myth-Maker and Public Figure." It will bring 
together the University of Illinois faculty with colleagues from the U.S., 
Russia, France and Britain whose interests include literature, history, 
philosophy, political science, military history, and journalism.

The forum's importance as a scholarly event will be enhanced by the 
participation of the writer's wife, Mrs. Natalia Solzhenitsyn, and two of 
their sons, Ignat and Stephan Solzhenitsyn. Mrs. Solzhenitsyn will deliver 
the keynote address, "Another Time, Another Burden: Solzhenitsyn after His 
Return to Russia," and will participate in a question-and-answer session on 
the first day of the forum. Conference participants will place the writer 
and his productions in a variety of theoretical frameworks, including those 
provided by cultural, semiotic, and gender studies. They will examine 
Solzhenitsyn's writings in their Russian context, but will also discuss his 
connection to European and American culture. The writer's rejection of 
neo-liberal economic policies and American cultural influences will be 
compared with critical responses to the process of globalization in Western 
Europe, South America and elsewhere.

For more information on the conference see: 
<http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/events/fisher.html>http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/events/fisher.html 
, or contact

the conference organizer:
Richard Tempest
Acting Head and Associate Professor
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tel. 217 244 3071
http://www.slavic.uiuc.edu/
rtempest at uiuc.edu

or

Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
University of Illinois
104 International Studies Building, MC-487
910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-1244; fax (217) 333-1582
reec at uiuc.edu


Lynda Y. Park, Associate Director
Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center
University of Illinois
104 International Studies Building, MC-487
910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-6022, 333-1244; fax (217) 333-1582
lypark at uiuc.edu
http://www.reec.uiuc.edu

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