CFP: Canadian Association of Slavists

[Elena_Baraban at UMANITOBA.CA]

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF SLAVISTS
ANNUAL CONFERENCE

May 26-28, 2007
(Saturday – Monday)

- Deadline reminder:

University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

The annual conference of the Canadian Association of Slavists will take place 
in Saskatoon (Saskatchewan) on May 26-28, 2007 as part of the Congress of the 
Humanities and Social Sciences Federation. 

The theme of the 2007 Congress is BRIDGING COMMUNITIES.
The goals of the conference are to encourage the study of Slavic societies, 
cultures, languages, and literatures and to establish connections among 
scholars working in these areas. There will be parallel sections that will 
focus on literature, linguistics, film, folklore, history, music, sociology, 
religious studies, international relations, political science, and cultural 
studies.
Proposals are invited for individual papers, panels, and roundtable 
discussions.  Proposals for complete panels are preferred. Please follow 
abstract specifications (see below) when submitting your proposal(s). 
We particularly want to encourage young scholars to participate in this 
conference. Deadline for proposals:  1 February, 2007. Notifications of the 
Organizing Committee’s decisions will be sent out by 1 March 2007. Audio-
visual equipment will be provided upon request. The deadline for A-V equipment 
requests is 10 March, 2007.

Each paper will be allowed thirty minutes (including 10 minutes for 
discussion). Presentations should be in English. All presenters must be 
members of CAS. 

Abstract specifications:
To apply for participation in the conference, please submit an individual 
paper proposal, a roundtable proposal, or a panel proposal form; and your CV). 
The text of the abstract should be sent in an attached file. This file should 
not include the author's name. The abstracts should not exceed 400 words. 
Please use MS Word for Windows and Times New Roman or MS Word for Apple and 
TimesCE or pure Unicode text. Make sure to use the Library of Congress 
transliteration system to render words in a Cyrillic alphabet. Your abstract 
should present a hypothesis and outline your plan for defending that 
hypothesis, i.e. it should specify research question(s), an approach/method to 
the data, and theoretical framework. Each abstract will be anonymously 
reviewed by independent reviewers. If electronic submission is not possible, 
send hard copies of your proposal to 

Elena Baraban, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor of Russian 
Room 325, Fletcher Argue Bldg. 
German and Slavic Studies 
University of Manitoba 
Winnipeg, MB 
Canada  R3T 2N2. 

Please, do not hesitate to contact us for further details or questions 
(baraban at cc.umanitoba.ca; (204) 474-9735).

For information about registration, accommodation, special events, and the 
conference program, please consult the following web sites:
 
http://www.ualberta.ca/~csp/cas/association.html 

http://www.ualberta.ca/~csp/cas/conference.html



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