Call For Papers -- Europe in Russia (Helsinki, August 2007)

[Alexandra Smith]

Thu, 03 May 2007 17:08:58 +0300 [15:08:58 BST]
From: 	Tomi Huttunen <tomi.huttunen at helsinki.fi>
To: 	aleksanteri-lista at helsinki.fi
Reply-To: 	Tomi Huttunen <tomi.huttunen at helsinki.fi>
Subject: 	[aleksanteri-lista] Europe in Russia / Evropa v Rossii,  
28.-30.8.2007

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EUROPE IN RUSSIA / EVROPA V ROSSII
HELSINKI 28.-30.8.2007
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EUROPE IN RUSSIA / EVROPA V ROSSII is an international conference to  
be held at the
University of Helsinki in August 2007. The conference will mark the  
20th anniversary of
academic seminars, which since 1987 have brought together scholars of  
Russian literature
and culture at the University of Helsinki and the University of Tartu.  
Initiated as a
research seminar to bridge two university Slavonic departments ? one  
in Finland, the
other in Estonia, the Helsinki-Tartu meetings have evolved into full-fledged
international conferences with participants from academic communities  
in Russia, Europe,
and the US. Each of the eleven seminars and conferences arranged so  
far has resulted in a
book-form publication, the most recent ones under the title "Istorija  
i povestvovanie"
(Moskva, 2006) and "Vek nyneshnij i vek minuvshij" (Tartu, 2006).

The 2007 Helsinki-Tartu conference will examine questions concerning  
the perception of
Europe and European culture in Russia. The speakers are invited to  
address such topics as
what is considered European in Russia; how the perception of Europe  
has been changed
throughout the ages; how ideas and cultural practices perceived as  
European travel to
Russia; how they are received and transformed. The conference  
encourages papers that
examine the ways the social, cultural, and linguistic diversity of  
Europe is reflected in
these Russian perceptions. We especially welcome papers on the reception of
North-European cultures (Finnish, Estonian, Scandinavian). In  
addition, the conference
will welcome new perspectives on the study of those historical and  
cultural encounters
between Europe and Russia, which are famously manifested by the city  
of St. Petersburg
and its urban symbolism, as well as by the late 19^th and early 20^th  
century modernism
and its continuing tradition within contemporary high and popular cultures.

We ask You to submit proposals (in Russian or English) for individual  
papers. Proposals
should be sent to Professor Pekka Pesonen or Assistant Tomi Huttunen  
by May 15th 2007.

On behalf of the organizing committee,

Pekka Pesonen
pekka.pesonen at helsinki.fi

Tomi Huttunen
tomi.huttunen at helsinki.fi

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