Call for papers: "The Internet and Public Intellectuals in the Postcommunist World" MLA 2008

[Sutcliffe, Benjamin Massey Dr.]

Dear Colleagues--
I am posting this announcement on behalf of my colleague, Vitaly Chernetsky. Please send any related queries to him at chernev at muohio.edu.
--Ben Sutcliffe
Miami University

"The Internet and Public Intellectuals in the Postcommunist World"
The Internet has emerged as a major force in the cultural and political life of many postcommunist nations; online periodicals, blogs, and bulletin boards are but the tip of the iceberg of this phenomenon. For the 2008 MLA convention, to be held Dec. 27-30 in San Francisco, paper proposals are invited for a panel on the ways this new medium has transformed the roles, activities, and identities of public intellectuals, in Russia and other ex-Soviet and East/Central European nations. Proposals with a comparative and/or theoretical angle are particularly welcome. Please send proposed paper titles and one-paragraph abstracts by March 15 to Vitaly Chernetsky, via e-mail at chernev at muohio.edu

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