CFP: Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (March 26-28, 2009)

[Elizabeth Skomp]

Dear SEELANGers, 
 
Please consider submitting a paper proposal for the March 2009 meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (details below).  This year we particularly hope to increase the number of papers related to literature, linguistics, film, and cultural studies; to that end, please forward this message to colleagues and/or graduate students who may not subscribe to SEELANGS.
 
Spasibo zaranee,
Elizabeth Skomp
(on behalf of the SCSS Program Committee and Executive Council)
 
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CALL FOR PAPERS 47th Annual Meeting Southern Conference on Slavic Studies 
Charlottesville, VA March 26-28, 2009 DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS: January 16, 2009The 47th annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (SCSS) will take place in Charlottesville, VA, on March 26-28, 2009 (please note corrected dates). The purpose of SCSS is to promote scholarship, education, and in all other ways to advance scholarly interest in Russian, Soviet, and East European studies in the Southern region of the United States and nationwide.  Papers from all humanities and social science disciplines are welcome and encouraged, as is a focus on countries other than Russia/USSR.  The program committee is accepting panel and paper proposals until January 16, 2009. Whole panel proposals (chair, three papers, discussant) are preferred, but proposals for individual papers are also welcome. Whole panel proposals should include the titles of each individual paper as well as a proposed title for the panel itself and identifying information (including email addresses and institutional affiliations) for all participants. Proposals for individual papers should include email contact, institutional affiliation, and a brief (one paragraph) abstract to guide the program committee in the assembly of panels. Email (preferably) your proposal to Sharon Kowalsky at sharon_kowalsky at tamu-commerce.edu, or send it by conventional post to: Dr. Sharon KowalskyDepartment of History Texas A&M University-Commerce
PO Box 3011
Commerce, TX 75429 
The conference, hosted by the University of Virginia, will be held at the Omni Charlottesville Hotel in beautiful downtown Charlottesville.  Charlottesville is accessible by three airports: the Charlottesville-Albemarle County Airport; the Richmond airport (about 45 min. away); and Washington, DC area airports (about 2 hours away). 
 
 
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Elizabeth Skomp, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Russian
Sewanee: The University of the South
735 University Avenue
Sewanee, TN 37383
Phone: 931.598.1254
E-mail: eskomp at sewanee.edu
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