CFP: Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, April 2011

[KALB, JUDITH]

CALL FOR PAPERS 
49th Annual Meeting 
Southern Conference on Slavic Studies 

Alexandria, VA 
April 7-9, 2011 
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS: January 14, 2011



The 49th annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies
(SCSS) will take place in "Old Town" Alexandria, Virginia, April 7-9,
2011, at the Westin Alexandria Hotel. The conference is being hosted by
George Mason University's Center for Eurasian Studies.  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.  Papers
and panels on all topics are welcome, but the conference will have two
special themes: "Twenty Years After the Collapse," to mark the
anniversary of the end of the Soviet Union, and "Vasily Aksenov, His
Work and Times," to mark the recent passing of a man who was one of the
most important literary and cultural figures of post-Stalin
Russia/Soviet Union and also a distinguished professor of Russian
literature and culture at George Mason University from 1987-2004.  

 

The program committee is accepting panel and paper proposals until
January 14, 2011. 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 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.  If
any AV equipment will be needed, the panel and paper proposals should
indicate so.  Email (preferably) your proposal to Sharon Kowalsky at
sharon_kowalsky at tamu-commerce.edu, or send it by conventional post to:

Dr. Sharon Kowalsky
Department of History
Texas A&M University-Commerce
PO Box 3011
Commerce, TX 75429



The SCSS is the largest of the regional Slavic and Eurasian studies
associations and its programs attract national and international
scholarly participation. Alexandria and the Westin Hotel are close to
Reagan National Airport (DCA), which is only five miles away and thus
feasible by taxi. It also is only two stops from National Airport on the
Metro to King Street station near the hotel.  For conference information
other than the program please contact Rex Wade (rwade at gmu.edu or
703-323-6939). For program information or proposals please contact
Sharon Kowalsky (Sharon_Kowalsky at tamu-commerce.edu).

 

 

 

Dr. Judith E. Kalb

Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature

Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC 29208

jkalb at sc.edu

 


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