Final call for papers: Empire in Russian and Soviet Literature (ASEEES 2011)
Edyta Bojanowska
bojanows at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU
Thu Dec 30 14:26:00 UTC 2010
Dear Colleagues,
This is a final call for papers on the theme of empire in Russian and
Soviet Literature for ASEEES 2011. I copy below the original call from
November. I thank all colleagues who already responded for their
enthusiasm and support. Kathryn and I are very excited about this event!
If you have already volunteered, please be sure to send me your final
title and a brief description by the extended deadline of January 3 (not
1st). On January 4, I will finalize the roster and begin writing up
panel proposals. Based on initial responses, we have a complete roster
for a series of three panels, but the call remains open for new
proposals in case some spaces open up. If they do, papers on the 19th
century would be particularly welcome.
Best regards,
Edyta Bojanowska
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Call for papers: Empire in Russian and Soviet Literature (ASEEES 2011)
We would like to organize a block of 2-3 panels and a roundtable for the
2011 ASEEES Convention in Washington, D.C. that would showcase the
recent work on the theme of empire in Russian and Soviet literature.The
idea is to schedule all the panels continuously on the same day and in
the same room.Our goal is to create a coherent forum that would foster
conversation and exchange of ideas, get together both junior and senior
scholars who work on this topic, and reflect on the current state and
future direction of the literary studies of empire. It would be great
for all of us to get to know one another and perhaps set up an email
list that would connect us beyond conferences. We have heard brilliant
presentations on imperial themes over the last few years and we think
the time is ripe for this event.
If you are interested in presenting, please send me the title of your
presentation and a brief description by January 1, 2011 (the address is
bojanows at rci.rutgers.edu <mailto:bojanows at rci.rutgers.edu>).Please also
email me if you'd be interested in serving as a discussant or a
chair.The panels would ideally cover a range of historical periods,
authors, approaches, and geographical contexts. We are open to any
themes, but these could include: relations between the Russian core and
its peripheries; representations of imperial ethnicities, spaces, and
temporalities; how peripheries "write back"; how various authors and
texts "talk to" one another on imperial issues and what points of
controversy and consensus emerge (if any); the relationship between
Russian and Western European imperial discourses; interactions between
empire, nation, class, and gender; relations between the state, public
sphere, and literary discourses of empire; the problem of translation in
the imperial context; continuities and contrasts between treatments of
empire in the Tsarist and Soviet periods; approaches to coloniality; the
conceptual range of the civilizing mission(s); the relevance of
post-colonial theory to the Russian/Soviet evidence or what this
evidence brings to post-colonial theory.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Edyta Bojanowska (Rutgers Univ.) and Kathryn Schild (Tulane Univ.)
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Edyta Bojanowska
Assistant Professor of Russian Literature
Dept. of Germanic, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures
Rutgers University, 195 College Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08901
ph: (732)932-7201, fax: (732) 932-1111
http://german.rutgers.edu/faculty/profiles/bojanowska.htm
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