CFP NeMLA New Brunswick (Russian Representations of WWII)

[Emily VB]

Dear Colleagues,


I am pasting below a call for papers for a seminar at the NeMLA in New
Brunswick this spring.  If interested, please contact me offlist, and/or
send an abstract by Sept. 30.


Best regards,

Emily Van Buskirk


Assistant Professor

Dept. of Germanic, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures

Rutgers University

195 College Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Dept. phone: (732) 932-7201; fax: (732) 932-1111
 <evanbusk at rci.rutgers.edu>

evanbusk at rci.rutgers.edu


Call for Papers



Russian Representations of World War II (Seminar)



42nd Annual Convention, Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)

April 7-10, 2011

New Brunswick, NY – Hyatt New Brunswick

Host Institution:  Rutgers University



This seminar invites papers on Russian representations of the Second World
War in diverse artistic and rhetorical modes (poetry, prose, journalism,
music, visual art, film, translation). Papers might treat creative and
documentary practices during the war (1941-45); the war as a cultural or
intellectual moment; issues of narrative, memory, selfhood, and ethics.
Seminar participants (of whom there will be 5-10) will submit 10-15 page
papers for pre-circulation. Please send 250-word abstracts to
evanbusk at rci.rutgers.edu (Emily Van Buskirk, Rutgers University) by September
30, 2010.



Please include with your abstract:



Name and Affiliation

Email address

A/V requirements (if any; $10 handling fee with registration)



The 42nd Annual Convention will feature approximately 360 sessions, as well
as dynamic speakers and cultural events.



Interested participants may submit abstracts to more than one NeMLA session;
however panelists can only present one paper (panel or seminar).  Convention
participants may present a paper at a panel and also present at a creative
session or participate in a roundtable.  Do not accept a slot if you may
cancel to present on another session.



Convenient links:


Convention homepage: http://www.nemla.org/convention/2011/index.html

CFP: http://www.nemla.org/convention/2011/cfp.html
Russian/East European Panels:
http://www.nemla.org/convention/2011/cfp.html#russian

NeMLA homepage: http://www.nemla.org/
Membership and fees: http://www.nemla.org/about/information/membership.html

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