2nd CFP: Ulbandus XIV -- Andrei Platonov and the Collective
Katharine Holt
kmh2135 at COLUMBIA.EDU
Tue Sep 21 17:48:00 UTC 2010
Ulbandus XIV -- Andrei Platonov and the Collective
Deadline: OCTOBER 1, 2010
The next issue of Ulbandus, the Slavic Review of Columbia University
(to be published in print in 2011 and then electronically on JSTOR),
will be devoted to Andrei Platonov and the role of the collective in
his work and its interpretation. Accepted submissions will be
published alongside the proceedings of a conference on Platonov that
is to be held at Columbia University February 11th and 12th, 2011.
We welcome submissions that explore Platonov’s oeuvre in light of
various philosophies of collective enterprise, as well as those that
examine its relationship to collective bodies like the USSR, the
Writers’ Union, collective farms, and the contemporary reading public.
Possible topics may include, but are not limited to:
-- The origins and evolution of Platonov’s social thought.
--The depiction of collective (and collectivized) Soviet spaces,
bodies, and institutions in Platonov’s poetry, prose, and journals.
--Platonov’s representations of collective consciousness.
-- Platonov’s relationship to the Soviet literary establishment.
--Platonov as Soviet thinker, Soviet engineer, Soviet poet, Soviet
prose writer.
--Platonov and his audiences (e.g., the comprehensibility of
Platonov’s language, whether in Russian or in translation, Platonov’s
recent canonization as Russia’s “greatest prose stylist of the 20th
century”).
--Platonov and Voronezh, Platonov and Moscow, Platonov and the Soviet
Empire.
--Platonov’s reading of the collective across and transcending history.
--Platonov’s “socialist realism” and its relationship to his 1920s
texts.
-- Platonov and the Russian literary tradition.
-- Platonov and artists with shared sensibilities (e.g., William
Faulkner, Aleksandr Medvedkin).
In addition to scholarly articles, ULBANDUS encourages submission of
original poetry, fiction, translations, photography and artwork.
Contributions from outside of the Slavic field are warmly invited. The
deadline for submissions is OCTOBER 1, 2010.
Manuscripts should be in MLA format, double-spaced and not exceed 25
pages in length. Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged and
may be sent to kmh2135 at columbia.edu in .doc or .rtf format. (Artwork
should be submitted in TIFF format at a resolution of at least 600
dpi. )
Interested applicants may also submit 2 hard copies of the paper to:
ULBANDUS
Columbia University
1130 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail code 2839
New York, NY, 10027
USA
After acknowledging receipt of your paper, we will prompt you to also
send an electronic copy.
See “How to Submit Work” link at the Ulbandus website for further
details, including a style guide. For inquiries or questions, please
check our website, or write to kmh2135 at columbia.edu for more
information.
As noted above, articles published in Ulbandus XIV will also appear on
the JSTOR site.
ULBANDUS is a peer-reviewed journal. All articles and notes submitted
for publication are reviewed anonymously and should be prepared so
that the author's identity is not revealed either in the body of the
manuscript or in bibliographic references. Manuscripts are read by at
least two evaluators, who recommend acceptance or rejection.
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