Reminder - CFP: Southern Conference on Slavic Studies

[Elizabeth Skomp]

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).

 		 	   		  
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