CALL FOR PAPERS FOR THE 2013 MLA CONVENTION IN BOSTON

[Johnson, Emily D.]

The MLA Division Executive Committee for Slavic and East European Literatures,  MLA's Slavic Discussion Group, and the MLA/AATSEEL liaison would like to announce the following calls for papers on Slavic and East European topics for the 2013 MLA convention. We would encourage SEELANGS subscribers to consider submitting abstracts for these panels. Please note that in all cases the deadline for the receipt of abstracts is March 15.  These calls for papers have also all been posted on the MLA website.

Panels that are being organized by the Slavic Division Executive Committee:

Embodiments of Identity in the Slavic Grotesque
The panel invites papers examining literary constructions of identity in the grotesque mode. Please submit 300-word abstracts to Svetlana Vassileva-Karagyozova at svk at ku.edu<mailto:svk at ku.edu> by March 15, 2012.

Gay Culture in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Gay writers past and present; queer identity; changing social norms; cultural spaces and texts. Please submit a 300-word abstract to Emily Johnson at: emilydjohnson at ou.edu. Deadline: March 15, 2012.

Three Worlds as Theory, Reality and Historical Legacy
Once upon a time, the world was divided into first, second and third worlds, corresponding to the "west," "the developing world" and "the Communist Bloc." Or was it? Or perhaps it still is? Papers are invited that address any aspect of the three worlds theory as an object of cultural and literary history.  Abstracts to <kmfplatt at sas.upenn.edu> by March 15.

Animated Film in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Past masters and current trends; theories of film-making; the impact of new technology. Please submit a 300-word abstract to Emily Johnson at: emilydjohnson at ou.edu.   Deadline: March 15, 2012.

Panels being organized by the Slavic Discussion Group:

Modern Tragedy, East of Europe
Theoretically engaged investigations of tragedy as aesthetic, philosophical, or political strategy. How is modern tragedy (and tragic modernity) inflected at the eastern margin of Europe’s cultural sway? Abstracts to Jonathan Platt <jbplatt at pitt.edu> by March 15.

Central and Eastern European Culture through Emotion
Papers that exemplify how attention to emotions, as affect but also as socially conditioned experience, opens up new perspectives on historical figures, periods, or developments. Abstracts to David Cooper <dlcoop at illinois.edu> by March 15.

MLA panel proposals sponsored by AATSEEL:

One Hundred Years of The Rite of Spring
This panel marking the centenary of The Rite of Spring examines the cultural legacy of the controversial ballet and welcomes papers from a variety of disciplinary perspectives (e.g. theater, dance, music, narrative studies).  Please send 250-word abstracts to Rebecca Stanton at rstanton at barnard.edu by March 15, 2012.

Reading Dissident Writing after Revisionism
We invite approaches to reading Central European writing that transcend the Cold War binaries of opposition and collaboration as well as the "revisionist" models that rejected them. Abstracts to Justin Weir at weir at fas.harvard.edu by March 15.


Dr. Emily Johnson
Associate Professor
Dept. of Modern Languages, Literatures & Linguistics
University of Oklahoma
780 Van Vleet Oval, Room 206
Norman, OK 73019
phone: (405) 325-1486
fax: (405) 325-0103
emilydjohnson at ou.edu




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