Slavic-related CFPs for MLA 2015 (deadline 3/15/2014; conference January 2015)

[rjs19 at COLUMBIA.EDU]

Dear all,

The Modern Languages Association serves as an umbrella organization to  
several groups representing our field: these include the MLA Slavic  
and East European Literatures Division, the MLA Discussion Group on  
Slavic Literatures and Cultures, and AATSEEL (which is an "allied  
organization" of MLA, and holds its own annual conference at the same  
time and place).  We are eager to increase the visibility of Slavists  
at MLA, and to encourage robust participation by Slavists at both the  
MLA conference and the concurrent AATSEEL conference!  (Note that  
registration discounts are available for participants who register for  
both conferences.)  The next MLA conference will be held in Vancouver  
on January 8-11, 2015.  For those who may prefer to avoid traveling to  
the U.S. in light of onerous immigration requirements, now is a good  
time to consider participating in this major conference!

Here is a list of Slavic-related Calls For Papers for the MLA 2015  
conference  (for more information, see: www.mla.org/convention):

*The Cold War and Experimental Fiction*
Panel proposed by the Slavic and East European Literatures Division
In what ways did the Cold War generate experimental narratives? What  
impact did the Cold War discourse have on unofficial literature?  
300-word abstracts by 15 March 2014 to Julia Vaingurt  
(vaingurt at uic.edu).

*Central and Eastern Europe in Other Traditions*
Panel proposed by the Slavic and East European Literatures Division
How have texts from Eastern and Central Europe been absorbed into,  
reshaped, or resisted by other national literatures? 300-word  
abstracts by 15 March 2014 to Benjamin Paloff (paloff at umich.edu).

*From Siberia to the Planet Mars*
Panel proposed by the Slavic and East European Literatures Division  
and the Discussion Group on Science Fiction, Fantastic, and Utopian  
Literature
Papers should analyze science fiction narratives produced in Russia,  
Eurasia, Eastern Europe, in any medium: literature, television, film,  
etc. 200-word abstracts and brief CV by 15 March 2014 to Rebecca  
Stanton (rstanton at barnard.edu) and Eric Aronoff (aronoffe at mail.msu.edu).

*Central and Peripheral Futurisms*
Panel proposed by the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and  
East European Languages (AATSEEL)
A polemical stance being a central element of futurist aesthetics and  
politics, we call for an in-depth discussion of discord among its  
adherents across national borders. 300-word abstracts by 15 March 2014  
to Julia Vaingurt (vaingurt at uic.edu).

*Degeneration in Russia*
Panel proposed by the Discussion Group on Slavic Literatures and Cultures
This panel will consider the impact and legacies of the notions of  
degeneration and degeneracy that arose in artistic and clinical  
discussions of Russian culture in the 19th and 20th centuries. 300  
word abstracts by March 14 to jon.stone at fandm.edu

*Rethinking Theater History in Eastern Europe*
Panel proposed by the Discussion Group on Slavic Literatures and  
Cultures and the Discussion Group on Hungarian Literature
We seek papers offering innovative methods and revisions of the theater
history of socialism in Eastern Europe. 250-word abstracts and brief  
CVs by 14 March 2014; Zoltán Márkus (zomarkus at vassar.edu) and Kevin M.  
F. Platt (kmfplatt at sas.upenn.edu)

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