Seeking Panelist for ASEEES 2014: Sociology of Literature

[Alex Moshkin]

Dear Slavists,

We are putting together a panel on the topic of Sociology of Literature, and are seeking one more participant who will present a paper on this topic. This is a theory-heavy panel that focuses on socio-cultural theories of Pierre Bourdieu in the context of Slavic Studies. We are looking for both advanced graduate students and faculty members in various stages.  
 
Title: Sociological Methods: Institutional Construction of Literature across Time

Abstract: This panel revisits the idea of “sociology of literature” and examines its relevance to the field of Russian and russophone literature. Nearly a quarter century after it's heyday, Pierre Bourdieu’s method of viewing cultural works within their orbits of production, consumption and circulation, i.e. as products of an “immense enterprise of symbolic alchemy,” appears to be on the margins of scholarly discourse. This panel encourages a rethinking of sociological approaches to literature informed by critical engagement with cultural practices from the rise of modernism to the post-Soviet era. Panelists will present how sociological approaches inform their observations of diverse institutions and cultural sites, and how their experience has shaped their particular methodological framework.

Please send a short abstract of your paper to amoshkin at sas.upenn.edu, including paper title, author’s name, affiliation, and email address.

Looking forward to hearing back from the interested participants,
Alex Moshkin 

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