Call for papers -- Jakobson Congress

[Henryk Baran]

Dear Colleagues:

The following announcement should be of interest to some of you.  If you
need further information, please let me know.
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Henryk Baran
(201) 967-1593 (voice)  (201) 967-8014 (fax)
e-mail:  hbaran at ios.com


CALL  FOR PAPERS

1996 marks the centennial of the birth of Roman Osipovich Jakobson.
To commemorate the life and scientific achievements of the great Russian
philologist, the  Russian State University for the Humanities, in
collaboration
with the Russian Academy of Sciences, is pleased to announce an
International Congress.

The Congress will be held from 18 to 23 December 1996  in Moscow at the
Russian State University for the Humanities.

The Program Committee for the Congress  invites proposals for papers
which might fall into one or more of the following categories:

1.  The heritage of Jakobson and contemporary studies of literature and
verse.

2.  The figure of Jakobson from a contemporary perspective.

3.  Jakobson and major trends in modern linguistics and semiotics.

4.  Jakobson's methodology and the problem of synthesis of the humanities
and
the natural sciences.

5. Jakobson and the European avant-garde.

Plans are also being made to hold an additional session on "Jakobson and
structural-semiotic studies in Russia" jointly with the annual conference
"Lotman Readings" organized by the Institute for Advanced Humanistic
Studies at the Russian State University for the Humanities.

The Jakobson Congress will involve both plenary sessions and individual
sections; proposals are welcome for presentations in either one of these
categories.

Proposals, which should include a title and an abstract of no more
than 250 words, may be sent by mail, fax, or e-mail to the Program
Committee at the following addresses:

Dr. Nikolai P. Grinzer
Chair, Department of Classics
Russian State University for the Humanities
Miusskaya 6
125267 Moscow
RUSSIA
fax (7-095) 250-5109
e-mail jak at rsuh.ru

and (for participants from the U.S)
Prof. Henryk Baran
Dept. of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
University at Albany / SUNY
Humanities 254
1400 Washington Ave.
Albany, NY 12222
phone: (518) 442-4226 (work); (201) 967-1593 (home)
fax: (201) 967-8014
e-mail: hbaran at ios.com

The final deadline for submissions is  October 15, 1996. Because of early
deadlines from possible funding sources (e.g. IREX), scholars from the
United States should, if possible, submit proposals by late September.

Proposals will be reviewed by the Organizing Committee in consultation
with members of the Program Committee of the Congress.

The Program Committee includes, thus far:  Yuri N. Afanasjev, Mikhail L.
Gasparov,  Vyacheslav Vs. Ivanov, Eleazar M. Meletinskii, Vladimir N.
Toporov,   Boris  A. Uspenskij (Russia),  Henrik Birnbaum, Victor Erlich,
Morris Halle, Hugh McLean, Edward Stankiewicz, Jindrich Toman, Thomas
Winner, Dean Worth (USA), Elmar Holenstein (Switzerland).

The Organizing Committee includes Nikolai P. Grinzer (coordinator),
Tatiana M. Nikolaeva, Tatiana V. Tsivjan, Yelena P. Shumilova (Secretary),
(Russia), Henryk Baran (coordinator), Stephen Rudy, Linda Waugh (USA)

We plan to publish the abstracts of the papers by the start of the
Congress. Subsequently, the complete texts of the papers will be
published.

Due to the generous help of Soros Foundation we are able to offer
partial support  for accommodation expenses; further details will be made
available.  The Congress is co-sponsored by The Jakobson Foundation (New
York) which expects to be able to offer partial financial support for
travel  expenses for U.S participants.

Up-to-date information on these and other questions regarding the
Congress may be obtained by e-mail or phone from the coordinators .