AATSEEL Conference Abstracts Available

[David J Birnbaum]

Dear SEELANGers,

Most of the abstracts accepted after the first (15 April) deadline for the
1997 AATSEEL conference are now available on the web at:

        http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~ludwig/aatseel/abstracts.html

The abstracts for the Twentieth-Century Russian Literature division will
be posted later this summer, but the list of participants and titles for
this division is already in place. Almost all abstracts for other
divisions are in place.

Please note that the current list includes only proposals received by 15
April. In response to longstanding requests for later deadlines, members
are welcome to submit abstracts through 15 August. Furthermore,
submissions that were not accepted during the first round were returned
with referee suggestions for changes, and authors are welcome to submit
revisions. The highlights for submissions are:

1) All submissions should include a one-page abstract and should be sent
to the appropriate division head. Abstract guidelines and division head
contact information has been published in the AATSEEL Newsletter and is
available on the web at:

        http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~djb/aatseel.html

2) Members are welcome to submit proposals either for declared panels (see
the Call for Papers in the AATSEEL Newsletter and on the web) or to the
division in general. In the former case, please send a copy of your
abstract to the panel chair, as well. In the latter case, the Program
Committee will ensure that all papers will be placed on appropriate
panels, and will create new panels, as needed.

3) A list of referees will be posted to the web site shortly. AATSEEL
members who would like to participate in refereeing submissions after the
15 August deadline should write to the appropriate division head(s).
Referees need not be senior scholars, but should have sufficient area
knowledge and conference experience to be able to evaluate submissions
according to the published guidelines.

Looking forward to seeing you in Toronto,

David

David J. Birnbaum
Chair, Program Committee
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Professor David J. Birnbaum     email: djbpitt+ at pitt.edu
Department of Slavic Languages  url:   http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~djb/
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University of Pittsburgh        fax:   1-412-624-9714
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