Call for Papers: Il'f & Petrov, Kataev, Olesha

[Neil Bermel]

Call for Papers: Il'f and Petrov, Kataev, Olesha 'Centennial'
Conference

A conference devoted to the work of Il'ia Il'f, Evgenii Petrov,
Valentin Kataev, and Iurii Olesha will be held at the University of
Sheffield, England on September 2-3, 1998.  Although 1998 is not the
actual centenary of any of the writers, it is a convenient year for a
'group centennial conference', since Kataev and Il'f were born in 1897
and Olesha in 1899.

It is hoped that some papers at the conference will be devoted to the
authors' early years, when their careers intersected, but the
intention is to offer a broader perspective, and papers will cover
aspects of the individual careers of all the authors.

A keynote address will be delivered by Marietta Chudakova.

Papers (in English or Russian, the working languages of the
conference) are invited on any aspect of the work of Il'f and Petrov,
Kataev, and Olesha.  Please send brief proposals to:

Robert Russell
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
University of Sheffield
Sheffield S10 2TN
Great Britain

Tel: +44 (0)114 222 7403
Fax: +44 (0)114 222 7416
e-mail: robert.russell at sheffield.ac.uk

General inquiries about the conference organisation, accommodation,
and costs should be sent to the same address.