Novgorod in Focus at AAASS, 2007

[Kyongjoon Kwon]

Dear Daniela,

I haven't contacted with you for a while since you're there and I'm here.. I'm
really glad that you came up with this brillaint idea, actually,, put the idea
into practice.. I remember that we talked about this kind of paneling.. I hope,
rather believe that there are many particpants in the panels in line :-) And I'd
like to my two cents in it, as well... I hope I'm not too late..

The proposal is titled "Diathesis alternation in Old Novgorod dialect". I'm
going to study the argument structures of variosu types of verbs (transitive,
intransitive, ditransitiv, reflexive, etc) and their formation/derivation in
Old Novgorod dialect and compare them with East Slavic, if possible. The study
with this title has been in my future work list and not quite studied yet..
which means it is really tentative one, vulnerable to change.. :-) But I'll try
to keep its backbone,,, verbs, argument structures, formation.., etc..

Could you forward me the list of participating scholars in your panel(s), when
it is ready? That way, I may get some help from them in the future..

I hope you are having a fantastic break with a good rest.. Happy new year!

Joon

Quoting "Daniela S. Hristova" <dhristov at UCHICAGO.EDU>:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> The purpose of this note is to draw your attention to an idea about
> organizing a couple of panels on the topic of *Medieval Novgorod* for
> the 2007 AAASS in New Orleans. Borrowing the title from the late H.
> Birnbaum's book on the subject, I tentatively call the panel(s)
> "Novgorod in Focus." The proposal is to have two or three panels that
> look at different aspects – linguistic, historical, political, social,
> cultural, etc. of this medieval society. If scheduled sequentially and
> possibly on the same day and at the same location, the panels will
> resemble a mini-conference on the subject, something many of you with
> whom I had shared the idea found stimulating.
>
> If you are interested in participating, please send a title and a
> sentence or two description of your talk at your earliest convenience to
> Daniela S. Hristova, dhristov at uchicago.edu. In addition, I would
> appreciate any and all suggestions of scholars working on the subject
> that I might not be aware of or any other suggestions how to make the
> idea work better.
>
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