AW: [SEELANGS] Call for Conference Papers: "RUSSIA'S INTERNAL COLONIZATION"

[Matthias Schwartz]

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> Von: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and 
> Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] Im Auftrag von 
> Dirk Uffelmann
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 18. März 2009 13:31
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> Betreff: [SEELANGS] Call for Conference Papers: "RUSSIA'S 
> INTERNAL COLONIZATION"
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> 
> Call for Papers: RUSSIA’S INTERNAL COLONIZATION
> Conference in Passau (Germany), 23-25 March 2010
> 
> There’s a Russian saying that any new idea begins with the 
> response that “It can’t be so,” and ends with the assertion 
> that “Everyone has always known that it is so.” We believe 
> that the idea of Russia’s internal colonization has reached 
> the middle point of this process.  At this conference, we 
> intend to construe the concept of internal colonization as a 
> new interdisciplinary paradigm for Russian Studies. Some of 
> the questions that will frame this debate will be: Was Russia 
> an empire and what constituted its colonies? How did the 
> relationship between internal and external colonization 
> change throughout Russian imperial history? How did the 
> Russian Other oscillate between the not entirely estranged 
> Svoi and the not entirely assimilated Chuzhie? What do the 
> peculiar rhetoric and grammar of Vasilii Kliuchevskii’s 
> famous phrase, “The history of Russia is the history of a 
> country that colonizes itself”, actually mean? How does the 
> conceptual framework of Postcolonial Studies change when 
> tested against Russian cultural history? What are the 
> implications of the idea of Russia’s internal colonization 
> for contemporary Russia? What are its implications for 
> contemporary theory? By launching this conference, we intend 
> to stimulate a free exchange between ideas and personalities 
> across disciplinary borders. We are inviting Russian and 
> Western historians, literary scholars, anthropologists, 
> philosophers, and other colleagues who study Russia of any 
> period. Contributions on specific authors, historical 
> periods, genres of culture, etc. are welcome, as are 
> theoretical papers. Please be advised that the conference 
> will be held in Russian and the volume of its materials will 
> be also published in Russian. 
> The conference will be held in Passau, Germany. Passau is 
> situated on the Danube river, in the region where Bavaria, 
> Austria and the Czech Republic meet. The closest 
> international airport in Munich is approximately 2 hours away 
> from Passau. The proceedings of the conference will take 
> place on the 23rd, 24th and 25th of March 2010; the 22nd is 
> reserved for arrival, while departure is planned for the 
> 26th.  This will give speakers the opportunity to continue to 
> the Annual BASEES conference at Cambridge scheduled for the 
> 27th-29th of March 2010. We will be able to cover the costs 
> of your accommodation as well as breakfast, lunch and coffee 
> during the conference. Additionally, we have sufficient 
> funding to contribute towards your travel expenses if needed. 
> Details will be negotiated individually. If you are 
> interested in participating in the conference, we would 
> appreciate it if you would let us know via e-mail to 
> ae264 at cam.uk.ac and uffelmann at uni-passau.de by 31 May 2009. 
> Please include a preliminary title of your contribution, an 
> abstract of 200-300 words, and a short CV. Finalists will be 
> contacted by the end of June. A Russian version of this call 
> for papers can be found on the conference webpage: 
> http://www.phil.uni-passau.de/slavische-literaturen-und-kultur
en/konferenzen/vnutrenniaia-kolonizatsiia-rossii.html

Alexander Etkind (Cambridge, UK) and Dirk Uffelmann (Passau, Germany)

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