Upcoming Conference at RGGU

[Ruder, Cynthia A]

Colleagues:  I'm passing on the announcement below for a conference at RGGU in Moscow.  Please correspond directly with Professor Irina Morozova at the e-mail address below for further details and for an application.  Direct all inquiries to her.

RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOR THE HUMANITIES
INSTITUTE OF PHILOLOGY AND HISTORY
COMPARATIVE HISTORY AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT

      Dear colleagues,

                                                                 We invite you to participate in an

                                                          INTERNATIONAL  CONFERENCE

“American Cultural Myths and Perspectives on the USA Literary Perception”,
 dedicated to the memory of Professor Alexei Zverev ,
which will take place on October 20-21 2009 at the Institute of Philology and History
 The conference is related to the fundamental topics that constituted the fields of Alexei Zverev's research. The conference is focused on the interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to historic, cultural, philosophical, psychological and religious aspects of American literature, as well as on its perceptions by other cultures.

The topics are:


1.      American social and cultural concepts and literature;

2.      America and Russia: sphere of literary contacts.

3.      American literature in the context of West European cultures.

4.      Images of America in cultural perceptions by other nations.


The conference will culminate with Round table discussion «American Literature in Modern Comparative Studies»


Applications with abstracts (5 sentences) are accepted untill  June 20 2009 via e-mail.  Formal invitations will be sent by the committee after the acceptance of applications. In accordance with the results of the conference further publication is assumed.

Arrangement fee – $10. Transit and accommodation are provided by the participants.

 e-mail: irinamoro at gmail.com

Cynthia A. Ruder, Associate Professor
University of Kentucky
MCL/Russian & Eastern Studies
1055 Patterson
Lexington, KY  40506-0027
859.257.7026
cynthia.ruder at uky.edu<mailto:cynthia.ruder at uky.edu>

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