Proposal for panel at AATSEEL

[Raoul Smith]

I am proposing a panel on demons in Russian art and literature for AATSEEL 2013. 

 

The panel will be chaired by Sally Pratt.

 

For the panel I am proposing to give a paper on the representation of demons focusing mainly on 17th c. Russian icons and illustrated manuscripts. Since icons are meant to make the invisible world visible, they help to shed light on contemporary interpretations of concepts such as evil. 

 

For a broader cultural perspective I am soliciting papers not only in the area of demons in Russian icons but  also the representation of demons in Russian  literature. (And if they combine the two, then even better, especially if they deal with the same time period, where one would help explicate the semiotics of the other.) Papers dealing with the treatment of demons by novelists such as Dostoyevsky are quite appropriate.

 

 For further information please contact me at rsmith at museumofrussianicons.org. 

 

--Raoul

 

Professor Raoul Smith

Center for Icon Studies

Museum of Russian Icons 

203 Union Street

Clinton, MA 01510 USA

 

Phone: 978-598-5000 ext. 24

Fax: 978-598-5009

E-mail: rsmith at museumofrussianicons.org

 

The mission of the Museum of Russian Icons is to enhance relations between Russia and the United States through the medium of art, especially Russian icons. Миссия Музея Русских Икон состоит в укреплении отношений между Россией и США через посредство искусства, особенно искусства русских икон.

 

 


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