Conference on"Feasts,Festivals and Festivities in Germany and
Europe",School of Slavonic and East European Studies,London,and thd
German History Society.
For imformation contact:Karin
Friendrich,SSEES,Senate House,Malet Street,London WC1E 7HU,UK
Tel:44-171-637 4934
Fax:44-171-436 8916
e-mail:newlove@ssees.ac.uk
April 16-18 and April 18-20
Call for papers and panels.Two comfernces to be held jointly
at the Ohio State University
"Russian's Golden Age", a conference in anticipation of the 200th
Anniversary of Pushkin's birth(April 16-18);and the Midwest Slavic
Conference (April 18-20).
contact:Prof.George Kalbouss or
Rosa Maria Cormanick,
Depertment of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures,1841
Millikin Road,Columbus,OH43210,USA.
Call for papers.University fo Veliko Turnovo and the
Institute of Literature at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences(Sofia)will
be organising a conference on West European Modernism:Reflexes in the
Bulgarian Literature and the Literatures of Central and Eastern
Europe(end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries and in the
Twenties).Conference Languages:Russian, English and French.
Registration deadline:January 31st,1997.Summaries of papers should be
sent by March 1st 1997.
For imfomation contact:
Assoc.Prof.Magarita Kanazirska,Department of Modern Foreign
Literatures,
Sts.cyril and Methodious University of Veliko Turnovo,
1 Theodossi Turnovski Str.,5000 Veliko Turnovo,Bulgaria.
Call for Papers.
The Third International Conference of th Center for Romanian Studies on
th subject Biography and Romanian Studies will be hed in lasi,Romania
from 9-13 July 1997.
Accepted topics will be those related to the past. present and future
uses of biography in Romanian studies,as well as presentations or
discussion of specific biographies of important Romanian
historical,political,literatry, and cultural personalities, as well as
foreign personalities who played an improtant role in Romanian culture
and history.
Languages usid will be English and Romanian.As with past conferences,
the papers presented at the conference will be published.Presentations
will be limited to 20minutes,but papers submitted for publication can
be substantially longer.The Center for Romanian Studies will provide.
accommodation for conference participants.Deadline for Paper
Proposals:15 March 1997.
Please send one page abstract to:Program
Coordinator,Center for Romanian Studies,Oficicul Postal 1,Casuta
Postala 108,6600 lasi
Romania.
Tel:/Fax: 40 32 210 274
July 17-19
International Symposium at Slavic Research Center
Contact:Prof.Koichi Inoue,Slavic
Research Center,Hokkaido Universiy,Kita 9,Nishi 7,Kita-ku,Sapporo
060,Japan
Tel:(+81) 11-706-3158
Fax:(+81) 11-709-9283
August 18-24
Conference of Nordic Slavists in Helsinki,Finland.
Contact:Dr.Ben Hellman,Institute
of Institute of Slavic Languages,Helsinki University,Box 4(Vuorikatu 5
B),Fin-0014 Helsingin Yliopisto,Finland
Tel:358 0 191 22988
Fax:358 0 191 22974
August 20-23
The Second Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe will be
held at the University of Vilnius, Lithuania on the theme "Values and
Norms of Society in Change."
Contact:Prof. Ona Voveriene,The
Second Conference on Baltic Studies in Europe,Vilnius
University,Universiteto 3,Vilnius 2734,Lithuania
Tel:(370) 2 634018;
e:mail:BenediktasJuodka@cr.vu.lt
September 23-25
International Symposium "Russian Studies in Europe"
(Poznan,Poland)
Contact: Prof.Vojcech
Kaminski,Instytut Filologii Rosyjskiej, Uniwersytet im. Adama
Mickiewicza, al. Niepodleglosci 4, 61-874 Poznan, tel.52-11-91 w.141
October 10-12
International Scientific Conference on "Leon Trotsky and the
Russian Revolution: 1917-1997" in Moscow.
For more information contact:The
Committee for the Study of Leon Trotsky's Legacy.
Tel:(1) 718 636 5446;
e-mail:mvogt@igc.apc.org
October 21-22
The International Commission on the History of the October
Revolution, together with the Institute of History of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, is organising an international conference, "1917
and the Fate of Russia and the World". Its first meeting, "The February
Revolution: from New Sources to new Interpretations", was held on
February 4-5 in Moscow. The second conference, "The October Revolution:
from New Sources to new Interpretations", will be held 21-22 October in
Moscow. The International Commission welcomes the participation of
specialists from abroad. Those interested in presenting a paper should
send the title, a brief description, and a brief vita to the
general secretary of the International Commission: V.P. Buldakov: Fax:
(7) 126 9480.
November 7-9
"Inventing the Soviet Union: Language, Power and
Representation, 1917-1945" at the Russian and East European Institute
of Indiana University, Bloomington.
Contact:Choi
Chatterjee,Department of History,California State University,Los
Angeles,CA 90032,USA.
e-mail:cchatte@calstatela.edu or
Karen Petrone,Department of History,University of Kentucky,Lexington,
KY 40506
e-mail:Knpetr0@ukcc.uky.edu
November 20-23
The 29th National Convention fo the AAASS,hosted by the
Western Slavic Association, will be held in Seattle,USA,at the Sheraton
Seattle Hotel.
For further information or a full
conference program contact:Wendy Walker,Convention
Coordinator,American Association for the Advancement of Slavic
Studies,8 Story Street,
Tel:(1) 617 495 0678;
Fax:(1) 617 495 0680;
e-mail:walker@fas.harvard.edu
December 10-12
The 5th Annual "Conference on Marketing Strategies for
Central and Eastern Europe" will be held in Vienna, Austria. A primary
goal of the conference is to promote an international dialogue between
decision makers and business and government leaders from Central,
Eastern and Western European countries. The final papers must be ready
by 31 October 1997. For more information and directions for preparation
of your manuscript or abstract,
contact either of the conference
sponsors:University Professor Dr. Reiner
Springer,Wirtschaftsuniversitat,Vienna.
Tel: (43) 1 313364371,
Fax:(43) 1 3136751,
e-mail:springer@isis.wuwien.ac.at
or
Petr Chadraba,Depaul University,Chicago.