Lectures, Local Conferences, and Academic Events:
Cultural Events:
Funding, Grants, and Scholarships:
3. EUSA Prizes
Calls for Papers and Out-of-State Conferences:
Other Announcements:
Language Tables and Coffee Hours:
Detailed Descriptions of Events
Lectures, Local Conferences, and Academic Events:
1. Thursday, February 3: “Seeking Asylum: What Madness Meant in Late Soviet Culture,” Rebecca Reich, Harvard University
5:15–6:45 pm, Maple Room, IMU
The unsanctioned investigation of human rights abuses during the late Soviet period brought samizdat reports of the psychiatric diagnosis and compulsory hospitalization of dissidents for political reasons. This talk examines artistic reactions to the politicization of psychiatry through two prisms: Venedikt Erofeev’s 1985 play Walpurgis Night or The Steps of the Commander and the Soviet and post-Soviet receptions of Miloš Forman’s 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Though different in time and place of origin, both works are set in psychiatric institutions and center on patient-heroes who question authority and defy social norms. The commonalities between the ways in which Erofeev’s madhouse was depicted and the ways in which Forman’s madhouse was understood indicate that art on psychiatric themes answered the need for a public sphere in which political, social and psychological deviance could be embraced.
12:30 PM, M267
3. Monday, February 7: "'A Man of the Nineteenth Century:' Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground and Decadent Romanticism," Kristen Lodge, Columbia University
4:00–5:15 PM, State Room West, IMU
Why does the underground man suggest that he is a typical “man of the nineteenth century”? What did this mean for Dostoevsky? The talk offers a response to these questions by situating the work within the context of “decadent romanticism,” a distinct brand of romanticism that emerged in France after 1830. A reading of the work is presented based on an examination of two key motifs: the sickness of the underground man and the image of Cleopatra sticking pins into her servant girls for her own sadistic pleasure. Also discussed are the reception of Dostoevsky's work in France when it was belatedly translated in the 1880s and its connection to fin-de-siècle decadence and symbolism.
4. Thursday February 10: "Rising from the Rubble: Creating the Museum of the History of Polish Jews on the Site of the Warsaw Ghetto," Professor Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, University Professor; Professor of Performance Studies, Affiliated Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
7:30 PM Oak Room, Indiana Memorial Union, Bloomington
Ninety-percent of Poland's Jews perished during the Holocaust and most of Europe's Jews perished on Polish soil. Not surprisingly, Jewish visitors to Poland today have generally confined their itinerary to sites related to the Shoah. Dedicated to telling the story of a millenium of Jewish civilization in Polish lands right up to the ever evolving present, the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, will offer an alternative itinerary, one that leads visitors through what has been described as Poland’s early modern "multicultural" heritage. Where will it take them and what encounters will it engender? What impact will this museum have on the city of Warsaw today? This talk will explore the challenges of creating this multimedia narrative museum on the site of the former Warsaw ghetto and historic Jewish neighborhood of Warsaw, a museum that aims to be a portal, a forum, and a catalyst in the "New Poland."
More information on the talk and Professor Kirshenblatt-Gimblett can be found at: http://www.indiana.edu/~jsp/events/lecture_Polish_bKirshenblattGimblett.shtml
2-3 pm, Ballantine Hall, room 221
Dr. Ernest Andrews, Visiting Scholar with IU’s Russian and East European Institute, will conduct a seminar on a controversial social phenomenon in the ‘eastern’ part of contemporary Germany, known as ‘Ostalgie’ or ‘Eastalgia,’ on February 11 at 2 pm, Ballantine Hall 221. The word combines ‘East’ (‘Ost,’ in German) with ‘nostalgia’ (‘Nostalgie’) to denote rise in longing among ‘eastern’ Germans for things from the ‘communist’ past. The phenomenon manifests itself in a variety of ways: proliferation of shops and websites promoting consumer products and other paraphernalia from the German-Democratic-Republic era, for example, or museums on ‘daily life In the GDR,’ or display of positive attitudes toward the social and cultural structures of the now defunct ‘socialist’ system on the part of a conspicuous number of eastern Germans. Films, such as the internationally acclaimed ‘Good-Bye Lenin’ (2003), as well as TV programs, books and articles with life-in-the-GDR themes form also part of the phenomenon. The seminar will focus especially on ‘Eastalgia’s social-psychological and political implications in the context of the often heated debate the phenomenon has aroused among scholars, journalists and the public at large in recent years. The seminar’s participants will be encouraged to share the knowledge they might have on the subject in reference to both eastern Germany and other countries of the former ‘East Bloc.’
6. Friday, February 18: Indiana University’s 16th Annual Preparing Future Faculty Graduate Student Conference
8:30 PM – 4:30 PM, Indiana Memorial Union Solarium
RSVP by Friday, February 15
Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Graduate Student Conference is a one-day event designed to provide graduate students, of all disciplines and at all phases of their educations, with important information about preparing for their future academic careers. The conference consists of four sessions addressing such graduate student concerns as progression toward the Ph.D., building a professional record, navigating the job market, acclimating to a new faculty position, and professional opportunities within and outside of academia. Each year the conference is organized by a committee of graduate students, lead by a PFF fellow appointed and funded by the Sociology department. Funding for the conference is provided by the Graduate School and various participating departments. Panelists are typically professors from IUB and surrounding universities. Special care is made to invite panelists from a diverse array of disciplines and institutions.
NOTE: Registration is not required—the conference is free and open to all IU graduate students. In order to participate in the complimentary lunch you must RSVP by Friday, February 15th, to iupffc@gmail.com with your name, department, and year in your program. There is limited seating for lunch. Thank you!
A preliminary schedule is available at: http://www.indiana.edu/~pffc/
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Cultural Events:
1. Thursday, February 3: Fresh Air (Friss levegö) (dir. Ágnes Kocsis and Andrea Roberti, Hungary 2006, 109 mins.)
7:30 PM, Student Building 150
A wonderful deadpan comedy set in present-day Budapest, about the agonies of a mother-daughter relationship.
8:00 PM Auer Hall second floor, Simon Music Center, 200 S Jordan AveAlyssa Cox, soprano
Michael Pecak, piano
Jinhee Han, cello
The music of Chopin, Bacewicz, Lutoslawski, Szymanowski
Michael Pecak, piano
Jinhee Han, cello
The music of Chopin, Bacewicz, Lutoslawski, Szymanowski
8PM Auer Hall second floor, simon music center, 200 s jordan ave
parking available across the street upper level of jordan garage
Admission is free, donations to the polish studies center will be gratefully received
Sponsored by Polish Studies Center, Office of the Vice President for International Affairs, Jacobs School of Music
parking available across the street upper level of jordan garage
Admission is free, donations to the polish studies center will be gratefully received
Sponsored by Polish Studies Center, Office of the Vice President for International Affairs, Jacobs School of Music
8:00 PM, Musical Arts Center
David Effron, Conductor; Evan Mitchell, Piano; George Lykogiannis, Piano
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E-Flat Major
Liszt: Totentanz
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
Liszt: Totentanz
Stravinsky: Rite of Spring
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Leo R. Dowling International Center
The Mongolia Society invites you to celebrate Tsagaan Sar, the Mongolian New Year. The event will be sponsored by the Mongolia Society, IUSA, Mongolian Student Association, The Department of Central Eurasian Studies, Leo R. Dowling International Center, Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center, and the Bloomington Mongolian Community.
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Funding, Grants, and Scholarships:
Deadline: February 11, 2011
Remak New Knowledge Seminar--Maximum $20,000
Remak Distinguished Scholar Award--$5,000
Remak New Knowledge Seminar and Scholar Award
The Remak New Knowledge Seminar will explore a topic or issue from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The award honors the legacy of Professor Henry H.H. Remak and his commitment to scholarship in all fields of study. The seminars will aim to break new ground and perfect research designs that can lead to external funding. Seminar participants must come from two or more departments or units of Indiana University and can include participants from other institutions as well. Each seminar must have a Director (or no more than two co-directors). Seminar funds can be used to make research grants to faculty participants, bring visiting scholars or artists to Indiana University, and cover incidental seminar expenses. Seminar directors must be tenured members of the Indiana University faculty. The Maximum Seminar Award is $20,000. Each application should be sent electronically as an attachment to ihedin@indiana.edu by Feb. 11, 2011. A completed application will include a Cover Letter from the seminar director or co-directors indicating the intellectual focus of the seminar and its promise for new scholarly directions and future funding, a list of the seminar participants along with their affiliations, and an explanation of how participants will contribute to the realization of seminar goals. Include also a tentative budget and brief CV’s for the seminar director or co-directors only (no more than 3 pages each). Applicants should also arrange to have two detailed letters of support from relevant experts who can attest to the significance of the proposal (with at least one of the letters coming from an expert outside Indiana University) e-mailed to ihedin@indiana.edu. No part of the proposed budget need be reserved for the payment of course releases, which will be awarded to seminar directors or co-directors from certain units of Indiana University. Only one seminar will be selected for 2010-11.
The Remak New Knowledge Seminar will explore a topic or issue from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The award honors the legacy of Professor Henry H.H. Remak and his commitment to scholarship in all fields of study. The seminars will aim to break new ground and perfect research designs that can lead to external funding. Seminar participants must come from two or more departments or units of Indiana University and can include participants from other institutions as well. Each seminar must have a Director (or no more than two co-directors). Seminar funds can be used to make research grants to faculty participants, bring visiting scholars or artists to Indiana University, and cover incidental seminar expenses. Seminar directors must be tenured members of the Indiana University faculty. The Maximum Seminar Award is $20,000. Each application should be sent electronically as an attachment to ihedin@indiana.edu by Feb. 11, 2011. A completed application will include a Cover Letter from the seminar director or co-directors indicating the intellectual focus of the seminar and its promise for new scholarly directions and future funding, a list of the seminar participants along with their affiliations, and an explanation of how participants will contribute to the realization of seminar goals. Include also a tentative budget and brief CV’s for the seminar director or co-directors only (no more than 3 pages each). Applicants should also arrange to have two detailed letters of support from relevant experts who can attest to the significance of the proposal (with at least one of the letters coming from an expert outside Indiana University) e-mailed to ihedin@indiana.edu. No part of the proposed budget need be reserved for the payment of course releases, which will be awarded to seminar directors or co-directors from certain units of Indiana University. Only one seminar will be selected for 2010-11.
Remak Distinguished Scholar Award
The Remak Scholar award will be given to the director or two co-directors of the seminar selected for funding. All seminar applications should clearly identify the name(s) of the director(s). The Remak Scholar award carries a research grant of $5,000—to be shared if there are two co-directors. The intent here is to honor distinguished contributions to multi-disciplinarity. The Remak award may also carry one course reduction (one each for co-directors) during the seminar year. To date, course reductions have been negotiated for faculty from IUB’s College of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, School of Informatics & Computing, Maurer School of Law, and SPEA. Negotiations with other units are ongoing.
The Remak Scholar award will be given to the director or two co-directors of the seminar selected for funding. All seminar applications should clearly identify the name(s) of the director(s). The Remak Scholar award carries a research grant of $5,000—to be shared if there are two co-directors. The intent here is to honor distinguished contributions to multi-disciplinarity. The Remak award may also carry one course reduction (one each for co-directors) during the seminar year. To date, course reductions have been negotiated for faculty from IUB’s College of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, School of Informatics & Computing, Maurer School of Law, and SPEA. Negotiations with other units are ongoing.
Remak Scholars will present one public lecture during the seminar year and write a report of the year’s accomplishments to the IAS.
Deadline: February 11, 2011
Mini-Workshop/Conference Award--Maximum $7,000
This grant is designed to enable faculty members to bring together a small group of IU faculty and visitors to discuss a specific topic. Funds are to be used only for the payment of honoraria and travel expenses for visiting scholars and artists and essential promotional publications for these programs. Faculty awarded this mini-grant are responsible for making all travel and lodging arrangements for visitors and for promotional activities. Applications should include a letter indicating the topic to be studied, all IU faculty participants, a tentative budget, and list of visitors. Brief CV’s of IU participants (no more than 3 pages each) should be included. All materials should be clearly marked for the Mini-Workshop/Conference Grant and sent electronically to ihedin@indiana.edu. Maximum award is $7,000. One or two grants will be awarded for 2010-11.
EUSA's 1997-1999 Executive Committee established three prizes to be awarded at each EUSA Biennial International Conference. The prizes both recognize and encourage excellence in scholarship in the field of European Union studies. Each prize carries a small cash award (funded by EUSA's Grants and Scholarships Fund) and will be presented to the recipients at the EUSA Conference banquet. The prize selection committees are comprised of EUSA Executive Committee members and established EU scholars.
The prizes and their stipulations are:
Lifetime Contribution Award in EU Studies
The EUSA Executive Committee will select a scholar in the field of EU studies whose lifetime of research and writing have been important, enduring, and widely felt influences on EU scholarship. Nominations for the Lifetime Contribution Award will not be accepted.
Haas Fund Fellowship
The EUSA Haas Fund Fellowship Competition is an annual fellowship for graduate student EU-related dissertation research. Thanks entirely to contributions to our Ernst Haas Memorial Fund for EU Studies, launched in June 2003 to honor the memory of Ernst B. Haas (1924-2003) we will offer at least one unrestricted fellowship of $2000 to support the dissertation research of any graduate student pursuing an EU-related dissertation topic.
EUSA Prize for Best Conference Paper
The EUSA Prize for Best Conference Paper is awarded at each conference for the best nominated paper from the previous conference. All those who presented an original paper at the Conference are eligible, excepting persons who are current members of the EUSA Executive Committee and persons who have already won the EUSA Best Conference Paper Prize. The prize carries a cash award of $100. Information on how to apply for the prize is announced in the Fall preceding each conference.
EUSA Prize for Best Dissertation
The EUSA Prize for Best Dissertation in EU studies is awarded to a dissertation written in English on any aspect of European integration submitted in completion of the Ph.D. at any university in the two academic years preceding an upcoming EUSA Conference. The student must have defended and deposited the final dissertation and graduated (been awarded the PhD degree) during this period as well, and the dissertation submitted for the competition must include a fully signed, dated dissertation committee approval page. Dissertations submitted without the fully signed, dated, committee approval page will be disqualified, as will dissertations submitted for students who did not receive the PhD degree and graduate during the specified time period. Only one dissertation per department at an institution may be nominated for this prize. The prize carries a cash award of $250. Department chairs (not the dissertation committee chair) should send one paper copy of the dissertation with a short cover letter (letter of transmittal) from the chair to the EUSA Administrative Office. Dissertations that are not submitted by the department chair will be disqualified. Dissertations shall be submitted in an electronic format. Information on how to apply for the prize will be announced on this website and the EUSA list serve the Fall before an upcoming conference .
EUSA Book Prize
The 2003-05 Executive Committee of the European Union Studies Association announced the launch of the EUSA Book Prize, to be awarded at each biennial EUSA conference to a book in English on any aspect of EU studies and published in the two years prior to the EUSA Conference. This prize carries a cash award of $300 USD to the author(s). Authors or publishers will submit one (hard) copy of the nominated book with a letter of transmittal to each of the three members of the EUSA Book Prize committee. (Nominated books may not be submitted by e-mail, as galleys or proofs, or in any form other than hard-copy published book.) Information on how to apply for the prize will be announced on this website and the EUSA list serve the Fall before an upcoming conference.
For questions about the prizes or the process, please contact us via e-mail at EUSA.
Deadline: February 18, 2011
To help students pursue academic training which adds or enhances an international component of their graduate degree program. Training activities supported include: enrollment in a foreign language or an area studies course not offered at IU; participation in a structured international internship or a formal training program or workshop on an international topic.
Awards: Up to $2,000
Deadlines: November 19, 2010 for spring 2011; February 18, 2011 for summer 2011; May 20, 2011 for fall 2011
Contact: Paul Fogleman, OVPIA, 201 North Indiana Avenue, IU Bloomington; Phone: 812-855-3948; Fax: 812-855-6271; E-mail: pfoglema@indiana.edu
Awards: Up to $2,000
Deadlines: November 19, 2010 for spring 2011; February 18, 2011 for summer 2011; May 20, 2011 for fall 2011
Contact: Paul Fogleman, OVPIA, 201 North Indiana Avenue, IU Bloomington; Phone: 812-855-3948; Fax: 812-855-6271; E-mail: pfoglema@indiana.edu
Guidelines and Application:
Deadline: Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Two $1,000 Scholarships
During the academic year 2011-2012 the Sara and Albert Reuben scholarships may support funding to attend Holocaust-related conferences, to do research in archives and libraries, to subsidize a Holocaust-related internship, to engage in research and to support honors theses, master’s theses, or a dissertation, and other academic initiatives related to the Holocaust. The monies can only be awarded in the fall and/or spring when the recipient is a full-time student..
REQUIREMENTS: The scholarships are open to all Indiana University Bloomington undergraduate and graduate students from any department or college on campus. Undergraduate students must have a minimum GPA of 3.4. Students must be enrolled at Indiana University Bloomington during the Spring 2011 semester (the semester of application) and continue as enrolled students during the semester or year when the scholarship funding is awarded.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Please submit:
1. a one-page proposal setting forth how funding will further study of the Holocaust
2. a completed application form
3. two recommendation forms from IU faculty
Note: Jewish Studies major, certificate, and Hebrew minor students should apply using the application form for continuing Jewish Studies student scholarships and internships.
Applications should be sent to: Borns Jewish Studies Program, Indiana University, Goodbody Hall 326, 1011 E. 3rd Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-7005; Phone (812) 855-0453; FAX (812) 855-4314. Application deadline is Tuesday, March 1, 2011.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF SCHOLARSHIPS: Recipients will be notified in early April, 2010 and will be recognized at the annual Jewish Studies Program Student-Faculty Dinner on Tuesday, April 12, 2011.
These scholarships are an expression of Indianapolis residents Sara and the late Albert Reuben’s strong commitment to the advancement of learning and research about a crucial dimension of modern history.
Deadline: April 29, 2011
The European Union Center at Indiana University invites submissions from undergraduate students for its 2011research paper competition! Papers should:
• be approximately 5,000 words in length
• focus on the EU’s role as an international actor or on the relationship between the EU and the US
• not focus on individual member states of the EU
• Students must be enrolled in an Indiana or Ohio university
First Place: €200
Second Place: €120
Third Place: €80
To apply mail one copy of your paper to the EU Center at:
European Union Center
Ballantine Hall 542
1020 E. Kirkwood Ave.
Bloomington, IN 47405
Please include your contact information in an additional
sheet of paper, but do not include any information in your
paper that can distinguish the author or institution.
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Calls for Papers and Out-of-State Conferences:
Deadline: February 10, 2011
March 2-4, 2011, Middlebury College, VT, USA
March 2-4, 2011, Middlebury College, VT, USA
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES IN VIRTUAL LINGUISTIC-COMMUNICATIVE SPACE
The International Coordinating Committee (Armenia, USA, Italy, Russia, Slovak Republic and Czech Republic) is continuing work on its project Creation of a Virtual Educational Space for the World Community. We invite scholars, educators, instructors and graduate students to participate in the work of the IV International Virtual Conference on Educational Technologies in a Virtual Linguistic-Communicative Space.
The Aim of the Conference is to unite Russian specialists and literary scholars from different countries, to shine light upon relevant issues in Russian studies, literature, language learning pedagogy in the humanities, to increase the effectiveness of international cooperation, and the culture of electronic communication by creating a Network, a new way of sharing experiences, a new innovative educational medium. The Conference will be conducted utilizing Adobe Connect Pro Meeting and Skype.
Information and application materials are available at:
Deadline: February 10, 2011
May 13 – 15, 2011, Princeton University
May 13 – 15, 2011, Princeton University
The attempt to build communism in Eastern Europe was accompanied by the development of a distinctive language paradigm, first in the Soviet Union, then—by a process of cultural translation and local adaptation—in the satellite states of the Socialist Bloc. The official discourse possessed its own “speech genres” (tied to specific communicative contexts, social roles, and political tasks), easily recognizable rhetorical patterns and lexical peculiarities. It is intuitively obvious that this discourse, which we provisionally label _sots-speak_, was instrumental in legitimizing and perpetuating the political system, in shaping individual psychologies and cultural expressions. However, our knowledge of its exact nature and practical existence remains sketchy, as the topic still awaits systematic research. The aim of this conference is to bring together scholars whose work helps shed light on the politico-ideological idiom(s) of state socialism, so that we can begin to develop a sophisticated, multi-layered picture of this special universe of discourse. A deeper understanding of its constitutive linguistic features and the tendencies that define its evolution represents a major desideratum on its own; yet we see this understanding as prerequisite for engaging in questions of broader cultural significance and soliciting a range of (inter)disciplinary inquiries (sociolinguistics, social psychology, anthropology, philosophy, cultural and literary studies, political science, etc.). The following questions merely suggest a few general ways in which to frame our investigation; each of the areas can be illuminated through analysis of specific topics.
· What is the relation between the linguistic theories and utopias of the cultural avant-garde and the linguistic regimes of state socialism?
· Can we isolate and analyze expressive features uniquely native to these regimes? What are the stable rhetorical patterns and lexical inventories of _sots-speak_? What communicative functions do they serve?
· What was the social reception of the ideological “tongues” of socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe? How can we study the dynamic between inherited mentalities and the novel linguistic paradigms?
· What is the relationship between language and political power? What powers are invested or (assumed to reside) in language? How effective was official language in fulfilling the functions with which it was charged?How do we know? What determines this efficacy?
· What is the relationship between signified and signifier in _sots-speak_, between ideological meaning and its material carrier? How does it change over time (the fading of meaning, the public’s de-sensitization toward the appeal of ideologically charged language, etc.)?
· How are social roles and identities concretely played and claimed in the use of official idiom (the performance Stephen Kotkin has called “speaking Bolshevik”)?
· Does _sots-speak_ presuppose a distinctive kind of relay between speaker/author and recipient/audience? What is the dynamic of stated and implied meaning in this discourse? How are unstated meanings coded and deciphered in specific discursive genres and situations?
· What values (representational, stylistic, semantic) does _sots-speak _assume when it is taken up into artistic discourse?
· What constitutes linguistic dissidence under state socialism? What are the subversive appropriations of the official idiom in everyday life, unofficial folklore, and artistic texts?
· What has been the “posthumous” fate of _sots-speak_? With what new value(s) has it been invested after the end of state socialism in Russia and Eastern Europe?
We invite abstracts of no more than 300 words, accompanied by a short CV, to be submitted by February 10, 2011 to fried@ujc.cas.cz.
Inquiries regarding the conference’s topic, organization, or submission process should be directed to ppetrov@princeton.edu.
Those selected to give presentations will be contacted at the beginning of March, 2011.
All participants must submit a full version of their paper by ; the papers will be posted on the conference's website and remain available for the duration of the event.
We expect to be able to offer a limited number of travel subsidies to participants from abroad.
Program committee:
Petre Petrov (Princeton)
Mirjam Fried (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague)
Eliot Borenstein (NYU)
Serguei Oushakine (Princeton)
Kevin Platt (University of Pennsylvania)
Petre Petrov (Princeton)
Mirjam Fried (Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague)
Eliot Borenstein (NYU)
Serguei Oushakine (Princeton)
Kevin Platt (University of Pennsylvania)
April 15-16, 2011, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Deadline: February 14, 2011
Dates: April 15—16, 2011
Place: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Theme: Foreign Languages as a Global Skill
Keynote Speaker: Nelleke van Deusen Scholl,
Director of the Center for Language
Study, Yale College
The Keynote address will be presented on Friday evening.
On Saturday the Symposium will continue with presentations on the global relevance
and impact of teaching and learning foreign languages. Topics may include:
and impact of teaching and learning foreign languages. Topics may include:
· Integrating global skills into language curricula
· Models of teaching languages across the disciplines
· Fostering the development of intercultural competence
· Cultural exchanges with universities abroad
· Making study abroad meaningful
· Service learning (i.e. language and community)
· Language study for careers and professions
· Language for special purposes (i.e. medicine, engineering, research, business,
diplomacy, music, etc…)
diplomacy, music, etc…)
· Assessing global language skills
Deadline for Proposal Submissions is Monday, Feb 14, 2011
Using the links below are CALL FOR PROPOSALS forms:
Proposals should be sent to:
Francesca Tataranni, f-tataranni@northwestern.edu and
Julia Moore, jmm@northwestern.edu
Francesca Tataranni, f-tataranni@northwestern.edu and
Julia Moore, jmm@northwestern.edu
Deadline Extended: February 14, 2011
May 28-30 2011, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF SLAVISTS ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Saturday May 28, 2011 to Monday May 30, 2011 University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
CALL FOR PAPERS
The annual conference of the Canadian Association of Slavists will take place in Fredericton, NB from May 28-30, 2011 as part of the Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
The theme of the 2011 Congress is Coasts and Continents: Exploring Peoples and Places.
Proposals are invited for individual papers, panels, roundtable discussions, and graduate student activities. Proposals for complete panels are preferred. Please follow abstract specifications (see attached) when submitting your proposal(s).
All forms are available on the CAS web-site:
We particularly want to encourage young scholars and graduate students to participate in this conference.
Deadlines
* individual paper proposals: extended until 15
February 2011
* panels, roundtables, and graduate student activities proposals: 15
February 2011
Notification of the Program Committee's decisions will be sent out by 1 March 2011
ALL PRESENTERS MUST BE MEMBERS OF CAS (to join, please visit:
For all questions, please contact the Program Chair, Allan Reid at cas2011@unb.ca
Abstract specifications:
To apply for participation in the conference, please fill out the respective forms (individual paper proposal form or roundtable proposal form or panel proposal form or graduate student activities proposal form and CV form).
Abstracts should not exceed 400 words. Please use MS Word for Windows and Times New Roman or MS Word for Apple and TimesCE or pure Unicode text. Make sure to use the Library of Congress transliteration system to render words from a Cyrillic alphabet. Your abstract should present a research question and outline your plan for investigating this scholarly problem. Each abstract will be reviewed by the Program Committee.
5. CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS ON COMMUNICATION THEORY AND PRACTICE IN EASTERN EUROPE, RUSSIA, CIS and FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS, Eurasian Communication Association of North America (former North American Russian Communication Association, NARCA)
Deadline: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 11:59 PM Pacific Time
Thursday, November 17 - Sunday, November 20, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Eurasian Communication Association of North America (ECANA) and the Russian Communication Association (RCA) invite the submission of completed papers (or extended abstracts) and panel proposals that focus on various aspects of communication theory and practice in Eastern Europe, Russian Federation and former Soviet republics.
Following the official theme for the NCA 97th Annual Convention “Voice”
http://www.natcom.org/convention/ , ECANA will encourage submissions that focus on your experience related various academic constituencies, each with diverse perspectives and life experiences. Although NCA may advance the importance of respecting assorted fields, paradigms, experiences, and backgrounds, several real questions remain: How do you manage to make the difference and get your individual voice heard? How does your voice contribute to the research body of our field and the voice of our profession?
How is this done? Sustaining a convention theme of “Voice” will be one way to begin (or continue) a conversation about these critical questions. When considering your potential participation with ECANA/RCA activities, please keep the convention theme in mind.
We welcome any methodological approach, theoretical perspective, or situation that may advance our understanding of communication discipline. For example, papers about communicative or rhetorical behavior, social interaction, theoretical contributions, any form of mediated or face-to-face form of communication or interaction between people from the above countries and cultures would be appropriate. However, submissions should not be limited to these areas as long as they are related to the above-mentioned regions in some way. In addition to the traditional types of submissions, we encourage innovative methods to involve scholars that may not use traditional presentational formats or require the literal presence of such participants.
Superior submissions may be programmed in the Scholar to Scholar Interactive Media Series, which provides a format especially appropriate for visual and aural work, multimedia projects, and interactive presentations.
All paper submissions must be uploaded to NCA Submission Central at https://ww4.aievolution.com/nca1101/ in order to be considered. Please note that you must strip ALL identifying information from your paper prior to submission. Specifically, authors will enter their submission information to include a list of author(s) or panelists, author(s)/panelists contact information, paper/proposal title and abstracts. If you are not a member of NCA, you will be able to create a user name and password for NCA Submission Central.
Submissions should not exceed 25 pages of primary text [excluding abstract, title page and works cited page(s)].
The best student and faculty submissions will be recognized and top papers will be considered for publication in the RCA-sponsored Russian Journal of Communication.
Those who submit extended abstracts should note that if their paper is selected for the convention, they will be expected to upload a copy of their full, completed paper during the September period for submitting revised papers.
For information or questions, please contact the 2010-2011 NCA co-planners of ECANA:
Sergei A. Samoilenko, George Mason University (ssamoyle@gmu.edu; 1-703-
993-1090) or
Mike Hazen, Wake Forest University (hazen@wfu.edu; 1-336-758-5404).
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Other Announcements:
Deadline: March 1, 2011
In order to encourage IU graduate students to study the European Union (EU) in Europe, the EU Center offers the “EU Center Overseas Education Scholarship” for graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington.
Eligibility:
· Students must be participating in a formal program containing a strong EU component. The program must have a clear focus on the EU, a member state’s relations with the EU, or how the EU is related to a specific theme. A program does NOT automatically qualify simply because it is held in an EU member state.
· Students must be admitted to a graduate degree program in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington.
· Program must be for IU credit, but it is not limited to programs in the College of Arts and Sciences nor from the IU Bloomington campus. (More information about the EU Center's study abroad programs, or overseas programs at IU is available from the Office of Overseas Studies.
· Students must have 3.00 or above cumulative GPA on the date of scholarship application.
· Students must be in good academic standing.
· Students must submit a complete, typed, signed, and dated hard copy of the application to the EU Center (Ballantine Hall 542) before the overseas study program application deadline.
· Funding normally will not exceed $500.
Required information:
1. Application
2. On a separate sheet of paper, explain in 250 words or less how this overseas study program would impact:
· Your course of study at IU
· Your future plans
· Your understanding of the EU.
3. A current transcript (unofficial are acceptable).
4. Information (such as a syllabus or course description) about the overseas program for which you are seeking support.
Rolling deadline until funds are expired for the semester. We recommend, however, that applications be submitted by March 1.
For more information, contact the EU Center at eucenter@indiana.edu or (812) 856-3832.
Priority Deadline for Applications: March 21, 2011
Intensive language training has been offered at the Bloomington campus of Indiana University since 1950. The Summer Workshop provides up to 200 participants in Slavic, East European and Central Asian languages the opportunity to complete a full year of college language instruction during an eight-week summer session.
Utilizing the resources of Indiana University's own specialists as well as native speakers from other universities and abroad, the Summer Workshop has developed and maintained a national program of the highest quality. Allowing all participants to pay in-state tuition fees, the program has as its goal the enhancement of speaking, reading, listening and writing skills through classroom instruction and a full range of extra-curricular activities. Fellowships and funding are available.
Utilizing the resources of Indiana University's own specialists as well as native speakers from other universities and abroad, the Summer Workshop has developed and maintained a national program of the highest quality. Allowing all participants to pay in-state tuition fees, the program has as its goal the enhancement of speaking, reading, listening and writing skills through classroom instruction and a full range of extra-curricular activities. Fellowships and funding are available.
For more information on languages offered, program specifics, and funding resources, please visit the SWSEEL website at: http://www.indiana.edu/~swseel/
Wednesdays 1:00-2:30 PM, Wells Library E560
The Slavic librarian's office hours for REEI students:
Where: Wells Library E560
When: every Wednesday, 1-2:30
Please feel free to stop by with any questions relating to library resources, services, or career; and to make appointments if you can't make it at the above office hours.
Language Tables and Coffee Hours:
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM, Ballantine Hall 506
Weekly theme: “Russian Symbols”
6:00 PM, Runcible Spoon
7:00 PM, Runcible Spoon
5:00 PM, Nick's English Hut
5:45 PM, Indiana Memorial Union Starbucks
5:30 PM, Pourhouse Café (314 E Kirkwood)
6:30 PM, Ballantine Hall 506
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