Dear all,

Nicolai sent me a fax with details on the Ballad Conference. Here is 
an email version as promised ... (apologies to those who don't want 
to have this sort of info but this is the quickest way to reach 
everyone)

Furthermore, Olms dpublishers rang me yesterday saying the 
Hildesheim proceedings are now published!!! There will be an 
official launch of BRIDGING THE CULTURAL DIVIDE: OUR 
COMMON BALLAD HERITAGE at Bucharest. I will send more 
information to the ballad mailbase including details on how to order, 
after the SIEF conference (when I get more details from Olms)

Best wishes, 
Sigi Rieuwerts

The Ballad Commission of S.I.E.F.
30th International Ballad Conference
15-20 August 2000
Bucharest Romania

Daily Schedule

Monday, August 14, 2000

17:00-20:00	Registration



Tuesday, August 15, 2000

8:30-9:30 		Breakfast
8:00-10:00		Registration
10:00-11:00	Opening
11:00-11:30	Break
11:30-13:00	1st Plenary Session: Chairpersons: Alexandru 		
				Amzulescu, Luisa del Giudice Speakers: Sabina 	
				Ispas, Nicolai Constantanescu/Alexandru Dobre, 	
				Silviu Anglescu
13:30-15:30	Lunch
15:30-17:00	2nd Plenary Session: Chairpersons: Sabina Ispas, 	
				Stefaan Top Speakers: Marjetka Golez Kaucie, J.J. 
				Marques, Leonardas Sauka
17:00-17:30	Coffee Break
17:30-19:00 	3rd Plenary Session: Chairpersons: Michele 		
				Simonsen, Silvia Angelescu 
				Speakers: Frances Fischer, Mihaela Bucim, Mihai 	
				Fifor
19:00-20:00	Free Time
20:00-22:00	Rector’s Reception



Wednesday, August 16, 2000

8:00-9:00 	Breakfast
9:00-11:00	4th Plenary Session: Chairpersons: Ion Talos, Lucia 	
			Ofrim 
			Speakers: David Atkinson, Lene Halskov Hansen, Otilia 
			Hedean, Barre Toelken
11:00-11:30	Break
11:30-13:00	5th Plenary Session: Chairpersons: Barre Toelken, 
				Laura Jiga. 
				Speakers: Mary Ellen Brown, Kirsten Kearney,		
				Rodica Zane
13:00-15:00	Lunch
15:00-16:30	6th Plenary Session: Chairpersons: James Moreira, 
				Simona Delic. 
				Speakers: Mary-Ann Constantine, Florenca 		
				Popescu, Teodora Sapkaliska
16:30-20:30	Visiting the Parliamen Palace, etc.
21:00-	Dinner



Thursday, August 19, 2000

Excursion



Friday, August 18, 2000

9:30-11:30		7th Plenary Session: Chairpersons: David Atkinson, 
				Ildiko Kriza. 
				Speakers: Wyn E James, John D. Niles, Stefaan 	
				Top, Nicolae Panea
11:30-12:00	Break
12:00-13:30	8th Plenary Session: Chairpersons: Sigrid 			
				Rieuwerts, Nicolae Panea. 
				Speakers: Anne Caufriez, Laura Jiga, Gerald Porter
13:30-15:30	Lunch
15:30-17:00	9th Plenary Session: Chairpersons: Mary Ellen 		
				Brown, Anne Caufriez. 
				Speakers: Grigore Bostan/Cristina Toderean, 		
				Rodica Raliade, Michele Simonsen
17:00-17:30	Break
17:30-19:00	10th Plenary Session: Chairpersons: James 		
				Moreira, Isabelle Peere. 
				Speakers: Simona Delic, James Moreira, Mihaela 	
				erbnescu/Marian Lupa_cu
19:30-21:30	Visit the Cotroceni Palace, etc




Saturday, August 19, 2000

9:30-11:30		11th Plenary Session: Chairpersons: Gerald Porter, 
				Frances J. Fischer. 
				Speakers: Thomas A. McKean, Maria Samokovlieva, 
				Ion	Talo, Lucia Ofrim
11:30-12:00	Break
12:00-13:30	12th Plenary Session: Chairpersons: J.J. Dias 		
				Marques, Mihaela Bucin. 
				Speakers: Isabelle Peere, Michele Simonsen, 		
				Larysa Vakhnina
13:30-15:30	Lunch
15:30-16:30	13th Plenary Session: Chairpersons: Marietka Golez 
				Kaucic, John D. Niles. 
				Speakers: Ildiko Kriza, Sigrid Rieuwerts
16:30-17:00	Launch of the Hildesheim proceedings: BRIDGING 
				THE CULTURAL DIVIDE: OUR COMMON BALLAD 
				HERITAGE: Sigrid Rieuwerts/Helga Stein
17:00-17:30	Break
17:30-19:30	Concluding Session
20:30-	Conference Dinner, Participants’ Singing Session




Sigrid Rieuwerts
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Seminar für Englische Philologie
Anglistik
Jakob-Welder-Weg 18
55099 Mainz
Germany

Tel:+49 6131 3925113
Fax:+49 6131 3922765


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