This is a reminder that the deadline for submissions for the 2007 BASEES 
Postgraduate Conference: "Reactions and Reinventions: Changing Critical 
Genres in Slavonic and East European Literature, Culture and Politics 
since 1840." is NOVEMBER 1st 2007.

The conference will be held at the University of Glasgow on Saturday 
December 8, 2007. 

***BURSARIES to part-cover travel and accommodation are available. Please 
contact the organisers for more details.***

Paper proposals are invited from postgraduate students ONLY. Those 
interested in simply attending the event should also contact the 
organisers via the emails listed below. The conference will consist of 
three panel sessions and one keynote speech (theme: 'getting published'), 
split into morning, afternoon and early evening sessions. A buffet lunch 
will be provided for participants at the interval. Each panel will 
comprise 3 or 4 postgraduate papers, lasting 15 to 20 minutes each. The 
panel sessions will focus on the general themes of literature, politics, 
and sensory culture respectively.

The conference aims to provide a forum for YOU, as UK-based postgraduates, 
to (i)interact with peers from different institutions and research fields, 
(ii)present research-based papers and (iii)engage in fresh, cross-
disciplinary discussion and debate. More broadly, we are convinced that 
critical feedback from colleagues and peers, including those working in 
different disciplinary fields, is crucial to the formation of robust and 
effective academic skills within the postgraduate community. With this in 
mind, the call for papers is designed to appeal to a broad range of 
specialisations (literary, historical, sociological, cultural, and 
political). 

Please send your proposed title and an abstract of no more than 200 words 
to Muireann Maguire ([log in to unmask]), indicating clearly which of the 
three panels you would like to be considered. The deadline for submissions 
is 1 November 2007. 

Details of the three panels are given below:

Panel 1: "Gender in Russian literature since 1840." Papers are invited 
which consider any aspect of gender in Russian Literature from 1840 to the 
present day. This panel is interested in both the constructions of 
masculinity and femininity and is keen to discuss the work of female, as 
well as male, writers. 
Discussant: Dr Alex Harrington (Durham)

Panel 2: "Back to the Cold War? Russia, Eastern Europe and the West in the 
21st Century." Papers are invited which look at various aspects of 
Russia's relations with the West, Central and Eastern Europe and/or 
the 'near abroad'. 
Discussant: Professor Stephen White (Glasgow)

Panel 3: "Alternative Aesthetics: Approaches to Interpreting Russian and 
East European Culture through Smell, Taste and Touch." Papers are invited 
which examine Russian and Eastern European culture from unexpected 
perspectives: e.g. textures, textiles, cuisine, consumer products, music 
and film culture. This panel welcomes fresh and varied appraisal of what 
makes Russian and Eastern European culture distinctive. 
Discussant: Tbc

All general enquiries to:
Valentina Feklyunina: [log in to unmask]; Muireann Maguire: 
[log in to unmask] 

All the best,

Muireann

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