The Thirteenth International Bakhtin Conference will take place from 28 July to 1 August 2008 at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
A second Call for Papers, with an extended submission deadline of 15 December 2007, may be downloaded from http://www.shef.ac.uk/bakhtin/.
The conference website is at http://www.uwo.ca/french/bakhtin/index.html. All enquiries about the conference should be directed to the principal organiser,
Clive Thomson ([log in to unmask]).
Call for Papers
The First International Mikhaïl Bakhtin Conference, organized by Clive Thomson, Anthony Wall, and others, was held at Queen's University (Canada) in October, 1983. The thirteenth conference will be held as a celebration of the accomplishments of the twelve others that have taken place over the twenty-five years since the first one. The thirteenth conference will also be an occasion to assess the present state of research on the Bakhtin Circle and map out directions for future research.
Conference Themes
Papers and panel proposals on all aspects of the work of the Bakhtin Circle are welcome: genesis, influences, comparisons, reception, extensions, reformulations, exegesis, textology, translation, teaching, etc.
Deadline for Proposals: November 1, 2007
Proposals should include: paper title, abstract of 600 words maximum (double-spaced), author's name, institutional affiliation, complete mailing address, email address, telephone number.
Send proposals in MS WORD format to: Clive Thomson at [log in to unmask] Acceptances of papers and panels will sent out by December 15, 2007.
Official Conference Languages: English, French, Russian
Contact Us
Clive Thomson
Department of French Studies
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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