From: "Neelakshi Suryanarayan" <[log in to unmask]>



                International Conference
A DECADE OF CHANGE : REFLECTIONS IN HUNGARIAN AND
SLAVONIC LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND CULTURES.

DEPARTMENT OF SLAVONIC AND FINNO-UGRIAN STUDIES,
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI SOUTH CAMPUS, NEW DELHI, INDIA.
              16-17 MARCH, 2002.

The cultural dimension of the cataclysmic changes of the late 1980's and
1990's in Eastern and Central
Europe need to be probed and studied in depth from the perspective of
ongoing transition from centrally
planned to market driven economies and the challanges posed by
globalisation - not only in trade and
business relations but in social, cultural and psychological aspects as
well.
Needless to say, substantial changes have taken place in the fields of
language, literature and culture of
these societies.

Major changes in society always get reflected in art and literature produced
by that society.In their own
subtle way,artists, writers and film makers are able to document these
changes even at a very nascent
stage. Unlike political and economic transformations,which are discussed at
various fora
from time to time,cultural mutations in these societies have been studied
rather sporadically.

The Department of Slavonic and Finno-Ugrian Studies holds the unique
position of being the only
Institution in India where courses in Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Serbian,
Croatian,Bulgarian,Polish and
Russian studies are offered.In this context, the Department is organizing a
two-day international
conference to provide a platform for the exchange of  ideas on the above
mentioned changes.An added
dimension of the conference could be to dwell on how these changes have been
perceived by academics in
different countries.

We invite papers on the following themes :

a}Language and Literature,
b)Art and Architecture,
Cinema, Theatre, Mass media,
c)Society, Religion, Customs,Value systems.

The conference will be held on 16-17 March,2002 at the Department in New
Delhi.The deadline for receiving an abstract of yur paper is 30th
Decenber2001.The working language of the Conference would be English.
We will be happy to provide you local hospitality and lodging.Sightseeing
trips to Agra (The Taj Mahal) and
in and around the old hostoric city of Delhi will be arranged  after the
Conference.We expect you,however,
to make your own travel arrangements to India.

For further queries please feel free to get in touch with me at
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Looking forward to an early response,

Dr.(Ms.) Neelakshi Suryanarayan.
Associate Professor,
Member,Organising Committee.