2007 BASEES Postgraduate Conference:
"Reactions and Reinventions:
Changing Critical Genres in Slavonic and East European Literature, Culture and Politics since 1840"
University of Glasgow
Saturday December 8, 2007
Deadline for Submissions: NOVEMBER 1st 2007

Part-bursaries for travel and accommodation may be offered to participants.

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 literature, politics, and sensory culture respectively. A leading academic from a relevant field will be invited to chair each panel.

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 (mm504@cam.ac.uk), 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: Professor Stephen White (Glasgow)

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: tbc

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: Dr Alex Harrington (Durham)

All general enquiries to:

Valentina Feklyunina: v.feklyunina.1@research.gla.ac.uk Muireann Maguire: mm504@cam.ac.uk