Fwd: TWO CONFERENCES ON CROSS CULTURAL CURRENTS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD

Dear Colleagues,
Forwarding a CFP from SEELANGs on19th-c  cross-cultural connections between
Russia and Britain. It sounds as if they need some art historians!
Margaret Samu
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Margaret Samu, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Art History Department
Yeshiva University Stern College for Women
245 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY  10016


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From: Donna Orwin <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] TWO CONFERENCES ON CROSS CULTURAL CURRENTS BETWEEN
RUSSIA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD
To: [email protected]

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Donna Tussing Orwin, Professor and Chair****

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures****

University of Toronto****

President, Tolstoy Society****

Alumni Hall 421****

121 St. Joseph St.****

Toronto, ON****

Canada M5S  1J4****

tel  416-926-1300, ext. 3316****

fax 416-926-2076****

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Cultural Cross-currents between Russia and Britain in the Long Nineteenth
Century****

A Conference hosted by Tomsk State University and Birmingham City University
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*Amid this life based on coercion, one and the same thought constantly
emerged among different nations, namely, that in every individual a
spiritual element is manifested that gives life to all that exists, and
that this spiritual element strives to unite with everything of a like
nature to itself, and attains this aim through love.*****

>From *A Letter to a Hindu *by Leo Tolstoy****

>From Tolstoy’s reading of Trollope and Ruskin, to the world-wide influence
of Pushkin, the Western outlook of Turgenev and the influence of
Dostoyevsky on James Joyce, Russian and English literatures influenced one
another in the nineteenth century. This conference aims to explore these
cultural and literary cross-currents, and welcomes papers on aspects of
literature and history which explore this influence. ****

Two conferences will take place: one at Tomsk State University on
Friday/Saturday 20-21 September 2013 and one at Birmingham City University
on Friday 19th July 2013. Participants are welcome to attend either or both
of these events. The conferences are organised by Dr Irina Gnyusova
(Russia) and Dr Serena Trowbridge (UK).****

We invite 250-word abstracts for 20-minute papers, to be submitted to
[email protected] by 1st March 2013. Papers may consider a
range of topics, including but not limited to:****

• The influence of Russian literature on English writers****

• The influence of English literature on Russian writers****

• Cultural links between Britain and Russia in the nineteenth century****

• Literary, social, political or artistic movements****

• Anglo-Russian relations, from personal friendships to national
relationships****

All papers will be considered for an edited collection of essays on the
subject, to be published in English and Russian. The final essays will need
to be around 6,000 words, and more information will be circulated after the
conferences have both taken place.****

When submitting your abstract, please let us know which conference you wish
to attend.****

More information can be found on the conference website:****

http://culturalcrosscurrentsconference.wordpress.com****

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