Call for session proposals

Hello, members of the SHERA listserv:

As usual, at the end of April, we are sending a call for SHERA panel
proposals.  As an affiliate of CAA, SHERA is eligible for a 1.5-hour
special session at the upcoming CAA conference, to be held February 3–6,
*2016*, in Washington, DC.   We are looking for volunteers to chair or
co-chair a SHERA-sponsored panel with a broadly-formulated theme that
explicitly appeals to the full range of our members' interests, both
geographical and chronological. We are inviting proposals that address a
historical period, a certain trend, or the artistic reflection on a
socio-historical or formal issue of Russian and/or East European arts.  Since
SHERA already has a 2.5-hour session “Exploring Native Traditions in
Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia” chaired by Alison Hilton, we would
especially welcome proposals that highlight issues other than cultural
interactions between local traditions and external artistic sources, the
central theme of Dr. Hilton’s panel.

Please send your proposals to [email protected] by May 5.

Apart from coming up with a theme and a call for papers, the chair(s) will
need to find three speakers for the 90-minute session.  The deadline for
submitting this information to the CAA website, including the speakers’
names and titles of their papers, is June 19, but the submitted information
may be modified until September 4.

You have to be a member of SHERA to chair a panel and present at CAA.  However,
you do not have to join SHERA to be considered as a chair or to submit a
paper proposal.  Once your proposal is accepted, you are expected to join
our organization.



SHERA officers:

Natasha Kurchanova (President)

Eva Forgacs (Vice President/President-Elect)

Yelena Kalinsky (Treasurer)

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