Calls for Papers (CFPs) – Page 37 – CREEES Professional Resources Forum

September 27, 2021February 10, 2022

CFP: Meetings and Movements of Jewish People & Artifacts across Cold-War Boundaries

Deadline: January 14, 2022

The political discourses of the Cold War, and of the first decades of reflection following the regime changes in Central Europe in 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, portrayed a world divided by ideology and bifurcated by militarized borders. We seek to explore areas and moments of contact between Jews and Jewish communities across Cold-War boundaries, with the goal of deepening our understanding of the Cold War as a global phenomenon, and of shared cultural patterns across its divides. We aim to include works which cover a broad geographical scope, including the USSR, but without centering experiences with that state. Proposals pertaining to southeastern and central Europe, as well as to capitalist regions beyond the USA are desired.

September 24, 2021November 10, 2021

CFP: ‘Queer Life-Writing in Russia and Beyond’ Primary Sources and Translations

Deadline: October 31, 2021

A special issue of the journal AvtobiografiЯ, devoted to ‘Queer Life Writing in Russia and Beyond’, will be published in December 2022. The issue will include ten articles on the poetics of queer life-writing in Russian and Russophone literature, and includes new critical approaches to familiar figures such as Durova, Eisenstein, Mogutin, as well as work on lesser-known contemporary writers such as Olga Zhuk and Andrei Dittsel’.

While we are no longer accepting expressions of interest for journal articles, we are keen to receive proposals for the ‘Materials’ [Материалы] section of the journal. This section provides a home for primary sources related to the journal’s theme that are relatively unknown or have not been published before. This section also houses translations of relevant texts (normally translations from Russian into English or Italian, the three working languages of the journal). Such texts can be accompanied by an introductory note.

September 23, 2021December 7, 2021

CFP: Soviet Materialities Conference (Cambridge Univ.)

Deadline: November 15, 2021

Soviet Materialities

Jesus College, University of Cambridge, UK

11–12 April 2022

The aim of this conference is to explore how a turn towards materiality can enrich our understanding of the Soviet cultural landscape. We invite proposals that consider material and objects, their journeys through time and space, their processes of making and re-making, and how those perspectives might uncover alternative modernisms, defamiliarise Sovietness, and explore the diversity of Soviet experiences and identities.

September 22, 2021December 7, 2021

CFP: Roads to Convergence behind the Iron Curtain-Remapping Conceptual Art in the Era of (Post)Socialism (Assoc. of Art History)

Deadline: November 1, 2021

In 2010, the critic Peter Osborne argued that contemporary art is post-conceptual. Notwithstanding broad generalizations, it is undeniable that key traits of contemporary art are rooted in the notion of global conceptualism. Two decades after the closing of the blockbuster exhibition Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s-1980s, scholars still ponder the dilemma that propelled the show’s ambitious agenda. Was conceptualism a unified movement that emerged in the West and spread worldwide, or did unique local circumstances give birth to multiple conceptual trends in distant geographic regions? What factors facilitated the development of a global phenomenon, and what transcultural considerations prompted the shift from the formalist preoccupation with material objects toward broader attention to the ideas and conceptual framing of artworks?

September 21, 2021December 7, 2021

CFP: Researching gender and sexuality in Eastern European history and post-socialist present: Does race matter? (Sodertorn Univ.)

Deadline: November 10, 2021

Södertörn University, With support of the Baltic Sea Foundation/Östersjöstiftelsen

Department of Historical Studies
Institute of Contemporary History

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Workshop, March 3-4, 2022
Deadline: November 10, 2021.

September 21, 2021November 10, 2021

CFP: 22nd Biennial Conference on Balkan and South Slavic Linguistics, Literature and Folklore

Deadline: October 22, 2021

The 22nd biennial conference on Balkan and South Slavic Linguistics, Literature and Folklore will be hosted by The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH from Thursday April 7 – Sunday April 10, 2022.

Due to uncertainties about COVID-related safety and possible difficulties or uneasiness participants may have about travel, both domestic and international, to Columbus, we have decided to hold the conference virtually, entirely on-line via Zoom. It is not ideal, we realize, but a virtual conference has the advantage of guaranteeing that we can indeed hold a robust and intellectually stimulating gathering, and doing it this way will maximize participation. We will also explore various avenues for socializing via virtual modalities.

September 20, 2021October 4, 2021

CFP: Russian Poetry (Univ. of Buffalo)

Deadline: September 30, 2021

NeMLA is the regional MLA affiliate for the Northeast.
The convention is smaller, just as vibrant, and much less pressure.
We’re hoping for a noticeable Slavic presence, so
please consider submitting a paper on Russian Poetry for the NeMLA convention.
Deadline for submission: 30 SEP 2021

September 20, 2021October 4, 2021

CFP: Dostoevsky Graduate Research Panel

Deadline: September 30, 2021

Are you a graduate/post-graduate student working in English on some aspect of Dostoevsky studies? Are you interested in the opportunity to present your work on a Zoom panel in front of an international audience of Dostoevsky scholars, as part of a series of events to mark the bicentenary of Dostoevsky’s birth? We invite abstracts of 300 words on any subject related to Dostoevsky studies for 20 minute long presentations to be delivered live on Zoom on Thurs October 28 2021. The panel is sponsored by the North American Dostoevsky Society and will be co-hosted by the University of Toronto and the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at University College London.

September 20, 2021April 14, 2022

CFP: 2023 International Congress of Slavists

Deadline: March 15, 2022

*Call for literature papers, roundtables, and posters for the U.S. delegation to the 2023 International Congress of Slavists, Paris, August 28–September 1, 2023*

The International Congress of Slavists particularly encourages literature specialists to participate in the upcoming International Congress, which will be held at the Sorbonne.

*Firm submission deadline for U.S. delegation: 15 March, 2022.* Please read the instructions in the link below carefully, as the eligibility criteria and requirements have changed significantly since the last Congress.

September 16, 2021February 10, 2022

CFP: Southern Conference on Slavic Studies

Deadline: Dec. 1, 2021

After a two-year hiatus, the Annual Meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (SCSS) will be held at the Omni Richmond ($135/night) in downtown Richmond, Virginia, February 24-26, 2022. The meeting will be hosted by the University of Richmond. The SCSS is the largest of the regional Slavic and Eurasian Studies associations, and its programs attract national and international scholarly participation. The purpose of SCSS is to promote scholarship, education, and in all other ways to advance scholarly interest in Russian, Soviet, and East European studies in the Southern region of the United States and nationwide. Membership in SCSS is open to all persons interested in furthering these goals.