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Inclusion and Exclusion in Russian Language and Culture
Conference venue: Edinburgh (UK)
Period: Oct. 5, 2012
Deadline for submitting abstracts: May 1, 2012
Description of the Conference
Following the first Negotiating Ideologies conference in 2010, the University of Edinburgh announces a second one-day conference for postgraduates in the field of Russian Studies, to be held at the Princess Dashkova Centre, on the October 5, 2012. This interdisciplinary conference will examine ideological production in Russian language and culture through the multiple tools of inclusion and exclusion. By bringing together scholars from diverse backgrounds within the broad field of Russian studies, the participants will take advantage of different disciplinary perspectives on practices of inclusion and exclusion. Panels are invited from researchers in areas such as sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, culture, history, and translation.
Eligible topics for the conference
The conference will address aspects such as:
- The working of discourses to construct in and out groups;
- Discourses of racism and other forms of discrimination;
- Language policy in Russia;
- The place of the Russian language outside Russia;
- Cultural means of creating inclusion and exclusion;
- Inclusion and exclusion in translation;
- Inclusion and exclusion in a historical perspective;
- Memory studies: "remembering" or "forgetting" aspects of the past.
Guidelines for submission
Proposals for 20-minute papers are invited from current postgraduates by the closing date of May 1, 2012. Please submit short abstracts (up to 300 words) and details of institutional affiliation to the organisers at russianstudiesconference@gmail.com. Some assistance with speakers’ travel expenses may be available, depending on funding.
Organizer
Information & contacts
Princess Dashkova Centre
University of Edinburgh
address: Buccleuch Place
EH8 9LN 14 Edinburgh – United Kingdom
e-mail: russianstudiesconference@gmail.com
Download the call for papers [EN]
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