[NIS_GS:] CFP:Femininity as Masquerade ? Gender Performance in Polish and Russian Women's Literature. (May 4-6. 2006 University of Tampere)
From: Ursula.Chowaniec@uta.fi
University of Tampere
Finland

Call for Papers: Femininity as Masquerade? Gender Performance in Polish and Russian Women's Literature
May 4.√6. 2006

The Departments of Slavonic Philology and Women's Studies at the University
of Tampere, Finland are organising a conference which will explore the theme
of 'masquerade' in Russian and Polish women's literature. The conference
concentrates on the performance of 'masquerade' in connection with representations of gender in Russian and Polish women's literature, with a
focus on femininity and its perception, manifestations, description and evaluation. Researchers will benefit from a comparative perspective on literature, literary theory and cultural phenomena in Poland and Russia. We aim to make this opportunity as open as possible. There is no registration fee. We intend to publish the accepted papers in the conference proceedings.

We accept proposals in both English and Russian. Sessions will be held
in both languages. Send your one-page proposal for a paper by the first of
February to Ursula.Chowaniec@uta.fi

Papers may also be mailed in print or on a cd to:
Urszula Chowaniec
Slavonic Philology, Pinni B
Kanslerinrinne 1
33014 University of Tampere
Tampere
Finland

Please include a title, your institutional affiliation and contact information on the first page of the document. We will contact you by the end of February.
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