Slavic, East European, and Eurasian panels at MLA 2016

• Here is the complete list of Slavic-, East European-, and Eurasian-themed panels programmed for the 2016 MLA Convention in Austin, TX!  Put them on your calendar and come one, come all!
• • 31. Fort-Da: Contested Legacies of Psychoanalysis in Russia

    Thursday, 7 January, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 402, JW Marriott

  • 48. Russia and the Middle East from the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Century

    Thursday, 7 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 202, JW Marriott 

    
    84. Contemporary Art Activism in Russia

    Thursday, 7 January, 3:30–4:45 p.m., 209, JW Marriott

  • 262. Slavic Mystifications and Forgeries

    Friday, 8 January, 10:15–11:30 a.m., 310, JW Marriott

  • 324. Myth, Fairy Tales, and Their Adaptations

    Friday, 8 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 306, JW Marriott

    
    336. Borders, Words, and People in Motion: Culture and Geopolitics

    Friday, 8 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 202, JW Marriott

  • 418. Russian Poetry and New Media

    Friday, 8 January, 5:15–6:30 p.m., 406, JW Marriott

  • 525. American Poetry and Eastern European Traditions

    Saturday, 9 January, 10:15–11:30 a.m., 406, JW Marriott

  • 538. Perceptions of the United States in Stalinist Culture

    Saturday, 9 January, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., 407, JW Marriott

  • 582. Reading Dostoevsky, Dostoevsky Reading

    Saturday, 9 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 202, JW Marriott

  • 639. Watersheds and Futures: Navigating a Twenty-First-Century Danube

    Saturday, 9 January, 3:30–4:45 p.m., 209, JW Marriott

  • 814. Inventing Literary Languages in Eurasia

    Sunday, 10 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 307, JW Marriott

Following is a list of the calls for papers for the 2016 MLA Convention (Austin, TX, January 7-10) for panels sponsored by the Russian and Eurasian Forum, the Slavic and East European Forum, and the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages (AATSEEL).  The deadline for submitting a proposal is March 15 for all panels.   Membership in MLA is not required to submit; however, confirmed participants must be MLA members by April 7, or request a waiver.

We look forward to hearing from you!

CFPs:

American Poetry and Eastern European Traditions

What of Eastern Europe remains in Anglo-American poetry by poets born in the former Soviet Bloc? Submissions welcome from poetry scholars, Slavists. CV and 200-word abstract by 15 March 2015; Benjamin Paloff (paloff@umich.edu).

Inventing Literary Language(s) in Eurasia

Explores literary languages and traditions generated within the Russian/
(post-)Soviet empire; their strategies of self-invention, their interactions with neighboring traditions and/or the state. 200-word abstracts by 15 March 2015; Rebecca Stanton (rjs19@columbia.edu) and Gabriella Safran (gsafran@stanford.edu).

Contemporary Art Activism

Explores Russia's recent explosion of politically engaged art; the intersection between art and activism. How (much) can art serve as political protest, social action? Comparative approaches welcome. 300-word abstracts by 15 March 2015; Julia Vaingurt (vaingurt@uic.edu).

Borders, Words, and People in Motion: Culture and Geopolitics

Investigations of cultural discourse in relation to the geopolitics of disputed borders and migration across Eurasia, past and present. 200-word abstracts by 15 March 2015; Jefferson J. A. Gatrall (gatrallj@mail.montclair.edu).

Crimea and Punishment

Crimea inspired expansionist ambitions in the Russians and the Turks. What unites the literary and the political effects of this place, in their various languages and genres? 300-word abstracts by 15 March 2015; Gabriella Safran (gsafran@stanford.edu) and Jonathan Stone (jon.stone@fandm.edu).

Slavic Forgeries and Mystifications

Is forgery an essential part of literature? Where would we be without mystifications? This panel offers interpretations and reflections on mystifications and forgeries in Slavic literatures. 250-word abstract by 15 March 2015; David Cooper (dlcoop@illinois.edu).

Socialist Childhoods

Growing up under socialism was both a personal and political experience. Recent memoirs convey the humanity and absurdity of a socialist childhood. 250-word abstract by 15 March 2015; Jonathan Stone (jon.stone@fandm.edu).

Watersheds and Futures: Navigating a 21st Century Danube

Danubian Studies as a productive response to the EU’s contemporary transnational project, the region’s cultural and political pasts, and Danubia’s possible futures. 250-word abstract by 15 March 2015; Jonathan Stone (jon.stone@fandm.edu) and Matthew Miller (mdmiller1@colgate.edu.).