Call for papers: the international conference ‘Memory in Southern and Western Slavic cultures’

On the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of Slavic Studies at Warsaw University, the Institute of Western and Southern Slavic Studies, University of Warsaw the Faculty of Polish Studies at University of Warsaw and the German Historical Institute in Warsaw are pleased to invite you to the international conference entitled.

 

Memory in Southern and Western Slavic cultures

and dedicated to the problem of memory studies in Western and Southern Slavic countries. The conference is part of the celebrations of the centenary of Slavic studies at the University of Warsaw and the bicentenary of the University of Warsaw.

Date: November 27 – 28, 2015
Place: Old University Library, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Suggested topics:
• Slavic memory and remembrance,
• Memory studies in Slavic countries.

Form of the conference: as our aim is a lively and interesting discussion on proposed topics, chosen speakers will be asked to send in their speeches before the conference, so that the other panel members can read them and prepare for the discussion. The conference will be held in the form of panel discussions, without the traditional presentation of papers. In addition, we encourage you to submit posters for the posters block. The poster speech should last no longer than 3 minutes.

Conference languages: English and Polish
Selected papers will be published in a monograph. We reserve the right to select supplied applications. Please send abstracts (no longer than 300 words) in English or in English and Polish to the address: konferencja.slawistyka@gmail.com. The deadline is August 30, 2015.

For details, please see Call for Papers.