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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><TT><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">CALL FOR PAPER: </SPAN></B></TT><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Stereotypes in Literatures and Cultures</B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=RU style="mso-ansi-language: RU"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></FONT></FONT></P><PRE><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">21-22 November 2008<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Institutions involved: </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT color=#000000>Azerbaijan</FONT></SPAN></st1:country-region><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT color=#000000> Comparative Literature Association and</FONT><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Baku</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Slavic</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></SPAN></TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Submission Deadline:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>May 15<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Notification of acceptance: the end of May - early June <o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Azerbaijan Comparative Literature Association<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and<TT><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> </SPAN></B></TT></FONT></FONT><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Baku</SPAN></TT></st1:PlaceName><TT><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Slavic</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B>welcome papers, panel and roundtable proposals from scholars and doctoral students for interdisciplinary conference to be held at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Baku</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Slavic</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> on November 21 to 22, 2008. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoListBullet style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; mso-list: none; tab-stops: .5in"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This conference aims to bring together scholars from both the West and the East, <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">with some various understanding and views to nations and cultures, </SPAN><TT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">offering a broad picture of current literary and cultural studies. Paper proposals are not confined only to the plenary themes, but also may cover any conceivable aspect of the field, from empirical research to issues of theory and investigation method. </SPAN></TT></FONT></SPAN><TT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000>We invite participants from all areas and on all topics of relevance to Literary and Cultural Studies with special focus on Stereotypes and Nations. <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></SPAN></TT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3><TT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We welcome proposals in the following categories, especially with pro and cons papers:</SPAN></TT><BR><BR><TT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">1. Individual papers <o:p></o:p></SPAN></TT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>2. Panel sessions<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></TT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><TT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=3>3. Roundtable discussions <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></TT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Research questions are, but not limited, to the following questions:<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></STRONG><FONT color=#000000>How does stereotypes influence on perception of nation, culture and literature both inside and outside? </FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>How this question distributed in the period of crashed empires as <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Soviet Union</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Yugoslavia</st1:country-region></st1:place>:</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>What is the nation? How does the definition of the nation change throughout the history?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>In this context, what is the national literature? What we share with “others”?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Where are the borders between “own” and “others” elements in literature and culture?<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">What is the national culture? How do the contours of national culture shape? </SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN lang=RU style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: RU"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Nation from “inside” and “outside”. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The scope of proposals may extend to any issues and approaches of the above-mentioned themes and questions.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Working languages of the conference are Azerbaijani, Russian and English.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></PRE>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Financial support for participants: The conference committee will be able to pay the costs for accommodation.</FONT></P><PRE><FONT size=3><SPAN style="COLOR: black"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><FONT color=#000000>Applicants should submit proposal of<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>1500 words along with <SPAN style="COLOR: black">following information<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></PRE><PRE><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">attachment with: <o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Title of the paper <o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Name <o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Institutional affiliation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> E-mail <o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Postal address <o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE><PRE style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Brief Bio<o:p></o:p></SPAN></PRE>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>till May 15 to e-mail addresses:</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></SPAN><A href="mailto:rahilya_g@hotmail.com"><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff size=3>rahilya_g@hotmail.com</FONT></U></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3> or </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>conference2008@azcla.com</FONT></P>
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Rahilya Geybullayeva,<BR>
Prof. Dr.<BR>Head of the Journalism and Azerbaijani Literature Department <BR>Baku Slavic University <BR>S. Rustam ave 25 <BR>Baku 1014, Azerbaijan <BR><BR>Fax: 00 99 412 440 2770<BR>
Phone: 00 99 412 493 30 42 <BR><BR>
<A href="http://www.bsu-az.org/">www.bsu-az.org</A> <BR>
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