[Discussion] CONF./CFP- Int'l Society for Folk Narrative Research, Tartu, Estonia, July 2005

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CONF./CFP- Int'l Society for Folk Narrative Research, Tartu, Estonia,
July 2005

14th Congress of International Society for Folk Narrative Research, Tartu

NB! Registration deadline prolonged until 1. November!!!

Various fields of research have been concerned with the study of narratives
and performance in the past dozens of years. This has brought along
searches
and experiments in folklore studies and linguistics, ethnology and
psychology, social anthropology and medical science, geography and fine
arts.

During the last ten years the focus has been on communication in the
Internet, and the relationship between media and oral narrative tradition.
Oral history, identification of self and ethnicity through narratives,
links
between fiction and reality, moral issues, the second life of narratives in
printed publications and archives have inspired scholars to study new and
traditional folk narratives.

The 14th Congress of the International Society for Folk Narrative Research
(ISFNR) will be held in July 26-31, 2005, in Tartu, Estonia. The Society,
founded in 1958, supports and encourages scholarly research in folklore.

The Congresses are held in every four years, with regional interim
conferences in-between. The ISFNR members take interest in a number of
disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, including folklore
studies, anthropology, cultural studies, comparative literatures,
linguistics, history, museology, education and ethnography.

The central topic of the Tartu Congress will be Narrative Theories and
Modern Practices. The program will include plenary sessions, workshops,
thematic panel sessions and forums. The publications and periodicals issued
since the 13th congress will be displayed. Poster presentations will
introduce research centres and disciplines.

Themes of the congress sessions are:

1. Theoretical schools of folk narrative research
2. Narrative genres: survival and changes
3. Public and private
4. Networks
5. Cross-cultural communication
6. Mapping and storing

Registration and further information on themes and sessions on the Congress
website:

Due date for registration is November 1, 2004, and due date for abstracts
April 15, 2005. For further information, and also if you wish to set up a
panel, forum or round-table discussion, please contact the local organising
committee by mail, e-mail or fax.

About folklorists in Estonia

The congress will be held in Tartu, Estonia. Estonian folklore has been
recorded since the 1840s. Tartu University opened a chair of folkloristics
in 1919, the Academic Folklore Society was established in 1925 and Estonian
Folklore Archive in 1927, 1947 Department of Folkloristics, etc. Folklore
publications in (both Estonian and) English include different series of
scientific publications, conferences and seminars are held. Currently,
folklore can be studied in Tartu from the BA to PhD levels.

About Tartu, the congress city

Tartu is the second largest town in Estonia with 101 901 inhabitants
(01/01/98). Tartu is situated in southeastern Estonia on the banks of the
scenic river Emajgi (the Mother River). The town is considered to be the
oldest both in Estonia and also in the Baltic States, first being mentioned
in historical Slavic chronicles in 1030. In 1224, after the German Brethren
of the Sword had captured Tartu, it became the centre of a bishopric. In
medieval times the town was an important trading town belonging to the
Hanseatic League. During its long and complicated history Tartu has been
under Russian, Polish, Swedish and German rule. In accordance with the
changes of the governing power Tartu has had several different names:
Tarbatu, Dorpat, Derpt, Jurjev. Tartu is known as the cradle of Estonian
culture. This fame goes back to the year 1632 when the Swedish King Gustav
II Adolph founded a university here. The first Estonian song festival was
held here in 1869, and the oldest Estonian theatre Vanemuine was founded
the
following year. Nowadays Tartu is an interesting town with an exciting
blend
of culture, science, art and history, as well as vibrant economy.

ISFNR 14 Vanemuise 42 EE 51003 TARTU ESTONIA fax: +3727-377-706 e-mail:
isfnr@folklore.ee
<https://charon.bcc.bilkent.edu.tr/basilix/basilix.php?RequestID=CMPSNEW&premail=-1&is_js=1.4&is_ssl=1&cmps_to=isfnr@folklore.ee>.

On behalf of the organising committee,
Mare Koiva,
Estonian Literary Museum



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