The National, The Imperial, The Colonial In Russian Literature
International Academic Conference “The National, The Imperial, The Colonial In Russian Literature” is organized by Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, National Research Tomsk State University, Department of Russian and Foreign Literature, Imagology and Comparative Studies Journal.
The Conference is to be held in the city of Tomsk on September 22—23, 2016.
The Conference aims to focus on the discussion of the role, nature and instruments of Russian literature in the reflection and modeling of the imperial-colonial and nation-building experience at different stages of cultural evolution (pre-modern, modern and postmodern).
Proposals are invited for report presentations on the following key issues:
1. Russian literature in the imperial and post-imperial culture: institutional and aesthetic aspects:
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imperial culture as a social and historical phenomenon;
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Russian literature and institutions of imperial culture (ideological, social and communicative interaction);
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Russia's "imperial imaginary" and tools of its literary modeling;
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features of formation and functioning of the national literary canon in the imperial conditions;
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Russian literature in the post-imperial cultural situation.
2. The ethnic diversity of the country and strategies of its representation in Russian literature (colonial, post-colonial, transnational):
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features of Russian colonialism as a theoretical and historical problem, its place in the imperial nation-building;
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literature and colonial institutions of the empire (administrative, religious, scientific, educational, cultural);
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literary imagology of the Russian imperial space: regions, ethnic groups, local cultures;
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colonial, post-colonial and transcultural consciousness in contemporary Russian literature.
3. The imperial experience of Russian literature in the comparative context:
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European-American and Russian scenarios of the "power" and "knowledge" interaction;
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Orientalized and Westernized images of Russia in the Western cultural consciousness and literature;
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Russian imperial imagology in the European context;
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poetics of Russian colonial / post-colonial discourse in the comparative perspective.
The contributors are asked to register and upload abstracts of their reports (3000–5000 characters with spaces) to the conference website by 31 May 2016.
The Program Committee will select reports for the Conference on a competitive basis after the review of applications and abstracts. The decision of the Program Committee on accepting reports for the Conference will be communicated by 30 June 2016.
The Organizing Committee will support accommodation and meals for participants of the conference. The Organizing Committee does not cover travel expenses.
By the results of the conference, the Organizing Committee will publish articles on the material of presented reports after they go through a review process. Articles will be published in the conference proceedings and / or in Imagology and Comparative Studies, a Tomsk State University journal. Articles are to be submitted by 30 November 2016.
Languages: Russian, English.
The Organizing Committee address: 36 Lenin Ave., Tomsk, 634050, Russia.
Executive Secretary of the Conference: Professor Vitaly S. Kiselev
For any questions please contact the Secretary at kv-uliss@mail.ru. Please specify "Conference 2016" in the subject line of your e-mail.
