The Central European Young Canadianists have been very fortunate in receiving a grant from DFAIT that will enable us to organize a week-long summer school at the end of June. The theme of the summer school is "Canada and the Environment - An Interdisciplinary Approach". Disciplines reflected in the summer school cover cultural studies, economics, First Nations studies, geography, history, law, literature, natural science and political science. Full details on the summer school, including a draft programme, can be found in the attached Call for Applications.

Please send the completed form to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by Tuesday, April 10, 2012.

Applications will be read and evaluated by a selection committee, with the results being sent out to the applicants by Wednesday, April 18, 2012.

Dear fellow researchers,

We would like to remind you to send us the applications to become members of Central European Young Canadianists. You need to be a member of CEACS (deadline for applications is 31 March 2012, more information can be found at www.cecanstud.cz ) to become a member of CEYC and email us your application form at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by 30 April 2012. To download the application form, click on the "Become a member" button on the right. We are looking forward to our cooperation in the future.

Chers chercheurs,

Nous aimerions vous rappeler de nous envoyer vos inscriptions afin de devenir membre des Jeunes Canadianistes d´Europe Centrale. Pour devenir membre de CEYC, vous devez nous envoyer votre inscription à This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it avant le 30 avril 2012 et vous devez être membre de CEACS (la date limite pour les inscriptions est le 31 mars 2012, plus d´informations sur www.cecanstud.cz). Pour télécharger le dossier d´inscription, cliquez sur « Become a member » à la droite de l´écran. Nous nous réjouissons de coopérer avec vous dans un avenir proche.

Dear members,

The Central European Association for Canadian Studies (CEACS), in conjunction with Comenius University, is pleased to announce its 6th Triennial International Conference. The conference will be held in Bratislava, Slovakia, from 12-14 October 2012.
The theme of the conference is "Democracy, Diversity, Dignity: The Canadian Space".
The registration form, along with an abstract of the proposed paper (maximum 250 words) and a one-paragraph CV for those planning to deliver a paper, should be submitted by e-mail to the organizers ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) by 20 April 2012. Notification of acceptance of papers will be given by 20 May 2012.
For further information as well as the registration form click here.

L'Université Comenius a le plaisir de vous annoncer le 6e Colloque International triennal des Canadianistes en Europe Centrale, qui aura lieu à Bratislava, en Slovaquie, du 12 au 14 octobre 2012. Appel à communication

the Institute of English Studies and the Centre for Hermeneutical Research at
Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary (www.kre.hu)

and the

School of English and American Studies at
Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest (www.elte.hu),

are proud to announce an international conference in honour of

Northrop Frye
on the centenary of his birth
to be held in Budapest on 7-8 September 2012.

Northrop Frye remains one of the most quoted scholarly authors of the twentieth century, who
addressed a wide range of cultural, social and religious issues far beyond what is traditionally called
literature. Because of his interdisciplinary approach, his comprehensive grasp of our common cultural
heritage and his imaginative treatment of the Bible, the study of his work promises to yield
valuable insights into our age of multiculturalism and spiritual quest.

Keynote speakers include

Robert D. Denham
John P. Fishwick Professor of English, Emeritus, Roanoke College

Professor Péter Dávidházi
Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Eötvös Loránd University

Conference papers are welcome on any aspect of Northrop Frye's oeuvre in either English or Hungarian.
Presentations will be 20 minutes with an additional 10 minutes for questions and discussion.
Abstracts of papers (maximum 250 words) and a one-paragraph CV for those planning to deliver
papers should be submitted by e-mail to the organizers at
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
by 15 April 2012.

The organizers will notify participants of the acceptance of their proposals by
1 May 2012.

The conference entitled "Strangers, Aliens & Foreigners" will take place at Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom from September 21-23, 2012.

This multi-disciplinary project seeks to explore the crucial place that strangers, aliens and foreigners have for the constitution of self, communities and societies. In particular the project will assess world transformations, new forms of migration and the massive movements of people across the globe, as well as the impact they have on the conceptions we hold of self and other.

300 word abstracts should be submitted by March 16, 2012. The call for papers is available here: http://bit.ly/eOFD58.

APPEL À COMMUNICATIONS - PROJET DIVERSITÉ ET RECONNAISSANCE

Le Mansfield College à Oxford, au Royaume-Uni, accueillera la conférence « Strangers, Aliens & Foreigners » du 21 au 23 septembre 2012.

Cet événement multidisciplinaire vise à explorer le rôle crucial joué par les divers avatars de l'étranger dans la constitution du soi, des communautés et des sociétés. On s'intéressera particulièrement aux transformations mondiales, aux nouvelles formes de migration et aux déplacements massifs d'individus sur la planète, de même qu'à leur impact sur les conceptions que nous avons de nous-mêmes et d'autrui.

Les résumés d'au plus 300 mots doivent être soumis d'ici le 16 mars 2012. Pour voir l'appel à communications : http://bit.ly/eOFD58.

Dear colleagues,

the conference "Food, Health, and Fitness: A Comparative View on Social Practices and Cultural Images in Canada and Germany" will take place at the University of Trier, Germany, on June 7-9, 2012.

The symposium will bring together internationally distinguished scholars from the social sciences, ethnology, economics, environmental studies, physical education, philosophy, political science, security studies, Canadian and German literatures, linguistics and film studies.

Paper proposals should be sent to Dr. Markus M. Müller ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or Dr. Lutz Schowalter ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) no later than February 29, 2012.
It is expected that some funding will be available to offset travel and accommodation costs.
More information: http://bit.ly/yzj8Dz.

APPEL À COMMUNICATIONS - UNIVERSITÉ DE TRÈVES, UNIVERSITÉ DU MANITOBA ET UNIVERSITÉ DE GREIFSWALD

L'Université de Trèves, en Allemagne, sera le théâtre du symposium « Food, Health, and Fitness: A Comparative View on Social Practices and Cultural Images in Canada and Germany », du 7 au 9 juin 2012.

Ce symposium réunira d'éminents chercheurs de renommée mondiale issus de diverses disciplines : sciences sociales, ethnologie, économique, sciences de l'environnement, éducation physique, philosophie, sciences politiques, études en sécurité, littérature canadienne, littérature allemande, linguistique, études cinématographiques.

Communiquer vos propositions d'articles à M. Markus, M. Müller ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) ou M. Lutz Schowalter ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), au plus tard le 29 février 2012. Une certaine aide financière sera vraisemblablement offerte pour les frais de déplacement et d'hébergement.
Complément d'information : http://bit.ly/yzj8Dz.

Theresa Kishkan and John Pass are Canadian writers and publishers. Theresa is primarily a novelist and essayist who grew up in Victoria, British Columbia; John is a poet, originally from Sheffield, England. Today they live on 8.5 acres of forest, garden and orchard near Sakinaw Lake on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast. Theresa has published ten books, most recently Mnemonic: A Book of Trees (Goose Lane, 2011). John is the author of eighteen collections of poetry. His Stumbling In The Bloom (Oolichan Books, 2005) won the Governor General's Award in 2006. During the performance, they will also discuss the autobiographical aspects of their works and address questions and comments from the audience.

When: Thursday, 16 February 2012 at 5:30 p.m.

Where: Conference Hall of the Moravian Library, Kounicova 65a

Entrance free, the evening will be conducted in English, with the support of an interpreter as needed.

This reading and discussion has been in part financed with funds from OPVK CZ.1.07/ 2.2.00/15.0188 Area Studies (USA, Canada, Mexico) English, French, and Spanish Philologies.

Crossing Boundaries in Culture and Communication - Journeys from Europe to Other Continents and Back
(Noi orizonturi în cultură și comunicare - Călătorii din Europa către alte continente și înapoi)

organised by the Department of Foreign Languages of the ROMANIAN-AMERICAN UNIVERSITY (Bucharest-Romania), on the 11th and 12th of May 2012.

The conference languages are: Romanian, English, French, Spanish, German or Italian and there is a wide range of sections.

Please fill in the registration form. It has to be submitted by the 30th of March 2012.
For further details please click here.

It is our pleasure to inform you that the 14th International Conference on the Literature of Region & Nation will be hosted by the Institute of English Studies, University of Pécs (Hungary) between June 20-24, 2012.

The series of biannual international conferences explore diverse aspects of national and regional identites primarily in literatures written in English in and outside Europe, or in the broader context of the East-Central European region.

Submissions
The deadline for abstract submissions is February 20, 2012.
Please send 200 words abstracts for individual papers of 20 minutes length as a WORD or RTF attachment to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Notification of acceptance will be sent out by February 29, 2012.
Proposals for workshops or panel discussions are also welcome.

Registration fee
Regular fee (if paid by April 1, 2012): € 120
Late registration (after April 1, 2012): € 160
Student fee (if paid by April 1, 2012): € 60 (late registration: € 80)

Further information
Further details of the conference will be sent out in the form of circular letters and at the same time will be posted on the website of RNLA-14: http://www.rnla-14.pte.hu

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Pécs,
Cultural Capital of Europe in 2010.
The Organizing Committee

Contact:
Gertrud Szamosi
Department of English Literatures and Cultures, Institute of English Studies,
Faculty of Humanities, University of Pécs
H-7624 Pécs, Ifjúság útja 6.
Hungary
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