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Visions of the Future: Religion, Apocalypse and Dystopia in Slavic History and Culture
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Call for Papers Date: | 2011-10-08 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2011-05-17 |
| Announcement ID: |
185285 |
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'Visions of the Future: Religion, Apocalypse and Dystopia in Slavic History
and Culture,' Symposium, University of Sheffield, Saturday 8 October 2011
The convenors of the BASEES Study Group 'Religion and Spirituality in Russia
and Eastern Europe' would like to invite you to a one-day event to be held
in Sheffield on Saturday 8th October. We hope this event will provide an
opportunity for post-graduates and established researchers working on
religion from a range of different disciplines to come together and share
ideas.
This symposium will explore apocalypticism in Slavic history and culture
and, in particular, the interplay between literary texts, theological
doctrines, and folkloric traditions in shaping visions of the end of the
world. We are interested in the relationship between the religious and the
secular, church tradition and popular belief, the Orthodox and the
non-Orthodox. The workshop hopes to consider why visions of the 'end' become
particularly powerful at certain historical moments and how the language and
form of apocalyptic fears has evolved over time.
We are very pleased to confirm that Professor Steve Smith (European
University Institute, Florence) will be speaking about his research on
'Apocalyptic Narratives in Soviet Russia, 1917-30s'.
We would like to hear from you if you're interested in coming to symposium,
particularly if you are willing to give a paper. Speakers from different
disciplines -history, religious studies, Slavic studies, literature - are
all very welcome. We hope that this will be an informal but stimulating
occasion, so please don't hesitate to get in touch. There will be no charge
for attendance and lunch will be provided.
Zoe Knox and Miriam Dobson (convenors)
Responses to: m.dobson@shef.ac.uk
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