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EDITOR's NOTE. Here is the latest updated calendar of Nabokov Centennial
Events. The most imporatant new items are those concerning scheduled
events in Saint Petersburg. These were obtained and translated for
NABOKV-L by Galya Korovina -- whom we thank.
Please send additional events to the editor. Thank you.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Donald Barton Johnson <chtodel@humanitas.ucsb.edu>
Revised 07 Jan 1999
EDITOR's NOTE. BElow is an interim listing of VN Centennary Events. If you
have additional information, please send it to NABOKV-L.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
1a. Modern Language Association Annual Convention. Two Nabokov sessions.
San Francisco, 27-30 December 1998. Contact Ellen Pifer
<epifer@odin.english.udel.edu>
1b. American Association of Teachers of Slavic & E. European Languages
(AATSEEL). 27-30 December, 1998. The conference will be held at the
Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel, 55 Cyril Magnin Street (Market at Fifth) San
Francisco, CA 94102. 1-800-468-3571 or 415-392-8000. Non-member on-site
registration is $30 for students and $90 for others.
http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~djb/aatseel.html
2. Jan 14-17, 1999. "International VN Seminar" Part of conference on
"Culture of the Russian Diaspora". 14-17 Jan. 1999. Sponsored jointly by
Departments of Russian Philology of the Tallin Pedagogical Institute and
of Tartu University. Contact Grigorii Utgof. E-mail: venefil@tpu.ee;
Phone: (372) 6409330; fax (372) 6409118
3. Jan. 19-April 1999. Munich VN Centenary Celebrations.
1.Mon. Jan. 19: Terry Quinn & Dmitri Nabokov perform "Dear Bunny,
Dear Volodya"
2. Mon. Jan. 25: Literary Walk through the exhibit, theatrical
performance, singing
3. Sun. Feb. 7: Official opening of the exhibit with speeches and
readings of VN's poems and texts.
4. Feb.-March: Nabokov-related lectures, discussions, plays,
readings, et cet.
5. April: Exhibit travels to the Grandhotel "Montreux
Palace."
Contact person: Dr. Daniela Rippl: Ph. 10-49-89-29-19-34-39
Fax: 10-49-89-29-19-34-19
4. March 12-14, 1999. Wesleyan University, CT Conference.
"1799, 1899, 1999: Pushkin, Nabokov and Intertextuality."
Contact Priscilla Meyer <pmeyer@mail.wesleyan.edu>
5. March. New England Slavic Conference. Nabokov session. Contact "Maxim
D. Shrayer" <shrayerm@bc.edu>
6. April 19-21, 1999 (Tentative) Gorki Institute of World Literature,
Russian Academy of Science:
Nabokov Centennial International Conference:
"Vladimir Nabokov in Russian and World Literature". The conference will
take place tentatively on April 19-21, 1999 at Gorki Instate Conference
Hall (Moscow, Povarskaja 25-a).
Contact : Madina Tlostanova <mtlos@astrologos.ru>
Olga Kaznina, Nabokov's Centennial Conference Coordinator
7. The Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
(Pushkin House) The Pushkin Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences
and The Nabokov Foundation invite you to participate in an International
Conference:
"Alexander Pushkin and Vladimir Nabokov"
dedicated to the Bicentennial of Alexander Pushkin's birth
and the Centennial of Vladimir Nabokov's birth
to be held April 15-18, 1999
Program:
* Alexander Pushkin in the works of Vladimir Nabokov
* the development of Pushkinian ideas in Nabokov's art
* A comparative study: Pushkin and Nabokov: The literature of Pushkin's
day and the art of Vladimir Nabokov
* Turn-of-the-century nineteenth-century European literature as perceived
by Alexander Pushkin and Vladimir Nabokov
* Vladimir Nabokov: Pushkin scholar and Eugene Onegin commentator
* Vladimir Nabokov as Alexander Pushkin's French and English translator
* Alexander Pushkin and Vladimir Nabokov in the contemporary literary
process
The Organizing Committee will bear the cost of hotels and meals as well as the
cultural program and publication of the conference proceedings.
The Conference program includes excursions to sites related to Pushkin and
Nabokov in St. Petersburg, Tsarskoe Selo, Rozhdestveno, Vyra, and Batovo.
Organizational contribution - $200
Deadline for conference registration and paper proposals (1 page) is March 1,
1999.
Organizing Committee:
Nabokov Foundation, 47 Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg 190000, Russia
Tel: (812) 315-4713; fax: (812) 356-5330
e-mail: fnab@comset.spb.ru
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The Nabokov Festival in St. Petersburg
April 10-23, 1999
Program
April 10 Gala devoted to the centennial of Vladimir Nabokov's
birth, with a concert by the leading soloists and groups of St. Petersburg
April 15-18 International Conference: Alexander Pushkin and Vladimir
Nabokov
The Conference is sponsored by the Institute of Russian
Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Pushkin House), the Nabokov
Foundation, and the Pushkin Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences
April 20-23 Festival at the Nabokov estates of Rozhdestveno, Vyra, and
Batovo
Concerts, exhibitions, seminars, and outdoor fetes
The Festival program includes film showings, exhibitions of painting and
photography, stage presentations based on Vladimir Nabokov's works, and a
graphic art competition.
8. April 23, 1999- Aug.21, 1999. New York Public Library VN Exhibit.
"Nabokov Under Glass: Celebrating a Hundred Years" Opens on April 23, 1999
and runs through August 21, 1999 in the Edna Barnes Solomon Room (rm.. 316
on the third floor of the NYPL Library for the Humanities and Social
Sciences at 42nd and 5th Avenue. Contact person: Rodney Phillips
<rphillips@nypl.org>
9. Glenn Horowitz Bookseller Exhibit (NYC). Open 21 April 1999. Contact
SarahFunke@aol.com
10. PEN/Vintage event at New York City Town Hall. 15 April 1999.
11. ALA Conference. Nabokov session. 27-30 May 1999. Baltimore, MD.
Contact: Lynne Walker <dlwalker@u.washington.edu>
12. June 27-29, 1999. Asheville, North Carolina. "Teaching
Nabokov" Contact: Sam Schuman <schumans@CAA.MRS.UMN.EDU>
13. July 6-10, Cambridge, England. "Nabokov at the Crossroads" Contact
Jane Grayson <j.grayson@ssees.ac.uk>
14. November 18-21, 1999 Annual Conference of the American Association
for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. St. Louis.
15. December 27-30, 1999. MLA & AATSEEL Chicago
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Events. The most imporatant new items are those concerning scheduled
events in Saint Petersburg. These were obtained and translated for
NABOKV-L by Galya Korovina -- whom we thank.
Please send additional events to the editor. Thank you.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Donald Barton Johnson <chtodel@humanitas.ucsb.edu>
Revised 07 Jan 1999
EDITOR's NOTE. BElow is an interim listing of VN Centennary Events. If you
have additional information, please send it to NABOKV-L.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
1a. Modern Language Association Annual Convention. Two Nabokov sessions.
San Francisco, 27-30 December 1998. Contact Ellen Pifer
<epifer@odin.english.udel.edu>
1b. American Association of Teachers of Slavic & E. European Languages
(AATSEEL). 27-30 December, 1998. The conference will be held at the
Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel, 55 Cyril Magnin Street (Market at Fifth) San
Francisco, CA 94102. 1-800-468-3571 or 415-392-8000. Non-member on-site
registration is $30 for students and $90 for others.
http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~djb/aatseel.html
2. Jan 14-17, 1999. "International VN Seminar" Part of conference on
"Culture of the Russian Diaspora". 14-17 Jan. 1999. Sponsored jointly by
Departments of Russian Philology of the Tallin Pedagogical Institute and
of Tartu University. Contact Grigorii Utgof. E-mail: venefil@tpu.ee;
Phone: (372) 6409330; fax (372) 6409118
3. Jan. 19-April 1999. Munich VN Centenary Celebrations.
1.Mon. Jan. 19: Terry Quinn & Dmitri Nabokov perform "Dear Bunny,
Dear Volodya"
2. Mon. Jan. 25: Literary Walk through the exhibit, theatrical
performance, singing
3. Sun. Feb. 7: Official opening of the exhibit with speeches and
readings of VN's poems and texts.
4. Feb.-March: Nabokov-related lectures, discussions, plays,
readings, et cet.
5. April: Exhibit travels to the Grandhotel "Montreux
Palace."
Contact person: Dr. Daniela Rippl: Ph. 10-49-89-29-19-34-39
Fax: 10-49-89-29-19-34-19
4. March 12-14, 1999. Wesleyan University, CT Conference.
"1799, 1899, 1999: Pushkin, Nabokov and Intertextuality."
Contact Priscilla Meyer <pmeyer@mail.wesleyan.edu>
5. March. New England Slavic Conference. Nabokov session. Contact "Maxim
D. Shrayer" <shrayerm@bc.edu>
6. April 19-21, 1999 (Tentative) Gorki Institute of World Literature,
Russian Academy of Science:
Nabokov Centennial International Conference:
"Vladimir Nabokov in Russian and World Literature". The conference will
take place tentatively on April 19-21, 1999 at Gorki Instate Conference
Hall (Moscow, Povarskaja 25-a).
Contact : Madina Tlostanova <mtlos@astrologos.ru>
Olga Kaznina, Nabokov's Centennial Conference Coordinator
7. The Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
(Pushkin House) The Pushkin Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences
and The Nabokov Foundation invite you to participate in an International
Conference:
"Alexander Pushkin and Vladimir Nabokov"
dedicated to the Bicentennial of Alexander Pushkin's birth
and the Centennial of Vladimir Nabokov's birth
to be held April 15-18, 1999
Program:
* Alexander Pushkin in the works of Vladimir Nabokov
* the development of Pushkinian ideas in Nabokov's art
* A comparative study: Pushkin and Nabokov: The literature of Pushkin's
day and the art of Vladimir Nabokov
* Turn-of-the-century nineteenth-century European literature as perceived
by Alexander Pushkin and Vladimir Nabokov
* Vladimir Nabokov: Pushkin scholar and Eugene Onegin commentator
* Vladimir Nabokov as Alexander Pushkin's French and English translator
* Alexander Pushkin and Vladimir Nabokov in the contemporary literary
process
The Organizing Committee will bear the cost of hotels and meals as well as the
cultural program and publication of the conference proceedings.
The Conference program includes excursions to sites related to Pushkin and
Nabokov in St. Petersburg, Tsarskoe Selo, Rozhdestveno, Vyra, and Batovo.
Organizational contribution - $200
Deadline for conference registration and paper proposals (1 page) is March 1,
1999.
Organizing Committee:
Nabokov Foundation, 47 Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg 190000, Russia
Tel: (812) 315-4713; fax: (812) 356-5330
e-mail: fnab@comset.spb.ru
-----------------------------------
The Nabokov Festival in St. Petersburg
April 10-23, 1999
Program
April 10 Gala devoted to the centennial of Vladimir Nabokov's
birth, with a concert by the leading soloists and groups of St. Petersburg
April 15-18 International Conference: Alexander Pushkin and Vladimir
Nabokov
The Conference is sponsored by the Institute of Russian
Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Pushkin House), the Nabokov
Foundation, and the Pushkin Commission of the Russian Academy of Sciences
April 20-23 Festival at the Nabokov estates of Rozhdestveno, Vyra, and
Batovo
Concerts, exhibitions, seminars, and outdoor fetes
The Festival program includes film showings, exhibitions of painting and
photography, stage presentations based on Vladimir Nabokov's works, and a
graphic art competition.
8. April 23, 1999- Aug.21, 1999. New York Public Library VN Exhibit.
"Nabokov Under Glass: Celebrating a Hundred Years" Opens on April 23, 1999
and runs through August 21, 1999 in the Edna Barnes Solomon Room (rm.. 316
on the third floor of the NYPL Library for the Humanities and Social
Sciences at 42nd and 5th Avenue. Contact person: Rodney Phillips
<rphillips@nypl.org>
9. Glenn Horowitz Bookseller Exhibit (NYC). Open 21 April 1999. Contact
SarahFunke@aol.com
10. PEN/Vintage event at New York City Town Hall. 15 April 1999.
11. ALA Conference. Nabokov session. 27-30 May 1999. Baltimore, MD.
Contact: Lynne Walker <dlwalker@u.washington.edu>
12. June 27-29, 1999. Asheville, North Carolina. "Teaching
Nabokov" Contact: Sam Schuman <schumans@CAA.MRS.UMN.EDU>
13. July 6-10, Cambridge, England. "Nabokov at the Crossroads" Contact
Jane Grayson <j.grayson@ssees.ac.uk>
14. November 18-21, 1999 Annual Conference of the American Association
for the Advancement of Slavic Studies. St. Louis.
15. December 27-30, 1999. MLA & AATSEEL Chicago
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