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SSS Letter No. 62, October 2007

SOCIETY FOR SLOVENE STUDIES

SOCIETY FOR SLOVENE STUDIES
Timothy Pogacar
Department of German, Russian & East Asian Languages
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403-0219 USA
email: pogacar@bgnet.bgsu.edu

David F. Stermole
Editor, SSS Letter
25 Hoseyhill Crescent
Scarborough, ON
Canada M1S 2X3
email: stermole@chass.utoronto.ca

No. 62 October 2007

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THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Timothy Pogacar

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THE JOURNAL EDITOR'S MESSAGE

To read book reviews in a timely fashion (i.e., before publication in the journal), you can find them on our website (http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~ljubljan/reviews.html). If you are looking for a reference or information on a certain topic, try the searchable index or the tables of contents available on our website.

Timothy Pogacar

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THE WEBMASTER'S MESSAGE

Our web site exists to further the Society's missions of "fostering closer communication among scholars interested in Slovene studies and promoting the dissemination of scholarly information on Slovene studies".

The Publications of the Members section relies on self-reporting by our members to provide timely information. If you publish with the intent of sharing your scholarship, please send the full bibliographic details to the WebMaster.

If you have any suggestions as to how I could make the website more interesting or more useful, please feel free to pass along your ideas.

DF Stermole

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CONFERENCES -- 2007

THE 2007 ANNUAL MEETING

Please be advised that the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Society for Slovene Studies will be held in conjunction with the 39th National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) in New Orleans, LA, at the New Orleans Marriott Hotel, 15-18 November 2007.

The following SSS panels and those of related interest appear in the preliminary program.

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CONFERENCES -- 2008

THE 2008 ANNUAL MEETING: CALL FOR PAPERS

Please be advised that the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Society for Slovene Studies will be held in conjunction with the 40th National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at the Philadelphia Marriott, 20-23 November 2008.

Organizers (AAASS members or non-foreign members) should bear in mind that proposals must be for complete panels and normally involve presentation of prepared papers (no more than three). The Program Committee encourages the submission of panel proposals that include men and women. For panels sponsored by the Society for Slovene Studies, it is advised that its panels have international participation. A goal of the conference is to foster international cooperation and better understanding of the discussed region. Organizers should observe the following rules:

It is time to begin preparing (at least thinking about) proposals for the next year's panels and roundtables. Proposals should be submitted to the AAASS national office by 15 JANUARY 2007. Two hard copies of the proposal form (available in the AAASS NewsNet and http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass) and one copy of a brief C.V. for each participant should be sent to

WENDY WALKER, Convention Coordinator
AAASS, 8 STORY STREET, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138.

For information only: (617) 495-0677; fax: (617) 495-0680; e-mail: aaass@hcs.harvard.edu

If the panels are to be sponsored by the Society for Slovene Studies or have considerable Slovene content, please send a copy also to our Program Coordinator, Veronica E. Aplenc, at vaplenc@yahoo.com) to help avoid program conflicts at the convention.

Detailed information about the procedure for submitting panel/roundtable proposals can be found in NewsNet, the Newsletter of the AAASS, September 2001. For any other questions you may have or if there is a need for help in organizing a panel or roundtable, please contact the SSS program coordinator Veronica E. Aplenc at vaplenc@yahoo.com. Remember, it is never too early to start organizing panels.

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2008 CALL FOR PAPERS: YOUNG SCHOLARS PANEL

For the past five years the Society has sponsored a panel featuring young scholars in Slovene Studies. The sessions have been very well received and provide an opportunity for the Society to learn about new researchers in the field. We hope to continue offering these panels annually.

If you are currently doing graduate work or have recently completed a graduate degree, and wish to prepare a paper for the 2008 Philadelphia meeting, please contact Carole Rogel at rogel.1@osu.edu no later than December 10, 2007.

COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES

The council's annual conference will be held 5-8 March 2008 in Chicago. For information, see: www.councilforeuropeanstudies.org.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF SLAVONIC AND EAST EUROPEAN STUDIES CONFERENCE

The BASEES conference is 29-31 March 2008 at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Information at: www.basees.org.uk.

MIDWEST SLAVIC CONFERENCE

The Midwest Slavic Conference, which is affiliated with the AAASS, will take place 17-20 April 2008 on the campus of the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Information will soon be available on the Center for Slavic & East European Studies' website, at slaviccenter.osu.edu.

16th Biennial Conference on Balkan and South Slavic Linguistics, Literature and Culture

The 16th Biennial Conference on Balkan and South Slavic Linguistics, Literature and Culture will be held at Banff, Alberta, 1-3 May 2008. To date, ten papers on Slovene topics have been refereed and accepted, and more are anticipated. Participants with papers on Slovene topics will be coming from the Fran Ramov? Slovene Language Institute, the University of Ljubljana, the University of Maribor, the SAZU Institute of Emigration Studies, and elsewhere. The deadline for submissions is now passed, but non-active participants from the Society who wish to seize this opportunity of seeing the Canadian Rockies in the spring will be welcome. For further information write Tom Priestly at tom.priestly@ualberta.ca.

ICCEES WORLD CONFERENCE

The VIII World Congress of the International Council for Central and East European Studies will be 26?31 July 2010 in Stockholm. Preliminary information may be had at: www.iccees2010.se.

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FROM THE SSS TREASURER

CONTRIBUTIONS TO SSS FUNDS

The Society for Slovene Studies gratefully acknowledges contributions to its Printing and Endowment Funds. (The Printing Fund was established in the early 1980s with a bequest from the estate of Mary Molek. The Endowment Fund was enlarged in the early 1990s with a bequest from the estate of John Nielsen.) These enable the Society to carry out its mission of timely dissemination of scholarly information about Slovenia and its people. The following are all of the contributions which have been received since the publication of the previous Letter. Please remember that your contributions are tax deductible in the U.S. Our deepest thanks to all contributors!

Printing Fund:

Endowment Fund:

Rado L. Lencek Graduate Student Prize:

Joseph Velikonja Undergraduate Student Prize:

The above list reflects contributions made since 31 July 2007. Contributions made after 1 October 2007 will be acknowledged in the next issue of the Letter.

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NEW MEMBERS since 1 April 2007

Carole Rogel

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DECEASED MEMBERS & FRIENDS

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NEWS ABOUT SSS MEMBERS

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PUBLICATIONS OF SSS MEMBERS

This section of the SSS Letter registers recent publications in Slovene studies by members of the Society. All Society members are urged to send bibliographic citations for their scholarly publications to the Editor, preferably by email to stermole@chass.utoronto.ca. All submissions will be duly noted in the following issue of the SSS Letter. [N.B. In the following citations, members are listed first; the use of "with" following the member's name indicates that he/she was not the primary author.]

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NEW PUBLICATIONS OF INTEREST

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ITEMS OF INTEREST

44th Seminar of Slovene Language, Literature and Culture

Dates: 3-week-seminar: 23 June - 12 July 2008 (beginners)
2-week-seminar: 30 June - 12 July 2008
Place: Faculty of Arts, As^kerc^eva 2, University of Ljubljana
Aimed at: Slovenianists, Slavicists, literary writers, EU and other translators, experts in comparative linguistics and literature, and others who research or teach Slovene, translate, or include Slovene in any other way in their life and work: teachers, researchers and students of Slovene and Slavonic Studies at universities and research institutes abroad and in ethnic Slovene areas
Language: Slovene
Participation fees: 2-week seminar: 490 EUR; 3-week seminar: 600 EUR
Organizer: Centre for Slovene as a Second/Foreign Language at the Department of Slovene Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Kongresni trg 12, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Contact: ssjlk@ff.uni-lj.si; www.centerslo.net/seminar, tel. +386 1 241 8676
Number of participants: 130
Closing date for applications: 31 May 2008; application for grants 31 March 2008

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GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND COMPETITIONS

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THE SSS RADO L. LENCEK GRADUATE STUDENT PRIZE

The submission deadline for the $1000US 2007 Graduate Student Prize is 15 September 2007. Please see the web page (http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~ljubljan/gradprize.html) for further details.

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THE SSS JOSEPH VELIKONJA UNDERGRADUATE ESSAY PRIZE

The submission deadline for the $500US 2007 Undergraduate Essay Prize is 15 September 2007. Please see the web page (http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~ljubljan/undergradprize.html) for further details.

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IREX AND FULBRIGHT GRANTS

IREX offers grants and fellowships that apply to both Slovene scholars wanting to work in the United States and US scholars wishing to work in Slovenia. Deadlines for most are in November and December. For more information, contact IREX at: International Research & Exchange Board, 1616 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006; Tele: (202) 628-8188 -- Web site: http://www.irex.org/ Email: irex@irex.org

The Fulbright Scholar Program application deadlines for 2008-2009 awards have passed. For information, visit their general web site at http://www.cies.org. A site with information specifically related to Slovenia and things Slovenian is at http://slovenia.usembassy.gov/fulbright_scholarship.html.

KENNETH E. NAYLOR YOUNG SCHOLAR'S PRIZE

The Kenneth E. Naylor Young Scholar's Prize is offered for the best unpublished paper by a young scholar on a topic in South Slavic and Balkan Linguistics. It has a value of $500US. For full information, get the PDF file at http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/~bjoseph/NaylorPrize/

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SSS Executive Council, 2006

Officers

President (to 1 March 2010): Timothy Pogacar (Bowling Green State University) ( pogacar@bgnet.bgsu.edu)

Secretary: Michael Biggins (University of Washington) (mbiggins@u.washington.edu)

Treasurer: Carole Rogel (The Ohio State University) (Rogel.1@osu.edu)

Program Coordinator: Veronica E. Aplenc (University of Pennsylvania) (vaplenc@yahoo.com)

Editor, Slovene Studies: Timothy Pogacar (Bowling Green State University) (pogacar@bgnet.bgsu.edu)

Book Review Editor: Donald F. Reindl (University of Ljubljana) (donald.reindl@guest.arnes.si)

Editor, SSS Letter: David F. Stermole (Toronto, ON, Canada) (stermole@chass.utoronto.ca)

WebMaster: David F. Stermole (Toronto, ON, Canada) (stermole@chass.utoronto.ca)

Elected Members

Past President: Metod M. Milac^ (Syracuse University) (to 1 March 2008) (mmilac@syr.edu)

Marta Pirnat-Greenberg (University of Kansas) (to 1 March 2008) (mpg@ku.edu)

Joseph Derdzinski (USAFA) (to 1 March 2009) (joseph.derdzinski@usafa.af.mil)

Peter Vodopivec (Institute of Contemporary History) (to 1 March 2010) (Peter.Vodopivec@inz.si)

Committee Chairs

Marta Pirnat-Greenberg (University of Kansas) (mpg@ku.edu) Publicity Committee (PC)

For further information regarding the Society for Slovene Studies, membership applications, journal subscriptions, and other details, contact:
Michael Biggins
Society for Slovene Studies
Suzzallo Library, Box 352900
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
email: mbiggins@u.washington.edu

Submissions for the SSS Letter should be sent to:
David F. Stermole, Editor SSS Letter
25 Hoseyhill Crescent
Scarborough, Ontario
Canada M1S 2X3
email: stermole@chass.utoronto.ca

Created: 21 August 2007
Last Updated: 28 August 2007
To be Finalized: 1 October 2007