International Conference of Russian Society of American Culture Studies
Nature and Sustainability of Culture
On Friday December 3, 2010, starts the XXXVIth International Conference of Russian Society of American Culture Studies Nature and Sustainability of Culture which will go on for four days.
Opening plenary session is December 3, 5 pm, room 201
Registration is 10 am – 4.30 pm, room 217
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December 3, Friday
10 am – 4.30 pm Registration5 – 7 pm Opening Plenary session
7 pm – 9 pm Tea and Pirozhki
December 4, Saturday
Sectional sessions10 am – 1 pm
Section 1. Journalism
Section 5. Sustainability of Culture: Gender Perspective
Section 7. Pre- and Postculture: the Natural and the Apocalyptic in the American Literature and Film
1pm – 2 pm
Lunch break
2 pm – 4 pm
Round table Imprints: Image of America and Image of Russia
4.15 pm – 8 pm
Section 2. Nature in the Nineteenth Century American Culture
Section 6. Culture as Second Nature: Models of Coexistence in Modern Science Fiction and Fantasy
December 5, Sunday
10 am – 1 pmSection 4. Culture in Union with Nature: Multicultural Perspective
1pm - 2 pm
Lunch break
2 pm – 3 pm
Presentation. Yana Sorokina, Moscow State University, Russia "Georgia O `Keeffe: Flowers and Deserts"
3 pm – 7 pm
Section 4. Culture in Union with Nature: Multicultural Perspective
Section 8. Mutual Influence of American and World Culture
December 6, Monday
9.30 am – 1 pmSection 9. Canada: Nature, Culture, Person
1pm – 2 pm
Lunch break
2 pm – 4 pm
Section 9. Canada: Nature, Culture, Person
4 pm – 6.30 pm
Round table discussion: Anton Chekhov’s 150th Anniversary (together with section 3 American Drama)
6.30 pm – 7.30 pm
Closing Session
8 – 10 pm
Farewell Party
Persons willing to take part in discussions should contact Dr. Larisa Mikhaylova larmih@gmail.com by December 1 to be included in the guest list.