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The second circular and registration form referred to in the message below may be downloaded from

http://www.jyufi/tdk/hum/venaja/bahtin/index.htm

Please direct all enquiries about this conference to the organisers, and not to the Bakhtin Centre.

Subject: XII International Bakhtin Conference, 2nd Circular

The XII International Bakhtin Conference

Jyväskylä, July 18-22, 2005

Dear colleagues,

Please find enclosed the second circular (both in English and Russian) and the registration form.

Feel free to circulate this message.

On the behalf of the organising committee,

Mika Lähteenmäki

XII Mezhdunarodnaia bakhtinskaia konferentsiia

Jyväskylä, 18-22.7. 2005

Uvazhamye kollegi!

Prilagaiu vtoroi tsirkuliar (na russkom i angliiskom iazykakh) i anketu registratsii. Rassprostraniaite, pozhaluista, eto soobshchenie.

Ot imeni Orgkomiteta konferentsii,

Mika Lähteenmäki

The XII International Bakhtin Conference

Jyväskylä, July 18-22, 2005

Second Circular

You are cordially invited to participate in the XII International Bakhtin Conference which will take place July 18-22, 2005 in Jyväskylä, Finland. The conference will be hosted by Department of Languages and Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä.

THEMES

During last two or three decades the ideas discussed by Mikhail Bakhtin and the so-called Bakhtin Circle have been interpreted, appropriated and applied extensively; despite this, they still continue providing new insights into a variety of disciplines. At the same time, starting from the mid-1990s, the re-evaluation of the legacy of the Bakhtin Circle and its place in the Humanities has become a central issue in contemporary Bakhtin Studies. The publication of Bakhtin’s Collected Works and recent research into the possible intellectual sources of the members of the Circle have made inevitable the re-evaluation of Bakhtin’s ideas and the significance of the contributions by the other members of the Circle. These two projects have helped us understand the formation of the ideas of the Bakhtin Circle and to appreciate their ‘originality in context’.

The main objective of the XII International Bakhtin Conference is to offer a forum for scholarly discussions and debates concerning exegesis, interpretation and application of the ideas of Mikhail Bakhtin and other members of the Bakhtin Circle. We encourage presentations on a wide range of topics dealing with different aspects of the intellectual legacy of the Bakhtin Circle.

The main themes of the conference are:

Problems of the Exegesis of the Works by the Bakhtin Circle
The Formation of Ideas: the Contemporary Intellectual and Institutional Context
Linguistics and Philosophy of Language in the Works of the Bakhtin Circle
The Critical Investigation of the Influence of Bakhtin in Aesthetics and Literary Studies
Philosophy, Human and Social Sciences: Dismantling Bakhtinian Metaphors

INVITED SPEAKERS

Sergei Bocharov IMLI, Russia

Vadim Liapunov Indiana University, USA

Per Linell Linköping University, Sweden

Iurii Medvedev St. Petersburg, Russia

David Shepherd University of Sheffield, UK

PROGRAMME

The conference programme will include plenary sessions, keynote addresses, parallel sessions, symposia on specific topics, round tables and workshops. Symposia may include a keynote address. Please note that round tables, with 4-5 participants, should be structured around a precise topic and consist of a 90 min. debate on questions formulated by the moderator.

ABSTRACTS

Proposals for 40 minute papers (including 10 min. discussion) to be read in parallel sessions: Please submit an abstract (max. 300 words), indicating the title of presentation, author’s name, e-mail address, and institutional affiliation.

Proposals for symposia, round tables and workshops: Please submit one abstract only (max. 500 words), sent by the moderator. Please include a list of participants (name, affiliation), indicating the titles of their papers.

All proposals should be submitted by December 1, 2004. They should be sent by e-mail as an attachment (rtf) to XIIINTERNATIONALBAKHTINCONFERENCE@campus.jyu.fi

The proposals will be reviewed by the organising committee. Authors of accepted contributions will be notified by February 28, 2005.

CONFERENCE LANGUAGES

Contributions are accepted in English and Russian.

REGISTRATION

Registration starts in October, 2004. The deadline for the registration is April 15, 2005. You will find the registration form as an attachment to this circular and at the conference website.

Please return the registration form

EITHER in electronic form (as an e-mail attachment):

XIIINTERNATIONALBAKHTINCONFERENCE@campus.jyu.fi

OR by mail: Mika Lähteenmäki, Department of Languages, P.O. Box 35, 40014 University of Jyväskylä, FINLAND

OR by fax: +358 14 2601501, Mika Lähteenmäki, Department of Languages, University of Jyväskylä

CONFERENCE FEE

The conference fee is 150 € (student fee 100 €). After the registration closes, we will send an invoice specifying the details of the payment. Please pay the fee by May 31, 2005. We regret we cannot accept credit card payment.

The organising committee may waive the registration fee in particular cases. Inquiries and applications should be sent to: XIIINTERNATIONALBAKHTINCONFERENCE@campus.jyu.fi

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation with a reasonable price range is available in hotels as well as in hostels and summer hotels (mostly student dormitories). The hotels below are located within walking distance from the conference site.

Information about accommodation will be up-dated at the conference website and in the third circular. Special price for accommodation (per night, as in 2004) will be offered by the hotels below. Please note that minor changes in prices are possible. Please make your room reservation yourself at the website of the hotel of your choice. To get the special price, please mention ‘The XII International Bakhtin Conference’.

Hotel Single room Double room

Milton 55 € 70 € http://www.hotellimilton.com/etusivu-eng.html

Cumulus 68 € 72 € http://www.cumulus.fi/hotelli.cfm?id=cumujkl

Alba 68-72 € 90 € http://www.hotellialba.fi/index.php?lang=englanti&

Jyväshovi 82-87 € 104-108 € http://www.sokoshotels.fi/english/index.cfm

Inexpensive accommodation will be available at hostels and summer hotels. Their price range will be given in early 2005. You may check the City of Jyväskylä Tourism site at

http://www.jyvaskylanseutu.fi/sivu.php/travel

PROCEEDINGS

Conference proceedings will be published as a CD-ROM. Guidelines will be given during the conference.

TRAVEL GRANTS

We encourage Russian participants to apply for financial support from the scientific foundations RGNF (http://www.rfh.ru) and RFFI (http://www.rffi.ru).

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Mika Lähteenmäki, Co-Chair (University of Jyväskylä)

Hannele Dufva, Co-Chair (University of Jyväskylä)

Urpo Kovala (University of Jyväskylä)

Tapani Laine (University of Tampere)

Mikael Leiman (University of Joensuu)

Sirpa Leppänen (University of Jyväskylä)

Erkki Vainikkala (University of Jyväskylä)

Honorary President: Erkki Peuranen, Professor, Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences

FURTHER INFORMATION

A third circular will be issued in March, 2005.

Further information is available at the conference website:

http://www.jyu.fi/tdk/hum/venaja/bahtin/index.htm

CONTACT INFORMATION

XIIINTERNATIONALBAKHTINCONFERENCE@campus.jyu.fi

Mika Lähteenmäki Hannele Dufva

Department of Languages/Russian Department of Languages

P.O. Box 35 P.O. Box 35

40014 University of Jyväskylä 40014 University of Jyväskylä

FINLAND FINLAND

tel. +358 14 2601499

fax +358 14 2602501