2008 National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)

Thursday, November 20, 2008 to Sunday, November 23, 2008

at

Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
1201 Market Street
Philadephia, Pennsylvania

 

The 40th National Convention of the AAASS will be held at the Philadephia Mariott Downtown from Thursday, November 20 to Sunday, November 23. Panel sessions and roundtable discussions on various slavic studies will begin at 1PM on Thursday afternoon. The last session on Sunday will begin at 10:15am and end at 12:15pm. The Carpatho-Rusyn Research Center (CRRC) and the C-RS will have available the full complement of literature on Carpatho-Rusyn culture. For further information see AAASS website

(www.fas.harvard.edu/aaass/convention.html)

Exhibit Hall Hours

Thursday, November 20, 4 to 9pm
AAASS Convention Carpatho-Rusyn Program

Session 2, Thursday, November 20 3:15PM-5:15PM

 Carpatho-Rusyn and the Folk Arts: Dance, Song, Architecture Grand  Ballroom Salon F

 Chair: Patricia Ann Krafcik, The Evergreen State College
           Cathy Black, Brigham Young University, ‘From Obscurity
           To the Kyczera Stage: The Reconstruction of the Polish
           Fedory Ritual’

           Robert Carl Metil, Chatham University, ‘Rusyn Song in
           Eastern Slovakia: Old and New Performance Contexts

           Joby Patterson, University of Oregon, ‘ Cultural
           Communication in Wood: The Diffusion of Building
           Styles in the Carpathians’

 Disc:  Robert A Rothstein, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Friday, November 21, 9 to 6pm

Saturday, November 22, 9 to 6pm

Sunday, November 23, 8am to 1pm

 

The C-RS is seeking volunteers to run the tables. If you would like to volunteer and able to donate any time during the Exhibit Hall hours please contact Jerry Chanda at 609-882-4872 or email: jchanda@bergen.edu