48th Annual Meeting
Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (SCSS)
Gainesville, FL
March 25-27, 2010

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS: January 15, 2010

The purpose of SCSS is to promote scholarship, education, and in all other ways to advance scholarly interest in Russian, Soviet, and East European studies in the Southern region of the United States and nationwide. Papers from all humanities and social science disciplines are welcome and encouraged, as is a focus on countries other than Russia/USSR. The program committee is accepting panel and paper proposals until January 15, 2010. Whole panel proposals (chair, three papers, discussant) are preferred, but proposals for individual papers are also welcome.

Whole panel proposals should include the titles of each individual paper as well as a proposed title for the panel itself and identifying information (including email addresses and institutional affiliations) for all participants.

Proposals for individual papers should include email contact, institutional affiliation, and a brief (one paragraph) abstract to guide the program committee in the assembly of panels.

Email (preferably) your proposal to Sharon Kowalsky at sharon_kowalsky@tamu-commerce.edu, or send it by conventional post to:

Dr. Sharon Kowalsky
Department of History
Texas A&M University-Commerce
PO Box 3011
Commerce, TX 75429

The conference, hosted by the University of Florida, will be held at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center. Gainesville is accessible by three airports: the Gainesville Regional Airport; Jacksonville International Airport (about 90 minutes away); and Orlando International Airport (about 2 hours away).