30 October-1 November
INTERNATIONAL KUPAŁA-KOŁAS COLLOQUIUM
[organised under the auspices of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London]
WORKING LANGUAGES OF THE COLLOQUIUM: BELARUSIAN AND ENGLISH
Colloquium fee: £20 for all participants in the colloquium, excluding those presenting a paper. The fee covers the reception, all refreshments on the two days of the colloquium, and all printed materials (programme, papers and abstracts).
The working sessions of the Colloquium will be held in the Pushkin House (Friday afternoon, 31 October) and the Ukrainian Institute (Saturday, 1 November).
PROGRAMME
Thursday 30 October
1730 Reception hosted by the Director, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London (16 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW)
[nearest tube stations: Russell Square, Warren Street, Euston Square, Euston]
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1900 Colloquium dinner (Yialousa Greek Taverna, 18 Woburn Place, London WC1H 0LU) [not included in the colloquium fee]
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Friday 31 October
Morning
A visit to the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum in north London
(37 Holden Road, London N12 8HS) can be arranged.
[nearest tube station: Woodside Park]
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Afternoon
(Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA)
[nearest tube station: Holborn]
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1300 Buffet lunch
1400 Formal opening of the colloquium
Session I – Kupała, Kołas and the wider world 1
[chair: Prof. Aleś Barščeŭski]
1430 Jim Dingley
[Chairman, Anglo-Belarusian Society]
Fifty years on: Harold Goad’s Language in History and its relevance today for the study of Kupała and Kołas
1500 Siarhiej Kavaloŭ
[Department of Belarusian Studies, Institute of Slavistics, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin]
Рэцэпцыя творчасці Янкі Купалы і Якуба Коласа ў сучасным беларускім тэатры
1530 Paula Maria Survilla
[Associate Professor of Music, Wartburg College, Waverley IA]
Belarusian Sound “Affects”: Troping the Poetic Soundscapes of Janka Kupała and Jakub Kołas in Three Musical Contexts
1600 Refreshments
Session II - Kupała, Kołas and the wider world 2
[chair: Professor Survilla]
1630 Uładzimir Arłoŭ
[professional writer, Minsk, Belarus]
Зыход паэта зь яснай явы: вэрсіі Купалавай сьмерці
1700 Dr Czesław Seniuch
[Belarusian Service, Polish Radio]
Гісторыя майго перакладу на польскую мову паэмы Якуба Коласа Новая Зямля
Saturday 1 November
(Ukrainian Institute, 79 Holland Park, London W11 3SW)
[nearest tube stations: Holland Park, Notting Hill Gate]
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Session III – Kupała and Kołas: the literary heritage 1
[chair: Prof. Zina Gimpelevich]
1000 Prof. Aleś Barščeŭski
[Department of Belarusian, Warsaw University]
Нашаніўскія беларускія пісьменьнікі ў ацэнках вульгарных сталінскіх крытыкаў
1030 Vera Rich
[professional journalist and translator]
Kupała's Sonnets revisited
1100 Aleś Paškievič
[Chairman, Union of Belarusian Writers]
Зямля й неба Якуба Коласа: паэмы Новая зямля і Сымон-музыка
1130 Arnold McMillin
[Emeritus Professor, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London]
Respect and Disrespect for Kupała and Kołas as reflected in contemporary Belarusian literature
1300 – 1400 Buffet Lunch
Session IV – Kupała and Kołas: the literary heritage 2
[chair: Prof. Arnold McMillin]
1400 Prof. Zina Gimpelevich
[Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies, University of Waterloo]
No Time for Prayers When the House Is on Fire: Janka Kupała’s Žydy
1430 Dr Katarzyna Bortnowska
[Department of Belarusian, Warsaw University]
Адносіны сучасных беларускіх мадэрністаў да Купалы, Коласа і Багдановіча
1500 Dr Nina Barščeŭskaja
[Belarusian Service, Polish Radio; Department of Belarusian, Warsaw University]
Дыялектная лексіка ў мове Купалы і Коласа
1530 Prof. Nina Miačkoŭskaja
[Belarusian State University, Minsk]
Тэма роднай мовы ў драматургіі Нашаніўскага Адраджэння (Карусь Каганец і Янка Купала)
(Unfortunately Prof. Miačkoŭskaja is unable to attend the colloquium; we nevertheless hope to be able to present her paper.)
Session V – Summary and Conclusions
[chair: Jim Dingley]
1600 Round-table discussion of possible joint research topics in Belarusian Studies
1630 Formal closure of colloquium, followed by refreshments
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The organisers of the colloquium would like to express their grateful thanks to the following organisations and individuals for their generous financial support:
Modern Humanities Research Association
Fundacja im. Ciechanowieckich, Warsaw
Embassy of the Republic of Belarus, London
Embassy of the Republic of Poland, London
Michael Bojarowski
Silvestr Budkiewicz
John Moultrie
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