Partners: International Comparative Literary Association (ICLA); Research Committee on Eastern and South-Eastern Europe; Academic Circle for Comparative Literature(ACCL) – Bulgaria; Bilgi University, Istanbul; New Europe College, Bucharest; University of Bucharest; University of Sofia

Saturday, October 1

Morning session: 9:00-13:30h

Welcoming words 15 min.:
Alexander Kiossev, SEAL Chair;
Alexander Fedotoff, Deputy Rector, University of Sofia
Roumiana Stancheva, ACCL Chair - Bulgaria

Theme 1: The Problematic Canon, the Non-problematic Institutions

CHAIR: Jale Parla
09:15-09:45 - Murat Belge, Bilgi University: The Paradox of Not Having a Canon
09:45-10:15 - Sanjin O. Kodric, University of Sarajevo: Troubles with Canon: Bosnian and/or Bosniak Literary History Case
10:15-10:45 - Boyko Penchev, University of Sofia: Canon and Textbook Adaptations

10.45-11:15 - Coffee break

11:15-11:45 - Roumiana Stancheva, ACCL Bulgaria: University Teaching of Balkan Literatures through the Bulgarian Literary Canon
11:45-12:15 - Venetia Apostolidou, Aristotle University of Thessalonica: The Formation of The Modern Greek Literary Canon: An Institutional Approach
12:15-12:45 - Alexander Kiossev, University of Sofia: Absence and Presence: Introduction to the Bulgarian Literary Canon
12:45-13:30 - Discussion

13:30-15:00 - LUNCH

Afternoon session 15:00-19:00

Theme 2: Canon and Women’s Writing

CHAIR: Roumiana Stancheva
15:00-15:30 - Ivana Zivancevic-Sekerus, University Of Novi Sad: Is There a Place for Women's Writing in Serbian Literary Canon?
15:30-16:00 - Miglena Nikolchina, University of Sofia: Matricide and Longevity: Women in the Bulgarian Literary Canon
16:30-17:00 - Tatjana Rosic, Institute of Literature and Arts, Belgrade: Anthologies of Serbian Fiction (1950 - 2005): Politics/Practices of Exclusion and Status of Female Writers’ Within National Literary Canon

17:00-17:30 - Coffee break

Theme 3: Nation and Translation

CHAIR: Murat Belge
17:30-18:00 - Saliha Paker, Bogazici University, Istanbul: From Cannibalism to Canon-Making: A Case of “Enlightened Sprinting” Via Translation
18:00-18:30 - Alexander Fedotoff, Sofia University: Tibetan Buddhist Canon as Nation Self-Identification
18:30-19:00 - Discussion

20:00- RECEPTION

Sunday, October 2

Morning session 09:30-13:30

Theme 4: The Canon: Uses and Misuses

CHAIR: Alexander Kiossev
09:30-10:00 - Monica Spiridon, University of Bucharest: Facing the Canonical Challenge. The Build Up of Romanian Literary History
10:00-10:30 - Vladimir Trendafilov: The Canon Through the Yellow: An Anthropological Perspective
10:30-11:00 - Biliana Kourtasheva, New Bulgarian University: Anthologies as an 'Export Canon'

11:00-11:30 - Coffee break

CHAIR: Raimond Detrez
11:30-12:00 - Dessislava Lilova, University of Blagoevgrad: Historical Catastrophe Missing From the Canon: Narrating Bulgarian Fall under Ottoman Rule
12:00-12:30 - Ana Martinoska: The Canonic Use of Myth and Folklore in the Macedonian Contemporary Literature
12:30-13:00 - Matthew Gumpert, Kadir Has University, Istanbul: Notes toward a Canon of the Statue in Turkey
13:00-13:30 - Discussion

13:00-15:00 - LUNCH

Afternoon session 15:00-19:00

Theme 4: Canon and Language

CHAIR: Hercules Millas
15:00-15:30 - Jale Parla, Bilgi Univesity: Language is Not Toy for Wanton Boys to Play...
15:30-16:00 - Albena Hranova, University of Plovdiv: Linguistic Canon and Literary Canon: Controversies

16:00-16:30 - Coffee break

Theme 5: Varia

16:30-17:00 - Raimond Detrez, Ghent University: Included into Two Canons, Excluded From a Third: The Case of Grigor Purlichev
17:00-17:30 - Hercules Millas: Literary Canons and Promising Challenges: Greek and Turkish Novels
17:30-18:00 - Mircea Martin:
18:00-18:30 - Discussion

20:00 - DINNER

A workshop hosted by Southeast European Academic League (SEAL).

For more information contact Mr. Dimiter Dimov, ddimov@cas.bg

Canon Formation and Canon Teaching
Ocotober 1-2, 2005, 9.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.
The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate, Gulliver hall
In English
Entrance: Invitations only

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