The colloquium is organized by the Department of English and American Studies at Palacký University, by the Czech and Slovak Association for American Studies, and by Conference Center of Palacký University. It is part of the European Science Foundation grant project “Literature and Film without Borders: Dislocation and Relocation in Pluralistic Space” (CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0150) and has the support of the U.S. Embassy in Prague.
The symposium is held in a highly attractive, historical city of Olomouc with a well-preserved Renaissance and Baroque historical centre, second largest to Prague. Palacký University is situated in the center of the old town. It is the second oldest university in the Czech lands.
Olomouc is easily accessible by express trains from Prague (ca 2 hours), Vienna or Ostrava.
The format of the Colloquium gives space to one longer plenary paper in the morning (60 minutes) followed by two or three shorter presentations (20-minute paper and 10-minute discussion). The afternoon session consists of two 90-minute sessions each having three speakers. The lecturers are encouraged to take a wider and more general perspective in order to address a larger audience, consisting of university teachers of American Studies, American Literature, or English language, and postgraduate and graduate students. The evening program consists of films, poetry readings, city tours and other activities.
Accommodation is provided for in a decent student dormitory near the city centre. The price varies according to number of beds (single/twin room), the average price is 10€/5€ pppn. You can make your selection when filling out the application form. Olomouc offers countless opportunities for accommodation in case you are looking for a private place to stay. Unfortunately, we are unable to cover your travel costs.
Application form available here. Please kindly return to Mrs. Hana Kroupová (hana.kroupova@upol.cz) by June 15th.
Czech participants (M.A. and Ph.D. students, academic teachers and researchers) will get full support from the ESF grant (lodging for 3 nights, meals, and in-country travel costs).
Deadline for participants' accommodation is June 15th 2013.
It is advisable to ask the aid of the American embassy in your countries.
A selection of revised papers presented at the symposium will be included in a collective monograph to be edited by the organizers and published by the Palacký University.
For further information please contact the program coordinator Ms. Lada Homolová: colloquium.litfilm@upol.cz
