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Nature and Sustainability of Culture

On Friday December 3, 2010, starts the XXXVIth International Conference of Russian Society of American Culture Studies Nature and Sustainability of Culture which will go on for four days.
Opening plenary session is December 3, 5 pm, room 201
Registration is 10 am – 4.30 pm, room 217

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December 3, Friday

10 am – 4.30š pm šš šRegistration
5 – 7 pmššššš ššš šOpening Plenary session
7 pm – 9š pmšš ššš šTea and Pirozhki

December 4, Saturday

Sectional sessions
10 am – 1 pm ššš
Section 1. Journalism
Section 5.š Sustainability of Culture: Gender Perspective
Section 7. Pre- and Postculture: the Natural and the Apocalyptic in the American Literature and Film

1pm – 2 pm ššš
Lunch break

2 pm – 4 pm ššš
Round tablešššš Imprints: Image of America and Image of Russia

4.15 pm – 8 pm ššš
Section 2. Nature in the Nineteenth Century American Culture
Section 6. Culture as Second Nature: Models of Coexistence in Modern Science Fiction and Fantasy

December 5, Sunday

10 am – 1 pm šš
šSectionš 4. Culture in Union with Nature: Multicultural Perspective

1pm - 2 pm ššš
Lunch break

2 pm – 3 pm ššš
Presentation. Yana Sorokina, Moscow State University, Russia "Georgia O `Keeffe: Flowers and Deserts"

3 pm – 7 pm ššš
Sectionš 4. Culture in Union with Nature: Multicultural Perspective
Section 8. Mutual Influence of American and World Culture

December 6, Monday

9.30 am – 1 pm ššš
Section 9. Canada: Nature, Culture, Person

1pm – 2 pm ššš
Lunch break

2 pm – 4 pm ššš
Section 9. Canada: Nature, Culture, Person

4 pm – 6.30 pm ššš
Round table discussion: Anton Chekhov’s 150th Anniversary (together with section 3 American Drama)

6.30 pm – 7.30 pm ššš
Closing Session

8 – 10 pm ššš
Farewell Party
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Persons willing to take part in discussions should contact Dr. Larisa Mikhaylova larmih@gmail.com by December 1 to be included in the guest list.