Conference Programme

Conference Programme
Thursday, October 15, 2009
10.00 - 13.00
Workshop for PhD and MA students, Francophone Centre, Sofia
University, 15 Tzar Osvoboditel Boulevard, North Wing (entrance from
Shipka str.)
10.00 - 13.00 Meeting of Diaspora project participants, Francophone Centre, Sofia
University, 15 Tzar Osvoboditel Boulevard, North Wing (entrance from
Shipka str.)
10. 00 – 13.00 CEACS Executive Committee meeting – place to be announced
15.00 -19.00 Registration: Radisson hotel lobby
19.30
Performance: Ding by Stoil Atanasov (in English) and author readings by
Sonia Anguelova, a Quebecois writer of Bulgarian origin (in French). Sofia
University Theatre Alma Alter
21.00
Welcome drink: Sofia University Restaurant “Alma Mater”
Friday, October 16, 2009
8.00 - 9.00
9.00 - 9.45
9.45-10.45
10.45-11.00
11.00 – 12.00
12.00 – 13.00
Registration: Radisson hotel lobby
Conference opening: Aula, Sofia University.
Chair: Diana Yankova, New Bulgarian University, CEACS Vice-President
Official addresses by Prof. Ivan Ilchev, Rector of Sofia University, Yordanka Fandakova, Minister of Education, Vejdi Rashidov, Minister of
Culture, His Excellency Philippe Beaulne, Ambassador of Canada, Mr.
Levon Hamparzumyan, former Honorary Consul of Canada in Bulgaria, Prof. Klaus-Dieter Ertler, ICCS President, Prof. János Kenyeres,
CEACS President, Prof. Rennie Yotova, President of the Bulgarian Chapter of the CEACS
(Simultaneous translation into English, French and Bulgarian)
First keynote: Aula, Sofia University
Professeur Lise Gauvin, Université de Montréal, Comment peut-on être
montréalais ? La ville et sa littérature.
Présidente: Rennie Yotova, Université de Sofia
(Simultaneous translation into English and Bulgarian)
Break
Second keynote: Aula, Sofia University
Professeur Thibault Martin, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Quelle
place pour les Autochtones au sein de la diversité canadienne?
Président: Gueorgui Jetchev, Université de Sofia
(Simultaneous translation into English and Bulgarian)
Lunch
13.00 -14.30
Parallel sessions A
A 1: Literature 1: Alexander’s Ballroom, Radisson hotel
Chair: Vesna Lopičić, University of Niš
Roy Rosenstein, Тhe American University of Paris, Mavis Gallant (1922- )
and Gabriel Baum (1935- ) on Ethnodiversity.
Monica Bottez, University of Bucharest, Inter-racial Relationships in
Kenneth Radu’s “Blood and Flesh”.
Cristina-Georgiana Voicu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi,
Revisioning Postcolonial Diversity in the Canadian Context.
14.30 – 14.45
14.45 – 16.15
A 2: The arts: Salon 6, Radisson hotel
Chair: Kalina Bratanova, University of National and World Economy, Sofia
Lidia Varbanova, Center for Intercultural and Social Development, Montreal, Innovative approaches to arts marketing in a multicultural environment.
Michael Devine, Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Re-thinking Multiculturalism: A Theatrical Approach.
Joe Blades, University of New Brunswick, On Becoming an Accidental Canadianist.
A 3: Dramatic, poetic and fictional paradigms: Salon 1, Radisson hotel
Chair: Asya Sotirova, New Bulgarian University, Sofia
Milena Kostić, University of Niš, Leonard Cohen’s Poetry: A View from Serbia.
Nela Bureu Ramos, Universitat de Lleida, Catalonia, Apocrypha of Time:
Canadian History in Literary Retrospect.
Eva Zsizsmann, University of Szeged, “Everything here is touchable and
mysterious”. Alice Munro’s Paradigmatic Fiction.
A 4: Les politiques linguistiques au Canada: Conference Hall,
2nd floor, North Wing, Sofia University
Présidente: Lucia Zaharescu, Université « Lucian Blaga », Sibiu
Gueorgui Jetchev, Université de Sofia, Minorités linguistiques de langue
officielle: une réalité bien canadienne.
Gerardo Acerenza, Università degli Studi di Trento, L’affichage bilingue en Ontario : gérer la diversité linguistique.
Florica Elena Vasiliu, Université « Lucian Blaga », Sibiu, Les politiques culturelles urbaines en tant que moyen de la cohésion sociale. Break
Parallel sessions B
B1: Politics, economics, social issues: Salon 6, Radisson hotel
Chair: János Kenyeres, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
Predrag Dedeić, Belgrade Banking Academy, Belgrade, Corporate Social
Responsibility: Stakeholder View of the Firm.
Dana Švihlová, Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Canadian Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation.
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Florence Cartigny, University of Bordeaux, Converging v. Diverging Social
Assistance Reforms in Western Canada (1990-2007).
B2: Canadian literary trends: Alexander’s Ballroom, Radisson hotel
Chair: Don Sparling, CEACS
Klára Kolinská, Metropolitan University, Prague, “Sam Weller meets Sam
Slick”: Spanning the Atlantic with Story Cycles.
Katalin Kürtösi, University of Szeged, The Canadian Discourse on Modernism.
Madeleine Danova, Sofia University, Subverting Dominant Narratives. Europe as a Contested Cultural Site in Canadian Literary Discourse: Timothy
Findley’s “Pilgrim”.
16.15 – 16.45
16.45 – 18.45
B3: Multiculturalism and national diversity: Salon 1, Radisson hotel
Chair: Galina Avramova, Sofia University
Jennifer Langlais, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, The Management of
Diversity in Canada.
Olga Slobodníková, Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Language and
National Diversity & Social-political Development in Canada.
Hristina Petrova, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Canada: Managing Diversity and Social Cohesion Under Bill C-50 And Beyond.
B4: Multiculturalismes, Conference Hall, 2nd floor, North Wing,
Sofia University
Présidente: Rennie Yotova, Université de Sofia
Petr Kylouљek, Université Masaryk, Brno, Utopie sociale et diversité culturelle dans les romans d’Antoine Gérin-Lajoie, Alexandre Huot et Gérard Bouchard.
Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink, Université de Saarbrücken, Visualiser le multiculturalisme conflictuel – les films «La Déroute» (1998) de Paul Tana et «Le
Nèg’» (2002) de Robert Morin.
Neli Ileana Eiben, Université de l’Ouest de Timişoara, Terre salée, cet
autre de Sânge amestecat [Sang mêlé] ? Irina Egli et l’art de la fugue.
Coffee break
Parallel sessions C
C1: Discourse and rhetoric: Salon 6, Radisson hotel
Chair: Mária Palla, Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences, Székesfehérvár
Andrei Andreev, Diana Yankova, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, The
Bulgarian Community in Toronto as perceived by the publishers of “Bulgarian
Horizons”.
Kalina Bratanova, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Defining multiculturalism: a critical discourse analysis of the Economist’s coverage
of Canada’s policies.
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Irena Vassileva, South-West University, Blagoevgrad, The Canadian Scholar – National or International Identity.
Boyan Alexiev, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Sofia, Two Canadian Term Extractors: Advantages and Disadvantages.
C2: Citizenship, immigration and public policies:
Salon 1, Radisson hotel
Chair: Predrag Dedeić, Belgrade Banking Academy
Asya Sotirova, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Canadian Environmental
Protection Policy.
Kenneth Froehling, University of Technology, Brno, The Concept of “Dual
Citizenship” in Canada: Changes in View and Government Policy.
Alexandra Glavanakova, Sofia University, Sofia, A Quest for Harmony:
Bulgarians writing in Canada.
C3: Literature 2, Alexander’s Ballroom, Radisson hotel.
Chair: Madeleine Danova, Sofia University
Vesna Lopičić, University of Niš, Negotiating the Difference: An Author and
a Soldier in Intercultural Dialogue.
Galina Avramova, Sofia University, Problematizing History in Timothy
Findley’s “Famous Last Words”.
Ana Olos, Partium Christian Univeristy, Oradea, “Buni” Annie’s 111 Days
in the Diaspora. Dimiter Alexandrov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, The Hero in
the Postmodern Dystopian Novels of Margaret Atwood.
C4: Exil, immigration: Conference Hall, 2nd floor, North Wing,
Sofia University
Présidente: Monique Nadeau-Saumier, Concordia University
Sonia Anguelova, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Quand
“je” se conjugue au pluriel.
Carmen Andrei, Université “Dunarea de Jos” de Galati, Aspects de l’altérité et de l’hybridité identitaire dans la littérature migrante.
Květa Kunešová, Université Hradec Králové, Une expérience tchèque au
Canada (Littérature en exil).
Delia Georgescu, Centre d’Études Canadiennes de l’Université de Bucarest, Corps migrant, langue empruntée.
19.15 – 19.45 Special session: Alexander’s Ballroom, Radisson hotel
Canadian studies today: the ICCS and its mission –
Prof. Klaus-Dieter Ertler, President of ICCS
20.00
Welcome reception, Sofia University Restaurant “Alma Mater”
Presenting CEACS Award of Merit
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
9.00 – 10.00
10.00 – 10.15
10.15 – 11.15
11.15 – 13.00
13.00 – 14.30
Third keynote, Sofia University, Conference Hall, North Wing, 2nd floor
Professor Keith Banting, Research Chair in Public Policy, Queen’s University, Kingston. Multiculturalism and Social Integration: Does Canada have
a problem?
Chair: Alexandra Glavanakova, Sofia University
Break
Fourth keynote, Sofia University, Conference Hall, North Wing, 2nd floor
Professor Chelva Kanaganayakam, Professor of English and Director,
Centre for South Asian Studies at the University of Toronto, Snarling the
Gardiner Expressway in Toronto: Managing and Celebrating Multiculturalism
in Canada
Chair: Diana Yankova, New Bulgarian University, Sofia
CEACS AGM and working lunch: Sofia University, Conference Hall,
North Wing, 2nd floor
Parallel sessions D
D1: L’image de la ville et enjeux sociaux: Alexander’s Ballroom,
Radisson hotel
Présidente: Lise Gauvin, Université de Montréal
Veronika Černíková, Université Masaryk, Brno, La ville intérieure de
Gérard Bessette.
Ljiljana Matić, Université de Novi Sad, Québec, ville muse.
Maria Marosvári, Université de Debrecen, Identification et distanciation : les avatars de la figure de l’écrivain(e) dans quelques textes de Monique Proulx.
D 2: Multiculturalism: film, fiction and geography:
Conference Hall, 2nd floor, North Wing, Sofia University
Chair: Lidia Varbanova, Center for Intercultural and Social Development,
Montreal
Anna Maria Cimitile, Università degli Studi di Napoli, “L’Orientale”, Happiness in cultural diversity: two films about Chinese Canada.
János Kenyeres, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Recollection and
Memory in Atom Egoyan’s Movies.
Pavel Sedláček, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Transition of Canadian Cities.
D 3: La quête des origines: Salon 6, Radisson hotel
Présidente: Květa Kunešová, Université Hradec Králové
Diana Popović, Université de Novi Sad, L’aliénation dans le roman
« L’Ingratitude » de Ying Chen.
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Voichita-Maria Sasu, Université « Babes-Bolyai » Cluj-Napoca, « L’emblème des origines »: Naïm Kattan.
Lucia Zaharescu, Université «Lucian Blaga», Sibiu, La bataille des
plaines d’Abraham n’aura pas lieu.
D 4: Multicultural issues in FLT: Salon 1, Radisson hotel
Chair: Michael Devine, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Galina Kurteva, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Cultural Diversity and
FLT.
Roumi Ilieva, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Attending to Cultural
and Linguistic Diversity in Education: An Analysis of Language Policies and
Programs in Public Schools in British Columbia.
Amelia Mareva, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Peal and Lambert’s Legacy: The Canadian Breakthrough in Bilingual Research.
14.30 – 14. 45 Break
14.45 – 16.15 Parallel sessions E
E 1: Québec/Amérique : Salon 6, Radisson hotel
Présidente : Maria Marosvári, Université de Debrecen
Petr Vurm, Université Masaryk, Brno, Sur quelques notions de l’américanité:
étude de l’influence du roman américain sur le roman québécois contemporain.
Daniela Frumusani, Université de Bucarest, Concepts fondamentaux pour
les études de genre.
Dana Valentina Puiu, Université du Nord, Baia-Mare, Fugacité et
éternité du temps dans le roman de Hubert Aquin « Neige Noire ».
E 2: Identity and politics: Conference Hall, 2nd floor, North Wing,
Sofia University
Chair: Keith Banting, Queen’s University, Kingston
Milica Živković, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš, Difference and
Identity: Varieties of Experience in Canadian Fiction.
Brendan Edwards, North University of Baia Mare, Are We Managing? Canadian Society in the “Information Age”.
Urška Strle, Slovenian migration institute SRC SASA, Ljubljana, Between
two homelands: The case of Slovenian woman in Canada.
E 3 : Communication et incommunicabilité: Salon 1, Radisson hotel
Président : Petr Kyloušek, Université Masaryk, Brno
Vanja Manić, Université de Novi Sad, Le joual en tant que marque sociale
de la société québécoise et ses particularités linguistiques dans l’œuvre de Michel
Tremblay « À toi, pour toujours, ta Marie-Lou ».
Rennie Yotova, Université de Sofia, Le thème de l’incommunicabilité dans le
théâtre de Michel Tremblay.
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Marija Paprašarovski, Université de Zagreb, La diversité et son double dans
la dramaturgie québécoise contemporaine.
E 4 : Cultures, High and Low: Alexanders’ Ballroom, Radisson hotel
Chair: Katalin Kürtösi, University of Szeged
Jason Blake, University of Ljubljana, Glenn Gould’s Messy Cultural Narrative and its Contradictory Double Reception.
Eszter Szenczi, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Lacrosse, i.e. a Sport
of the Native Americans.
Irina Perianova, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, From
‘Pleasing Men’ to Autonomy and Control.
Coffee break
Parallel sessions F
16.15-16.45
16.45 – 18.45
F 1: Literature 3: Alexander’s Ballroom, Radisson hotel
Chair: Chelva Kanaganayakam, Centre for South Asian Studies at the University of Toronto
Judit Molnár, University of Debrecen, Rohinton Mistry’s India.
Lucia Otrísalová, Comenius University, Bratislava, Searching for One’s
Own Language in Marlene Nourbese Philip’s “She Tries Her Tongue“, „Her Silence Softly Breaks“.
Susana Amante, University of Salamanca, Et pluribus unum: The First Nations’ Contribution towards “the Canadian whole”.
F 2: Literature 4: Salon 6, Radisson hotel
Chair: Anna Maria Cimitile, Università degli Studi di Napoli
Allan Weiss, York University, Toronto, Aliens and the Alien in Canadian
Science Fiction.
Petra Sapun, Croatian-Canadian Academic Society, ‘The Discomfort Zone’
of Montreal: Images of Violence in Rawi Hage’s novel “Cockroach”.
Tatjana Bijelic, University of Banja Luka, Dreaming of Canada: An Illustration of Happy Mediation versus Identity Crisis.
F 3: Diaspora: Conference Hall, 2nd floor, North Wing,
Sofia University
Chair: Roy Rosenstein, the American University of Paris, France
Rodica Albu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Exploring the
“Diaspora Theme” within the CEACS Oral History Project: Focus on Romanian Canadians.
Dunja Jutronić, University of Rijeka, and Univrsity of Split, Oral Histories Interviews.
Mária Palla, Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences, Székesfehérvár, Diasporic Women Write: Displacement in the Fiction of Contemporary
Hungarian-Canadian and Indian-Canadian Women.
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F 4 : Identités éclatées : Salon 1, Radisson hotel
Président : Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink, Université de Saarbrücken
Monique Nadeau-Saumier, Concordia University, Une chronique picturale, sociale et engagée.
Danièle Geffroy Konљtacký, Université Hradec Králové, La poésie
amérindienne du Québec.
Crina Bud, Université du Nord, Baia-Mare, L’ironie en tant qu’esprit
critique et expression d’une identité en creux.
Anikó Adam, Université Catholique Pázmány Péter, Budapest, A la croisée de la tradition et de la modernité : identité orale et picturale chez Dany
Laferrière.
18.45 – 19. 15 Closing session, Alexander’s Ballroom, Radisson hotel
20.30
Conference dinner: Vesselo selo restaurant