The American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) 40th National Convention will be held November 20-23, 2008, at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, 1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

A panel on Carpatho-Rusyns and the Folk Arts: Dance, Song, and Architecture will be held on Thursday November 20th, from 3:15-5:15 p.m., Grand Ballroom, Salon F.

Patricia A. Krafcik (Evergreen State College) is the panel chair.

Scholars and their papers to be presented include:

• Joby Patterson (University of Oregon): “Cultural Communication in Wood: The Diffusion of Building Styles in the Carpathians”;
• Cathy Black (Brigham Young University): “From Obscurity to the Kyczera State: The Reconstruction of the Polish Lemko Rusyn Fedory Ritual”;
• Robert Metil (Chatham College) “Rusyn Song in Eastern Slovakia: Old and New Performance Contexts.”

The annual meeting of the associates of the Carpatho-Rusyn Research Center will take place Friday 11/21 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in Hospitality Suite 2.

For complete program and registration info, see www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass/convention.html.

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