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B E M C I E I A G R L R H T E H G T B I A D R E R A A T E Y H T T I N A G T W O O D ' S B U L G A R I A C R O A T I A C Z E C H R E P U B L I C H U N G A R Y Events organized by members of the R O M A N I A Central European Association for Canadian S E R B I A Studies S L O V A K I A Compiled by Katalin Kürtösi, CEACS President [[email protected]], and Fruzsina Kovács S L O V E N I A SYMPOSIUM OCTOBER 17, P R O G R A M 2019 Vera Benczik (ELTE) "Atwood's apocalypses" Krisztina·Kodó (KJU) KODOLÁNYI M A R G A R E T A T W O O D "Atwood: Cat’s Eye" JÁNOS S Y M P O S I U M A T T H E Gábor Wertheimer (KJU) "Film(s) of Atwood’s novel(s)" UNIVERSITY, E N G L I S H Eszter Mohácsi (KJU) D E P A R T M E N T O F "Atwood: The Testaments" BUDAPEST, K O D O L Á N Y I J Á N O S HUNGARY O R G A N I Z E R S U N I V E R S I T Y Krisztina Kodó, Eszter Mohácsi Gábor Wertheimer, Judit Szitó O SEMINAR OCTOBER 22, 2019 NEW T H E H A N D M A I D ' S BULGARIAN T A L E A N D 3 0 Y E A R S UNIVERSITY, O F T R A N S L A T I N G SOFIA, M A R G A R E T A T W O O D BULGARIA I N T O B U L G A R I A N O R G A N I Z E R S Diana Yankova and Andrei Andreev (New Bulgarian University) NOVEMBER 7, P U B L I C D I S C U S S I O N 2019 W I T H M A R I A N PUBLIC ARTFORUM G A Z D Í K , DISCUSSION T R A N S L A T O R O F T H E BOOKSHOP, . ŽILINA, H A N D M A I D ' S T A L E .. SLOVAKIA I N T O S L O V A K . .. O R G A N I Z E R Katarina Labudová (Catholic University, Ružomberok) CREATIVE NOVEMBER 15, WRITING 2019 C R E A T I V E W R I T I N G WORKSHOP ENGLISH W O R K S H O P DEPARTMENT, " A C A D E M I C S O R G A N I Z E R R E W R I T E T H E Cristina Băniceru WEST Andreea Șerban UNIVERSITY OF H A N D M A I D ' S T A L E & (West University of Timișoara) TIMIȘOARA, T H E T E S T A M E N T S " ROMANIA NOVEMBER 15, LECTURE 2019 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, L E C T U R E O N WEST " T H E P L A Y W I T H I N UNIVERSITY OF T H E N O V E L : TIMIȘOARA, M A R G A R E T ROMANIA A T W O O D ' S R E W R I T I N G O F T H E T E M P E S T " O R G A N I Z E R Dana Percec (West University of Timișoara) ROUND TABLE NOVEMBER 18, & FILM 2019 SCREENING UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED, Round table discussion on The Handmaid's Tale HUNGARY moderated by Katalin Kürtösi, Anna Kérchy speaking about the novel, Miklós Sághy about the film adaptations, and István Lázár about the difficulties of R O U N D - T A B L E the first publication. Followed by a screening of The D I S C U S S I O N O N T H E Handmaid's Tale (1990, Dir. H A N D M A I D ' S T A L E Volker Schlöndorff) W I T H L I T E R A R Y S C H O L A R S , A F I L M C R I T I C , A N D T H E P U B L I S H E R , O R G A N I Z E R S S C R E E N I N G Miklós Sághy O F T H E H A N D M A I D ' S Katalin Kürtösi (University of Szeged) T A L E ( 1 9 9 0 ) L E C T U R E O N SKYPE LECTURE NOVEMBER 18, A T W O O D ' S W O R K 2019 I N T H E S P E A K E R “ I N T R O D U C T I O N T O Michelle Godpaille (University of UNIVERSITY Maribor) - "Testimony and the A N G L O P H O N E Body: Looking at Atwood's Works". Presentation via Skype. OF RIJEKA, C A N A D I A N CROATIA L I T E R A T U R E ” C O U R S E V E N U E University of Rijeka, Department of English Language and Literature O R G A N I Z E R Nikola Tutek (University of Rijeka) PRESENTATIONS NOVEMBER 18, C O N T E N T Student-led presentations 2019 centred around key aspects of BABEȘ-BOLYAI Margaret Atwood’s fiction, highlighting her fundamental UNIVERSITY OF contribution to world literature and discussing CLUJ-NAPOCA, the relevance of her dystopian ROMANIA vision in the current cultural and political context. S T U D E N T - L E D . P R E S E N T A T I O N S O R G A N I Z E R C E N T R E D A R O U N D Octavian More K E Y A S P E C T S the Centre for Canadian and Quebec Studies / Centre O F M A R G A R E T d’Études Canadiennes et A T W O O D ’ S F I C T I O N , Québécoises (“Babeș-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca) ROUND TABLE R O U N D T A B L E NOVEMBER 18, P A R T I C I P A N T S “ M A R G A R E T 2019 Radojka Vukčević, Vesna Lopičić, A T W O O D ’ S Aleksandra Jovanović, SACS President, ALFA BK Sergej Macura, Ana Sentov, Milena Škobo, Branka Kovačević and the representative of UNIVERSITY, A N N I V E R S A R I E S : the Canadian Embassy Ms Olgica Marinković. BELGRADE, I N T E R P R E T A T I O N S , C O N T E N T SERBIA R E C E P T I O N A N D Radojka Vukčević and Vesna Lopičić: the A D A P T A T I O N S " establishment of the Serbian Association for Canadian Studies; Aleksandra Jovanović "Female Voice: Struggle and Survival"; Sergej Macura: the first translators and leading researchers of Atwood's works in Serbia; Ana Sentov: "Ecological Themes and Human Nature in Margaret Atwood's Novels". Milena Škobo: personal encounter with Atwood in Struga; Branka Kovačević: feminist and postcolonial perspectives in Penelopiad. Publicity about the event: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=4b31n8xi5FY&t= O R G A N I Z E R Maja Ćuk, Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages PUBLIC TALK " W H E N T H E A R T I S T NOVEMBER 20, I S ( O M N I ) P R E S E N T : S P E A K E R S 2019 8 0 Y E A R S O F Petra Sapun Kurtin (FFRI, CEACS - Central European BOOKSA M A R G A R E T Association for Canadian LITERARY A T W O O D ” - P U B L I C Studies) CLUB, T A L K O N A T W O O D ' S Vanja Polić (FFZG, HKAD - W O R K S A N D T H E I R Hrvatsko-kanadsko akademsko ZAGREB, društvo) I M P A C T I N C R O A T I A CROATIA Mihaela Marija Perković (SFeRa - udruženje za promociju znanstvene fantastike) “ P U B L I C I T Y https://klub.booksa.hr/when-the- artist-is-omnipresent-80-years- of-margaret-atwood O R G A N I Z E R S Vanja Polić (University of Zagreb) Petra Sapun Kurtin (University of Rijeka) WORKSHOP NOVEMBER 20, " M A R G A R E T P R O G R A M A T W O O D : 8 0 Y E A R S 1. Jana Javorčíková (FF UMB, 2019 Banská Bystrica): "A Rattlesnake FACULTY OF O F A C T I V E L I F E " - That Does not Bite" ARTS, W O R K S H O P O N 2.