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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: " 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

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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 .

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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

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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

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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

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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 ’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.

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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=

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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)

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https://klub.booksa.hr/when-the- artist-is-omnipresent-80-years- of-margaret-atwood

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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. Lucia Grauzľová (FiFUK): A T W O O D ' S F I C T I O N "Margaret Atwood Through the COMENIUS Eyes of Slovak Readers" UNIVERSITY, A N D H E R R E C E P T I O N 3. Katarína Labudová (PF KU, A M O N G BRATISLAVA, Ružomberok): "Revenge of the S L O V A K R E A D E R S Mutilated Wives: Bluebeard in SLOVAKIA Atwood's Bluebeard's Egg and The Testaments"

4. Marián Gazdík (OKŠ RUK): "Modernist and Postmodernist Tendencies in the Short Fiction by Margaret Atwood"

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Jana Javorčíková (Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica), Lucia Grauzľová and Marian Gazdík (Comenius University, Bratislava), Katarina Labudová (Catholic University, Ružomberok) LECTURE AND NOVEMBER 20, PRESENTATION 2019 J O I N T P U B L I C UNIVERSITY L E C T U R E , F O L L O W E D LIBRARY, B Y S T U D E N T S MARIBOR, SLOVENIA P R E S E N T I N G

E X C E R P T S F R O M

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Tjasa Mohar and Michelle Gadpaille (University of Maribor) , Jason Blake (University of Ljubljana) INTERNATIONAL NOVEMBER CONFERENCE 28-29, 2019 EÖTVÖS K E Y N O T E Coral Ann Howells LÓRÁND (Professor Emerita, University of Reading; Senior Research Fellow, UNIVERSITY & Institute of English Studies, KÁROLI University of London)

GÁSPÁR Guest: H.E. Ms. Caroline Charette, UNIVERSITY Canada's Embassador to Hungary BUDAPEST, T W O - D A Y C O N F E R E N C E HUNGARY 32 participnats from 13 countries, Student panel, A message from Margaret Atwood The Handmaid’s Tale Contest, I N T E R N A T I O N A L Reception C O N F E R E N C E O N Program: M A R G A R E T https://kanadistak.hu/2019/11/19/margaret- atwood-80-conference-program/ A T W O O D ' S W O R K W I T H P A R T I C I P A N T S O R G A N I Z E R S F R O M 1 3 C O U N T R I E S János Kenyeres (ELTE) Judit Nagy (Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church) PRESENTED CONFERENCE PAPERS:

Martin Löschnigg: The isle is full of language: Atwood, Shakespeare and the Magic of Words Aleksandra V. Jovanović: The Journey of a Voice Theodora Goss: Broken Eggs and Bloody Keys: Bluebeard Motifs in the Fiction of Margaret Atwood Katarina Labudova: Food and Sex: Genre Switches in Atwood’s

Tomasz Fisiak: Robbing Zenia of Power: and Its TV Adaptation Katinka Krausz: Lacunary Unity: Family Albums in Margaret Atwood’s The Robber Bride Krisztina Kodó: Time(less) Memories inM MaArgGarAetZ AItwNoEodS’s novel, Cat’s Eye Judit Nagy: Atwood’s “Man from Mars” as a Social Commentary on the Formative Period of Canadian Multiculturalism Make sure to feature your bestsellers or signature products or pieces. Keep it simple Esther Muñoz-González: MaddAddam:a Wndh etno Hthuem paonin Wt obmy laisnt iMnget t Phoes nthaummea, pnr Micen Fruzsina Papp: “And then he, well, you aknodw b”r: iRefa dpe sFcarniptatisoiens. and Agency in Atwood’s “Rape Fantasies” Dóra Tóth: Women’s situation in 19th century Canadian-society based on Ewelina Feldman-Kołodziejuk: Intergenerational Transmission of Motherhood in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale C A T A L O G S

Éva Martonyi: Mythes du monde – à proMpaoks ed seu lr’Oe dtoys fseéaet udree P yéonuérl obpees tdse lMlearsrg oarret Atwood Nikola Petković: On the Road to Gileads, iogrn Tahteu rWe oprrlodd ausc Its S ohro puiledcne’ts .B Kee: Tehpe i tE sYiEm Ips lOen Central Europe Miklós Vassányi: Jolliet and the Labradaonr dIn tuoit t he point by listing the name, price and brief description. Ivana Plevíková: Reaching Beyond the Literary: Dystopias and Political Activism Jana Javorčíková: Margaret Atwood: Unknown Land: Political, Social and Psychological Variants of Immigration in Margaret Atwood’s Novels the RobbeOr BRriGdeA anNdI SZuErfaRcing Oana-Celia Gheorghiu & Michaela Praisler: Rewriting Politics, or the Emerging Fourth wave of Feminism in Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments (20J19á)nos Kenyeres

Maria Löschnigg: Alternative Visions of (FEeLmTinEis)m in Margaret Atwood’s Short Fiction Mária Palla: Canadian Women’s Writing in tJhue Wdaitk eN ofa Agtwyood: Anita Rau Badami’s Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? Beatrix Balogh: Women as host bodies (Károli Gáspár Andrea Szabó F.: Female Gothic HeroinUismni Tvheerns aitnyd Noofw t:h Tehe R Heanfodmrmaide’sd Tale Revisited Michelle Gadpaille: Semiotic Bodies in Cthhe uGracphhi)c Novel: The Case of the Atwood/Nault The Handmaid’s Tale Vera Benczik: Narrative strategies in The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments.

Dóra Bernhardt: Margaret Atwood’s “Green Bible” Mónika Kósa: Unsettling Imageries and Specular Topographies: Mapping the (Post)Gothic in Margaret Atwood’s The Heart Goes Last FEBRUARY 14, S P E C I A L S E S S I O N O N SPECIAL 2020 A T W O O D A T T H E SESSION MASARYK 1 1 T H I N T E R N A T I O N A L UNIVERSITY, C O N F E R E N C E O F O R G A N I Z E R E N G L I S H , A M E R I C A N Don Sparling (Masaryk University) BRNO, CZECH A N D C A N A D I A N

REPUBLIC S T U D I E S

JOURNAL ELOPE, SPECIAL ISSUE

THE JOURNAL OF SDAS C A L L F O R P A P E R S https://revije.ff.uni- (SLOVENIAN lj.si/elope/announcement/view/80 BRANCH OF ESSE) E D I T O R Michelle Gadpaille S P E C I A L I S S U E O F (University of Maribor) E L O P E A N D S E C T I O N O F T I S Z A T Á J T O

JOURNAL H O N O U R M A R G A R E T SECTION TISZATÁJ, A T W O O D ' S

HUNGARIAN 8 0 T H B I R T H D A Y C O N T R I B U T O R S LITERARY Vera Benczik, Anna Kérchy, JOURNAL Katalin Kürtösi, Éva Martonyi, Miklós Sághy, Zsuzsanna Varga

CENTRAL EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES 2020