Iarees Annual Conference

IAREES ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Location: The IAREES annual conference is taking place at Magee College in Londonderry, a campus of the University of Ulster.

Programme: This year, for the first time, the conference is taking place in Magee College. It will coincide with an international conference on the Soviet writer, Andrei Platonov, also organised by our Vice-President Ayleen Teskey. Joint sessions with the Platonovists will be held on Saturday morning and, exceptionally, a joint conference dinner (together with participants of the Platonov conference) will take place on Friday evening in Magee College at 8.00pm.

The Platonov conference begins on Thursday, 16 May, 2002 and a preferential rate has been set to encourage members to attend and hear other distinguished specialists in the field of early Soviet literature.

Accommodation and costs: There is a choice of accommodation which will be either a Guest House costing between £25-£35 per night for B&B or a hotel costing £60 per night.

Travel: Participants from America or Britain are likely to come via London (Heathrow). It is possible to get cheap flights from London (Stansted) to City of Derry Airport for approx £35 return with RyanAir. Alternatively, fly to Belfast International or Belfast City Airport. There is either a train or bus to Londonderry from either of these destinations. The other possibility is to fly to Dublin and take the bus to Londonderry. Here are a number of websites you can check for travel information:

These sites give information on low cost flights between London and N.Ireland:

This site is for information on International flights to London or Dublin:

Translink covers information on bus and rail links within N. Ireland and from Dublin to N. Ireland:

Participants coming to the College by car should notify the conference organiser in advance to book a parking space for the duration of the Conference.

For those coming to N. Ireland for the first time Londonderry is an excellent centre from which to begin exploration of the whole of N Ireland. Within easy reach is a wealth of historic sites and buildings, museums, beautiful scenery, splendid beaches and much more. This site is for tourist information on N. Ireland:

Platonov/IAREES Conference Programme

Arranged in partnership with Derry City Council and the University of Ulster

Magee College Campus May 16-19

Start of Platonov conference

Thursday 16 May

3.30-4.00Registration and Tea/Coffee

4.00-5.00Angela Livingstone, (Essex) and Clint Walker (Wisconsin-Madison): Metaphorical Meetings in Moscow: Pilnyak and Platonov.

5.00-6.00Elena Kolesnikova (St. Petersburg): (Title not known).

7.00Dinner

Friday 17 May

10.30-11.30Reception with the Mayor of Derry, Mrs. Mildred Garfield in the Guildhall

12.00-1.00Valery Vyugin (St. Petersburg): Platonov’s Work and Russian Folklore.

1.00-2.00Lunch

2.00-3.00Robert Chandler: Translating Platonov’s Dzhan.

3.00-4.00Konstantin Barsht (St. Petersburg): “Living Water” in Platonov’s Artistic World.

4.00-4.30Tea/Coffee

4.30-5.30Svetlana Ipatova (St. Petersburg): Literary Bestiary as Concept Sphere: Platonov and Dostoevsky. (Intertextual Analysis).

Start of IAREES annual conference

4.00-5.30Registration. Main lecture hall. Magee College.

5.30-6.30Guest Speaker: Dr. Yevgeny Yablokov (Moscow): The Russian Hamlet and the Russian Juliet: Shakespearian Motifs in Platonov’s Works.

8.00Joint Conference Dinner. Martha Magee’s Dining room, Magee College

Speaker: Mr. Jim Hunter will talk about Derry and the Local Area

Saturday 18 May

9.30-10-30Dr. Natalia Poltavtseva: Moscow: The Motif of “The Birth of a Master” in Platonov and Joyce’s work.

10-30-11-30Ayleen Teskey: Visions of the Future: Platonov and H.G. Wells “The Time Machine”.

11.30-12.00Tea/Coffee

12.00-1.00Angela Livingstone, (University of Essex): Platonov and Pasternak.

Platonov conference ends

1.00-2.00 Lunch

2.00-3.00Neil Robinson (UL): Getting Putin Right: Expectations of Change in Contemporary Russian Politics.

3.00-3.45F. Sewell (UU): “Going Home to Russia”: Irish Writers and Russian Literature.

3.45-4.15Tea/Coffee

4.15-4.45Tatiana Solovieva (MGU): The Political Views of Alexander Pushkin.

4.45-5.30Marina Burke (UCD): A Pioneer of Early Soviet Film: Esfir Shub.

5.30-6.30AGM

8.00Dinner (Da Vinci’s Hotel. Optional)

Sunday 19 May

9.30-10.30John Murray and Sarah Smyth (TCD): Hyphenated-Words.

10.30-11.00Tea/Coffee

11.00-12.00Joseph Healy (Glasgow): “Polish-Ukrainian Relations and the Polish War.

12.00-1.0Judith Devlin (UCD): Architecture and Ideology: Post-Soviet Moscow.

IAREES conference ends

Booking Form

Please indicate your requirements:

I wish to attend the IAREES conference only: 

Conference fee: members: £30.00

Student/post-graduate fee £10.00

Non-members: £45

Friday night conference dinner: £28.00

I wish to attend Platonov and IAREES conferences: 

Conference Fee: £92.00

Friday night conference dinner: £28.00

Conference fee is payable in advance. Accommodation charges payable on departure.

Prices are in Sterling. Please send sterling cheque or International money order, made payable to IAREES, with your booking form to the following address:

Mrs A. Teskey

1 Redlands Crescent

Coleraine

N. Ireland

BT51 3LE

List of Accommodation

Ann and George Hasson Grace McGoldrick

Bayview10 Crawford Square

9 Garden cityNorthland Road

DerryTel: (028) 7126 5000

Tel: (028) 7135 18182 mins from Magee

£25 b&b£25

10-12 mins from Magee

Terry and Sally CassidyNicola Moran

Arkle HouseDuneen

2 Cosquin Rd111 Creggan Road

TEl: (028) 7127 1156Tel: (028)7128 2767

20 mins from Magee10-15 mins

£25£16

The Merchants HouseThe Saddlers House

Dr Peter PyneJoan Pyne

16 Queen Street36 Great James Street

(028) 7126 9691(028) 7126 9691

7-8 mins10-15 mins

£25£25