TORONTO CONVENTION

 

The 35^th National Convention of the AAASS took place at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto, Canada, November 20-23, 2003. It was one more successful convention for the AAASS and for the Association for Croatian Studies, an affiliate of the AAASS. Over 400 panels and roundtables were held during the four-day gathering. The AAASS Convention participation and attendance has been growing in the last few years. Scholars from around the world come to this impressive gathering of professionals who are teaching and/or researching in various Slavic area studies.

 

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AAASS 35th NATIONAL

The 35^th National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) will take place November 20-23, 2003 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada.

The Hotel is located at 100 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario. Tel #: (416) 368-2511; Fax (416) 368-8148. Reservations at: (416) 860-5008 or 1-800-663-7229.

Room rates are from 202.00 to 292.00 CAN $ per night plus tax (same price for single or double rooms). The convention group code is CAASS. You must indicate the group code in order to get discount rates.

 

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 PITTSBURGH CONVENTION CROATIAN ACTIVITIES
34rd National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)

The 34th National Convention of the AAASS took place at the Hilton and Omni William Penn hotels in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 21-24, 2002. The Convention was a well attended and successful gathering of scholars pursuing various fields of research in Slavic and in so-called East European studies. Just to indicate how large these AAASS annual gatherings are, the Pittsburgh Convention consisted of 409 panels and roundtables, each session having five participants.

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AAASS 34th NATIONAL CONVENTION NOVEMBER 21 - 24, 2002 PITTSBURGH, PA

The 34th National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) will take place November 21-24, 2002 at the Hilton Pittsburgh and the Omni William Penn hotels in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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CROATIAN ACTIVITIES
33rd National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) 
     
The 33rd National Convention of the AAASS was held in Crystal City, Virginia (near Washington D.C.), from November 15-18, 2001. Although the weather was good and accommodations were satisfactory, the Convention was held under the shadow of the tragic events of September 11th. A number of panels were cancelled because many people decided not to travel. Two of the cancelled panels were organized by the Association for Croatian Studies (ACS) members. Those panels were “Cultural and Political Life in Renaissance Dubrovnik” and “Croatian Language and Holy Books of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.” Our other scheduled panels were held, although some presenters on those panels did not make it to the Convention.

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AMERICA UNDER ATTACK
On September 11, 2001, two commercial planes piloted by suicide hijackers slammed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and a third plane into the Pentagon, resulting in the deaths of thousands of innocent people. Both 110-story landmarks collapsed, the Pentagon was badly damaged, and a new type of war was launched against America and the western world. We express our sincere sympathy to all those who lost their relatives and friends in this great tragedy. A number of Americans of Croatian heritage are among those murdered senselessly on that Bloody Tuesday. Our condolences to their loved ones and to the Croatian community in New York.

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CROATIAN TOPICS at the 32nd National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) 
The 32nd National Convention of the AAASS, was held in Denver, Colorado, from November 9 to 12, 2000. Out of over three hundred panels held during the Convention, five of them were solely dedicated to Croatian culture and history, and several others dealt with Croatian topics.
At the panel Aspects of Music and Society in Nineteenth-Century Croatian Lands, the presenters were: William A. Everett (University of Missouri, Kansas City), “Operetta in Nineteenth-Century Croatia”; Vjera Katalinic, Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences (Zagreb), “Staging History: The 1566 Siege of Siget and Nineteenth-Century Opera”, and Lovorka Ruck, Ivan Matetic Ronjgo High School for Music (Zagreb), “Musical Life in Nineteenth-Century Rijeka.” The panel was chaired by Hana Breko, Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences (Zagreb) and the discussant was Maria Trochimczyk, University of Southern California.

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AAASS 32nd NATIONAL CONVENTION NOVEMBER 9 - 12, 2000 ADAM’S MARK HOTEL - DENVER, COLORADO

The 32nd National Convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) will take place November 9- 12 , 2000 at Adam’s Mark Hotel in Denver, Colorado.

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