Solovyov Society Newsletter

The Transnational Vladimir Solovyov Society

To promote education in the fields of Russian culture and philosophy

US OFFICE: The Transnational Vladimir Solovyov Society
Clinton Gardner, President
Box 710, Norwich, VT 05055 USA
ccgtrans@valley.net    Fax: 802-649-1000

RUSSIA OFFICE: The Transnational Vladimir Solovyov Society
Leonid Polyakov, Secretary
Institute of Philosophy, Room 408
Volkhonka 14, Moscow 119842, Russia
leopol@glasnet.ru     Fax: 095-200-3250

Membership Via E-Mail List

As of 1999 the Society has established an e-mail list for those interested in Solovyov and his legacy. To subscribe to it , and thus become a Society member, send a blank e-mail (no subject or message) to: solovyov-subscribe@egroups.com
To unsubscribe send blank e-mail to: solovyov-unsubscribe@egroups.com

For more information on this list, go to: http://www.egroups.com/list/solovyov

Greetings to all those who have signed up for our e-mail list and to Society members whose e-mail addresses we have received.  Greetings, too, to those who would like to join the Society (to do so, go back to the Society's home page).

Solovyov 2000 Conference Announcement

Below you will find the e-mail conference announcement for Solovyov 2000, the August 2000 Moscow conference for which our society is acting as an informal Western Secretariat. To receive this announcement as e-mail, send a request for it to the society's e-mail address: ccgtrans@valley.net:

 

Dear "Vladimir Solovyov 2000" Conference registrant:

We are happy to send you the following: 1.Conference Announcement 2.Pre-Registration Form Information and 3. Pre-Registration Form. In order to complete the form, you will have to select "Reply" on your e-mail program. Then, after completing the form, which is section 3 below ("Vladimir Solovyov 2000 Conference Pre-Registration Form"), please copy just that section into a new e-mail message addressed to the Moscow conference office: borisova@iph.ras.ru

 

When you send it to that address, please also e-mail an information copy to the Solovyov society at: ccgtrans@valley.net

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INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY
Dept. of History of Philosophy
Volkhonka 14, Room 411
Moscow 119842, Russia
e-mail: borisova@iph.ras.ru

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THE TRANSNATIONAL VLADIMIR SOLOVYOV SOCIETY
Box 710, Norwich, VT 05055, USA
e-mail: ccgtrans@valley.net

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1. Vladimir Solovyov 2000
An International Conference on
"Vladimir Solovyov and His Philosophical Legacy"
August 26-30, 2000
At the Institute of Philosophy, Moscow

This conference, held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Solovyov's death, will occur in a year of millennial significance for the world and of political significance for Russia, since the presidential election occurs in May. Thus, for several reasons, it seems an auspicious moment to meet, to take stock of our time – and to ponder its connections with another time, Russia's "Silver Age."

Program: It is planned that the conference itself be for the three days Monday August 28 through Wednesday August 30. However, conference registration will begin Saturday August 26 and there will be conference-related tours and events on both Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th. For example, it is anticipated that there may be a tour to the house near Moscow where Solovyov died on July 31, 1900.

Topics: While the overall conference topic is "Vladimir Solovyov and His Philosophical Legacy," it is expected that there will be a number of sub-sections at which papers will be presented. Among these are likely to be:
Solovyov as a systematic philosopher
Solovyov's ethical conceptions
Solovyov's philosophy of history
Solovyov as a social and political thinker
Solovyov and the national problem
Solovyov and the philosophy of Cosmism
Solovyov as a religious thinker
Solovyov's legacy in the thought of Florensky, Bulgakov, Frank, Berdyaev and other "Silver Age" philosophers
Solovyov's legacy in the thought of Mikhail Bakhtin

A fuller listing of sub-topics will be provided in subsequent announcements. Suggestions for additional sub-topics will be welcome. The Pre-Registration Form below provides details for submitting paper titles and paper proposals in the form of brief abstracts.

Travel and Housing: Travel will be arranged individually by each participant. Suggestions for housing will be provided by the conference office. Among the likely alternatives will be a reasonably-priced hotel with convenient metro connections to the Institute. Of course, participants may make other arrangements at hotels or bed and breakfasts (lists, with prices, will be provided).

Costs: The conference fee for U.S. and West European participants will be $100 (to be paid upon registration at the conference in Moscow). This fee will include tea during the conference but no meals or housing. For Russian and CIS participants there will be no fee.

Official Languages: The official languages for the conference will be Russian, English, French and German. The extent of translation services will be indicated in later announcements. (All participants presenting papers are encouraged to provide synopses in English which can be distributed at the conference.)

Pre-Registration Form: Please e-mail the form below to inform the Solovyov Conference Office in Moscow of your interest in attending. Address to: borisova@iph.ras.ru
If you do not have e-mail yourself, you are urged to use e-mail via an institution with which you are associated or some commercial provider of this service. If you use regular postal mail, communication may take 3 or 4 weeks each way, adding close to two months to the time it takes to get a reply to you.

As noted below, US and West European participants are also requested to e-mail a copy of this form to the Transnational Vladimir Solovyov Society’s US office. Address to: ccgtrans@valley.net

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2. VLADIMIR SOLOVYOV 2000
Pre-Registration Form Information

Please complete the form below and return it by e-mail to:
Irina Borisova, Dept. of History of Philosophy
Institute of Philosophy
Volkhonka 14, Room 411
Moscow 119842, Russia
e-mail: borisova@iph.ras.ru

NOTES: 1. E-MAIL: Use of e-mail will tremendously speed up all communication for the conference and reduce expenses for yourself and the conference organizers. Use regular post only if you cannot possibly arrange e-mail.

2. COPY TO SOLOVYOV SOCIETY, UNITED STATES: If you live in the United States or Western Europe, we ask that you e-mail a copy of this form to: The Transnational Vladimir Solovyov Society at ccgtrans@valley.net. The society is acting as an "informal Western secretariat" for the conference, with the purpose of facilitating communication. If you are using regular post, please do not send a copy to the Society office since that office does not have sufficient staff to handle regular mail regarding the conference.

3. SCHEDULE: "Early pre-registrants" who return this form by 31 May, 1999 will be sent the Registration Form and information on hotels, bed and breakfasts, transport, etc. in June 1999. "General pre-registrants" who return the form between 31 May and 30 September, 1999 will be sent the form and information during July-October 1999. E-mail will be used for all this communication so far as possible.

4. LANGUAGES: US and West European participants are asked to complete this form in English, and send your abstract in English, whenever possible.
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3. Vladimir Solovyov 2000 Conference Pre-Registration Form

TO: Irina Borisova, Dept. of History of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Volkhonka 14, Room 411, Moscow 119842, Russia

 

E-mail to: borisova@iph.ras.ru

 

copy to: ccgtrans@valley.net

 

LAST NAME:

FIRST NAME:

TITLE:

ADDRESS:

TELEPHONE:

FAX:

E-MAIL:

INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION:

Please put an X in the appropriate spaces below:
____I am considering attending the conference; please send me the Registration Form

____I also wish to submit a paper as noted below:

TOPIC:

(please choose topic from list on announcement above or suggest an appropriate topic theme)

PROVISIONAL TITLE:

ABSTRACTS: If you plan to submit a paper, we request that you provide an abstract of no more than 400 words (in English if possible). Regarding your abstract, please put an X in the appropriate spaces below:_
___I will e-mail my abstract later (as text of an e-mail message, not an attachment; please send within two months of submitting this form)

___Following is an abstract of my proposed paper:

 

 

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Dear "Vladimir Solovyov 2000" Conference registrant:

As noted at the beginning of this message, we are happy to send you the preceding information and form. As noted above, in order to fill it in, you must select "Reply" on your e-mail program. After completing the form, which is section 3 ("Vladimir Solovyov 2000 Conference Pre-Registration Form"), please copy just that section into a new e-mail message addressed to the Moscow conference office: borisova@iph.ras.ru

 

As noted above, when you send it to that address, please also e-mail an information copy to the Solovyov society at: ccgtrans@valley.net

 

Note that you can find a copy of this announcement, with updates, at http://www.valley.net/~transnat/sol2000.html

 

-- Clint Gardner

 

Clinton C. Gardner, President
Transnational Institute / Vladimir Solovyov Society
Box 710, Norwich, VT 05055
ccgtrans@valley.net
http://www.valley.net/~transnat/transnat.html

 

Also in 1999 we will start publishing here pictures from past newsletters. One such is below:

The Society's fifth annual meeting was held at the Washington Sheraton hotel on October 27, 1995. Twenty-six Society members, including three from Russia, gathered for dinner and discussion. Our photo at right shows our Russian Secretary Leonid Polyakov presenting his recent book on Peter the Great to Society member Jack Matlock, American ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991.

Current Printed Newsletter

If you would like a copy of the Society's complete current printed newsletter, send your request to the address below, enclosing a self-addressed stamped envelope. (for US addresses only). Please enclose $1 for mailing to addresses outside US).

The Transnational Vladimir Solovyov Society
Clinton C. Gardner, President
Box 710
Norwich, VT 05055 USA
e-mail: ccgtrans@valley.net
http://www.valley.net/~transnat/solsoc.html
Fax: 802-649-1000

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