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In 2005, the University of Maribor held its first International Summer School on British and American language, literature, and culture. For this, our fourth year, the theme will be “Europe and Canada –
Contemporary Issues” based on comparative studies of language and literature in translation and historical comparison. The School will be a joint initiative between the Filozofska fakulteta (Faculty of Arts), the Canadian embassy in Budapest, and the CEACS (Central European Association for
Canadian Studies, and will offer lectures in philosophy and culture, Canadian literature, multiculturalism, the multinational state, nationalism, questions of individual and social identity, and migration and security, for undergraduates, postgraduates, and teachers from around the world.
UMISS is based at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Maribor and carried out under the auspices of the Danube Rectors’ Conference, the second largest association of universities in Europe. This year, for the first time, the summer school will be a joint venture with two new partners, the Canadian
Embassy in Budapest and CEACS, a unique instance of Canadian-Slovenian cooperation, and it will fulfil a long-standing plan of the CEACS to provide Canadian Studies in a regional summer school easily accessible to students in Central Europe. The Faculty of Arts comprises the three major academic fields of humanities, social sciences and pedagogy and teacher education. The Summer
School draws on the resources of several European and Canadian Universities, with lecturers from
Acadia University (Nova Scotia, Canada), the University of Marburg, the University of Osnabrüch,
Karl-Franzens University in Graz, Austria, and the University of Maribor. The 2008 Summer School will begin on Saturday, June 28th, and end on Saturday, July 12th.
Website: http://student.pfmb.uni-mb.si/~summerschool/

The town of Maribor traces its history back over 800 years. Maribor enjoys a scenic location on the plain beside the River Drava, and its sky-line is dominated by the Piramida, a vinecovered hill overlooking the town and the fifteenth-century Castle at its heart.
The second-largest city in Slovenia, Maribor is a centre of culture and learning. The city boasts a theatre (the Narodno Gledališče), a concert hall (the Narodni Dom), a twelfth-century cathedral, the oldest grapevine in the world, several cinemas and nightclubs, three bowling alleys, two thermal spas, and its museum and art gallery offer visitors the best of Slovenian and Yugoslavian art, history, and culture. The University Library provides facilities for research in all fields and is available for use by Summer School students.

The two weeks of the Summer School will be an especially exciting time to be in Maribor.
Throughout June and July the city hosts the Lent Festival, featuring international and local artists and musicians, and the streets are full of people and performers.
We look forward to welcoming you to the 2008 Danube Rectors’ Conference, CEACS, and
University of Maribor International Summer School in Maribor, the city at the heart of
Slovene Styria.

HONORARY COMMITTEE:
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Rector Prof. Dr. Ivan Rozman
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Dean Prof. Dr. Marko Jesenšek, Faculty of Arts
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Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Milan Marčič
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Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Meira Festić
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Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Marko Ferjan
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Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Bojan Škof
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Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Marko Marhl
Vice-Rector Alen Vidonja
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
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Prof. Dr. Victor Kennedy, Department of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts
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Prof. Dr Don Sparling, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
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Prof. Dr. Michelle Gadpaille, Department of English and American Studies, Faculty of Arts
Mladen Kraljić, Secretary of the Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor
PARTICIPATING LECTURERS:
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Prof. Michael Devine, Acadia University, Canada
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Prof. Dr. Peter Szaffko, University of Debrecen , Hungary
Prof. Dr. Ellie Boyadzhieva, South-Western University of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
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Prof. Dr. Gordan Matas, University of Split, Croatia
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Dr. Magdalena Firtova, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Prof. David Beausoleil, Member, Croatian Canadian Academic Association
Prof. Dr. Nenad Miščević, University of Maribor, Slovenia
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Prof. Krisztina Kodo, Kodolanyi University College , Hungary
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Prof. Dr. Marija Knežević, University of Nikšič, Montenegro
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Prof. Dr. Pavel Sedlaček, Brno University, Czech Republic
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Prof. Michelle Gadpaille, University of Maribor, Slovenia
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Prof. Victor Kennedy, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Dr. Jason Blake, teaching assistant, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Natalija Vid, Ph.D. candidate, University of Maribor, Slovenia

June 28-July 4
28- Saturday
29- Sunday
30- Monday
1- Tuesday
2- Wednesday
PROGRAM
Arrival, Orientation, City Tour, Reception
Michael Devine (Canada): Drama Workshop: The Frontiers of
Identity: Individual and Social Identities in Mouawad’s Scorched and
Mighton’s
Possible Worlds .
Session 1
Peter Szaffko (Hungary): Canadian Theatre as a Multicultural
Phenomenon: A Historical Overview
Session 2
Eli Boyardijeva (Bulgaria): Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity
Session 1
Peter Szaffko (Hungary): Nationalism and Ethnic Identity in Canadian
Drama: Workshop
Session 2
Eli Boyardijeva (Bulgaria): Diversity in English-Canadian Literature
Session 1
Peter Szaffko (Hungary): The Central European Element in the
Canadian Theatre
Session 2
Gordan Matas (Croatia): Multiculturalism and the Re-visioning of
Experience

3- Thursday
4- Friday
Session 1
Peter Szaffko (Hungary): Canadian Drama and Theatre in Europe:
Internet-based workshop
Session 2
Michelle Gadpaille (Canada/Slovenia): “Dreaming in Canadian”: The
West Indian Diaspora in Canada
Session 1
Peter Szaffko (Hungary): Immigrants’ Experience in Canadian
Drama: Workshop
Session 2
Victor Kennedy (Canada/Slovenia): Fantasy and Science Fiction in
Canadian Popular Music
July 5-July 6
5- Saturday
6- Sunday
July 7-July 12
7- Monday
Summer School Excursion
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Session 1
Magdalena Firtova (Czech Republic): Immigration Policy and
Practices in Canada: Historical Overview
Session 2
Nenad Miščević (Croatia): A Canadian Philosopher of the Post-War
Balkans: Brian Orend
8- Tuesday Session 1
Magdalena Firtova (Czech Republic): The Canadian Immigration and
Integration System
Session 2
David Beausoleil (Canada/Croatia): A Canadian in the Balkans
9- Wednesday Session 1
Krisztina Kodo (Hungary): The Northern Myth and the Idea of the
North
Session 2
Marija Knežević (Montenegro): Margaret Atwood: Dystopian
Languages

10- Thursday
11- Friday
12- Saturday
Session 1
Krisztine Kodo (Hungry): Aspects of Canadian Culture: Tradition,
Belief and Differences
Session 2
Pavel Sedlacek (Czech Republic): Multicultural Canadian Cities
Session 1
Natalija Vid (Russia/Slovenia): Immigrants in Canadian Literature:
Callaghan & Marlyn
Session 2
Jason Blake (Canada/Slovenia): Canada = Hockey
Evaluation; Departure
Photos by Mirna Marić and Victor Kennedy