SLOVENIA – January-june 2007

1.	New courses and new centres

2. Conference participation
7th Czech and Slovak Canadian Studies Conference /7 Colloque des Canadianistes tcheques et slovaques 2 March 2007, Rectorate Masaryk University, Brno
Meeting - Dr. M. Gadpaille (Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor) “Canadian New Women and the 1890s”

Jason Blake (Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana) “Glenn Gould, Technology, and the CBC”

4th Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies: Canadian Ghosts, Hopes, and Values, Rémanences, espérances et valeurs canadiennes , 26 - 29 April 2007 ,Puławy, Poland

 - Dr. V. Kennedy (Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor) ” Fictional Representations of Franklin’s Expedition.”

English Language, Literature, and Culture in a Global Context, University of Maribor, May 11-12, 2007.
-	Dr. V. Kennedy (Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor), “Following Franklin North.” 
-	Dr. M. Gadpaille (Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor), “Mad About Culture: Slovene Students and the Canadian Rant.” 

 2nd International Conference of the Croatian-Canadian Association : Questioning Identities: The Canadian Context, Rab, Croatia, May 18-20 

- Dr. M. Gadpaille (Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor)  “Passage to Canada: Negotiations of Visual Identity in Early Texts” 

3. Academic publications 
Michelle Gadpaille, „Coming to Canada: The Early Life of a Virtual Space.“ In Virtual Canada: Proceedings of the 2nd International Unconventional Meeting of Young Canadianists, Ed. Marie-Claude Villemure & Ana Olos, Universitatii de Nord, Baia Mare, 2007.  

Michelle Gadpaille, „Emigration Gothic: A Scotswoman’s Contribution to the New World,“ in ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries, 2007 

4. Visiting lecturers 

Monique LaRue. Lecture/Presentation of her novel La gloire de Cassiodore. 18 March, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

5. Grants 

6. Young Canadianists
Seminario Interuniversitario de Estudios Canadienses en America Latine (SEMINECAL), Santiago de Chile, March 29-30, 2007
-	Natalija Vid: „Revolution as Female’s New Hope in Nancy Richler’s Your Mouth is Lovely“

 2nd International Conference of the Croatian-Canadian Association : Questioning Identities: The Canadian Context, Rab, Croatia, May 18-20 

- Tomislav Kis: “Hybridity as an Element in a Canadian Identity Represented Through 
         Literary Writings of a Sri-Lankan-Canadian Author, Michael Ondaatje” 

- Nina Ančić: “Identities of Margaret Atwood’s Female Characters in Wilderness Tips.”
- Sanela Knez, “Alice Munro: Who Do You Think You Are?”

7. Cultural activities related to Canada 

Whaddya Know, Eh? School Outreach Lecture on Canadian Culture by Dr. M. Gadpaille, Medical High School, Celje, Slovenia, March 22, 2007. 

Images of Immigrant Canada, Lecture (June 25) by Dr. M. Gadpaille at 3rd International Summer School, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor , June 25- July 10, 2007. 

Drevored – The Maple Tree. Radio interview with Jason Blake on the symbolism of the Maple in Canada. Radio Televizija Slovenija, May 22, 2007.

8. Translations of books and special issues of journals

9. Other
Reception, Department of English and American Studies, University of Maribor, Tuesday, January 16, 2007. Celebration of Achievement in Canadian Studies, in particular the success of doctoral student Natalija Vid at the 15th European Seminar for Graduate Students in Canadian Studies, September 28-October 1st, 2006.