INVITATION FROM THE PRESIDENT
Dear Friends,
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On behalf of the CARTA Board, I invite you to attend the 26th annual Conference that will take place in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
April 5-7, 2024.
Let’s gather in Oklahoma in spring to salute our services to the US students and educators in the field of Russian Language, Literature, and Culture and to recognize our colleagues’ contribution to the field.
We look forward to seeing you at the 26th Conference!
Sincerely,
Mara Sukholutskaya, President,
On behalf of the CARTA’s Board
2024 CONFERENCE OUTLINE
March 30, Saturday
Zoom panel for International participants - 9 a.m. (the link will be provided)
Poetry Recital Contest (Zoom) - 1 p.m.
April 4, Thursday
CARTA Board Meeting
April 5, Friday
CARTA Board meeting (Marriott Southern Hills Hotel)
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Registration - 1-5 p.m. (Marriott Southern Hills Hotel)
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Woody Guthrie Center Workshop and Tour (please register if you plan to attend) - 2-5 p.m.
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Opening Reception (hors d’oeuvres, cultural program, etc.) (Marriott Southern Hills Hotel) - 7 p.m.
April 6, Saturday
Sessions and panels - 8 a.m.-6 p.m. (Marriott Southern Hills Hotel)
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Exhibits - 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
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Awards Luncheon - 12 p.m.-2 p.m. (Marriott Southern Hills)
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Poetry Reading (tentative) - 7 p.m.
April 7, Sunday
Breakfast - 7-8 a.m. (Marriott Southern Hills)
Sessions and panels – 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Exhibits - 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
CARTA Auction
Drawings for door prizes
REGISTRATION INFO
Please join us for the 26th CARTA conference! Send proposals for individual papers, complete panels, and roundtables on the Russian language, literature, history, social sciences, culture, methodology, and related topics no later than January 15, 2024. Proposals may be mailed or sent electronically.
INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS: CARTA will host ONE virtual session for international members only on Friday, March 30, 9:00-11:00 Central Daylight Time (GMT -5), via Zoom. The link will be provided for registered conference participants.
POETRY RECITAL CONTEST: Again in 2024, CARTA will continue to host a pre-conference Poetry Recital Contest. The description and rules will be sent in a separate mailing.
Registration includes the opening reception on Friday night, conference luncheon on Saturday, Sunday breakfast, keynote address, and cultural program.
The conference will be held at the Tulsa Marriott Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Rooms have been pre-booked at the special rate of $124.00, for single or double occupancy. Make your reservations no later than 5:00 pm on Monday, March 14th, 2024, by calling the hotel at +1-866-530-3760 and ask for the CARTA Room Block. The hotel provides free parking and a free airport shuttle.
REGISTRATION FORMS
Click to download the forms
Mail or email the completed forms no later than January 15, 2024
to Dr. Mara Sukholutskaya, CARTA President
Department of English and Languages, East Central University,
PMB W-7, Ada, OK 74820
WOODY GUTHRY CENTER WORKSHOP/FIELDTRIP
Most people know Woody Guthrie as the artist who wrote “This Land is Your Land,” but for those who look to him as an influence on art and activism, he is so much more. He wrote more than 3,000 songs in his lifetime and he was a highly skilled visual artist. His archive of work, housed at the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, consists of more than 100 notebooks, correspondence, and many other documents that show his mission to speak for the disenfranchised. Woody was not simply a writer of protest songs; he was a committed activist who lived by very humanist principles. Activism wasn’t something Woody did. It’s who he was.
The Workshop will start with an introduction by Dr. Alvin Turner.
The shuttle will be leaving promptly at 2:30 p.m. from the hotel’s main entrance.
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Register by March 15, 2024
CONFERENCE FEES
Please pre-register no later than March 4, 2024, in order to receive a link to the virtual session and to avoid the on-site registration fee
$50
Student
$50
International Virtual
$75
Retired Member
$100
CARTA Member Participant
$150
Non-Member Participant
$175
On-site Registration
Mail a check payable to CARTA to Professor Mara Sukholutskaya, CARTA, Department of English and Languages, East Central University, PMB W-7, Ada, OK, 74820.
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OR
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You can pay with your PayPal account to centralrussianteachers@gmail.com
To avoid the fee, please use the "Sending to a friend" option through your bank
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