Appendix 9

Country Report - Slovakia

April 2003 – October 2003

1. New courses and new centres

2. Conferences, conference participation

“Other Language: Otherness in Canadian Culture” – 1^st International Conference

of Canadian Studies, 18-20 October, Belgrade, Serbia

- Maria Huttova (Comenius University, Bratislava) “The Symphony of Feelings in

Munro’s Hateship, Friendship , Courtship, Marriage”

3. Academic publications

Marian Gazdik, “Afterword” to Slovak translation of Barry Callaghan’s short story collection Temny smiech (Dark Laughter) Juga 2003,

Marian Gazdik, “Afterword” to Slovak translation of Yan Martell’s Plavba s Tigrom (Life of Pi), 2003

4. Visiting lecturers

David Bateman, Augustana University, Alberta - two lectures for Department of Political Science, April, 2003

6. Young Canadianists

Comenius University, Bratislava

- MA theses in progress: Anglophone literature (2); PhD thesis in progress: Caribbean

Canadian writing (1)

7. Cultural activities related to Canada

Lectures given by Barry Callaghan at Slovak Writers´ Union and the Canadian Studies Centre, June 2003

8. Translations and special issues of journals

Barry Callaghan, Temny smiech (Dark Laughter) Juga, 2003, translated by Marian

Gazdik

Yan Martell, Plavba s tigrom (Life of Pi), Slovart, 2003