From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Wed Jan  1 23:53:58 1997
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 18:53:58 -0500
Subject: ECONOMICS RESEARCH, JOB AVAILABLE (fwd)
Message-ID: <WED.1.JAN.1997.185358.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Interesting that there is an "age requirement" listed in this post.
Hmmmm.  Let the buyer beware!

Devin


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Date: Tue, 31 Dec 96 14:42:58 EST
From: Center for Civil Society International <ccsi at u.washington.edu>
Reply-To: civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: ECONOMICS RESEARCH, JOB AVAILABLE (fwd)


LOOKING FOR A JOB?!
   =20
   Economics Education and Research Program (EERC), Russia -- a non-profit
organization supporting individual research in economics --  is looking to
fill a position of Program Officer in Economics.=20

        REQUIREMENTS:
        Age:  25-35
        Education: a minimum of 1 or 2 years of graduate studies in
ECONOMICS in one of the major universities in the U.S. is a must. MBA-type
education (business, finance etc.) is NOT acceptable; a previous degree in
hard sciences (math, physics etc.) or economics from a reputable Russian
university is an advantage.
        General skills: academic research experience is an advantage
(ECONOMICS research experience is a great advantage), desk-top publishing,
computer literacy, database management and construction (ACCESS), personal
communication and writing skills;=20
        Fluency in English.
        Readiness to work full-time and extra hours as required

Muskie graduates in economics are more than welcome to apply!!!

Interested candidates should send their resumes (in English) to
eerc at glas.apc.org or fax 152-0081/0121 attn: Andrei Gusakov
=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA =E7=D5=D3=C1=CB=CF=D7, =E7=D2=C1=CE=D4-=CD=C5=CE=C5=C4=
=D6=C5=D2 EERC, Russia

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=09| in Seattle, in association with Friends & Partners.   |
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From holdeman.2 at osu.edu  Thu Jan  2 00:44:38 1997
From: holdeman.2 at osu.edu (Jeff Holdeman)
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 19:44:38 -0500
Subject: S&EEL Teaching Materials Website
Message-ID: <WED.1.JAN.1997.194438.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear colleagues,

I am looking for a few good, analytical (perhaps hyper-critical) minds who
might still be on-line over the holidays.  I am setting up an addition to
the AATSEEL homepage and it is a bit of a logistical nightmare.  Basically
it will be a clearinghouse for materials and information on the teaching of
Slavic and East European languages.

If you're still reading, here's what I plan to do, step-by-step:

1) Set up one standardized template for information.
2) Do one language in its entirety as an example (the test will be Czech).
3) Find people to sponsor each language page.
4) Make a request to SEELANGS for information submissions.

Right now, I am on Step 1.  Since there is SO much information which could
be added, I am trying to create a complete, thorough, logical (basically
perfect) template which will be used for all of the languages and which
will need a minimum of adjustment (preferably zero) once implemented.

I need people who are willing to spend a little time looking at the
template as it exists right now and make
suggestions/changes/additions/criticisms.  If you are interested, please
respond to me off the list and I will send you an e-mail with the template.
As you can imagine, this will be a huge undertaking but one I think worthy
of the efforts of AATSEEL and the SEELANGS list.

Thank you in advance,

Jeff Holdeman, Ohio State
holdeman.2 at osu.edu


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Thu Jan  2 00:42:42 1997
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 19:42:42 -0500
Subject: Russian and East European Studies -- U of Pittsburgh -- PA (fwd)
Message-ID: <WED.1.JAN.1997.194242.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

>>From my alma mater....


---------- Forwarded message ----------
The University of Pittsburgh announces a
search for Director of Russian and East European Studies (REES),
with appointment effective Fall 1997. The successful candidate
must be qualified for a senior faculty appointment, must have
demonstrated administrative skill, and must be committed to
vigorously leading the REES Program, which includes a Title VI
National Resource Center in Russian and East European Studies.
The Director is expected to assume a major role in program
development, including efforts to attract grants and endowment
funds. Rank and field open. We welcome applicants suited for a
faculty appointment in one of the Arts and Sciences departments
or professional school disciplines. Applicants should provide a
letter of interest, resume, teaching profile, sample
publication, and 3 reference letters before January 15, 1997 to
Burkart Holzer, Director, University Center for International
Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 4G40 Forbes Quadrangle,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260; telephone: 412-648-7374; Fax:
412-624-4672; E-mail: UCIS+ at PITT.EDU. The University of
Pittsburgh is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.
Applications from women and members of minorities are especially
encouraged.


From Mogens_Jensen at fc.sdbs.dk  Thu Jan  2 14:13:02 1997
From: Mogens_Jensen at fc.sdbs.dk (Mogens Jensen)
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 15:13:02 +0100
Subject: MacFlash
Message-ID: <THU.2.JAN.1997.151302.0100.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear SEELANGERS - one colleague of mine (teaching russian in an
electronic class) has asked me to forward this:

Does anybody have any experiences in using the MacFlash progam for
Russian? - If yes, please contact me, Lisa Bendsen.:  eb at udd.nrsbgym.dk


best wishes for the new year... Mogens Jensen


From graham at neelix.udayton.edu  Fri Jan  3 23:30:05 1997
From: graham at neelix.udayton.edu (Terrence Graham)
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 18:30:05 -0500
Subject: Russian visa info requested
Message-ID: <FRI.3.JAN.1997.183005.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I am traveling to Russian in late January or early February.  Please
send any info on agencies providing visa support.  Thanks.

T.G.


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Sat Jan  4 16:13:44 1997
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 1997 11:13:44 -0500
Subject: internship resource guide (fwd)
Message-ID: <SAT.4.JAN.1997.111344.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

This will be a good resource for many students....


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 97 23:02:58 EST
From: Paul Goode <paul.goode at st-antonys.oxford.ac.uk>
Reply-To: civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: internship resource guide

Greetings!

A few months back I asked for help in putting together a guide to internship
resources for students in Post-Soviet and East European studies.  After some
delay, the guide is due to be online by the end of January.  It will be
located on the University of Oxford's Institute for Slavonic Studies' WWW
page (http://units.ox.ac.uk/departments/slavonic/).  It is still uncertain
whether a hard copy will be published.

There is no charge of any sort for being included in the guide.  I am
looking for help from all ranges of groups and individuals that can offer
internship(s) - paid or unpaid - to students.  While location in the FSU or
Eastern Europe is preferable, groups or individuals doing related work
outside the regions are also of interest.  I am looking for information on
university study abroad and exchange programs, as well.

In order to be included in the guide, I will need the following information:
organizational name, contact name, e-mail address.  Some further information
would be extremely useful, such as full physical and mailing addresses,
description of activities, type of internship(s) available, application
procedures and dates or deadlines.

If you volunteered to be listed as a contact earlier, please let me know if
your organization's or personal information needs to be updated.
Additionally, if you happen to know of anyone else who might be interested
in participating in the guide, please either let me know or forward this
message to them.

Thanks for your time.

Best regards,

Paul Goode
St. Antony's College
University of Oxford
*****************************************
paul.goode at st-antonys.oxford.ac.uk
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~sant0168/index.html



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    |         A Guide to Grassroots Organizations and           |
    |     Internet Resources in the New Independent States      |
    |                                                           |
    | A publication of Center for Civil Society International   |
    | and University of Washington Press.  For more information |
    | contact CCSI at ccsi at u.washington.edu or visit CCSI's Web |
    | site at: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/pshndbk.htm       |
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From howsol at falcon.cc.ukans.edu  Mon Jan  6 13:00:36 1997
From: howsol at falcon.cc.ukans.edu (SOLOMON HOWARD TODD)
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 07:00:36 -0600
Subject: Bulgakov Society
Message-ID: <MON.6.JAN.1997.070036.0600.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

The Mikhail Bulgakov Society of North America held its annual meeting at
AATSEEL in Washington, D.C.  The society elected Professor Edythe Haber
(UMass, Boston) to another term as president and appointed Howard Solomon
as treasurer/editor.  The society invites anyone interested in Mikhail
Bulgakov to join.

Annual dues are $5.00 for individuals and $15.00 for
institutions. Paid members will receive the annual "Newsletter of the
Mikhail Bulgakov Society" (ISSN 1085-4460), a newsletter/journal devoted
to Bulgakov studies. Copies of last year's 1996 issue (51 pages with
articles, review and bibliography) are still available (with an
additional $5.00 for 1996 dues).  Checks made out to the Mikhail Bulgakov
Society and requests for information can be directed to:

Howard Solomon, Treasurer/Editor
Mikhail Bulgakov Society of North America
Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Kansas, 2134 Wescoe Hall
Lawrence, Kansas 66045

e-mail: howsol at falcon.cc.ukans.edu


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Mon Jan  6 21:29:52 1997
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 16:29:52 -0500
Subject: Job: Lawyers Comm. for Human Rights (fwd)
Message-ID: <MON.6.JAN.1997.162952.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 97 13:00:55 EST
From: korkeakivia at lchr.org
Reply-To: civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: Job: Lawyers Comm. for Human Rights

     JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
     LEGAL ADVISOR ON THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

     Since 1978, the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights has worked to
     protect and promote fundamental human rights.  Its work is impartial,
     holding all governments accountable to the standards affirmed in the
     International Bill of Human Rights.  Its programs focus on building
     the legal institutions and structures that will guarantee human rights
     in the long term.  Strengthening independent human rights advocacy at
     the local level is a key feature of its work.

     The Committee seeks a Legal Advisor for its human rights program in
     the former Soviet Union. Legal Advisor will work in the Lawyers
     Committee's New York office, under the supervision of the Director
     of Program and Policy.

     Major Responsibilities:

     1. To develop and implement the program plan for the former Soviet
     Union, including writing reports and designing advocacy campaigns.

     2. To help local human rights advocates, through workshops and legal
     advice, use international human rights standards and mechanisms in
     their work.

     3. To inform governments and international institutions, especially
     the OSCE and the Council of Europe, about human rights developments in
     the former Soviet Union.

     4. To build and maintain a constituency for the Lawyers Committee's
     work in the former Soviet Union and to help develop a stable financial
     base for this work.


     The Legal Advisor on the former Soviet Union should have:

     -  an in-depth knowledge of international human rights law, including
     European law, and its implementation in the former Soviet Union;

     -  proven research, analytical, and writing skills;

     -  fluency in Russian;

     -  advanced degree in law.

     Please send a resume and two writing samples, by January 25, 1997 to:
     Personnel
     Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
     330 Seventh Ave., 10th floor
     New York, NY 10001
     fax: (212) 967-0916


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    |                 The Post-Soviet Handbook                  |
    |         A Guide to Grassroots Organizations and           |
    |     Internet Resources in the New Independent States      |
    |                                                           |
    | A publication of Center for Civil Society International   |
    | and University of Washington Press.  For more information |
    | contact CCSI at ccsi at u.washington.edu or visit CCSI's Web |
    | site at: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/pshndbk.htm       |
     -----------------------------------------------------------


From SLBAEHR at VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU  Tue Jan  7 05:35:59 1997
From: SLBAEHR at VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Steve Baehr)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 00:35:59 EST
Subject: Distance Learning: Russian by television???
Message-ID: <TUE.7.JAN.1997.003559.EST.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

As in most other states, the Russian enrollments in Virigina high
schools have plummeted in recent years. As the senior Land Grant University
for Virginia, Virginia Tech is considering doing a televised
first-year Russian course for students in high schools not offering
Russian.

I am wondering if anyone has had any experience with such courses.
Does anyone have any suggestions for texts that would be particularly
appropriate? For computer programs? For videos? Is there anything
already "packaged" for such a course. (I have a vague recollection
that someone did such a course on educational TV when I was still a
child in the post-Sputnik era, but I can't recall any specifics.)

Any help would be greately appreciated, since we are at a very
early stage of discussion of these possibilities.

Thanks.
           Steve Baehr
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Stephen L. Baehr (slbaehr at vtvm1.cc.vt.edu)
Professor of Russian
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0225
Telephone: (540)-231-8323; FAX (540) 231-4812


From schaeken at let.rug.nl  Tue Jan  7 12:25:33 1997
From: schaeken at let.rug.nl (J. Schaeken)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 13:25:33 +0100
Subject: Abstracts of SSGL 23 (1996) on WWW
Message-ID: <TUE.7.JAN.1997.132533.0100.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Abstracts of Studies in South Slavic and Balkan Linguistics
(= Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics 23), ed. A.A. Barentsen et al.,
Amsterdam-Atlanta: Rodopi, 1996 (318 pp., Hfl. 130,-/$ 81.-; ISBN
90-420-0110-0) are now available at:

http://www.let.rug.nl/~schaeken/ssgl23.html

Contents of SSGL 23:
-- Per Ambrosiani, Internal and external analysis of Church Slavic orthography.
-- Daniel E. Collins, The pragmatics of indirect speech in Old Church Slavonic
 and other
early Slavic writings.
-- Marc L. Greenberg, The vowel system of the Sredi^s^ce dialect in Prlekija,
 Slovenia,
based on the descriptions of Karol Ozvald.
-- Jadranka Gvozdanovi/c, 'And' has four different correlates in Western South
 Slavic.
-- Peter Houtzagers, The development of the Hidegseg and Fertoehomok vowel
 system.
-- Peter Houtzagers and Elena Budovskaja, Nominal and verbal inflexion in the
 ^Cakavian
dialect of Kali on the island of Ugljan.
-- Frederik Kortlandt, On the accent marks in the First Freising Fragment.
-- Frederik Kortlandt, PIE. *j in Albanian.
-- Jos Schaeken, Neues zum Schicksal des II. Bandes der Geschichte der
altkirchenslavischen Sprache von Nicolaas van Wijk (Aus dem Briefwechsel Max
 Vasmers).
-- Han Steenwijk, Masculine accent class (c) substantives in Resian.
-- William R. Veder, The earliest attested text of the treatise O
pismenex (The Paradosis of Text Family b before ca. 1200).
-- Willem Vermeer, The twofold origin of Classical ^Cakavian.
***********************************************************
Dr. J. Schaeken, Slavic Department, University of Groningen
P.O.B. 716, NL-9700 AS Groningen, The Netherlands
Tel.: + 31 50 3636065/5264945, Fax: + 31 50 3634900
Web: http://www.let.rug.nl/~schaeken/
HOME: Brinklaan 17, NL-9722 BA Groningen
***********************************************************


From nkm at faraday.clas.virginia.edu  Tue Jan  7 14:43:55 1997
From: nkm at faraday.clas.virginia.edu (Natalie O. Kononenko)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 09:43:55 -0500
Subject: Distance Learning: Russian by television???
In-Reply-To: <SEELANGS%97010700425824@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> from "Steve Baehr" at
 Jan 7, 97 00:35:59 am
Message-ID: <TUE.7.JAN.1997.094355.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear Steve (and others on the list who may be interested),
        The Public TV Russian program was put out by BBC.  I do
not recall what it was called, but I'm sure someone else on the
list will.  I would also suggest exploring using bits from the
Russian version of Sesame St. -- Ulitsa Sezam.
        Of computer programs -- have played with Rosetta
Stone.  No particular thoughts on it.  Have not examined
Transparent Language.  Did, however, talk about modifying
things like Reader Rabbit for Russian, though we never did it.
Reader Rabbit has antonyms, synonyms, slovosochetanie, and
various other small, useful things in a lively and colorful
format.

Natasha


From OKAGAN at HUMnet.UCLA.EDU  Tue Jan  7 22:37:13 1997
From: OKAGAN at HUMnet.UCLA.EDU (Olga Kagan)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 14:37:13 PST
Subject: a conference at ucla
Message-ID: <TUE.7.JAN.1997.143713.PST.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

        The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, UCLA,
in collaboration with the Center for European and Russian Studies, UCLA,
and the Consortium for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies
presents

                                                                                                                                                        A Symposium:
"Russia and the Russians through Russian Eyes"
                                                                                                        Saturday, February 1, 1997
                                                                                                                        6275 Bunche Hall, UCLA

Morning Session: 10-12  Historical Perspective

Moderator: Stephen Frank (UCLA)

Ronald Vroon (UCLA): Introductory Remarks

Boris Uspensky   (University of Naples):  Vosprijatie drevnerusskoj
istorii v biblejskoj perspektive   (The Perception of Old Russian
History from a Biblical Perspective)

V.V. Ivanov (UCLA):   The Russian Time-Space (Chronotope) and the
East-West Opposition in Russian  Consciousness

Alexander Ospovat (UCLA):  O nekotorykh printsipakh
natsional'no-gosudarstvennogo avtoopisanija v pervoj polovine XIX
veka.  (On Certain Principles of National State Auto-Descriptions in the
First Half of the Nineteenth Century)

Lunch 12-1:30

Afternoon Session: 1:30-3:30  From the Modern to the Contemporaneous

Moderator:  Ronald Vroon (UCLA)

Irina Gutkin (UCLA):  The Literary Origins of the Mythic "Russian Woman"

Sophia Bogatyreva ( independent scholar ): Slovo i deti: totalitarnaya
ideologiya v vospriyatii detej sovetskogo i postsovetskogo vremeni
(Literature and Children: Totalitarian Ideology in the Perception of
Children in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Period)

Marija Ossipova (UCLA/Institute of Slavic and Baltic Studies, Moscow)
Samosoznanie nositelej russkogo yazyka  za  predelami Rossii:
lingvistiheskie fakty.  (The Self-Consciousness of Native Russian
Speakers in the Diaspora: A Linguistic Perspective)

Genevra Gerhart (author):   Russian Geography as Part of  Language and
Its Study.

A round table  discussion:  3:45-5:00   The role of culture in the
curriculum:  language, literature, and civilization.

Moderator: Olga Kagan (UCLA)
Panelists:  Genevra Gerhart (author),   Gail Lenhoff (UCLA),  Marcus
Levitt  (USC),  Ron Vroon (UCLA),  Olga Yokoyama (UCLA),   Rebecca Wells
( UCSD)

For more information call Olga Kagan (310)825-2947 or e-mail:
okagan at humnet.ucla.edu


From vakarel at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU  Wed Jan  8 00:25:49 1997
From: vakarel at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (c. vakareliyska)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 16:25:49 -0800
Subject: Second Call: National Slavic linguistics conference
Message-ID: <TUE.7.JAN.1997.162549.0800.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

           FIRST NORTHWEST CONFERENCE ON SLAVIC LINGUISTICS - May 17, 1997


Keynote speaker: Horace G. Lunt, Samuel Hazzard Cross Professor (emer.),
    Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University


        The first Northwest Conference on Slavic Linguistics, co-sponsored
by the University of Oregon,the University of Washington, and the Oregon
Humanities Center, will be held on Saturday, May 17, 1997, at the
University of Oregon, in Eugene. The purpose of the conference is to
provide a national forum devoted specifically to Slavic linguistics which
includes all areas of theoretical linguistics and philology.
        A one-page paper abstract on any topic in theoretical Slavic
linguistics or Slavic philology should be submitted by e-mail by **FEBRUARY
1, 1997** to James Augerot (bigjim at u.washington.edu), Katarzyna Dziwirek
(dziwirek at u.washington.edu), or Cynthia Vakareliyska
(vakarel at oregon.uoregon.edu). If necessary, abstracts may be faxed or
mailed to C. Vakareliyska, Department of Russian, University of Oregon,
Eugene, OR 97403 (fax: (541) 346-1327).
        The Eugene airport serves direct flights from San Francisco,
Seattle, Portland, Denver, and Salt Lake City. Hotel accommodations are
available within walking distance of the university; information concerning
hotel reservations will be posted in February. An optional excursion to
Crater Lake is planned for the day following the conference. Conference
registration fee: $25. For further information, contact C. Vakareliyska.


From brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu  Wed Jan  8 02:26:14 1997
From: brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu (Benjamin Rifkin)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 20:26:14 -0600
Subject: pedagogy panels for AATSEEL '97
Message-ID: <TUE.7.JAN.1997.202614.0600.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear SEELANGers:

If any of you are interested in proposing a panel in Pedagogy for the 1997
Convention in Toronto, please contact me as soon as possible with your
panel proposal.  Having been secretary of a panel in DC is not an automatic
declaration of a panel in the new system.  I will need to have all of the
information requested on the panel declaration form at the back of the '96
program.  If you weren't in Washington, the information I'll need is as
follows:

Name of Panel:
Name of Chair:
Institutional Affiliation of Chair:
Address of Chair:
Telephone of Chair:
Fax of Chair:
E-mail of Chair:

Any special requests (e.g., a-v equipment):

This information can be provided to me best by e-mail or by fax to
608/265-2814.

I'm particularly interested in finding someone who would be interested in
chairing a panel on successful strategies for increasing enrollments and
reducing attrition in language, literature and culture courses at the
secondary and post-secondary levels.  Anyone interested in chairing this
kind of panel, please let me know asap!

With best regards to all for a happy, healthy and productive '97,

Ben Rifkin
Head of Pedagogy Division for AATSEEL Program Committee




**********************************
Benjamin Rifkin
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive, Madison, WI  53706
voice (608) 262-1623; fax (608) 265-2814
e-mail:  brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu


From phi90cte at hppool.rz.uni-leipzig.de  Wed Jan  8 07:37:06 1997
From: phi90cte at hppool.rz.uni-leipzig.de (Carius Dirk Philologische Fakultaet)
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 08:37:06 +0100
Subject: intro
Message-ID: <WED.8.JAN.1997.083706.0100.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dorogie chleny SEELangs,

tak kak ja to'ko chto stal chlenom Vashej gruppy, khochu korotko predstavitsja -

familija  Carius
imja Dirk
vozrast 25 (rodilsja v 1971 g.)
professija: aspirant
gde? Universitaet Leipzig, Institut fuer Slavistik,
u kogo  Prof. Ernst Eichler

jazyki: russkij, ukrainskij, belorusskij i bulgarskij
interesy: leskikologija, semantika, issledovanija tematicheskikh grupp,
 ideografija otdel'nykh jazykov i v
sravnitel'nom plane (sravnitel'naja leksikologija)
istoricheskaja fonetika i grammatika, istoricheskaja leksikogija i etimologija,
 germano-slavjanskie
vzaimosvjazi
argo i zhargony - specjazyki


From phi90cte at hppool.rz.uni-leipzig.de  Wed Jan  8 07:39:32 1997
From: phi90cte at hppool.rz.uni-leipzig.de (Carius Dirk Philologische Fakultaet)
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 08:39:32 +0100
Subject: oboznachenija zhilishchnykh postroek, slovari sinonimov dlja ,
 ukrainskogo jazyka
Message-ID: <WED.8.JAN.1997.083932.0100.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dorogie chleny SEELangs,
segodnja zhe khochu k Vam obratit'sja s voprosom naschet mojej dissertacii. Tema
 ee: Nazvanija
zhilishchnykh postroek v vostochnoslavjanskikh jazykakh.
V nej dolzhny rassmatrivat'sja istoricheskoe popolnenie sostava etogo slovesnogo
 polja v otdel'nykh
jazykakh, etimologija (i takim obrazom motivacija nazvanij zhilja), a takzhe
 vnutrennee chlenenie
slovesnykh polej sushchestvitel'nykh, oboznachajushchikh zhil'e v russkom,
 ukrainskom i belorusskom
jazykakh.
K sozhaleniju ja do segodnjashnego dnja ne mog najti kakikh-nibud' bolee
 podrobnykh statej po etoj
tematike krome velikolepnykh statej Morakhovskoj v "OLA" i Fedarec-Luchyca
 ("Budaunichaja
terminalogija (u Palesse). v: "Leksika Palessja u prastory i chase" Minsk 1971)

Osobenno, chot kasaetsja etikh slovesnykh polej v ukrainskom i belorusskom
 jazykakh poka chto ne mog
najti special'nykh rabot (Dlja khozjajstvennykh postroek takie raboty
 sushchestvujut). Dlja etikh jazykov i
delo s slovarjami sinonimov ne obstoit stol' khorosho kak dlja russkogo jazyka
 (zdes' osobenno polezny
slovari Jevgenevoj, Kljuevoj, Aleksandrovoj i novejshij slovar' Apresjana), tak
 kak objasnitel'nykh
slovarej sinonimov naskol'ko ja znaju tam eshche net. K sozhaleniju ja eshche ne
 smog poznakomit'sja ni
s dvukhtomnym slovarem sinonimov ukrainskogo jazyka ni s russko-ukrainskim
 slovarem sinonimov.
Poka chto ja ikh tol'ko mog obnaruzhit' v "Russian books in print", no v
 katalogakh nemeckikh bibliotek
ikh poka chto net (po informacii nashikh bibliotekarev)

Poetomu ja khotel by sprosit': est' li eti slovari u kogo-nibud' ili smog by
 kto-to pomoch' mne s vypiskami
iz etikh slovarej??
I eshche: zanimalsja ili zanimaetsja li kto-to iz Vas s etoj temoj i smog by
 pomoch' mne s drugoj
literaturoj? Ja by ochen' radovalsja otveta!!!

S nailuchshimi pozhelanijami Dirk


From phi90cte at hppool.rz.uni-leipzig.de  Wed Jan  8 07:42:53 1997
From: phi90cte at hppool.rz.uni-leipzig.de (Carius Dirk Philologische Fakultaet)
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 08:42:53 +0100
Subject: Ukrainian ressources (bibliography, software...)
Message-ID: <WED.8.JAN.1997.084253.0100.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear colleagues,

Today I'd like to ask some questions concerning the Ukrainian language -
 especially as for computer
ressources, bibliografic materials and special dictionaries:

1. I contacted the Ohio Supercomputer (cf
 gopher://infomeister.osc.edu:74/11/ukrainian">
Probably the most worthwhile site for Ukrainian information is the infomeister
 server of the Ohio
Supercomputing Center. The site has eight directories loaded with useful
 information about Ukraine. The
directories cover business, general information, goverment and public policy,
 images, language, non-gov
organizations, relcom news briefs, and social welfare issues.) and it seems that
 only a few poems are to
represent the whole Ukrainian literature on the net. At least I haven't found
 any more texts in Ukrainian
on the net, even less as far as White Rusian is concerned.
Do you know any other places, where Ukrainian computerized texts are to be
 found?

2. On the other hand I could well imagine that the Ukrainian departments at some
 US universities have
other electronic media available, but I don't know anything about such - maybe
 you know some place to
contact?
In his investigation of the e/o => i change in Ukrainian and its pecularities
 "Studies in Ukrainian
linguistics in honour of George Shevelov" (="Annals of the Ukrainian Academy of
 Arts and Sciences in
the US", vol 15 - 1981-83, NY 1985, pp. 49 - 59) the author - Dan Chopyk -
 mentions as his main source
a computerized version of the 6 -volume Ukrajins'ko-rossijs'kyj slovnyk (pid
 red. I.M. Kyrychenko, Kyjiv
1953 - 63), which was made at Harvard University. Maybe anyone knows more
 details about it - especially whether it is possible to obtain that
dictionary somewhere.

3. Another question: the last bibliography I found on Ukrainian linguistics I
 found ends up in 1961; the
following years are to some extent represented in the Slavjanskoe jazykoznanie
 releases, but non-USSR
studies are totally excluded. Has there been published a bibliography of Western
 studies and articles
concerned with Ukrainian philology or is there something available on the net.
 Unfortunately I am only a
beginner and here in Leipzig Ukrainian studies are only represented by a native
 speaker who is not into
scientific research and our professor (Gerhild Zybatow) is mainly concerned with
 her "Formal description
of the Slavic languages"[FALS]-projects.

4. A last question I want to ask you is the following: I am planning to apply
 for a scholarship and already
spoke to my professor about it. The problem I would like to investigate is the
 interlingual homonymy (and
paronymy) between Russian and Ukrainian - as Grabchikov did for Russian in
 contrast with Byelorussian.
But I am not quite sure whether or not this is useful, because up to a month ago
 I hadn't found a similar
thing for Rusian and Ukrainian beside some remarks in the latest samouchiteli of
 Ukrainian for speakers
of Russian. But then I found an article by Kochergan in "Filologicheskie nauki
 3/1990", where he
introduces the principles of such a dictionary. That is the point I want to ask
 you: Have you heard
anything about the progress of that dictionary (whether it is ready or not or
 even has been published
already. Or do you know an address, where professor Kochergan can be reached.

 5. Maybe I could ask you one more thing: You incidently haven't met an article
 or other material on
names for dwellings (houses, huts, lodges, villas, palaces) in Ukrainian -
 literary language, dialects; today
or in the past.

I would be happy listening from you. Please, excuse my poor knowledge of the
 English language.
Sincerely yours
Dirk Carius


From 76703.2063 at CompuServe.COM  Wed Jan  8 13:38:56 1997
From: 76703.2063 at CompuServe.COM (Jerry Ervin)
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 08:38:56 EST
Subject: Grad/Undergrad internships with State Dept
Message-ID: <WED.8.JAN.1997.083856.EST.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

On 7 January AATSEEL received a fax from the US Dept of State about the FASCELL
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, with a pointer to the following Web page:

http://www.state.gov/www/careers/rfascell.html

The deadline for applying for the Fascell Fellowships for 1997-98 is 15 January.
Since not everyone on email also has access to the Web, I've gone to the State
Department page and am placing pertinent Fascell text here.  You might want to
share this information with your students, either for this competition or to get
them thinking early about next year's competition.

My apologies for not cleaning up the line feeds/carriage returns.

--Jerry Ervin

*  *  *  *  *
Gerard L. Ervin
Executive Director, AATSEEL
1933 N. Fountain Park Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85715 USA
phone/fax:  520/885-2663
email:  76703.2063 at compuserve.com

-----------------------------------------------------------------

              Fascell Fellowship Program 1997-98

There are a limited number of temporary service appointments (1-2 years) for
Undergraduate or
Graduate Students or other individuals with emphasis in International Affairs or
Foreign
Languages/Area Studies and working knowledge of the following countries: Slovak
Republic,
Kazakstan, Romanian, Hungary, St. Petersburg, Russia, Czech Republic, Poland and
Uzbekistan.

In 1986 Congress authorized the Department of State (DOS) to establish a limited
number of
Fellowship opportunities for service at United States diplomatic or consular
missions in Eastern
Europe and the former Soviet Union. Although this authority was expanded in 1990
to offer
Fellowships worldwide, due to limited funding, the program continues to be
restricted to the above
mentioned geographic areas. The purpose of the legislation, which is referred to
as the "Fascell
Fellowship Act" is to allow Fellows to serve on a short-term basis at United
States diplomatic or
consular missions in order to obtain firsthand exposure to the culture-including
(as appropriate)
independent area and/or language study-of those countries selected for
participation in this
program. Fellowships are intended for undergraduate and graduate students or
other individuals
who are interested in foreign affairs and who have acquired country-specific
expertise in one or
more of the countries listed under participating posts.

Fellows selected for the program will occupy positions in U.S. embassies or
consulates, which
require a high level of language proficiency. The majority of the positions are
staff support
positions, such as: administrative assistant, consular assistant, or GSO
(General Services
Operations) assistant. Specific positions vary from year to year, as do the
number of Fellowships
available.

Due to lengthy selection and clearance process (which may take 9-12 months),
applications are
solicited well in advance of the Fellowship opportunity. After selection by a
specially established
Fellowship Board, employment will be offered to Fellows upon successful
completion of security
and medical clearances.

Eligibility

To be considered for the Fascell Fellowship Program, you must meet the following
minimum
requirements:

       U.S. citizenship, 21 years of age (at closing date of application
deadline).
       A working knowledge of the country (countries) in which you wish to be
considered for a
       Fellowship appointment. Language competency may be verified by DOS
language
       training/testing staff.
       Current enrollment in or recent completion of an academic program focused
on languages
       and/or area studies, or related professional experience.
       Ability to obtain a Department of State Top Secret clearance and to meet
Department of
       State medical standards.

Application Procedures

Applications should be requested from and submitted to the:

U.S. Department of State
Fascell Fellowship Program
Recruitment Division (PER/REE) - WWW
P.O. Box 9317
Rosslyn Station
Arlington, VA 22219

Applications consist of the following (one original and two copies of
each item listed below)

       A Completed Application for Federal Employment (DS-1950).
       Resume. Please include honors, awards, special certificates, licenses;
computer skills;
       special interests/accomplishments, publications, memberships in
professional/honor
       societies, leadership activities, public speaking, and performance
awards.
       Brief statement (no less than 250 words) outlining your reasons for
pursuing a
       Fellowship.
       Official college and university transcripts, including language report,
GRE scores (if
       applicable), and cumulative GPA (Grade Point Average) for each degree
received.
       (Transcripts are required for each institution attended).
       Two letters of recommendation from individuals who know your academic
qualifications
       and/or your related professional experience. At least one of the
recommendation letters
       must specifically address your language skills for the country or
countries in which you
       wish to work. (In commenting on your language proficiency, the college or
university
       faculty member should address the following criteria: aural
comprehension, and speaking,
       reading, and writing abilities).

Applications are rated on the above criteria.

Only originals are required of the following two forms:

       Employment Data Form.
       Self-Identification Handicap Form.

Application Deadline: January 15, 1997 (postmark).

Selection and Clearance Process

All applications are evaluated and selections are made by the Fascell Fellowship
Board. Non-select
letters are sent to unsuccessful candidates. Those individuals selected as
finalists and alternates will
be asked to complete forms providing information necessary to conduct a security
clearance
investigation. Having close relatives, personal contacts, lived or worked in the
country for which
the Fellowship application is made, may affect the length of time of the
security process.

Terms of Appointment

Fellowships are granted for a period of 1 to 2 years. This period may include
training, orientation,
and briefings prior to beginning the assignment abroad. Accompanying family
members are not
eligible for training, but may be included in orientation and/or briefing
sessions, if appropriate.

Fellows are given temporary Federal appointments, and are Federal Government
employees during
this period. Therefore, they are required to adhere to the standards and ethics
applicable to Foreign
Service personnel, including strict compliance with post policies governing
contact with host
country nationals, which vary from one country to another.

       Compensation is at the rate of $19,801 per year (equivalent to the FP-09
salary level), paid
       in 26 equal installments.
       U.S. Government-furnished housing will be supplied at no expense.
       Health insurance coverage is not included under the Fellowship. Although
Fellows will
       have access to the Department of State medical program at post, they will
be asked to
       purchase outside health insurance to provide for complete coverage.
       Travel and transportation costs to and from post of assignment incidental
to the Fellow's
       and any accompanying family members will be paid by the government. (See
note below
       for exception.) All family members must hold passports consistent with
U.S. Government
       and host government policies.
       Where applicable, Fellows will be entitled to an airfreight shipment, a
surface shipment, a
       consumables shipment, post allowance and post differential.
       Educational allowances payable to dependents of Foreign Service personnel
are payable to
       dependents of Fascell Fellows, if dependents accompany the Fascell Fellow
to post.

Participating posts designated as unaccompanied posts, i.e. dependents
may not accompany the Fellow:

       Almaty, Kazakhstan
       Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Participating posts designated as accompanied posts, i.e. dependents
may accompany the Fellow:

       Bratislava, Slovak Republic
       Bucharest, Romania
       Budapest, Hungary
       Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia
       Prague, Czech Republic
       Warsaw, Poland


From MLLEMILY at UBVMS.BITNET  Wed Jan  8 14:33:44 1997
From: MLLEMILY at UBVMS.BITNET (Emily Tall)
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 09:33:44 -0500
Subject: Grad/Undergrad internships with State Dept
Message-ID: <WED.8.JAN.1997.093344.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

One of my students got the Fascell fellowship last year and is currently
working iin the U.S. consulate in St. Petersburg, in case anyone wants
some information on the competition beyond that which you'd get from
the State Dept. Emily Tall


From ggerhart at wolfenet.com  Wed Jan  8 16:08:45 1997
From: ggerhart at wolfenet.com (Genevra Gerhart)
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 08:08:45 -0800
Subject: oboznachenija zhilishchnykh postroek,
 slovari sinonimov dlja , ukrainskogo jazyka
Message-ID: <WED.8.JAN.1997.080845.0800.>

Dorogoy Dirk!
Moy sovet: Snachala sravnivay veshchi, i potom uznavay, kak oni
nazyvayutsya. Slovar' -- poleznyy, no slabyy instrument.  gg
--
Genevra Gerhart                         http://www.wolfe.net/~ggerhart/

2134 E. Interlaken  Bl.                 Tel. 206/329-0053
Seattle, WA  98112                      ggerhart at wolfenet.com


From jiwanski at alpha.luc.ac.be  Wed Jan  8 23:35:49 1997
From: jiwanski at alpha.luc.ac.be (Jacek Iwanski)
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 18:35:49 EST
Subject: Interactive multimedia Polish lessons via e-mail
Message-ID: <WED.8.JAN.1997.183549.EST.>

I've completed an application to create the foreign language multimedia
lessons quickly and easily so I can continue with my "Polish for Everyone"
interactive computer lessons of Polish language.

Unfortunately the poniecki.berkeley.edu server is closed and I do not have
a place to store my future lessons. This is why I decided to open the
e-mail subscription for my future lessons. The lessons will be distributed
as files of about 500kB.

The first lessons I will send for free to people who are interested in them.

If you are interested then please e-mail me. The interactive lessons will
be available for the Macintosh computers only.


The current locations of my previous Polish language teaching programs are:
<ftp://ftp.amug.org//pub/info-mac/edu/lang/polish-verbs-10.hqx>
<ftp://ftp.amug.org//pub/info-mac/edu/lang/polish-nouns-10-part-1.hqx>
<ftp://ftp.amug.org//pub/info-mac/edu/lang/verbs-and-nouns-126.hqx>
<ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mac/appl/polish-for-everyone13.hqx>

Jacek Iwanski.


From rar at slavic.umass.edu  Wed Jan  8 23:07:12 1997
From: rar at slavic.umass.edu (ROBERT A ROTHSTEIN)
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 18:07:12 -0500
Subject: oboznachenija zhilishchnykh postroek
In-Reply-To: <no.id@pobox.oit.umass.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.8.JAN.1997.180712.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

V sbornike "Etnografiia vostochnykh slavian:  Ocherki traditsionnoi
ku'ltury" pod red. K. V. Chistova (M.:  Nauka, 1987) est' glava
"Zhilishche" s obshirnoi bibliografiei.  Avtor glavy (L. N. Chizhikova)
ssylaetsia mezhdu prochim na "kapital'nyi trud" E. E. Blomkvist,
"Krest'ianskie postroiki russkikh, ukraintsev i belorusov" v knige
"Vostochnoslavianskii etnograficheskii sb." (M., 1956).

                Robert A. Rothstein


From 76703.2063 at CompuServe.COM  Thu Jan  9 04:38:44 1997
From: 76703.2063 at CompuServe.COM (Jerry Ervin)
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 23:38:44 EST
Subject: Copy of: Scholarship Announcement
Message-ID: <WED.8.JAN.1997.233844.EST.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

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Dear Mr. Brod,

        Thank you for agreeing to share the following news release with the
appropriate sources within the Modern Language Association.
        Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

Sincerely,
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Communication/Marketing Specialist
Office of Study Abroad
Michigan State University

************************************************************************

        Michigan State University and the Coca-Cola Foundation are proud to
announce the launching of the 1997 Coca-Cola Global Fellows (CCGF) Program.
This jointly-sponsored initiative provides a limited number of grants of up
to $2,000 for short term and up to $5,000 for semester-long study in one of
20 MSU study abroad programs in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the
Middle East.  These new scholarships will allow both secondary school
foreign language teachers and U.S. university students to acquire
international perspectives, to promote cross-cultural understanding, and to
expand their intercultural and language skills.
        To be considered for a Coca-Cola Global Fellowship applicants must
be U.S. citizens or have permanent resident status. In addition, secondary
school foreign language teachers must: (1) be currently employed full-time
in an accredited U.S. secondary school; (2) have successfully completed
foreign-language course work commensurate with their state's
language-teaching certification requirements; (3) provide a reference letter
from their school district superintendent that addresses: (a) the usefulness
for the applicant of the particular study abroad program to which he/she is
applying and (b) the potential for the applicant to benefit professionally
and personally from the award; and (4) apply for admission to an MSU study
abroad program that offers appropriate course work in the language already
studied. (This last requirement includes a $75 MSU Study Abroad application
fee, which is refundable to those not selected for an award.)
        MSU programs that meet CCGF program requirements are located in
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        Coca-Cola Global Fellows will be selected on the basis of their
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        Completed applications must be submitted by March 14, 1997.


From ewb2 at cornell.edu  Fri Jan 10 02:26:18 1997
From: ewb2 at cornell.edu (E. Wayles Browne)
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 22:26:18 -0400
Subject: oboznachenija zhilishchnykh postroek,
 slovari sinonimov dlja , ukrainskogo jazyka
Message-ID: <THU.9.JAN.1997.222618.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear Dirk,
There is a monograph on a neighboring language:
Jan Basara, Terminologia budownictwa wiejskiego w dialektach polskich.
Cze,s'c' 1. Dom mieszkalny. Cze,s'c' 2. Pomieszczenia gospodarskie,
ogrodzenia, zamkniec,ia. = Komitet Je,zykoznawstwa Polskiej Akademii
Nauk. Prace Je,zykoznawcze, 43. Wroc|aw-Warszawa-Krako'w 1964.
It contains maps, drawings and a lot of useful literature too.
Best wishes,

Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
Morrill Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.
tel. 607-255-0712 (o), 607-273-3009 (h)
fax 607-255-2044 (write FOR W. BROWNE)
e-mail ewb2 at cornell.edu


From pyz at PANIX.COM  Thu Jan  9 03:30:00 1997
From: pyz at PANIX.COM (Max Pyziur)
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 21:30:00 CST
Subject: Ukrainian ressources (bibliography, software...)
Message-ID: <WED.8.JAN.1997.213000.CST.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

>Dear colleagues,
>
>Today I'd like to ask some questions concerning the Ukrainian language -
> especially as for computer
>ressources, bibliografic materials and special dictionaries:
>
>1. I contacted the Ohio Supercomputer (cf
> gopher://infomeister.osc.edu:74/11/ukrainian">

The materials via the gopher route are a bit stale.  You might want to try
using the web route where efforts are taken to keep things more up to date.
The coordinates are:
http://www.osc.edu/ukraine.html or
http://www.osc.edu/ukraina.html (if your computer handles KOI8 Cyrillic)

>Probably the most worthwhile site for Ukrainian information is the infomeister
> server of the Ohio
>Supercomputing Center. The site has eight directories loaded with useful
> information about Ukraine. The
>directories cover business, general information, goverment and public policy,
> images, language, non-gov
>organizations, relcom news briefs, and social welfare issues.) and it seems
that
> only a few poems are to
>represent the whole Ukrainian literature on the net. At least I haven't found
> any more texts in Ukrainian

I'd be interested in knowing the answer to this also.

>on the net, even less as far as White Rusian is concerned.
>Do you know any other places, where Ukrainian computerized texts are to be
> found?
>



>Sincerely yours
>Dirk Carius

Max Pyziure
pyz at panix.com


From ggreenbe at mailbox.syr.edu  Fri Jan 10 21:52:19 1997
From: ggreenbe at mailbox.syr.edu (Gerry)
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 16:52:19 -0500
Subject: Teaching Assistant for Beginning Russian
Message-ID: <FRI.10.JAN.1997.165219.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

                                ANNOUNCEMENT
Teaching Assistantship of Russian Language in Linguistics Program

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics at Syracuse
University will have an assistantship available in the Russian Language
Program for a student enrolling in the fall '97 semester to begin the
Master's degree program in Linguistics.  The MA degree in the Linguistics
Program offers concentrations in the following areas:  information
representation and retrieval; language acquisition; language, culture and
society; linguistic theory; logic and language; and teaching English as a
second language, and is usually completed in two years.  Interested parties
may request an application from the Graduate School, Suite 303 Bowne Hall,
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1200.

While there is no application deadline, interested parties are encouraged
to apply as early as possible.  Additional information about the
assistantship may be obtained from the Department of Languages, Literatures
and Linguistics by writing to 340 H.B. Crouse Hall, Syracuse University,
Syracuse, NY 13244-1160, or by calling 315-443-2175.


From msternst at midway.uchicago.edu  Fri Jan 10 22:38:18 1997
From: msternst at midway.uchicago.edu (Malynne Sternstein)
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 16:38:18 -0600
Subject: _The Joke_ on VHS
Message-ID: <FRI.10.JAN.1997.163818.0600.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Colleagues:

I am desperately seeking a VHS (or any other format) copy of the 1969 film
of Milan Kundera's _The Joke_ (Z^ert) for a class I'm teaching on Kundera
here at Chicago.  The film ran on Czech TV last summer, and apparently was
shown at the Art Institute of Chicago last year, but I have not been able
to locate an extant copy stateside; even Chicago's seemingly omnipotent
Facets Multimedia doesn't have it.  The Cal State Chico library apparently
has a copy but will not lend it.

I had intended to show the film on the 20th of this month, but if I could
show it anytime this winter, that would be fine.  If anyone knows of any
potential source for this film (lending is best, rental or purchase
acceptable), please reply to me at m-sternstein at uchicago.edu.

Thanks in advance,
Malynne Sternstein

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Malynne Sternstein, Assistant Professor
Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Chicago
msternst at midway.uchicago.edu
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"Always take everything back if you possibly can." - _Naked Lunch_


From 76703.2063 at CompuServe.COM  Fri Jan 10 23:32:17 1997
From: 76703.2063 at CompuServe.COM (Jerry Ervin)
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 18:32:17 EST
Subject: Call for Nominations
Message-ID: <FRI.10.JAN.1997.183217.EST.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

AATSEEL will hold an election this spring for a president-elect (1997-1998; to
serve as president 1999-2000) and two vice presidents (to serve 1998-2000).  The
only requirement is that nominees be members in good standing of AATSEEL.  There
is no specific format for nominations, though at a minimum a nomination should
include the nominee's name, complete contact information (including postal
address, phone and, if possible, fax and email), and a few sentences about why
the person would make a good AATSEEL officer.  Nominations (including
self-nominations) must be sent by 15 March 1997 to the chair of the Nomination
and Elections Committee, who according to AATSEEL bylaws is the immediate Past
President of AATSEEL:

Jane Gary Harris
University of Pittsburgh
Slavic Languages & Literatures
Pittsburgh, PA  15260
Phone:  412/624-5906
Fax:    412/624-9714
Email:  jgharris+ at pitt.edu

In accordance with AATSEEL bylaws, the Nomination and Elections committee will
select candidates to stand for election (write-ins are also possible); ballots
will be mailed to all 1997 AATSEEL members in early April.


Gerard L. Ervin
Executive Director, AATSEEL


From MLLEMILY at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu  Sat Jan 11 21:08:14 1997
From: MLLEMILY at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (Emily Tall)
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 16:08:14 -0500
Subject: Authentic Russian Material
Message-ID: <SAT.11.JAN.1997.160814.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I don't know if you're still involved in looking for authentic texts, but
I published an advanced conversation textbook this year which includes
taped interviews (plus transcripts) I conducted with Russians. The
interviews are unedited and conducted in a studio, so the audio is very
good. To obtain a copy, inquire of jwilliams at jwiley.com
Cheers, Emily Tall (title is "Let's Talk About Life," pub. John
Wiley & Sons, INc., NY)


From MLLEMILY at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu  Sat Jan 11 22:56:56 1997
From: MLLEMILY at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (Emily Tall)
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 17:56:56 -0500
Subject: apology
Message-ID: <SAT.11.JAN.1997.175656.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Sorry for posting to the list...E. Tall


From ggerhart at wolfenet.com  Sat Jan 11 23:27:26 1997
From: ggerhart at wolfenet.com (Genevra Gerhart)
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 15:27:26 -0800
Subject: apology
Message-ID: <SAT.11.JAN.1997.152726.0800.>

Dear Emily,
I  feel even sorrier that you feel the need to apologize!  If you
produced something that provides a reasonable response to a reasonable
inquiry that has to do with the field, then post it. gg
--
Genevra Gerhart                         http://www.wolfe.net/~ggerhart/

2134 E. Interlaken  Bl.                 Tel. 206/329-0053
Seattle, WA  98112                      ggerhart at wolfenet.com


From ykripkov at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU  Sat Jan 11 23:41:57 1997
From: ykripkov at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Yelaina Khripkov)
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 15:41:57 -0800
Subject: pedagogy panels for AATSEEL '97
Message-ID: <SAT.11.JAN.1997.154157.0800.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear Ben,

This is exactrly my topic during the last year: inventing new ways to
increase enrollments in our profession. We have met and talked at the panel
on Business Russian in Washington, where I presented a paper on a new
course of "Doing Business with Russia." If you are still looking for a
chair, I would be happy to chair such a panel on pedagogy (I am planning to
be in Toronto this year anyway).

I might be not very good at formulating the name of the panel, so you are
welcome to edit it in any way. It seems your own title will be fine. If it
is too long, we may eliminate the line about the levels.

Name of Panel: Strategies for increasing enrollments
in language, literature and culture courses at the secondary and
post-secondary levels.
Name of Chair: Yelaina Kripkov
Institutional Affiliation of Chair: University of Oregon
Address of Chair: 3008, Willamette st., Apt.7, Eugene, OR 97405
Telephone of Chair: (541)345-9122
Fax of Chair: (541)346-1327
E-mail of Chair: ykripkov at oregon.uoregon.edu

Yelaina Kripkov

P.S.: Please, contact me when you make a dicision.





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Yelaina Kripkov                                 tel: (541) 346-4077 work
Dept. of Russian                                     (541) 345-9122 home
University of Oregon                            fax: (541) 346-1327
Eugene, OR 97403                                ykripkov at oregon.uoregon.edu


From ykripkov at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU  Sat Jan 11 23:50:46 1997
From: ykripkov at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Yelaina Khripkov)
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 15:50:46 -0800
Subject: pedagogy panels for AATSEEL '97
Message-ID: <SAT.11.JAN.1997.155046.0800.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear SEELANGers:

I apologize for my using our mutual network to answer Ben Rifkin, instead
of mailing it to his address. I will try to be more attentive in the
future.

Thank you for your patience.

Yelaina Kripkov

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Yelaina Kripkov                                 tel: (541) 346-4077 work
Dept. of Russian                                     (541) 345-9122 home
University of Oregon                            fax: (541) 346-1327
Eugene, OR 97403                                ykripkov at oregon.uoregon.edu


From ewb2 at cornell.edu  Sun Jan 12 17:26:24 1997
From: ewb2 at cornell.edu (E. Wayles Browne)
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 13:26:24 -0400
Subject: Digital videoconf in Central Europe?
Message-ID: <SUN.12.JAN.1997.132624.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Is anyone familiar with the equipment? If you can answer, please
write directly to Dean Levy, not to me. Thanks--Wayles Browne
>>
>>Does anyone know if there is a digital telephone infrastructure available
>>to provide distance learning programming via compressed digital
>>video-teleconferencing to Warsaw, Bucharest, and/or Budapest?
>>
>>If not, is there a non-satellite alternative available?  Thanks.
>>
>>Jon
>>
>>______________________________________________
>> Jonathon D. Levy, Assistant Dean <JL63 at cornell.edu>
>> Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations
>> Voice: (607) 255-2055  Fax: (607) 255-7774
>> Snail: 187 Ives Hall, Ithaca NY 14853
>>______________________________________________


Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
Morrill Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.
tel. 607-255-0712 (o), 607-273-3009 (h)
fax 607-255-2044 (write FOR W. BROWNE)
e-mail ewb2 at cornell.edu


From msternst at midway.uchicago.edu  Sun Jan 12 20:09:36 1997
From: msternst at midway.uchicago.edu (Malynne Sternstein)
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 14:09:36 -0600
Subject: _The Joke_ on VHS: Revised return address
Message-ID: <SUN.12.JAN.1997.140936.0600.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

A postscript to my recent message looking for a copy of the Czech film _The
Joke_ (1969) on video:  My email alias is apparently "down", so please send
replies to MSTERNST at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU, instead of
m-sternstein at uchicago.edu.

Thanks,

Malynne Sternstein

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Malynne Sternstein, Assistant Professor
Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Chicago
msternst at midway.uchicago.edu
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Always take everything back if you possibly can." - _Naked Lunch_


From sforres1 at swarthmore.edu  Mon Jan 13 20:28:38 1997
From: sforres1 at swarthmore.edu (Sibelan Forrester)
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 15:28:38 -0500
Subject: job annoucement
Message-ID: <MON.13.JAN.1997.152838.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

The Russian Section of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
at Swarthmore College invites applications for a one-year sabbatical
replacement position as Visiting Assistant Professor in 1997-98.
Candidates should have PhD in hand by Sept. 1, 1997.  Native or near-native
Russian and English, experience and commitment to teaching undergraduates,
and scholarly excitement essential.  The ideal candidate should be
qualified to teach second and third-year Russian, an introduction to
Russian culture, a seminar on Tolstoy or religion and philosophy in Russian
literature, and an undergraduate-level course in the history of the Russian
literary language.  Please send letter of application, c.v., and three
letters of recommendation by MARCH 15, 1997, to:

Professor George Moskos, Chair
(Russian Search Committee)
Modern Languages and Literatures
Swarthmore College
500 College Ave.
Swarthmore, PA  19081-1397

Swarthmore College is an AA/EO employer; women and minorities are
encouraged to apply.


From 76703.2063 at CompuServe.COM  Mon Jan 13 23:53:15 1997
From: 76703.2063 at CompuServe.COM (Jerry Ervin)
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 18:53:15 EST
Subject: AATSEEL '97 Web page
Message-ID: <MON.13.JAN.1997.185315.EST.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Please be advised that the AATSEEL '97 Web page is at the following URL:

http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~djb/aatseel.html

Please check this Web site for current information and for pointers to other
AATSEEL-related Web sites.

For other questions regarding the AATSEEL '97 program, please contact the
Program Chair, David J. Birnbaum, at [djbpitt+ at pitt.edu].

For questions about AATSEEL membership and subscriptions, please contact Jerry
Ervin at the address below.

Thanks.

--Jerry Ervin

*  *  *  *  *
Gerard L. Ervin
Executive Director, AATSEEL
1933 N. Fountain Park Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85715 USA
phone/fax:  520/885-2663
email:  76703.2063 at compuserve.com


From jflevin at ucrac1.ucr.edu  Tue Jan 14 18:28:58 1997
From: jflevin at ucrac1.ucr.edu (Jules Levin)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 13:28:58 -0500
Subject: query re Russian media
Message-ID: <TUE.14.JAN.1997.132858.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I have a friend who has asked me for advice on getting information re
Russian media.
I wonder if seelangers can suggest Lists or web sites?  Please email him
directly.  Here is his address and his question:

From: marc feldman <mefeld at pacbell.net>
Subject: Russian media/advertising industries

In following up to our phone coversation on Friday, what I am looking
for is solid information on the structure and composition of the
television and advertising industries in Russia.  I need as much
quantitative data is possible, ie:  market size, audience size, revenues
per station, etc as well as ownership information. any journal and/or
scholar that has looked at the Russian media in a commercial environment
would ve very helpful.
>


From JZFN at MUSICB.MARIST.EDU  Tue Jan 14 20:26:33 1997
From: JZFN at MUSICB.MARIST.EDU (Dr. Casimir Norkeliunas)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 15:26:33 EST
Subject: Business Russian Summer Program
Message-ID: <TUE.14.JAN.1997.152633.EST.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

From:Dr.Kazimieras Norkeliunas
        Marist College
        Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Business Russian Summer Program
Intensive Russian Language and culture workshops geared to the American
businessperson will be held this summer at scenic Marist College, located
along the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, New York.

All workshops will be taught by staff from the renowned Pushkin
Russian Language Institute in Moscow.

 Topics Include:
Basic spoken Russian for everyday life and business conversation;
Reading Russian alphabet, signs, business phrases;
Training in oral professional communication such as preliminary negotiations,
making a deal, execution of a contract, business etiquette, ordering in
restaurants.
        Methodology includes classroom and audiotape dialogues, role
playing and real business documents, lectures, computer programs.

Formats are either two weekends, one week or two weeks, totalling
45 hours of instruction in the Russian language and culture.

1997 Summer dates:

Weekend programs July 11-13 and 18-20
                 July 25-27 and Aug 1-3
Week-long programs July 7-18
                   July 21-Aug 1
                   August 4-15

Housing in Marist's air-conditioned townhouses will be available,
with meals in the college cafeteria.

Costs
Tuition: $1000 per 45 hour session
Housing/meals/pool use: $55/day

For more information, contact the Marist School of Adult
Education, 290 North Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
e mail: adult.education at marist.edu
fax: (914) 575-3640 or call (914) 575-3800

You can even visit our web site on the internet to fill in your application
for this program.The URL is http://www.academic.marist.edu/nork/memo.htm.
So hurry and fill in your application as soon as possible


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Tue Jan 14 21:07:57 1997
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 16:07:57 -0500
Subject: JOBS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC (fwd)
Message-ID: <TUE.14.JAN.1997.160757.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Contact information is at the bottom of the message!

-------Forwarded Message---------------


JOB DESCRIPTION

Title: EFL Instructor

Number of positions to be filled: approximately 10

Location: in various towns throughout the Czech Republic

Tentative start date: April 1997

Length of contract: one year minimum

Number/type of students: one to ten adults students, teaching done at students'
 workplace

Salary: 110 to 130 Czech crowns per 45-minute lesson (depending on
 qualifications)
(note: these positions also include accommodation arranged and paid for by the
Caledonian School and a food stipend of 107 Czech crowns per day;  teachers
 already
living in the town will receive a higher per-lesson pay rate)

Benefits: medical/dental insurance after first three months with school

Duties: The instructor will prepare and teach approximately 20 - 24 EFL lessons
 per week
using Caledonian School materials and other supplementary materials, keep
 records of
student progress, attend meeting as needed

Qualifications sought:

        * excellent language skills in Czech and English
        * bachelor's degree
        * relevant teaching certificate
                - teaching certificate from a Czech university  or
                - RSA/CTEFLA  or
                - Trinity College TESOL  or
                - MA/TESOL  or
                - certificate to teach a language other than English  or
                - other recognized credential
        * two highly satisfactory letters of recommendation

Qualified candidates should immediately "snail mail" or express mail a cover
 letter and C.V.
to:

        Paul Michel, Director of Studies
        The Caledonian School
        Vltavska  24
        150 00  Prague  5
        Czech Republic
        Telephone: 57 31 36 50


From SRogosin at aol.com  Wed Jan 15 04:30:00 1997
From: SRogosin at aol.com (Serge Rogosin)
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 23:30:00 -0500
Subject: Subject: article on slavic elements in french
Message-ID: <TUE.14.JAN.1997.233000.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I have been having trouble finding any record of the following item:

Janicke (O.) Zu den slavischen Elementen im Franzosischen. In: [Mel. Wartburg
(W. von)] Tubingen, 1968

Does it ring any bells? Can anyone supply a fuller biobliographic
description?  I would guess that the volume has a fuller title that wasn't
supplied.  In any case, I haven't been able to find the article or the book
in any of the various catalogs I've consulted. Any info. would be much
appreciated.

Serge Rogosin
________
Serge Rogosin
93-49 222 Street
Queens Village, NY 11428
(718)479-2881
e-mail: SRogosin at aol.com


From gjgaats at CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU  Wed Jan 15 18:03:15 1997
From: gjgaats at CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU (George Gutsche)
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 11:03:15 -0700
Subject: Query about a Tolstoy quote
Message-ID: <WED.15.JAN.1997.110315.0700.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

A colleague in psychology asked me about the source of the following Tolstoy quo
 te:

>>From the child of five to myself is but a step; form the newborn babe to the chi
 ld of five is an appalling distance.

Is this from Childhood? Anyone have any ideas?

George Gutsche
gjgaats at ccit.arizona.edu


From CREES at KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU  Wed Jan 15 23:01:27 1997
From: CREES at KUHUB.CC.UKANS.EDU (Ctr for Russian and East European Studies)
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 17:01:27 -0600
Subject: 35th Anniv. Central Slavic Ass'n Conference
Message-ID: <WED.15.JAN.1997.170127.0600.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

ANNOUNCING
35th Anniversary Conference of the Central Slavic Association
University of Kansas, Lawrence
April 10-12, 1997

Call for papers and panels:
Deadline to submit panel or paper proposals is 15 February 1997.
Special plenary session on "Nationalism and National Security."
Send inquiries and proposals to Maria Carlson, Director, Center
for Russian and East European Studies, 106 Lippincott Hall,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045; Phone 913-864-4236;
Fax 913-864-5242; e-mail crees at kuhub.cc.ukans.edu


From OKAGAN at HUMnet.UCLA.EDU  Thu Jan 16 01:02:45 1997
From: OKAGAN at HUMnet.UCLA.EDU (Olga Kagan)
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 17:02:45 PST
Subject: "Russian Eyes" Symposium
Message-ID: <WED.15.JAN.1997.170245.PST.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>


Dear SEELANGERS, I'm posting the information again, because It's been
brought to my attention that I didn't include the date or the room in
the first posting.  Sorry about it. OK

Sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, UCLA,
in collaboration with the Center for European and Russian Studies, UCLA,
and the Consortium for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies

Symposium:  "Russia and the Russians through Russian Eyes"
                        Saturday, February 1, 1997
                        6275 Bunche Hall, UCLA

Morning Session: 10-12  Historical Perspective

Moderator: Stephen Frank (UCLA)

Ronald Vroon (UCLA): Introductory Remarks

Boris Uspensky   (University of Naples):  "Vosprijatie drevnerusskoj
istorii v biblejskoj perspektive"   "The Perception of Old Russian
History from a Biblical Perspective"

V.V. Ivanov (UCLA):   The Russian Time-Space (Chronotope) and the
East-West Opposition in Russian  Consciousness

Alexander Ospovat (UCLA):  "O nekotorykh printsipakh
natsional'no-gosudarstvennogo avtoopisanija v pervoj polovine XIX
veka".  "On Certain Principles of National State Auto-Descriptions in
the First Half of the Nineteenth Century".

Lunch 12-1:30

Session 2.   From the Modern to the Contemporaneous
1:30- 3:30
Moderator:  Ronald Vroon (UCLA)

Irina Gutkin (UCLA):  The Literary Origins of the Mythic "Russian Woman"

Sophia Bogatyreva (independent scholar): "Slovo i deti: totalitarnaya
ideologiya v vospriyatii detej sovetskogo i postsovetskogo vremeni."
"Literature and Children: Totalitarian Ideology in the Perception of
Children in the Soviet and Post-Soviet Period"

Marija Ossipova (Institute of Slavic and Baltic Studies, Moscow)
Samosoznanie nositelej russkogo yazyka  za  predelami Rossii:
lingvistiheskie fakty.  "The Self-Consciousness of Native Russian
Speakers in the Diaspora: A Linguistic Perspective"

Genevra Gerhart (independent scholar, author):   Russian Geography as
Part of  Language and Its Study.

A Roundtable  Discussion:  The Role of Culture in
the Curriculum:  Language, Literature, and Civilization
3:45-5:00
Moderator: Olga Kagan (UCLA)
Panelists:  Michael Heim (UCLA), Genevra Gerhart (author),   Gail
Lenhoff (UCLA),  Marcus  Levitt  (USC),  Ron Vroon (UCLA),  Olga
Yokoyama (UCLA),   Rebecca Wells ( UCSD)


From alterego at ic.redline.ru  Thu Jan 16 05:28:32 1997
From: alterego at ic.redline.ru (Melinda Farris)
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 00:28:32 -0500
Subject: Introducing...A Russian News Service
Message-ID: <THU.16.JAN.1997.002832.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

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From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Thu Jan 16 10:53:06 1997
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 05:53:06 -0500
Subject: Position teaching law in Russia (fwd)
Message-ID: <THU.16.JAN.1997.055306.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 23:09:09 EST
From: Rachel Schofer <rschofer at cep.yale.edu>
Reply-To: civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: Position teaching law in Russia

CEP is looking for lawyers to teach courses in International law in Nizhny
Novgorod, Russia at the Nizhny Novgorod State University from February to
June 1997.

CEP is a private voluntary educational organization dedicated to supporting
higher education reform and democratic education at universities in Central
and
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

CEP Visiting Fellows teach courses in the social sciences (in English) and
assist host departments in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union with
curriculum development and faculty retraining.  CEP Fellows receive a
modest living stipend, round trip air fare and Western health insurance.

Please contact CEP immediately for more information and an application:

Tel:  (203) 781-0263
Fax:  (203) 781-0265
E-mail:  info@ cep.yale.edu
Web Site:  http://www.cep.yale.edu






---
Rachel Schofer               rschofer at cep.yale.edu
Civic Education Project      cep at cep.yale.edu
P.O. Box 5445 Yale Station   http://www.cep.yale.edu
New Haven, CT  06520         ftp://cep.yale.edu


From msternst at midway.uchicago.edu  Thu Jan 16 17:09:59 1997
From: msternst at midway.uchicago.edu (Malynne Sternstein)
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 11:09:59 -0600
Subject: Slavic Forum: Second Call
Message-ID: <THU.16.JAN.1997.110959.0600.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

University of Chicago Slavic Forum
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Telephone: (312) 702-8033

1130 East 59th Street
E-mail: slavic-department at uchicago.edu
Chicago, Illinois 60637
Fax: (773) 702-7030


SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

January 15, 1997

Deadline for Abstracts: FEBRUARY 1, 1997

To Professors and Graduate Students:

The University of Chicago Graduate Student Conference
on Slavic Literatures

The University of Chicago Slavic Forum, a graduate student organization,
will hold its annual Graduate Student Literature Conference on Friday,
April 25, 1997.  We are inviting participation from students both in and
beyond the Midwest, and would like to urge faculty to encourage graduate
students who are doing good work in Russian, Polish, Czech, or any other
Slavic literature or in comparative studies involving these literatures to
submit an abstract for a twenty-minute paper.

Although panels will be constructed on the basis of topics received, this
year we are particularly interested in forming panels on Polish and Czech
literature.

Our conference is a good place for students to make their first scholarly
presentation and for seasoned presenters to share their ongoing work.
Though our audiences are large (up to sixty people), discussion and
commentary take place in a spirit of friendly constructive criticism.

We are not able to pay for travel expenses to the University for our
participants, but we can provide them with free housing during their stay
here.

Interested students should send their abstracts to the Slavic Forum, my
attention, at the above address by FEBRUARY 1, 1997.  Abstracts and
requests for further information may also be sent via e-mail to the address
below.  Any questions can be directed to me or to the Department at (773)
702-8033.

Professor Malynne Sternstein
for The University of Chicago Slavic Forum
msternst at midway.uchicago.edu
(773) 834-0894


From 76703.2063 at CompuServe.COM  Fri Jan 17 02:01:10 1997
From: 76703.2063 at CompuServe.COM (Jerry Ervin)
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 21:01:10 EST
Subject: Grad/Undergrad internships with State Dept
Message-ID: <THU.16.JAN.1997.210110.EST.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Colleagues,

I have just been informed that the deadline on the Fascell Fellowship
applications had been extended from 15 January to 31 January, and have been
asked to re-post this information.

--Jerry Ervin

--------------- Forwarded Message ---------------

From:   Jerry Ervin, INTERNET:76703.2063 at COMPUSERVE.COM
To:     Jerry Ervin, 76703,2063
Date:   Wed, Jan 8, 1997, 6:55 AM

RE:     Grad/Undergrad internships with State Dept

On 7 January AATSEEL received a fax from the US Dept of State about the FASCELL
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, with a pointer to the following Web page:

http://www.state.gov/www/careers/rfascell.html

The deadline for applying for the Fascell Fellowships for 1997-98 is 15 January.
Since not everyone on email also has access to the Web, I've gone to the State
Department page and am placing pertinent Fascell text here.  You might want to
share this information with your students, either for this competition or to get
them thinking early about next year's competition.

My apologies for not cleaning up the line feeds/carriage returns.

--Jerry Ervin

*  *  *  *  *
Gerard L. Ervin
Executive Director, AATSEEL
1933 N. Fountain Park Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85715 USA
phone/fax:  520/885-2663
email:  76703.2063 at compuserve.com

-----------------------------------------------------------------

              Fascell Fellowship Program 1997-98

There are a limited number of temporary service appointments (1-2 years) for
Undergraduate or
Graduate Students or other individuals with emphasis in International Affairs or
Foreign
Languages/Area Studies and working knowledge of the following countries: Slovak
Republic,
Kazakstan, Romanian, Hungary, St. Petersburg, Russia, Czech Republic, Poland and
Uzbekistan.

In 1986 Congress authorized the Department of State (DOS) to establish a limited
number of
Fellowship opportunities for service at United States diplomatic or consular
missions in Eastern
Europe and the former Soviet Union. Although this authority was expanded in 1990
to offer
Fellowships worldwide, due to limited funding, the program continues to be
restricted to the above
mentioned geographic areas. The purpose of the legislation, which is referred to
as the "Fascell
Fellowship Act" is to allow Fellows to serve on a short-term basis at United
States diplomatic or
consular missions in order to obtain firsthand exposure to the culture-including
(as appropriate)
independent area and/or language study-of those countries selected for
participation in this
program. Fellowships are intended for undergraduate and graduate students or
other individuals
who are interested in foreign affairs and who have acquired country-specific
expertise in one or
more of the countries listed under participating posts.

Fellows selected for the program will occupy positions in U.S. embassies or
consulates, which
require a high level of language proficiency. The majority of the positions are
staff support
positions, such as: administrative assistant, consular assistant, or GSO
(General Services
Operations) assistant. Specific positions vary from year to year, as do the
number of Fellowships
available.

Due to lengthy selection and clearance process (which may take 9-12 months),
applications are
solicited well in advance of the Fellowship opportunity. After selection by a
specially established
Fellowship Board, employment will be offered to Fellows upon successful
completion of security
and medical clearances.

Eligibility

To be considered for the Fascell Fellowship Program, you must meet the following
minimum
requirements:

       U.S. citizenship, 21 years of age (at closing date of application
deadline).
       A working knowledge of the country (countries) in which you wish to be
considered for a
       Fellowship appointment. Language competency may be verified by DOS
language
       training/testing staff.
       Current enrollment in or recent completion of an academic program focused
on languages
       and/or area studies, or related professional experience.
       Ability to obtain a Department of State Top Secret clearance and to meet
Department of
       State medical standards.

Application Procedures

Applications should be requested from and submitted to the:

U.S. Department of State
Fascell Fellowship Program
Recruitment Division (PER/REE) - WWW
P.O. Box 9317
Rosslyn Station
Arlington, VA 22219

Applications consist of the following (one original and two copies of
each item listed below)

       A Completed Application for Federal Employment (DS-1950).
       Resume. Please include honors, awards, special certificates, licenses;
computer skills;
       special interests/accomplishments, publications, memberships in
professional/honor
       societies, leadership activities, public speaking, and performance
awards.
       Brief statement (no less than 250 words) outlining your reasons for
pursuing a
       Fellowship.
       Official college and university transcripts, including language report,
GRE scores (if
       applicable), and cumulative GPA (Grade Point Average) for each degree
received.
       (Transcripts are required for each institution attended).
       Two letters of recommendation from individuals who know your academic
qualifications
       and/or your related professional experience. At least one of the
recommendation letters
       must specifically address your language skills for the country or
countries in which you
       wish to work. (In commenting on your language proficiency, the college or
university
       faculty member should address the following criteria: aural
comprehension, and speaking,
       reading, and writing abilities).

Applications are rated on the above criteria.

Only originals are required of the following two forms:

       Employment Data Form.
       Self-Identification Handicap Form.

Application Deadline: January 15, 1997 (postmark).

Selection and Clearance Process

All applications are evaluated and selections are made by the Fascell Fellowship
Board. Non-select
letters are sent to unsuccessful candidates. Those individuals selected as
finalists and alternates will
be asked to complete forms providing information necessary to conduct a security
clearance
investigation. Having close relatives, personal contacts, lived or worked in the
country for which
the Fellowship application is made, may affect the length of time of the
security process.

Terms of Appointment

Fellowships are granted for a period of 1 to 2 years. This period may include
training, orientation,
and briefings prior to beginning the assignment abroad. Accompanying family
members are not
eligible for training, but may be included in orientation and/or briefing
sessions, if appropriate.

Fellows are given temporary Federal appointments, and are Federal Government
employees during
this period. Therefore, they are required to adhere to the standards and ethics
applicable to Foreign
Service personnel, including strict compliance with post policies governing
contact with host
country nationals, which vary from one country to another.

       Compensation is at the rate of $19,801 per year (equivalent to the FP-09
salary level), paid
       in 26 equal installments.
       U.S. Government-furnished housing will be supplied at no expense.
       Health insurance coverage is not included under the Fellowship. Although
Fellows will
       have access to the Department of State medical program at post, they will
be asked to
       purchase outside health insurance to provide for complete coverage.
       Travel and transportation costs to and from post of assignment incidental
to the Fellow's
       and any accompanying family members will be paid by the government. (See
note below
       for exception.) All family members must hold passports consistent with
U.S. Government
       and host government policies.
       Where applicable, Fellows will be entitled to an airfreight shipment, a
surface shipment, a
       consumables shipment, post allowance and post differential.
       Educational allowances payable to dependents of Foreign Service personnel
are payable to
       dependents of Fascell Fellows, if dependents accompany the Fascell Fellow
to post.

Participating posts designated as unaccompanied posts, i.e. dependents
may not accompany the Fellow:

       Almaty, Kazakhstan
       Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Participating posts designated as accompanied posts, i.e. dependents
may accompany the Fellow:

       Bratislava, Slovak Republic
       Bucharest, Romania
       Budapest, Hungary
       Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia
       Prague, Czech Republic
       Warsaw, Poland


From leslies at norwich.edu  Fri Jan 17 19:29:12 1997
From: leslies at norwich.edu (Leslie Smith)
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 14:29:12 -0500
Subject: Teaching position for Beginning Polish
Message-ID: <FRI.17.JAN.1997.142912.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

The Russian School of Norwich University may have an available teaching
position next summer for Beginning Polish.  The dates of our summer
program are June 8 - August 1, 1997. The course will only be taught if
there is sufficient enrollment. To apply, please send CV to:

The Russian School
Norwich University
Northfield, VT 05663

Questions should be directed to the Dean of the Russian School:
Konstantin Kustanovich
tel: (615) 322-2751
e-mail: kustakv at ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Leslie A. Smith         1-800-468-6679
Program Coordinator     Fax: (802) 485-2042
Norwich University Russian School
http://www.norwich.edu/grad/russian.htm

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


From Jonathan.White at Mail.Trincoll.Edu  Sat Jan 18 17:48:19 1997
From: Jonathan.White at Mail.Trincoll.Edu (Jonathan White)
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 12:48:19 -0500
Subject: Czech Texts
Message-ID: <SAT.18.JAN.1997.124819.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear SEELANGers,

I am presently in the proccess of trying to start a course in elementary
Czech.  Can anybody out there suggest a good beginning text-tape set?

Jonathan White


From cfwoolhiser at mail.utexas.edu  Sun Jan 19 02:50:06 1997
From: cfwoolhiser at mail.utexas.edu (curt fredric woolhiser)
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 21:50:06 -0500
Subject: conferences in Belarus
Message-ID: <SAT.18.JAN.1997.215006.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I recently received the following information from colleagues in Minsk
which may be of interest to some list subscribers (English translation
follows):


XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Pavazanyja kalehi!

Miznarodnaja asacyjacyja bielarusistau i Nacyjal'ny navukova-asvietny centr
imia F. Skaryny pry Ministerstvie adukacyi i navuki miarkujuc' u 1997 h.
praviesci:

*Miznarodnuju navukovuju kanfierencyju "Hramadskija idealy u
postkamunistycnych krainach" (kaniec lutaha). Pierad joj adbudziecca
"kruhly stol" "Bielarus' -- pohlad z Rasii, Rasija -- pohlad z Bielarusi."

*Miznarodny simpozium (pad egidaj UNESCO) "'Nieprymusovyja' varyjanty
restytucyi: sumesnaje vykarystannie sprecnych kulturnych kastounasciej
(jurydycnyja, navukovyja i maralnyja aspiekty)" (22-25 krasavika).

*Navukovyja cytanni "480 hod bielaruskamu knihadrukavanniu" (Polack,
pacatak vierasnia, sumiesna z Polackim muziejem historyi knihadrukavannia i
Polackim univiersitetam).

*Navukovyja cytanni, prysviecanyja Ihnatu Damiejku (Karelicy, cervien',
sumiesna z Karelickim rajvykankamam).

   Jasce nie pozna padac' zajauku (Bielarus', 220050, Minsk-50, vul.
Revaliucyjnaja, 15, Centr imia F. Skaryny, tel 220-93-50, 220-76-04,
220-51-57).

   Adnacasova infarmujem, sto nami vydadzieny materyjaly Miznarodnaha
bielaruska-niamieckaha "kruhlaha stala" ("Bielarusika/Albaruthenica-7") i
zbornik "Viartannie-3", kudy castkova uvajsli materyjaly Miznarodnaha
kanhresa bielarusistau "Bielarus' pamiz Uschodam i Zachadam." Na zal,
asnouny zbornik materyjalau kanhresa ("Bielarusika/Albaruthenica-6"), dauno
adredahavanych, nabranych, zviarstanych i vycytanych, usio jasce cakaje
vydannia pa finansavych prycynach (patencyjalnyja dabradzieji admovilisia
aplacic' kost druku).

                                                Kamitet MAB
                                                Dyrekcyja Skarynauskaha Centra

 ============================================================================
(Translation)

Dear Colleagues:

The International Association for Belarusian Studies and the F. Skaryna
National Scientific and Educational Center of the Belarusian Ministry of
Education and Science are planning the following conferences in 1997:

*An international conference on "Civic Ideals in the Post-Communist
Countries" (late February). The conference will be preceded by a round
table discussion: "Belarus -- the view from Russia, Russia -- the view from
Belarus."

*An international symposium (sponsored by UNESCO): "'Non-forcible' variants
of restitution: Joint use of disputed cultural objects (legal, scientific
and moral aspects)" (April 22-25)

*"480 Years of Belarusian Printing" (a conference in Polatsk in early
September, co-sponsored by the Polatsk Museum of the History of Printing
and Polatsk University).

*A conference on Ihnat Damejka (Karelichy, June 1997, co-sponsored by the
Karelichy Rajon Executive Committee).

Paper proposals are still being accepted.
Proposals may be sent by regular mail to the following address:

Belarus 220050
Minsk-50
vul. Revaliucyjnaja 15
Centr imia F. Skaryny

tel/fax: 220-93-50, 220-76-04, 220-51-57

(or by e-mail to: mab at lingvo.minsk.by)


   We would also like to take this opportunity to inform you that we have
published the materials from the International Belarusian-German round
table (Belarusika/Albaruthenica 7) and a collection of articles, "Viartanne
3", which includes a portion of the materials from the International
Congress of Belarusianists, "Belarus Between East and West." Unfortunately,
the main collection of materials from the congress
(Belarusika/Albaruthenica 6), which was already edited, typeset, and
proofread some time ago, is still awaiting publication for financial
reasons (our potential sponsors refused to pay the cost of printing).

                                        The IAB Committee
                                        The Skaryna Center

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX


I should add that questions concerning membership in the International
Association for Belarusian Studies can be addressed to the IAB Committee at
the following e-mail address: mab at lingvo.minsk.by.


========================================
Curt F. Woolhiser
Dept. of Slavic Languages
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78713-7217

Tel. (512) 471-3607
Fax: (512) 471-6710
Email: cfwoolhiser at mail.utexas.edu
========================================


From pintak at rad.net.id  Sun Jan 19 19:45:33 1997
From: pintak at rad.net.id (Lawrence Pintak)
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 14:45:33 EST
Subject: author query
Message-ID: <SUN.19.JAN.1997.144533.EST.>

I am an American author (Beirut Outtakes, Lexington Books 1988) and former
CBS News Middle East correspondent currently living in Indonesia.

I am writing with an extremely obscure query for which I am seeking assistance.

In the midst of researching a book I am just completing, I came across a
description of a Russian author whom I am trying to identify.

His description comes to me only in the barest outlines:

Poet and prose writer
Lived during a time of either upheaval or some level of opposition to the Czar
Was forced to leave Moscow because of his controversial writings
Married to a woman named Katerina who was about 15 years his junior
One son, named Peter
He died before she did

Does this ring any bells to anyone out there? Do any authors come to mind
who might fit this description (even if it is several, it would give me a
starting point).

I would appreciate any assistance any of your might provide.. Given that I
am in Indonesia, my access to research materials on Russian authors of the
18th and 19th centuries is -- to say the least -- limited.

I am not a subscriber, so please send any replies to me directly at my
e-mail address.

Thank you in advance,
Larry Pintak
pintak at rad.net.id


From ursula.doleschal at wu-wien.ac.at  Mon Jan 20 14:13:23 1997
From: ursula.doleschal at wu-wien.ac.at (Dr. Ursula Doleschal)
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 14:13:23 +-100
Subject: 2 bibliographical queries
Message-ID: <MON.20.JAN.1997.141323.100.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear colleagues,
I have 2 questions. 1. Can anybody tell me the publisher of the =
following book: Vannikov, Ju.V. Tipy nauchnyx i texnicheskix tekstov i =
ix lingvisticheskie osobennosti, M. 1984?

The second question is more complicated. I need Russian translations of =
memoirs or autobiographies of German-speaking politicians (e.g. Willi =
Brandt), possibly after war-period. If somebody knows of such =
translations, I would be very grateful for indications!=20

Virtually,

Ursula Doleschal
Institut f=FCr Slawische Sprachen
Wirtschaftsuniv. Wien
Augasse 9, A-1090 Wien

Tel.: +43-1-31336-4115
Fax: +43-1-31336-744


From leslies at norwich.edu  Mon Jan 20 14:15:19 1997
From: leslies at norwich.edu (Leslie Smith)
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 09:15:19 -0500
Subject: Czech Texts
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970118124442.7340B-100000@shakti.cc.trincoll.edu>
Message-ID: <MON.20.JAN.1997.091519.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Mr. White:

There is a course entitled "Fast Track Czech" which was developed by
Professor Milan Fryscak. It is a 6-hour audio course with a text. It is
available through Audio Forum (1-800-243-1234).


On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Jonathan White wrote:

> Dear SEELANGers,
>
> I am presently in the proccess of trying to start a course in elementary
> Czech.  Can anybody out there suggest a good beginning text-tape set?
>
> Jonathan White
>


From leslies at norwich.edu  Mon Jan 20 14:20:12 1997
From: leslies at norwich.edu (Leslie Smith)
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 09:20:12 -0500
Subject: Czech Texts
Message-ID: <MON.20.JAN.1997.092012.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Mr. White and SEELANGers:

There is a course entitled "Fast Track Czech" which was developed by
Professor Milan Fryscak. It is a 6-hour audio course with a text. It is
available through Audio Forum (1-800-243-1234).


On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Jonathan White wrote:

> Dear SEELANGers,
>
> I am presently in the proccess of trying to start a course in elementary
> Czech.  Can anybody out there suggest a good beginning text-tape set?
>
> Jonathan White
>


From dtpit at u.washington.edu  Mon Jan 20 18:39:05 1997
From: dtpit at u.washington.edu (David Pitkethly)
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 1997 10:39:05 -0800
Subject: Czech Texts
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970118124442.7340B-100000@shakti.cc.trincoll.edu>
Message-ID: <MON.20.JAN.1997.103905.0800.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Please, please, do all of us Czech students a favor, and develop a
tutorial that we can use on our computer! I have searched everywhere,
asked countless folks, but nothing exists, not even in the Czech repub.
what we need are lessons, much like those developed for practically every
other language in the world, where you can do computer study. !

On Sat, 18 Jan 1997, Jonathan White wrote:

> Dear SEELANGers,
>
> I am presently in the proccess of trying to start a course in elementary
> Czech.  Can anybody out there suggest a good beginning text-tape set?
>
> Jonathan White
>


From 76703.2063 at CompuServe.COM  Tue Jan 21 15:39:38 1997
From: 76703.2063 at CompuServe.COM (Jerry Ervin)
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 10:39:38 EST
Subject: Peace Corps in Russia
Message-ID: <TUE.21.JAN.1997.103938.EST.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Colleagues,

An AATSEEL member who is presently a Peace Corps volunteer in Russia has sent
this note, suggesting that we share it.  Your students may find it offers some
possibilities:

"To my Russian-speaking friends:  given the employment opportunities for
Slavists in the US, may I recommend the Peace Corps to you.  I have suggested to
Peace Corps administration here that perhaps they should do some heavy
advertising around universities with strong Slavic departments.  Perqs:  the
$300 per month 'posobie' is adequate; in addition $200 per month is going into a
fund available upon separation from the Corps; $24 per month leave allowance;
allowance for a private tutor . . .; preferred hiring in some governmental
positions after separation from the Corps; and some fellowships especially for
former Peace Corps volunteers.  I'm sure there are other things that I have come
to take for granted. . . .  Of course, you don't have to know Russian to be an
English teacher here, but it is an excellent survival skill.  Some of the new
trainees, for example, knew not one word of Russian when they came here (in
fact, still know little), but come January they are going out into the real
world and fend for themselves.  I truly admire their courage and spunk.  Twenty
of the 26 are young women, and most have no teaching experience."

Thanks to this AATSEEL member for sharing these observations.

--Jerry Ervin

*  *  *  *  *
Gerard L. Ervin
Executive Director, AATSEEL
1933 N. Fountain Park Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85715 USA
phone/fax:  520/885-2663
email:  76703.2063 at compuserve.com


From 76703.2063 at CompuServe.COM  Tue Jan 21 21:39:30 1997
From: 76703.2063 at CompuServe.COM (Jerry Ervin)
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 16:39:30 EST
Subject: Grad study scholarship
Message-ID: <TUE.21.JAN.1997.163930.EST.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

        AATSEEL scholarship for study at MIIS.  Beginning with academic year
1997-1998 the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) will make
available a one-half tuition scholarship to a qualified candidate recommended by
a member of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European
Languages (AATSEEL).  To be considered the student must apply for admission to
the graduate program of his or her choice and file the application for
scholarship by the stated deadline.  The student should indicate interest in the
AATSEEL scholarship and the file should contain a letter of support from a
member of AATSEEL.  For more information contact Admissions Office, MIIS, 425
Van Buren St., Monterey, CA  93940; (408) 647-4124, Web [http://www.miis.edu].


From Gjcnen at aol.com  Tue Jan 21 21:54:44 1997
From: Gjcnen at aol.com (Nancy Novak)
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 16:54:44 -0500
Subject: Russian publishers
Message-ID: <TUE.21.JAN.1997.165444.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Hello SEELANGERS!
I'm hoping someone can give me some advice &/or info.

At least 6 weeks ago I sent a letter to the Moscow publisher Planeta
requesting permission to use part of a Vysotsky poem, & haven't yet received
a reply. We couldn't find a fax number, so if anyone has one, that would
help. Or, any suggestions you may have on other ways to get in touch with
them & to elicit a response would be much appreciated.

Please reply to me directly. Spasibo zaranee, Nancy Novak (gjcnen at aol.com)


From ggerhart at wolfenet.com  Wed Jan 22 02:12:50 1997
From: ggerhart at wolfenet.com (Genevra Gerhart)
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 18:12:50 -0800
Subject: Russian publishers
Message-ID: <TUE.21.JAN.1997.181250.0800.>

Dear Nancy,
Have you considered Fair Use provisions (or does that no longer exist)?
It seems to me a great pity to waste time worrying about a two-cent
profit.
Genevra
--
Genevra Gerhart                         http://www.wolfe.net/~ggerhart/

2134 E. Interlaken  Bl.                 Tel. 206/329-0053
Seattle, WA  98112                      ggerhart at wolfenet.com


From brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu  Wed Jan 22 18:32:49 1997
From: brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu (Benjamin Rifkin)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 12:32:49 -0600
Subject: help with identifying a popular song
Message-ID: <WED.22.JAN.1997.123249.0600.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear SEELANGers:

A student of mine is looking for the name of the composer, author or
performer of the Russian song "zontik."  It's a folksy song about the
inhabitants of a small town who don't know what umbrellas are.

I'd appreciate it if you could send any information about the song to me
off-list and I will pass it on to the student, who doesn't use e-mail.

Thanks very much for your help.

Ben Rifkin


******************************************************************************
Benjamin Rifkin
Assistant Professor of Russian,
Coordinator of Russian-Language Instruction & Teacher Training
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI  53706

e-mail:  brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu
telephone:  608/262-1623, 608/262-3498
fax:  608/265-2814


From a.ferrario at mclink.it  Wed Jan 22 23:43:48 1997
From: a.ferrario at mclink.it (Andrea Ferrario)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 15:43:48 -0800
Subject: REQ: Macedonian grammar/manual
Message-ID: <WED.22.JAN.1997.154348.0800.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I am looking for a Macedonian language grammar/manual/course to buy. I
have tried to find one in Skopje during a very short trip there this
summer, without any success. I have also tried to search Amazon on the
net, but I couldn't find anything. Can anybody suggest me a way to find
it?
Thank you

A. Ferrario

(a.ferrario at mclink.it)


From billings at rz.uni-leipzig.de  Wed Jan 22 19:21:04 1997
From: billings at rz.uni-leipzig.de (Loren A. BILLINGS)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 20:21:04 +0100
Subject: REQ: Macedonian grammar/manual
In-Reply-To: <32E6A634.610@mclink.it>
Message-ID: <WED.22.JAN.1997.202104.0100.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Christina E. Kramer is preparing something like this at the moment.
Consider contacting her directly (ce.kramer at utoronto.ca,
kramer at chass.utoronto.ca).  I post this to the entire list because it is of
general interest.  --LAB

>I am looking for a Macedonian language grammar/manual/course to buy. I
>have tried to find one in Skopje during a very short trip there this
>summer, without any success. I have also tried to search Amazon on the
>net, but I couldn't find anything. Can anybody suggest me a way to find
>it?
>Thank you
>
>A. Ferrario
>
>(a.ferrario at mclink.it)



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Loren A. BILLINGS, Ph.D.  (e-mail:  billings at rz.uni-leipzig.de)

Institut fuer Slavistik                Home address:
Universitaet Leipzig
Augustusplatz 9                        Funkenburgstr. 14
D-04109 Leipzig                        D-04105 Leipzig

my office phone*: +49 (341) 211 8165   home phone:  +49 (341) 980 7227
dept. secretary:  +49 (341) 973 7450
dept. secretary:  +49 (341) 973 7454
dept. fax:        +49 (341) 973 7499

[* if this line is busy, try +49 (341) 211 8164, but let it ring 10 times!]
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From cfwoolhiser at mail.utexas.edu  Wed Jan 22 23:44:28 1997
From: cfwoolhiser at mail.utexas.edu (curt fredric woolhiser)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 18:44:28 -0500
Subject: more info on events in Belarus
Message-ID: <WED.22.JAN.1997.184428.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

The following announcement was recently posted on the BELARUS discussion list:


>                IY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL
>
>                         MINSK, BELARUS, MAY 17-23, 1997
>
>The Festival (first initiated by womens film studio =Tatiana= and Belarusian
>Union of Cinematographers in 1991) is designed to bring women film-makers,
>journalists, scholars and many others to Minsk for a week of opportunities =
>to watch films, participate in discussions and share ideas. The 1995 Festival =
>attracted film-makers from 19 countries throughout the world. One of the
>>challenges of the
>1997 Festival is to heighten cultural understanding through films - and to
>keep us all aware and concerned of the problems women and men face at the
>>threshold of
>the third millenium, as well as of the situation confronting film makers .
>Accompanying the Festival a conference will be organized which seeks to explore
>such topics as  power over women (or women and power) through culture; the
>way women feel about themselves and the world around them at the end of the
>XX century (=womens identity=) and gender and films.
>The format of the conference is three roundtables of three to four hours,
>one >on each day of the Festival. We encourage participation by
>researchers capable  >of speaking =non-academically= and captivatingly on
>the topics mentioned,
>as well as by artists, critics, political and NGO activists.
>Deadline: April 1, 1997; though some presentations of may be added later.
>We will appreciate any support (financial and organizational, as well as ideas)
>Contact for the conference:  Elena Gapova
>Kupala st., 11-98, Minsk, 220030, Belarus
>Tel (375)(17) 222 39 41
>Fax (375)(17) 262 29 90
>e-mail: igor at psoft.belpak.minsk.by
>
>Contact for the Festival (if you have films of any genre):
>Tatyana Loginova, Irena Pismennaya
>K.Marx st., 5, room 46, Minsk, 220050, Belarus
>Tel (375)(17) 227 04 71
>Fax (375)(17) 227 04 51
>


From brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu  Thu Jan 23 02:41:06 1997
From: brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu (Benjamin Rifkin)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 20:41:06 -0600
Subject: applied linguistics division at MLA
Message-ID: <WED.22.JAN.1997.204106.0600.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

For those of you planning to attend the AATSEEL Convention in Toronto in
Dec. '97, you might find the following call for papers, from the applied
linguistics division of the MLA, of interest:

>CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>
>MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION 1997 CONVENTION
>
>DIVISION ON APPLIED LINGUISTICS
>
>TORONTO, CANADA
>27-30 DECEMBER 1997
>
>
>The Division on Applied Linguistics is sponsoring three separate sessions.
>
>One-page blind abstracts accompanied by a card with the presenter's name,
>address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address should be sent
>to:
>
>L. Kathy Heilenman
>Dept. of French & Italian, 555 Phillips Hall
>Univ. of Iowa
>Iowa City, IA 52242
>319-335-2265/53 (voice)
>319-335-2270 (vax)
>l-heilenman at uiowa.edu (first letter is an 'el')
>
>Deadline for RECEIPT of abstracts: March 4, 1997
>
>Faxed and e-mail submissions will be accepted but should be followed up by
>a hard-copy submission.
>
>
>*Session 1:  Cultural Learning: Issues and Applications
>
>*Session 2:  Language Learning and Study Abroad
>
>*Session 3:  L1 or L2? Language Choice in Foreign Language Classrooms

**********************************
Benjamin Rifkin
Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive, Madison, WI  53706
voice (608) 262-1623; fax (608) 265-2814
e-mail:  brifkin at facstaff.wisc.edu


From vtumanov at julian.uwo.ca  Thu Jan 23 14:50:32 1997
From: vtumanov at julian.uwo.ca (v. tumanov)
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 09:50:32 -0500
Subject: legal internships in RUSSIA
In-Reply-To: <v03007801af0c2c4b7685@[144.92.210.31]>
Message-ID: <THU.23.JAN.1997.095032.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Recently I came across an announcement regarding legal internship
possibilities in CIS.  Can whoever sent this send it to me again, please?
One of my students is interested.  Thank you.  Vlad Tumanov.  U. of
Western Ontario.


From mf2199 at cnsvax.albany.edu  Thu Jan 23 17:52:56 1997
From: mf2199 at cnsvax.albany.edu (Michele Fisher)
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 12:52:56 -0500
Subject: Job Posting: Office Manager - Moscow
Message-ID: <THU.23.JAN.1997.125256.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Hello, SEELANGers,

I'm posting this for someone who is not on SEELANGS.  Feel free to pass
it along to other places of interest if you wish.

Good luck!

Michele Fisher

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Office Manager Position - Moscow

U.S. International Law Firm with office in Moscow seeks Office Manager.
Bilingual Russian-English individual needed to handle a variety of
duties in 30 person office (12 attorneys and additional staff).
Work includes hiring and supervision of secretarial and other staff,
overseeing preparation of tax returns and financial records, coordination
of office interface with Russian bureaucracy, communication with main
office in New York City, supervision of operations and maintenance of
computer and communication systems.

Must have previous experience with Western firm.  Salary commensurate
with experience.

Interested parties can e-mail their CV to mary.salvatore at chadbourne.com
or fax to (212) 333-1565.

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From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Fri Jan 24 03:25:17 1997
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 22:25:17 -0500
Subject: Program Positions - Center for Citizen Initiatives (fwd)
Message-ID: <THU.23.JAN.1997.222517.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Sorry that the AATSEEL jobs page is not updated--I just started a new job
(and the old one was getting super hectic) and have not had time to update
it lately.  Will be back on track soon, tho!

Devin


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 97 19:07:45 EST
From: Dennis McConnell - Maine Business School <mac at MAINE.maine.edu>
Reply-To: civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: Program Positions - Center for Citizen Initiatives

*****************************************************************
      Program Positions - Center for Citizen Initiatives
*****************************************************************
I  have  today received information from the Center  for  Citizen
Initiatives  regarding two positions  with the  Productivity  En-
hancement Program - Program Associate and Program Officer.  Below
I have provided a brief profile of the Center for Citizen Initia-
tives  (CCI) and only short outlines about the two job  openings.
List  members not seeking employment at the moment may  still  be
interested in learning about the Program. More details about  the
duties  and  responsibilities of the positions can  be  found  at
(http://www.igc/org/cci/pepjobs.html).
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Productivity Enhancement Program
-----------------------------------------------------------------
The  Productivity Enhancement Program is a variation of the  his-
toric Marshall Plan Technical Assistance program that was carried
out  post World War II between 1946 and 1954.   Concentrating  on
rebuilding  production, PEP brings non-English  speaking  Russian
and Ukrainian business people and municipal leaders to the US for
intensive  study in multiple US production sites for  one  month.
industry sub-sector, analyze and document each day's learning and
prepare  themselves to be trainers of producers or  leaders  upon
their return.
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Program Associate - CCI Productivity Enhancement Program
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Duties  and  Responsibilities:  The  Program  Associate  provides
support  to the Program including editing,  scheduling,  publica-
tions, research, monitoring current events, and communications.

Salary:  $24,000-$28,000 (DOE) plus excellent benefits
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Program Officer - CCI Productivity Enhancement Program
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Duties  and Responsibilities:  The Program Officer  recruits  and
secures  U.S. service organizations' sponsorship of  Russian  and
Ukrainian delegations.

Salary:  $26,000-$30,000 (DOE) plus excellent benefits
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Filing Deadline for both positions:  Friday, February 7, 1997

To  apply, send a cover letter and resume to:

                        Natalie Bosworth
                       PEP Program Manager
                 Center for Citizen Initiatives
                     3268 Sacramento Street
                     San Francisco, CA 94115
                        Tel: 415-346-1875
                        Fax: 415-346-3731
                   Web: http://www.igc.org/cci
Note: Future CCI positions will be posted on the CCI homepage, at
the following address: http://www.igc.org/cci/pepjobs.html
*****************************************************************


From gfowler at indiana.edu  Sat Jan 25 16:16:21 1997
From: gfowler at indiana.edu (George Fowler)
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 11:16:21 -0500
Subject: Journal of Slavic Linguistics, vol. 4, no. 2 (1996)
Message-ID: <SAT.25.JAN.1997.111621.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Greetings!

JSL vol. 4, no. 2 (the second 1996 issue) has now been mailed out to all
individual and institutional subscribers; the contents are listed below.
Our WWW page has moved to:

<http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~jsl/index.html>

Here you can find on-line versions of abstracts, back contents, information
for subscribers and contributors, and other useful material.

Subscription renewal forms are included with the issue. If you would like
to place a new subscription or did not receive a form, rates for 1997 are:
$30 individual (discounted 10% to $27 until Feb. 15), $20 student, $40
institution. Checks to "Journal of Slavic Linguistics"; mail to address
below. (Write to jsl at indiana.edu if you want to pay by credit card.)

George Fowler

JOURNAL OF SLAVIC LINGUISTICS, vol. 4, no. 2, Summer-Fall, 1996:

>>From the Editor                                                 175

ARTICLES

Per Durst-Andersen, "Russian Case as Mood"                      177

Tracy Holloway King, Slavic Clitics, Long Head Movement,
  and Prosodic Inversion                                        274

Robert Orr, Again the *u-Stems in Slavic                        312

Karen E. Robblee, Effects of the Lexicon and Aspect on
  Nominative/Genitive Case Variation                            344

REVIEW

[Maaike Schoorlemmer] Steven Franks. Parameters of
  Slavic Morphosyntax                                           370

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
George Fowler                [Email]    gfowler at indiana.edu
Dept. of Slavic Languages    [Home]     1-317-726-1482 **Try here first**
Ballantine 502               [Home Fax] 1-317-726-1642 [call first]
Indiana University           [Office]   1-812-855-2829
Bloomington, IN  47405       [Dept]     1-812-855-9906/-2624/-2608
USA                          [Dept Fax] 1-812-855-2107
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


From ST002958 at BROWNVM.BITNET  Sat Jan 25 19:36:28 1997
From: ST002958 at BROWNVM.BITNET (Margo)
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 1997 14:36:28 EST
Subject: question on study abroad
Message-ID: <SAT.25.JAN.1997.143628.EST.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

A friend of mine would like to know about summer research or study
opportunities in Albania.  We checked around my department but didn't
find anything.  Would anyone be willing to give any pointers on
where to look?

Many thanks,
Margo Ballou


From djg11 at cornell.edu  Sun Jan 26 15:12:47 1997
From: djg11 at cornell.edu (David J. Galloway')
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 10:12:47 -0500
Subject: question on study abroad (Albanian)
Message-ID: <SUN.26.JAN.1997.101247.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I would say look at the AATSEEL Intensive Language Programs page, but at the
moment we have no listings for any Albanian programs!  If any SEELANGers
know of or are connected with such a program (in the U.S. or abroad), please
send me a notice so that we can post it for others.  The same goes for
programs in Tajik, Slovene, and Tatar.


At 02:36 PM 25-01-97 EST, Margo Ballou wrote:
>A friend of mine would like to know about summer research or study
>opportunities in Albania.  We checked around my department but didn't
>find anything.  Would anyone be willing to give any pointers on
>where to look?



David J. Galloway
Slavic Studies
236 Goldwin Smith Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 272-8350
Email:  djg11 at cornell.edu

AATSEEL Intensive Language Programs page:
http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~aatseel/intensive-programs/index.html
Queries:  dgallo at clover.slavic.pitt.edu


From MLLEMILY at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu  Sun Jan 26 17:55:20 1997
From: MLLEMILY at ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu (Emily Tall)
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 12:55:20 -0500
Subject: Red Square
Message-ID: <SUN.26.JAN.1997.125520.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Is there any other explanation of where the "red" came from besides that
"krasnyi" used to mean beautiful? [A colleague of mine in another dept. had
heard another explanation which I found hard to believe.] Thanks, Emily Tall


From holdeman.2 at osu.edu  Sun Jan 26 19:49:49 1997
From: holdeman.2 at osu.edu (Jeff Holdeman)
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 14:49:49 -0500
Subject: S&EEL Teaching Materials Website template
Message-ID: <SUN.26.JAN.1997.144949.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear colleagues,

About three weeks ago, I sent out a posting about an addition to the
AATSEEL website which I am developing.  It will be a clearinghouse for
materials and information on the teaching of Slavic and East European
languages (everything from textbook and dictionaries to a list of the
institutions whiich offer S&EE language courses to pedagogy to statistics).
In addition, I asked for help from people who would like to make comments
on a template which I have created for the pages. I have already received
several sets of comments and have made numerous revisions.

I am still looking for a few more good, analytical (perhaps hyper-critical)
minds who would like to help with this logistical nightmare. I need people
who are willing to spend a little time looking at the template as it exists
right now and make suggestions/changes/additions/criticisms.  If you are
interested, please respond to me off the list and I will send you an e-mail
with the template.  As you can imagine, this will be a huge undertaking but
one I think worthy of the efforts of AATSEEL and the SEELANGS list.

Thank you in advance,

Jeff Holdeman, Ohio State
holdeman.2 at osu.edu


PS--Thanks go out to the following people for their helpful comments and
suggestions:

James West
Ben Rifkin
Charles Gribble
Jerry Ervin
Mark Lauersdorf
Genevra Gerhart


From alterego at ic.redline.ru  Sun Jan 26 22:25:56 1997
From: alterego at ic.redline.ru (Melinda Farris)
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 17:25:56 -0500
Subject: Internship and Study Opportunities in Russia
Message-ID: <SUN.26.JAN.1997.172556.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

                    THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
                    OF THE TVER INTERCONTACT GROUP
                    in conjunction with
                    TVER STATE UNIVERSITY

announce academic internship opportunities for senior- and graduate-
level interdisciplinary students and recent graduates with Russian
Studies concentrations.

The 1997 internship program offers up to 10 positions for native-
speaking English, German or French students.

THE PROGRAM
***********
Student interns will spend from 10-12 weeks in Tver, Russia, for a
program of study and cultural exchange at the International
Institute of Russian Language and Culture, sponsored by the Russian
NGO, Tver InterContact Group, the parent organization of the CIE.
Interns can enroll in Russian language and area studies courses
offered by the Institute for up to 20 academic hours per week.

To finance their studies, students will be expected to intern in
the InterContact offices for approximately 20 hours per week.

The historical city of Tver is located on the main route between
Moscow and St. Petersburg on the Volga River, with a population of
500,000.

Interns are invited to participate in a vast cultural enrichment
program, including local excursions, trips to Moscow and St.
Petersburg, visits to artisans' workshops and studios as well as other
cultural events offered at the Institute.

Certificates of Completion will be granted upon completion of the
program, detailing the courses attended, hours of study and including
an internship assessment.

Students will have the option to live with a host family;
or if the student prefers, a private apartment will be procured.

INTERNSHIP OPTIONS
******************

Track 1 - Interns will join the Translation and Communication Support
Unit, where they will assist in the company's translation and
editorial work.

Track 2 - Interns will assist in international marketing activities
including the development of Internet presentations.

Track 3 - Interns will have the opportunity to work on their
instructional skills, while teaching their native language to Russian
students at the Institute for International Communication.


BENEFITS
********
Interns will receive from this program:

- enhanced proficiency in Russian language competence
- comprehensive professional and cultural orientation
- practical work experience in the operations of a Russian company
- opportunities to make future career contacts in Russia


REQUIREMENTS
************
Applicants must have the following:

- proficiency in written and spoken Russian (from intermediate to
advanced levels)
- experience in oral/written translation from the intern's native
  language into Russian and vice versa
- excellent writing and editing skills in the intern's native language
- experience with modern word-processing, HTML-authoring and the
Internet
- ability to work independently
- good analytical skills


DATES
*****
The internship program start dates are:

- March 3, 1997
- May 5, 1997
- September 8, 1997

Each internship will initially be for 10 to 12 weeks, and extensions
may be granted based on continued need by Tver InterContact Group.


APPLICATION PROCEDURE
*********************
Interested candidates are invited to send letters of interest and
resumes to:

info at ic.redline.ru
infodesk at extranet.ru

or faxed to:

Melinda Farris
International Student Advisor
Tver InterContact Group
fax: +7.0822.426210


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Mon Jan 27 01:48:25 1997
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 20:48:25 -0500
Subject: NIS job listing (fwd)
Message-ID: <SUN.26.JAN.1997.204825.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 97 17:35:31 EST
From: Center for Civil Society International <ccsi at u.washington.edu>
Reply-To: civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: NIS job listing


Chief of Party, Counterpart Alliance in Ukraine (To be appointed)

Counterpart will lead a consortium of three PVOs working in Ukraine.  The
Chief of Party will have primary responsibility for the start-up and overall
management of the multi-million dollar consortium project designed to
"develop and strengthen indigenous NGOs to provide social services to
vulnerable groups" in Ukraine.  (This includes the supervision of all partner
PVOs and sub-grantees.)  This person will set-up a primary office in Kiev and
satellite activity offices in two other major cities, hire local field
representatives, and explore the feasibility of using Peace Corps volunteers.
 Within the first quarter, a workplan must be drawn up after consultation
with the U.S. PVO partners for the first and second years of the project and
submitted to USAID/Kiev for review and approval.  The workplan will include
an assessment of the current NGO legal and regulatory environment, a plan of
action for reform, and a plan for U.S. based training for designated
candidates (after consultation with USAID and the USAID/NET Project).

The Chief of Party will work closely with indigenous NGOs nationwide,
including:  identifying and tracking social service and public policy NGOs;
developing a comprehensive training and technical assistance program that
could lead to their sustained growth; organizing conferences, networking
meetings, and roundtables; and introducing mechanisms to broaden NGO
management and sustainability.  This person will develop eligibility criteria
from small seed-grants and corporate matching grants to indigenous NGOs and
will oversee the grant program.  This person will generally work to ensure
progress towards achieving activity objectives and to improve public
attitudes towards NGOs.

Please respond ASAP to:

KAREN SHERMAN
@ Counterpart International
910 17th Suite #328
Washington DC 20006
202 296 9676   ph. ext 33
202 296 9679  fax.
Karen at counterpart.org


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Mon Jan 27 01:50:18 1997
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 20:50:18 -0500
Subject: positions open (fwd)
Message-ID: <SUN.26.JAN.1997.205018.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---
Sender: "Eric S Johnson" <johnson at internews.ras.ru>
Subject: positions open

Internews Network, an international non-profit media support organization,
seeks:

OFFICE MANAGER/TRAINING COORDINATOR to oversee television training projects
in Azerbaijan.

Duties include: responsibility for oversight of financial management for
USAID funded project; supervision of all in-country training logistics and
hiring, implementation of Internews Caucasus projects supporting
non-governmental TV.

Preference to applicants with: television and radio background, knowledge
of Deltek accounting system software; excellent organizational skills;
fluent Russian.

Requires: excellent computer skills; good verbal skills, previous
living/working experience in the former Soviet Union.

Resumes to:
Eric Johnson
Fax +7 095 956-9411
e-mail <johnson at internews.ras.ru>

or

Kay Elewski
Fax +1 707 826-2136
e-mail <kay at internews.org>

No calls.

ALSO

BALKANS FINANCE OFFICER to oversee financial management and reporting for
operations in the Balkans region. This position is based in Paris.

Duties include financial administration of European and US government and
private grants for TV projects run through Internews offices in Bosnia,
Serbia, Croatia and the Netherlands; preparation of financial reports and
proposal budgets.

Preference to applicants with fluent French and English; ability to read
Serbo-Croatian; three + years experience as project accountant for
organizations working with US government and/or European Union grants.

Requires: excellent computer skills; good verbal skills, willingness and
ability to travel to locations in the former Yugoslavia.

Resumes to:
Paul Greenberg
Fax +33 1 4026-7072
Email <pgreenberg at calva.net>

or

Kay Elewski
Fax +1 707 826-2136
Email <kay at internews.org>

No calls.

Closing date for both positions: February 10, 1997

Internews Network is an equal opportunity employer.

-----
Eric Johnson | =FC=D2=C9=CB =E4=D6=CF=CE=D3=CF=CE
Grants Administrator
Internews (Moscow) | =E9=CE=D4=C5=D2=CE=D8=C0=D3


From andrewt at flash.net  Mon Jan 27 02:28:43 1997
From: andrewt at flash.net (Andrew Tomlinson)
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 21:28:43 -0500
Subject: Alexander Luria papers
Message-ID: <SUN.26.JAN.1997.212843.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Would anyone be able to suggest how I might track down the papers of
Alexander Luria? I'd be grateful for suggestions.
-Andrew Tomlinson

------------------
andrewt at flash.net


From Masako_Ueda at brown.edu  Mon Jan 27 13:41:57 1997
From: Masako_Ueda at brown.edu (Masako Ueda)
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 08:41:57 -0500
Subject: Internship and Study Opportunities in Russia
Message-ID: <MON.27.JAN.1997.084157.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Carolyn,
please post.
MAko

>                    THE CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
>                    OF THE TVER INTERCONTACT GROUP
>                    in conjunction with
>                    TVER STATE UNIVERSITY
>
>announce academic internship opportunities for senior- and graduate-
>level interdisciplinary students and recent graduates with Russian
>Studies concentrations.
>
>The 1997 internship program offers up to 10 positions for native-
>speaking English, German or French students.
>
>THE PROGRAM
>***********
>Student interns will spend from 10-12 weeks in Tver, Russia, for a
>program of study and cultural exchange at the International
>Institute of Russian Language and Culture, sponsored by the Russian
>NGO, Tver InterContact Group, the parent organization of the CIE.
>Interns can enroll in Russian language and area studies courses
>offered by the Institute for up to 20 academic hours per week.
>
>To finance their studies, students will be expected to intern in
>the InterContact offices for approximately 20 hours per week.
>
>The historical city of Tver is located on the main route between
>Moscow and St. Petersburg on the Volga River, with a population of
>500,000.
>
>Interns are invited to participate in a vast cultural enrichment
>program, including local excursions, trips to Moscow and St.
>Petersburg, visits to artisans' workshops and studios as well as other
>cultural events offered at the Institute.
>
>Certificates of Completion will be granted upon completion of the
>program, detailing the courses attended, hours of study and including
>an internship assessment.
>
>Students will have the option to live with a host family;
>or if the student prefers, a private apartment will be procured.
>
>INTERNSHIP OPTIONS
>******************
>
>Track 1 - Interns will join the Translation and Communication Support
>Unit, where they will assist in the company's translation and
>editorial work.
>
>Track 2 - Interns will assist in international marketing activities
>including the development of Internet presentations.
>
>Track 3 - Interns will have the opportunity to work on their
>instructional skills, while teaching their native language to Russian
>students at the Institute for International Communication.
>
>
>BENEFITS
>********
>Interns will receive from this program:
>
>- enhanced proficiency in Russian language competence
>- comprehensive professional and cultural orientation
>- practical work experience in the operations of a Russian company
>- opportunities to make future career contacts in Russia
>
>
>REQUIREMENTS
>************
>Applicants must have the following:
>
>- proficiency in written and spoken Russian (from intermediate to
>advanced levels)
>- experience in oral/written translation from the intern's native
>  language into Russian and vice versa
>- excellent writing and editing skills in the intern's native language
>- experience with modern word-processing, HTML-authoring and the
>Internet
>- ability to work independently
>- good analytical skills
>
>
>DATES
>*****
>The internship program start dates are:
>
>- March 3, 1997
>- May 5, 1997
>- September 8, 1997
>
>Each internship will initially be for 10 to 12 weeks, and extensions
>may be granted based on continued need by Tver InterContact Group.
>
>
>APPLICATION PROCEDURE
>*********************
>Interested candidates are invited to send letters of interest and
>resumes to:
>
>info at ic.redline.ru
>infodesk at extranet.ru
>
>or faxed to:
>
>Melinda Farris
>International Student Advisor
>Tver InterContact Group
>fax: +7.0822.426210


From ewb2 at cornell.edu  Mon Jan 27 13:05:45 1997
From: ewb2 at cornell.edu (E. Wayles Browne)
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 09:05:45 -0400
Subject: Happy birthday
Message-ID: <MON.27.JAN.1997.090545.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

26 January 1997 marks the 200th anniversary of Talvj's birth.
"Talvj" was the pseudonym of a German-American translator, Slavist, and
novelist. She was born in Germany 26 January 1797 and named Therese
Albertine Louise von Jacob (Jakob). In childhood she lived in
Ukraine and Russia. In 1824, back in Germany, she began translating
epic songs from Vuk Karadzic's collection from Serbo-Croatian to German,
at the request of none other than Goethe.
She married an American theologian, Edward Robinson, and moved with
him to Massachusetts in 1830. In 1834 she published the first of a series
of articles about the Slavic peoples and literatures; a revised version
came out as a book, _Historical View of the Languages and Literature
of the Slavic Nations; with a Sketch of their Popular Poetry_ (New York:
Putnam, 1850). Her works gave the American reading public
the first more or less reliable information about the Slavs it had ever
seen.
She continued to write novels, stories, and essays in both German
and English.
She returned to Germany in 1864 and died there in 1870.
She was our first Slavist. Who was our second?


Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
Morrill Hall, Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.

tel. 607-255-0712 (o), 607-273-3009 (h)
fax 607-255-2044 (write FOR W. BROWNE)
e-mail ewb2 at cornell.edu


From cleminso at ceu.hu  Mon Jan 27 15:09:42 1997
From: cleminso at ceu.hu (Ralph Cleminson)
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 16:09:42 +100
Subject: Happy birthday
Message-ID: <MON.27.JAN.1997.160942.100.>

E.Wayles Browne's celebration of TALVI's bicentenary reminds me of a
mystery reference in this lady's works which has puzzled me for some
time.  On p.101 of her "Historical View of the Languages and
Literatures of the Slavic Nations" (New York, 1850), in the course of
a discussion of the then-extant grammars and dictionaries of Russian,
she mentions "Constantinon's Russian Grammar and Dictionary, London,
3 vols., 8vo."  Even allowing for the probable misprint in the
author's name, I have been unable to find this in any library or
bibliography.  Can anyone shed any light on this?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
R.M.Cleminson, M.A., D.Phil.
Dept of Mediaeval Studies, Central European University
Post: H-1245 Budapest 5, P.O.B.1082
Phone: +361 327 3024   Fax: +361 327 3055
http://www.ceu.hu/medstud/ralph.htm


From m-greenberg at UKANS.EDU  Mon Jan 27 16:47:47 1997
From: m-greenberg at UKANS.EDU (Marc L. Greenberg)
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:47:47 EST
Subject: question on study abroad (Albanian)
Message-ID: <MON.27.JAN.1997.114747.EST.>

It's not clear what this person wants to study in
Albania during the summer.  If it's language, I am
aware of the Summer Seminar in Albanian Language and Culture.
Here's the contact info.:

=09Universiteti i Tiran=EBs
=09Fakulteti i Historis=EB dhe i Filologjis=EB
=09Departamenti i Gjuh=EBsis=EB
=09Tirana, Albania
=09
=09Tel. +355-42-24109
=09Fax: +355-42-23981

Also, Albanian is offered at the Summer Workshop at
Indiana Univ. COntact:

=09Prof. Jerzy Kolodziej
=09Director, SWSEEL
=09Slavic Dept., Indiana U.
=09Ballantine Hall 502
=09Bloomington, IN 47405

=09Tel. 812-855-2608

Hope that helps,

Marc L. Greenberg

David J. Galloway' wrote:
>=20
> I would say look at the AATSEEL Intensive Language Programs page, b=
ut at the
> moment we have no listings for any Albanian programs!  If any SEELA=
NGers
> know of or are connected with such a program (in the U.S. or abroad=
), please
> send me a notice so that we can post it for others.  The same goes =
for
> programs in Tajik, Slovene, and Tatar.
>=20
> At 02:36 PM 25-01-97 EST, Margo Ballou wrote:
> >A friend of mine would like to know about summer research or study
> >opportunities in Albania.  We checked around my department but did=
n't
> >find anything.  Would anyone be willing to give any pointers on
> >where to look?

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D
Marc L. Greenberg
Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Kansas
2134 Wescoe Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045-2174, USA

Tel.: (913) 864-3313
Fax: (913) 864-4298

E-mail: m-greenberg at ukans.edu


From ggerhart at wolfenet.com  Mon Jan 27 18:52:37 1997
From: ggerhart at wolfenet.com (Genevra Gerhart)
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:52:37 -0800
Subject: question on study abroad (Albanian)
Message-ID: <MON.27.JAN.1997.105237.0800.>

Slavic language departments are nothing if not adaptable -- this is
where you look for Hungarian, Tatar, and Georgian in addition to other
Indo-European languages such as Armenian, Romanian, Tajik and Albanian.

Perhaps English professors could find employment teaching an Indian
language? Why have they not thought of it? And perhaps underemployed
French teachers could keep busy with what German demand there is.

Reminds me of a song -- something about loving the one you're near if
you're not near the one you love.

Just musing, gg
--
Genevra Gerhart                         http://www.wolfe.net/~ggerhart/

2134 E. Interlaken  Bl.                 Tel. 206/329-0053
Seattle, WA  98112                      ggerhart at wolfenet.com


From ewb2 at cornell.edu  Tue Jan 28 00:41:36 1997
From: ewb2 at cornell.edu (E. Wayles Browne)
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 20:41:36 -0400
Subject: the Second American Slavist
Message-ID: <MON.27.JAN.1997.204136.0400.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

forwarded to the list with Jan Perkowski's permission:
>Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 12:41:40 -0500
>To: ewb2 at cornell.edu (E Wayles Browne)
>From: "Jan L. Perkowski" <perkowski at virginia.edu>
>Subject: the Second American Slavist
>
>Dear Wayles,
>
>I just read your birthday  salute to TALVJ and I suspect that she is our
>second Slavist. Since I have a copy of her l850 work, I checked her Preface
>and she states there that the book is based on an 1834 essay. I have had in
>my hands another volume on the Slavs printed in New England in the early
>1830's by another author, whose name I can't recall right off, and I
>suspect that it appeared before her article. It seems that an influx of
>emigres from the Polish rebellion of 1830 caused some general interest in
>the Slavs.
>
>All the best,
>
>Jan
>
>*********************************************************************
>                     Jan L. Perkowski, Chair
>                     University of Virginia
>                        Slavic Department
>                          (804) 924-3548
>*********************************************************************
>


From billings at rz.uni-leipzig.de  Tue Jan 28 13:01:11 1997
From: billings at rz.uni-leipzig.de (Loren A. BILLINGS)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 14:01:11 +0100
Subject: RUKI rule (forwarded from Linguist list)
Message-ID: <TUE.28.JAN.1997.140111.0100.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Dear fellow Slavi(ci)sts,
I'm forwarding this from another list.  Please reply her directly.  --LAB

Date:  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:31:03 -0330 (NST)
From:  Linda Longerich <lindal at morgan.ucs.mun.ca>
Subject:  RUKI rule


I am investigating the conditioning environment which triggered the
shift of PIE alveolar /s/ to palatal, retroflex or velar /s/ in
Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic.  That is - following either an /r/,
/u/, /k/ or /i/.

My hypothesis is that the conditioning may be acoustic (originally
suggested by Vennemann, Linguistics 130 (1974),91-97).  If this
hypothesis is correct, there should be at least a few similar examples
in other languages.

I am looking for any examples of similar diachronic shifts or
synchronic variants in a NON-Indoeuropean Language.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Linda Longerich lindal at morgan.ucs.mun.ca
Linguistics Department
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada


From billings at rz.uni-leipzig.de  Tue Jan 28 13:01:16 1997
From: billings at rz.uni-leipzig.de (Loren A. BILLINGS)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 14:01:16 +0100
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <TUE.28.JAN.1997.140116.0100.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Recently Genevra Gerhart <ggerhart at wolfenet.com> wrote the following to
this list:

"Reminds me of a song -- something about loving the one you're near if
you're not near the one you love."

The song's lyrics are most likely the following:

      If you can't be with the one you love
      Love the one you're with

This song appears in the album _Four way street_ by the group Crosby,
Stills, Nash and Young (and possibly elsewhere originally).  I believe this
song was written by either Graham NASH or Stephen STILLS.

Even more apropos to the situation is the following Russian saying:

      Na bezryb'e i rak ryba.

Incidentally, there's been a debate of sorts about along these lines in the
subfield of Slavic linguistics:  A couple years ago (by now) Olga YOKOYAMA
wrote a "Reflections" column in _Journal of Slavic linguistics_ suggesting
that linguists should make themselves more valuable to their literature
colleagues by doing things (planning and teaching courses on, researching,
etc.) ways that linguistics helps the study of literature.  In the
following volume's "Reflections" column Steven FRANKS responded that you
must follow your heart; if literary pursuits aren't your forte, then don't
engage in them.  More to the point, for a couple years now there's been a
panel at AATSEEL on "non-Slavic languages" where there have been talks, for
example, on Georgian (Tracy Holloway KING) and languages of the (Russian)
Far East (Lenore GRENOBLE).  I'm not sure if this panel continued at the
Washington meeting; I wasn't able to make it.



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Institut fuer Slavistik                Home address:
Universitaet Leipzig
Augustusplatz 9                        Funkenburgstr. 14
D-04109 Leipzig                        D-04105 Leipzig

my office phone*: +49 (341) 211 8165   home phone:  +49 (341) 980 7227
dept. secretary:  +49 (341) 973 7450
dept. secretary:  +49 (341) 973 7454
dept. fax:        +49 (341) 973 7499

[* if this line is busy, try +49 (341) 211 8164, but let it ring 10 times!]
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From jdingley at YorkU.CA  Tue Jan 28 20:13:36 1997
From: jdingley at YorkU.CA (John Dingley)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 15:13:36 -0500
Subject: Be'cs
Message-ID: <TUE.28.JAN.1997.151336.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Hi!

Might someone shed light on the etymology of Be'cs, the name
used for Vienna in several Central/South European countries?
I had assumed that it was of Hungarian origin (meaning
"a river bank"?), but I've also heard that it is originally a
Turkish word.  (I would find the Turkish origin strange since,
as far as I know, the Bulgarians use Viena).

John Dingley

---------------
http://momiji.arts-dlll.yorku.ca/jding.html


From SLBAEHR at VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU  Wed Jan 29 03:09:44 1997
From: SLBAEHR at VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Irina Mess-Baehr)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 22:09:44 EST
Subject: 1995 Mandel'shtam Biblioteka poeta edition
Message-ID: <TUE.28.JAN.1997.220944.EST.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

Does anyone happen to know of a bookstore that still has a copy
of the Novaia biblioteka poeta edition of Mandel'shtam,
+Polnoe sobranie stikhotvorenii+  (SPb: Akademicheskii proekt, 1995)?
I've tried the obvious sources (Kamkin, Russian House, Globus,
Dom knigi in NY) but without success. I'd be very grateful if
anyone knows of available copies. Thanks.
             Irina Mess-Baehr


From RSYLVESTER at CENTER.COLGATE.EDU  Wed Jan 29 03:33:37 1997
From: RSYLVESTER at CENTER.COLGATE.EDU (Richard Sylvester)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 22:33:37 -0500
Subject: None but the Lonely Heart
Message-ID: <TUE.28.JAN.1997.223337.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I have two questions on the song of this title by
Tchaikovsky, his op 6 no 6, known in Russian as
"Net, tol'ko tot, kto znal", which is in turn a translation
of Goethe's "Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt".

Does anyone know the source of the English title to the
song --i.e., who came up with the phrase "None but the
lonely heart"? The name of a translator? a date?

Second, has anyone seen the 1944 film with Cary Grant and
Ethel Barrymore by the same title? I know that the story has
nothing to do with Tchaikovsky, but what I wonder about is the
musical score--reviews I have read mention the score as
"symphonic" and I wonder if it uses Tchaikovsky's music at all,
and in particular this song?

Richard Sylvester
(rsylvester at center.colgate.edu)


From thobe at lafn.org  Wed Jan 29 07:25:58 1997
From: thobe at lafn.org (Glenn E. Thobe)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 23:25:58 -0800
Subject: None but the Lonely Heart
Message-ID: <TUE.28.JAN.1997.232558.0800.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

> Does anyone know the source of the English title to the
> song --i.e., who came up with the phrase "None but the
> lonely heart"? The name of a translator? a date?

That's not a bad translation, it gets the meter and the meaning
and it's poetic.  Does your university have a music library?
Maybe you can find a score with the English translation and a
credit.  Or you and your librarian can use the Internet to find
a library which has the score and phone up the librarian there
to look up the information.  Hope this helps a little bit.

-GT


From CLEMINSO at ceu.hu  Wed Jan 29 16:42:09 1997
From: CLEMINSO at ceu.hu (Ralph Cleminson)
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 17:42:09 +100
Subject: Be'cs
Message-ID: <WED.29.JAN.1997.174209.100.>

On Tue, 28 Jan 1997  John Dingley wrote:
>
> Might someone shed light on the etymology of Be'cs, the name
> used for Vienna in several Central/South European countries?
> I had assumed that it was of Hungarian origin (meaning
> "a river bank"?), but I've also heard that it is originally a
> Turkish word.  (I would find the Turkish origin strange since,
> as far as I know, the Bulgarians use Viena).
>

Gombocz Z., Melich J., Magyar etymolo'giai szo'ta'r, Bp., 1914-30,
frankly admit that the etymology of this word is "obscure", but point
out that Be'cs is the name of a number of suburbs of various separate
Hungarian localities, hence Be'csorsza'g (i.e. Austria) =
"Borderland" (from a Hungarian point of view).  No clues on where the
word actually comes from, though.

Kiss Lajos, Fo"ldrajzi nevek etimolo'giai szo'ta'ra, Bp., 1988, gives
the first recorded use of Be'cs as 1356, but the best he can do for
an etymology is OHung be'cs "limekiln" from Russian pech' (via Turkic
to account for the p>b; work the chronology out for yourselves).  Why
this should be applied to Vienna is anyone's guess.  He doesn't
inspire confidence by suggesting similar origins for Pe'cs; since
this is Fu"nfkirchen or equivalent in various other languages, I
can't help thinking that a Slavonic numeral is at the bottom of it.
This doesn't help us with Vienna, though.

If anyone can dig up anything more convincing, let's hear it.

Sziaztok!
Ralph













~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
R.M.Cleminson, M.A., D.Phil.
Dept of Mediaeval Studies, Central European University
Post: H-1245 Budapest 5, P.O.B.1082
Phone: +361 327 3024   Fax: +361 327 3055
http://www.ceu.hu/medstud/ralph.htm


From yamato at yt.cache.waseda.ac.jp  Thu Jan 30 04:00:53 1997
From: yamato at yt.cache.waseda.ac.jp (Dr Yoshimasa Tsuji)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 13:00:53 +0900
Subject: Learning Russian in Russia
Message-ID: <THU.30.JAN.1997.130053.0900.>

Hello,
A student in our faculty wishes to spend a year in Russia to
learn Russian from this March/April. I recommend him to
employ one or two teachers, stay at a private home in a quiet
provincial town where no one speaks Japanese. The tuition fee
in Russia seems to be seven US dollars per hour or US$5,800 for
a course of ten months, but being an expert on salaries, I am sure
there are people who would be willing to look after him at a much
lower cost. My rough estimate is US$200 a month, three hours every day
from Monday to Friday.
  If you have any idea about whom to contact, let me know. Thanks.

With best wishes,
Tsuji


From dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu  Thu Jan 30 10:07:36 1997
From: dpbrowne+ at pitt.edu (Devin P Browne)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 05:07:36 -0500
Subject: FYI: Educ. Exchange Prg for Russian students (fwd)
Message-ID: <THU.30.JAN.1997.050736.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 97 18:03:38 EST
From: Center for Civil Society International <ccsi at u.washington.edu>
Reply-To: civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list <civilsoc at solar.rtd.utk.edu>
Subject: Educ. Exchange Prg for Russian students



                  Program Announcement
  The 1997-98 USIA Freedom Support Act Undergraduate Program


The FSA-Undergraduate Program offers qualified candidates a one-year
academic program at an American college or university.  Candidates are
selected on the basis of an open competition.  The deadline for applying is
FEBUARY 28, 1997.  For information about how to receive an applicaiton
call ACTR/ACCELS

*  Moscow, Russia call 7-095-230-45-90 -Program Coordinator Will Morse
   <wmorse at glasnet.ru>

*  Washington D.C. USA  01-202-833-7522- Program Officer David Slattery

Eligibility requirement include, but are not limited to, the following:

Candidates must currently attend an institute of higher learning (VUZ),
full-time, in their first, second or third year in one of the following
countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

Candidates will be selected from the following fields:

First Year Students:
Business, Computer Science, Criminal Justice Studies, Journalism/Mass
Communication, Political Science, and Sociology.

Second And Third Year Students:
Agriculture, Business, Computer Science, Criminal Justice Studies,
Economics, Education (i.e. methodology), English as a Second
Language/Teaching English as a Foreign Language (ESL/TEFL),
Environmental Protection, Journalism/Mass Communication, Library and
Information Science, Political Science, Public Health, and Sociology.


Two programs of study are offered under the FSA Undergraduate Program:

I) Undergraduate Program at Four-Year Colleges and Universities

Applicants to this program must be between the ages of 17 and 26, and
currently enrolled as an undergraduate student in the second or third year
of study, in good academic standing, in a university or institute in one of
the countries listed above.  Students who will be entering the fourth year of
study in a four-year undergraduate degree program in September 1997 are
not eligible to apply.

Scholarships will be awarded to 145 students in the 1997-98 academic year
in the following fields:  Agriculture, Business, Computer Science, Criminal
Justice Studies, Economics, Education (i.e. methodology), English as a
Second Language/Teaching English as a Foreign Language (ESL/TEFL),
Environmental Protection, Journalism/Mass Communication, Library and
Information Science, Political Science, Public Health, and Sociology.

Students will be placed at a wide variety of U.S. colleges and universities.
Participants will take courses in their area of specialization as well as
 classes
outside the major field.  Students will live in university dormitories and will
have the opportunity to participate in campus organizations and activities.
During their term of study, students must meet the academic standards and
requirements of the program and the host U.S. college or university.



II)  Undergraduate Program at Two-Year Community Colleges

Applicants must be between the ages of 18 and 22, and currently enrolled
as an undergraduate student in the first year of study, in good academic
standing, in a university or institute in one of the countries listed above.
Scholarships will be awarded to thirty students in the 1997-98 academic
year in the following fields:  Business, Computer Science, Criminal Justice
Studies, Journalism/Mass Communication, Political Science, and
Sociology.  Students will be placed in U.S. community colleges for one
academic year of study.  Registration for courses outside the above fields of
study, especially modern languages like German, Spanish, and French, will
NOT be permitted.  Participants will live with an American host family for
the duration of the program.


In order to be eligible for either program, applicants must:

1) be a citizen of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, or
Uzbekistan;

2) have a strong command of written and spoken English;

3) be able to begin studies in the United States in August 1997;

4) be able to receive and maintain the U.S. student visa (J-1) required for
this program.

Applicants will not be eligible if they:

1) are married to a U.S. citizen;

2) are enrolled in a U.S. academic program;

3) are earning a living or salary in the U.S., or are working for a U.S.
government agency;

4) have spent four or more consecutive months outside the NIS since June
1995.

Opportunities to conduct independent research will not be provided n this
academic exchange.


From tom.priestly at ualberta.ca  Thu Jan 30 17:15:34 1997
From: tom.priestly at ualberta.ca (Tom Priestly)
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 10:15:34 -0700
Subject: Earliest Slavic isogloss map?
Message-ID: <THU.30.JAN.1997.101534.0700.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

I am writing a 'chapter' on the pre-1914 history of Slavic dialectology for
a mammoth History of Linguistics.  One section will be on cartography.
The earliest map I have found is by Mixal'c^uk in 1872 - a map of dialect areas.

But what of the earliest  cartography of a specific linguistic feature,
i.e., with actual isoglosses?
I have a reference to Frinta (1916), who attempted to map the consonant /v/
for the whole Slavic-speaking territory.

But I have an uneasy feeling that Aleksandar Belic''s

"Dialektologic^eskaja karta serbskogo jazyka," Sbornik statej po
slavjanovedeniju, 1-59. St. Petersburg: Vtoroe otdelenie Imperatorskoj
akademii, 1905

(also published as a separate booklet in 1906, according to some sources) -

which I have not seen -

probably shows the extent of  kaj/c^a/s^to, and/or of ije/je/e. So it would
be the first (as far as I would know) to actually have isoglosses for
feature(s), rather than "areas" of (sub)dialects. - It is not in the U of
Alberta library.

If anyone has this in their library, and can send me a photocopy by fax, I
shall be VERY grateful. And so will Wayles Browne (to whom I'll send a
further copy): the Cornell library doesn't have it either.
Thanks!Tom Priestly

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
*  Tom Priestly
*  (President, Society for Slovene Studies)
*  Modern Languages and Comparative Studies
*  University of Alberta
*  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E6
---------------------------------------------------------------

*  telephone:   403 - 492 - 4219
*  fax:                403 - 492 - 2715

*  email:           tom.priestly at ualberta.ca
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


From goscilo+ at pitt.edu  Fri Jan 31 16:10:50 1997
From: goscilo+ at pitt.edu (Helena Goscilo)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 11:10:50 -0500
Subject: Culture and Literature Panels at 1997 MLA
Message-ID: <FRI.31.JAN.1997.111050.0500.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

                   *****CALL FOR PAPERS*****

MLA in Toronto, CANADA, 27-30 December 1997 (coincides with AATSEEL dates)


The three sessions in Slavic Cultures and Literatures are:

(1)  Totalitarian Art -- organizer Clare Cavanagh
            at <cavanagh at facstaff.wisc.edu>

(2)  Blood and Nation -- organizer Harriet Murav
            at <hlmurav at ucdavis.edu>

(3)  Sex and Death -- organizer Helena Goscilo
            at <goscilo+ at pitt.edu>


Interested parties should send a one-page, double-spaced abstract to the
pertinent division organizer, including their telephone number, E-mail and
snail-mail address, plus fax number.

Deadline for receipt of abstracts is 14 March for panels (1) and (2); 6
March for panel (3).

Helena Goscilo, Univ. of Pittsburgh
For MLA Slavic Executive Committee


From 72360.544 at CompuServe.COM  Fri Jan 31 20:47:22 1997
From: 72360.544 at CompuServe.COM (CIS)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 15:47:22 EST
Subject: Summer Schools of Czech in the Czech Republic
Message-ID: <FRI.31.JAN.1997.154722.EST.>

To whom it may concern:

The Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports of the Czech Republic has the
pleasure to inform the interested parties that the following Czech universities
offer 1997 summer courses in the Czech studies:

Summer School of Slavic Languages
Philosophical Faculty, Charles University
nam. J. Palacha 2
116 38 Praha 1
Contact Person: Dr. Jiri Hasil
tel.: 42-2-21619262
fax: 42-2-2319645
Date: August 1 - August 29
Costs: $ 950 (incl. board and lodging)
         $ 430 (without board and lodging)

Institute for Language and Expert Preparatory Studies for Foreign Students
Charles University
Jindoi ska 29
110 00 Praha 1
Contact person: Dr. Milada Eadska
tel.: 42-2-24398485
fax 42-2-229497
Date: July 14 - August 8
Costs: $ 650

Summer School of Slavic Languages
University of West Bohemia
Univerzitni 8
306 14 Plzeo
Contact person: Dr. Eva Valentova
tel.: 42-19-279362
fax: 42-19-279361
Date: July 7 - July 25
Costs: $ 650

Summer School of Slavic Languages
Pedagogical Faculty, University of South Bohemia
Dukelska 9
370 01 Eeske Budijovice
Contact person: Miloslava Moravcova
tel. 42-38-54940
fax 42-38-7312194
Date: August 25 - September 12
Costs: $ 650

Summer School of Slavic Languages
Philosophical Faculty, Masaryk University
Arne Novaka 1
660 88 Brno
Contact person: Dr. Eva Rusinova
tel.: 42-5-41121130
fax: 42-5-41121406
Date July 26 - August 22
Costs: $ 950 (incl. board and lodging)
         $ 700 (without board and lodging)

Summer School of Slavic Languages
Philosophical Faculty, Palacky University
Koi kovskeho 10
771 80 Olomouc
Contact person: Dr. Josef Linek
tel. 42-68-5631348 or 42-68-5228593
fax 42-68-5229162
Date: July 28 - August 22
Costs: 24,000 Czech crowns (i.e. cca $900)

Please, note, that as of March 1 the country code be changed from 42 to 420.

The course curriculum covers the Czech language, literature, history, culture,
recent political development, etc. The priority, however, is to develop and to
enhance the Czech language proficiency.

For further information and enrollment (including application forms), please,
contact directly the universities. No scholarships are available for this year.

You may also contact the Embassy of the Czech Republic, tel. 202-274-9125,
fax 202-966-8540, e-mail: 72360.544 at COMPUSERVE.COM, contact person:
Hana Rambouskova, Science, Technology & Education Attache.
The Embassy, however, does not provide application forms.


From uzs8cw at IBM.rhrz.uni-bonn.de  Fri Jan 31 20:54:14 1997
From: uzs8cw at IBM.rhrz.uni-bonn.de (Dieter Stern)
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 1997 15:54:14 EST
Subject: 1995 Mandel'shtam Biblioteka poeta edition
Message-ID: <FRI.31.JAN.1997.155414.EST.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.BITNET>

>Does anyone happen to know of a bookstore that still has a copy
>of the Novaia biblioteka poeta edition of Mandel'shtam,
>+Polnoe sobranie stikhotvorenii+  (SPb: Akademicheskii proekt, 1995)?
>I've tried the obvious sources (Kamkin, Russian House, Globus,
>Dom knigi in NY) but without success. I'd be very grateful if
>anyone knows of available copies. Thanks.
>             Irina Mess-Baehr


Try
Kubon & Sagner
Buchexport - Import GmbH
D-80328 Munich
Germany
e-mail: postmaster at kubon-sagner.de

Dieter Stern
Bonn University
Germany



From stgeorge at cityline.ru  Thu Jan  2 13:44:04 1997
From: stgeorge at cityline.ru (Sergey Streltsov)
Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 16:44:04 +0300
Subject: STGEORGE: Recommendations of Russian Academy of Science
Message-ID: <THU.2.JAN.1997.164404.0300.SEELANGS@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>

STGEORGE: Recommendations of Russian Academy of Science

In The Saint George Journal at http://www.art.ru/stgeorge/ You can find now
in its Russian Contents Recommendations of Russian Academy of Science for
Russian Studies.

Recommendations were given by IMLI  Moscow State Institution of World
Literature.

These are the works in field of History, Philology, Political Science,
Economy, and poetry and prose for children by most famous Soviet-Russian
men of letters for people and courses beginning to study Russian language
and literature. By authors were give permission to use their work this way,
printed by printer or Xerox, also cited with pointing the sources. For
permission to reprint write to The Saint George Journal via e-mail or post,
 this also quite possible as and even personal contacts with authors and so
on.

The Saint George Journal
The Editor
Sergey Streltsov.
http://www.art.ru/stgeorge/