Medieval Slavic Summer Institute

[Daniel E. Collins]

MEDIEVAL SLAVIC SUMMER INSTITUTE

JUNE 21-JULY 9, 1999

THE HILANDAR RESEARCH LIBRARY/RESOURCE CENTER FOR MEDIEVAL SLAVIC STUDIES
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF SLAVIC AND EAST EUROPEAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, COLUMBUS, OHIO

The Hilandar Research Library (HRL)/Resource Center for Medieval Slavic
Studies (RCMSS) and the Department of Slavic and East European Languages
and Literatures at The Ohio State University will host a three-week
intensive summer institute in Columbus, Ohio, June 21 - July 9, 1999.  Two
courses will be offered:  Practical Slavic Paleography (Slavic 870) and
Readings in Church Slavonic (Slavic 812).  Both courses will use manuscript
materials on microform from the Hilandar Research Library's extensive
holdings.  Participants will have the opportunity to work with original
manuscripts and to conduct their own individualized research in the HRL.  A
program of lectures on related topics, films, and other activities are
planned.

The Hilandar Research Library, the largest repository of medieval Slavic
Cyrillic texts on microform in the world, includes the holdings of 71
monastic, private, museum and library collections from 20 countries.  There
are over 4000 Cyrillic manuscripts on microform in the collection (more
than a million pages), as well as over 700 Cyrillic printed books from
prior to 1800 on microfilm (more than half a million pages).  The holdings
range from the eleventh to twentieth centuries, with a particularly strong
collection of manuscripts from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries.
About half of the manuscripts are East Slavic, with much of the remainder
South Slavic in provenience.

For further information about the Hilandar Research Library, please visit
the HRL/RCMSS website at <www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/cmrs/rcmss/>.  The
Slavic Department website address is <www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/slavic>.

Eligibility:  Applicants must have a B.A. degree and a reading knowledge of
Cyrillic and at least one Slavic language.  Preference will be given to
applicants with a reading knowledge of Church Slavonic or some other
pre-modern Slavic language.  Please note that the OSU Slavic Department
will offer the preliminary language course in Old Church Slavonic (Slavic
810) Spring Quarter, 1999.

Credit:  Students in the Medieval Slavic Summer Institute can receive 10
graduate credit hours at The Ohio State University.  Graduate students from
the universities of the CIC (the Consortium for Institutional Cooperation)
may be eligible to enroll under the Traveling Scholars Program (refer to
your home institution for details).

Housing:  On-campus accommodations can be arranged for participants with
sufficient advance notice.

Financial Aid:  A limited amount of financial assistance will be available.

Deadline for Application:  May 15, 1999.  The Medieval Slavic Summer
Institute will be held pending sufficient enrollment.

For further information and to obtain an application, please contact one of
the following:

Resource Center for Medieval Slavic Studies
The Ohio State University
225 Main Library
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1286
(614) 292-0634
E-mail:  <hilandar at osu.edu>

Department of Slavic and East European Languages
The Ohio State University
232 Cunz Hall
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1215
(614) 292-6733 (contact: Dr. Daniel Collins)
E-mail:  <collins.232 at osu.edu>


Daniel E. Collins
Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures
The Ohio State University
collins.232 at osu.edu