From esjogren at NC.RR.COM  Wed Aug  1 02:25:04 2001
From: esjogren at NC.RR.COM (Ernie Sjogren)
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 22:25:04 -0400
Subject: Source of Quotation
Message-ID: <TUE.31.JUL.2001.222504.0400.SJOGREEK@BIGFOOT.COM>

> "Priroda ne liubit izobilovat' prichinami veshchei."

This is a statement of the priniciple of parsimony, or "Occam's
Razor," which idea is associated with the philosophical thought of
William of Occam (or Ockham), 1284?-1347?, but I don't know where this
particular formulation of it originated, sorry.

-- Ernie Sjogren


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From: "L Malcolm" <lmalcolm at GPU.SRV.UALBERTA.CA>

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From cinkhars at QUEENCITY.COM  Wed Aug  1 14:36:41 2001
From: cinkhars at QUEENCITY.COM (CINKHARS)
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 10:36:41 -0400
Subject: culinary terms
Message-ID: <WED.1.AUG.2001.103641.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear members of SEELANGS,

Sorry to be a bother, but I need some assistance with finding a dictionary of culinary terms in Russian/English that is available on the internet.

If such a dictionary exists, please send the website address to my e-mail address.  If such dictionaries are only in print, please send the names of the dictionaries as well.  

Thanks in advance.

Dave Brokaw
Project Administrator
Cincinnati-Kharkiv Sister City Project
cinkhars at queencity.com

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From crosswhi at LING.ROCHESTER.EDU  Wed Aug  1 15:26:05 2001
From: crosswhi at LING.ROCHESTER.EDU (Katherine Crosswhite)
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 11:26:05 -0400
Subject: Distance Learning of Less Commonly Taught Languages
Message-ID: <WED.1.AUG.2001.112605.0400.>

Dear SEELANGS Members,

A new conference has been added to the AATSEEL conferences and meetings
listing.  Since I have not seen an announcement for the conference on
SEELANGS, and since it seems like an interesting conference, I thought I
would just send around an email drawing your attention to it.  The
conference is on distance learning for less commonly taught languages,
and they are looking for proposals for presentations at the conference.
For more information, please check out the AATSEEL listings at:

http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~aatseel/conferences/meetings.html

Thank you,

Katherine Crosswhite

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From eginzbur at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU  Wed Aug  1 19:13:16 2001
From: eginzbur at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU (elizabeth ginzburg)
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 14:13:16 -0500
Subject: People and Pelts, Collection of articles
In-Reply-To: <00a601c11a97$785f9b40$6c679a40@oemcomputer>
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Dear all,
if you know of anybody who has  this book and wishes to sell it to me,
please contact eginzbur at midway.uchicago.edu

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Wed Aug  1 22:04:55 2001
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 15:04:55 -0700
Subject: FW: Conference announcement
Message-ID: <WED.1.AUG.2001.150455.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

FYI:

Below you will find information about the conference on translation,
"Lost and Found: The Art of Translation," hosted by the International
Writing Program at the University of Iowa in October.  I would
appreciate it very much if you could please forward this to interested
lists and individuals.

Thank you very much,

Susan Benner
Conference Coordinator
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The International Writing Program at the University of Iowa
announces its second annual festival, a conference and celebration
of literary translation:

           "LOST AND FOUND: THE ART OF TRANSLATION

taking place on the University of Iowa Campus on

           OCTOBER 12, 13 & 14, 2001

The conference will consist of public readings, lectures, and panel
discussions on a broad range of topics related to literary translation.
Participants include some of the most illustrious translators from
around the world, among them Pulitzer Prize-winning poet W.S. Merwin;
Edmund Keeley, the translator of the works of two Nobel laureates,
George Seferis and Odysseas Elytis, as well as those of the greatest Greek
poet of the last two centuries, Constantine Cavafy; Eliot Weinberger,
translator of Nobel laureate Octavio Paz's Collected Poems; poet Heather
McHugh and literary scholar Nikolai Popov, who have translated the
most important poet of the Holocaust, Paul Celan; Chinese poet Bei Dao;
and poet Daniel Weissbort, former director of the University of Iowa
Translation Program, who has translated a number of modern Russian
poets including Nikolai Zabolotskai and Evgenii Vinokurov.

Other participants include John Nathan, who holds the Takashima Chair
of Japanese Cultural Studies at UC Santa Barbara and who has translated
several novels by Nobel laureate Kezaburo Oe, and writer William Gass,
whose most recent book is Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of
Translation.  They will be joined by Clare Cavanagh, co-translator of
Nobel
laureate Wislawa Szymborska's Poems New and Collected and of Adam
Zagajewski's poetry and prose; Linda Asher, who along with her husband
Aaron Asher has translated the Czech novelist Milan Kundera's work;
Gran Malmqvist, a member of the Swedish Academy and translator of
Chinese literature; and Zvonimir Radeljkovic, professor at the University
of Sarajevo and founding member of PEN in Bosnia, who has translated
extensively from contemporary American and English literature.

The conference is free and open to the public.  Visit our website at:
http://www.uiowa.edu/~iwp/AOTintro.
For further information or to register, contact Susan Benner at
susan-benner at uiowa.edu, (515) 233-1664.  Or write to the International
Writing Program, 469 EPB, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA   52242-1408.

**************************************************************
Alina Israeli
LFS, American University                phone:  (202) 885-2387
4400 Mass. Ave., NW                     fax:    (202) 885-1076
Washington, DC 20016

aisrael at american.edu

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From a.jameson at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Thu Aug  2 09:44:44 2001
From: a.jameson at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Andrew Jameson)
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 10:44:44 +0100
Subject: Fw: Conference on Ukraine
Message-ID: <THU.2.AUG.2001.104444.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

----- Original Message -----
From: Victoria Cherniychuk <wiktusia at YAHOO.COM>
To: <QUAL-FSU at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 6:02 PM
Subject: Conference on Ukraine


http://www.wiltonpark.org.uk/conferences/welcome.html

646th WILTON PARK CONFERENCE
With support from the Europe XXI Foundation, Ukraine
and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London

Monday 8 - Thursday 11 October 2001


UKRAINE: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES

What further steps are needed to implement economic
and administrative reforms? How healthy is democracy
in Ukraine? How has Ukraine's relationship with the EU
and NATO developed? What are the implications for
regional security? How are Ukraine's relations
evolving with its neighbours, including Russia? Has
the business climate improved?


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From dpbrowne+ at PITT.EDU  Thu Aug  2 13:23:26 2001
From: dpbrowne+ at PITT.EDU (Devin Browne)
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 09:23:26 -0400
Subject: Need help in Polish (FWD)
Message-ID: <THU.2.AUG.2001.092326.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hi all - A woman from another list I belong to is
trying to find out the origins of her Polish last
name, but needs some help from a Polish speaker.
Please respond directly to Sarah if you can help her
out.

Devin


--- Sarah m ponton <sponton at juno.com> wrote:
> Thanks so much for your help.
> I am researching my polish (supposedly) surname of
> "Moshenek"  and am at
> a dead end because this is an amercanized version of
> the true surname.
> Because Americans wrote down want they heard and
> most likely did not
> speak Polish, they wrote it down like it sounded to
> them with our
> alphabet.  I wanted a polish speaker to look at the
> name and tell me how
> it might have been spelled originally so I can begin
> to research it
> through Polish sources. Any help that could be given
> or advice will be
> greatly appreciated.
> Thanks!
> Sarah Moshenek Ponton  (sponton at juno.com)
>
>
> On Sat, 28 Jul 2001 05:48:51 -0700 (PDT) Devin P
> Browne
> <devinbrowne at yahoo.com> writes:
> > I don't speak Polish, but I belong to a list for
> > teachers of Slavic and East European Languages.
> If
> > you'd like, I could post a message from you onto
> that
> > list.  If so, just respond and include any message
> > you'd like to send and I'll be happy to get it
> posted.
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > Devin

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From sforres1 at SWARTHMORE.EDU  Thu Aug  2 18:30:23 2001
From: sforres1 at SWARTHMORE.EDU (Sibelan Forrester)
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 14:30:23 -0400
Subject: SEEJ Reviewing Turnover
Message-ID: <THU.2.AUG.2001.143023.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear comrades,

Let me remind everyone that as of August 1, John Bartle at Hamilton
College is the new SEEJ Associate Editor for Book Reviews.  All
questions can be most efficiently addressed to him at
<jbartle at hamilton.edu>.

While the web list is still in transition, please do visit the web
list of books available for review in SEEJ at

<http://www.swarthmore.edu/Humanities/sforres1/seej/>

if you are interested in reviewing something:  the more books I can
send out now, the fewer I'll have to sort and pack and ship in a week
or two.

Thank you for your attention, and wishing everyone a most salubrious month --

Sibelan


Sibelan Forrester
Russian/Modern Languages and Literatures
Swarthmore College
sforres1 at swarthmore.edu

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From murphydt at SLU.EDU  Fri Aug  3 01:01:30 2001
From: murphydt at SLU.EDU (David T. Murphy)
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 20:01:30 -0500
Subject: Money in Moscow
In-Reply-To: <dc.9a4da5c.289244a9@aol.com>
Message-ID: <THU.2.AUG.2001.200130.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear William Vernola,

        A belated note of thanks for your having taken the trouble to help
me with information on money in Russia.

        All went well in St. Petersburg and Moscow, as you'll see in a
short blurb to the list server that I'll send out in a few minutes. I did
want to send a personal note of thanks.

        Best, David Murphy



>You have to set this up with American Express.  Call the number for them and
>ask them that you want to set up an account to withdraw money automatically
>from your bank accout with your normal bank.  You need the old green AE card
>for this purpose.  At least it worked this way the last time I did it in
>1996.  My wife and I are still able to get cash withdrawals from the AE ATM
>on Sadovaya Ul. in Moscow.  You need to give AE your bank's routing number.
>When you get money at the ATM it will automatically deduct it from your bank
>account in the states.  AE charges a 2, maybe 2.5% fee.  To me it's worth it.
> Then you don't have to take lots of cash with you.  We set this up in 1996
>and we're still able to get cash.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>William Vernola
>
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From murphydt at SLU.EDU  Fri Aug  3 01:32:27 2001
From: murphydt at SLU.EDU (David T. Murphy)
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 20:32:27 -0500
Subject: Thanks
Message-ID: <THU.2.AUG.2001.203227.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

        Just a note to thank all those who replied to my request for
information on money in Russia.

        To the extent that my own experiences might be of interest to
someone, here is the story in brief.

        In order to cover all the bases, I brought along cash, travelers
checks, an ATM card and a Visa card..

        When I first arrived, I used cash to buy $50.00 worth of roubles at
Sheremet'evo, with no commission. I later bought $40.00 worth of roubles at
a street exchange in Moscow, again with no commission.

        In St. Petersburg I used travelers checks to obtain both dollars
and roubles at the Hotel Europe. The transactions were made at the
Baltoneksim Bank, next door to the Amex office in the main lobby of the
hotel; the fee on each transaction was 3%, which was well worth it to me.

        I also used my ATM card to obtain roubles, again in the lobby of
the Europe lobby, where I felt more comfortable. I did not try ATM machines
on the street, although I saw many Russians using them. I haven't yet seen
my bank statement, so I do not know what the fee was.

        I did not attempt to exchange travelers checks in Moscow.

        The customs folks were pretty lax, by the way. On the way in, I
dutifully filled in the customs declaration and then found the Green Line
(nothing to declare) unattended. When leaving, there was an officer at the
Green Line gate, but he didn't ask to see anything (I had my exchange slips
and customs declaration ready at hand) nor did he have me send my bags
through the x-ray machine. Two lines over, on the other hand, they were
fairly actively checking things. How to figur . . .

        Best, David Murphy

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From billings at ONEBOX.COM  Fri Aug  3 14:51:34 2001
From: billings at ONEBOX.COM (Loren Billings)
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 21:51:34 +0700
Subject: Personal accounts about language teaching
Message-ID: <FRI.3.AUG.2001.215134.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Recently there was a somewhat lively thread on this list about whether
personal experiences should count in making decisions about closing
language programs. While I generally agree with Pat Chaput's opinions,
the following book review seems to show how personal accounts can be
used--effectively in my view--to see how some people really master a
foreign language.

--Loren Billings <billings at onebox.com>

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 12.1946, Review: Belcher & Connor, Multiliterate Lives
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 20:33:10 -0000
From: The LINGUIST List <linguist at linguistlist.org>
Reply-To: linguist at linguistlist.org
To: LINGUIST at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG

LINGUIST List:  Vol-12-1946. Wed Aug 1 2001. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 12.1946, Review: Belcher & Connor, Multiliterate Lives

[...]

Belcher, Diane, and Ulla Connor, ed. (2001) Reflections on Multiliterate
Lives. Multilingual Matters Ltd, paperback ISBN: 1-85359-521-7,
vii+211pp, GBP 19.95, Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 26.

Guillaume Gentil, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

REFLECTIONS ON MULTILITERATE LIVES is a collection of 18 personal,
first-hand, accounts, in narrative and interview format, of the formative
language learning and literacy experiences of highly successful
second-language (L2) academic writers. By trying to find out how these
writers became so successful, the editors aim to help the students,
teachers, and researchers of L2 writing better understand how advanced L2
literacy can be achieved.

ABOUT THE EDITORS. The editors of REFLECTIONS are well-known specialists in
applied linguistics and TESOL with special interests in L2 academic writing
and English for specific purposes. They introduce themselves with a short
biography and a photo on page 1. Diane Belcher began her career in TESOL as
a teacher of English literature and composition in the People's Republic of
China. She earned a Ph.D. in English from the Ohio State University, where
she currently serves as the director of the ESL Composition Program. She has
co-edited "Academic Writing in a Second Language" and "Linking Literacies:
Perspectives on L2 Reading-Writing Connections." Born and raised in Finland,
Ulla Connor earned a Ph.D. in education and English linguistics from the
University of Wisconsin. She has taught English as a second/foreign language
and applied linguistics in the US, Finland, Japan, Venezuela, and Slovakia.
She has authored "Contrastive Rhetoric: Cross-cultural Aspects of Second
Language Writing."

EDITORS' INTRODUCTION. In the Editors' Introduction, Belcher and Connor
discuss their rationale for collecting autobiographical narratives of
successful L2 literacy development, and they provide an overview of the 18
accounts that follow. Pointing out the wealth of recently published
narratives by language educators, writing teachers, and language learners,
they argue that autobiographical narratives of language development can be
"rich sources of data" for L2 acquisition researchers and a "powerful
teaching tool" for language teachers and language learners. In addition to
being "highly personalized" and "easy to relate to," narratives of language
development provide "windows on ... (the) conscious use of language-learning
strategies" and "can increase learners' awareness of their own learning
processes." Belcher and Connor further point out the need to provide
examples of successful users of more than one language so as to inspire L2
students and their teachers.

The editors then explain their selection of contributors. They aimed to
include "multicompetent language users" "from a wide range of academic as
well as linguistic and educational backgrounds," and from "core
English-speaking countries" (e.g., Australia and the US) as well as "the
periphery" (e.g., Hong Kong) and English-as-a-foreign-language environments
(e.g., Japan and Finland). Belcher and Connor also aimed for gender
representation. In terms of academic backgrounds, contributors were selected
from among two groups: L2 specialists in applied linguistics and the
teaching of English, and L2 academic writers from the physical and social
sciences. Whereas the former may provide "a linguistically informed view of
language learning and academic literacy learning," the latter may share
"their insider awareness of what it takes to attain and sustain advanced
second language academic literacy in fields that most language teachers are
only able to view from the outside." Another rationale for this dual
selection is the editors' concern to forestall the criticism that
linguistically informed accounts may be "lacking authenticity" whereas
accounts by "naive language users" may be "lacking accuracy." Among the 18
contributors, 10 are language specialists and 8 are academics from other
fields.

The editors do not discuss how they approached the contributors, but
they do
provide a list of their questions and instructions to the contributors in
the Appendix. The instructions were simply to freely draw from the list of
questions about literacy development and "compose an L1/L2 autobiography
that would help both L2 learners and teacher-research better understand how
highly advanced L2 literacy can be achieved." Contributors apparently had
the choice of either composing an autobiography or having an interview with
one of the editors. Among the 18 contributors, 13 composed an autobiography.
The other 5, all in the non-language specialists group, opted for an
interview.

The remainder of the book is divided in two sections, with Part 1 including
the 10 contributions from the language specialists and Part 2 the 8
contributions from the academics in non-linguistic fields. Part 1 is
organized by area of origin (South Asia, Northern and Central Europe, North
America, and East Asia), whereas Part 2 is organized along disciplinary
lines, moving from the physical and mathematical sciences to the social
sciences and concluding with two university presidents. Although from
diverse origins, all contributors to part 2 currently reside in the US.
Contributions range from 4 to 17 pages long, and are diversely informative.
They are varied, often poignant tales of struggles and successes. Each
contribution is accompanied by a short academic biography and a photo. At
the risk of oversimplifying richly textured narratives, I present a brief
overview of each contribution, followed by the identification of possible
themes and patterns, and a critical evaluation.

OVERVIEW OF PARTS 1 AND 2. Struggling to decipher and meet the often
competing expectations of American, British, and Tamil scholarly
communities, Suresh Canagarajah vividly describes the creative tension
between appropriating available conventions and discourses, and cultivating
one's voice in the academy. Also from South Asia, Vijay Bhatia recounts his
L2 academic development in terms of finding a "niche" (the right academic
field for one's talents and interests) and being socialized into an academic
community with a mentor's help.

Raised in Finland as a balanced Swedish and Finnish bilingual, Nils Erik
Enkvist believes that he has grown as a multilingual, multiliterate linguist
"through exposure and osmosis" and that developing student writers should
therefore "experience a large body of different texts brought from a wide
range of contexts." Also growing up in a bilingual Finnish-Swedish
environment, but conscious of his status as a member of the Swedish-speaking
minority in Finland, Hakan Ringbom is one of the two contributors (with
Adina Levine) who learned English academic writing without completing a
graduate degree in an English-speaking country. Currently a professor of
English in Finland, he stresses the importance for non-native writers to
rely on "competent native language consultants who also know something about
your topic."

Immigrating from Austria to Australia at age 6, and currently a
professor of
English education in the US, Anna Söter recounts her transition from
Australian to US academic writing as well as the challenge and the necessity
to maintain her first language, German.

Growing up in a bilingual and biliterate Russian-Lithuanian environment,
Adina Levine recounts how her school and university education in Russian and
English classical literature helped her adapt to the new demands of English
academic genres when she immigrated to Israel. Andrew Cohen, a US born and
raised multilingual linguist who also immigrated to Israel but then returned
to the US, compares his struggles and strategies to acquire academic Hebrew
with his fluency in spoken and written English, and his effortless
acquisition of many other languages.

Born and raised in Japan, Ryuko Kubota and Miuki Sasaki attribute their
successful academic literacy development in English in part to their L1
literacy development in school and at home, and to their "post-undergraduate
immersion experiences" in North America. Whereas Kubota has continued her
academic career in the US, Sasaki has returned to Japan and now
publishes in
both Japanese and English.

Born and raised in China during the Cultural Revolution, Jun Liu attributes
his successful literacy development in English in part to his early literacy
experiences in Chinese and English, and to the confidence he gained through
asserting his L2 social identity as a competent ESL writing teacher.

Opening PART 2, Ming-Daw Tsai, from Taiwan, recounts how he learned to speak
and write English so as to pursue an academic career as a professor of
chemistry in the US. Despite receiving formal training in English in his
native country, he became fluent in written and spoken English for
scientific communication only after he moved to the US to attend graduate
school.

Born in France but living in the US since the age of 9, Louis de Branges
points out the role of his fluency in French, English, German, and Russian
in his academic career as a professor of mathematics.

Born and raised in Iran and now a professor of engineering in the US,
Hooshang Hermani's advice to foreign science students is to try to
understand the host culture and develop a sustaining philosophy of life
through non-scientific pursuits, instead of focusing exclusively on thesis
research. Raised in Lebanon in a triliterate environment (Armenian, Arabic,
and English) and now a professor of nursing in the US, Anahid Dervartanian
attributes her success as an English academic writer in part to
collaborative writing with good English writers, extensive reading, and her
American husband's respectful editorial feedback.

Currently a professor of human and community resource development, Robert
Agunda's journey from rural Ghana to the US academe exemplifies how one key
to successful academic writing is to find an inspiring research area that
will provide a niche and "calling."

Born and raised in Puerto Rico and now a professor of nursing in the
continental US, Maria Julia's successful academic writing development in
both Spanish and English is the tale of a struggle to gain and maintain
self-confidence as a writer and contributor to her field. Also a native
speaker of Spanish (from Mexico), but living in the US since the age of 11,
University President Luis Proenza recounts how Spanish still plays a
role in
his professional career and has enriched his English writing, even though
English has long become his dominant language. Like Luis Proenza, University
President Steven Beering moved to the US during his early teens, after
growing up in a trilingual (German, French, English) European environment.
Questioning the value of bilingual education, Beering's advice to "succeed
as Americans" is "to act out" as a speaker of the majority language while
cultivating family ties and celebrating one's roots in one's first language.

CRITICAL EVALUATION. A question that naturally arises with such a collection
of diverse life stories is to what extent knowledge can be generalized about
multiliteracy development through highly personal and idiosyncratic learning
experiences. In their introduction, the editors echo one contributor's
(Ryuko Kubota) warning that "her personal experiences and observations are
not generalizable, situated as they are 'at a certain time and location.'"
Another contributor, Nils Enkvist is frank about his embarrassment to
indulge in "a highly egocentric apologia and confession of a kind [he]
associates with modes other than scholarly writing." As he points out,
"every bilingual and multilingual person will have a highly personal and
idiosyncratic past." The editors themselves hardly venture any
generalizations beyond emphasizing the "great distances" traveled by the
contributors "to arrive at their wished-for destinations" and recognizing
their contributors' "obvious strengths ... as remarkably self-aware
learners of language and of much else." They offer no conclusions or
discussions, even tentative ones, and their introduction is limited to
three pages about the research rationale and research design, followed by
a rather lengthy (14-page) overview of the narratives.

Yet, as Nils Enkvist remarks, even a subjective and "partly exotic" case
history can also be "partly typical enough." Despite the diversity and
uniqueness of the narratives, the attentive reader can identify emerging
patterns that can be instructive. For instance, it appears that all
contributors have developed L2 academic literacy through extensive exposure
to and practice with various academic genres in the L2, often through
prolonged immersion in an English-speaking environment (many contributors
have earned postgraduate degrees from English-speaking universities in the
US, Canada or Britain). The two contributors who do not mention in their
accounts such prolonged English or L2 immersion, Ringbom and Levine, were
born and raised in bilingual environments (Finnish and Swedish, and Russian
and Lithuanian, respectively), and have received extensive training in
English literature and applied linguistics.

It also appears that many contributors were raised in a richly literate,
often multilingual environment, and were socialized into literacy practices
at home and at school from a young age. Most contributors (especially in
Part 1) have enjoyed reading and writing since a young age, and some were
rewarded for good writing during school. Few were taught writing strategies
explicitly, but some improved their understanding of writing by taking or
teaching English composition classes, or reviewing others' work. It is
unclear to what extent the contributors' metalinguistic awareness has played
a central role in their L2 academic development, but it is clear that most
contributors are very articulate about the elaborate strategies they employ
to analyse and improve their writing.

Contributors vary in their judgement about the usefulness of native speaker
feedback in their academic literacy development. Some warn against academic
gatekeepers such as reviewers and editors, and expose the unspoken bias of
their American colleagues toward supposedly non-native writing. On the other
hand, other contributors value native speaker feedback, especially when
coming from competent language consultants or compassionate critics (e.g.,
advisors, spouses, and parents). Many contributors recount how their
confidence level in their writing abilities has been boosted or undermined
by various responses to their writing. It seems that for many contributors,
gaining and maintaining self-confidence as an L2 writer through
other-recognition has played a key role in their L2 academic literacy
development.

Contributors also vary in the age at which they began to speak and write in
an L2, the context (foreign, second, postcolonial) within which they learned
their L2, the extent to which they acquired L1 literacy prior to L2
literacy, and the extent to which they are truly biliterate or multiliterate
academics (many contributors use mostly or only English for professional
purposes). A careful analysis of the narratives may allow other patterns to
be identified and hypotheses to be formulated about L2 literacy development.
By providing rich, first-hand research material, Belcher and Connor trust
the intelligence of the readers and invite them to do their own inferencing.
However, they may have helped the readers by presenting biographical
information in a more systematic manner, for instance in the form of tables,
or by suggesting emergent patterns across narratives. Whereas the freedom
that the contributors enjoyed in selecting various aspects of their literacy
development provides insights into the contributors' understandings of their
own development, it does not facilitate the comparing of narratives and
inferring of patterns. Arguably, each narrative is informative in its own
right as providing a window on literacy experiences that readers can relate
to and learn from. However, if the aim is not so much comparability and
generalizability as it is "thick description," perhaps an alternative to a
collection of 18 narratives might have been to provide fewer, but more
in-depth case studies of L2 academic writers. As it stands, the present
collection is stimulating and thought provoking, but it may leave some
second language acquisition researchers and language learners wanting to
know more about how the contributors achieved advanced academic literacy in
a second language and in more than one language.

These minor reservations notwithstanding, MULTILITERATE LIVES meet the
editors' objective to demonstrate the rewards of multiliteracy through
compelling examples of successful academic writers. The collection is likely
to be inspiring for second language writers and their teachers, and it
provides rich data for researchers of second language acquisition and
literacy. It would make an excellent reading for a course on L2 literacy
development.

Raised in France and formerly trained as a biologist in France and the US,
Guillaume Gentil is a sessional course lecturer and doctoral candidate in
second language education at McGill University. His doctoral research is a
case study of scientific biliteracy development and identity construction.
The reviewer wishes to thank Jennifer Hradzil for her help in proofreading
this book review.


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From dpbrowne+ at PITT.EDU  Fri Aug  3 16:23:11 2001
From: dpbrowne+ at PITT.EDU (Devin Browne)
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 12:23:11 -0400
Subject: K-12 Russian page update
Message-ID: <FRI.3.AUG.2001.122311.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

While I have a moment or two this summer, I'd like to bring the "Russian in
PA and Beyond" homepage up to date.  Please check out the link below.  Let
me know if your K-12 program is not listed and I'll get it up there.  Or if
the program was cancelled, sadly, let me know so I can remove it.  Thanks!

http://www.pitt.edu/~dpbrowne/psmla/russPA.html

Devin

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From natalia at ACLS.ORG  Fri Aug  3 16:30:32 2001
From: natalia at ACLS.ORG (Natalia Haimson)
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 12:30:32 -0400
Subject: ACLS East European language training grants competition
Message-ID: <FRI.3.AUG.2001.123032.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES
GRANTS FOR EAST EUROPEAN LANGUAGE TRAINING:
2001-2002 COMPETITION

Pending confirmation of funding, the ACLS will offer grants of up to
$10,000 to U.S. institutions to support beginning or intermediate courses
providing intensive instruction in the East European languages in year 2002
summer programs in the United States.  Support will be available for
Albanian, Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian,
Serbian/Croatian, Slovak, or Slovene.  The intent of this program is to
assure the availability of elementary instruction in all of these languages
and of intermediate instruction in the more commonly taught of them. A
single school may apply for several awards.

This competition will follow a special "accelerated" schedule in order to
be able to make awards well in advance of summer 2002, when courses of
instruction will take place.  Adopting this accelerated schedule (note
deadline: September 17, 2001) will allow a transition to a yearly cycle for
grants for summer programs that better meets the planning schedules of
applying institutions.  (The deadline for applying for language grants for
summer 2003 will be February 15, 2002.)

The deadline for the receipt of completed applications for programs in
summer 2002 is September 17, 2001. Applicants will be notified of awards by
November 30, 2001.  Send completed applications to:  Office of Fellowships
and Grants, ACLS, 228 East 45 Street, New York, NY 10017-3398.  There are
no application forms.

To apply, a proposal should be submitted not exceeding five typed, double-
spaced, 8½ x 11" pages, plus succinct teaching c.v.'s of the proposed
instructors, and a detailed budget describing how the award will be used.
Non-xeroxable brochures, catalogues, or bound material should not be
included.  Proposals must be submitted by mail; they will not be accepted
by fax, e-mail, or other electronic means.

The instruction should be offered in an intensive course lasting 6-8
weeks.  It should be designed to prepare the students to do further work on
their own after returning to their home institutions and also to activate
their use of the language when they go abroad to an area where it is
spoken.  The course should therefore cover all of the basic structures of
the language, emphasize reading ability, and include conversational
skills.  Emphasis should be given to attaining usable proficiency in the
language as quickly as possible.  Courses should provide at least 3-4
contact hours of language instruction, five days per week.  Instructors
should have appropriate academic credentials and demonstrated teaching
skills  Applications should describe proposed teaching methods and
materials, listing the texts and other materials to be used, and should
estimate and categorize enrollment by numbers of graduate students,
undergraduates, etc.

Grants are primarily intended to support faculty salaries.  Support may
also be requested for instructional materials and other expenses, but not
for university overhead.  Supported programs must waive tuition for
graduate students specializing in East European studies in any discipline.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, contact Office of Fellowships and Grants, American
Council of Learned Societies, 228 East 45 Street, New York, NY 10017-3398;
<grants at acls.org>

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From chaput at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Fri Aug  3 16:46:40 2001
From: chaput at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Patricia Chaput)
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 12:46:40 -0400
Subject: Personal accounts about language teaching
In-Reply-To: <3B6ABA76.66A4F471@onebox.com>
Message-ID: <FRI.3.AUG.2001.124640.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

As one of the participants in the previous thread on personal experience I
want to clarify--I think books such as the Belcher and Connor book Loren
notes can be extremely useful as sources of data in understanding how
languages are learned.  (Another well-known one is Earl Stevick's "Success
with Foreign Languages" (1989).)  What such books do is demonstrate
vividly how varied (and idiosyncratic) experience can be, and why it is so
dangerous to assume that one or even a few personal histories should be
sufficient as a basis for decision-making.  I look forward to reading this
book and using it as yet another source of data for the continuing
investigation of how to study and learn languages well.
        One other caveat--we have to keep in mind not only the variation
in our students' talents, learning styles, etc., but also the various
goals of foreign language study, especially at the college level.  We have
students with instrumental goals and students with general educational or
enrichment goals.  The more we understand about the study and learning of
second language, the more we can teach to both populations in ways that
are meaningful and promote progress for the continuing students as well as
give the non-continuers a valuable educational experience (for our
multi-cultural world), doing the most we can in the limited time
available.  The fact that most of our students will not have the time or
motivation to become proficient speakers or writers does not mean that
they cannot learn a great deal about language and cross-cultural
communication.  Let's remember that there are multiple "exit points" for
our students who may take one, two, three years of language, or who may
have had pre-college or heritage language and end up with many more years
of experience.  Our goals have to be flexible and varied for all of those
students.  In the old days we used to assume that our goal had to be an
advanced proficiency, and courses were sequenced in ways that
disadvantaged students who never made it to the advanced courses/levels.
No doubt that is still true in some places.  We need to remember that this
book is a collection of 18 accounts of very advanced students, the
"experiences of highly successful second-language (L2) academic writers,"
a relatively small subset of foreign language learners and one that
deserves our attention.  What they did--or didn't do--may--or may not--be
applicable to other subsets of learners.  In any case I am delighted to
learn of this book and thank Loren for bringing it to my attention.  As a
source of "ethnographic" data, books like this one can yield particularly
valuable insights.

Patricia Chaput
Harvard University

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From tatiana at LCLARK.EDU  Fri Aug  3 16:47:31 2001
From: tatiana at LCLARK.EDU (Tatiana Osipovich)
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 09:47:31 -0700
Subject: Russian culture in the USA
In-Reply-To: <3B6ABA76.66A4F471@onebox.com>
Message-ID: <FRI.3.AUG.2001.094731.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear colleagues,
I will teach a section of "Inventing America" freshman seminar next
spring and I want to propose a course about Russians in America.
As a literature specialist, I want to concentrate on Russian
immigrant experience in the USA as reflected in literary texts
available in  English. Does anybody have any suggestion what primary
(or secondary) texts can be adopted for such course.
I am thankful for your suggestions in advance,
Tatiana Osipovich
Lewis & Clark College
Portland, Oregon

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From n.bermel at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK  Fri Aug  3 16:54:10 2001
From: n.bermel at SHEFFIELD.AC.UK (Neil Bermel)
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 17:54:10 +0100
Subject: Stipend for Czech participant, AATSEEL 2001
Message-ID: <FRI.3.AUG.2001.175410.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear colleagues,

Please feel free to forward this message to colleagues for whom it might be
appropriate.  A Czech-language version is available from me on request.

The North American Association of Teachers of Czech (NAATC) is offering one
fully paid stipend for a Czech-based teacher of Czech to take part in the
2001 AATSEEL conference.  The conference will take place on December 27-30
in New Orleans.  The stipend will cover:

- an air ticket up to 900USD;
- transportation between the airport and hotel in New Orleans;
- three nights' hotel accommodation;
- a total of 90USD (30USD/day) for board;
- conference fees.

For a "forum on instructional materials" on teaching Czech to foreigners,
the participant should be ready to:

- prepare a 15-20 minute presentation on new materials or new methods for
the teaching of Czech to foreigners;
- prepare a written version of the talk for publication in the May 2002
issue of Czech Language News, the bilingual newsletter of NAATC.

The participant will also have the opportunity to attend sessions on the
teaching of Slavic languages and papers on various topics (primarily
literature and linguistics), and to contribute to the discussion of NAATC's
future activities.

Applicants should:

- be permanent residents of the Czech Republic;
- be resident in the Czech Republic in the academic year 2001-2002;
- be members of NAATC (membership for Czech residents is 80Kc/year, details
on our web site at www.brown.edu/language/NAATC);
- have a thorough knowledge of the field of Czech language teaching for
foreigners;
- have a knowledge of English adequate for conference participation (the
individual presentation may be in Czech or English).

Interested parties can apply by letter, e-mail or fax to my address
(n.bermel at sheffield.ac.uk, other details below) by August 31 at the latest.
In this letter, applicants should tell us something about their experience
in the field and about the talk they propose to deliver.  Curricula vitae,
additional materials and letters of recommendation will be taken into
consideration but are not required.  Applicants will be informed of NAATC's
decision on or shortly after September 20 (a reliable e-mail address will
allow us to respond quickly).

NAATC is grateful to the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages
(NCOLCTL) for providing the funding for this grant.

Neil Bermel
President, NAATC and co-editor, "Czech Language News"
----------------------------------------------------
Neil Bermel
University of Sheffield
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
Sheffield S10 2TN England
+44 (0)114 222 7405
+44 (0)114 222 7416 fax

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From AATSEEL at COMPUSERVE.COM  Fri Aug  3 16:55:38 2001
From: AATSEEL at COMPUSERVE.COM (Jerry Ervin)
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 12:55:38 -0400
Subject: aspect of parkovat'
Message-ID: <FRI.3.AUG.2001.125538.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

My Ozhegov, 1997 edition, doesn't give any perfective counterpart for the
imperfective PARKOVAT'.  Does anyone have an authoritative source regarding
a perfective infinitive--or is this verb (like many others in -OVAT',
according to Wade) biaspectual?

Thanks,

Jerry Ervin
 
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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Fri Aug  3 17:03:05 2001
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 10:03:05 -0700
Subject: aspect of parkovat'
Message-ID: <FRI.3.AUG.2001.100305.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

>My Ozhegov, 1997 edition, doesn't give any perfective counterpart for the
>imperfective PARKOVAT'.  Does anyone have an authoritative source regarding
>a perfective infinitive--or is this verb (like many others in -OVAT',
>according to Wade) biaspectual?

No, not biaspectual. It's either zaparkovat' or priparkovat'.

Alina

**************************************************************
Alina Israeli
LFS, American University                phone:  (202) 885-2387
4400 Mass. Ave., NW                     fax:    (202) 885-1076
Washington, DC 20016

aisrael at american.edu

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From townsend at PRINCETON.EDU  Fri Aug  3 17:02:31 2001
From: townsend at PRINCETON.EDU (Charles E. Townsend)
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 13:02:31 -0400
Subject: Stipend for Czech participant, AATSEEL 2001
Message-ID: <FRI.3.AUG.2001.130231.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

mirjam at .fried.net

Neil Bermel wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> Please feel free to forward this message to colleagues for whom it might be
> appropriate.  A Czech-language version is available from me on request.
>
> The North American Association of Teachers of Czech (NAATC) is offering one
> fully paid stipend for a Czech-based teacher of Czech to take part in the
> 2001 AATSEEL conference.  The conference will take place on December 27-30
> in New Orleans.  The stipend will cover:
>
> - an air ticket up to 900USD;
> - transportation between the airport and hotel in New Orleans;
> - three nights' hotel accommodation;
> - a total of 90USD (30USD/day) for board;
> - conference fees.
>
> For a "forum on instructional materials" on teaching Czech to foreigners,
> the participant should be ready to:
>
> - prepare a 15-20 minute presentation on new materials or new methods for
> the teaching of Czech to foreigners;
> - prepare a written version of the talk for publication in the May 2002
> issue of Czech Language News, the bilingual newsletter of NAATC.
>
> The participant will also have the opportunity to attend sessions on the
> teaching of Slavic languages and papers on various topics (primarily
> literature and linguistics), and to contribute to the discussion of NAATC's
> future activities.
>
> Applicants should:
>
> - be permanent residents of the Czech Republic;
> - be resident in the Czech Republic in the academic year 2001-2002;
> - be members of NAATC (membership for Czech residents is 80Kc/year, details
> on our web site at www.brown.edu/language/NAATC);
> - have a thorough knowledge of the field of Czech language teaching for
> foreigners;
> - have a knowledge of English adequate for conference participation (the
> individual presentation may be in Czech or English).
>
> Interested parties can apply by letter, e-mail or fax to my address
> (n.bermel at sheffield.ac.uk, other details below) by August 31 at the latest.
> In this letter, applicants should tell us something about their experience
> in the field and about the talk they propose to deliver.  Curricula vitae,
> additional materials and letters of recommendation will be taken into
> consideration but are not required.  Applicants will be informed of NAATC's
> decision on or shortly after September 20 (a reliable e-mail address will
> allow us to respond quickly).
>
> NAATC is grateful to the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages
> (NCOLCTL) for providing the funding for this grant.
>
> Neil Bermel
> President, NAATC and co-editor, "Czech Language News"
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Neil Bermel
> University of Sheffield
> Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
> Sheffield S10 2TN England
> +44 (0)114 222 7405
> +44 (0)114 222 7416 fax
>
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From RDiPrima at WDC.PAECHL.COM  Fri Aug  3 17:02:06 2001
From: RDiPrima at WDC.PAECHL.COM (DiPrima, Richard)
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 10:02:06 -0700
Subject: aspect of parkovat'
Message-ID: <FRI.3.AUG.2001.100206.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I've heard "za-parkovat'" used as a perfective verb, so I don't think
parkovat' is biaspectual.

Richard DiPrima

-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Ervin [mailto:AATSEEL at COMPUSERVE.COM]
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 11:56 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: aspect of parkovat'


My Ozhegov, 1997 edition, doesn't give any perfective counterpart for the
imperfective PARKOVAT'.  Does anyone have an authoritative source regarding
a perfective infinitive--or is this verb (like many others in -OVAT',
according to Wade) biaspectual?

Thanks,

Jerry Ervin

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From Wwdslovene at AOL.COM  Fri Aug  3 17:29:02 2001
From: Wwdslovene at AOL.COM (Wwdslovene at AOL.COM)
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 13:29:02 EDT
Subject: aspect of parkovat'
Message-ID: <FRI.3.AUG.2001.132902.EDT.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

In my opinion 'parkovat' is imperfective. I've only heard
'zaparkovat' as its perfective partner.
                                                       Bill Derbyshire

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From madonna at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU  Fri Aug  3 17:36:32 2001
From: madonna at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU (Sylvia Swift)
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 10:36:32 -0700
Subject: Russian culture in the USA
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10108030940260.19109-100000@haystack.lclark.edu>
Message-ID: <FRI.3.AUG.2001.103632.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

>Does anybody have any suggestion what primary
>(or secondary) texts can be adopted for such course.

I taught a Russian-American unit of an emigre lit course several
years ago using Nabokov's _Pnin_, Dovlatov's _A Foreign Woman_,
Aksyonov's _In Search of Melancholy Baby_, part of Limonov's _It's
Me, Eddie_, and a short story collection called _The Girl Who Wanted
to be Russian_.  All these are out of print now except the Nabokov.

Sylvia Swift
madonna at socrates.berkeley.edu
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From ljdecker1 at HOME.COM  Fri Aug  3 22:36:32 2001
From: ljdecker1 at HOME.COM (LeJeune Decker)
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 15:36:32 -0700
Subject: Personal accounts about language teaching
Message-ID: <FRI.3.AUG.2001.153632.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Loren Billings" <billings at ONEBOX.COM>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 7:51 AM
Subject: Personal accounts about language teaching


Recently there was a somewhat lively thread on this list about whether
personal experiences should count in making decisions about closing
language programs. While I generally agree with Pat Chaput's opinions,
the following book review seems to show how personal accounts can be
used--effectively in my view--to see how some people really master a
foreign language.

--Loren Billings <billings at onebox.com>

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 12.1946, Review: Belcher & Connor, Multiliterate Lives
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 20:33:10 -0000
From: The LINGUIST List <linguist at linguistlist.org>
Reply-To: linguist at linguistlist.org
To: LINGUIST at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG

LINGUIST List:  Vol-12-1946. Wed Aug 1 2001. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 12.1946, Review: Belcher & Connor, Multiliterate Lives

[...]

Belcher, Diane, and Ulla Connor, ed. (2001) Reflections on Multiliterate
Lives. Multilingual Matters Ltd, paperback ISBN: 1-85359-521-7,
vii+211pp, GBP 19.95, Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 26.

Guillaume Gentil, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

REFLECTIONS ON MULTILITERATE LIVES is a collection of 18 personal,
first-hand, accounts, in narrative and interview format, of the formative
language learning and literacy experiences of highly successful
second-language (L2) academic writers. By trying to find out how these
writers became so successful, the editors aim to help the students,
teachers, and researchers of L2 writing better understand how advanced L2
literacy can be achieved.

ABOUT THE EDITORS. The editors of REFLECTIONS are well-known specialists in
applied linguistics and TESOL with special interests in L2 academic writing
and English for specific purposes. They introduce themselves with a short
biography and a photo on page 1. Diane Belcher began her career in TESOL as
a teacher of English literature and composition in the People's Republic of
China. She earned a Ph.D. in English from the Ohio State University, where
she currently serves as the director of the ESL Composition Program. She has
co-edited "Academic Writing in a Second Language" and "Linking Literacies:
Perspectives on L2 Reading-Writing Connections." Born and raised in Finland,
Ulla Connor earned a Ph.D. in education and English linguistics from the
University of Wisconsin. She has taught English as a second/foreign language
and applied linguistics in the US, Finland, Japan, Venezuela, and Slovakia.
She has authored "Contrastive Rhetoric: Cross-cultural Aspects of Second
Language Writing."

EDITORS' INTRODUCTION. In the Editors' Introduction, Belcher and Connor
discuss their rationale for collecting autobiographical narratives of
successful L2 literacy development, and they provide an overview of the 18
accounts that follow. Pointing out the wealth of recently published
narratives by language educators, writing teachers, and language learners,
they argue that autobiographical narratives of language development can be
"rich sources of data" for L2 acquisition researchers and a "powerful
teaching tool" for language teachers and language learners. In addition to
being "highly personalized" and "easy to relate to," narratives of language
development provide "windows on ... (the) conscious use of language-learning
strategies" and "can increase learners' awareness of their own learning
processes." Belcher and Connor further point out the need to provide
examples of successful users of more than one language so as to inspire L2
students and their teachers.

The editors then explain their selection of contributors. They aimed to
include "multicompetent language users" "from a wide range of academic as
well as linguistic and educational backgrounds," and from "core
English-speaking countries" (e.g., Australia and the US) as well as "the
periphery" (e.g., Hong Kong) and English-as-a-foreign-language environments
(e.g., Japan and Finland). Belcher and Connor also aimed for gender
representation. In terms of academic backgrounds, contributors were selected
from among two groups: L2 specialists in applied linguistics and the
teaching of English, and L2 academic writers from the physical and social
sciences. Whereas the former may provide "a linguistically informed view of
language learning and academic literacy learning," the latter may share
"their insider awareness of what it takes to attain and sustain advanced
second language academic literacy in fields that most language teachers are
only able to view from the outside." Another rationale for this dual
selection is the editors' concern to forestall the criticism that
linguistically informed accounts may be "lacking authenticity" whereas
accounts by "naive language users" may be "lacking accuracy." Among the 18
contributors, 10 are language specialists and 8 are academics from other
fields.

The editors do not discuss how they approached the contributors, but
they do
provide a list of their questions and instructions to the contributors in
the Appendix. The instructions were simply to freely draw from the list of
questions about literacy development and "compose an L1/L2 autobiography
that would help both L2 learners and teacher-research better understand how
highly advanced L2 literacy can be achieved." Contributors apparently had
the choice of either composing an autobiography or having an interview with
one of the editors. Among the 18 contributors, 13 composed an autobiography.
The other 5, all in the non-language specialists group, opted for an
interview.

The remainder of the book is divided in two sections, with Part 1 including
the 10 contributions from the language specialists and Part 2 the 8
contributions from the academics in non-linguistic fields. Part 1 is
organized by area of origin (South Asia, Northern and Central Europe, North
America, and East Asia), whereas Part 2 is organized along disciplinary
lines, moving from the physical and mathematical sciences to the social
sciences and concluding with two university presidents. Although from
diverse origins, all contributors to part 2 currently reside in the US.
Contributions range from 4 to 17 pages long, and are diversely informative.
They are varied, often poignant tales of struggles and successes. Each
contribution is accompanied by a short academic biography and a photo. At
the risk of oversimplifying richly textured narratives, I present a brief
overview of each contribution, followed by the identification of possible
themes and patterns, and a critical evaluation.

OVERVIEW OF PARTS 1 AND 2. Struggling to decipher and meet the often
competing expectations of American, British, and Tamil scholarly
communities, Suresh Canagarajah vividly describes the creative tension
between appropriating available conventions and discourses, and cultivating
one's voice in the academy. Also from South Asia, Vijay Bhatia recounts his
L2 academic development in terms of finding a "niche" (the right academic
field for one's talents and interests) and being socialized into an academic
community with a mentor's help.

Raised in Finland as a balanced Swedish and Finnish bilingual, Nils Erik
Enkvist believes that he has grown as a multilingual, multiliterate linguist
"through exposure and osmosis" and that developing student writers should
therefore "experience a large body of different texts brought from a wide
range of contexts." Also growing up in a bilingual Finnish-Swedish
environment, but conscious of his status as a member of the Swedish-speaking
minority in Finland, Hakan Ringbom is one of the two contributors (with
Adina Levine) who learned English academic writing without completing a
graduate degree in an English-speaking country. Currently a professor of
English in Finland, he stresses the importance for non-native writers to
rely on "competent native language consultants who also know something about
your topic."

Immigrating from Austria to Australia at age 6, and currently a
professor of
English education in the US, Anna Söter recounts her transition from
Australian to US academic writing as well as the challenge and the necessity
to maintain her first language, German.

Growing up in a bilingual and biliterate Russian-Lithuanian environment,
Adina Levine recounts how her school and university education in Russian and
English classical literature helped her adapt to the new demands of English
academic genres when she immigrated to Israel. Andrew Cohen, a US born and
raised multilingual linguist who also immigrated to Israel but then returned
to the US, compares his struggles and strategies to acquire academic Hebrew
with his fluency in spoken and written English, and his effortless
acquisition of many other languages.

Born and raised in Japan, Ryuko Kubota and Miuki Sasaki attribute their
successful academic literacy development in English in part to their L1
literacy development in school and at home, and to their "post-undergraduate
immersion experiences" in North America. Whereas Kubota has continued her
academic career in the US, Sasaki has returned to Japan and now
publishes in
both Japanese and English.

Born and raised in China during the Cultural Revolution, Jun Liu attributes
his successful literacy development in English in part to his early literacy
experiences in Chinese and English, and to the confidence he gained through
asserting his L2 social identity as a competent ESL writing teacher.

Opening PART 2, Ming-Daw Tsai, from Taiwan, recounts how he learned to speak
and write English so as to pursue an academic career as a professor of
chemistry in the US. Despite receiving formal training in English in his
native country, he became fluent in written and spoken English for
scientific communication only after he moved to the US to attend graduate
school.

Born in France but living in the US since the age of 9, Louis de Branges
points out the role of his fluency in French, English, German, and Russian
in his academic career as a professor of mathematics.

Born and raised in Iran and now a professor of engineering in the US,
Hooshang Hermani's advice to foreign science students is to try to
understand the host culture and develop a sustaining philosophy of life
through non-scientific pursuits, instead of focusing exclusively on thesis
research. Raised in Lebanon in a triliterate environment (Armenian, Arabic,
and English) and now a professor of nursing in the US, Anahid Dervartanian
attributes her success as an English academic writer in part to
collaborative writing with good English writers, extensive reading, and her
American husband's respectful editorial feedback.

Currently a professor of human and community resource development, Robert
Agunda's journey from rural Ghana to the US academe exemplifies how one key
to successful academic writing is to find an inspiring research area that
will provide a niche and "calling."

Born and raised in Puerto Rico and now a professor of nursing in the
continental US, Maria Julia's successful academic writing development in
both Spanish and English is the tale of a struggle to gain and maintain
self-confidence as a writer and contributor to her field. Also a native
speaker of Spanish (from Mexico), but living in the US since the age of 11,
University President Luis Proenza recounts how Spanish still plays a
role in
his professional career and has enriched his English writing, even though
English has long become his dominant language. Like Luis Proenza, University
President Steven Beering moved to the US during his early teens, after
growing up in a trilingual (German, French, English) European environment.
Questioning the value of bilingual education, Beering's advice to "succeed
as Americans" is "to act out" as a speaker of the majority language while
cultivating family ties and celebrating one's roots in one's first language.

CRITICAL EVALUATION. A question that naturally arises with such a collection
of diverse life stories is to what extent knowledge can be generalized about
multiliteracy development through highly personal and idiosyncratic learning
experiences. In their introduction, the editors echo one contributor's
(Ryuko Kubota) warning that "her personal experiences and observations are
not generalizable, situated as they are 'at a certain time and location.'"
Another contributor, Nils Enkvist is frank about his embarrassment to
indulge in "a highly egocentric apologia and confession of a kind [he]
associates with modes other than scholarly writing." As he points out,
"every bilingual and multilingual person will have a highly personal and
idiosyncratic past." The editors themselves hardly venture any
generalizations beyond emphasizing the "great distances" traveled by the
contributors "to arrive at their wished-for destinations" and recognizing
their contributors' "obvious strengths ... as remarkably self-aware
learners of language and of much else." They offer no conclusions or
discussions, even tentative ones, and their introduction is limited to
three pages about the research rationale and research design, followed by
a rather lengthy (14-page) overview of the narratives.

Yet, as Nils Enkvist remarks, even a subjective and "partly exotic" case
history can also be "partly typical enough." Despite the diversity and
uniqueness of the narratives, the attentive reader can identify emerging
patterns that can be instructive. For instance, it appears that all
contributors have developed L2 academic literacy through extensive exposure
to and practice with various academic genres in the L2, often through
prolonged immersion in an English-speaking environment (many contributors
have earned postgraduate degrees from English-speaking universities in the
US, Canada or Britain). The two contributors who do not mention in their
accounts such prolonged English or L2 immersion, Ringbom and Levine, were
born and raised in bilingual environments (Finnish and Swedish, and Russian
and Lithuanian, respectively), and have received extensive training in
English literature and applied linguistics.

It also appears that many contributors were raised in a richly literate,
often multilingual environment, and were socialized into literacy practices
at home and at school from a young age. Most contributors (especially in
Part 1) have enjoyed reading and writing since a young age, and some were
rewarded for good writing during school. Few were taught writing strategies
explicitly, but some improved their understanding of writing by taking or
teaching English composition classes, or reviewing others' work. It is
unclear to what extent the contributors' metalinguistic awareness has played
a central role in their L2 academic development, but it is clear that most
contributors are very articulate about the elaborate strategies they employ
to analyse and improve their writing.

Contributors vary in their judgement about the usefulness of native speaker
feedback in their academic literacy development. Some warn against academic
gatekeepers such as reviewers and editors, and expose the unspoken bias of
their American colleagues toward supposedly non-native writing. On the other
hand, other contributors value native speaker feedback, especially when
coming from competent language consultants or compassionate critics (e.g.,
advisors, spouses, and parents). Many contributors recount how their
confidence level in their writing abilities has been boosted or undermined
by various responses to their writing. It seems that for many contributors,
gaining and maintaining self-confidence as an L2 writer through
other-recognition has played a key role in their L2 academic literacy
development.

Contributors also vary in the age at which they began to speak and write in
an L2, the context (foreign, second, postcolonial) within which they learned
their L2, the extent to which they acquired L1 literacy prior to L2
literacy, and the extent to which they are truly biliterate or multiliterate
academics (many contributors use mostly or only English for professional
purposes). A careful analysis of the narratives may allow other patterns to
be identified and hypotheses to be formulated about L2 literacy development.
By providing rich, first-hand research material, Belcher and Connor trust
the intelligence of the readers and invite them to do their own inferencing.
However, they may have helped the readers by presenting biographical
information in a more systematic manner, for instance in the form of tables,
or by suggesting emergent patterns across narratives. Whereas the freedom
that the contributors enjoyed in selecting various aspects of their literacy
development provides insights into the contributors' understandings of their
own development, it does not facilitate the comparing of narratives and
inferring of patterns. Arguably, each narrative is informative in its own
right as providing a window on literacy experiences that readers can relate
to and learn from. However, if the aim is not so much comparability and
generalizability as it is "thick description," perhaps an alternative to a
collection of 18 narratives might have been to provide fewer, but more
in-depth case studies of L2 academic writers. As it stands, the present
collection is stimulating and thought provoking, but it may leave some
second language acquisition researchers and language learners wanting to
know more about how the contributors achieved advanced academic literacy in
a second language and in more than one language.

These minor reservations notwithstanding, MULTILITERATE LIVES meet the
editors' objective to demonstrate the rewards of multiliteracy through
compelling examples of successful academic writers. The collection is likely
to be inspiring for second language writers and their teachers, and it
provides rich data for researchers of second language acquisition and
literacy. It would make an excellent reading for a course on L2 literacy
development.

Raised in France and formerly trained as a biologist in France and the US,
Guillaume Gentil is a sessional course lecturer and doctoral candidate in
second language education at McGill University. His doctoral research is a
case study of scientific biliteracy development and identity construction.
The reviewer wishes to thank Jennifer Hradzil for her help in proofreading
this book review.


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From: glebov at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU (Serguei Glebov)
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 12:58:24 -0400
Subject: Ab Imperio 2002 Annual Theme: Paradoxes of Modernization
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From yhowell at RICHMOND.EDU  Mon Aug  6 14:31:01 2001
From: yhowell at RICHMOND.EDU (Yvonne Howell)
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 10:31:01 -0400
Subject: Russian culture in the USA
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10108030940260.19109-100000@haystack.lclark.edu>
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 Tatiana,
for literature on the immigrant experience in America.... Sergei Dovlatov,
for one.
Yvonne

Yvonne Howell
Associate Professor of Russian
Dept. of Modern Languages and Literature
28 Westhampton Way
University of Richmond, Va. 23173
yhowell at richmond.edu
(804) 289-8101

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From crosswhi at LING.ROCHESTER.EDU  Mon Aug  6 19:28:59 2001
From: crosswhi at LING.ROCHESTER.EDU (Katherine Crosswhite)
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 15:28:59 -0400
Subject: Macedonian speakers?
Message-ID: <MON.6.AUG.2001.152859.0400.>

Dear SEELANGers,

This question is for native or near-native speakers of Macedonian.

I know that ne + clitics + verb and interrogative + clitics + verb are
treated as single stress units.  Indicating stress with capitals:  toj
ne MU reche, koj MU reche, etc.  I've also read that you can,
optionally, break these into two separate stress units:  toj NE mu REche
for example.

My question is this:  suppose you have a longer string of clitics, as in
ne sum mu go dal.  A neutral pronunciation would be ne sum mu GO dal.
But what if you wanted to break it into two stress units?  In
particular, is either of the following possible?

NE sum mu go DAL
ne SUM mu do DAL

Are there other stress possibilities?

Thanks in advance,

Katherine.

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From nkm at UNIX.MAIL.VIRGINIA.EDU  Mon Aug  6 20:56:02 2001
From: nkm at UNIX.MAIL.VIRGINIA.EDU (Natalie O. Kononenko)
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 16:56:02 -0400
Subject: Village Kluby
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.20010723153605.0080f994@pop.surrey.ac.uk> from "Peter
 I. Barta" at Jul 23, 1 04:36:05 pm
Message-ID: <MON.6.AUG.2001.165602.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear List members,
        First, I want to thank all those who helped me find
sources for marriage statistics.
        Second, I was hoping for help on another issue.  I am
now looking at courtship and the village klub.  This was place
for young people to meet and socialize in the Soviet era (many
still function).  These establishments showed films, ran
something that might be considered an equivalent of disco
night.  What I need is some background information of the klub
and again, I would really appreciate suggestions.

Here are my questions:

When did kluby start?  Am I right that they started
proliferating after the war, basically under Khrushchev?

Was there some sort of official edict or directive telling
villages to set up kluby?

Is there a description of what klub were supposed to be and
what they were supposed to do?  Again, I am assuming, on the
basis of oral interviews, that they were supposed to educate
the masses and provide wholesome entertainment.

I thank everyone in advance.

Natalie Kononenko

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From billings at ONEBOX.COM  Tue Aug  7 02:56:30 2001
From: billings at ONEBOX.COM (Billings, Loren A.)
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 21:56:30 -0500
Subject: Macedonian speakers?
Message-ID: <MON.6.AUG.2001.215630.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Katherine (and the SEELangs list),

The answer is already reported in the literature. See the following
article, page 555:

Rudin, Catherine, Christina Kramer, Loren Billings, and Matthew
     Baerman (1999) "Macedonian and Bulgarian _li_ questions:
     beyond syntax." _Natural language & linguistic theory_
     vol. 17 no. 3, pp. 541-586.

The relevant data and formalism are listed in (29a-b):

(29)a. NE  sme  mu  go  DAle
       not are  are it  given
           1.PL DAT ACC PL
       We didn't give it to him.

    b. [NE] [sme mu go DAle]

The notation in (29b) formalizes the prosodic affiliation of _sme
mu go_ (i.e., not in the same prosodic word as _ne_). In this
paper we assumed (non-crucially) that these clitics must have some
prosodic host; one might also posit _[NE] sme mu go [DAle]_ if that
assumption turns out to be unnecessary. In any event, _ne_ clearly
does not host these clitics prosodically.

Unfortunately, there is some disagreement as well in the literature
on this topic. I repeat our footnote 14 (same page) verbatim:

 "[14] Elson (1993, pp. 152-53) reports the following example
(stress notation and gloss modified), stating that the three clitics
are hosted prosodically by _ne_:

  (i)  ne  SME  mu  go  ZEle.
       not are  him it  taken
           1.PL DAT ACC PL
       We didn't take it from him.

Our informants reject example (i), preferring the stress pattern in
(29). Elson attributes his data as follows: "Items cited for
illustrative purposes OR THEIR MODELS, are from Lunt 1952: 21-25,
Koneski 1967: 139-210, or Garde 1968" (p. 157, n. 1; emphasis added).
However, (i) with stress as shown is not actually given in any of
those sources. Elson's assumption, based perhaps on the notation in
Garde (1968: p. 36), that the clitics are hosted by _ne_, is also
contradicted by our data on _li_-insertion in Section 5.1 below.
Still, we leave open the possibility that (i) is attested for some
speaker or dialect of Macedonian."

Here are the references cited in that footnote:

Elson, Mark J. (1993) "Collocational stress in Contemporary Standard
     Macedonian." _Slavic and East European journal_ vol. 37 no. 2:
     pp. 149�61.

Garde, Paul. (1968) "Note sur l�enclise et la proclise en
     mac�donien." _Zbornik za filologiju i lingvistiku [Novi Sad:
     Matica srpska] vol. 11, pp. 31�37.

Koneski, Bla^ze. (1957/1967) "Za akcentot." _Gramatika na
     makedonskiot literaturen jazik_ del 1. Skopje: Dr^zavno
     knigoizdatelstvo na NR Makedonija, pp. 123-84. (Reprinted in
     his _Izbrani dela vo sedum knigi_ del. 6. Skopje: Kultura, pp.
     139-210.)

Lunt, Horace G. (1979) _A grammar of the Macedonian literary
     language._ Skopje: Dr^zavno knigoizdatelstvo na NR Makedonija.

Best,  --Loren Billings

------------------------
Loren A. Billings, Ph.D.
<billings at onebox.com>
------------------------
Department of English
    Language, Literature
    and Linguistics
Providence University
200 Chung Chi Rd., Shalu
Taichung County, Taiwan
43301 Republic of China
------------------------


Katherine Crosswhite wrote:
>
> Dear SEELANGers,
>
> This question is for native or near-native speakers of Macedonian.
>
> I know that ne + clitics + verb and interrogative + clitics + verb are
> treated as single stress units.  Indicating stress with capitals:  toj
> ne MU reche, koj MU reche, etc.  I've also read that you can,
> optionally, break these into two separate stress units:  toj NE mu REche
> for example.
>
> My question is this:  suppose you have a longer string of clitics, as in
> ne sum mu go dal.  A neutral pronunciation would be ne sum mu GO dal.
> But what if you wanted to break it into two stress units?  In
> particular, is either of the following possible?
>
> NE sum mu go DAL
> ne SUM mu do DAL
>
> Are there other stress possibilities?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Katherine.







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From steffi at ANA.CH  Tue Aug  7 12:33:05 2001
From: steffi at ANA.CH (Steffi)
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 14:33:05 +0200
Subject: Translating Questions
Message-ID: <TUE.7.AUG.2001.143305.0200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear List members
I am trying to translate the poem "Nevyrazimoe" of V. Zhukovskij.
I don't know, what the following words mean: l'zja, vnemlemyj and nezapno.

The words are used in the following contexts:
No l'zja li v mertvoe zhivoe peredat'?
Sej vnemlemyj odnoj dushoju Obvorozhajushchevo glas...
Kak priletevshee nezapno dunoven'e Ot luga rodiny,...

Thank you very much for your help.
Best regards
Stefanie Jud

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From ilv1+ at PITT.EDU  Tue Aug  7 12:38:28 2001
From: ilv1+ at PITT.EDU (ILYA Y VINITSKIY)
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 08:38:28 -0400
Subject: Translating Questions
In-Reply-To: <000601c11f3d$40001d60$e1830fc3@scenic>
Message-ID: <TUE.7.AUG.2001.083828.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Stephanie,

L'z'a li = Vozmozhno li (mozhno li? razve mozhno?)

vnemlemyi = ponimaemyi, osshchushchaemyi, slyshimyi ("I vn'al ia neba
sodrogan'e" from Pushkin's Prophet)

nezapno=vnezapno


Best regards,

Ilya Vinitsky

On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Steffi wrote:

> Dear List members
> I am trying to translate the poem "Nevyrazimoe" of V. Zhukovskij.
> I don't know, what the following words mean: l'zja, vnemlemyj and nezapno.
>
> The words are used in the following contexts:
> No l'zja li v mertvoe zhivoe peredat'?
> Sej vnemlemyj odnoj dushoju Obvorozhajushchevo glas...
> Kak priletevshee nezapno dunoven'e Ot luga rodiny,...
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
> Best regards
> Stefanie Jud
>
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From piligrim at INFOPRO.SPB.SU  Tue Aug  7 12:36:42 2001
From: piligrim at INFOPRO.SPB.SU (Piligrim)
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 16:36:42 +0400
Subject: Translating Questions
Message-ID: <TUE.7.AUG.2001.163642.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hello,perhaps "nezapno" means "vnezapno"-that means suddenly,unexpected
l'zja maybe its an old variant of word "mozno li"this means "if it is
possible",the possibility of something,
"Vnemlemoy"maybe it is from the verb "vnimat'"that means to watch,to
listen,to understand with great interest and admiration.
I wish you good luck.
A native Russian speaker
Yana Polyanskaya
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From: "Steffi" <steffi at ANA.CH>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 4:33 PM
Subject: Translating Questions


> Dear List members
> I am trying to translate the poem "Nevyrazimoe" of V. Zhukovskij.
> I don't know, what the following words mean: l'zja, vnemlemyj and nezapno.
>
> The words are used in the following contexts:
> No l'zja li v mertvoe zhivoe peredat'?
> Sej vnemlemyj odnoj dushoju Obvorozhajushchevo glas...
> Kak priletevshee nezapno dunoven'e Ot luga rodiny,...
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
> Best regards
> Stefanie Jud
>
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From rdelossa at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Tue Aug  7 19:10:53 2001
From: rdelossa at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Robert De Lossa)
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 15:10:53 -0400
Subject: Wintel to Mac font question
In-Reply-To: <v04220802b6d04875d9a4@[24.108.26.96]>
Message-ID: <TUE.7.AUG.2001.151053.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Seelangers,

Does anyone know if there is an Apple font that accurately maps
Windows diacritics for Central European Latin-based typefaces? When I
import, for instance, Word documents that have Polish or Czech
diacritics, these always are lost, either coming through as
underscores or as other letters. Apple Times New Roman does not map
correctly to the Windows Times New Roman original that has the
diacritics (and in which most of these PC documents originated).
Using  Apple Central European fonts, e.g., Geneva CE, gets some of
the characters but not all of them. I'm running Mac OS 9.0.4, with
the Central European and Unicode kits installed. I am using Word 2001
as my main word processor.

Cyrillic is less of a problem than this. Any hints?

Thanks,

Robert De Lossa

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From Katkovski at OSI.HU  Tue Aug  7 17:33:01 2001
From: Katkovski at OSI.HU (Vladimir Katkovski)
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 19:33:01 +0200
Subject: Milan Kundera
Message-ID: <TUE.7.AUG.2001.193301.0200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGers,

I have a query regarding Milan Kundera's works. I am very curious if his
work "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting" is available in CZECH language
somewhere on the Internet (or FTP or in some other electronic form). I am
particularly interested in Chapter 6 "Angels". Thanks in advance! You can
reply off-list to this address or to uladzik at yahoo.com.

Sincerely,
Uladzimir Katkouski

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From K.R.Hauge at EAST.UIO.NO  Wed Aug  8 19:25:29 2001
From: K.R.Hauge at EAST.UIO.NO (Kjetil =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=E5?= Hauge)
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 21:25:29 +0200
Subject: Wintel to Mac font question
In-Reply-To: <a05010400b795ea857257@[140.247.202.214]>
Message-ID: <WED.8.AUG.2001.212529.0200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

>Does anyone know if there is an Apple font that accurately maps
>Windows diacritics for Central European Latin-based typefaces? When I
>import, for instance, Word documents that have Polish or Czech
>diacritics, these always are lost, either coming through as
>underscores or as other letters. Apple Times New Roman does not map
>correctly to the Windows Times New Roman original that has the
>diacritics (and in which most of these PC documents originated).
>Using  Apple Central European fonts, e.g., Geneva CE, gets some of
the characters but not all of them.

It seems to work all right for me, both with 9.04 at home and 9.1 at
the office, but I should add that my experience is limited to a file
with Polish text that came in and seems to be made in WinWord 9.0.
Apple CE fonts lack SC d with crossbar - is that what you are missing?
--
-- Kjetil Rå Hauge, U. of Oslo. Phone +47/22856710, fax +47/22854140
-- (this msg sent from home, +47/67148424, fax +1/5084372444)

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From gthomson at MAC.COM  Thu Aug  9 13:26:25 2001
From: gthomson at MAC.COM (Greg Thomson)
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 17:56:25 +0430
Subject: Negotiation of Meaning in Russian
In-Reply-To: <000201c11f41$81680de0$0500a8c0@VGA1>
Message-ID: <THU.9.AUG.2001.175625.0430.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I'm interested in whether anyone who lectures or writes in Russian on
SLA has translated the term "Negotiation of Meaning" into Russian.
Greg

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From mllemily at ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU  Thu Aug  9 12:47:32 2001
From: mllemily at ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU (Emily Tall)
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 12:47:32 +0000
Subject: translation query
Message-ID: <THU.9.AUG.2001.124732.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear seelangers:
    Would anyone know Russian equivalents for the following: hai-lai [do
they just transliterate it?]; stock option;commodities market; pull
tabs; 'paper' games. The last two have something to do with gambling.
    Thanks! Emily Tall

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From cheryl07 at SATX.RR.COM  Thu Aug  9 17:09:14 2001
From: cheryl07 at SATX.RR.COM (Cheryl Boone-Delgado)
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 12:09:14 -0500
Subject: translation query
Message-ID: <THU.9.AUG.2001.120914.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Emily:
   Forgive me, but do you mean "jai-alai"?  That is, the Latin
American game played with ball and basket strapped to the arm?
I'm guessing so since the others are concerned with gambling.  I
don't know the answer..but would guess translitaration would be
appropriate, since it is a Spanish word.
Cheryl Boone-Delgado

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From eginzbur at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU  Thu Aug  9 19:10:50 2001
From: eginzbur at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU (elizabeth ginzburg)
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 14:10:50 -0500
Subject: semanticheskii oreol daktilya
In-Reply-To: <3B72C3BA.B8F16F24@satx.rr.com>
Message-ID: <THU.9.AUG.2001.141050.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I am interested in any sholarly works similar to K.Taranovsky's and
M.Gasparov's ones, investigating dactylic poetry with respect to
connection between meter and semantics.In particular, I would be
interested in the image of Death in dactylic verses in Russian (and
German).
Sincerely,
 LIza Ginzburg
eginzbur at midway.uchicago.edu

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From strakhov at GSD.HARVARD.EDU  Thu Aug  9 20:26:06 2001
From: strakhov at GSD.HARVARD.EDU (Olga Strakhov)
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 15:26:06 -0500
Subject: semanticheskii oreol daktilya
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0108091403140.10455-100000@harper.uchicago.e du>
Message-ID: <THU.9.AUG.2001.152606.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Ms Ginzburg
check articles by Maksim M. Shapir. You can find most of them in his
journal Philologica (its website is http://www.rema.ru:8101/philologica/).
He published a book recently: Universum versus : iazyk, stikh, smysl v
russkoi poezii
XVIII-XX vekov (Moskva : Iazyki russkoi kul'tury, 2000), which includes
most of his articles published in Philologica.


Olga B. Strakhov
Frances Loeb Library
Graduate School of Design
Gund Hall
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
tel.: + 617-496-9543
fax: + 617-496-5929

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From sforres1 at SWARTHMORE.EDU  Fri Aug 10 14:11:49 2001
From: sforres1 at SWARTHMORE.EDU (Sibelan Forrester)
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:11:49 -0400
Subject: Reminder:  AWSS Graduate Essay Prize
Message-ID: <FRI.10.AUG.2001.101149.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The 2001 AWSS Graduate Essay Prize will be awarded to the best
dissertation chapter or article-length essay in any field or area of
Slavic/East European/Central Asian Studies by a woman or on a topic
in Sl./E.E./C.A. Women's Studies by either a woman or a man.  This
competition is open only to current doctoral students or those who
defended a doctoral dissertation in 2000-2001.  If the essay is a
dissertation chapter, it should be accompanied by the dissertation
abstract and table of contents.  If the submission is a seminar
paper, it must have been written in 2000-2001.  Previous submissions
and published materials are ineligible.  Essays should be no longer
than 50 pages, including reference matter, and in English (quotations
in any other language should be translated).

Please send three copies of the essay and a CV to :

Professor Sibelan Forrester
Modern Languages and Literatures
Swarthmore College
500 College ave.
Swarthmore, PA  19081-1390

All submissions must be postmarked by September 1, 2001.

The award carries a cash prize of $500.  The winner(s) will be
announced at the AAASS annual convention in November.  Please address
queries to Sibelan Forrester at the above address, or else by e-mail
at <sforres1 at swarthmore.edu>, phone 610-328-8162, or fax 610-328-7769.

Thank you for your attention,


        Sibelan Forrester
        AWSS Past President
        for the committee:

Professor Hilary Fink
Slavic Department
Yale University

Professor William G. Wagner
History Department
Williams College

Professor Sibelan Forrester
Modern Languages and Literatures
Swarthmore College

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From sao15 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Sat Aug 11 04:02:10 2001
From: sao15 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Serguei Alex. Oushakine)
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 00:02:10 -0400
Subject: BBC quiz show "The Weakest Link" to be shown in Russia
Message-ID: <SAT.11.AUG.2001.000210.0400.SAO15@COLUMBIA.EDU>

BBC quiz show "The Weakest Link" to be shown in Russia
August 9, 2001

LONDON (AP) -- The successful television quiz show "The Weakest Link"
-- made famous by the acerbic tongue of British presenter Anne Robinson
-- is to be exported to Russia, the British Broadcasting Corp. said
Thursday. 
   The show, due to begin transmission next spring, will be fronted by a
Russian version of the feisty host. The quiz is now seen in 70 countries
around the world. 
   Under the deal, BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the corporation,
has also exported children's television program the "Tweenies," which
will be dubbed into Russian for transmission next spring. 
   "This new agreement marks a milestone in our strong relationship with
the BBC," said Andrei Balashov, commercial director of the Russian state
broadcaster ORT. 
   Each installment of the "The Weakest Link" sees the host hurling
questions at contestants, then dismissing each loser with a brusque,
"You are the weakest link, goodbye!" 
   The BBC is currently negotiating deals to export the format to China
and India. 

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From goscilo+ at PITT.EDU  Sat Aug 11 16:03:02 2001
From: goscilo+ at PITT.EDU (Helena Goscilo)
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 12:03:02 -0400
Subject: Village Kluby
In-Reply-To: <200108062056.QAA50122@node15.unix.Virginia.EDU>
Message-ID: <SAT.11.AUG.2001.120302.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Natalie,

Although it does not deal with VILLAGE clubs, Nadezhda Azhgikhina's
"Russian Club Life" in STUDIES IN 20TH
CENTURY LITERATURE, Vol. 24, No. 1, Winter 2000 (pp.169-91) will give you a
start.

Helena

--On Monday, August 06, 2001 4:56 PM -0400 "Natalie O. Kononenko"
<nkm at UNIX.MAIL.VIRGINIA.EDU> wrote:r

> Dear List members,
>         First, I want to thank all those who helped me find
> sources for marriage statistics.
>         Second, I was hoping for help on another issue.  I am
> now looking at courtship and the village klub.  This was place
> for young people to meet and socialize in the Soviet era (many
> still function).  These establishments showed films, ran
> something that might be considered an equivalent of disco
> night.  What I need is some background information of the klub
> and again, I would really appreciate suggestions.
>
> Here are my questions:
>
> When did kluby start?  Am I right that they started
> proliferating after the war, basically under Khrushchev?
>
> Was there some sort of official edict or directive telling
> villages to set up kluby?
>
> Is there a description of what klub were supposed to be and
> what they were supposed to do?  Again, I am assuming, on the
> basis of oral interviews, that they were supposed to educate
> the masses and provide wholesome entertainment.
>
> I thank everyone in advance.
>
> Natalie Kononenko
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From goscilo+ at PITT.EDU  Sat Aug 11 16:08:35 2001
From: goscilo+ at PITT.EDU (Helena Goscilo)
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 12:08:35 -0400
Subject: Russian culture in the USA
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10108030940260.19109-100000@haystack.lclark.edu>
Message-ID: <SAT.11.AUG.2001.120835.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

For a start, Limonov, Dovlatov, Ulitskaia (THE FUNERAL PARTY), Aksenov,
Brodsky, and, earlier, Gor'kii!  Also, Tolstaia's journalism.

Helena

--On Friday, August 03, 2001 9:47 AM -0700 Tatiana Osipovich
<tatiana at LCLARK.EDU> wrote:r

> Dear colleagues,
> I will teach a section of "Inventing America" freshman seminar next
> spring and I want to propose a course about Russians in America.
> As a literature specialist, I want to concentrate on Russian
> immigrant experience in the USA as reflected in literary texts
> available in  English. Does anybody have any suggestion what primary
> (or secondary) texts can be adopted for such course.
> I am thankful for your suggestions in advance,
> Tatiana Osipovich
> Lewis & Clark College
> Portland, Oregon
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From tritt002 at MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU  Sat Aug 11 16:17:25 2001
From: tritt002 at MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU (Michael Trittipo)
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 11:17:25 -0500
Subject: Wintel to Mac font question
In-Reply-To: <a05010400b795ea857257@[140.247.202.214]>
Message-ID: <SAT.11.AUG.2001.111725.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

At 15:10 2001/08/07 -0400, you wrote:
>Does anyone know if there is an Apple font that accurately maps
>Windows diacritics for Central European Latin-based typefaces? . . .
> . . . Apple Times New Roman does not map
>correctly to the Windows Times New Roman original . . ..
> . . . Cyrillic is less of a problem than this. Any hints?

You might want to contact Michael Grant; I believe that as owner of a
translation agency in Prague and a frequent Mac user he developed a macro
to make the required character substitutions.  Neither Apple's nor
Microsoft's byte-to-character codings need be considered more correct than
the other, but some substitution is needed.  Michael's address is
<mgrant at bdanube.com>.





Michael Trittipo
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
mailto:tritt002 at tc.umn.edu

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From sao15 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Sun Aug 12 03:01:00 2001
From: sao15 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Serguei Alex. Oushakine)
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 23:01:00 -0400
Subject: CFP: Russo-Japanese War (February 10-12, 2003, Israel)
Message-ID: <SAT.11.AUG.2001.230100.0400.SAO15@COLUMBIA.EDU>

From: Rotem KOWNER <kowner at research.haifa.ac.il>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 23:44:50 +0300


Dear colleagues:

You are invited to participate in an international conference
devoted to the subject of the Russo-Japanese War.
We are looking forward to receiving proposals from all
disciplinary and interdisciplinary areas that deal with the theme.

With apologies for cross-postings,


Best wishes

Rotem Kowner

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



FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Haifa, Israel
are organizing in February 10-12, 2003 an International Conference on:


"THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR & THE 20TH CENTURY:
AN ASSESSMENT FROM A CENTENNIAL PERSPECTIVE"


In February 2004 Japanese and Russians will commemorate a century to
the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War. While their perspectives on
the war may differ, scholars on both sides agree that the war was a turning
point in the history of their nations. In fact, the echoes of this war
were felt in many other places as well, partly because it was
the first modern conflict in which an 'oriental', 'non-white'
nation overwhelmed a powerful European nation.

Further, The Russo-Japanese War was probably the first 'modern'
war, in which many of the fighting patterns of the next grand
conflict, W.W. I, were shaped.

Despite its importance, this conflict has not stimulated much interest
in Western historiography, due to the parties involved, its remote location,
and mainly since it was overshadowed by the 'Great War'. Although
the number of publications and symposiums and on the topic in recent years
testify to a growing interest, the war and its place within the dramatic
events of 20th century are still in a need for a broader, multidisciplinary
approach.



  TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED

The immediate objectives of the conference is to discuss the following
issues:
  * The international context of the war
  * Was the Russo-Japanese war the first modern war?
  * The effect of the war on political and social issues
  * The war in literature and popular culture
  * The media and the war
  * Was the war a conflict beween 'East' and 'West'?
  * Far-reaching impacts of the war on the 20th century



TIME TABLE

The Organizing Committee will consider any panel proposals
(within 200 words) which will be received by December 31, 2001.
The deadline for paper submission (an abstract within 200 words) is
February 28, 2002.

Since we limit the number of pariticipants in the conference,
the abstracts will be assessed according to their originality and
relevance to the panels.


Correspondence should be sent to the following address:

Dr. Rotem Kowner
Japan and Asia Program
Dept. of Multidisciplinary Studies, The University of Haifa
Mt. Carmel 31905, Haifa, ISRAEL
Fax: (972) 4-824-9155 Phone: (972) 4-824-0559
Email: kowner at research.haifa.ac.il

or

Prof. Ben Ami Shillony
Dept. of East Asian Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem 91905, ISRAEL
Fax: (972) 2-532-2545 Phone: (972) 2-588-3728
Email: shillony at h2.hum.huji.ac.il

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From gthomson at MAC.COM  Mon Aug 13 03:29:59 2001
From: gthomson at MAC.COM (Greg Thomson)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 07:59:59 +0430
Subject: Negotiation of Meaning in Russian
In-Reply-To: <a05001901b7983f38852c@[212.19.142.117]>
Message-ID: <MON.13.AUG.2001.075959.0430.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The other day, I posted the following:

At 17:56 +0430 09/08/01, Greg Thomson wrote:
>I'm interested in whether anyone who lectures or writes in Russian on
>SLA has translated the term "Negotiation of Meaning" into Russian.
>Greg

Nobody responded. So now I'm asking more generally, does anyone
familiar with the idea of "negotiation of meaning" have any
suggestion how it might be best expressed in Russian?
Greg

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From uhwm006 at SUN.RHUL.AC.UK  Mon Aug 13 14:16:54 2001
From: uhwm006 at SUN.RHUL.AC.UK (Geoffrey Chew)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 15:16:54 +0100
Subject: Queries on Czech language usage
In-Reply-To: <a05001902b79cf9a236a6@[212.19.142.114]>
Message-ID: <MON.13.AUG.2001.151654.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Is reliable information on the following two features of late-19th-century
Czech texts available, and if so where?

(1) Abstract nouns nowadays ending in -ost appear as ost' (hacek-t at the
end): is this simply an earlier form (if so, was it universal, and when
was it replaced by the current form?) or has it some distinct meaning or
tone?

(2) Feminine surnames distinguish between forms ending in -ova (short a,
possessive adjective as in modern street names) and -ová (long a, normal
adjectival form), apparently to distinguish between unmarried (-ova) and
married (-ová) women.  Is this a firm distinction at the time?  When was
it superseded by the modern practice with -ová (or other adjectival
endings in á, e.g. Krásná) for all women?

 Geoffrey Chew
 Music Department, Royal Holloway, University of London
 Internet: chew at sun.rhul.ac.uk

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From jobailey at FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU  Mon Aug 13 15:26:31 2001
From: jobailey at FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU (James Bailey)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:26:31 -0500
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <MON.13.AUG.2001.102631.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Seelangers,
      A curious question.  How does one say "stem cell research" in Russian?
      Thanks,
      James Bailey

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From peitlova at TISCALINET.IT  Mon Aug 13 16:54:08 2001
From: peitlova at TISCALINET.IT (Edil Legno)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 18:54:08 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:Czech-ova/ov=E0?=
Message-ID: <MON.13.AUG.2001.185408.0200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Czech (and Slovak )language  doesn't distinguish between unmarried and married form.It's only  one -ovà (long -à,)form for fem.surnames.
Katarina Peitlovà,Ph.Dr. 

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Mon Aug 13 18:56:10 2001
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 11:56:10 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re=3ACzech=2Dova=2Fov=E0?=
Message-ID: <MON.13.AUG.2001.115610.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

>Czech (and Slovak )language  doesn't distinguish between unmarried and
>married form.It's only  one -ovà (long -à,)form for fem.surnames.
>Katarina Peitlovà,Ph.Dr.

Was there ever (N)ova/ovna distinction for wife vs. daughter of N?

**************************************************************
Alina Israeli
LFS, American University                phone:  (202) 885-2387
4400 Mass. Ave., NW                     fax:    (202) 885-1076
Washington, DC 20016

aisrael at american.edu

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From paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM  Mon Aug 13 19:11:37 2001
From: paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM (Paul B. Gallagher)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 15:11:37 -0400
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <MON.13.AUG.2001.151137.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

James Bailey wrote:

> Seelangers,
> A curious question.  How does one say "stem cell research"
> in Russian?

The obvious answer for
        "embryonic stem cells"
is
        "стволовые клетки эмбрионов"
                ("stvolovyye kletki embrionov"),
though I have also seen (in rough order of occurrence):
        "эмбриональные стволовые клетки"
                ("embrional'nyye stvolovyye kletki"),
        "зародышевые стволовые клетки"
                ("zarodyshevyye stvolovyye kletki"),
        "стволовые клетки зародышей"
                ("stvolovyye kletki zarodyshey").

You can do what you like with "research," I would think; "исследования"
("issledovaniya") is a likely candidate.

For example, <http://www.wdi.ru/print.php?art=14676582> has "абсолютный
запрет на исследования стволовых клеток, которые могут помочь многим
больным людям, является чрезмерной мерой" ("absolyutnyy zapret na
issledovaniya stvolovykh kletok, kotoryye mogut pomoch' mnogim bol'nym
lyudyam, yavlyayetsya chrezmernoy meroy"), but then a little later it
uses the singular: "А без глубокого исследования стволовых клеток и
государственного финансирования это невозможно" ("A bez glubokogo
issledovaniya stvolovykh kletok i gosudarstvennogo finansirovaniya eto
nevozmozhno.")

Яndex returns 109 hits for "исследование стволовых клеток"
("issledovaniye stvolovykh kletok"); unfortunately, there is no way to
force the plural using their search engine. The closest I could get was
!исследования "стволовые клетки," (!issledovaniya "stvolovyye kletki"),
which returned 194 hits, many of them not useful (nonadjacent uses of
the two components, with "исследования" ("issledovaniya") in one place
and "стволовые клетки" ("stvolovyye kletki") somewhere else, or
accidental collocations such as "Как показывают исследования, стволовые
клетки можно и нужно использовать..." ("Kak pokazyvayut issledovaniya,
stvolovyye kletki mozhno i nuzhno ispol'zovat'..."))

--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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From uhwm006 at SUN.RHUL.AC.UK  Mon Aug 13 19:12:04 2001
From: uhwm006 at SUN.RHUL.AC.UK (Geoffrey Chew)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 20:12:04 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re=3ACzech=2Dova=2Fov=E0?=
In-Reply-To: <v01540b01b79d9c71a7f0@[165.247.114.219]>
Message-ID: <MON.13.AUG.2001.201204.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Alina Israeli wrote:

> >Czech (and Slovak )language  doesn't distinguish between unmarried and
> >married form.It's only  one -ovà (long -à,)form for fem.surnames.
> >Katarina Peitlovà,Ph.Dr.
> 
> Was there ever (N)ova/ovna distinction for wife vs. daughter of N?

Not -ovna at all, but ova / ová (I realize of course that modern Czech
makes no distinction) -- so in Lothar Suchy's play "Sláva" (1905) we have
pan Bárta, paní Bártová, but slec^na Bártova (not Bártovna) -- despite
what Dr Peitlová writes.

 Geoffrey Chew
 Music Department, Royal Holloway, University of London
 Internet: chew at sun.rhul.ac.uk

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From cfwoolhiser at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU  Mon Aug 13 20:46:56 2001
From: cfwoolhiser at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU (curt fredric woolhiser)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 15:46:56 -0500
Subject: Fwd: Russia's indigenous minority languages
Message-ID: <MON.13.AUG.2001.154656.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Forwarded from the AnthEurasia list:

>Delivered-To: cfwoolhiser at mail.utexas.edu
>X-Authentication-Warning: smtp1.fas.harvard.edu: majordom set sender
>to owner-antheurasia-l at husc.harvard.edu using -f
>Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 17:25:16 +0900 (JST)
>From: kmatsum at tooyoo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp
>To: AnthEurasia-L at fas.harvard.edu
>Subject: Russia's indigenous minority languages
>Cc: kmatsum at tooyoo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp
>Sender: owner-antheurasia-l at fas.harvard.edu
>Reply-To: kmatsum at tooyoo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp
>Status:
>
>Dear colleagues,
>
>I have recently uploaded what I call "Indegenous Minority Languages of
>Russia: Bibliographical Guide" at URL:
>
>http://www.tooyoo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Russia/bibl/
>
>This is  a UTF8-encoded Web version of about one fifth of the material
>I obtained from linguist colleagues in Moscow in a joint project. The
>Web pages deal with 53 languages which had less than 50000 speakers in
>the late 1990s. Your comments and suggestions will be highly appreciated.
>
>I would also be very happy to receive whatever information about "non-
>indegenous" minority languages/linguistic minorities of Russia as well,
>about which I know practically nothing as my background is descriptive
>linguistics in the Uralic languages.
>
>Does anyone know a reference work on the current states of Russia's
>"non-ingeneous" linguistic minorities?
>
>A while ago I read an article in a local Estonian-language newspaper
>published in Tallinn, Estonia -- I am staying in Tallinn at the moment --
>about an Estonian woman who has just returned from Siberia, where she
>taught Estonian at a school in an Estonian community for one year.
>Back in the early eighties I met a Korean woman from Central Asia in
>Estonia. She was working as a typist for Tartu University.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Kazuto Matsumura
>
>     Kazuto MATSUMURA (kmatsum at tooyoo.L.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
>   -------------------------------------------------------------
>     Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology
>     University of Tokyo
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>     http://www.tooyoo.L.u-tokyo.ac.jp/kmatsum/
>     http://plaza3.mbn.or.jp/~kmatsum/ (in Japanese)
>\
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From Lvisson at AOL.COM  Tue Aug 14 00:49:47 2001
From: Lvisson at AOL.COM (Lvisson at AOL.COM)
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 20:49:47 EDT
Subject: Stem cells in Russian
Message-ID: <MON.13.AUG.2001.204947.EDT.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Stem cells are "iskhodnye kletki" or "stvolovye kletki."
LV

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From peitlova at TISCALINET.IT  Tue Aug 14 10:50:33 2001
From: peitlova at TISCALINET.IT (Edil Legno)
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 12:50:33 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re:Czech_-ov=E0/-ova?=
Message-ID: <TUE.14.AUG.2001.125033.0200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I have never written a form Bartovna.It doesn't exist and never  have existed. 
Slecna Bàrtova - in this case is possessive.
There's no difference between married and 
unmarried form. Pàn Bàrta,panì Bàrtovà a Slecna Bàrtova (in this case - as daughter of pan Bàrta). If taken separately - even Slecna Bàrtovà is ONLY and ever with long à.
Example:my father is Peitl,my surname is Peitlovà.If somebody asks .who is this woman .You answer. To je dcèra pàna Peitla - 
or  Peitlova dcèra. (in this case with  short -a,but it doesn't mean that this form means unmarried .)
Katarìna Peitlovà

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From Mourka1 at AOL.COM  Tue Aug 14 14:17:34 2001
From: Mourka1 at AOL.COM (Mourka1 at AOL.COM)
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 10:17:34 EDT
Subject: Chiara Liberio/BMCC
Message-ID: <TUE.14.AUG.2001.101734.EDT.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Looking for Chiara Liberio at BMCC, New York.  Got a notice that the Email
address had changed and would love to hear from her regarding a performance
possibility.

Thank you.

Margarita

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From mzs at UNLSERVE.UNL.EDU  Tue Aug 14 20:46:47 2001
From: mzs at UNLSERVE.UNL.EDU (Mila Saskova-Pierce)
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 15:46:47 -0500
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re=3ACzech=2Dova=2Fov=E0?=
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0108132005060.4653-100000@sun.rhul.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <TUE.14.AUG.2001.154647.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

As I remember from Jirasek's historical works, he makes the distinction -ov

>On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Alina Israeli wrote:
>
>> >Czech (and Slovak )language  doesn't distinguish between unmarried and
>> >married form.It's only  one -ovà (long -à,)form for fem.surnames.
>> >Katarina Peitlovà,Ph.Dr.
>>
>> Was there ever (N)ova/ovna distinction for wife vs. daughter of N?
>
>Not -ovna at all, but ova / ová (I realize of course that modern Czech
>makes no distinction) -- so in Lothar Suchy's play "Sláva" (1905) we have
>pan Bárta, paní Bártová, but slec^na Bártova (not Bártovna) -- despite
>what Dr Peitlová writes.
>
> Geoffrey Chew
> Music Department, Royal Holloway, University of London
> Internet: chew at sun.rhul.ac.uk
>
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University of Nebraska
1133 Oldfather Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0315
Tel:  (402) 472 1336

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From ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU  Wed Aug 15 03:03:54 2001
From: ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU (ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU)
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 23:03:54 -0400
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Re=3ACzech=2Dova=2Fov=E0?=
In-Reply-To: <v03010d09b79f3e7d9556@[129.93.50.81]>
Message-ID: <TUE.14.AUG.2001.230354.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Therese Albertine Luise von Jacob (pen name Talvj, from her
initials) was a German-American writer and translator in the
19th century. She can be called the first serious Slavist in
the U.S. She began work in Germany in the 1820's, then married
an American biblical scholar named Robinson and moved to the
U.S. 
I bring this up because an article in the journal Slavia
(K. Paul, "J. Bowring, Talvj-Robinsonova a P. J. S^afar^i'k",
Slavia" C^asopis pro slovanskou filologii, Roc^nik IX, 1930-31)
refers to her by her married name plus -ova with a short a.
I was surprised to see this, and a modern Czech colleague
assured me that it could only be -ova', with long a.


Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
Morrill Hall 220, 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

P.S. Is there something missing in the previous
contribution? The first line breaks off suddenly:

On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Mila Saskova-Pierce wrote:

> As I remember from Jirasek's historical works, he makes the distinction -ov
> 
> >On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Alina Israeli wrote:
> >
> >> >Czech (and Slovak )language  doesn't distinguish between unmarried and
> >> >married form.It's only  one -ov� (long -�,)form for fem.surnames.
> >> >Katarina Peitlov�,Ph.Dr.
> >>
> >> Was there ever (N)ova/ovna distinction for wife vs. daughter of N?
> >
> >Not -ovna at all, but ova / ov� (I realize of course that modern Czech
> >makes no distinction) -- so in Lothar Suchy's play "Sl�va" (1905) we have
> >pan B�rta, pan� B�rtov�, but slec^na B�rtova (not B�rtovna) -- despite
> >what Dr Peitlov� writes.
> >
> > Geoffrey Chew
> > Music Department, Royal Holloway, University of London
> > Internet: chew at sun.rhul.ac.uk
> >
> 
> Dr. Mila Saskova-Pierce
> University of Nebraska
> 1133 Oldfather Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0315
> Tel:  (402) 472 1336
> 

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From rdelossa at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Wed Aug 15 03:44:27 2001
From: rdelossa at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Robert De Lossa)
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 23:44:27 -0400
Subject: Call for Papers, IAUS/MAU Congress, 2002
Message-ID: <TUE.14.AUG.2001.234427.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

CALL FOR PAPERS: Vth WORLD CONGRESS OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
UKRAINIAN STUDIES

The Vth Congress of the International Association of Ukrainian
Studies (IAUS) will convene in Chernivtsi on August 26-29, 2002. It
will be the first Congress to take place after a decade of Ukrainian
independence.

The very fact of Ukraine's independence has provided Ukrainianists
with new perspectives in research. Today it becomes ever more evident
that both the character and trajectory of Ukraine's post-communist
transformation--its successes and failures--are to a large extent
dependent on the previous historical and cultural legacy of Ukraine.
The present "state of the nation" calls for a critical reassessment
of this legacy--for a closer analysis of those elements that are
presently responsible for structural benefits and/or constraints on
the evolution of culture and society in Ukraine and that will
continue to have a long-term impact on Ukraine's development. Of
special interest is the multicultural character of this legacy, which
has not yet been adequately integrated into Ukrainian studies.

The Executive Committee of IAUS and presidents of the IAUS national
affiliates hereby invite submissions from all scholars who deal
directly or indirectly with Ukrainian culture, history, literature,
language, social and cultural studies, and politics and government.
IAUS will accept proposals for individual papers within the
applicant's area of specialization. Individual submissions will be
assessed and grouped with thematically similar papers into panels.
IAUS also invites proposals for symposia, panels, and roundtable
discussions, especially those that focus on the main themes of the
Congress as outlined above. When organizing symposia, panels, or
roundtable discussions, we ask that special attention be paid to
facilitating the inclusion of the younger generation of scholars, as
well as balancing international representation. (Proposals with
participants from different national affiliates are especially
encouraged.) IAUS also encourages proposals that consist of
presentations of scholarly and professional projects that have been
realized during the past decade, as well as educational initiatives
that focus on reforming Ukrainian studies and related fields.

Chernivtsi (Czernowitz) has been chosen as the site of the Congress
because of its unique multicultural legacy and rich academic
traditions. It also is well known as the center of Bukovyna, one of
the most picturesque regions of Ukraine. We hope very much that the
"Genius loci" will encourage open academic discussion and impart
every participant in the Congress with pleasant memories.

The deadline for proposal submissions is December 1, 2001. Submission
guidelines are attached. All relevant information is also found on
the internet at www.ukrainianstudies.org.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR PROPOSALS: IAUS Vth WORLD CONGRESS,
CHERNIVTSI, UKRAINE (AUGUST 26-29, 2002)

The main languages of the Congress are Ukrainian and English.
However, submissions and presentations in one of the following
languages will also be accepted: French, German, Italian, Polish, and
Russian. Each presentation should be no longer than 20 minutes and
the length of papers should not exceed 2500 to 3000 words. Panel and
roundtable proposals should include no more than three papers and two
discussants. Symposia proposals should include no more than four
panels.

The deadline for paper abstracts and/or panel and roundtable
proposals is December 15, 2001. Along with the abstract, applicants
should provide the following information: academic affiliation (if
any); position/title; a mailing address; telephone/e-mail/fax; and a
short biography, curriculum vitae, a list of recent publications (if
relevant), and any audio/visual needs for your presentation (if
necessary). Application materials should be sent to the presidents of
the national affiliates, as listed below. (For those in countries
without a national representation, please direct applications to
Yaroslav Hrytsak of the IAUS Executive Committee,
hrytsak at franko.lviv.ua.) Please note that the abstracts provided in
December do not need to be in the language in which the paper will be
presented. However, please indicate on the abstract the language of
final presentation. This will not be a binding commitment, but is
necessary for organizing purposes. Panel and symposium proposals
should include full information for each panelist, as well as for the
organizer (even if he or she is not presenting a paper). Panel and
symposium proposals may be sponsored formally by national affiliates
or other academic institutions. The registration fee for the Congress
is $75.00 US per person. Instructions for payment of the registration
fee will be sent by the national committees after receipt of the
applications.

Successful applicants must provide a 400 to 500 word synopsis of
their talk to IAUS in Kyiv by May 21, 2002 (all languages other than
Ukrainian) or June 21, 2002 (Ukrainian). Those who submit their
synopses in languages other than Ukrainian are asked to pay a nominal
fee of $10.00 US per synopsis--the IAUS will then have the synopses
translated, so that Ukrainian-language synopses of all papers at the
Congress are available during the Congress.

Applicants do not need to be members of IAUS national affiliates to
attend the Congress, although we strongly encourage applicants to
join their respective national organizations. Further information
about the Congress (including accommodations and special events) will
be posted at www.ukrainianstudies.org as it becomes available.

We look forward to seeing you in Chernivtsi!

(IAUS Executive Board and National Presidents attached)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE IAUS

Mykola Zhulyns'kyi
President, International Association for Ukrainian Studies
vul. Hrushevskoho 4, kimn.214
Kyiv, Ukraine
UA 252001
tel./fax +380 (44) 229 7650
e-mail: iaus at gilan.uar.net


Giovanna Brogi Bercoff
Vice-President, International Association for Ukrainian Studies
Professore ordinario
di Storia della lingua russa
Università di Milano
Ab. I 00145
Roma via Sette Chiese 12
tel. 06/5124662.
e-mail: giovanna.brogi at pop.tiscalinet.it


Yaroslav Hrytsak
Vice-President, International Association for Ukrainian Studies
Institute for Historical Research
Ivan Franko Lviv National University
Universytetska str., 1
Lviv, Ukraine 79602
tel./fax: (38-0322)-794-585
e-mail: hrytsak at franko.lviv.ua

Mark von Hagen
Vice-President, International Association for Ukrainian Studies
Columbia University
Department of History
Fayerweather 611
New York, NY 10027 USA
e-mail: mlv2 at columbia.edu

John-Paul Himka
Secretary, International Association for Ukrainian Studies
Department of History and Classics
2-28 Henry Marshall Tory Bldg.
Univ. of Alberta
Edmonton, T6G 2H4
CANADA
phone: 780-492-2698, fax: 780-492-9125
e-mail: john-paul.himka at ualberta.ca

Oleksij Petrovskyi
Treasurer, International Association for Ukrainian Studies
vul. Hrushevskoho 4, kimn.214
Kyiv, Ukraine
UA 252001
tel./fax: +380 (44) 229 7650
e-mail: iaus at gilan.uar.net

(For members-at-large of the executive board, see
www.ukrainianstudies.org/iaus.htm)


NATIONAL AFFILIATES OF THE IAUS

AUSTRALIA
Ukrainian Studies Association of Australia
President: Halyna Koscharsky
Ukrainian Studies
Department of European Languages,
Division of Humanities
Macquarie University, NSW 2109
Australia
tel.: (61-2) 9850 7034
fax.: (61-2) 9850 7054
e-mail: hkoschar at vc.mq.edu.au

AUSTRIA
Österreichische Ukrainistenverband
President: Alois Woldan
(now moved to Germany; his new address:)
Universität Passau
Philosophische Fakultät
Ost-Mitteleuropa-Studien
Zimmer: NKN 468
94030 Passau
Germany
tel.: 0851/509-2853
fax: 0851/590-2203
e-mail: alois.woldan at uni-passau.de

BELARUS
Belarussian Association for Ukrainian Studies
President: Ms Tetiana Kobrzhytska
Starozhovskaia 8/175
220002 Minsk,
Belarus
tel.: 33-64-51

BELGIUM
University of Antwerp
Middelheimlaan 1, B-2020
Belgium
tel.: 218 07 34; 218 07 79; 218 07 54

BULGARIA
President: Lidia Terziiska
Faculty of Slavic filologies, room 130
bul. Tzar Osvoboditel 15
Sofia 1000
Bulgaria
tel.: 858 307
e-mail: ter at slav.uni-sofia.bg

CANADA
Canadian Association of Slavists
President: Natalia Pylypiuk
Modern Languages & Cultural Studies: Germanic, Romance, Slavic
200 Arts, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E6
Canada
tel.: (780) 492-3498
fax: (780) 492-9106
e-mail: natalia.pylypiuk at ualberta.ca

CHINA
Chinese Association for Ukrainian Studies
President: Jiang Changbin
No.48 Xintaicang Yixiang Donzhimen
Beijing 100007
People's Republic of China
tel.: 86-1-403-1547
fax.: 86-1-407-4077

CZECH REPUBLIC
Czech Association for Ukrainian Studies
President: Václav Zidlicky
Address: Benediktska 16, 110 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic
tel.: 23 18 302

FRANCE
Association Française des Études Ukrainiennes
President: Michel Cadot
69, rue d'Amsterdam,
75008 Paris
France
e-mail: cadot at club-internet.fr

GERMANY
President: Rolf Goebner
Institut für Slawistik, Domstr. 9-10,
17487 Greifswald
Germany
tel.: 03834-86-3213
fax: 03834-86-1248
e-mail: goebner at mail.uni-greifswald.de

GREAT BRITAIN
President: James Dingley
School of Slavonic and East European Studies
University of London
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e-mail: Jdingley at ssees.ac.uk

HUNGARY
President: Bessenyei Gyorgy
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ISRAEL
President: Wolf Moskovich
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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
P.O. Box 7823
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e-mail: jeremy at vms.huji.ac.il

JAPAN
President: Kazuo Nakai
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POLAND
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SLOVAKIA
President: Mykola Musinka
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[Secretary: Dr. Lubica Babota
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President: Oleksa Myshanych
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From weir at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Wed Aug 15 16:13:55 2001
From: weir at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Justin Weir)
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 12:13:55 -0400
Subject: Tolstoy Conference
Message-ID: <WED.15.AUG.2001.121355.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The Over-Examined Life: New Perspectives on Tolstoy


Monologist, moralist, (anti-)novelist, hyper-realist, and aristocratic bard
of peasant and field... We are all familiar with the accepted notions of
Tolstoy's art and thought. How can we experience the shock of the new again
in our approach to Tolstoy? How can we "defamiliarize" our cherished ideas
about the great defamiliarizer himself?


The Harvard University Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and
Davis Center for Russian Studies will host a two-day conference on April 19-
20, 2002 devoted to new perspectives on the life and work of Lev Tolstoy.
This conference aims to bring together diverse approaches and revisit the
foundations of Tolstoy scholarship. We seek papers that explicitly address
much-beloved notions about the Great Master, and subject to critical
inquiry the traditions and familiar assumptions of interpreting Tolstoy.


Scholars interested in participating are invited to submit paper proposals
by September 15, 2001. Abstracts may be sent to Julie A. Buckler
(buckler at fas.harvard.edu) or Justin Weir (weir at fas.harvard.edu), Department
of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, Barker Center, 12
Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.

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From gladney at UX6.CSO.UIUC.EDU  Wed Aug 15 17:47:43 2001
From: gladney at UX6.CSO.UIUC.EDU (gladney frank y)
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 12:47:43 -0500
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <WED.15.AUG.2001.124743.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Persons who were interested enough in what we were doing in first-year
Polish at the University of Ilinois at Urbana-Champaign last year to log
on to http://courseinfo.cet.uiuc.edu/Polish 101-102 may be interested to
learn that these materials, revised and expanded, are now more
conveniently available at
http://slavic.lang.uiuc.edu/gladney/Elementary_Polish/Start.html.

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From young at umbc.edu  Wed Aug 15 18:48:19 2001
From: young at umbc.edu (Steven Young)
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 14:48:19 EDT
Subject: Call for Papers: 18th Conference on Baltic Studies
In-Reply-To: <200108150141.f7F1fu905981@mx2in.umbc.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.15.AUG.2001.144819.EDT.YOUNG@UMBC.EDU>

18th Conference on Baltic Studies (Association for the Advancement of
Baltic Studies). 5-8 June, 2002, Johns Hopkins University (Homewood
Campus), Baltimore, Maryland.  Theme:  The Baltic States in the Era of
Globalization.  Panels include Aesthetics, Culture, & Communication;
Business and Economics; Democratic Reform; Geography & Earth Sciences;
History; Linguistics; Literature; Political Science; Psychology &
Education; and Religion.  The Conference program committee invites
proposals for panels or individual papers on all topics related to
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, as well as the broader Baltic Sea region.

For further information, please contact Steven Young, Dept. of Modern
Languages, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250.
(410) 455-2117.  Fax (410) 455-1025, e-mail <young at umbc.edu>.

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From mzs at UNLSERVE.UNL.EDU  Wed Aug 15 20:10:19 2001
From: mzs at UNLSERVE.UNL.EDU (Mila Saskova-Pierce)
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 15:10:19 -0500
Subject: unfinished business -ovna/-ova
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0108131503320.27280-100000@sun.rhul.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <WED.15.AUG.2001.151019.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Sorry for the unfinished message last time. Some people are good at
multitasking, in my case one student entering my office signifies the
premature death of a message to be posted.

As I remember from Jirasek's historical works (my school assigned
readings), he makes the distinction -ovna (unmarried) and -ova (married).
Whether he does that under Polish influence (Sienkiewicz), or he knew more
than we do, is not known by me.  Professor Mestan would know.

Mila sSkova-Pierce


Dr. Mila Saskova-Pierce
University of Nebraska
1133 Oldfather Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0315
Tel:  (402) 472 1336

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From rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU  Wed Aug 15 21:20:27 2001
From: rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU (Robert A. Rothstein)
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 17:20:27 -0400
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Czech=2Dova=2Fov=E0?=
Message-ID: <WED.15.AUG.2001.172027.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I cite from F. Oberpfalcer, _Rod jmen v cestine_ (Prague, 1933), pp.
182-3:  "V hovorove cestine prijmeni zen neprovdanych, jsou-li spojena s
krestnim jmenem, zpravidla mivaji podobu privlastnovaciho jmena
pridavneho na -ova [short a], na pr. Anca Sykorova, Terina Hajkova,
Pepka Dusilova a pod. [...]  O tento usus se pred lety opirala teorie
hlasajici, ze sa ma i v jazyce spisovnem rozlisovat -ova [long a] u zen
provdanych a ovdovelych, -ova [short a] u svobodnych.  Psalo se tedy na
pr. pani Stehlikova [long a] a slecna Stehlikova [short a] a podle toho
i pani duchodnova [long a] a slecna duchodniho.  Ale o takovem
rozlisovani neni starych svedectvi."
    Oberpfalcer refers in a footnote on p. 183 to the discussion of this
issue in 1876-7 and again in 1916-17 (A. Hlavinka in favor of the
distinction; O. Hujer against).  He also cites some historical examples
(e.g. from Palacky) of the use of the suffix -ovna to refer to daughters
(parallel to Polish usage) and mentions that "[s]lova ciesarovna a
kralovna znamenala puvodne dceru cisarovu, kralovu [...].  Ale brzy oba
tvary zobecnovaly i pro manzelku a pro panovnici vubec [...]."
            Bob Rothstein

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From mikem3 at MSN.COM  Wed Aug 15 21:12:02 2001
From: mikem3 at MSN.COM (mikem3)
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 17:12:02 -0400
Subject: Subject: Macedonian Instructor needed, DC, 23 Aug - 28 Sep
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From james.partridge at ST-EDMUND-HALL.OXFORD.AC.UK  Thu Aug 16 01:25:36 2001
From: james.partridge at ST-EDMUND-HALL.OXFORD.AC.UK (James Partridge)
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 02:25:36 +0100
Subject: Fw: Queries on Czech language usage
Message-ID: <THU.16.AUG.2001.022536.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I'm forwarding James Naughton's answer to Geoffrey Chew's original
question on Czech usage to this list .
James

****************
James Partridge
St Edmund Hall
Oxford University
****************


----- Original Message -----
From: "James Naughton" <james.naughton at st-edmund-hall.oxford.ac.uk>
To: <CZECH at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: Queries on Czech language usage


Others are no doubt better qualified to pronounce on these two matters,
but
here goes anyway...

1)

On your first question, nouns ending in -ost' instead of -ost, it's a
fairly
well-covered phenomenon, I think. Brief remarks are given, for example,
in
the not particularly expansive or detailed (or even always completely
accurate...) handbook Fr. Curin, Vyvoj spisovne cestiny, 1985,
pp.107-108.

According to this source, and it sounds about right, it was Gebauer in
his
various handbooks, e.g. Pravidla hledici k ceskemu pravopisu a
tvaroslovi,
1902,  who rejected the [certainly by no means universal - and I think
mainly only mid- to late- 19th c. and variable] 19th-century practice of
writing kost' with a soft t', also shortened verb infinitives in -t'.
Curin
adds that this type of spelling with soft t':

"byl na konci obrozeni teoreticky oduvodnovan Celakovskym".

I guess he may be referring to Fr. Celakovsky, Ceska dobropisemnost,
1839,
which I don't have to hand...

Jungmann's Slownjk Cesko-Nemecky, Djl II, K-O, 1836, gives the spelling
kost
for its entry on kost, with the alternative kost' in brackets - his
examples
use the form kost. Numerous other abstracts of the type have only -ost
forms
given in his dictionary headings. The next volume, P-R, 1837, gives only
the
form radost under that entry, etc.

Forms such as kost' also occur(red) regularly in the dialects. According
to
standard historical grammars, the historical depalatalisation of final
d, t,
n in this type of feminine noun in the nominative and accusative
singular
was followed by a subsequent analogous restoration of softness, because
of
the frequency of the case ending -i preceded regularly by soft d, t, n
in
this type of noun. In standard Czech final -st remained unsoftened,
however,
as it did also some other words, such as nit.

Examination of my copy of Jan Gebauer, Mluvnice ceska pro skoly stredni
a
ustavy ucitelske, 3rd edition, 1902, indicates (p.73) that by this time
he
is indeed prescribing only the spelling kost for nouns of that feminine
type
ending in -st. On the infinitive ending (eg p.113) he also gives prosit
as
the reduced variant of prositi, adding that prosit' etc. occurs in
dialects.

Going back to Dobrovsky's grammar, Lehrgebaude der bohmischen Sprache,
1819,
the spelling here is kost (though he also lists plst' and prst' as also
occur in standard usage today - Gebauer, above, gives plst but prst').

Josef Jungmann's Slowesnost, 1845, has -ost. Late 19th-century usage
varies,
e.g. V. Brandl, Zivot Josefa Dobrovskeho, 1883, has -ost. My copy of
Neruda,
Arabesky, 1893, has mainly -ost'. And so on.

Fr. Travnicek, Mluvnice spisovne cestiny, cast 1, 1948, p. 489, says of
feminine nouns ending in -ost:

Nespisovne se vyslovuji tato jmena s koncovkou -st', bolest'...; ujalo
se
jen prst', trest' (na rozliseni od muz. prst, trest) a plst || nekdy
plst'.

(2)

On the question of feminine surnames ending in -ova (short a, possessive
adjective as in modern street names) and -ová (long a, normal adjectival
form), I shall, perhaps thankfully, be brief:

The standard form for female surnames derived from noun-type male
surnames
is of course the adjectival -ová ending with the long a. Of the forms
which
occur with a short a at the end, Travnicek, Mluvnice, 1, 1948, p. 244,
writes:

"Hovorove se vyskytuje u jmen dcer -ova: slecna Anna Novákova."

So presumably the short a form of -ova was used for daughters, rather
than
wives. I expect one could find more about this, in black and white, but
the
library is closed, and my shelves and fingers seem to be exhausted
now...

James Naughton

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From dwkaiser at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU  Thu Aug 16 01:59:24 2001
From: dwkaiser at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU (David Kaiser)
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 20:59:24 -0500
Subject: Conf: Generative Linguistics in Poland 2
In-Reply-To: <14858.3057.696094.190088@julius.ling.ohio-state.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.15.AUG.2001.205924.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Have proceedings from GLiP-2 been published? Is it possible to obtain them?
I have found GLiP-1 to be very interesting. Did I miss any info about
GLiP-3? Thanks for your help.

DK


At 09:35 PM 11/8/00 -0500, you wrote:
>+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
>  Please circulate!    Please circulate!    Please circulate!
>+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+
>
>                           GLiP-2
>
>             GENERATIVE LINGUISTICS IN POLAND 2
>                  (syntax and morphology)
>
>
>DATES: 9-10 December 2000
>LOCATION: University of Warsaw, Poland,
>           Palac Kazimierzowski, Sala Senatu

"Democracy is not some harlot in the street to be picked up by some man
with a Tommy gun. Democracy is based on reason, a sense of fair play, and
freedom, and a respect for other people."

        Winston Churchill

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From GraceMorsberger at USHMM.ORG  Thu Aug 16 14:57:17 2001
From: GraceMorsberger at USHMM.ORG (Grace Morsberger)
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:57:17 -0400
Subject: change of email address
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My current address <gmorsberger at ushmm.org> will no longer be valid after
8/17/01.

I'd like to suspend my subscription until 9/4/01 and then restart it at a
new address: <morsbergerg at doaks.org>.

Thank you!

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From zielinski at ECONOPHONE.CH  Thu Aug 16 18:57:15 2001
From: zielinski at ECONOPHONE.CH (Zielinski)
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 20:57:15 +0200
Subject: Lithuanian quote
Message-ID: <THU.16.AUG.2001.205715.0200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

In a caption under a photo of Goethe's bust, sculptured by David d'Angers
1829 in Weimar (in a book on Goethe by Jouzas Eretas, "Jonas Wolfgangas
Goethe", Kaunas 1933, p. 224/5) there is a passage, the meaning of which
eludes me:
"... esant Mickeviciui to darbo liudininku."
Could somebody help?

Jan Zielinski

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From gjanecek at UKY.EDU  Thu Aug 16 19:31:25 2001
From: gjanecek at UKY.EDU (gerald janecek)
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 15:31:25 -0400
Subject: SEEJ e-mail change
Message-ID: <THU.16.AUG.2001.153125.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

Please take note of the fact that the new e-mail address for the
Slavic & East European Journal has been changed to: seej at uky.edu

My own e-mail has been changed to: gjanecek at uky.edu

Thanks.

Jerry Janecek
Editor, SEEJ
--

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Gerald J. Janecek, Professor, Chair          Phone: 859-257-3761
Editor, Slavic & East European Journal     E-mail: gjanecek at uky.edu
Dept. of Russian & Eastern Studies           Fax: 859-257-3743
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Lexington, KY 40506

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From zielinski at ECONOPHONE.CH  Thu Aug 16 21:21:48 2001
From: zielinski at ECONOPHONE.CH (Zielinski)
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 23:21:48 +0200
Subject: Lithuanian quote
Message-ID: <THU.16.AUG.2001.232148.0200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

After a quick search for some words in the Web I'm trying myself:

"...Mickiewicz being witness to this work" (?)

Jan Zielinski

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From billings at ONEBOX.COM  Fri Aug 17 03:05:01 2001
From: billings at ONEBOX.COM (Loren Billings)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 10:05:01 +0700
Subject: Reference on Jakobson's syllable typology
Message-ID: <FRI.17.AUG.2001.100501.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELangs colleagues,

I'm not currently at my university or near any decent
library and would like a better reference than the
one I have at the moment, which is as follows:

> Jakobson, Roman.  1962.  Selected Writings 1:
>      Phonological Studies.  The Hague:  Mouton.

I would very much appreciate it if someone with easy
access to this volume could confirm that the
following passage appears on p. 526:

> "There are languages lacking syllables with
> initial vowels and/or syllables with final
> consonants, but there are no languages devoid
> of syllables with initial consonants or of
> syllables with final vowels."

Moreover, for the sake of completeness, I would like
to know which article this passage appeared in, as
well as the citation for the original published
version (if any) of this paper.

Please write to my address <billings at onebox.com>. If
anyone else is interested in the answer, write to me
as well; I don't see why a summary to the entire
list would be necessary in this case.

Thanks in advance,  --Loren

------------------------
Loren A. Billings, Ph.D.
<billings at onebox.com>
------------------------
Department of English
    Language, Literature
    and Linguistics
Providence University
200 Chung Chi Rd., Shalu
Taichung County, Taiwan
43301 Republic of China
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From glebov at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU  Fri Aug 17 11:10:15 2001
From: glebov at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU (Serguei Glebov)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 07:10:15 -0400
Subject: modernity
Message-ID: <FRI.17.AUG.2001.071015.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear friends,

how would you translate "modernity" into Russian? Modern history is usually translated as "istoria Novogo vremeni" (from German Neuzeitgeschichte, I presume). There is a verb "modernizirovat'" but there seem to be no adequate translation for modernity.
If you had a free hand of Karamzin, who reportedly introduced many concepts into modern Russian (such as "predstavlenie" or "gosudarstvennost'"), how would you deal with modernity?

Thank you very much,

Serguei Glebov

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From uhwm006 at SUN.RHUL.AC.UK  Fri Aug 17 11:52:47 2001
From: uhwm006 at SUN.RHUL.AC.UK (Geoffrey Chew)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 12:52:47 +0100
Subject: Queries on Czech language usage (fwd)
Message-ID: <FRI.17.AUG.2001.125247.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Forwarded from Jim Naughton with his permission

Geoff

 Geoffrey Chew
 Music Department, Royal Holloway, University of London
 Internet: chew at sun.rhul.ac.uk

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 12:51:47 +0100
From: James Naughton <james.naughton at st-edmund-hall.oxford.ac.uk>

Dear Geoff and James,

I note that the discussion has moved on to the suffix -ovna, via an
informative note citing Oberpfalcer.

The -ovna suffix conjures up the aristocracy in one's mind, and here they
do of course act as patronymics, e.g. Premyslovna, Stuartovna, in the
Czech historical context also e.g. Slavatovna.

This is what one would recall from reading Jirasek, I suppose.

Travnicek, Mluvnice spisovne cestiny, 1, 1948, p.246, says:

"-ovna, a to u jmen cisarovna, kralovna 1); pak u zen, patronymik
panovnickych a slechtickych: Eliska Premyslovna = Eliska, dcera
Premyslova; podobne Stuartovna, Slavatovna...
Jinak se tohoto tvoreni uziva jen individualne: Ullikovna (C-Chod) =
Ullikova dcera [i.e. in Capek-Chod, Turbina]

1) Tata dve jmena znamenala puvodne "císarova, králova dcera"; byla to
tedy patronymika jako jmena ostatni. Ve vyznamu dnesnim [he means in the
sense "wife of..."] se v stare cestine rikalo ciesarová, králová; sr.
dnesni (paní) doktorová...

Hence the place name Dvur Kralove. The term Ullikovna in Capek-Chod is
surely intended to have that aristocratic touch.

JDN

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From young at UMBC.EDU  Fri Aug 17 13:25:03 2001
From: young at UMBC.EDU (Steven Young)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 09:25:03 -0400
Subject: Lithuanian quote
In-Reply-To: <005101c12699$93372100$296235d4@computer>
Message-ID: <FRI.17.AUG.2001.092503.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

That's correct.  Actually, I'm amazed that you could come up with this
"after a quick search on the Web"--the syntax is rather complicated.
Steve Young.

On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Zielinski wrote:

> After a quick search for some words in the Web I'm trying myself:
>
> "...Mickiewicz being witness to this work" (?)
>
> Jan Zielinski
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From billings at ONEBOX.COM  Fri Aug 17 15:19:21 2001
From: billings at ONEBOX.COM (Loren Billings)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 22:19:21 +0700
Subject: Thanks [was: Reference on Jakobson's syllable typology]
Message-ID: <FRI.17.AUG.2001.221921.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Thanks to Glen Schwartzberg and Bob Rothstein for providing me with the
citation(s). Write me directly if you're likewise interested.  Best,
--Loren Billings

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<billings at onebox.com>
------------------------
Department of English
    Language, Literature
    and Linguistics
Providence University
200 Chung Chi Rd., Shalu
Taichung County, Taiwan
43301 Republic of China
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From peitlova at TISCALINET.IT  Fri Aug 17 16:15:43 2001
From: peitlova at TISCALINET.IT (Edil Legno)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 18:15:43 +0200
Subject: modernity
Message-ID: <FRI.17.AUG.2001.181543.0200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Try with  современность (sovremennost').

Katarìna Peitlovà,Ph.Dr.

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From crawashington at MAIL.COM  Fri Aug 17 17:02:30 2001
From: crawashington at MAIL.COM (cra washington)
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 01:02:30 +0800
Subject: pushkin monument anniversary ceremony
Message-ID: <SAT.18.AUG.2001.010230.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

     Rova Farm Resort
     Congress of Russian Americans
     Pushkin Memorial Home

     Invite you to the

     Pushkin Monument
     60th Anniversary Celebration

     Sunday, August 26, 2001

     Ceremony begins at Pushkin Monument at 1 PM
     Rova Farm, Jackson, NJ

     Speakers include:

     Pushkin Society (NY)
     Founded 1935

     Mark Mitnik
     President, International Pushkin Society

     Dr. Catharine Nepomnyashchy, Columbia University
     Director, Harriman Institute

     Reception and informal presentations to follow in Rova Farm Restaurant

     Optional light lunch afterwards

     An informal tour of the nearby group of Russian historical monuments,
     representing perhaps the greatest such ensemble on the East Coast, will be
     available after lunch. St. Vladimir’s, the largest Russian American
     cemetery, is the final resting place of General Anton Denikin, the composer
     Alexander Grechaninov, and Serge Jaroff, leader of the Don Cossack chorus.
     (St. Vladimir’s respectfully requests appropriate attire of those wishing to
     go inside the church: long pants for men; dresses for women.)

     Directions:
     Exit 7A, New Jersey Turnpike, 195 East (Shore Points and Six Flags) about 12
     miles to exit 16B (one just after Six Flags Great Adventure). Three lights
     (about 1 mile) on 537 East (to Freehold), then right onto 571 South (also
     identified at intersection as West Commodore Blvd and Trenton Lakewood
     Road). Proceed about three miles, past the Russian cemetery and church,
     until Pushkin monument, larger Russian church (St. Vladimir’s) and parking
     lot are on your right. Park in lot around main building.

     For more information call:

     Rova Farm
     (732) 928-0928

     Congress of Russian Americans Washington Office
     (202) 393-1332
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From ZitaD at AOL.COM  Fri Aug 17 18:54:04 2001
From: ZitaD at AOL.COM (ZitaD at AOL.COM)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:54:04 EDT
Subject: someRussiantelevisionq&otherquestions
Message-ID: <FRI.17.AUG.2001.145404.EDT.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

August 17, 2001

Dear SEELANGERS:

This week I have been reviewing my editor's comments on revisions  for the 
second edition of "The Russian Way" that I sent to McGraw-Hill Publishing 
Company. I have a few  areas in which I would appreciate help. In early April 
I had written:  

1)  Point 66 Television and Radio: "Programs dealing with politics are 
popular in Russia. The best known anchors and programs are Nikolai Svanidze 
on RTP's "Window" "Zerkalo"/ Ptƒhrfkj6 Evgeny Kiselyov on NTV's "Roundup," "I
togi"/Bnjƒub76 and Svetlana Sorokina on NTV's "Hero of the Day" "Geroy dnya"/"
Uthjƒq lyz") which features one-on-one interviews with political and cultural 
figures. Two NTV programs which satirize politicians are especially popular, 
"Itogo"/Bnjujƒ ("Altogether") and "Kykli"/Reƒrks ("Puppets"). On "Kykli," 
puppets in the likeness of various politicians appear in satirical skits, on 
the former, anchor Viktor Shenderovich, in the manner of  "Saturday Night 
Live," satirizes actions and  statements made by politicians in the course of 
the current week. The government has made several attempts to take the show 
"Kukli" to court for its sharp criticism of it."

In Mid-April NTV ceased to be an independent station. I realize that Kiselyov 
moved to a local TV station. Does he have a specific program, and if so, what 
is it called? Is Sorokina still with NTV,  or has she moved to another TV 
station, and if so, to which one and does she have a specific program of 
which she is in charge of?  Regarding "Kykli," I understand that it is still 
on air, but less offensive to the government. What about "Itogo"/Bnjujƒ 
("Altogether")?  Is it still on air with Viktor Shenderovich?

2) Revision of Point 47, "Politics and Parties": Gusinsky was jailed at one 
point for embezzlement (he has since fled abroad), but many believe that in 
the view of the government, what he was really guilty of was heading an 
independent media group of a television station, NTV, its affiliated radio 
station, Ekho Moskvi/"[j Vjcrdsƒ6 magazine "Itogi"/Bnjƒub and newspaper "Sevod
nya"/Ctujƒlyz, all of which served as a center of resistance to Putin's 
political machine. In April 2001, NTV was taken over by Gazprom, a 
state-controlled energy giant, the magazine's entire staff was fired, and the 
newspaper was shut down. Boris Jordan became the new CEO of NTV." 

My question here is to what extent Ekho Moskvi/"[j Vjcrdsƒ is still an 
independent and respected station? Probably not so independent any more.... 
Are the other facts in the paragraph  correct?

3) Is the former Soviet holiday "Soviet Army and Navy Day" now called "Den 
zashchitnika or zashchitnikov otechestva?  And how would it be translated 
into English? 

4) Finally, if anyone can recommend some websites that would be especially 
useful for travelers to Russia, that would be great. 

Please reply off line. Thank you!

Zita Dabars
zitad at aol.com
CORLAC in retirement
7223 Lanark Road
Baltimore, MD 21212
Phone & fax: (410) 821-1994

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From rrobin at GWU.EDU  Fri Aug 17 20:03:38 2001
From: rrobin at GWU.EDU (Richard Robin)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 16:03:38 -0400
Subject: someRussiantelevisionq&otherquestions
Message-ID: <FRI.17.AUG.2001.160338.0400.RROBIN@GWU.EDU>

Everything concerning Russian TV is in such a state of flux that I would be
ghesitant to commit anything to a large print run. Kiselev is at
Berezovsky's TV6, but his arrival caused much resentment within TV6.
Sorokina stuck with NTV in a major catfight with Kiselev. I don;t know what
the current state of Kukly is. NTV said they were going to keep the
broadcast, but even when NTV was still independent, Kukly producers would
take the summer off. Best best: go to www.km.ru, look up their TV page and
do a search for Kukly (or any other shows). Itogo switched to TV6. You can
probably catch Kukly (if it's still on) on NTV International, once the fall
starts. Right now NTVi is doing Kukly reruns. (In fact, NTVi is
headquartered in NY and broadcasts some NTV stuff but also has lots of the
renegade TV6. Check out their schedule for North America at
http://www.russiantvguide.com/framesets/russiantvguide.htm. The service for
educational institutions is cheap. Buy an el cheapo dish and pay Dish
Network $200 per year.

You might want to add that the top rated programs over the past few years
have been the KVN "amateur" college game show. (...Amateur in name only),
Pole chudes (the Wheel of Fortune knock-off),  the cop show, Ulitsa razbityx
fonarei (also known as Menty), and of course, Kto xochet stat' millionerom
(now on ORT with a namby-pamby host; it started out life on NTV as "O,
Cshastlivchik," but lost its British license when ORT outbid NTV for the
2001 season rights.)

Exo Moskvy is in trouble. Lots of people left, but lots of good people have
stayed. But things can't be that good. They used to have round-the-clock
webcasts. Now the webcasts are spotty, and despite pleas by western
listeners (like me), the management remains mum on what's up.

Rich Robin
=========
Richard Robin
Chair, German and Slavic Department
The George Washington University
Washington, DC  20052
phone: 202-994-7081
fax: 202-994-0171
Читаю по-русски в любой кодировке.
Chitayu po-russki v lyuboi kodirovke.


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To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 2:54 PM
Subject: someRussiantelevisionq&otherquestions


August 17, 2001

Dear SEELANGERS:

This week I have been reviewing my editor's comments on revisions  for the
second edition of "The Russian Way" that I sent to McGraw-Hill Publishing
Company. I have a few  areas in which I would appreciate help. In early
April
I had written:

1)  Point 66 Television and Radio: "Programs dealing with politics are
popular in Russia. The best known anchors and programs are Nikolai Svanidze
on RTP's "Window" "Zerkalo"/ Ptfhrfkj6 Evgeny Kiselyov on NTV's "Roundup,"
"I
togi"/Bnjfub76 and Svetlana Sorokina on NTV's "Hero of the Day" "Geroy
dnya"/"
Uthjfq lyz") which features one-on-one interviews with political and
cultural
figures. Two NTV programs which satirize politicians are especially popular,
"Itogo"/Bnjujf ("Altogether") and "Kykli"/Refrks ("Puppets"). On "Kykli,"
puppets in the likeness of various politicians appear in satirical skits, on
the former, anchor Viktor Shenderovich, in the manner of  "Saturday Night
Live," satirizes actions and  statements made by politicians in the course
of
the current week. The government has made several attempts to take the show
"Kukli" to court for its sharp criticism of it."

In Mid-April NTV ceased to be an independent station. I realize that
Kiselyov
moved to a local TV station. Does he have a specific program, and if so,
what
is it called? Is Sorokina still with NTV,  or has she moved to another TV
station, and if so, to which one and does she have a specific program of
which she is in charge of?  Regarding "Kykli," I understand that it is still
on air, but less offensive to the government. What about "Itogo"/Bnjujf
("Altogether")?  Is it still on air with Viktor Shenderovich?

2) Revision of Point 47, "Politics and Parties": Gusinsky was jailed at one
point for embezzlement (he has since fled abroad), but many believe that in
the view of the government, what he was really guilty of was heading an
independent media group of a television station, NTV, its affiliated radio
station, Ekho Moskvi/"[j Vjcrdsf6 magazine "Itogi"/Bnjfub and newspaper
"Sevod
nya"/Ctujflyz, all of which served as a center of resistance to Putin's
political machine. In April 2001, NTV was taken over by Gazprom, a
state-controlled energy giant, the magazine's entire staff was fired, and
the
newspaper was shut down. Boris Jordan became the new CEO of NTV."

My question here is to what extent Ekho Moskvi/"[j Vjcrdsf is still an
independent and respected station? Probably not so independent any more....
Are the other facts in the paragraph  correct?

3) Is the former Soviet holiday "Soviet Army and Navy Day" now called "Den
zashchitnika or zashchitnikov otechestva?  And how would it be translated
into English?

4) Finally, if anyone can recommend some websites that would be especially
useful for travelers to Russia, that would be great.

Please reply off line. Thank you!

Zita Dabars
zitad at aol.com
CORLAC in retirement
7223 Lanark Road
Baltimore, MD 21212
Phone & fax: (410) 821-1994

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From culturelink at WORLDNET.ATT.NET  Sat Aug 18 02:39:12 2001
From: culturelink at WORLDNET.ATT.NET (Julio Rodriguez)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 22:39:12 -0400
Subject: advice
Message-ID: <FRI.17.AUG.2001.223912.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I don't remember how to work with this list. Can you help me change my listing so messages will go to my other address?

Thank you, Olga Zatsepina

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From dianina at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Sat Aug 18 16:33:22 2001
From: dianina at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Katia Dianina)
Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 12:33:22 -0400
Subject: name that tune?
Message-ID: <SAT.18.AUG.2001.123322.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

[please reply to this query off-line]


Dear list-members,

Perhaps someone can help me attribute the following lines
of poetry?  Since the stanzas are lacking context in the
original source, this will be something like
"Ugadai melodiiu," I'm afraid.

Poem #1:

Ia russkii chelovek
syn svoego naroda
Ia s gordost'iu gliazhu na rodinu svoiu
v godinu bed ona vsegda byvala
edinoi nesgibaemoi stal'noi
Na vstrechu bitvam Rus' moia vstavala
Odnoiu druzhinoiu, groznuiu stenoi


Poem #2

Poshel na bitvu
Istafil Mamedov
Azerbaidzhanets
vnuk bogatyrei


Both were popular during the Second World War.  Bonus points
for helping me punctuate them correctly.  Feel free to reply
off-list.

Many thanks,
David Brandenberger
dbranden at fas.harvard.edu




Committee on History and Literature,
Harvard University, 122 Barker Center
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge Mass. 02138
www.fas.harvard.edu/~dbranden/index.html

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From nkm at UNIX.MAIL.VIRGINIA.EDU  Sun Aug 19 16:23:12 2001
From: nkm at UNIX.MAIL.VIRGINIA.EDU (Natalie O. Kononenko)
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 12:23:12 -0400
Subject: Student on a train
In-Reply-To: <1098969728.997531382@ehdup-d-92.rmt.net.pitt.edu> from "Helena
 Goscilo" at Aug 11, 1 12:03:02 pm
Message-ID: <SUN.19.AUG.2001.122312.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Seelangers,
        I just wanted to let you know that my student followed
your wise advice.  She did get both her Russian and Ukrainian
visas in the US before she left and she did take the train from
Moscow to Kiev.  All worked beautifully.
        I also wanted to add that she was very pleased with her
folklore field experience in the oblasti around Moscow.  She
went with the team of Yelena and Sergei Minyonok on a two-week
collecting trip and found it to be very rewarding.  The
Minyonoks provided the fieldwork experience at a VERY
reasonable cost.  I called them after my student returned and
they said that they would be willing to take other Americans.
If you are interested, I would suggest contacting them
directly.  See their web site at:
http://www.russianexpedition.org/

The Minyonoks have experience working with Americans and I can
recommend them, as can my student.

For those interested in fieldwork in Ukraine or in the north of
Russia, specifically with a group from St. Petersburg that goes
to Beloe Ozero, that too can be arranged.  For that, contact me
and I will do some preliminary phone calling.

Natalie Kononenko

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From goscilo+ at PITT.EDU  Sun Aug 19 18:04:40 2001
From: goscilo+ at PITT.EDU (Helena Goscilo)
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 14:04:40 -0400
Subject: SISC Call
In-Reply-To: <124.3528e29.28aec24c@aol.com>
Message-ID: <SUN.19.AUG.2001.140440.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

***CALL FOR PAPERS***

We are now accepting submissions from graduate students for the third issue
of STUDIES IN SLAVIC CULTURES (SISC).  The topic is THE BODY IN SLAVIC
CULTURE, and the deadline for submissions is October 15.  Information about
format specifications may be found on the journal's website
<sisc+ at pitt.edu>.  Queries on points not addressed there should be directed
to Helena Goscilo at <goscilo+ at pitt.edu>.

Anyone interested in obtaining the second issue of SISC ("ANNA KARENINA" ON
PAGE AND SCREEN) should contact Christine Metil at <metil+ at pitt.edu>.


Helena Goscilo (General Editor) and Seth Graham (Managing Editor)

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From pyz at PANIX.COM  Sun Aug 19 23:40:37 2001
From: pyz at PANIX.COM (Max Pyziur)
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 19:40:37 -0400
Subject: curious tome - Okenfuss (fwd)
Message-ID: <SUN.19.AUG.2001.194037.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 19:39:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Max Pyziur <pyz at brama.com>
To: politics at brama.com
Cc: aaus-list at fas.harvard.edu
Subject: curious tome - Okenfuss

Greetings,

I came across this title and was wondering if anyone has also:
The Rise and Fall of Latin Humanism in
Early-Modern Russia : Pagan Authors, Ukrainians,
and the Resiliency of Muscovy
Max Okenfuss - Associate Professor of History, Washington University in St. Louis

the link to amazon.com and the description are:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/9004103317/qid=998220322/br=1-15/ref=br_lf_b/103-3744787-8972668

Book Description
The Rise and Fall of Latin Humanismus in Early Modern Russia argues that, between 1650 and
1789, Russia flirted with Western Europe's Latin Humanism. However, all levels of society,
especially the nobility, consistently rejected the pagan authors of Latinate culture, propagated
by Ukrainian clergy. An examination of the printing industry, Latin teaching, and private
libraries in Russia, and excursions into the thought of Russia's "enlighteners" demonstrate that
Latin authors had little impact on Russia, especially the nobility, traditionally regarded as the
advocate of Western educational and cultural values. The book contributes to our
understanding of the reforms of Peter the Great, of Catherine's "enlightened" reputation, of the
origins of the intelligentsia, and of the cultural ties between Russians and the peoples they
annexed in early modern times.

any pov's would be appreciated.



Max Pyziur                                     BRAMA - Gateway Ukraine
pyz at brama.com                                  http://www.brama.com/

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From GraceMorsberger at USHMM.ORG  Mon Aug 20 05:01:07 2001
From: GraceMorsberger at USHMM.ORG (Grace Morsberger)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 01:01:07 -0400
Subject: Grace Morsberger/USHMM is out of the office.
Message-ID: <MON.20.AUG.2001.010107.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I will be out of the office starting  08/17/2001 and will not return until
09/17/2001.

Please direct any inquiries to Johanna Tootell at <jtootell at ushmm.org>

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From gpgandolfo at IOL.IT  Mon Aug 20 08:26:55 2001
From: gpgandolfo at IOL.IT (gpgandolfo@iol.it)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 10:26:55 +0200
Subject: The Inspector General
Message-ID: <MON.20.AUG.2001.102655.0200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I remember seeing, when I was a child, a movie based on or just
inspired by Gogol's The Inspector General, starred by  the comedian
Danny Kaye. Can anyone help me tracing back the title, the year of
production and/or any other meaningful information?
Thank you
Giampaolo Gandolfo

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From wfr at SAS.AC.UK  Mon Aug 20 09:50:23 2001
From: wfr at SAS.AC.UK (William Ryan)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 10:50:23 +0100
Subject: curious tome - Okenfuss (fwd)
Message-ID: <MON.20.AUG.2001.105023.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Yes, the Warburg Institute library has the book. It is a 'curious tome' only in the best possible sense. As
one would expect from a book written by Okenfuss and published by Brill it is excellent, erudite, and
should be read by all interested in Russian and Ukrainian (in alphabetical order) cultural history.

Will Ryan

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Professor W. F. Ryan, MA DPhil FBA FSA
Librarian, Warburg Institute
(School of Advanced Study, University of London)
Woburn Square, LONDON WC1H 0AB
tel: 020 7862-8940 [direct line]; from outside UK dial +44 20 7862 8940.
fax: 020 7862-8939; from outside UK dial +44 20 7862 8939.
The Warburg Institute's main switchboard number is 020 7862-8949
The Warburg website is at http://www.sas.ac.uk/warburg/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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From goscilo+ at PITT.EDU  Mon Aug 20 11:18:47 2001
From: goscilo+ at PITT.EDU (Helena Goscilo)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 07:18:47 -0400
Subject: The Inspector General
In-Reply-To: <GICY4V$Iu56n6vEgf1oXfxHtfcuAHroRrk6mT1cYN1cJXMlhNJ2@iol.it>
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Title:  THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
Year: 1949
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Elsa Lanchester

Helena Goscilo

--On Monday, August 20, 2001 10:26 AM +0200 "gpgandolfo at iol.it"
<gpgandolfo at IOL.IT> wrote:r

> I remember seeing, when I was a child, a movie based on or just
> inspired by Gogol's The Inspector General, starred by  the comedian
> Danny Kaye. Can anyone help me tracing back the title, the year of
> production and/or any other meaningful information?
> Thank you
> Giampaolo Gandolfo
>
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From goscilo+ at PITT.EDU  Mon Aug 20 13:48:21 2001
From: goscilo+ at PITT.EDU (Helena Goscilo)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 09:48:21 -0400
Subject: Correction to SISC Call
In-Reply-To: <1797468178.998229880@ehdup-d-35.rmt.net.pitt.edu>
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Apologies to list members for the error re the SISC website contained in
the original message.  Thanks, Dawn Seckler, for being on "dingbat watch."
Helena Goscilo, Dingbat Extraordinaire
_____________________________________________________

> ***CORRECT/ED CALL FOR PAPERS***
>
> We are now accepting submissions from graduate students for the third
> issue of STUDIES IN SLAVIC CULTURES (SISC).  The topic is THE BODY IN
> SLAVIC CULTURE, and the deadline for submissions is October 15.
> Information about format specifications may be found on the journal's
> website <http://www. pitt.edu/~slavic/sisc/>.  Queries on points not
addressed there should be
> directed to Helena Goscilo at <goscilo+ at pitt.edu> or to Seth Graham at
<sisc+ at pitt.edu>.
>
> Anyone interested in obtaining the second issue of SISC ("ANNA KARENINA"
> ON PAGE AND SCREEN) should contact Christine Metil at <metil+ at pitt.edu>.
>
>
> Helena Goscilo (General Editor) and Seth Graham (Managing Editor)
>
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From rakitya at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU  Mon Aug 20 13:52:11 2001
From: rakitya at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU (Anna Rakityanskaya)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 08:52:11 -0500
Subject: Albanian training materials
Message-ID: <MON.20.AUG.2001.085211.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear friends,

I am forwarding this for someone who is not a SEELangs member, so please
reply to: William F. McMillen <William.McMillen at LACKLAND.AF.MIL>.

Thank you,

Anna Rakityanskaya



>         Help!  I am trying to find Computer-Based Training (CBT) materials
>in Albanian for student use in independent study.  I need CBT that might be
>used to supplement/amplify classroom training.  I need CBT that can be used
>by students in between formal classroom training as a tool to help them
>maintain their language skills.  Ideally, content would include grammar
>reinforcement, vocabulary building, and pattern drills, and perhaps the
>ability to practice and compare one's own pronunciation with that of a
>native speaker.  My search for such valuable material has so far been
>entirely fruitless.  Any and all suggestions you can offer will be deeply
>appreciated.
>
>         While I'm asking, can you also recommend a good Albanian language
>workbook full of grammar and comprehension exercises WITH keys?  With no
>Albanian linguists on my staff, I need to find some good, strong exercise
>material for students to work, which can be turned in and graded.  If the
>exercises/keys can be tied in with a particular topic (so the grader can
>make some worthwhile suggestions for student study based on exercise
>performance!), so much the better.
>Again, my thanks for any help you can provide.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>William F. McMillen
>Director,
>Medina Joint Language Center
>
>                       Training... No Finish Line!
>

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From murphydt at SLU.EDU  Mon Aug 20 15:00:18 2001
From: murphydt at SLU.EDU (David T. Murphy)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 10:00:18 -0500
Subject: Call for Papers
Message-ID: <MON.20.AUG.2001.100018.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Call for Papers

37th International Congress on Medieval Studies

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo Michigan

May 2-5, 2002


        Slavic Medievalists in all disciplines are invited to submit
abstracts of papers for presentation at this prestigious conference.

        At the 36th International Congress, the session on Medieval Slavic
included papers on everyday life in medieval Novgorod, 15th century Russian
intellectual history, the concept of language among the medieval South
Slavs, and the monumental pagan barrows of North-West Russia--the author of
the last paper, Nicholas Petrov, was the recipient of the top Congress
Travel Grant, which enabled him to come from St. Petersburg to the States
for the first time.

        The papers at this session were well received and the organizers of
the Congress, in an effort to increase the participation of Slavists at
Kalamazoo, have approved two sessions at the 37th Congress:

        Medieval Slavic I:     History and Culture

        Medieval Slavic II:    Language and Literature.


        Historically, the presence of Slavists at the Kalamazoo Congresses
has been very modest, to say the least. It is important that our colleagues
working in the medieval cultures of Western Europe become more aware of the
richness of the medieval Slavic cultures and to that end I appeal to all
who work in Medieval Slavic--faculty, independent scholars, and graduate
students in all disciplines--to submit a one-page, single-spaced abstract
of a paper for presentation on one of these sessions. Again, all
disciplines are eligible.

        In addition to the opportunity to interact with medievalists
working in Western Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and the Far East,
the Kalamazoo Congress can also serve as an occasion for Slavic
Medievalists themselves to interact, to come to know one another
personally, exchange notes, set up collaborative projects, etc., and plan
for increasing our at Kalamazoo in the future. This past year, medievalists
from Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Russia were in attendance.

        If the response is good this year, we can look forward to these
Medieval Slavic sessions every year; if we falter, we could very well lose
ground, since the number of requests for sessions is huge (640 requests for
the 37th Congress!) So if you are working on a Medieval Slavic topic (up to
about 1600), please give very serious consideration to participating at
Kalamazoo next year; let us not allow such a large segment of medieval
culture to remain underrepresented.

        One last time: all disciplines are welcome.

        Please send your abstracts and inquiries to:

        David Murphy
        Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
        Saint Louis University
        221 N. Grand Blvd.
        St. Louis, MO 63103

        Deadline for submission: September 25th.

        Abstracts can be sent by email, fax, or snail mail.















David T. Murphy, Ph.D., Director                        Phone: (314) 977-7180
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies             Fax:   (314) 977-3704
Saint Louis University                                  Email: cmrs at slu.edu
221 N. Grand Blvd.                                      Home:  (314) 664-6068
St. Louis, MO 63103-2097

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From rdelossa at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Mon Aug 20 15:12:46 2001
From: rdelossa at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Robert De Lossa)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 11:12:46 -0400
Subject: Coup of August 1991
Message-ID: <MON.20.AUG.2001.111246.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

For those interested in the Coup of August 1991 on this its 10th
anniversary, HURI Publications has placed extracts from Kostiantyn
Morozov's book, "Above and Beyond: From Soviet General to Ukrainian
State Builder" on the web. The address is
http://www.huri.harvard.edu/morabo_coup.htm. For those not familiar
with him (or the events in Ukraine during the coup), Morozov was a
Soviet Air Force general in a critical position at the time. Soon
after the declaration of Ukraine's independence (24 August 1991), he
became the country's first minister of defense.

At the bottom of the extracts there is a link to the catalog
description of "Above and Beyond" for those who are interested in the
book. It is important reading for anyone interested in what happened
ten years ago in the soon-to-become-former Soviet Union.

Regards,

Robert De Lossa
--
____________________________________________________
Robert De Lossa
Director of Publications
Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University
1583 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
617-496-8768; fax. 617-495-8097
reply to: rdelossa at fas.harvard.edu
http://www.huri.harvard.edu

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From dorwin at CHASS.UTORONTO.CA  Mon Aug 20 16:45:23 2001
From: dorwin at CHASS.UTORONTO.CA (Donna Orwin)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 12:45:23 -0400
Subject: Tolstoy Conference
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Dear Justin,

Check the web site.  It's in place, and we've also sent the announcement to H-
Russia, in case you haven't done so.  Sounds like a great conference, by the
way.

Best,  Donna

Justin Weir wrote:

> The Over-Examined Life: New Perspectives on Tolstoy
>
> Monologist, moralist, (anti-)novelist, hyper-realist, and aristocratic bard
> of peasant and field... We are all familiar with the accepted notions of
> Tolstoy's art and thought. How can we experience the shock of the new again
> in our approach to Tolstoy? How can we "defamiliarize" our cherished ideas
> about the great defamiliarizer himself?
>
> The Harvard University Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and
> Davis Center for Russian Studies will host a two-day conference on April 19-
> 20, 2002 devoted to new perspectives on the life and work of Lev Tolstoy.
> This conference aims to bring together diverse approaches and revisit the
> foundations of Tolstoy scholarship. We seek papers that explicitly address
> much-beloved notions about the Great Master, and subject to critical
> inquiry the traditions and familiar assumptions of interpreting Tolstoy.
>
> Scholars interested in participating are invited to submit paper proposals
> by September 15, 2001. Abstracts may be sent to Julie A. Buckler
> (buckler at fas.harvard.edu) or Justin Weir (weir at fas.harvard.edu), Department
> of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, Barker Center, 12
> Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
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From alla-n at HOME.COM  Mon Aug 20 21:18:40 2001
From: alla-n at HOME.COM (Alla Nedoresow)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 17:18:40 -0400
Subject: The Inspector General
Message-ID: <MON.20.AUG.2001.171840.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The Inspector General



Alla Nedoresow
102 School Lane
Trenton, NJ 08618-5021 USA
alla-n at home.com
+1 609 392-5231
----- Original Message -----
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To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 4:26 AM
Subject: The Inspector General


I remember seeing, when I was a child, a movie based on or just
inspired by Gogol's The Inspector General, starred by  the comedian
Danny Kaye. Can anyone help me tracing back the title, the year of
production and/or any other meaningful information?
Thank you
Giampaolo Gandolfo

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From esjogren at NC.RR.COM  Mon Aug 20 21:54:00 2001
From: esjogren at NC.RR.COM (Ernie Sjogren)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 17:54:00 -0400
Subject: The Inspector General
Message-ID: <MON.20.AUG.2001.175400.0400.SJOGREEK@BIGFOOT.COM>

If you have easy web access, go to www.imdb.com (the "International
Movie Database") and enter "Inspector General" (sans quotation marks)
in their "Search the database for" box.  You will find some
infromation about the film there, including links to where DVD or VHS
copies of the film can be purchased (amazon.com -- IMDB was recently
bought by amazon.com, but it remains very useful.)

A search at www.google.com or www.altavista.com or some other search
engine for, say, +Kaye and +"Inspector General" will net you more info
(among the dross) that is more or less reliable.

Ernie Sjogren


----- Original Message -----
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To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 4:26 AM
Subject: The Inspector General


I remember seeing, when I was a child, a movie based on or just
inspired by Gogol's The Inspector General, starred by  the comedian
Danny Kaye. Can anyone help me tracing back the title, the year of
production and/or any other meaningful information?
Thank you
Giampaolo Gandolfo

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From lauersma at MARTIN.LUTHER.EDU  Mon Aug 20 23:40:16 2001
From: lauersma at MARTIN.LUTHER.EDU (Mark R. Lauersdorf)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 18:40:16 -0500
Subject: looking for Viktoria Herson Finn
Message-ID: <MON.20.AUG.2001.184016.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

If anyone has a current set of contact
coordinates for Viktoria Herson Finn
(PhD, Ohio State University), please
send them to me off-list at
<mrldorf at means.net>.  I would like to
contact her regarding a professional
project with an approaching deadline.

Thank you for your help.

Mark Lauersdorf

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From dorwin at CHASS.UTORONTO.CA  Tue Aug 21 00:25:07 2001
From: dorwin at CHASS.UTORONTO.CA (Donna Orwin)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 20:25:07 -0400
Subject: Conference on Russo-Japanese War
Message-ID: <MON.20.AUG.2001.202507.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Haifa, Israel
are organizing in February 10-12, 2003 an International Conference on:


"THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR & THE 20TH CENTURY:
AN ASSESSMENT FROM A CENTENNIAL PERSPECTIVE"


In February 2004 Japanese and Russians will commemorate a century to
the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War. While their perspectives on
the war may differ, scholars on both sides agree that the war was a
turning
point in the history of their nations. In fact, the echoes of this war
were felt in many other places as well, partly because it was
the first modern conflict in which an 'oriental', 'non-white'
nation overwhelmed a powerful European nation.
Further, The Russo-Japanese War was probably the first 'modern'
war, in which many of the fighting patterns of the next grand
conflict, W.W. I, were shaped.
Despite its importance, this conflict has not stimulated much interest
in Western historiography, due to the parties involved, its remote
location,
and mainly since it was overshadowed by the 'Great War'. Although
the number of publications and symposiums and on the topic in recent
years
testify to a growing interest, the war and its place within the dramatic
events of 20th century are still in a need for a broader,
multidisciplinary
approach.



  TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED

The immediate objectives of the conference is to discuss the following
issues:
  * The international context of the war
  * Was the Russo-Japanese war the first modern war?
  * The effect of the war on political and social issues
  * The war in literature and popular culture
  * The media and the war
  * Was the war a conflict beween 'East' and 'West'?
  * Far-reaching impacts of the war on the 20th century



TIME TABLE

The Organizing Committee will consider any panel proposals
(within 200 words) which will be received by December 31, 2001.
The deadline for paper submission (an abstract within 200 words) is
February 28, 2002.
Since we limit the number of pariticipants in the conference,
the abstracts will be assessed according to their originality and
relevance to the panels.


Correspondence should be sent to the following address:

Dr. Rotem Kowner
Japan and Asia Program
Dept. of Multidisciplinary Studies, The University of Haifa
Mt. Carmel 31905, Haifa, ISRAEL
Fax: (972) 4-824-9155 Phone: (972) 4-824-0559
Email: kowner at research.haifa.ac.il

or

Prof. Ben Ami Shillony
Dept. of East Asian Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem 91905, ISRAEL
Fax: (972) 2-532-2545 Phone: (972) 2-588-3728
Email: shillony at h2.hum.huji.ac.il



   RJ_War_(CFP)

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.....................................................................

Dr.  Rotem KOWNER
Japan and Asia Program
Dept. of Multidisciplinary Studies, The University of Haifa
Mt. Carmel  31905, ISRAEL
Fax: (972) 4-824-9155   Phone: (972) 4-824-0559
Email: kowner at research.haifa.ac.il

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From sao15 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Mon Aug 20 20:29:07 2001
From: sao15 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Serguei Alex. Oushakine)
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 16:29:07 -0400
Subject: Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships: Harvard Academy for
 International and Area Studies  (Deadline -October 15)
Message-ID: <MON.20.AUG.2001.162907.0400.SAO15@COLUMBIA.EDU>

Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowships

The purpose of the Academy Scholars Program is to identify bright scholars
who are at the start of their careers and whose work combines disciplinary
excellence in the social sciences with an in-depth grounding in particular
countries or regions outside the United States, Canada, and Western Europe.

The Academy Scholars are a select group of individuals who show promise of
becoming leading scholars at major universities. Predoctoral applicants must
have completed all course work and general examinations by the beginning of
the first year for which they plan to apply and are expected to have made
some significant progress on their dissertations. Scholars are appointed and
supported by the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies to
provide opportunities for advanced work while in residence at Harvard
University, although travel for research is allowed. Academy Scholars are
given time, guidance, access to Harvard facilities, and substantial
financial assistance as they work for two years conducting either
dissertation or post-doctoral research in their chosen fields and areas. The
Senior Scholars, a distinguished group of senior Harvard faculty members,
act as mentors to the Academy Scholars to help them achieve their
intellectual potential.

To Apply

Applications for the 2002-2003 class of Academy Scholars are due by October
15, 2001. There is no application form. The following materials are required
for a complete application:

a current curriculum vitae, including a list of publications (include 3
copies)
a statement of the applicant's planned research and intellectual objectives
for the next two years and how appointment as an Academy Scholar will
contribute to his or her career goals - no more than 10 pages double-spaced
(include 3 copies)
an official copy of each graduate transcript
three letters of recommendation in sealed, signed envelopes placed inside
the application packet
a cover letter which sufficiently states the applicant's academic field,
country of origin or region of specialization, and proposed or actual
research topic (include 3 copies)

Please do not staple materials.

Faxed or e-mailed applications will not be accepted.

Finalists will be invited to Cambridge for interviews with the Senior
Scholars in December 2001.


Applications should be mailed to:
The Academy Scholars Program
Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138


All materials must be received by October 15, 2001. The selection process
begins immediately thereafter. Applicants whose materials are late or
incomplete are at a disadvantage when considered by the Selection Committee.
Announcements of the awards will be made in January 2002.


In addition to the Scholars Program, the Academy sponsors a Global Cultures
Program involving research and conferences on the interactions,
similarities, and differences among the world's major cultures. The Academy
is an autonomous institution within Harvard's Weatherhead Center for
International Affairs. A research institution within the Faculty of Arts and
Sciences, the WCFIA houses scholars and practitioners of international
affairs conducting independent research on current issues in international
relations. The Center sponsors numerous seminars and academic workshops on a
broad variety of topics in international relations, as well as supporting
the publication of scholarly works generated by resident researchers.

Program details and application guidelines are now available from the
Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies at the WCFIA for the
academic year 2002-2003. For additional information contact:
Email: bbaiter at cfia.harvard.edu
or
James Clem, Executive Officer
jclem at cfia.harvard.edu
Phone: (617) 495-2137 Fax: (617) 495-1384
Web Address: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/academy/



Terms
The competition for these awards is open only to doctoral candidates (Ph.D.
or comparable professional school degree) or recent recipients of these
degrees who may already hold teaching or research positions. Candidates for
advanced degrees must have completed all course work and general
examinations by the time of application. Historically, competitive
candidates have already made significant progress on their dissertations.

Each year, about 275 individuals submit applications for Academy
Scholarships. From this pool four to six Academy Scholars are named for
two-year appointments. Scholars are expected to reside in the
Cambridge/Boston area for the duration of their appointments unless
traveling for approved research purposes.

Pre-doctoral Scholars will receive an annual stipend of $24,000 and
post-doctoral Scholars will receive an annual stipend of $36,000. This
stipend is supplemented by funding for conference and research travel, and
some health insurance coverage.

Applications are welcome from any qualified person without regard to
nationality.

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From gpgandolfo at IOL.IT  Tue Aug 21 11:42:11 2001
From: gpgandolfo at IOL.IT (gpgandolfo@iol.it)
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 13:42:11 +0200
Subject: thanks
Message-ID: <TUE.21.AUG.2001.134211.0200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

May I thank the four colleagues of mine Helena Goscilo,Marcus Lewitt,
Alla Nedoreslow and Ernie Sjogren, who so promptly and exhaustively
gave me all the information I needed on the movie The Inspector
General, starred by Danny Kaye, and more. I appreciated it.
Cordially Yours
Giampaolo Gandolfo

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From Katkovski at OSI.HU  Tue Aug 21 16:11:26 2001
From: Katkovski at OSI.HU (Vladimir Katkovski)
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 18:11:26 +0200
Subject: superb link
Message-ID: <TUE.21.AUG.2001.181126.0200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGers,

For all those that were looking for an intermediate/advanced Belarusan
language study guide, there is one completely free on Internet:
 http://mujweb.cz/www/padrucnik/
I hope you'll like it.
Sincerely,
U.K.

P.S. As for Milan Kundera, I still coudn't find the Czech version of Book of
Laughter and Forgetting in electronic form. Please, if someone has it, write
me an email.

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From Wwdslovene at AOL.COM  Tue Aug 21 20:07:23 2001
From: Wwdslovene at AOL.COM (Wwdslovene at AOL.COM)
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 16:07:23 EDT
Subject: someRussiantelevisionq&otherquestions
Message-ID: <TUE.21.AUG.2001.160723.EDT.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

In a message dated 08/17/2001 11:55:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
ZitaD at AOL.COM writes:
   > 3) Is the former Soviet holiday "Soviet Army and Navy Day" now called
> "Den
> zashchitnika or zashchitnikov otechestva?  And how would it be translated
> into English?
>
Hi from another retired person to Zita!
       It doesn't look like anyone answered your inquiry above (unless it
was done to you personally). The correct form is in the singular, i.e.
'Den zashchitnika'. Translation??? Who knows!  I guess it is 'Day of
the Defender'/'Defender's Day'/'Defense Day' ????
       I hope all is well. We are enjoying our "golden years" out here in
Seattle , the city of our dreams.
                                                 Best wishes, Bill Derbyshire

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From a-wachtel at NORTHWESTERN.EDU  Tue Aug 21 20:25:26 2001
From: a-wachtel at NORTHWESTERN.EDU (andrew wachtel)
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 15:25:26 -0500
Subject: Job announcement
In-Reply-To: <7a.19a1cdaf.28b4197b@aol.com>
Message-ID: <TUE.21.AUG.2001.152526.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The Northwestern University Department of Slavic Languages and
Literatures seeks a tenured associate or tenure-track assistant
professor to begin September, 2002 (contingent on final budgetary
approval).  We are looking for a scholar with imagination, literary
sensitivity, and clear evidence of outstanding teaching ability in
any area(s) of Russian or East European literature and culture, but
with a preference 20th-century Russian prose.  A secondary
specialization in Czech literature and culture would be desirable.
        To apply, please send a CV, three letters of recommendation,
and a dissertation abstract (for junior candidates) to Andrew
Wachtel, Chair of the Search Committee, Department of Slavic
Languages and Literatures, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
60208-2206. Application deadline: October 15, 2001. We particularly
encourage applications from women and minority candidates.  We expect
to interview selected junior candidates at the AAASS Convention in
November.
For more information e-mail:  a-wachtel at northwestern.edu  AA/EOE.

--
Andrew Wachtel
Herman and Beulah Pearce Miller Research Professor
Chair, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Director, Program in Comparative Literary Studies
Director, Institute for Southeast European Studies at Northwestern
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208-2206

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From lauersma at MARTIN.LUTHER.EDU  Tue Aug 21 22:41:40 2001
From: lauersma at MARTIN.LUTHER.EDU (Mark R. Lauersdorf)
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 17:41:40 -0500
Subject: thanks for your help
Message-ID: <TUE.21.AUG.2001.174140.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you to all who responded to my
request for updated coordinates for
Viktoria Herson.  I have received the
necessary information.

Mark Lauersdorf

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From phrasesoftheday at HOTMAIL.COM  Wed Aug 22 01:49:27 2001
From: phrasesoftheday at HOTMAIL.COM (Paul Simpson)
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 21:49:27 -0400
Subject: Submit Your Work to a New Literature Website
Message-ID: <TUE.21.AUG.2001.214927.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hi Everyone:

I have just launched a website, Links to Literature [www.linkstoliterature.com]. I would like to post essays, articles, and biographies about authors [or about their works] on the site, in order to make them available to teachers, students, and other researchers.

If you have any material that you would like to make available to the web community, please consider submitting it to the site.  You would be fully credited with the submission, of course, and retain all rights to remove/change the article at any time.

Also, if you run a website, or know of another valuable literature site,
you can suggest that it be added to Links to Literature.

Thank you for your consideration,

Paul Simpson [contact at linkstoliterature.com]
www.linkstoliterature.com

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From gladney at UX6.CSO.UIUC.EDU  Thu Aug 23 15:40:06 2001
From: gladney at UX6.CSO.UIUC.EDU (gladney frank y)
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 10:40:06 -0500
Subject: First-year Polish at UIUC
In-Reply-To: <200108220354.f7M3smf03274@ux6.cso.uiuc.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.23.AUG.2001.104006.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

My first-year Polish course is now available at a new address:

http://slavic.lang.uiuc.edu/gladney/Elementary_Polish/Start.html

(I'm sorry is this is a duplicate posting).

Frank Y. Gladney

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From HKhan at MAIL.COLGATE.EDU  Thu Aug 23 16:07:30 2001
From: HKhan at MAIL.COLGATE.EDU (Halimur Khan)
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:07:30 -0400
Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS,
 Annual Conference of the British Association of Slavonic and East
 European Studies, 6-8 April 2002
Message-ID: <THU.23.AUG.2001.120730.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Professor Barta,

I sent an abstract of a paper in may of this year and was wondering if
decisions have been made. Thanks.

--Halimur Khan, Ph.D.

Russian Department
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY 13346
Tel: 315.228.7671
Email: hkhan at mail.colgate.edu



-----Original Message-----
From: Peter I. Barta [mailto:p.barta at SURREY.AC.UK]
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 8:51 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS, Annual Conference of the British Association
of Slavonic and East European Studies, 6-8 April 2002


CALL FOR PAPERS

Abstracts (100 words) are invited for 20-minute papers in LITERATURE, ART,
MUSIC, FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES, CULTURAL STUDIES (including GENDER AND
WOMEN'S STUDIES) to be given at the annual convention of the British
Association of Slavonic and East
European Studies at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge University (UK), between
6-8 April 2002.  Please send abstracts to PETER I. BARTA by e-mail
(p.barta at surrey.ac.uk) by 15 October 2001.
Peter I. Barta
Professor of Russian and Cultural Studies
Head, Russian Studies
University of Surrey
Guildford GU2 5XH
England
Tel: (01483) 300800 ext 2822
e-mail: p.barta at surrey.ac.uk
fax:  (01483)259527
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/LIS/Russian/

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From wambah at JUNO.COM  Thu Aug 23 16:59:16 2001
From: wambah at JUNO.COM (Laura Kline)
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:59:16 -0400
Subject: Evgeny Shklovsky
Message-ID: <THU.23.AUG.2001.125916.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear All,
Does anyone know Evgeny Shklovsky's e-mail address?
Thanks in advance,
Laura Kline
Lecturer in Russian
Wayne State University

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From continent at HOME.COM  Thu Aug 23 17:53:50 2001
From: continent at HOME.COM (Sergei and Marina Adamovich)
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 13:53:50 -0400
Subject: Evgeny Shklovsky
In-Reply-To: <20010823.125918.-222545.27.wambah@juno.com>
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Dear Laura,
 Here is E. Shklovsky's e-mail: evg at rinet.ru

Sincerely,
Marina Adamovitch,
"Continent"

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From natasha at INFI.NET  Thu Aug 23 18:57:24 2001
From: natasha at INFI.NET (natasha petersen)
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 14:57:24 -0400
Subject: artist K.A. Somov
Message-ID: <THU.23.AUG.2001.145724.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

HELP

The artist Kostantin Andreevich Somov had an aunt Lida Ivanovna, uncles - Osip, Aleksei, Mihail and his father named Andrei, who was curator of the Hermitage.  I need to find out about his uncle Mihail - whom did he marry, when, names of his children, and date of death.  I know that Tamara Nikiforova wrote a biography of Osip I. Somov, basing much of her information on the notes of Anna Andreevna Somova, the sister of Konstantin Ivanovich Somov --" The family archive of the son of  Anna Andreevna Somova, the artist E. S. Mihailov". (Semeinii arhiv sina A.A. Somovoi, hudozhnika E. C. Mihailova) Where would I be able to find this family archive?
The biographies that I have read about the artist Kostantin and his family do not mention whom Mihail married, his children, and when and where he died.
Any information would be very welcome.
Osip Ivanovich
Aleksei Ivanovich
Lida Ivanovna
Mihail Ivanovich
Andrei Ivanovich - father of artist Konstantin

Andrei Ivanovich had son Konstantin
                                       daughter Anna - Married Mihailov, and had a son E.S. Mihailov
Natasha 

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From jmdavis at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Fri Aug 24 15:27:46 2001
From: jmdavis at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Jolanta M. Davis)
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 11:27:46 -0400
Subject: query: tolstoy
Message-ID: <FRI.24.AUG.2001.112746.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

This message was sent to the AAASS. I hope someone on SEELANGS will have an
answer to the question below. Please respond directly to Sina.
thank you
Jolanta Davis

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Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 10:31:47 +0430
From: seyed sina hosseinizad <sinahosseinizad at hotmail.com>
To: aaass at hcs.harvard.edu
Subject: a question

Hi

my name is sina i am from iran.i am trying to writte a book about tolstoys
life.i want to have a part in my bookn related to critics on tolstoys
writtings.can you recommend some links or books about this(i prefer links
becaues finding such books in iran is a little hard)

thanks
bye

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From babyaking at STRATOS.NET  Fri Aug 24 19:19:08 2001
From: babyaking at STRATOS.NET (Hoyte & Elena King)
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 12:19:08 -0700
Subject: query: tolstoy
Message-ID: <FRI.24.AUG.2001.121908.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

"Jolanta M. Davis" wrote:

> This message was sent to the AAASS. I hope someone on SEELANGS will have an
> answer to the question below. Please respond directly to Sina.
> thank you
> Jolanta Davis
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 10:31:47 +0430
> From: seyed sina hosseinizad <sinahosseinizad at hotmail.com>
> To: aaass at hcs.harvard.edu
> Subject: a question
>
> Hi
>
> my name is sina i am from iran.i am trying to writte a book about tolstoys
> life.i want to have a part in my bookn related to critics on tolstoys
> writtings.can you recommend some links or books about this(i prefer links
> becaues finding such books in iran is a little hard)
>
> thanks
> bye
>
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A good place to start would be "Russkaya Literatura Kontsa XIX-nachala XXv.
Devyanostie godi" (1968 Nauka Publishers) and "Russkaya Literatura Kontsa
XIX-nachala XXv. 1901-1907" (1971 Nauka Publishers).  They are a good place to
start.

N. K. Mikhailovskii is a good critic to look at also.  There is a recent
collection of his essays called "Literaturnaya Kritika i Vospominaniya"
(Iskusstvo Publishers, Moscow 1995, ISBN #: 5-210-02318-4).

Hope this is of help.
Hoyte King

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From djloewen at BINGHAMTON.EDU  Fri Aug 24 20:26:25 2001
From: djloewen at BINGHAMTON.EDU (Donald Loewen)
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 15:26:25 -0500
Subject: Win2000 Transliterated Keyboard
Message-ID: <FRI.24.AUG.2001.152625.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Greetings.
Does anyone know if the Windows NT files for the Russian transliterated
keyboard can be used in Windows2000?  The keyboard files seem to have a
different extension (dll) for Win2000 than they had for Win95/98 (kbd).
If anyone knows of a web site where I can download the appropriate file,
I'd be glad to hear from you.
Thanks,
Don Loewen

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From djloewen at BINGHAMTON.EDU  Fri Aug 24 22:22:14 2001
From: djloewen at BINGHAMTON.EDU (Donald Loewen)
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 17:22:14 -0500
Subject: Cyrillic keyboard for Win2000, part 2
Message-ID: <FRI.24.AUG.2001.172214.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Since my last post I've discovered a way to get around Windows2000's
"self-healing" protection system and a keyboard layout that is close to the
AATSEEL layout.  Unfortunately, I cannot find one that matches the AATSEEL
layout.  If you have any information on that (or even a Win NT "dll" file
that matches the AATSEEL layout -- I'll give that a try) please let me know.
Thanks,
Don Loewen

If anyone is interested, the very helpful site that I did find is:
"Typist's American-Cyrillic Homophonic Keyboard "
http://www.suba.com/~pete/cyrillic.htm

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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Sat Aug 25 06:11:04 2001
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 07:11:04 +0100
Subject: Viktoria Schweitzer
Message-ID: <SAT.25.AUG.2001.071104.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Can anyone give me an email address for her?  As far as I know, she still
teaches at Amherst.

Best Wishes, Robert Chandler

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From AATSEEL at COMPUSERVE.COM  Sat Aug 25 16:56:10 2001
From: AATSEEL at COMPUSERVE.COM (AATSEEL Exec Dir)
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 12:56:10 -0400
Subject: perepisyvat'sja
Message-ID: <SAT.25.AUG.2001.125610.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

SEELANGers,

I don't think I've ever seen, nor have I ever run into a context for, a
perfective of PEREPISYVAT'SJA.  But it's not on Wade's (2/d edition, pp.
270-71) list of imperfective-only verbs.  (He doesn't lay claim to
presenting an exhaustive list, but I'd have thought it would have been
there.)

Is there such a perfective?

Thanks,

Jerry

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Sat Aug 25 18:38:00 2001
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 11:38:00 -0700
Subject: perepisyvat'sja
Message-ID: <SAT.25.AUG.2001.113800.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

>I don't think I've ever seen, nor have I ever run into a context for, a
>perfective of PEREPISYVAT'SJA.  But it's not on Wade's (2/d edition, pp.
>270-71) list of imperfective-only verbs.  (He doesn't lay claim to
>presenting an exhaustive list, but I'd have thought it would have been
>there.)
>
>Is there such a perfective?

No there isn't.

Pere- -sja is a circumfix, that is we get the intended meaning by attaching
pere- and -sja simultaneously. The reason it has no perfective is that the
action of "perepisyvat'sja" includes a multitudes of actions: I write, you
write, I write, you write etc. All these pere- -sja verb require
alternations of participants' actions.

Alina

**************************************************************
Alina Israeli
LFS, American University                phone:  (202) 885-2387
4400 Mass. Ave., NW                     fax:    (202) 885-1076
Washington, DC 20016

aisrael at american.edu

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From yuri_kuznetsov at MAIL.RU  Sat Aug 25 20:04:06 2001
From: yuri_kuznetsov at MAIL.RU (Yuri Kuznetsov)
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 00:04:06 +0400
Subject: No subject
Message-ID: <SUN.26.AUG.2001.000406.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I've just read your question.
The correct  IRLI fax # is (812) 3281140; tel.: (812) 3285422, 3281901
Yuri Kuznetsov
St.Petersburg


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Bailey" <jobailey at FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 2:07 AM


> Dear Seelangers,
>       This morning I tried to send a fax to the Institut russkoi literatury
> (Pushkinskii dom) in Petersburg to a number I've used in the past.  Some
> mechanical voice said the number (or code???) had been changed.  Evidently
> some telephone numbers have been changed in Petersburg.  If so does anyone
> know the new fax number for IRL?
>       Thanks,
>       Jim Bailey
> 
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From natalia.pylypiuk at UALBERTA.CA  Sun Aug 26 00:09:00 2001
From: natalia.pylypiuk at UALBERTA.CA (Natalia Pylypiuk)
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 18:09:00 -0600
Subject: Cyrillic keyboard for Win2000, part 2
In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.2.20010824171745.00ab3168@mail.binghamton.edu>
Message-ID: <SAT.25.AUG.2001.180900.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

>If anyone is interested, the very helpful site that I did find is:
>"Typist's American-Cyrillic Homophonic Keyboard "
>http://www.suba.com/~pete/cyrillic.htm



Perhaps a more accurate designation for the above would be
"Typist's American-Russian Homophonic Keyboard"
for this particular variant, because it lacks letters
used in other Cyrillic alphabets.

Cheers,

N. Pylypiuk, Associate Chair,
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
University of Alberta

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From eginzbur at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU  Sun Aug 26 02:03:35 2001
From: eginzbur at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU (eginzbur at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU)
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 21:03:35 -0500
Subject: perepisyvat'sja
Message-ID: <SAT.25.AUG.2001.210335.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Alina and Jerry,
I wonder then why perekidyvat'sia slovechkami is different?
On perekinulsia  S NIMI - this is the only requiered part - dvumia - tremia slovechkami...
Liza

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From dumanis at ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU  Sun Aug 26 05:10:33 2001
From: dumanis at ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU (Edward M Dumanis)
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 01:10:33 -0400
Subject: perepisyvat'sja
In-Reply-To: <v01540b03b7ad6a35f639@[165.247.112.69]>
Message-ID: <SUN.26.AUG.2001.011033.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hmm,

pere-odet'-sja,
pere-uchit'-sja,

and so on.

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at acsu.buffalo.edu>



On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, Alina Israeli wrote:

> >I don't think I've ever seen, nor have I ever run into a context for, a
> >perfective of PEREPISYVAT'SJA.  But it's not on Wade's (2/d edition, pp.
> >270-71) list of imperfective-only verbs.  (He doesn't lay claim to
> >presenting an exhaustive list, but I'd have thought it would have been
> >there.)
> >
> >Is there such a perfective?
>
> No there isn't.
>
> Pere- -sja is a circumfix, that is we get the intended meaning by attaching
> pere- and -sja simultaneously. The reason it has no perfective is that the
> action of "perepisyvat'sja" includes a multitudes of actions: I write, you
> write, I write, you write etc. All these pere- -sja verb require
> alternations of participants' actions.
>
> Alina
>
> **************************************************************
> Alina Israeli
> LFS, American University                phone:  (202) 885-2387
> 4400 Mass. Ave., NW                     fax:    (202) 885-1076
> Washington, DC 20016
>
> aisrael at american.edu
>
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From E.Mikhailik at UNSW.EDU.AU  Sun Aug 26 08:51:09 2001
From: E.Mikhailik at UNSW.EDU.AU (Elena Mikhailik)
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 18:51:09 +1000
Subject: perepisyvat'sja
In-Reply-To: <200108251256_MC3-DDB4-2D91@compuserve.com>
Message-ID: <SUN.26.AUG.2001.185109.1000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

At 12:56 PM 25/08/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>SEELANGers,
>
>I don't think I've ever seen, nor have I ever run into a context for, a
>perfective of PEREPISYVAT'SJA.  But it's not on Wade's (2/d edition, pp.
>270-71) list of imperfective-only verbs.  (He doesn't lay claim to
>presenting an exhaustive list, but I'd have thought it would have been
>there.)
>
>Is there such a perfective?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jerry

Dear Jerry,

Yes, there is.  However, as it is often the case in Russian, the perfective
of "Perepisyvat'sja" has nothing to do with the prime meaning of the
imperfective.  "Perepisat'sja" as in "Perepisat'sja na materinskuiu
familiu" - means "to officially re-register onself at some - usually
governmental - office".  "Perepisat'sja" also might refer to copying of
audio or computer materials as in "Kasseta uzhe perepisalas'."

Regards,

Elena Mikhailik
>
>*****
>Gerard Ervin
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From ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU  Sun Aug 26 12:47:57 2001
From: ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU (ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU)
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 08:47:57 -0400
Subject: perepisyvat'sja
In-Reply-To: <v01540b03b7ad6a35f639@[165.247.112.69]>
Message-ID: <SUN.26.AUG.2001.084757.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, Alina Israeli wrote:

> >I don't think I've ever seen, nor have I ever run into a context for, a
> >perfective of PEREPISYVAT'SJA. ...
> >
> >Is there such a perfective?
>
> No there isn't.
>
> Pere- -sja is a circumfix, that is we get the intended meaning by attaching
> pere- and -sja simultaneously. The reason it has no perfective is that the
> action of "perepisyvat'sja" includes a multitudes of actions: I write, you
> write, I write, you write etc. All these pere- -sja verb require
> alternations of participants' actions.
>
Could one add za- or ras- before it to mean "begin to perepisyvat'sja"
or po- or pro- meaning "to do it for a certain time"?
Wayles Browne

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Sun Aug 26 13:24:14 2001
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 06:24:14 -0700
Subject: perepisyvat'sja
Message-ID: <SUN.26.AUG.2001.062414.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

>Hmm,
>
>pere-odet'-sja,
>pere-uchit'-sja,
>
>and so on.

Not a circumfix. Same with za- -sja: zaboltat'sja, zagovorit'sja,
zaspat'sja, zashivat'sja, even zazhit'sja but not *zasmejat'sja*. There are
also do- -sja, raz- -sja and a few others (dogovorit'sja as in "Ty u menja
dogovorish'sja!" meaning 'by talking you'll get into trouble' as opposed to
the obvious "My dogovorilis' vstretit'sja").

>Could one add za- or ras- before it to mean "begin to perepisyvat'sja"
>or po- or pro- meaning "to do it for a certain time"?

Po-, but not begin, rather 'for a short time': my poperepisyvalis' s
polgoda i brosili.

>I wonder then why perekidyvat'sia slovechkami is different?
>On perekinulsia  S NIMI - this is the only requiered part - dvumia -
>tremia slovechkami...

I think because 'one word, or one glance would do it', while one letter
wouldn't:

Oni peregljanulis' - One glance was exchanged

Maybe if we had [*perepisnut'sja] we could have had an exchange by one
letter, but clearly to classify as "correspond" more than one exchange back
and forth has to take place.

Alina

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From achekhov at UNITY.NCSU.EDU  Sun Aug 26 22:46:18 2001
From: achekhov at UNITY.NCSU.EDU (Vladimir Bilenkin)
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 18:46:18 -0400
Subject: perepisyvat'sja
Message-ID: <SUN.26.AUG.2001.184618.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

How about <spisat'sia>?  Like in: Ya spisalsia s professorom Goscilo po voprosu
svoego uchastiia v yeyo "paneli."

Vladimir Bilenkin,
NCSU


Alina Israeli wrote:

> >Hmm,
> >
> >pere-odet'-sja,
> >pere-uchit'-sja,
> >
> >and so on.
>
> Not a circumfix. Same with za- -sja: zaboltat'sja, zagovorit'sja,
> zaspat'sja, zashivat'sja, even zazhit'sja but not *zasmejat'sja*. There are
> also do- -sja, raz- -sja and a few others (dogovorit'sja as in "Ty u menja
> dogovorish'sja!" meaning 'by talking you'll get into trouble' as opposed to
> the obvious "My dogovorilis' vstretit'sja").
>
> >Could one add za- or ras- before it to mean "begin to perepisyvat'sja"
> >or po- or pro- meaning "to do it for a certain time"?
>
> Po-, but not begin, rather 'for a short time': my poperepisyvalis' s
> polgoda i brosili.
>
> >I wonder then why perekidyvat'sia slovechkami is different?
> >On perekinulsia  S NIMI - this is the only requiered part - dvumia -
> >tremia slovechkami...
>
> I think because 'one word, or one glance would do it', while one letter
> wouldn't:
>
> Oni peregljanulis' - One glance was exchanged
>
> Maybe if we had [*perepisnut'sja] we could have had an exchange by one
> letter, but clearly to classify as "correspond" more than one exchange back
> and forth has to take place.
>
> Alina
>
> **************************************************************
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> Washington, DC 20016
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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Sun Aug 26 15:09:47 2001
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 08:09:47 -0700
Subject: perepisyvat'sja
Message-ID: <SUN.26.AUG.2001.080947.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

>How about <spisat'sia>?  Like in: Ya spisalsia s professorom Goscilo po voprosu
>svoego uchastiia v yeyo "paneli."

Certainly. There is a book by Maria Rutkowska "Nie znane polszczyznie
rosyjskie prefigowane deriwaty odczasownikowe..." (Wroclaw 1981). Although
if I remember correctly she did not include all possible circumfixes. But
s- -sja is one of those that are there: spet'sja, srabotat'sja etc. Another
source for circumfixes is the last section in Vinogradov's Russkij jazyk,
the last of 15 (if I remember the number correctly) usages of -sja is this
"joint venture". (Can't find my copy at the moment to check the number!)

**************************************************************
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4400 Mass. Ave., NW                     fax:    (202) 885-1076
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From gladney at UX6.CSO.UIUC.EDU  Sun Aug 26 16:27:18 2001
From: gladney at UX6.CSO.UIUC.EDU (gladney frank y)
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 11:27:18 -0500
Subject: perf. of _perepisyvat'sja_
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Pushkin used it in a 1831 letter to Nashchokin--the first citation at
_perepisyvat'sja_ in the 17-colume Academy dictionary.

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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 09:26:21 +0200
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Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 19:17:43 +0300
Subject: ruthenia news
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Dobryj den'!

Nachinaya s sentyabrya, v rabote nashego sajta proizojdut koe-kakie izmeneniya.
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From mdenner at STETSON.EDU  Mon Aug 27 21:19:32 2001
From: mdenner at STETSON.EDU (Michael Denner)
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:19:32 -0400
Subject: Dorogaya Elena Sergeevna
Message-ID: <MON.27.AUG.2001.171932.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGers:

Does anyone know whether Ryazanov's film adaptation of Razumovskaya's
_Dorogaya Elena Sergeyevna_ has been subtitled/dubbed? Has anyone seen the
play staged, and if so, what were your impressions? We're considering it for
a stage production (using Porter's translation), and I'd appreciate anyone's
opinion.

best,
mad

<|><|><|><|><|><|><|>
Michael A. Denner
Russian Studies Department
Campus Unit 8361
Stetson University
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From sao15 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Tue Aug 28 03:26:02 2001
From: sao15 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Serguei Alex. Oushakine)
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 23:26:02 -0400
Subject: Roman Herzog Research Fellowships for Young Scholars
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Fellowships for Young Scholars from CEE/NIS Region

see: http://www.avh.de/en/programme/stip_aus/rh.htm

Roman Herzog Research Fellowship
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) and the non-profit Hertie
Foundation (GHS) in
Frankfurt-on-Main enable young highly qualified scholars with outstanding
leadership qualities in
research and teaching from central and south-east Europe (including the
Baltic States) to carry out research
projects of their own choice in Germany (age limit: 35 years)

Roman Herzog Research Fellowships - Application
Applications may be submitted for long-term research stays of between 6 and
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founded.

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From sao15 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Tue Aug 28 03:32:39 2001
From: sao15 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Serguei Alex. Oushakine)
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 23:32:39 -0400
Subject: HESP CEE/NIS summer School Funding (deadline 28 September 2001)
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see: http://www.osi.hu/hesp/summer.html
HESP Summer Schools Program
The Higher Education Support Program (HESP) of the Open Society Institute
(OSI) invites proposals for the HESP Summer Schools Program 2002

PROGRAM OUTLINE
The Higher Education Support Program promotes the advancement of higher
education within the humanities and social sciences, throughout the region
of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and
Mongolia. HESP supports both institutions and regional and international
initiatives.

The Summer Schools Program is one of HESP supported programs that promote
change in higher education at the classroom level. The goal of the Summer
Schools is to provide young university teachers with the experience and
tools for updating the courses they teach, both in terms of content and
teaching methods. The schools provide teaching materials, practice and
support that will enable the participants to utilize and share this
experience at their home university departments. By targeting university
teachers in their home regions, often in their own language, the Program
encourages the widest access to new ideas.

Approximately forty grants will be awarded for Summer Schools to be held in
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In line with HESP priorities, the Summer Schools Program supports projects
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Detailed Guide for Applicants, containing program, organizational, budgeting
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and
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possible with advance notice of the proposal and for additional information
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Final decisions on HESP funding for Summer Schools of 2002 will be made and
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From jschill at AMERICAN.EDU  Tue Aug 28 19:55:08 2001
From: jschill at AMERICAN.EDU (John Schillinger)
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:55:08 -0400
Subject: Converting Mac documents from GLPS cyrillic system to new
 system
Message-ID: <TUE.28.AUG.2001.155508.0400.>

If anyone has found a way to convert documents saved in the now defunct
GLPS cyrillic system (which can't be installed on a Mac G4) to one of
the new systems now available, I'd really appreciate hearing from you.

Many thanks!

John Schillinger
American University
jschill at american.edu

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From: flier at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Michael S. Flier)
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 09:57:21 -0400
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From brifkin at FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU  Wed Aug 29 17:02:38 2001
From: brifkin at FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU (Benjamin Rifkin)
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 12:02:38 -0500
Subject: Siberia Dispatches
Message-ID: <WED.29.AUG.2001.120238.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGers:

Since early August, Robert G. Kaiser, former Moscow Bureau Chief for
the Washington Post, has been travelling in Siberia and reporting
back on his experiences in different cities. I have read a couple of
the dispatches and they are generally upbeat about Siberia and
Russia.  All the dispatches (and lots of photos and interesting
websites) can be accessed from a central website at:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/siberiadiary/

There is a lot of interesting material here and it is not, unlike
much of the stuff reported in the American press,  it conveys a
balanced and often positive image of Russia.

With best wishes to all,

Ben Rifkin

--
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Benjamin Rifkin

Professor of Slavic Languages, Slavic Dept., UW-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive
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From rrobin at GWU.EDU  Wed Aug 29 19:28:49 2001
From: rrobin at GWU.EDU (Richard Robin)
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 15:28:49 -0400
Subject: A new journal on Russian theater
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I am posting this for John Glad, who does not have regular Internet access.

-Richard Robin

___________________________
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From sao15 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Thu Aug 30 00:25:43 2001
From: sao15 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Serguei Alex. Oushakine)
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 20:25:43 -0400
Subject: CFP: The impact of Bourdieu on  Cultural Studies (A Special Issue
 of 'Cultural Studies')
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"THE IMPACT OF BOURDIEU ON CULTURAL STUDIES"
Call for Papers Deadline:2002-03-15
Date Submitted:2001-08-27

CALL FOR PAPERS
A CULTURAL STUDIES SPECIAL ISSUE
"THE IMPACT OF BOURDIEU ON CULTURAL STUDIES"
Editors: Cynthia A. Patton & Mary S. Pileggi

Pierre Bourdieu has been a critical, sometimes controversial figure in the
French debates about the nature and study of social life. Bourdieu first
came to English speaking audiences through the humanities and, in cultural
studies in particular, by way of the Birmingham School's early work on style
and youth culture. Although his work has only in the past decade become
widely known in America, it has nonetheless been influential within
sociology, cultural studies, literary studies, and. The journal, Cultural
Studies, will devote a special double issue to Pierre Bourdieu, focusing on
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Original essays addressing but not limited to the following topics are
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Comparison of dominant theories or ideas in cultural studies and Bourdieu's
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Explorations of the tensions, commonalities, problems, and complexities of
theoretical aspects of his work;

Bourdieu's reception by the American academy;

Use of Bourdieu's work as applied to contemporary social problems;

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From billings at PU.EDU.TW  Thu Aug 30 06:24:07 2001
From: billings at PU.EDU.TW (Loren Billings)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 14:24:07 +0800
Subject: [Fwd: 12.2136, Review: Murray & Smyth, Intermediate Russian]
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Dear colleagues,

The following might interest some of you. --Loren Billings

P.S. Although <billings at onebox.com> will continue to reach me, please
note the following new addresses.  --L

Loren A. Billings, Ph.D. <billings at pu.edu.tw>
Dept of English Language, Literature and Linguistics
Providence University, 200 Chung Chi Road, Shalu
Taichung County, Taiwan 43301 Republic of China




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Subject:  Review: Intermediate Russian: A Grammar and Workbook

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Date:  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 12:32:47 -0400
From:  Jennifer Bown <bown.6 at osu.edu>
Subject:  Review: Intermediate Russian: A Grammar and Workbook

Murray, John and Sarah Smyth (2001) Intermediate Russian: A
Grammar and Workbook. Routledge, paperback ISBN 0-415-22103-X,
x+217pp.

Jennifer Bown, The Ohio State University.

Intermediate Russian is a grammar and workbook
intended for students of Russian at the "intermediate"
level.  The authors themselves give no indication of
the meaning of the term "intermediate," so one
must assume that the book is intended for students who
have achieved a proficiency level of 1 or 1+ on the
scale established by the American Council on the Teaching
of Foreign Languages (ACTFL1986).

Intermediate Russian (IR) is not intended as a stand-
alone textbook on which to base an entire language
course, rather it is meant to supplement other
available course materials.  Its stated goal is to
"provide scope for practicing and consolidating
Russian structures" (xi). As its subtitle
suggests, IR focuses primarily on developing learners'
knowledge of Russian grammatical structures through
reading texts and written exercises.  It does not
contain communicative activities, listening texts, or
open-ended written exercises.

IR is divided into three parts, each consisting of six
units organized by theme. The units contain brief
explanations of grammatical points, example sentences
drawn from authentic Russian texts and practice
exercises. Though the majority of the exercises
require students to work at the sentence level, each
chapter contains at least one extended passage from a
variety of genres.  All of the texts are authentic,
taken from recent Russian journals and newspapers (the
authors list the periodicals in the introductory pages
of the book).  Many of the sentences in the exercises
are drawn from the lengthier texts throughout the
book.  In addition, the book contains answer keys
making it suitable for both independent study and use
in class.

Part One focuses on the norms of social interaction,
especially politeness formulae and speech registers.
Among the topics covered in this section are
establishing and maintaining a relationship with your
interlocutor, seeking and giving information/advice,
offering to do things, and expressing wishes and
desires.

Part Two examines various genres or narratives: diary
entries, memoirs, anecdotes, biographical sketches,
news items, and the rather nebulous category of
"narratives in the future," which focuses on the use
of various forms of the future tense.  Each chapter
treats a different genre and briefly examines elements
common to all of the genres treated in this section.
In particular, units seven through twelve focus on
various means of sequencing events in time, the
function of verbal aspect, word order, and
punctuation. Rather than examining the structure of
these narratives and the typical moves associated with
each genre (see for instance Swales 1990), this
section uses narrative texts as a departure point for
discussing the form and function of grammatical items
that appear in the sample texts.  These grammatical
features include, among others, prepositions and
adverbs of time, the comparative degree of adjectives,
and past passive participles.

In Part Three the authors consider various ways of
describing objects, people, and events.  The units in
this section are structured according to syntactic
categories: pronouns, compound nouns and imperfective
gerunds, aspects and perfective gerund, negation and
numerals, and participles.  This section treats these
categories in formal terms, with little reference to
their meaning and function.

Following the main body of the grammar is a "Key to
Exercises" containing answers for every exercise in
the book.  Intermediate Russian also includes a short
three-page index referencing grammatical features
(e.g. declension of numerals and partitive genitive),
speech acts (e.g. apologizing and thanking), as well
as lexical categories (e.g. "verbs commonly used to
express death").  The index is little more than an
alphabetized table of contents, as it references only
the number of the unit in which the discussion
appeared rather than the actual page number.

Evaluation.

Despite its title, Intermediate Russian is more
appropriate for advanced undergraduate students who
have attained a proficiency level of at least 2 on the
ACTFL scale.   Many of the texts are syntactically
very complex and require a much better command of
Russian than students at an intermediate (1 to 1+)
proficiency level are likely to have.  Any teacher
planning to use this text in language classes should
also be warned that the text uses fairly sophisticated
grammatical terms such as "antecedent," "collocation,"
and "attributive adjectives" without any explanation
of the terms.  This is terminology with which the
average student may not be familiar, and instructors
using this book in language courses would be well
advised to offer supplemental explanations in less
sophisticated terms.

The authors' ambitious attempt to combine a functional
approach to Russian grammar with a more traditional
approach results in a rather jarring mixture of
pragmatics and formal grammar explanations.  In many
instances, the topics combined in one unit or section
seem to be random, for instance the inclusion of
third-person imperatives under the heading of "Naming,
greeting, and congratulating" (Unit One), or the
inclusion of a unit on verbs of motion (Unit Six)
within the section titled "Interacting".  It must be
noted, however, that the organization of language
material is one of the most complicated aspects of
writing a textbook, and not every language feature
fits nicely into any chosen framework.

Given the book's functional orientation, the exercises
in the volume are problematic. Most of the exercises
are sentence-level, involving fill-in-the-blank
activities, choosing an appropriate ending for a
sentence, and sentence transformations.  Even in Part
Two, with its focus on narratives and connected
discourse, the majority of the exercises contain
single sentences taken from larger texts.  Discourse
analysts have long realized that the interpretation of
a sentence is constrained by the co-text, and nowhere
is this more true than in narratives.  In removing the
sentences from their larger texts, the authors have
deprived learners of the context that would help them
interpret the sentences.

In addition to the abundance of sentence-level
exercises, many of the exercises do not serve the
purpose for which they were intended.  For example,
Unit One contains a discussion of addressing
strangers, including a list of several common forms of
address.  The exercises that follow the discussion
require students to identify where each of several
exchanges might likely take place; however, most of
the answers can be ascertained with no attention to
the forms of address, defeating the purpose of the
exercise.  Several other exercises throughout the book
suffer from a similar problem.

A number of the exercises require extensive world-
knowledge that many students are not likely to have.
Unit One, for example, has students test their
knowledge of public places by matching a series of
places (the State Puppet Theater, the Central Stadium,
and a canal, to list a few) with the names of the
people for whom they were named.  Few students are
likely to know who Obraztsov was, let alone that the
state puppet theater bears his name. A better approach
would be to provide cultural notes throughout the
chapter and then include exercises to see if students
had learned the cultural information.  As the text
stands now, instructors would be advised to either
skip those exercises or to provide students with
additional cultural information before assigning them.

It should also be noted that Intermediate Russian
contains only discrete-point grammatical exercises;
this allows the authors to provide full answer keys
for every exercise and makes the book suitable for the
self-directed learner.  Nevertheless, it is
unfortunate that a book with at least a partial focus
on pragmatics should rely exclusively on exercises
that are so counter to the ideas behind that approach
to language.  The second part of the book, with its
focus on narrative genres, for instance, would
particularly benefit from assignments to write a
narrative based on the models in each unit, while
communicative role-plays would seem an ideal
supplement to the discussions of speech acts in Part
One.

The lack of glossaries in the text is also
unfortunate, particularly as a number of the exercises
require students to combine adjectives and nouns or
verbs and noun-phrase complements to form "common
collocations."  Perhaps more importantly, the fact
that the lexical level of the texts is probably beyond
intermediate (1 to 1+) or even low-advanced (2) level
learners provides a strong rationale for including
glossaries.

Despite this volume1s shortcomings, it is a useful
resource for advanced-level language learners.  It
affords learners an opportunity to review and practice
Russian structures and read authentic, contemporary
Russian texts.  Additionally, the volume provides
useful insights into some of the norms of social
interaction and written narratives, and as such can
serve as a good supplement to a four-skills,
communicative textbook.

References:
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
(1986). ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines.  Hastings-on-
Hudson, New York.

Swales, John. (1990).  Genre Analysis:  English in
Academic and Research Settings.  Cambridge, New York:
Cambridge University Press.


Jennifer Bown is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department
of Slavic and East European Languages at Ohio State
University.  During the 2000-2001 academic year, she
served as Assistant Director of the Russian language
program.  Her dissertation research focuses on the
acquisition of Russian by in a self-directed learning
environment.


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From mdenner at STETSON.EDU  Thu Aug 30 13:29:45 2001
From: mdenner at STETSON.EDU (Michael Denner)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:29:45 -0400
Subject: cherezpolositsa!
Message-ID: <THU.30.AUG.2001.092945.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGers,

Does anyone out there know how черезполосица [cherezpolositsa] is translated
into English? The word isn't in Dal' or the Akad. slovar' v 4 t.

The word means (so far as I can gather from the few sources I've found to
mention the word) the system of land redistribution after the emancipation
which led to land being divvied up in a patchwork sort of way, with the
former serf-owner having plots intermixed with the peasants'. The system
eventually forced the peasants to lease their land back to the landowner. In
any case Stolypin did away with the system right before the system did away
with him.

I am right in thinking that the word, if it were to exist outside its
narrow, agricultural meaning, would mean literally something like
"cross-stripe" or "patchwork" or even "hodgepodge"... right? Any help is
much appreciated. Please reply off-list.

Best,
mad

<|><|><|><|><|><|><|>
Michael A. Denner
Russian Studies Department
Campus Unit 8361
Stetson University
DeLand, FL 32720
904.822.7265

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From paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM  Thu Aug 30 13:54:03 2001
From: paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM (Paul B. Gallagher)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:54:03 -0400
Subject: cherezpolositsa!
Message-ID: <THU.30.AUG.2001.095403.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Michael Denner wrote:

> Dear SEELANGers,
>
> Does anyone out there know how черезполосица [cherezpolositsa] is
> translated into English? The word isn't in Dal' or the Akad. slovar'
> v 4 t.

You'll probably have better luck researching it if you spell it
correctly. Через- [Cherez-] is one of those prefixes that changes before
a voiceless consonant. So the correct spelling is череСполосица
[chereSpolositsa].

Sorry I don't have a nifty translation to offer.

--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
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pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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From mlg at KU.EDU  Thu Aug 30 14:04:28 2001
From: mlg at KU.EDU (Greenberg, Marc L)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:04:28 -0500
Subject: Call for Papers: Slovenski jezik--Slovene Linguistic Studies
Message-ID: <THU.30.AUG.2001.090428.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Call for Papers: Slovenski jezik--Slovene Linguistic Studies
Namen zbornika Slovenski jezik -- Slovene Linguistic Studies je objavljati
slovenisticne in za slovenistiko zanimive jezikoslovne clanke. Clanki se
praviloma objavljajo v slovenscini ali anglescini, izjemoma tudi v kakem
drugem jeziku, s povzetkoma v slovenscini in anglescini. Prispevke, ki bodo
v urednistvo prispeli do zacetka vsakega sodega studijskega leta, bomo
upostevali pri izboru za objavo v stevilki, ki bo izsla naslednjo pomlad.
Rokopisi naj ne bodo daljsi od ene avtorske pole (30.000 znakov).
Pripravljeni morajo biti za racunalnisko obdelavo; poleg kopije na papirju
je treba oddati racunalniski zapis na disketi ali prek interneta.
Podrobnejse informacije glede zelenega formata in sloga lahko dobite na
urednistvu (gl. spodaj).
The mission of Slovenski jezik -- Slovene Linguistic Studies is to publish
articles concerned primarily with Slovene or of interest to Slovene
linguistics. Articles will be published as a rule in Slovene or English with
abstracts in the both languages. Papers sent to the Editorial Board by the
beginning of each even-numbered academic year will be considered for
publication in the following spring issue. Manuscripts should not exceed 18
double-spaced typewritten pages (or 30,000 characters). All articles, in
addition to a paper copy, must be submitted in a computer-file format,
either on diskette or transferred over the Internet. Please contact one of
the Editors (see below) for details on preferred format and style.
Naslednji rok za oddajo rokopisov/Next deadline for receipt of manuscripts:
September 15, 2002
Editors:
Europe/Asia: Marko Snoj <marko at zrc-sazu.si>
North & South America, Australia: Marc L. Greenberg <mlg at ku.edu>

More information: http://www.ku.edu/~slavic/sj-sls/sj-sls.htm

--------------------------------------------------------
Marc L. Greenberg
Chair and Professor of Slavic
Languages & Literatures
Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Kansas
1445 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 2134
Lawrence, KS 66045-7590
USA
Tel. and voice-mail: (785) 864-2349
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From mdenner at STETSON.EDU  Thu Aug 30 14:20:42 2001
From: mdenner at STETSON.EDU (Michael Denner)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 10:20:42 -0400
Subject: cherezpolositsa!
In-Reply-To: <3B8E4633.A7417D75@pbg-translations.com>
Message-ID: <THU.30.AUG.2001.102042.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Paul,

Thanks for the pointer, and I did find it in the Akad. slovar' under the
modernized spelling, though that's of little help in finding the traditional
translation into English, which is what I need. I'm working with a
pre-reform document, so the spelling I used is correct, only dated.

best,
mad

<|><|><|><|><|><|><|>
Michael A. Denner
Russian Studies Department
Campus Unit 8361
Stetson University
DeLand, FL 32720
904.822.7265

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From Polsky at ACTR.ORG  Thu Aug 30 14:35:18 2001
From: Polsky at ACTR.ORG (Marissa Polsky)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 10:35:18 -0400
Subject: cherezpolositsa!
Message-ID: <THU.30.AUG.2001.103518.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I found the word in the Penguin English/Russian Russian/English dictionary, and the word cherespolositsa translates to "strip farming"

Marissa Polsky
---------------------------------------------
Web Applications Developer
ACIE: ACTR/ACCELS
http://www.russnet.org/home.html
(202) 833-7522

>>> mdenner at STETSON.EDU 08/30/01 10:20AM >>>
Paul,

Thanks for the pointer, and I did find it in the Akad. slovar' under the
modernized spelling, though that's of little help in finding the traditional
translation into English, which is what I need. I'm working with a
pre-reform document, so the spelling I used is correct, only dated.

best,
mad

<|><|><|><|><|><|><|>
Michael A. Denner
Russian Studies Department
Campus Unit 8361
Stetson University
DeLand, FL 32720
904.822.7265

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From orussov at KENNESAW.EDU  Thu Aug 30 14:28:18 2001
From: orussov at KENNESAW.EDU (Olga Russov)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 10:28:18 -0400
Subject: cherezpolositsa!
Message-ID: <THU.30.AUG.2001.102818.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Cherespolositsa - strip farming 

Olga Russov
Head of Acquisitions
Sturgis Library
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Rd.
Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591
voice: 770-423-6189
fax: 770-423-6727
e-mail: orussov at kennesaw.edu

 

>>> mdenner at STETSON.EDU 08/30/01 10:20AM >>>
Paul,

Thanks for the pointer, and I did find it in the Akad. slovar' under the
modernized spelling, though that's of little help in finding the traditional
translation into English, which is what I need. I'm working with a
pre-reform document, so the spelling I used is correct, only dated.

best,
mad

<|><|><|><|><|><|><|>
Michael A. Denner
Russian Studies Department
Campus Unit 8361
Stetson University
DeLand, FL 32720
904.822.7265

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Thu Aug 30 14:54:49 2001
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 07:54:49 -0700
Subject: cherezpolositsa!
Message-ID: <THU.30.AUG.2001.075449.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

>I am right in thinking that the word, if it were to exist outside its
>narrow, agricultural meaning, would mean literally something like
>"cross-stripe" or "patchwork" or even "hodgepodge"... right? Any help is
>much appreciated. Please reply off-list.

Mish-mash. Example from BTS: V knige sploshnaja cherespolosica, net edinstva.

As to its relationship to the land reform, there may be questions. Consider
this example from the 4-vol dictionary:

Byli mestnosti, gde v odnom sele skuchivalos' do pjati-shesti gospodskix
usadeb, i vsledstvie etogo sushchestvovala bestolkovejshaja cherespolosica.
(Saltykov-Shchedrin. Poshexonskaja starina)

Could it be related to the quality of land?

**************************************************************
Alina Israeli
LFS, American University                phone:  (202) 885-2387
4400 Mass. Ave., NW                     fax:    (202) 885-1076
Washington, DC 20016

aisrael at american.edu

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From a.jameson at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Thu Aug 30 16:28:02 2001
From: a.jameson at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Andrew Jameson)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 17:28:02 +0100
Subject: cherezpolositsa!
Message-ID: <THU.30.AUG.2001.172802.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

This type of farming was typical for the English
mediaeval village so that the good and bad land was
shared out equally. This practice in Britain went
back to Scandinavian law and was called "runrig".

Andrew Jameson MA MIL
Chair, Russian Committee, ALL
Reviews Editor, Rusistika
Listowner, allnet, cont-ed-lang, russian-teaching
1 Brook Street, Lancaster LA1 1SL, UK
In UK: 01524 32371
Outside UK: (+44) 1524 32371

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Denner <mdenner at STETSON.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:29 PM
Subject: cherezpolositsa!


Dear SEELANGers,

Does anyone out there know how черезполосица [cherezpolositsa] is translated
into English? The word isn't in Dal' or the Akad. slovar' v 4 t.

The word means (so far as I can gather from the few sources I've found to
mention the word) the system of land redistribution after the emancipation
which led to land being divvied up in a patchwork sort of way, with the
former serf-owner having plots intermixed with the peasants'. The system
eventually forced the peasants to lease their land back to the landowner. In
any case Stolypin did away with the system right before the system did away
with him.

I am right in thinking that the word, if it were to exist outside its
narrow, agricultural meaning, would mean literally something like
"cross-stripe" or "patchwork" or even "hodgepodge"... right? Any help is
much appreciated. Please reply off-list.

Best,
mad

<|><|><|><|><|><|><|>
Michael A. Denner
Russian Studies Department
Campus Unit 8361
Stetson University
DeLand, FL 32720
904.822.7265

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From gadassov at IFRANCE.COM  Thu Aug 30 18:28:18 2001
From: gadassov at IFRANCE.COM (Adassovsky Georges)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 20:28:18 +0200
Subject: cherezpolositsa!
In-Reply-To: <v01540b00b7b3cb938e93@[165.247.112.248]>
Message-ID: <THU.30.AUG.2001.202818.0200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

> cherespolosica = enclosement

„ересполосные владени¤ (cherespolosnye vladenija) : enclosed estate



Georges

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From sao15 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Thu Aug 30 20:34:48 2001
From: sao15 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Serguei Alex. Oushakine)
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 16:34:48 -0400
Subject: Temp. jobfor the the spring quarter: Introduction to the
 Humanities, Russian Track (Stanford U)
Message-ID: <THU.30.AUG.2001.163448.0400.SAO15@COLUMBIA.EDU>

Subject: temporary teaching position at Stanford's Introduction to the
Humanities, the Russian track

Please circulate:

STANFORD UNIVERSITY'S
INTRODUCTION TO THE HUMANITIES PROGRAM
IS LOOKING FOR A LECTURER
FOR THE SPRING QUARTER RUSSIAN CULTURE TRACK
(POETIC JUSTICE: ORDER AND IMAGINATION IN RUSSIAN CULTURE)

Stanford's Introduction to the Humanities Program seeks a lecturer in the 
Russian track of Introduction to the Humanities for the the spring quarter 
of the academic year 2001-02. A Ph.D. or ABD and teaching experience in 
Russian Literature, history or contiguous area, is required. This position 
provides a replacement for a regular lecturer on research leave. The 
position is full-time for one quarter and is nonrenewable.

The job entails teaching three sections (averaging 15 students in each), 
in conjunction with lectures given by Prof. Bulgakowa and Prof. Freidin in 
"Poetic Justice" (see course website for further info:

<http://www.stanford.edu/dept/undergrad/areaone/33des.shtml http://www.stan 
ford.edu/dept/undergrad/areaone/33des.shtml

Each section meets for 90 minutes, twice weekly. In addition to teaching 
sections and attending lectures, the lecturer will also attend a staff 
meeting each week, grade all student work associated with the sections 
s/he will be leading, and hold an appropriate number of office hours per 
week (usually one for each section, on average).

The compensation for this work will depend on the successful candidates 
status (Ph.D. in hand, ABD, or other) at the time of the appointment, but 
will be, at a minimum, $10,500.

Please send application, along with dossier (a recent CV, letters of 
recommendation, and a sample of written work) and teaching evaluations to 
the address below.

Application deadline: October 1, 2001.
Poetic Justice Search Committee
Introduction to the Humanities Program
Building 250, Room 251J
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2020

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

Mary I. Dakin, Ph.D. 650-725-6852
Assistant Director mdakin at leland.stanford.edu
Center for Russian & East European Studies
Stanford University, Building 40

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From AATSEEL at COMPUSERVE.COM  Fri Aug 31 16:55:11 2001
From: AATSEEL at COMPUSERVE.COM (AATSEEL Exec Dir)
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:55:11 -0400
Subject: AATSEEL 2001 registration form
Message-ID: <FRI.31.AUG.2001.125511.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGers,

For those of you who would like to take care of this little detail without
waiting for the hard copy brochure (which is in the works, of course) or
going to the Web page, the AATSEEL 2001 preregistration form is appended
below.  Please feel free not only to print off and use this form yourself,
but also to forward it to others.

Note:  now that AATSEEL can accept credit card payments (see below), you
can preregister entirely by email if you prefer.  Also please note:  all
conference presenters (including panel chairs and secretaries) *must*
preregister by September 30.

See you in New Orleans!

Jerry

*  *  *  *  *
Gerard L. (Jerry) Ervin
Executive Director, American Ass'n of Teachers of 
  Slavic & E European Languages (AATSEEL)
1933 N. Fountain Park Dr., Tucson, AZ 85715 USA
Office phone/fax/messages:  520/885-2663
Cell phone (please try office phone first):  520/661-8347
Email:  <AATSEEL at CompuServe.com>
AATSEEL Home Page: <http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~aatseel/>
2001 conference:  27-30 December, New Orleans, LA
AATSEEL can now accept VISA, MASTERCARD, DISCOVER, AM. EXPRESS
*  *  *  *  *


American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages

New Orleans, LA
December 28-30, 2001

WELCOME TO AATSEEL 2001!  Here's information about registering for the
conference, transportation, housing, and the program.  If any questions
remain unanswered after you've read this information, please contact us:
Gerard L. (Jerry) Ervin
Executive Director, AATSEEL
1933 N. Fountain Park Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85715-5538 USA
Phone/fax:  520/885-2663
Email:  <aatseel at compuserve.com>
AATSEEL home page:
<http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~aatseel/>


It is my pleasure to welcome you to AATSEEL 2001.  New Orleans is a brand
new venue for us, and we look forward to seeing you there.  Thanks to Karen
Evans-Romaine and her hard-working Program Committee, this conference-at
which we are pleased, as always, to host ACTR events-promises to be a
splendid event.  As always, AATSEEL attendance offers you a superb
opportunity to meet and network with scholars working in your area as well
as with other specialists in Slavic languages, literatures, linguistics,
culture and pedagogy.  In the Exhibit Hall you'll be able to see the newest
and best from publishers, intensive language programs, media companies,
travel firms and more.  Just as importantly, by attending this annual
meeting you'll be renewing your commitment to the health and growth of our
profession.  Remember, without your support and active participation,
AATSEEL would cease to exist.  Consider the information in this brochure
and make the decision to join us in New Orleans.

Sarah Pratt, 
President, AATSEEL


Plan to attend AATSEEL 2001; Here's WHAT'S IN STORE:
(Subject to change.  For updated information please check this site in the
fall.)

December 27
        AATSEEL Program Committee (11 a.m.-1 p.m.)
        AATSEEL Executive Council (2-5 p.m.)
        Conference Registration (4-8 p.m.)
December 28
        Conference Registration (7:30 a.m.-7 p.m.)
        Conference panels
        Exhibits (9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.)
        ACTR Board Meeting
        AATSEEL President's Reception/Awards Recognitions
December 29
        Slava/Olympiada Breakfast (8-10 a.m.)
        Conference Registration (7:30 a.m.-8 p.m.)
        Conference panels
        Exhibits (9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.)
        AATSEEL Business Meeting & General Session
        ACTR General Membership Meeting
December 30
        AATSEEL Executive Council (7-10 a.m.)
        Conference panels
        Exhibits (9 a.m.-noon)
        Silent book auction pickup/claim time:  12:30 p.m.
        AATSEEL Program Committee (12-1 p.m.)

*  Scores of panels will offer hundreds of papers and presentations on
language, literature, linguistics, technology and pedagogy.
*  Some 500-600 of the most active and professional scholars in Slavic from
the USA, Canada, and a number of other countries will attend.  
*  Gratis interviewing facilities will be available.  Please contact the
Executive Director for details.
* The exhibit hall will be packed with companies offering the newest and
best in scholarly books, textbooks, audiovisual aids, study abroad and
summer intensive programs, and more.

HOTEL:  Hotel Inter-Continental New Orleans, 444 St. Charles Avenue, New
Orleans LA 70130-3171; phone 504/525-5566, fax 504/523-7310, email
<neworleans at interconti.com>.
        ROOM RATES:  .$100/$110 single/double occupancy; $140/$160
single/double on concierge floor.  Additional persons $20.  Parlor/suite
rooms also available.
        FACILITIES:  This is a first-class hotel with a business center,
complimentary fitness center/spa, concierge, shops, and more.  Parking cost
$19/day.  Airport transfer (approx. 18 miles): $10 each way (cost by taxi: 
approx. $21).  For complete information and a virtual video tour, see
<www.interconti.com/usa/new_orleans/hotel_newic.html>
        RESERVATION DEADLINE:  Group rates will be honored until our room
block is filled.  Reservations made after 27 November are subject to
availability.  (NB:  The Washington Redskins will be playing in New Orleans
this same weekend, so to ensure availability room reservations should be
made early.)
        RESERVATION PROCEDURE:  Call 1-800-445-6563

TRAVEL:  Southwest Airlines is offering a 10% discount on most of its
already low fares for air travel to and from AATSEEL 2001.  You or your
travel agent may call Southwest Airlines Group and meetings Reservations at
1-800-433-5368 and reference ID code R6503.  Reservations Sales Agents are
available 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday, or 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday.  You must make reservations five or more days prior to
travel to take advantage of this offer.  (Please wait until 1 July 2001 to
call.)  For extensive information from the New Orleans Convention &
Visitors Bureau (where to dine, tours to take, how to get from the airport
to the hotel, etc.), see <www.neworleanscvb.com>.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION:  Registration is required of all attendees. 
Current AATSEEL members qualify for reduced conference registration (see
registration form, below).  Preregistration by 30 September is required of
conference presenters; preregistration for others closes 30 November.  All
conference presenters must be current AATSEEL members.

CANCELLATION, REFUND POLICY:  Preregistration refunds will be made for
written cancellations received up to the applicable preregistration
deadline (September 30 for program participants, November 30 for all
others), less a $10 processing fee.  After that date no refunds will be
made.

MLA COURTESY RATES:  MLA/AATSEEL will again offer each other's registrants
courtesy registration rates.  AATSEEL registrants attending MLA conference
functions may show their AATSEEL registration badge at the MLA conference
desk to secure these rates.

THE AATSEEL NEWSLETTER will carry the preliminary conference program.  You
may also check the AATSEEL Web Site for details.


AATSEEL 2001 PREREGISTRATION FORM

TO PREREGISTER, please use the form below.  Complete the information
requested and return it with your check (payable to AATSEEL in US dollars)
or credit card information before 30 November (30 September for program
participants).  (Please PRINT all information.) 

Last name  ______________________________________

First name ______________________________________

Mailing address:

_________________________________________________   

_________________________________________________   

_________________________________________________   

Contact info (in case we have questions):

Phone: ___________________________________________

Fax:  ____________________________________________

Email: ___________________________________________

Affiliation as you wish it listed on your conference badge:

_________________________________________________________________

If unsure of your membership status (it's printed on each piece of mail you
receive from AATSEEL), please contact us before completing this form. 
PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS FORM TO JOIN AATSEEL OR RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP.

CIRCLE the appropriate registration category and amount:

PREREGISTRATION, CURRENT (2001 or later) members:

        STUDENT MEMBERS - $25.00

        ALL OTHER MEMBERS - $50.00

PREREGISTRATION, NONMEMBERS OR NON-CURRENT MEMBERS:

        STUDENTS - $40.00

        OTHERS - $75.00

PAYMENT METHOD (check one box):
        [__]  Check enclosed (US funds; payable to "AATSEEL, Inc.")
        Credit card:  [__] Visa;  [__] Mastercard;  [__] Am. Express;  [__]
Discover  

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        Exp. date (MM/YY):  (____/____)  Signature: 
________________________

Please return this entire form and your remittance to AATSEEL, 1933 N.
Fountain Park Dr., Tucson AZ 85715.  If you have any questions, please do
not hesitate to contact us.   If you wish to receive a receipt please
include a stamped, self-addressed envelope.  Thank you for your continued
interest in, and support of, AATSEEL!

Office use:  Check # ______________, date __________, amount $____________

     
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