Summer Russian Courses Offered at Columbia University

Tue May 13 20:43:25 UTC 2003

The Russian Practicum combines courses in Russian language with courses in
Russian literature and specially designed research courses on Business In
Russia and NIS and Research and the Internet. Language and content courses
can be taken in combination or individually.  Extracurricular activities
include a Russian film series, museum visits
and other cultural events.

  The Practicum consists of two four-week sessions, running from June 9-July
5 and July 8-August 2.  Literature and research courses are targeted at
upper-level undergraduate and graduate students.  Language courses
accommodate both undergraduate and graduate students with a variety of
backgrounds and reasons for studying Russian.  The practicum is co-sponsored
by the Harriman Institute and the Department of Slavic Languages at Columbia
University.

Language Courses
First-Year Russian, I and II, S1101h-1102r
Staff
4 points, M-F, 9am-1pm,
June 9-July 3; July 7-August 1
Grammar, reading, composition and conversation. If both semesters are taken,
equivalent to full-year elementary course.

Second-Year Russian, I and II, S1201h-1201r,
Staff
4 points, M-F, 9am-1pm
June 9-July 3; July 7-August 1
Prerequisite: RUSS V1101x-1102y or equivalent.  Builds upon skills acquired
at elementary level. Emphasis on reading, composition, grammar review.
Equivalent to full-year intermediate course if both semesters completed.

Advanced Russian, S3331h-3332r
Staff
4 points, M-F. 9am-12pm
June 9-July 3; July 7-August 1
Curriculum evolves according to needs and interests of students. Emphasis on
conversation and composition. Reading and discussion of selected texts and
videotapes. Oral reports required.  Conducted entirely in Russian.
Prerequisite: Two years of college-level Russian.

Literature and Research Courses
The Poet and the Revolution (in Russian)
Greta Slobin
3 points, T  Th  1:00- 4:10 pm, June 9-July 3
The course will explore a range of responses to the fall of the Russian
Empire and the October Revolution and its aftermath in the poetry and prose
of the great poets of the time. The reading will focus on the work of
Akhmatova, Mandelstam, and Mayakovsky in the USSR, and of their counterparts,
Tsvetaeva and Khodasevich, in the Russian diaspora. We will consider how
their writing contributes to current theoretical debates on the relationship
of modernism and modernity, of artistic creativity and social engagement, and
on the role of exile in the national tradition.

Business In Russia and NIS
Anna Tavis
2 points, M W 2:10-4 pm, June 9-July 3
This course is a practical case-study-based interactive examination of
current Russian geo-economic space that will deliver as close as possible to
hands-on simulation of doing business in Russia.  In the course of the
program, we will examine all areas of business:  energy sector, financial
services, retail, manufacturing, healthcare and others. We will hear live
reports from the practitioners, analysts and journalists, and will connect
virtually with specialists on the ground in Moscow and other regions. Final
evaluation is based on preparation of a case study of a business in Russia
(could be a Western or Russian business), and a business plan for running a
business in Russia or a consulting proposal for a Russian business client.

Research and the Internet
Marta Deyrup
2 points, M W 2:10-4 pm, June 9-July 3
How to use Russian Internet resources. Nuts and bolts of configuring a
computer and browser to handle Cyrillic character sets, advanced Web search
strategies, doing subject-specific research (online government resources,
statistical materials, news sources, humanities materials, etc.), and the
mining of proprietary (fee-based) and open-access information. Geared to the
needs and interest of the class. Opportunity to create a Web site of online
resources.

Short Prose Fiction of the Silver Age
(in Russian)
Henryk Baran
3 points, T Th  1:00- 4:10 pm, July 7-August 1

An overview of short prose, a major area of experimentation for Silver Age
authors. They transformed the Russian realist canon, turning to a wide range
of sources,  from  18th century prose, myth and folklore, philosophical
discourse, poetry to the visual arts, as well as the mass circulation daily
newspaper. In a close reading of texts by Briusov, Sologub, Gippius, Rozanov,
Remizov, Kuzmin, Sadovskoi, Khlebnikov, Guro, Mandelstam, and Pasternak  we
will explore the modernist genres of stylization, the literary fairy tale,
the fragment, and the prose poem.

Literature and Research Courses
continued....
Working in the Russian Archives
Henryk Baran
2 points, MW 2:10-4 pm, July 7-August 1

This course offers an overview of major Russian literary and social science
archives and helps students develop basic skills needed to successfully
locate, retrieve and work with archival materials. Topics covered include:
the organization of Russian archives, archival Rossica in the West, printed
and on-line finding aids, archival terminology, scholarly dos and donts in
Russian and Western repositories. Special attention on learning to read
different types of manuscripts, to transcribe them and prepare them for
scholarly publication. Lectures, discussions, practical exercises.

For More Information,
Please Contact:
Greta Slobin, Ph.D.,
Director, Russian Practicum
at 212-854-4623
or email:  gs2125 at columbia.edu

For more information on admissions and fees:
See the website for Columbia University's
 Summer Session:  http://www.ce.columbia.edu/summer

--
Kevin Eric Laney
The Harriman Institute at
  Columbia University
420 West 118th Street
12th Floor, Room 1212 MC 3345
New York, NY 10027
Tel. 212.854.5139
Fax  212.666.3481
email:  kel1 at columbia.edu
http://www.harriman.columbia.edu

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