Fwd: SOS

[George Kalbouss]

Dear Seelangers:

        I just received this self-explanatory e-mail.  Any assistance would
be helpful;  please send your info to Mr. Imerman directly to his 
e-address,
since he's not a Seelanger.

Spasibochko,

George Kalbouss

Begin forwarded message:

> From: DANE IMERMAN <imerman.2 at osu.edu>
> Date: Mon Oct 27, 2003  11:49:09  PM America/Detroit
> To: kalbouss.1 at osu.edu
> Subject: SOS
>
> Professor Kalbouss,
>
> I apologize for the inconvenience but I am desperate for advice.  I am 
> a (first year!) political science grad student doing research for 
> Professor Ted Hopf (who is in Russia this quarter) and, even with his 
> suggestions, I have been running into brick walls.  Any quick 
> suggestions or direction you could lend on the following would be 
> immensely helpful and appreciated!
>
> My Task:
> Find out what the most popular novels and films were in Russia for 
> every year since 1945.  I am not looking for publication data, as it 
> would be skewed towards Marx and Lenin.  Nor am I looking for the 
> modern Russian classics and masterpieces.  Rather, I am attempting to 
> find out what average Russians were reading and watching each year as 
> reported by ‘unbiased’ observers (presumably writers/academics rather 
> than official Soviet documentation).  The tragic twist – I do not know 
> Russian and therefore must find all my information in English (either 
> in translation or secondary texts).
>
> Any suggestions on texts, sources, or even references to other 
> scholars/institutions (I’ve already contacted the EES office in the 
> library) would be phenomenal!  As this is my first assignment as a GA 
> I’m loathe to report to Professor Hopf that I’m coming up empty 
> handed.  If you have anything that would help you can contact me at 
> this e-mail or at 688-9485, or we could arrange a time for me to come 
> by your office.  Thank you in advance for any help you can provide!
>
> Sincerely,
> Dane Imerman
>
>

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