From paulr at RUSSIANLIFE.NET  Wed Sep  1 12:48:58 2004
From: paulr at RUSSIANLIFE.NET (Paul Richardson)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:48:58 -0400
Subject: Vozvrashchenie
In-Reply-To: <SEELANGS%200409010001180620@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Message-ID: <WED.1.SEP.2004.084858.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

It is being released in the US on DVD October 19, Russian w/English
subtitles. It is being distributed by Kino Video. You can prebook orders
through Sept 21. Phone is 212-629-6880. Website www.kino.com

Paul Richardson
Russian Life magazine

>
> Date:    Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:13:45 -0400
> From:    Laura Kline <klinela at PROVIDE.NET>
> Subject: Vozvrashchenie
>
> Dear SEELANGers,
> Does anyone know how to get hold of a copy of the movie "Vozvrashchenie"
> with English subtitles?
> Thank you,
>
> Laura Kline
> Lecturer in Russian
> Department of German and Slavic Studies
> Wayne State University
> 450 Manoogian
> 906 W. Warren
> Detroit, MI  48197
> (313) 577-2666
> www.shalamov.com

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From J.Dunn at SLAVONIC.ARTS.GLA.AC.UK  Wed Sep  1 14:09:42 2004
From: J.Dunn at SLAVONIC.ARTS.GLA.AC.UK (John Dunn)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:09:42 +0100
Subject: advice on translation
In-Reply-To: <11604.24.60.65.198.1093629691.squirrel@webmail.rci.rutgers.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.1.SEP.2004.150942.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

'V mezhdunarodnoj praktike dlja oboznachenija sovremennoj
rabotorgovli chasto ispol'zuetsja anglijskoe slovo "traffic", esli
perevodit' doslovno: dvizhenie, perevozka.'

'Vremena', ORT, 24 November 2002

The word 'traffic' occurs in the same item on a further two
occasions, once in the genitive case ['pomoch' zhertvam traffika'].

Incidentally, when I transcribed that passage (for a student
exercise), I left the word 'traffic' in the Latin alphabet.  A quick
search on Google.ru suggests that in Russian spellings with either
one or two f's occur, but that the former is more common.

John Dunn.



>Dear colleagues,
>
>what would you suggest as the best translation of "human trafficking" into
>Russian?
>
>Many thanks in advance,
>
>Sergey Glebov
>
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--
John Dunn
School of Modern Languages and Cultures (Slavonic Studies)
University of Glasgow
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G12 8RS
Tel.: +44 (0)141-330-5591
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From svetgmcc at YAHOO.COM  Wed Sep  1 18:46:45 2004
From: svetgmcc at YAHOO.COM (Svetlana McCoy)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:46:45 -0400
Subject: quote
Message-ID: <WED.1.SEP.2004.144645.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:12:59 -0400, Katz, Michael <mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU> wrote:

>I should know this, but...
>
>"My homeland is not Russia, but Russian literature."
>
>Correct?
>Who wrote it?
>When and where?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Michael Katz

Sergey Dovlatov said something similar in an interview to Viktor Erofeev in
1990 (published as "Dar organicheskogo bezzlobija"):

"Ja russkij po professii...
Moja professija - byt' russkim avtorom...
...za mnoj, kak za kazhdym iz nas... stoit russkaja kul'tura."

(Quoting from: Sergey Dovlatov. Sobranie Sochinenij. St. Petersburg:
Azbuka-Klassika. Vol. 4, p. 388.)

-- Sveta McCoy

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From ce.kramer at UTORONTO.CA  Wed Sep  1 20:31:04 2004
From: ce.kramer at UTORONTO.CA (Christina E. Kramer)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 16:31:04 -0400
Subject: Job announcement - 19th Century Russian Literature
Message-ID: <WED.1.SEP.2004.163104.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

19th Century Russian Literature

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Toronto invites
applications for a tenure-stream assistant professor appointment in 19th Century Russian
literature beginning July 1, 2005. Salary to be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. by the time of appointment. The candidate must show
promise or significant achievement in research and publication in19th century Russian literature,
and demonstrate excellence in teaching. The appointee will be expected to teach undergraduate
and graduate courses in 19th century Russian literature (both in the original and in translation).
Excellent (native or near native) knowledge of Russian and English is expected with ability and
willingness to contribute to the language teaching sequence when required.

Applicants are requested to send a letter detailing their research and teaching interests, a
curriculum vitae, a short writing sample, and three confidential letters of recommendation to:
Professor Christina E. Kramer, Chair, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Alumni Hall,
121 St. Joseph Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1J4. Completed dossiers should be received in the
department by November 24, 2004.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents
will be given priority. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its
community. The University of Toronto especially welcomes applications from visible minority
group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual
minority groups, and others who may contribute to further diversification of ideas.

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From asred at COX.NET  Wed Sep  1 23:55:28 2004
From: asred at COX.NET (Steve Marder)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:55:28 -0400
Subject: advice on translation
In-Reply-To: <a05100301bd5b84fcb191@[130.209.156.90]>
Message-ID: <WED.1.SEP.2004.195528.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

> 'V mezhdunarodnoj praktike dlja oboznachenija sovremennoj
> rabotorgovli chasto ispol'zuetsja anglijskoe slovo "traffic", esli
> perevodit' doslovno: dvizhenie, perevozka.'
>
> 'Vremena', ORT, 24 November 2002
>
> The word 'traffic' occurs in the same item on a further two
> occasions, once in the genitive case ['pomoch' zhertvam traffika'].
>
> Incidentally, when I transcribed that passage (for a student
> exercise), I left the word 'traffic' in the Latin alphabet.  A quick
> search on Google.ru suggests that in Russian spellings with either
> one or two f's occur, but that the former is more common.

John,

I would agree with all you've written, while giving preference to the single
"f" spelling. This use of "trafik" (= trafficking) should be kept distinct
from the Internet sense of "trafik" (= traffic), i.e., the flow of
information.

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From asred at COX.NET  Thu Sep  2 02:19:50 2004
From: asred at COX.NET (Steve Marder)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 22:19:50 -0400
Subject: Regarding a (fairly) recent discussion (prYUvet)
Message-ID: <WED.1.SEP.2004.221950.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Seelangers,

Some of you who were witness to or part of a number of SEELANGS exchanges
recently involving the word "pryuvet" may want to dive into a series of
fantastic "Krasnaya Strela" episodes on http://www.strela.w6.ru/. (What a
great pity the series has been discontinued on "NTV.") One caveat: The
individual episodes take a l-o-n-g time to load, even on a high-speed
Internet connection.

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From natalia.pylypiuk at UALBERTA.CA  Thu Sep  2 23:18:03 2004
From: natalia.pylypiuk at UALBERTA.CA (Natalia Pylypiuk)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 17:18:03 -0600
Subject: questions about Teaching Assistantships, etc.
In-Reply-To: <NDBBICAECLMOBBHNIGOOKEBMDLAA.ggerhart@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <THU.2.SEP.2004.171803.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

As per Genevra Gerhart's request I will post (within three days) the 
responses I obtained to the four questions, which I
e-mailed on 12 August.  I will do so without any identifying markers, 
as per my agreement with the
original respondents, to whom I am very grateful!

If there are Language Coordinators and/or Language Program Directors 
willing to add their thoughtful
comments, please do so now.  Chairs are also encouraged to participate. 
All Slavic languages are relevant.
(To review my questions, please see cited text below). Everyone's 
anonymity will be respected.

If you so wish, please answer this follow-up set as well:
(5) Do you, as coordinator, have the right to reject a graduate student 
being appointed to you, if you deem that the individual is not 
committed to teaching?
(6) Do you conduct interviews with prospective graduate students 
 before making decisions on appointments?
(7) Is language teaching viewed in your department as an intellectual 
activity requiring the skills of a well trained professional, or 
primarily as a means of financial support?

Thank you for your consideration.  Best,
Natalia Pylypiuk


On Aug 13, 2004, at 2:15 PM, Genevra Gerhart wrote:
> Dear Natalia,
> If you get more than two answers to your nicely framed questions, it 
> would
> be great to post them to the list.
> Genevra
>
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Teaching Assistanships, Felowships, etc.
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I turn to those among you who are course coordinators, especially
> within language programs: Would you please let me know, off line,
>
> (1)  who in you department is responsible for assigning
> Teaching Assistantships  and/or Teaching Fellowships to Graduate
> Students -- the Course Coordinator or the department's graduate office?
>   Does anyone else have a voice?
>
> (2) does the coordinator get to see the graduate student's file before
> any decisions are made?
>
> (3) in cases where teachers of course sections are sessional
> instructors (rather than graduate students), is there a regular review 
> of their
> performance by the coordinator?
>
> (4) who keeps the files containing undergraduate student evaluations of
>   the teaching performance of Graduate Student Teachers and/or 
> Sessional
> teachers?  Is it the coordinator?  Someone else?
> [...]

|||||||||||||||||

Dr. Natalia Pylypiuk, Associate Professor
Modern Languages and Cultural Studies  http://www.mlcs.ca
200 Arts, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada T6G 2E6
voice mail: (780) 492-3498

Canadian Association of Slavists
http://www.ualberta.ca/~csp/cas

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From nick.baron at NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK  Fri Sep  3 13:41:03 2004
From: nick.baron at NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK (Nick Baron)
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 09:41:03 -0400
Subject: Post-Sov cultural studies reading
Message-ID: <FRI.3.SEP.2004.094103.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear List

I wonder if any of you can help me with this query. I'm teaching a course
this year on Russian 20th century cultural history. Being an historian, I'm
not very familiar with the more contemporary materials. I'd like to ask
students to read some of Pelevin's short stories (I had in mind 'A werewolf
problem in central Russia', 'Vera Pavlovna's Ninth Dream', 'Tai Shou Chuan
USSR'), and to watch 'Prisoner of the Mountains' ('Kavkazskii plennik')
and 'Brat'.

Does anyone know of any decent critical studies on Pelevin or these two
films.

Also can people identify useful general studies of contemporary
representations of national identity and masculinity in literature, film
and the visual arts.

I've tried searching on jstor, and via internet search engines, and come up
with very little indeed.

The students can only read English, konechno, and texts should be readily
available in the UK  ...

Thanks in advance,

Nick

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From eb7 at NYU.EDU  Fri Sep  3 13:45:58 2004
From: eb7 at NYU.EDU (Eliot Borenstein)
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 09:45:58 -0400
Subject: Red Mercury Movie
Message-ID: <FRI.3.SEP.2004.094558.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGERs,

This is a bit of a shot in the dark, but here goes:  I've been doing
some research on the mythical nuclear substance called "Red Mercury",
and I've been trying to track down an action movie called "Ostorozhno!
Krasnaia rtut'!" I remember seeing part of it on one of the national
television channels in 1999, and I believe the film was made in the
mid-90s, possibly in Ukraine.  Unfortunately, I didn't get the chance
to tape it, and none of the usual suspect websites seems to carry it.

Does anyone out there happen to have a copy of it, in any format?  Or
perhaps know where I could find it?

Thanks very much in advance,


Eliot Borenstein
Chair, Russian & Slavic Studies Director, Morse Academic Plan
New York University                             New York University
19 University Place, Room 203           100 Washington Square East,  903D
New York, NY 10003                              New York, NY 10003
(212) 998-8676 (office)                 (212) 998-8676 (office)
(212) 995-4604 (fax)

http://homepages.nyu.edu/~eb7/index.html

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From exprok at WM.EDU  Fri Sep  3 14:29:21 2004
From: exprok at WM.EDU (Elena Prokhorova)
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 10:29:21 -0400
Subject: Post-Sov cultural studies reading
Message-ID: <FRI.3.SEP.2004.102921.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Nick,

you might want to look at two articles by Susan Larsen:

Melodramatic Masculinity, National Identity, and the
Stalinist Past in Postsoviet Cinema," _Studies in 20th
Century Literature_ [Special issue "Russian Culture of the
1990s"], 24.1 (Winter 2000): 85-120.

"National Identity, Cultural Authority, and the Post-Soviet
Blockbuster: Nikita Mikhalkov aand Aleksei Balabanov,"
_Slavic Review_ 62.3 (Fall 2003): 491-511.

Elena Prokhorova

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From itigount at CHASS.UTORONTO.CA  Fri Sep  3 19:27:48 2004
From: itigount at CHASS.UTORONTO.CA (Inna Tigountsova)
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 15:27:48 -0400
Subject: Post-Sov cultural studies reading
In-Reply-To: <LISTSERV%200409030941033750@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Message-ID: <FRI.3.SEP.2004.152748.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Nick,

"Dictionary of Literary Biography", Vol. 285: Russian Writers since 1980,
Marina Balina and Mark Lipovetsky, eds., Detroit/NY: Gale, 2003, has an
article on Pelevin by Gerald McCausland, pp. 208-219. It includes a
bibliography (most of it - in English). This dictionary can also be
helpful, if you decide to include other contemporary writers in your
course. An Oxford U Press book - "Voices of Russian Literature: Interviews
with Ten Contemporary Writers", Sally Laird, ed. - has an interview with
Pelevin(pp. 178-192).

On visual arts, you could try websites of National Centers for
Contemporary Art (there are quite a few in different Russian cities).
Hope this helps.

Yours,

Inna Tigountsova

PhD candidate
Dept. of Slavic Languages and
Literatures
University of Toronto

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Nick Baron wrote:

> Dear List
>
> I wonder if any of you can help me with this query. I'm teaching a course
> this year on Russian 20th century cultural history. Being an historian, I'm
> not very familiar with the more contemporary materials. I'd like to ask
> students to read some of Pelevin's short stories (I had in mind 'A werewolf
> problem in central Russia', 'Vera Pavlovna's Ninth Dream', 'Tai Shou Chuan
> USSR'), and to watch 'Prisoner of the Mountains' ('Kavkazskii plennik')
> and 'Brat'.
>
> Does anyone know of any decent critical studies on Pelevin or these two
> films.
>
> Also can people identify useful general studies of contemporary
> representations of national identity and masculinity in literature, film
> and the visual arts.
>
> I've tried searching on jstor, and via internet search engines, and come up
> with very little indeed.
>
> The students can only read English, konechno, and texts should be readily
> available in the UK  ...
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Nick
>
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From uladzik at YAHOO.COM  Fri Sep  3 22:35:25 2004
From: uladzik at YAHOO.COM (Uladzimir Katkouski)
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 15:35:25 -0700
Subject: opinion poll (new belarusian orthography standard)
Message-ID: <FRI.3.SEP.2004.153525.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGers:

Here is one link for those who speak fluent
Belarusian:

� http://www.pravapis.org/poll.asp

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As some of you might know Belarusan language exists in
two versions. In 1933 communists made a major language
reform, bringing orthography norms closer to
"brotherly" Russian language. Ever since then Soviet
Belarus used those Soviet rules (narkamauka), and
diaspora used the Classical orthography (from around
1914). Upon gaining independence in the 1990's the
question of the writing system popped up again.
Unfortunately, the current government of Lukashenka
completely ignores all language issues. But a small
working group was working hard for several years to
bring the old Classical standard from almost 100 years
ago up-to contemporary needs and standards. Finally,
they decided to ask non-linguists, just normal native
speakers, what they think about certain problematic
issues. And here I've made the electronic version of
their opinion poll. I am not responsible for the
actual content of the questions or/and how it will be
used by the members of the Working group.

Kind regards,
Uladzimir Katkouki
http://www.pravapis.org/
http://blog.rydel.net/





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From beth_holmgren at UNC.EDU  Sat Sep  4 05:17:12 2004
From: beth_holmgren at UNC.EDU (Beth Holmgren)
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 01:17:12 -0400
Subject: aid to beslan victims
Message-ID: <SAT.4.SEP.2004.011712.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Does anyone know which agencies are giving aid to the victims and
victims' families in Beslan?

Beth Holmgren  (beth_holmgren at unc.edu)

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From asred at COX.NET  Sat Sep  4 09:34:56 2004
From: asred at COX.NET (Steve Marder)
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 05:34:56 -0400
Subject: aid to beslan victims
In-Reply-To: <0sjij0ltgiu768pih0hildivjbhu1pbeki@4ax.com>
Message-ID: <SAT.4.SEP.2004.053456.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

> Does anyone know which agencies are giving aid to the victims and
> victims' families in Beslan?

Although there are bound to be others, here's one:

http://www.moscowhelp.org

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From s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU  Sat Sep  4 12:15:10 2004
From: s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU (Steven Hill)
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 07:15:10 -0500
Subject: video search
Message-ID: <SAT.4.SEP.2004.071510.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear knowledgeable colleagues:

Does anyone out there know which video distributor(s) in the USA, if any,
have "26 Days in the Life of Dostoevsky" (Anatolii Solonitsyn plays F M
Dostoevskii), in a version with English subtitles?

Thanks in advance,
Steven P Hill (U of Illinois, USA).

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From stanton at LSU.EDU  Sat Sep  4 14:25:26 2004
From: stanton at LSU.EDU (Leonard J Stanton)
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 09:25:26 -0500
Subject: aid to beslan victims
Message-ID: <SAT.4.SEP.2004.092526.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

beth and seelangers.

i received this message from a close and trusted friend.
---------------------------
People,

FYI: Russian Embassy hosts a donation site for children victims of Beslan
(city where the kids and their parents kept hostage).
The Foundation which works on this did a good job with Nord Ost (another
terrorist act in Moscow). Oleg and I donated some money then and all of the
money they have collected got distributed directly among victims. Take a
look at this site in case you are interested.

This is the site: http://www.russianembassy.org/
<http://www.russianembassy.org/>
Feel free to forward to anyone interested.


Regards,

Dasha.
---------------
lenny stanton

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Sat Sep  4 14:29:39 2004
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 10:29:39 -0400
Subject: aid to beslan victims
In-Reply-To: <OFDF817EAE.1C21607E-ON86256F05.004F3B63-86256F05.004F3BD6@lsu.edu>
Message-ID: <SAT.4.SEP.2004.102939.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

One more:

Rebels have seized a school in the North Ossetian town of Beslan Wednesday
morning. You can help the victims' families.

Для помощи пострадавшим в результате захвата заложников в Беслане открыт
банковский счет.  

АКБ «Банк развития региона» города Владикавказа,
БИК 049033764, 
К/С 30101810500000000764,
Фонд помощи по теракту в Беслане, 
Л/С 40911810500000000017, 
ИНН 1500000240

__________________________
 Alina Israeli
 LFS, American University
 4400 Mass. Ave., NW
 Washington, DC 20016

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From Zemedelec at AOL.COM  Sat Sep  4 15:46:11 2004
From: Zemedelec at AOL.COM (Leslie Farmer)
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 11:46:11 EDT
Subject: aid to beslan victims
Message-ID: <SAT.4.SEP.2004.114611.EDT.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

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 (J> Rebels have seized a school in the North Ossetian town of Beslan Wednesday (B
 (J> morning. You can help the victims' families. (B
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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Sun Sep  5 17:05:49 2004
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 18:05:49 +0100
Subject: Who wrote the original from which this was translated?
Message-ID: <SUN.5.SEP.2004.180549.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

 
 
Dear all,

Does anyone recognize the original of this beautiful translation by Gordon
Pirie, a former teacher of mine who died about 20 years ago?  He translated
mostly fro Russian, though he did occasionally translate from French.

Robert Chandler


Evening.  I¹ll go to meet them down the old
Familiar road.  Light fades.  The colour¹s gone
>From all around me - earth, grass, tree and stone -
But overhead the sky has turned to gold.
Its soft warm glow burns brightest where the dark
Horizon swells to meet it in a gentle arc.
I¹ll go no further.  Under these oak trees
I¹d gladly sit and wait for them till morning,
Watching the standing corn sway in the breeze,
And one day¹s death become another¹s dawning.
So past and future in my own life meet;
And now the sweetness of the hour, so calm
And free, acts on me like a potent charm,
Stilling regret for what¹s behind, and doubt
Of what¹s in store.  My dog lies at my feet,
Watching a beetle crawl across the ground.
But what was that?...  He cocks his head,
Alert to catch some distant sound
Beyond my ken...  Yes, he was right:
Now, from the west, where still the sky burns bright,
I too can hear the old mare¹s eager tread.

                    Tr. from ?? by Gordon Pirie

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From nafpaktitism at VIRGINIA.EDU  Sun Sep  5 17:19:34 2004
From: nafpaktitism at VIRGINIA.EDU (Margarita Nafpaktitis)
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 13:19:34 -0400
Subject: Vysotskii: Parodiia na plokhoi detektiv
Message-ID: <SUN.5.SEP.2004.131934.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear colleagues,

I would like to find an audio recording of Vladimir
Vysotskii's "Parodiia na plokhoi detektiv," preferably by
the author. Does such a recording exist, and if so, where
might I find it?

Thank you in advance,

Margarita

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Margarita Nafpaktitis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Slavic Languages &
Literatures
University of Virginia
109 New Cabell Hall / PO Box 400783
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4783
Tel: (434) 924-3548   FAX: (434) 982-2744
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mn2t/home.html

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From ANTHONY.QUALIN at TTU.EDU  Sun Sep  5 17:42:21 2004
From: ANTHONY.QUALIN at TTU.EDU (Qualin, Anthony)
Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2004 12:42:21 -0500
Subject: Vysotskii: Parodiia na plokhoi detektiv
Message-ID: <SUN.5.SEP.2004.124221.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Margarita,

There is a list of recorded concerts where he performed the song here:
http://enpro.declera.com/vv/vv_info.php?id=263&sort=2  If you click on
the number to the left of the name of the performance, it will take you
to a playlist.  Many of the playlists come with links to recordings in
mp3 format.  For anyone who is interested in a great resource for
finding Vysotsky recordings, the entire page begins here:
http://vysotsky.km.ru/index.html  The songs are cataloged by their first
line, rather than title.  

For a relatively clean recording of the song, try:
http://vv.nexus.org/vv/m01b/must01B_28.mp3 

Anthony

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Assistant Professor
Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409-2071

Telephone: 806-742-3286
Fax: 806-742-3306
E-mail: anthony.qualin at ttu.edu
Web: www2.tltc.ttu.edu/qualin/personal  

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From J.Dunn at SLAVONIC.ARTS.GLA.AC.UK  Mon Sep  6 14:37:21 2004
From: J.Dunn at SLAVONIC.ARTS.GLA.AC.UK (John Dunn)
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 15:37:21 +0100
Subject: advice on translation
In-Reply-To: <BD5BD9B0.18FA%asred@cox.net>
Message-ID: <MON.6.SEP.2004.153721.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Thanks for the comment.  I take your point about the two different
spellings, though I am not sure that Russian usage is as helpfully
consistent.  It occurs to me that in this instance the different
spellings are due less to variation in the treatment of foreign
double letters than to the different routes via which the two words
entered Russian: i.e. trafik (= 'trafficking') is not borrowed
directly from English.

John Dunn.

>
>  >
>>  Incidentally, when I transcribed that passage (for a student
>>  exercise), I left the word 'traffic' in the Latin alphabet.  A quick
>>  search on Google.ru suggests that in Russian spellings with either
>>  one or two f's occur, but that the former is more common.
>
>John,
>
>I would agree with all you've written, while giving preference to the single
>"f" spelling. This use of "trafik" (= trafficking) should be kept distinct
>from the Internet sense of "trafik" (= traffic), i.e., the flow of
>information.
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From mp at MIPCO.COM  Mon Sep  6 15:24:25 2004
From: mp at MIPCO.COM (mipco)
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 10:24:25 -0500
Subject: New Edition of Pushkin's Secret Journal
Message-ID: <MON.6.SEP.2004.102425.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

St. Petersburg (Russia) publishing house RETRO
(http://www.retropublishing.com) has published the new hard cover
edition of Secret Journal 1836-1837 by A. S. Pushkin; ISBN
5-94855-026-5.
This books has been already published in 24 countries.
First introduced by Mikhail Armalinsky in 1986 in the USA it created
the scandal in Russia that is not subsided till now.
After fifteen years of ban and suppression (see "Parapushkinistika"
http://www.mipco.com/english/para.html), the Secret Journal was
finally published in Russia in 2001 by Moscow publishing house
LADOMIR and it was on 10 top best-selling books list.
Review copies are available. Please contact: mp at mipco.com

Please send all inquiries to:

Petropol.inc.
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From kgroberg at FARGOCITY.COM  Mon Sep  6 14:51:34 2004
From: kgroberg at FARGOCITY.COM (Kris Groberg)
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 09:51:34 -0500
Subject: [Fwd: Help for terrorist, hurricane victims]
Message-ID: <MON.6.SEP.2004.095134.0500.>

ORTHODOX CHURCH IN AMERICA TO OFFER ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST, HURRICANE
VICTIMS

SYOSSET, NY [OCA Communications/ September 5, 2004] -- As the Labor Day
weekend opened with round-the-clock media reports on the terrorist
attack on a school in Beslan, Russia and the worst hurricane in
Florida's history, members of the Orthodox Church in America flocked to
parish churches to offer prayers and initiate plans to offer financial
assistance for the victims of both tragedies.

"Hundreds of e-mails were received at the Orthodox Church in America
Chancery over the weekend enquiring as to how individuals and parishes
could offer assistance," said the Very Rev. John Matusiak, OCA
Communications Director.  "As soon as those in Russia and Florida have
fully assessed the immediate needs, an appeal for assistance will be
issued.  Since both tragedies are still evolving, it will take a few
days receive reports from those closest to the events."

It is ancitipated that funds to assist the victims of the Beslan
terrorist attack, which took the lives of an estimated 400 and left
hundreds of others injured, will be collected by the Orthodox Church in
America and channeled to those in need through well-established channels
within the Patriarchate of Moscow and such organizations as the
Baltimore-based International Orthodox Christian Charities.

Since there has been little on-site contact with clergy and other
representatives of the dozens of OCA parishes across Florida, many of
whom were evacuated with an estimated 2.5 million other state residents,
the needs of these communities have yet to be ascertained.  It is
assumed that parish properties, as well as the homes and businesses of
many faithful, have suffered serious damage, but as of Sunday evening no
specific assessments have been received.

"We have received reports of numerous parishes taking special
collections over the weekend," Father Matusiak noted.  "For example, the
faithful of Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Washington, DC mounted a
spontaneous collection for the Beslan terrorist victims and their
families that reportedly reached nearly $3,000.00."

It is expected that specific plans for special fund drives, as well as a
statement by the Church's Primate, His Beatitude, Metropolitan Herman,
will be posted on the OCA web site at www.oca.org as early as Tuesday,
September 7.

With headquarters in Syosset, New York, the Orthodox Church in America
numbers over 700 parishes, missions, monasteries, seminaries and
institutions throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

For additional information contact the Very Rev. John Matusiak, OCA
Communications Director, at 630.668.3071 or jjm at oca.org.

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From Zemedelec at AOL.COM  Mon Sep  6 16:16:49 2004
From: Zemedelec at AOL.COM (Leslie Farmer)
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 12:16:49 EDT
Subject: Fund for town of Beslan
Message-ID: <MON.6.SEP.2004.121649.EDT.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Someone here gave a "reliable address" where one could send contributions
to the victims of Beslan. Unfortunately it was in Cyrillic, which I don't read.
  Would someone who kept the message provide a brief translation?   I want to
send it on to my newsgroup in New Orleans, where several people expressed a
desire to help.

Leslie Farmer

504 8990167

Fax 504 2699056

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From rwhittaker at RUSINC.NET  Mon Sep  6 16:30:04 2004
From: rwhittaker at RUSINC.NET (Robert Whittaker)
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 12:30:04 -0400
Subject: aid to beslan victims
In-Reply-To: <OFDF817EAE.1C21607E-ON86256F05.004F3B63-86256F05.004F3BD6@lsu.edu>
Message-ID: <MON.6.SEP.2004.123004.0400.>

-----Original Message-----
From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Leonard J Stanton
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 10:25 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] aid to beslan victims


beth and seelangers.

i received this message from a close and trusted friend.
---------------------------
People,

FYI: Russian Embassy hosts a donation site for children victims of Beslan
(city where the kids and their parents kept hostage).
The Foundation which works on this did a good job with Nord Ost (another
terrorist act in Moscow). Oleg and I donated some money then and all of the
money they have collected got distributed directly among victims. Take a
look at this site in case you are interested.

This is the site: http://www.russianembassy.org/
<http://www.russianembassy.org/>
Feel free to forward to anyone interested.


Regards,

Dasha.
---------------
lenny stanton

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From Federica at YANDEX.RU  Mon Sep  6 17:36:08 2004
From: Federica at YANDEX.RU (Federica)
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 21:36:08 +0400
Subject: Call for Papers
Message-ID: <MON.6.SEP.2004.213608.0400.>

Dear colleagues!

We would like to inform you that a group of PhD students from Sorbonne-Paris IV is working on setting up a new European journal of Slavic Studies that is meant to establish connections among young scholars working in this area and to propose an alternative, more democratic way to develop and to spread young Slavic Studies. The journal will exist on the Internet, but it will be registered at the appropriate official institutions, so that despite its electronic format it could have the same value as the paper▓s publications. We are planning to publish articles about literature, cinema, sociology, anthropology, folklore, mass culture, cultural studies, history, linguistic. The journal will come out three times a year, each issue will be thematic.

Here below you▓ll find the subject of the first issue. Apart from articles we▓ll suggest to you to send us critical or personal essays, book reviews, unpublished materials, bibliographies and ⌠sitographies■, translations (from any Slavic language to one of the languages of the journal, that is Russian, English, French, German, Italian. Some exceptions would probably be made for Polish and Czech), simple illustrations with captions, etc. You are completely free to choose the most suitable for you form of expression. The submission deadline has not been established yet, but it will be approximately the end of November. If you are interested in taking part in the activities of our journal please reply to this e-mail address: Federica at yandex.ru We would appreciate if you could send us your Curriculum Vitae with the list of your publications and participations at conferences.

Here is the general overview of our project. Should you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will provide you the information in more details.
Thank you very much in advance for your cooperation.
Warmest,

Federica Visani, Olga Papikjan, Svetlana Samokhina-Trouv&#233;


Word vs image
Researches carried out up to now in the field of humanities show more and more significant influence of visual elements within oral and written texts, in industrial and post-industrial societies of the XX century.

During the XX century the word is gradually replaced by the image. At the beginning image and word coexist within the textual space, complementing each other. The image supports the word, it expands its meaning, illustrates it and makes easier its comprehension; the text on the other side provides a key for the interpretation of the image. With the invention and the spreading of cinema and photography the image becomes a real independent artistic phenomenon. The image begins to exist for itself without needing the presence of the written text to be understood. The text, as absorbed by the image, is overshadowed by it. A retroactive process is progressively setting up: the word is replaced by the image, which seems to become the source of new texts.

The ⌠Visual■ reaches its apogee at the end of the XX century with Internet, Videogames, Interactive Television, and, before, with posters, advertising, television. The word cannot be separated from the image: the ⌠Visual■ illustrates it, completes or replaces it. The visual can be consumed rapidly, eagerly and above all easily, becoming the new means of communication and creation of the cultural identity.

We welcome original contributions that aim to discuss and interpret Russian, Central and East European affairs, covering the fields of cultural studies, literature, linguistics, folklore and anthropology, film, media, politics, sociology, geography, history and international studies.
In the first issue we propose to our authors to discuss the topic of the visual in XX century▓s Slavic culture and of its relations with the written text dealing with the following matters:
- Creation by the ⌠Visual■ of official and outstanding cultural models and stereotypes
- Propaganda, political poster
- Advertising
- Cinema (cinematographic adaptations of literary texts)
- ⌠Visual language■ in literature
- Comics
- Jokes
- Graffiti, posters and shops signs
- Internet
- Children▓s culture


Уважаемые коллеги!

Мы рады сообщить вам, что группа аспирантов из университета Сорбонна-Париж IV работает над созданием нового научного журнала по Славистике для молодых ученых. Журнал стремится к установлению контактов среди молодых ученых, работающих в области Славистики, и задуман как альтернативное, современное и демократичное средство распространения науки и знаний, в частности, результатов научных изысканий молодых учёных. Журнал будет существовать в электронном формате, но с необходимой регистрацией в компетентных органах, чтобы он был наравне с печатными изданиями. Мы намерены публиковать материалы о литературоведении, киноведении, социологии, антропологии, фольклоре, массовой культуре, истории, лингвистике. Журнал будет выходить три раза в год, каждый номер будет тематическим.

Ниже вы найдете заявку о теме первого выпуска. Помимо научных статей мы приветствуем эссе, заметки, художественные тексты, рецензии на художественную и научную литературу, неопубликованные материалы, библиографии и ╚сайтографии╩, переводы (с любого славянского языка на один из языков журнала, т.е. русский, английский, французский, немецкий, итальянский. По всей вероятности, исключения будут сделаны для польского и чешского языков), простые картинки с комментариями и т.д. Выбор более подходящей вам формы изложения совершенно свободен. Точного срока подачи материала пока не установлено, но ориентировочно это будет не позже конца ноября. Если вы заинтересованы участвовать в деятельности нашего журнала, свяжитесь, пожалуйста, с нами по адресу Federica at yandex.ru Мы просим вас приложить к письму ваше резюме со списком публикаций и докладов.

Это общая презентация проекта. Если у вас возникнут какие-нибудь вопросы, свяжитесь, пожалуйста, с нами. Мы будем рады ответить на любые ваши вопросы.
С уважением,

Федерика Визани, Ольга Папикян, Светлана Самохина-Труве


Слово vs визуальный образ
Исследования, проведённые до настоящего времени в области гуманитарных наук, показывают, что письменные и устные тексты, функционирующие в индустриальном и постиндустриальном обществе, испытывают всё больше и больше влияние визуального.
        На протяжении двадцатого столетия слово постепенно замещается визуальным образом. Сначала образ и слово сосуществуют внутри текстуального пространства, взаимно дополняя друг друга. Визуальный образ служит слову поддержкой, иллюстрирует его, облегчает его понимание ; текст, в свою очередь, является ключом к прочтению образа.  С появлением кино и фотографии, визуальный образ становится настоящим самостоятельным художественным явлением. Образ существует отныне для образа, без необходимости присутствия письменного текста для того, чтобы быть понятым. Текст, поглащённый визуальным образом, отходит на второй план. Постепенно устанавливается ретроактивный процесс : слово заменяется образом, которое в свою очередь становится источником для новых текстов.
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From roman.leibov at UT.EE  Mon Sep  6 19:46:42 2004
From: roman.leibov at UT.EE (R_L)
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 22:46:42 +0300
Subject: Fund for town of Beslan
In-Reply-To: <ce.56a0cdf6.2e6de771@aol.com>
Message-ID: <MON.6.SEP.2004.224642.0300.ROMANL@RUTHENIA.RU>

Monday, September 6, 2004, 7:16:49 PM, Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list wrote:

LF> Someone here gave a "reliable address" where one could send contributions
LF> to the victims of Beslan. Unfortunately it was in Cyrillic, which I don't read.
I'm not sure, but it may be http://www.moscowhelp.org/menu.htm

 R_L

   Три случайных стиха из ЕО:

Брожу над морем , жду погоды,
Умы пустынников моих.
Отменно прочен и спокоен

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From roman.leibov at UT.EE  Mon Sep  6 20:00:52 2004
From: roman.leibov at UT.EE (R_L)
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 23:00:52 +0300
Subject: Fund for town of Beslan again
In-Reply-To: <9211102714.20040906224642@ruthenia.ru>
Message-ID: <MON.6.SEP.2004.230052.0300.ROMANL@RUTHENIA.RU>

Monday, September 6, 2004, 10:46:42 PM, R_L wrote:

R> Monday, September 6, 2004, 7:16:49 PM, Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list wrote:

LF>> Someone here gave a "reliable address" where one could send contributions
LF>> to the victims of Beslan. Unfortunately it was in Cyrillic, which I don't read.
R> I'm not sure, but it may be http://www.moscowhelp.org/menu.htm

Oops - "I'm not sure", that this foundation is the same you told about. But I'm sure
www.moscowhelp.org is absolutely reliable.
Sorry.

--

 R_L

   Три случайных стиха из ЕО:

Сидела молча у окна.
Люблю ее, мой друг Эльвина,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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From rkreuzer at STLAWU.EDU  Tue Sep  7 16:17:09 2004
From: rkreuzer at STLAWU.EDU (Ruth Kreuzer)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 12:17:09 -0400
Subject: Needed: a Russian blessing or prayer for the people of Beslan
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0408301740070.16490-100000@epic21.Stanford.EDU>
Message-ID: <TUE.7.SEP.2004.121709.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Seelangers!
We are planning a "Service of Remembrance" at our university chapel this
Saturday for the people who have been victims of terrorist attacks.  Do
any of you know an appropriate Russian blessing or special prayer that
we could use for this service?
   RUTH KREUZER

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From alexei_khamin at YAHOO.COM  Tue Sep  7 17:33:21 2004
From: alexei_khamin at YAHOO.COM (Alexei Khamin)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:33:21 -0700
Subject: Needed: a Russian blessing or prayer for the people of Beslan
In-Reply-To: <413DDF05.60509@stlawu.edu>
Message-ID: <TUE.7.SEP.2004.103321.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Ruth,

Here is link to Russian Orthodox memorial service (called panikhida) in
Russian:

http://www.fatheralexander.org/booklets/russian/panihida.htm

All the best,
Alexei

--- Ruth Kreuzer <rkreuzer at STLAWU.EDU> wrote:

> Dear Seelangers!
> We are planning a "Service of Remembrance" at our university chapel this
> Saturday for the people who have been victims of terrorist attacks.  Do
> any of you know an appropriate Russian blessing or special prayer that
> we could use for this service?
>    RUTH KREUZER
>
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From aimee.m.roebuck-johnson at NASA.GOV  Tue Sep  7 20:36:05 2004
From: aimee.m.roebuck-johnson at NASA.GOV (Aimee Roebuck-Johnson)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 16:36:05 -0400
Subject: How do you say "geek" or "nerd" with an affectionate feel in
 Russian?
Message-ID: <TUE.7.SEP.2004.163605.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear List members,

Please excuse this not very serious query in the midst of recent events.

One of my students has asked me the following question:

How do you say "geek" or "nerd" with an affectionate feel in Russian?  He
says that at MIT, "nerd" is a badge of honor for students, not an insult.
For example, how would you translate these statements:  "My husband is a
real computer geek.  He's always dreaming up some new program."  OR  "My
son is a real space nerd.  He reads up on every rocket launch that is done
anywhere in the world."  Any approximations are appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Please reply to me at aimee.m.roebuck-johnson at nasa.gov

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From greniers at GEORGETOWN.EDU  Tue Sep  7 21:58:28 2004
From: greniers at GEORGETOWN.EDU (Svetlana Grenier)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 17:58:28 -0400
Subject: Needed: a Russian blessing or prayer for the people ofBeslan
Message-ID: <TUE.7.SEP.2004.175828.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Ruth,

Although you have been sent a link to the Russian/Slavonic memorial service
(panikhida) (which, by the way is highly appreciated!), in case you want a
shorter part of it, here is something appropriate in this particular case, in
Slavonic, transliterated, with translation following, courtesy of Olga
Meerson:

For the departed:

Vo blazhennom uspenii vechnyj pokoj, podazhd', Gospodi, rabom tvoim vsem nyne

ubiennym i sotvori im vechnuiu pamiat'.
(In blessed dormition, O Lord, give eternal peace to all Thy servants that
have now been slain and make their memory eternal.)
Response (if there is choir, otherwise, by the community): Vechnaia pamiat'
--
3 times. + Dushi ikh vo blagikh vodvoriatsia i pamiat' ikh v rod i rod.
(Meaning: memory eternal: their souls shall dwell among the blessed, and
their
memory will be from generation to generation).

For their relatives and mourning survivers:

Ukrepi i istseli Gospodi vsekh rabov sikh, nyne liute strazhdushchikh,
plachushchikh i boleznuiushchikh, podobno Rakhili, o detiakh i srodnikakh
svoikh, i podazhd' im uteshenie velie, veru, nadezhdu, liubov' i upovanie na
Tia.
(Strengthen and heal, o Lord, all these Thy  servants who are now terribly
suffering, crying and lamenting, like Rachel,  their children and kin and
give them great comfort, faith, hope, love and trust in Thee).

Ruth Kreuzer wrote:

> Dear Seelangers!
> We are planning a "Service of Remembrance" at our university chapel this
> Saturday for the people who have been victims of terrorist attacks.  Do
> any of you know an appropriate Russian blessing or special prayer that
> we could use for this service?
>    RUTH KREUZER
>
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Associate Professor, Slavic Languages
PO Box 571050
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057-1050
202-687-6108, fax 687-2408

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From lesxrf at MIZZOU.EDU  Wed Sep  8 16:13:19 2004
From: lesxrf at MIZZOU.EDU (Leonid Sharashkin)
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 12:13:19 -0400
Subject: Translator needed for Russian masterpiece
Message-ID: <WED.8.SEP.2004.121319.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

I am looking for a talented translator from Russian - to translate into
English one of the most important books of modern Russian literature – the
inspirational "Sotvorenie" by Vladimir Megre.

All details (including the full text of the book) can be found at the web-
site: www.RingingCedars.com  (section "Translator needed!")

I will appreciate your forwarding this e-mail to your colleagues. If you
are interested or know someone who may be interested in translating this
book, please e-mail me at   root at RingingCedars.com    or
lesxrf at mizzou.edu

Sincerely,

Leonid Sharashkin

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From a_strat at KHARKOV.COM  Thu Sep  9 05:17:43 2004
From: a_strat at KHARKOV.COM (Alex)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 08:17:43 +0300
Subject: How do you say "geek" or "nerd" with an affectionate feel in
 Russian?
Message-ID: <THU.9.SEP.2004.081743.0300.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

> Dear List members,
>
> Please excuse this not very serious query in the midst of recent events.
>
> One of my students has asked me the following question:
>
> How do you say "geek" or "nerd" with an affectionate feel in Russian?  He
> says that at MIT, "nerd" is a badge of honor for students, not an insult.
> For example, how would you translate these statements:  "My husband is a
> real computer geek.  He's always dreaming up some new program."  OR  "My
> son is a real space nerd.  He reads up on every rocket launch that is done
> anywhere in the world."  Any approximations are appreciated.
>
> Thank you in advance.

фанатик? одержимый? У меня встречный вопрос - как передать
американцу или англичанину значение выражения "подрывная радиостанция"?

заранее спасибо

Дядя Саша   (а космическими полетами мы с братом увлекаемся с детства :)

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From ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU  Thu Sep  9 12:02:41 2004
From: ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU (E Wayles Browne)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 08:02:41 -0400
Subject: Podryvnaja radiostancija in English
Message-ID: <THU.9.SEP.2004.080241.0400.>

Alex asks how to render the expression "podryvnaja radiostancija". There is a
well-established term "clandestine radio station" which corresponds
approximately
to "podpol'naja radiostancija". If one wants to put more emphasis on the fact
that such a station is carrying out subversive activities, one can add
"subversive"
or "propaganda": "clandestine propaganda radio station".


--
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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)
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From sscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU  Thu Sep  9 12:23:09 2004
From: sscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU (Susan Scotto)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 08:23:09 -0400
Subject: How do you say "geek" or "nerd" with an affectionate feel in
 Russian?
In-Reply-To: <001b01c4962d$377621c0$21234d50@main>
Message-ID: <THU.9.SEP.2004.082309.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Seelangers - My kids hold nerds in very high and fond regard, so when we
were in Russia last fall, we asked our Russian friends about ways to
say "nerd".  The two most common words we were given were "&#1086;&#1095;&#1082;&#1072;&#1088;&#1080;&#1082;"
anD "&#1073;&#1086;&#1090;&#1072;&#1085;&#1080;&#1082;".  It seemed to me that those could be used affectionately or
not, depending on your intonation.  I'd be interested in hearing from natives
about their sense of those words.

Susan Scotto

Quoting Alex <a_strat at KHARKOV.COM>:

> > Dear List members,
> >
> > Please excuse this not very serious query in the midst of recent events.
> >
> > One of my students has asked me the following question:
> >
> > How do you say "geek" or "nerd" with an affectionate feel in Russian?  He
> > says that at MIT, "nerd" is a badge of honor for students, not an insult.
> > For example, how would you translate these statements:  "My husband is a
> > real computer geek.  He's always dreaming up some new program."  OR  "My
> > son is a real space nerd.  He reads up on every rocket launch that is
> done
> > anywhere in the world."  Any approximations are appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
>
> ÆÁÎÁÔÉË? ÏÄÅÒÖÉÍÙÊ? õ ÍÅÎÑ ×ÓÔÒÅÞÎÙÊ ×ÏÐÒÏÓ - ËÁË ÐÅÒÅÄÁÔØ
> ÁÍÅÒÉËÁÎÃÕ ÉÌÉ ÁÎÇÌÉÞÁÎÉÎÕ ÚÎÁÞÅÎÉÅ ×ÙÒÁÖÅÎÉÑ "ÐÏÄÒÙ×ÎÁÑ ÒÁÄÉÏÓÔÁÎÃÉÑ"?
>
> ÚÁÒÁÎÅÅ ÓÐÁÓÉÂÏ
>
> äÑÄÑ óÁÛÁ   (Á ËÏÓÍÉÞÅÓËÉÍÉ ÐÏÌÅÔÁÍÉ ÍÙ Ó ÂÒÁÔÏÍ Õ×ÌÅËÁÅÍÓÑ Ó ÄÅÔÓÔ×Á :)
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From malevichsociety at HOTMAIL.COM  Thu Sep  9 12:23:46 2004
From: malevichsociety at HOTMAIL.COM (Malevich Society)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 08:23:46 -0400
Subject: The Malevich Society - Deadline for grant competition is
 September 30, 2004
Message-ID: <THU.9.SEP.2004.082346.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,



The Malevich Society would like to remind you that the deadline for its 3rd
annual grant competition is September 30, 2004.



The Malevich Society is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing
knowledge about the Russian artist Kazimir Malevich and his work.



In the belief that Malevich was a pioneer of modern art and should be better
recognized for his key contributions to the history of Modernism, the
Malevich Society awards grants to encourage research, writing, and other
activities relating to the history and memory of Kazimir Malevich.



The Society welcomes in particular applications from outstanding scholars of
any nationality proposing projects that increase the understanding of
Malevich and his work, or that augment historical, biographical and artistic
information about Malevich and/or his artistic legacy.



Application forms and instructions can be requested by   telephone at
1-718-980-1805, by e-mail at malevichsociety at hotmail.com, or can be
downloaded from the web-site www.malevichsociety.org



Deadline: September 30, 2004

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From anthony.j.vanchu1 at JSC.NASA.GOV  Thu Sep  9 12:25:23 2004
From: anthony.j.vanchu1 at JSC.NASA.GOV (VANCHU, ANTHONY J. (JSC-AH) (TTI))
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 07:25:23 -0500
Subject: Podryvnaia radiostantsiia
Message-ID: <THU.9.SEP.2004.072523.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

подрывная радиостанция = pirate radio(station)? (i.e., one that doesn't have
a proper/legal license to broadcast, but does so anyhow, usually by
continually moving its transmitting site to evade authorities)

Tony Vanchu


Dr. Anthony J. Vanchu
Director, JSC Language Education Center
TechTrans International, Inc.
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX
Phone:  (281) 483-0644
Fax:  (281) 483-4050

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Thu Sep  9 12:31:59 2004
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 08:31:59 -0400
Subject: How do you say "geek" or "nerd" with an affectionate feel
 in Russian?
In-Reply-To: <LISTSERV%200409071636055000@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Message-ID: <THU.9.SEP.2004.083159.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

>How do you say "geek" or "nerd" with an affectionate feel in Russian?

My friend in St. Petersburg who co-authored a few computer books and
dictionaries wrote to me that "it should be obvious" (he meant me, of
course), since they are just the same "gik" and "nerd". A bit of a search
gives a few examples:

системы"::Информационные технологии::Computerworld::
Бизнес::Нерд - птица программирующая,Что ...
www.osp.ru/cw/2000/40/020_0.htm

Вы думаете, что это молодой человек не старше тридцати, компьютерный гик в
очках ...
www.afn.ru/resources/articles/first.shtml

Whether they can be affectionate, it probably depends on who says about
whom and to whom.

__________________________
 Alina Israeli
 LFS, American University
 4400 Mass. Ave., NW
 Washington, DC 20016

 phone:    (202) 885-2387
 fax:      (202) 885-1076 

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From colkitto at SPRINT.CA  Thu Sep  9 13:14:47 2004
From: colkitto at SPRINT.CA (colkitto)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 09:14:47 -0400
Subject: How do you say "geek" or "nerd" with an affectionate feel
 in Russian?
Message-ID: <THU.9.SEP.2004.091447.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I have an "are you a nerd?" test in Russian (test nerdnosti) which I
downloaded a few years ago, from, I think a site in Yekaterinburg.

It seemed fairly affectionate.

Anyone interested in a copy (students could try it as an exercise, etc.)

Robert Orr


----- Original Message -----
From: "Alina Israeli" <aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 8:31 AM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] How do you say "geek" or "nerd" with an affectionate
feel in Russian?


>How do you say "geek" or "nerd" with an affectionate feel in Russian?

My friend in St. Petersburg who co-authored a few computer books and
dictionaries wrote to me that "it should be obvious" (he meant me, of
course), since they are just the same "gik" and "nerd". A bit of a search
gives a few examples:

системы"::Информационные технологии::Computerworld::
Бизнес::Нерд - птица программирующая,Что ...
www.osp.ru/cw/2000/40/020_0.htm

Вы думаете, что это молодой человек не старше тридцати, компьютерный гик в
очках ...
www.afn.ru/resources/articles/first.shtml

Whether they can be affectionate, it probably depends on who says about
whom and to whom.

__________________________
 Alina Israeli
 LFS, American University
 4400 Mass. Ave., NW
 Washington, DC 20016

 phone:    (202) 885-2387
 fax:      (202) 885-1076

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From Polsky at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG  Thu Sep  9 13:17:46 2004
From: Polsky at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG (Marissa Polsky)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 09:17:46 -0400
Subject: Podryvnaja radiostancija in English
Message-ID: <THU.9.SEP.2004.091746.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I've often heard the term "underground radio" used in English, in the
same vein as "underground newspaper."








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>>> E Wayles Browne <ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU> 9/9/2004 8:02:41 AM >>>
Alex asks how to render the expression "podryvnaja radiostancija".
There is a
well-established term "clandestine radio station" which corresponds
approximately
to "podpol'naja radiostancija". If one wants to put more emphasis on
the fact
that such a station is carrying out subversive activities, one can add
"subversive"
or "propaganda": "clandestine propaganda radio station".


--
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From gasan.gusejnov at DW-WORLD.DE  Thu Sep  9 13:24:29 2004
From: gasan.gusejnov at DW-WORLD.DE (Gasan Gusejnov)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:24:29 +0200
Subject: AW: [SEELANGS] Podryvnaja radiostancija in English
In-Reply-To: <s1401fd0.003@mail.americancouncils.org>
Message-ID: <THU.9.SEP.2004.152429.0200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

underground = podpol'naya

subversive = podryvnaya

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]Im Auftrag von Marissa Polsky
> Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 9. September 2004 15:18
> An: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Betreff: Re: [SEELANGS] Podryvnaja radiostancija in English
>
> I've often heard the term "underground radio" used in English, in the
> same vein as "underground newspaper."
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Marissa Polsky Goldsmith
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> American Councils for International Education:
> ACTR/ACCELS
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> (202) 833-7522
>
> >>> E Wayles Browne <ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU> 9/9/2004 8:02:41 AM >>>
> Alex asks how to render the expression "podryvnaja radiostancija".
> There is a
> well-established term "clandestine radio station" which corresponds
> approximately
> to "podpol'naja radiostancija". If one wants to put more emphasis on
> the fact
> that such a station is carrying out subversive activities, one can add
> "subversive"
> or "propaganda": "clandestine propaganda radio station".
>
>
> --
> 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
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From jfi1 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Thu Sep  9 20:49:19 2004
From: jfi1 at COLUMBIA.EDU (John Isham)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 16:49:19 -0400
Subject: Active organizations in Kazan' area
Message-ID: <THU.9.SEP.2004.164919.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hello all,

An undergraduate student of mine at Drew University would like to volunteer
for an organization (whether it be ngo or government affiliated) during the
semester she'll be spending abroad next spring in Kazan'.  Would anyone know
how to obtain a list of international groups which are active in that area
of the Russian Federation?

Please reply off-list.

Best wishes,

John Isham

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From pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU  Thu Sep  9 22:27:56 2004
From: pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU (pjs)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 18:27:56 -0400
Subject: Millenium "Revizor"?
Message-ID: <THU.9.SEP.2004.182756.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

On WMNB the other night they were advertising a Russian production of
"Revizor" that is scheduled to play in New York on October 3. The
production company was, I believed, called "Millenium."

I have been unable to find any info on the web about place, time, and kak
dostat' bilety?. Anyone have any leads on this?

Thanks
Peter Scotto
Mount Holyoke College

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From paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM  Thu Sep  9 23:08:22 2004
From: paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM (Paul B. Gallagher)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 19:08:22 -0400
Subject: Millenium "Revizor"?
Message-ID: <THU.9.SEP.2004.190822.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

pjs wrote:

> On WMNB the other night they were advertising a Russian production of
> "Revizor" that is scheduled to play in New York on October 3. The
> production company was, I believe, called "Millenium."
>
> I have been unable to find any info on the web about place, time, and kak
> dostat' bilety?. Anyone have any leads on this?
>
> Thanks
> Peter Scotto
> Mount Holyoke College

Here's a tantalizing hint to what looks like another production:

<http://www.iht.com/articles/534357.html>

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York -- Last year the Czechs, this year the
Russians. Just in its second season, SummerScape at Bard College -- a
summer arts festival built around the 15-year-old Bard Music Festival --
has succeeded in staging the sort of multicultural offerings that some
arts lovers feel have become rarer in the post-9/11 United States, and
in attracting plentiful and varied audiences for them.

... In choosing a production of Gogol's "The Inspector General" to show
here, for example, Levi said he found four or five productions that
would have made the cut (he ultimately chose the acclaimed staging by
the Alexandrinsky Theater under Valery Fokin). ...



Other than that, I can only advise you to call the station -- they'll
probably answer the phone during the day and tell you what you need to
know. And it's unlikely that an ad will run only once...

--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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From jfi1 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Thu Sep  9 23:47:11 2004
From: jfi1 at COLUMBIA.EDU (John Isham)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 19:47:11 -0400
Subject: Millenium "Revizor"?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.44.0409091823540.258448-100000@mhc.mtholyoke.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.9.SEP.2004.194711.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Here is some info on the show itself (it will be showing at the
Millenium on Oct. 2 and Oct. 3 (plus the schedule shows later shows
in Philly, DC and Baltimore):

http://afontheater.com/news.htm

(The page includes a couple links, one giving a review of the
production.)

The coordinates for the Millenium Theatre (in Brighton Beach) are
the following:

1029 Brighton Beach Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11235
(718) 615-1500

Hope this helps,

John Isham


Цитирую pjs <pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU>:

> On WMNB the other night they were advertising a Russian
> production of
> "Revizor" that is scheduled to play in New York on October 3. The
> production company was, I believed, called "Millenium."
>
> I have been unable to find any info on the web about place, time,
> and kak
> dostat' bilety?. Anyone have any leads on this?
>
> Thanks
> Peter Scotto
> Mount Holyoke College
>
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From kmfplatt at SAS.UPENN.EDU  Fri Sep 10 04:14:57 2004
From: kmfplatt at SAS.UPENN.EDU (Kevin M. F. Platt)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:14:57 -0400
Subject: Elective Affinities Conference: Call for Proposals (Modified by
 Kevin M. F. Platt)
Message-ID: <FRI.10.SEP.2004.001457.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues:

Please consider participating in this conference--it should be a 
stimulating interdisciplinary event.

All best,

Kevin Platt.

Call for Proposals

International Association of Word and Image Studies:  Elective 
Affinities

Philadelphia, 23-27 September, 2005

The title of the conference has been borrowed from Goethe’s 1809 novel 
Elective Affinities.  There, the term “elective affinities” is the 
subject of an energetic debate.  A chemical term that was in currency 
from the late eighteenth century, in the novel it extends to human 
relationships, both intimate and political.  Since this is a novel that 
foregrounds “mixed media” such as tableaux vivants (i.e. dramatic 
performances of artworks) and the picturesque garden, the concept of 
“elective affinities” also has profound implications for the 
relationship between words and images.  Like the alkalis and acids of 
which Goethe’s characters speak, words and images, though apparently 
opposed, may have a remarkable affinity for one another.  At the same 
time, as one of the protagonists objects, such affinities are 
problematic, and “are only really interesting when they bring about 
separations.”  The conference seeks – in the spirit of Goethe’s 
allusive discussion – to explore word/image interactions in literature 
and visual arts from a broad historical perspective, and also as they 
extend to fields as diverse as Political Science, Religious Studies, 
and History of Science.

IAWIS invites submission of proposals for papers (250-300 words) to 
affinities at ccat.sas.upenn.edu

The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2004.

Please contact the organiser with any queries:

Catriona Macleod
Associate Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
745 Williams Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
cmacleod at sas.upenn.edu
tel. (215) 898-7332
fax (215) 573-7794

International Association of Word and Image Studies website: 
 http://www.iawis.org

A list of panels may be found at: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/affinities/


Associate Professor Kevin M. F. Platt
Chair, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
745 Williams Hall
255 S. 36th Street
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

kmfplatt at sas.upenn.edu
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/slavic

Tel: 215-746-0173
Fax: 215-573-7794

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From o-livshin at NORTHWESTERN.EDU  Fri Sep 10 10:17:18 2004
From: o-livshin at NORTHWESTERN.EDU (Olga Livshin)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 05:17:18 -0500
Subject: Igor S. Kon's contact information
Message-ID: <FRI.10.SEP.2004.051718.0500.OLIVSHIN@NORTHWESTERN.EDU>

Dear SEELANGers,

Does anybody have an e-mail address for Igor Semyonovich Kon, a social
scientist who lives in Moscow? I would be much obliged to you if you have
it and could share it with me. I have what appears to be an outdated
mail.ru e-mail address.

Thank you in advance. Please respond off-list to this inquiry.

Best,
Olga Livshin

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From rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU  Fri Sep 10 17:02:46 2004
From: rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU (Robert A. Rothstein)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:02:46 -0400
Subject: How do you say "geek" or "nerd" with an affectionate feel
 in Russian?
In-Reply-To: <006a01c4966f$093d11f0$d8a46395@yourg9zekrp5zf>
Message-ID: <FRI.10.SEP.2004.130246.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The "test nerdnosti" mentioned by Robert Orr can be found at
<http://www.ur.ru/~sg/nerdtest.shtml>.
    Bob Rothstein

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From pstock at BRANDEIS.EDU  Sat Sep 11 00:17:49 2004
From: pstock at BRANDEIS.EDU (David Powelstock)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:17:49 -0400
Subject: Post-Sov cultural studies reading
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.4.40.0409031507160.36912373-100000@origin.chass.utoronto.ca>
Message-ID: <FRI.10.SEP.2004.201749.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

       An interesting footnote to Ms. Tigountsova's helpful note.  I
discovered that Amazon sells pdf copies of individual author articles from
at least some volumes of Gale's excellent Dictionary of Literary Biography,
$4 each.  At amazon.com, search

       "Dictionary of Literary Biography" Pelevin  (include the quotes, gets
you the Pelevin article)

       OR

       "Dictionary of Literary Biography" Russian  (gets you 257 different
Russian author articles!)

       An interesting book-trade innovation!

       Cheers,
       dp

       -----Original Message-----
From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Inna Tigountsova
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 3:28 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Post-Sov cultural studies reading

       Dear Nick,

       "Dictionary of Literary Biography", Vol. 285: Russian Writers since
1980,
       Marina Balina and Mark Lipovetsky, eds., Detroit/NY: Gale, 2003, has
an
       article on Pelevin by Gerald McCausland, pp. 208-219. It includes a
       bibliography (most of it - in English). This dictionary can also be
       helpful, if you decide to include other contemporary writers in your
       course. An Oxford U Press book - "Voices of Russian Literature:
Interviews
       with Ten Contemporary Writers", Sally Laird, ed. - has an interview
with
       Pelevin(pp. 178-192).

       On visual arts, you could try websites of National Centers for
       Contemporary Art (there are quite a few in different Russian cities).
       Hope this helps.

       Yours,

       Inna Tigountsova

       PhD candidate
       Dept. of Slavic Languages and
       Literatures
       University of Toronto

       On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Nick Baron wrote:

       > Dear List
       >
       > I wonder if any of you can help me with this query. I'm teaching a
course
       > this year on Russian 20th century cultural history. Being an
historian, I'm
       > not very familiar with the more contemporary materials. I'd like to
ask
       > students to read some of Pelevin's short stories (I had in mind 'A
werewolf
       > problem in central Russia', 'Vera Pavlovna's Ninth Dream', 'Tai
Shou Chuan
       > USSR'), and to watch 'Prisoner of the Mountains' ('Kavkazskii
plennik')
       > and 'Brat'.
       >
       > Does anyone know of any decent critical studies on Pelevin or these
two
       > films.
       >
       > Also can people identify useful general studies of contemporary
       > representations of national identity and masculinity in literature,
film
       > and the visual arts.
       >
       > I've tried searching on jstor, and via internet search engines, and
come up
       > with very little indeed.
       >
       > The students can only read English, konechno, and texts should be
readily
       > available in the UK  ...
       >
       > Thanks in advance,
       >
       > Nick
       >
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From pstock at BRANDEIS.EDU  Sat Sep 11 18:35:56 2004
From: pstock at BRANDEIS.EDU (David Powelstock)
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 14:35:56 -0400
Subject: Dictionary of Literary Biography Redux
Message-ID: <SAT.11.SEP.2004.143556.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

It's better than I thought: if you have access to a good research library,
you can get at all of this Dictionary of Literary Biography stuff (not just
Russia) online and for free through an electronic database called
"Literature Resource Center," if your library subscribes to it.  (Mine,
happily, does.)



Thanks for this to Kevin Bowring, by way of Kris Groberg.



David Powelstock



>=====
>
>From: David Powelstock <pstock at BRANDEIS.EDU>
>
>I have discovered that Amazon sells pdf copies of individual author
>articles from at least some volumes of Gale's excellent Dictionary of
>Literary Biography, $4 each.  At amazon.com, search
>
>"Dictionary of Literary Biography" Russian  (gets you 257 different
>Russian author articles!)
>
>       An interesting book-trade innovation!
>
>       Cheers,
>       dp



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From a_strat at KHARKOV.COM  Sun Sep 12 01:23:03 2004
From: a_strat at KHARKOV.COM (Alex)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 04:23:03 +0300
Subject: =?windows-1251?B?Iszu9+jy/CDiIPHu8PLo8OUi?=
Message-ID: <SUN.12.SEP.2004.042303.0300.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGERS, thanks!
I think that "subversive" is better than "clandestine".

So, if I write "BBC is a subversive radiostation" you
will understand what I mean?
OK

Now here's a more difficult question. Is there English
(maybe American English) expression  which is
close to "мочить в сортире" (literally - "to kill in the bathroom").
As I see it should be some inmates' slang or so.
Thank you
Uncle Alex (UA)

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From rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU  Sun Sep 12 02:58:47 2004
From: rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU (Robert A. Rothstein)
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 22:58:47 -0400
Subject: =?windows-1251?Q?=22=CC=EE=F7=E8=F2=FC_=E2_=F1?=
 =?windows-1251?Q?=EE=F0=F2=E8=F0=E5=22?=
In-Reply-To: <000701c49869$f0228a40$21234d50@main>
Message-ID: <SAT.11.SEP.2004.225847.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Alex wrote:

>Is there English
>(maybe American English) expression  which is
>close to "мочить в сортире" (literally - "to kill in the bathroom").
>As I see it should be some inmates' slang or so.
>
>
>

I can't answer Alex's question, but "mochit'" can mean "beat" as well as
"kill," and the Mokienko and Nikitina's _Bol'shoi slovar' russkogo
zhargona_ (SPb., 2000) glosses "mochit' v sortire" (or "u parashi") as
"zhestoko, besposhchadno raspravliat'sia s kem-l."

It has been suggested that when Putin used the now-famous phrase in
enunciating his approach to Chechen terrorists, he was thinking of the
incident in May 1972 when Israeli forces stormed a hijacked Sabena
Airlines jet at Ben Gurion Airport.  In the operation five Israeli
soldiers and one passenger were killed, as were all four hijackers,
including one who was hiding in the bathroom.

Bob Rothstein

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From tsergay at COLUMBUS.RR.COM  Sun Sep 12 03:16:00 2004
From: tsergay at COLUMBUS.RR.COM (Timothy D. Sergay)
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 23:16:00 -0400
Subject: =?windows-1251?B?UmU6IFtTRUVMQU5HU10gIszu9+jy/CDiIPHu8PLo8OUi?=
Message-ID: <SAT.11.SEP.2004.231600.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Alex and SEELANGers,

    >About translating "мочить в сортире" (literally - "to kill in the
bathroom").

Here is part of an entry I have for замачивать/замочить in the
Russian-English translator's dictionary of media language that I've been
slowly compiling.
(1) Underworld and special-services slang verb meaning "to kill, blow away,
whack, waste, take out, rub out, clip, cap." Used notoriously by Putin on
Sept. 24, 1999, in Astana: «Если найдем их [чеченских боевиков] в туалете,
замочим и в сортире»; "If we find them on the john, we’ll whack ’em [waste ’em]
right in their shithouses."

I've seen variants of this in the English-language press; there's no single
consensus version, and there doesn't need to be: "take them out, rub them
out, clip 'em, cap 'em" -- these all seem acceptable to me. The most
outlying variant I've seen was in the New York Review of Books (repeated on
PBS's Nightline): "we will bury them in their own crap," which suggests
misunderstanding of the verb.

A few nights ago I caught a French TV news broadcast featuring a clip of
Putin's delivery of this phrase, in which he is heard prefacing it with
"Извините".

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From kmfplatt at SAS.UPENN.EDU  Sun Sep 12 19:45:13 2004
From: kmfplatt at SAS.UPENN.EDU (Kevin M. F. Platt)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:45:13 -0400
Subject: Position in Slavic Languages and Literatures at UPenn
Message-ID: <SUN.12.SEP.2004.154513.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues:

Please pass the following announcement along to potential candidates. Cheers,

Kevin MF Platt, UPenn


Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures of the University of
Pennsylvania invites applications for a position to begin fall 2005. We welcome
applications from both entry-level candidates and more experienced assistant
professors. Area and period of specialization are open, but should include both
expertise in Russian topics and well-developed interdisciplinary or comparative
interests. Potential for scholarly achievement and commitment to development of
undergraduate curriculum. Native or near-native proficiency in both Russian and
English. Minorities and women are especially encouraged to apply. The University
of Pennsylvania is an AA/EO Employer. Send cover letter, CV, three
recommendation letters and a brief writing sample to Dr. Kevin M. F. Platt, Chair,
Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures, 745 Williams Hall, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305. Review of applications will begin
November 19.

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From brifkin at WISC.EDU  Sun Sep 12 20:23:25 2004
From: brifkin at WISC.EDU (Benjamin Rifkin)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 15:23:25 -0500
Subject: News of U. of Basel Slavic
Message-ID: <SUN.12.SEP.2004.152325.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The following letter came to me from colleagues at the University of Basel
Institute of Slavonic Studies. The institute was threatened with closure,
but Slavist colleagues rallied to the cause.  It¹s nice to celebrate a
victory once in a while, even if it is, as in this case, a small victory and
one far from complete.

Sincerely,

Ben Rifkin
President of AATSEEL

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

Dear friends of the Institute of Slavonic Studies !

Since 22nd January 2004 the Institute of Slavonic Studies at the University
of Basel has been in danger of being closed by winter semester 2008/09, when
the head of the Institute, Professor Dr. Andreas Guski, retires.

The decision of the university council has caused enormeous regional,
national and international resistance. For this reason, the council was
forced to reconsider its plans and not to insist on the closure of the
institute, provided that the Faculty of Philosophy and History saves the
required amount of 1,65 million Swiss francs by other means.

The continued existence of the Institute of Slavonic Studies in Basel though
is subject to the following conditions: Firstly, the institute has to do
without one third of his present budget in order to contribute to the
economy measures of the faculty. Secondly, in future the Institute of
Slavonic Studies and the Institute of East European History will have to
organize common and so-called integrated ³East European studies². Thirdly,
we will have to cooperate with the other Swiss Institutes of Slavonic
Studies on the level of the M.A.-studies (master of arts). In this respect,
there won¹t exist an autonomous Department of Slavic Studies in future. And
fourthly, the beginners¹ coures in Slavic languages at the institute will be
substituted by three- or four-weeks courses offered free of charge by the
University of Basel itself. Because of this, a certain part of the language
teaching will take place to the University Language Centre
(Sprachenzentrum).

We would all have felt much better if the university council¹s decision of
22 January had been reversed without any such conditions. After all, the
Institute of Slavonic Studies has proved his competitiveness and efficiency
not only in the field of teaching and research, but also in the education of
the new generation of academics and should thus have had a better fortune.
The Institute is now forced to undergo a severe reduction of its budget and
staff. In the face of the amount of money to be saved by the faculty despite
all kinds of protest, our scope of action and negotiations was rather
limited. At any rate, the further existence of our subject seems to be
assured, even though in a new shape. However, the committee responsible
still has to give its official consent.

As soon as we know more, we will inform you about it on our homepage
(http://www.unibas.ch/slavi/). Until then we would like to thank all those
who have so kindly supported us morally and also materially !

 

The Institute of Slavonic Studies at the University of Basel

Sent by Sabine Doenninghaus <Sabine.Doenninghaus at unibas.ch>

*************
Benjamin Rifkin
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Professor and Chair, Slavic Dept.
1432 Van Hise, 1220 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706 USA
(608) 262-1623; Fax (608) 265-2814
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/slavic

Director, Title VI Center for Russia, E. Europe & Central Asia (CREECA)
210 Ingraham Hall, 1550 Observatory Dr.
Madison, WI 53706 USA
(608) 262-3379; Fax (608) 265-3602
http://www.wisc.edu/creeca

 




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From danko.sipka at ASU.EDU  Mon Sep 13 00:11:23 2004
From: danko.sipka at ASU.EDU (Danko Sipka)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 17:11:23 -0700
Subject: Assessing well-formedness using Google counts
Message-ID: <SUN.12.SEP.2004.171123.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Seelangers,

I frequently use Google to determine lexical and morphosyntactic well-formedness of two options in various languages. I advise my students to do the same. In order to save time required to go to Google two times for one inquiry, I have created a simple script at:

http://cli.la.asu.edu/togoogleornot.htm

which lets you enter two option, choose the target language and then get hits for both options in one window. For example, if a student of Russian enters в ВУ3 as one option and на ВУ3 as the other and selects Russian as the target language, it will be obvious that the first option is well formed while the second is not. 

I plan to add lemmatizers for several Slavic languages which would make it possible to search words in all their inflectional forms but even it this form the script may be of interest.

Best,

Danko

Danko Sipka
Research Associate Professor and Acting Director
Critical Languages Institute (http://cli.la.asu.edu)
Arizona State University
E-mail: Danko.Sipka at asu.edu
Web: http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka

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From s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU  Mon Sep 13 11:47:02 2004
From: s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU (Steven Hill)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:47:02 -0500
Subject: Is Rus-Am Brdcst still at some address?
Message-ID: <MON.13.SEP.2004.064702.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear colleagues,

In some past  searches I was unsuccessful finding any coordinates, and
was grateful for references (E-Mail or postal addresses) you good folks
sent me.

This time I have  the opposite dilemma.  Too many addresses, and
perhaps too many different entities with similar names.

Thus, my question:  is a company still in business in 2004, somewhere on
the Eastern Seaboard, with a name something like "Russian American
Broadcasting  Educational Services," which sells Russian films on video
(VHS, DVD, etc.) with English subtitles?

I distinctly recall such a company once upon a time (perhaps in New
Jersey),  but I may have the name muddled in my memory.   When I
searched today ("Google"), I found several different addresses, indicating
either one company that moves frequently, or different competing
companies...

With gratitude for any tips,
Steven P Hill, Univ. of IL (USA).

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From vbelyanin at MTU.RU  Mon Sep 13 13:32:21 2004
From: vbelyanin at MTU.RU (Valery Belyanin)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:32:21 +0400
Subject: =?Windows-1251?B?UmU6ICLM7vfo8vwg4iDx7vDy6PDlIg==?=
In-Reply-To: <008a01c49876$d439d7e0$6401a8c0@blackie>
Message-ID: <MON.13.SEP.2004.173221.0400.VBELYANIN@MTU.RU>

Hello everybody,
I would also add that the verb _mochit'_ (to kill) is close to
the verb _mochitsa_ which means _ispuskat' mochu_ (to urinate).
That makes this phrase sound even "better" than it was designed.

P.S. The two verbs _mochit'_ and _mochitsa_ have similar root
"мок/моч" (mok/moch) - мокрый, влажный, жидкий (wet, liquid)
"Mocha" - liquid, wet (Моча - жидкость, мокрая)
"Blood" - liquid (Кровь - жидкость)
"Mokroje delo" (Мокрое дело) is an old euphemism of killing,
literary equivvalent to bloodshed ("кровопролитие").
And this makes them close: morkoje delo (мокрое дело) mokruha
(мокруха) mokrushnik = killer (мокрушник),
zamochit (замочить) = to kill (to let blood go) ("пустить кровь").
...........................
Valery Belyanin,
Editor of www.textology.ru
Expert of the Russian Federal Center of Forensic Expertise at the
Ministry of Justice of RF.

Sunday, September 12, 2004, 7:16:00 AM, you wrote:

TDS> Dear Alex and SEELANGers,
TDS>     >About translating "мочить в сортире" (literally - "to kill in the
TDS> bathroom").

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From Latrigos at AOL.COM  Mon Sep 13 14:37:36 2004
From: Latrigos at AOL.COM (Ludmilla Trigos)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 10:37:36 -0400
Subject: looking for a replacement panelist for AAASS 2004
Message-ID: <MON.13.SEP.2004.103736.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Colleagues,

I am hoping to find a replacement panelist for a panel I have organized on Byron and Slavic Literature. The panel already includes papers on Byron and Lermontov and Byron and Slowacki. Please respond to me off-list if you are interested.

Best regards,
Ludmilla A. Trigos, Ph.D.

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From jenday at BARD.EDU  Mon Sep 13 16:19:02 2004
From: jenday at BARD.EDU (Jennifer J. Day)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:19:02 -0400
Subject: Job Announcement
In-Reply-To: <200409111835.i8BIZrAE022373@blanca.unet.brandeis.edu>
Message-ID: <MON.13.SEP.2004.121902.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

  Bard Academic Representative at Smolny College

Bard College announces a two-year renewable administrative position to
serve as its representative to Smolny College in St. Petersburg, Russia
(www.smolny.org <http://www.smolny.org>), Russia's first liberal arts
college The representative will work with Bard's Dean of International
Studies to implement academic policies and promote liberal pedagogic
approaches at Smolny. Tasks will include, but are not limited to:
participating in and leading faculty development seminars and workshops,
assisting Smolny's Dean with the review and implementation of Smolny's
curriculum, participating in the faculty evaluation process (including
reviewing syllabi and observing classes), and identifying areas where
additional resources are needed. S/he will also teach part-time.
Applicants should be self-starters who can work in an international
environment. Fluency in Russian and teaching experience required,
familiarity with liberal arts preferred.

Applications will be reviewed as received and will continue until the
position is filled.  Preference will be given to candidates who apply by
October 1, 2004. A resume and a letter of application should be
submitted to: Office of Human Resources, Bard College, P.O. Box 5000,
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 12504 or to hr at bard.edu. AA/EOE.

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From pstock at BRANDEIS.EDU  Mon Sep 13 16:22:14 2004
From: pstock at BRANDEIS.EDU (David Powelstock)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:22:14 -0400
Subject: Lotman's "Kul'tura i vzryv"
Message-ID: <MON.13.SEP.2004.122214.0400.>

Dear Seelangers:



Does anyone know of an English translation of Iurii Lotman's book _Kul'tura
I vzryv_, either published or in progress?



Many thanks in advance.



David Powelstock


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From bigjim at U.WASHINGTON.EDU  Mon Sep 13 16:36:57 2004
From: bigjim at U.WASHINGTON.EDU (augerot)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 09:36:57 -0700
Subject: Assessing well-formedness using Google counts
In-Reply-To: <001201c49926$348fc1e0$6401a8c0@Novi>
Message-ID: <MON.13.SEP.2004.093657.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

  �������! �������! En tout cas magnifique!

jim_______________________________________
augerot uw-slavic 353580 seattle, wa 98195
206-543-5484 fax 206-543-6009 <http//faculty.washington.edu/bigjim/>

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Danko Sipka wrote:

> Dear Seelangers,
>
> I frequently use Google to determine lexical and morphosyntactic well-formedness of two options in various languages. I advise my students to do the same. In order to save time required to go to Google two times for one inquiry, I have created a simple script at:
>
> http://cli.la.asu.edu/togoogleornot.htm
>
> which lets you enter two option, choose the target language and then get hits for both options in one window. For example, if a student of Russian enters в ВУ3 as one option and на ВУ3 as the other and selects Russian as the target language, it will be obvious that the first option is well formed while the second is not.
>
> I plan to add lemmatizers for several Slavic languages which would make it possible to search words in all their inflectional forms but even it this form the script may be of interest.
>
> Best,
>
> Danko
>
> Danko Sipka
> Research Associate Professor and Acting Director
> Critical Languages Institute (http://cli.la.asu.edu)
> Arizona State University
> E-mail: Danko.Sipka at asu.edu
> Web: http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka
>
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From ryangrotte at YAHOO.COM  Mon Sep 13 17:30:11 2004
From: ryangrotte at YAHOO.COM (Ryan Grotte)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:30:11 -0400
Subject: Russian Work in New York City
Message-ID: <MON.13.SEP.2004.133011.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hello,

I am recent graduate of UW-Madison's Slavic Department looking for Russian
work in the NYC area. I just returned from my senior year abroad in St.
Petersburg, so my Russian is very good (Advanced-High speaker, Superior
reader). I am looking for any kind of work that will let me use my Russian,
though I would prefer it to be academic. If anyone has any tips, leads, or
advice, please email me.

Thanks!

Ryan Grotte

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From uladzik at YAHOO.COM  Mon Sep 13 19:08:15 2004
From: uladzik at YAHOO.COM (Uladzimir Katkouski)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 12:08:15 -0700
Subject: dialectology map of Europe
In-Reply-To: <001201c49926$348fc1e0$6401a8c0@Novi>
Message-ID: <MON.13.SEP.2004.120815.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGers,

I've searched all over the Web for the map of European
dialects from the famous book "Dialectology" written
by Chambers and Trudgill (the map is located on page
6, I believe) but couldn't find it anywhere.

If someone knows where to find it or can send me a
scanned version of it, I would be very thankful!

Kind regards,
Uladzimir Katkouski
http://blog.rydel.net/
http://www.pravapis.org/






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From rrobin at GWU.EDU  Mon Sep 13 19:48:58 2004
From: rrobin at GWU.EDU (Richard Robin)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:48:58 -0400
Subject: Job announcement in Russian / German cinema at GW
Message-ID: <MON.13.SEP.2004.154858.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. expected by
beginning of the term of appointment, specialist in German and/or
Russian cinema and culture, renewable contract position, beginning Fall
2005.  Qualifications: command of Russian and/or German; excellent
English. Course load: five courses per year (two to three per semester).
For courses taught in English, the candidate should be prepared to
include a strong writing component. Interdisciplinary approaches (e.g.
cinema tie-ins to literature, other media, history, international
affairs, etc.) are encouraged. Send (1) CV, (2) statement of
teaching/scholarly philosophy, (3) samples of scholarship, (4) letters
of recommendation to Professor Richard Robin, German & Slavic
Department, Phillips 509, The George Washington University, Washington,
DC 20052. Review of application will begin on November 19, 2004 and
continue until the position is filled. George Washington University is
an EO/AA employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
--

Richard Robin
Language Program Director for Russian
Department of Romance, German, and Slavic
Phillips Hall 509
The George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052
rrobin at gwu.edu
http://home.gwu.edu/~rrobin
202-994-7081

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From rrobin at GWU.EDU  Mon Sep 13 19:54:40 2004
From: rrobin at GWU.EDU (Richard Robin)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:54:40 -0400
Subject: Virtual Russian classrooms using Golosa?
Message-ID: <MON.13.SEP.2004.155440.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The following inquiry came from Toh Choon Aun. I told him I would post
to SEELANGS to see if anything was available for him:

I am interested to learn Russian using your book 'Golosa'. Would
appreciate if you can tell me where I can find the online classrooms
(virtual) that uses  your book as the main course material.
tohca at msn.com <mailto:tohca at msn.com>

If anyone knows of anything that fits the bill, I would be interested to
learn about it as well.

Best regards to all,
Rich Robin


--

Richard Robin
Language Program Director for Russian
Department of Romance, German, and Slavic
Phillips Hall 509
The George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052
rrobin at gwu.edu
http://home.gwu.edu/~rrobin
202-994-7081

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From brifkin at WISC.EDU  Mon Sep 13 22:51:44 2004
From: brifkin at WISC.EDU (Benjamin Rifkin)
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:51:44 -0500
Subject: Position at UW-Madison Slavic
Message-ID: <MON.13.SEP.2004.175144.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literature at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison seeks an assistant (tenure track) or associate (tenured*)
professor of Russian in one of the following two fields to be determined:

(a) Russian literature (period open)
(b) Second Language Acquisition and Slavic or Slavic linguistics with an
emphasis on applied linguistics.

*For a tenured position, a demonstrable record of excellence in research,
teaching and service is required.

Degree and record of scholarship:  PhD in one of the two desired fields is
required; completed dissertation by date of appointment and record of
publications appropriate to rank and experience.

Prior teaching experience:  Minimum of 2 years teaching experience in
Russian literature and/or Russian language and/or SLA at undergraduate and
graduate levels.

Other requirements:  Native or near native competence in Russian and
English.  Good interpersonal and administrative skills.

Teaching expectations:
A candidate appointed in the field of Russian literature will be expected to
teach Russian language and literature at all levels. Desirable primary
specialization: 19th or 20th century Russian literature and one of the
following:  Old Church Slavonic, Old Russian literature, or literary theory.
A candidate appointed in the field of second language acquisition will be
expected to teach Russian language at all levels, including advanced Russian
and Russian for heritage learners as well as methods of teaching Russian.
Desirable secondary specializations:  ACTFL OPI Certification in Russian,
Old Church Slavonic and/or another Slavic language.

Research expectations:  continuing commitment and performance expected in
the area of research and publications for candidates in Russian literature
or second language acquisition.

Service expectations:  A candidate appointed from either field is expected
to take on department and university committee and administrative service
assignments by mutual agreement. Participation in professional and community
organizations is strongly encouraged. A candidate appointed from either
field is expected to participate fully in the undergraduate and graduate
missions of the department, including the supervision of dissertations.  The
average teaching course load is 4 courses per academic year.  A candidate
appointed in SLA will have a course release to direct the Russian language
program, advise undergraduate majors in Russian and Polish, assess and
document Russian language proficiency of graduate and undergraduate
students, train, mentor and supervise graduate student teaching assistants
in the Russian language program.

Salary:  Commensurate with experience.

Application deadline:  1 November 2004

Anticipated Start Date:  22 August 2005

To apply:
Please send application letter, curriculum vitae and three letters of
recommendation to:
Russian Search Committee
c/o Dr. Benjamin Rifkin, Chair,
Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall
1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1557.

Interviews will be conducted at the AATSEEL Conference, December 28-30, 2004
in Philadelphia.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an equal opportunity employer.  Women
and minorities are encouraged to apply.  For more information about our
department, see our website: http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/slavic

*************
Benjamin Rifkin
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Professor and Chair, Slavic Dept.
1432 Van Hise, 1220 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706 USA
(608) 262-1623; Fax (608) 265-2814
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/slavic

Director, Title VI Center for Russia, E. Europe & Central Asia (CREECA)
210 Ingraham Hall, 1550 Observatory Dr.
Madison, WI 53706 USA
(608) 262-3379; Fax (608) 265-3602
http://www.wisc.edu/creeca






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From la_palomita at HOTMAIL.COM  Tue Sep 14 02:10:53 2004
From: la_palomita at HOTMAIL.COM (Pa lo ma)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:10:53 +1200
Subject: Is Rus-Am Brdcst still at some address?
Message-ID: <TUE.14.SEP.2004.141053.1200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Mr./Dr. Hill:

I also searched google, using ðóññêîå êèíî àìåðèêå and Òàéãà ñåðèàë 2002 (a
favorite mini-series of mine from when I was in Moscow).

I came up with the following results:
http://www.rbcmp3.com/store/default.asp?
http://www.geocities.com/rusatg/main.htm
http://www.geocities.com/rusatg/2002.htm

The geocities site refers to several other DVD sales sites around the Web.

Also, the Russian immigrant/expat communities in the US commonly have this
kind of information.  The  one for my location is
http://www.russianseattle.com.  The one for NYC is http://www.russianny.com.
  I dunno your exact geography, but I rent Russian videos from the local
Russian delis around town.

On the NYC site, I found this listing for Ñóâåíèð / Souvenir

141 BAY 35th Str.
Brooklyn, NY, 11214
Phone: (888)322-6300

SOUVENIR - The Largest Retailer Store Of International Music On CDs And
Audio Tapes, Video Tapes, Books, CD-ROM, DVD Within The United States.
(American, European & Russian)

We offer a wide selection, quality service and great prices!...

tel.: (888)322-6300  tel.: (718)714-0880  fax.: (718)714-5157
http://www.ultinet.net/~souvenir/

There are others there, perhaps one of them is the one you're looking for?

Good luck,
S. Newsum






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Ya tebya lyublyu, Moskvy.
----Original Message Follows----
From: Steven Hill <s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU>
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From mantic at WISC.EDU  Tue Sep 14 05:49:39 2004
From: mantic at WISC.EDU (Marina Antic)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 00:49:39 -0500
Subject: Service-based study abroad in Croatia or Serbia?
Message-ID: <TUE.14.SEP.2004.004939.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear all,

I am looking for information on service-based study abroad programs in
Serbia or Croatia for one of my students in Intro to Serbo-Croatian.  She
has experience in Hospital/Clinical and Youth Home Service, but is
interested in other service areas as well.

I appreciate any information on web sites or other resources for finding
such programs and/or any recommendations you might have.


Thanks,
Marina Antic
Teaching Assistant
UW - Madison

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From vinarska at YAHOO.COM  Tue Sep 14 11:46:22 2004
From: vinarska at YAHOO.COM (Maryna Vinarska)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 04:46:22 -0700
Subject: MADE AID!!!
Message-ID: <TUE.14.SEP.2004.044622.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hi everybody!

I am looking for those risk-takers who decided to make
it in Germany. Sure, if there are any survivors... I
will be very surprised if there are any, to tell the
truth... But may be there is at least a couple...

In other words, those who got their education not in
Germany but managed to jump over all the barriers here
and what is more important  -  managed to go through
this German Referendariat, please get in touch with
me. I need your advice. I NEED YOUR HELP! Sure, I mean
the Slavic, sure, those teaching Russian and English
here. Actually, if there are some Germans on the list
having nothing against the fact that foreigners
started getting the Beamtestatus (state employee) in
Germany, I will appreciate your help as well.

In short: I managed to survive the first half a year
of Referendariat. My losses are very big. I LOST MY
SENSE OF HUMOR! Although I can't say that I need it
very much here....

I will probably need independent observers for my
classes (Russian and English) starting from October.
Or they will kick me out. The only thing they
incriminate me is that I am practicing a
teacher-centered teaching. It is not so, but I can't
prove anything. Having two university diplomas from
the Ukraine and an MA from SUNY, I did not get the so
called BDU (opportunity to teach some classes
independently). And if they accuse me of the same in
the next half a year, my Referendariat is over.

Those having experience in teaching Russian to
native-speakers (I mean Russian immigrants), tell me
what kind of stuff you teach in your countries. In the
school I am in, there are about 200 Russian native
speakers between 19 and 30 doing their Abitur. This is
actually why my colleagues want to kick me out.I
turned out to be the only contact between these
students and the outer world... There is no any
curriculum. The combination of topics, my two
extremely friendly German colleagues teach
(actually,they are three now; they took the third one
starting from September, and sure, she is German too),
seems to be very strange, to tell the truth... It is
"integration (meaning of immigrants) - fairy tales -
war"... I don't even know how to comment on this...
For me it turned out to be very symbolic... And as to
fairy tales, it is "Gusi-lebedi", "Masha i tri
medvedia" spiced up with a little bit of Propp. I am
not kidding and it is not funny at all.

So... MADE AID! I don't feel like giving up... Why
should I? I sing in my mind "Nikogda, nikogda
kommunary ne budut rabami" as one of my friends
advised... and hope that I will survive... But it is
really very very hard...

If there is anybody from Humboldt University in Berlin
on the list, I need to talk to you as well. I know
that you deal with this problem (it is really a
problem, by the way...)  -  Russian for native
speakers in Germany.

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,
Maryna Vinarska,
Germany, NRW







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From vlarubog at HOTMAIL.COM  Tue Sep 14 12:37:53 2004
From: vlarubog at HOTMAIL.COM (Bogdan Sagatov)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:37:53 -0400
Subject: Updates to SEELRC website
Message-ID: <TUE.14.SEP.2004.083753.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGSters,

The Slavic and East European Language Resource Center (SEELRC) has recently
updated and expanded its website: http://seelrc.org/.  Users will now have
an easier access to SEELRC’s many products, projects, resources and
activities, among them the online Comparative Reference Grammars for
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Romanian, and Russian.
Greek and Georgian grammars are under development.  Grammatical sketches of
Albanian and Romani will be added to the site in the near future as well.

 Also available are advanced proficiency level exercises for Russian and
Polish with diagnostics.  Coming up this fall - a fascinating new resource -
 the Russian grammatical dictionary, which includes full paradigms of all
word forms, full sound of each form, verbal government, related words,
aspectual distinctions, English gloss, examples of usage in Russian.

An important new feature is the addition of the SEELRC Webliographies of
Internet resources to the website. The webliographies, which are annotated
throughout and select, represent what is currently the most comprehensive
compendium of online materials for a majority of the languages listed below:
> Albanian http://seelrc.org/webliography/albanian.ptml
> Armenian http://seelrc.org/webliography/armenian.ptml
> Belarusian http://seelrc.org/webliography/belarusian.ptml
> Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS) http://seelrc.org/webliography/bcs.ptml
> Bulgarian - http://seelrc.org/webliography/bulgarian.ptml
> Czech - http://seelrc.org/webliography/czech.ptml
> Georgian - http://seelrc.org/webliography/georgian.ptml
> Greek - http://seelrc.org/webliography/greek.ptml
> Hungarian - http://seelrc.org/webliography/hungarian.ptml
> Macedonian - http://seelrc.org/webliography/macedonian.ptml
> Polish - http://seelrc.org/webliography/polish.ptml
> Romanian - http://seelrc.org/webliography/romanian.ptml
> Russian - http://seelrc.org/webliography/russian.ptml
> Slovak - http://seelrc.org/webliography/slovak.ptml
> Slovenian - http://seelrc.org/webliography/slovenian.ptml
> Turkish - http://seelrc.org/webliography/turkish.ptml
> Ukrainian - http://seelrc.org/webliography/ukrainian.ptml

The SEELRC Webliographies represent a massive amount of research and work.
Alas, it is the inherent nature of such information portals that they are
outdated the moment they’re launched.  Users will find typos, broken links
and, without doubt, many a “favorite website” missing. Your corrections,
suggestions and comments are all welcome and very much needed. The aim is
to keep this resource accurate and current.

SEELRC invites all interested individuals, institutions, and organizations
to link to the new homepage.

Please pass the word.

Regards,
Bogdan

*************
Dr. Bogdan B. Sagatov
SEELRC Webliographer
Email: webliography at seelrc.org.

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From paulr at RUSSIANLIFE.NET  Tue Sep 14 14:12:52 2004
From: paulr at RUSSIANLIFE.NET (Paul Richardson)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:12:52 -0400
Subject: Taste of Russia just 4 days away
Message-ID: <TUE.14.SEP.2004.101252.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

A last notice for members of the list...

In case you have not heard, TASTE OF RUSSIA 6 is taking place this Saturday
in beautiful Amherst, Massachusetts, from 10 am to 10 pm. It will be a full
day of free outdoor entertainment, an animated film fest, art show, vendors
of Russian related goods (over a dozen!) and a jazz concert in the evening.

Russophiles are flying, busing, driving, biking and walking in from all over
New England, and even from distant western regions of the country for this
huge festival. We hope you can join us!

For more detailed information, visit: http://www.tasteofrussia.org

For those worried about the weather, we have had a short discussion with
Hurricane Ivan and he informed us that ³ne v koem sluchae² does he have any
intention of disrupting our festival. So bring the family and come on down!

Paul Richardson
Publisher
Russian Life


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From jfi1 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Tue Sep 14 15:06:37 2004
From: jfi1 at COLUMBIA.EDU (John Isham)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:06:37 -0400
Subject: Beslan Relief Fund/Russian Children's Welfare Society
Message-ID: <TUE.14.SEP.2004.110637.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hello all,

One of my students at Drew Univ. has asked that I pass along the following
information:

The Russian Children's Welfare Society, founded in 1926 and based out of New
York, has started a Beslan Relief Fund and will be working closely with
doctor Leonid Roshall in Moscow to supply medicines, medical supplies and
money directly to burn victims' families. Donations can be sent to:

Russian Children's Welfare Society
Beslan Relief Fund
200 Park Avenue South, suite 1617
New York, NY 10003

Credit card payments can be made by calling Masha or Anna at 212.473.6263.

Again, all funds are channeled directly to victims and their care providers.

JFI

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From nhaimson at ACLS.ORG  Tue Sep 14 21:07:23 2004
From: nhaimson at ACLS.ORG (Natalia Haimson)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 17:07:23 -0400
Subject: ACLS East European Training Grants for INDIVIDUALS
Message-ID: <TUE.14.SEP.2004.170723.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

The American Council of Learned Societies announces a competition for
grants in amounts up to $2000 to be used at intensive summer programs in
2005 for training in Southeast European languages.  Due to new eligibility
guidelines issued by the funder, eligible languages are Albanian, Bosnian-
Croatian-Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Romanian.

Funding for these grants is provided by the U.S. Department of State under
the Research and Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of
the Former Soviet Union Act of 1983 (Title VIII).

Grants are primarily intended for graduate students at US universities
making a serious commitment to research and teaching.  Therefore,
preference will be given to applicants
    1) who cannot study their chosen language (at the appropriate level)
at their home institution,
    2) who will be continuing the study of this language in the year
following summer study, and
    3) who have begun or are beginning language training early in their
academic careers.
Applicants should explain particular circumstances that would constitute
exceptions to this general rule.

Grants will support elementary or intermediate study in the U.S. (in
special cases, proposals to study in Southeastern Europe will also be
considered), or advanced study in Southeastern Europe.

Graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and others who need one of the
eligible languages in their professional careers are eligible to apply.
U.S. citizenship or permanent legal residence is required.  The deadline
for receipt of completed applications is January 13, 2005, for study
during the summer of 2005. Application forms may be obtained through the
ACLS website, <www.acls.org>.

Applicants must apply directly to the language study program they wish to
attend, applying to the ACLS only for financial assistance.  Applicants
should therefore contact the appropriate institutions regarding course
offerings and admission procedures.  This should be done as soon as
possible.  Applicants may apply for ACLS awards before being admitted to a
language program, but the awards will be made only contingent upon
admission.

Successful applicants must inform ACLS if they receive any other financial
assistance for the proposed language study, which might result in
adjustment of the ACLS stipend.  After completion of the training
supported by these awards, awardees must submit a report to ACLS
describing the progress they have made.

Notice of language programs in 2005 supported by ACLS

ACLS supports selected intensive language programs at U.S. institutions of
higher education with funds provided by Title VIII.  A list of these, with
full contact information, may also be found on the ACLS website
<www.acls.org>.  In summer 2005 ACLS will support programs in Albanian,
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Macedonian, and Romanian.

In announcing these programs, ACLS would like to publicize the fact that
all institutions receiving ACLS support must waive tuition for any
graduate student pursuing a course of East European studies in any
discipline.  However, there is no expectation that individuals will apply
only to ACLS-supported programs, nor that they will receive special
consideration by the selection committee if they do so.

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From nhaimson at ACLS.ORG  Tue Sep 14 21:10:52 2004
From: nhaimson at ACLS.ORG (Natalia Haimson)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 17:10:52 -0400
Subject: ACLS East European Institutional Language Grants
Message-ID: <TUE.14.SEP.2004.171052.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

ACLS announces a competition for grants in amounts up to $10,000 to U.S.
institutions for beginning or intermediate courses that provide intensive
instruction in East European languages.  These courses are to be conducted
in the United States in the summer of 2006.

Funding is provided by the U.S. Department of State under the Research and
Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former
Soviet Union Act of 1983 (Title VIII).

Due to new eligibility guidelines issued by the funder for this
competition, most of these grants will be awarded for instruction in
Albanian, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Romanian.
However, some funding will also be available for Czech, Estonian,
Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovak, and Slovenian.

The intent of this competition 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 institution may apply for
several languages and language levels.

The deadline for the receipt of completed applications for courses to be
conducted in summer 2006 is January 13, 2005.  Applicants will be notified
of awards in May 2005.  Send completed applications to: The Committee on
East European Language Training, ACLS, 633 Third Avenue, New York, NY
10017-6795.

There are no application forms.  Guidelines for preparing application
materials are available on request; they should be carefully followed.
Brochures, catalogues, or bound material should not be included.
Proposals must be submitted by U.S. mail or overnight-courier service;
they will not be accepted by fax, e mail, or other electronic means.
Applicant institutions that have received ACLS grants for summer courses
in the previous three years must submit final reports for each of those
courses to ACLS by the application deadline.  These reports constitute an
important element of the application.

Language instruction should be offered in an intensive course lasting 6
8 weeks, designed primarily for those making a long-term commitment to
research and teaching in East European studies.  The course should cover
all the basic structures of the language in at least 3   4 contact hours
of language instruction per day, five days per week.  Instructors should
have appropriate academic credentials and demonstrated teaching skills.
Applications should describe proposed teaching methods, listing the texts
and other materials to be used.

Grants are primarily intended to support faculty salaries.  Funds 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.

ACLS will publicize the summer programs of study supported by these
grants.  The purpose is to inform individuals of the options for summer
intensive language study as far in advance as possible, thereby increasing
potential enrollments in ACLS-funded programs.

For application information contact Natalia Haimson at (212) 697-1505,
ext. 135; <nhaimson at acls.org>.

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From nhaimson at ACLS.ORG  Tue Sep 14 21:21:24 2004
From: nhaimson at ACLS.ORG (Natalia Haimson)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 17:21:24 -0400
Subject: ACLS East European Studies Fellowships & Language Training Grants
Message-ID: <TUE.14.SEP.2004.172124.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

ACLS is pleased to announce competitions for the following Fellowships and
Grants in East European Studies for scholars in the humanities and social
sciences. ACLS Fellowships and Grants in East European Studies are
supported by funds appropriated by the U.S. Congress and administered by
the Department of State under terms of the Research and Training for
Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Act
of 1983 as amended (Title VIII).

Changes in eligibility guidelines.  Under new guidelines issued by the
funder for this year’s competitions, most awards will be for work on
Southeastern Europe, defined as:  Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro
(including Kosovo).  However, a few awards will also be available for work
on the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland,
Slovakia, and Slovenia.  All programs require U.S. citizenship or
permanent residence.  For more information about eligibility and selection
criteria, please see: http://www.acls.org/eeguide.htm

Applications concerned primarily with the Soviet Union or its successor
states should be directed to the Social Science Research Council
(http://www.ssrc.org) rather than to ACLS.

Fellowships     Deadline: November 10, 2004.

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS:  Up to $25,000 for at least 6
consecutive months of research on Southeastern Europe, to be conducted in
the U.S. except for brief visits to the area. Due to new eligibility
guidelines issued by the funder, Postdoctoral Research fellowships will be
awarded only for the study of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro (including Kosovo).
Fellowships are to be used between July 1, 2005 and September 1, 2006.
Applicants must hold the Ph.D. degree by the application deadline.  Grants
are intended primarily as salary replacement to provide time free for
research and writing.  Applicants for post-doctoral grants in East
European studies (including those for work on countries no longer eligible
for Title VIII) should also consider applying to the ACLS core fellowship
programs.  For information see:  http://www.acls.org/fel-comp.htm

DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS:  One-year grants, with a stipend of up to
$17,000, for dissertation writing on topics related to Eastern Europe, to
be conducted in the United States except for brief visits to the area.
Due to new eligibility guidelines issued by the funder, most awards will
be for work related to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia and Montenegro (including Kosovo).
However, a few awards will also be available for work on the Czech
Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and
Slovenia.  Fellowships are to be used beginning between June 1 and
September 1, 2005.

Language-Training Grants      Deadline: January 13, 2005.

EAST EUROPEAN LANGUAGE-TRAINING GRANTS TO INSTITUTIONS:  Grants up to
$10,000 will be available to US institutions for support of intensive
summer language programs in 2006.  Please note: due to new eligibility
guidelines issued by the funder, most of these grants will be for course
instruction in Albanian, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian,
or Romanian.  However, some funding will also be available for Czech,
Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovak, and Slovenian.

EAST EUROPEAN LANGUAGE-TRAINING GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS: Grants up to $2,000
will be available to individuals for beginning or intermediate study at
intensive summer 2005 courses in Albanian, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian,
Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Romanian.  Please note: due to new eligibility
guidelines issued by the funder, individual grants will be awarded only
for the study of these Southeast European languages.

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From asims at LING.OHIO-STATE.EDU  Tue Sep 14 21:23:19 2004
From: asims at LING.OHIO-STATE.EDU (Andrea Sims)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 17:23:19 -0400
Subject: CFP: 2nd Graduate Colloquium on Slavic Linguistics
Message-ID: <TUE.14.SEP.2004.172319.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

SECOND GRADUATE COLLOQUIUM ON SLAVIC LINGUISTICS

The Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures
and the Dobro Slovo Chapter at Ohio State University are pleased to
announce the Second Graduate Colloquium on Slavic Linguistics.  The goals
of the conference are to establish connections between graduate students,
share research, and to encourage the study of Slavic linguistics.

The colloquium will take place on the Ohio State campus in Columbus,
NOVEMBER 6-7, 2004.

Submissions from any graduate students working in Slavic linguistics are
welcomed, including those in Slavic departments, linguistics departments,
anthropology departments, etc.  Papers will be considered on any topic
relating to Slavic linguistics, including but not restricted to syntax,
morphology, phonology, phonetics, historical linguistics,
sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, acquisition, and pedagogy. Each
paper will be allowed thirty minutes (including 10 minutes for
discussion).

Please send abstracts (maximum 500 words) electronically to Miriam
Whiting (whiting.33 at osu.edu) by SEPTEMBER 20, 2004.  Please include
your name, affiliation, mailing address and email address.

Papers from the conference will be published as Vol. 5 of the Ohio State
University Working Papers in Slavic Studies.

Accommodation with local graduate students will be available.

Questions may be addressed to any of the organizers.

Organizers:
Tanya Ivanova (ivanova.1 at osu.edu)
Natalie Mykysey (mykysey.1 at osu.edu)
Andrea Sims (asims at ling.ohio-state.edu)
Miriam Whiting (whiting.33 at osu.edu)

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From critendn at PRINCETON.EDU  Wed Sep 15 03:26:37 2004
From: critendn at PRINCETON.EDU (Cole M. Crittenden)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 23:26:37 -0400
Subject: pushkin's nanny
Message-ID: <TUE.14.SEP.2004.232637.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Arina Rodionovna is sometimes referred to as Anna Rodionovna (I've run across it in a couple of essays and brief bios of Pushkin).  Wondering if Anna can be a short form of Arina, or vice versa, or if this is simply a wrong substitution that somehow got currency in English.
Thanks in advance,
Cole Crittenden.

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Wed Sep 15 03:36:33 2004
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 23:36:33 -0400
Subject: pushkin's nanny
In-Reply-To: <185e02c1860ca6.1860ca6185e02c@Princeton.EDU>
Message-ID: <TUE.14.SEP.2004.233633.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

>Arina Rodionovna is sometimes referred to as Anna Rodionovna (I've run
>across it in a couple of essays and brief bios of Pushkin).

This is the first time I hear of it. Who were the authors, did they know
Russian well?

>Wondering if Anna can be a short form of Arina,

Never. Anna was Christ's grandmother, so to speak, and the name Anna cannot
be a diminutive for anything that does not include it to begin with (like
Marianna, for ex. and even then it wouldn't.)

> or vice versa,

The sound R does not appear in names as a diminutive element unless in a
suffix -ur-: Shura, for ex.

> or if this is simply a wrong substitution that somehow got currency in
>English.

Sounds like it.

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From paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM  Wed Sep 15 03:48:03 2004
From: paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM (Paul B. Gallagher)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 23:48:03 -0400
Subject: pushkin's nanny
Message-ID: <TUE.14.SEP.2004.234803.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Cole M. Crittenden wrote:

 > Arina Rodionovna is sometimes referred to as Anna Rodionovna (I've
 > run across it in a couple of essays and brief bios of Pushkin).
 > Wondering if Anna can be a short form of Arina, or vice versa, or if
 > this is simply a wrong substitution that somehow got currency in
 > English. Thanks in advance, Cole Crittenden.

If you blur your eyes and let the "r" run into the "i," you'll see how
someone could make that mistake. -- But only in English.

Once it got into print, it was only a matter of time before someone
copied it...

--
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 Zemedelec at AOL.COM  Wed Sep 15 04:54:28 2004
From: Zemedelec at AOL.COM (Leslie Farmer)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:54:28 EDT
Subject: Taste of Russia just 4 days away
Message-ID: <WED.15.SEP.2004.005428.EDT.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Unfortunately in the South, we are just about to get a less alluring taste of
Russia---a Category 5 hurricane (most intense winds) called Ivan should hit
some time tomorrow or Thus.   I've decided, like quite a few citizens of NO, to
have my doors and windows barricaded with heavy plywood, stock up on ice and
provisions and hope Ivan will diminish in strength when it hits land or will
pass us by.
 Just for the Moravian memories I've stuck a bottle of slivovice (actually
Croatian) in the freezer, so if I disappear from this list, the next time you
drink some, "turn down an empty glass."

Leslie

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From alaix at YAHOO.COM  Wed Sep 15 07:05:25 2004
From: alaix at YAHOO.COM (Alexei Kokin)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:05:25 -0700
Subject: pushkin's nanny
In-Reply-To: <185e02c1860ca6.1860ca6185e02c@Princeton.EDU>
Message-ID: <WED.15.SEP.2004.000525.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

"Arina" is a folk or affectionate form of "Irina." As
a name in its own right, "Arina" only gained (limited)
currency among the educated in the late 20th century.
In A.K. Tolstoy's <I>Tsar Feodor Ioannovich</i>, Tsar
Feodor lovingly calls his wife (Irina) Arinushka.

Anna is certainly not a short form of anything but a
New Testament name of Jewish origin. Its own
diminutives are rather curious, though--from Netochka
to Nyusya.

The bottom line is, Pushkin's nanny was called either
Arina or Anna--definitely not both.

My 2 kopecks,

Alexei


--- "Cole M. Crittenden" <critendn at PRINCETON.EDU>
wrote:

> Arina Rodionovna is sometimes referred to as Anna
> Rodionovna (I've run across it in a couple of essays
> and brief bios of Pushkin).  Wondering if Anna can
> be a short form of Arina, or vice versa, or if this
> is simply a wrong substitution that somehow got
> currency in English.
> Thanks in advance,
> Cole Crittenden.
>
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From ihelfant at MAIL.COLGATE.EDU  Wed Sep 15 09:11:32 2004
From: ihelfant at MAIL.COLGATE.EDU (Ian Helfant)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 05:11:32 -0400
Subject: online photo gallery of life in Vladimir Russia (August 2004)
Message-ID: <WED.15.SEP.2004.051132.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Deer SEELANGS members:

I am leading the Colgate-Mount Holyoke Consortial Moscow study group of 11
students for Fall 2004.  We spent August in Vladimir and while there I
compiled a large collection of high-quality photographs of everyday life,
mostly of human subjects along with some architecture, etc.  I've posted
the collection at
http://people.colgate.edu/ihelfant/Russia_04_pics/Russia_1/.  (You may
have to cut and past this link to get there.)

Please feel free to check out the gallery of 78 pictures if you're
interested and to make any suggestions about technique or subject matter,
as I’ll be continuing this project here in Moscow for the next 3 months.
I'd especially welcome any comments from the ethnographists among us about
the ethics involved in taking pictures of human subjects.  The pictures
were taken with a Canon Digital Rebel six megapixel SLR and an assortment
of lenses ranging from wide-angle through 640 mm telephoto.  Please note
that you can see the original large files by double clicking on any of the
slides.

On a side note, I will be printing enlargements (the gear will allow
archive quality enlargements up to at least 12 x 18, and very reasonable
enlargements up to poster size)  to hang in our Russian teaching rooms at
Colgate upon my return in December.  If you see any pictures that you
might be interested in enlarging yourselves, please let me know off-list.
If there’s sufficient interest, I will do some investigating of how much
it would cost to get enlargements to you (color corrected, professional
quality, and all that of course).

Also, if anyone has any particular suggestions or requests about things to
photograph here in Moscow, please let me know.

Best to you all, -- Ian Helfant (Assoc. Prof. of Russian, Colgate
University)

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Wed Sep 15 12:38:48 2004
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:38:48 -0400
Subject: pushkin's nanny
In-Reply-To: <20040915070525.87957.qmail@web53007.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <WED.15.SEP.2004.083848.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Totally agree with everything Alexei Kokin said, except the curiousness of
formation (unless he meant interesting):

>Anna is certainly not a short form of anything but a
>New Testament name of Jewish origin. Its own
>diminutives are rather curious, though--from Netochka
>to Nyusya.

Diminutive suffixes with -u- are plentiful: ul, ut, ur, us:

Marfa - Marfuta, (also Anjuta, hense "anjutiny glazki")
Sasha - Sashura (->Shura)
Mar'ja - Marusja (also babusja, Lenusja, Natusja)
Vera - Verulja (also babulja, etc.)

So, Anja -> Anjuta/Anjusja -> Njuta, Njusja

Netochka is probably from French Annette -> Annetochka -> Netochka. To
support this theory: we don't find Netochka among peasants characters, only
among the St.Petersburg characters.

__________________________
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 LFS, American University
 4400 Mass. Ave., NW
 Washington, DC 20016

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From glebov at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU  Wed Sep 15 14:56:43 2004
From: glebov at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU (glebov at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:56:43 -0400
Subject: TOC: Ab Imperio 2-2004 Memory Repressed, Silenced, and Lost
Message-ID: <WED.15.SEP.2004.105643.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear friends and colleagues,
Ab Imperio editors would like to repeat the announcement of the release of
the second issue of the journal in 2004. Ab Imperio is a bilingual
(English-Russian) quarterly dedicated to studies of New Imperial History
and Nationalism in the post Soviet Space. The second issue of the journal
focuses on the theme "Memory Repressed, Silenced, and Lost" which is
conceived within the framework of the overall annual theme "The Archeology
of Memory of Empire and Nation." This issue also features a separate forum
dedicated to the discussion of Cossack history, identity, and history
writing in the imperial, national and post soviet space.

This issue of the journal may be accessed online at: http://www.abimperio.net
Subscription and purchase options are listed at:
http://www.abimperio.net/order

For any inquires, please, contact the editors at: office at abimperio.net,
semyonov at abimperio.net, glebov at rci.rutgers.edu ,
akaplunovski at abimperio.net


(The language of publication is indicated in brackets)

Ab Imperio Issue 2, 2004

“MEMORY REPRESSED, SILENCED, AND LOST”

I. METHODOLOGY AND THEORY

>From the Editors (RUS/ENG)

Boris Groys
The Role of Museum at the Time of the Nation-State Disintegration (RUS)

Alexander Etkind
Time to Compare Stones. Post-Revolutionary Culture of Political Sorrow in
Contemporary Russia (RUS)

Serhy Yekelchyk
Ukrainian Historical Memory and the Soviet Commemorative Canon: Defining
Ukrainian National Heritage under Stalin (RUS)

Antony Polonsky
Poles, Jews and the Problems of a Divided Memory (ENG)


II. HISTORY

Ekaterina Boltunova
The Russian Guards in the First Quarter of the 18th Century:
“Antitraditionalists” or “Traditionalist Reformers” (RUS)

Elena Vishlenkova
A Lost Version of War and Peace: Symbolism of Alexander I’s Era (RUS)

Igor Narskii
The Construction of the Civil War Myth and the Peculiarities of the
Collective Amnesia in the Urals, 1917-1922 (RUS)

Bert Hoppe
Fighting the Enemy’s Past: Konigsberg/Kaliningrad as a Place of Memory in
the Post-War USSR (RUS)

Sergei Digol
The 1949 Operation “South” in the Left-Bank Moldavia: A Forgotten Fragment
of “Rehabilitated” Memory (RUS)

Alexander Osipian
Ethnic Cleansings and Memory Purges: The Ukrainian-Polish Borderland in
1937-1947 in Moder

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From bliss at WMONLINE.COM  Wed Sep 15 16:25:26 2004
From: bliss at WMONLINE.COM (Liv Bliss)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:25:26 -0700
Subject: Assessing well-formedness using Google counts
Message-ID: <WED.15.SEP.2004.092526.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Molodets, Danko! You've just saved me a TON of time. Thank you.

********************
Liv Bliss
ATA certified  Russian to English translator
e-mail: bliss at wmonline.com
I do most of my work sitting down. That's where I shine -- Robert
Benchley
********************

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From amelia.glaser at GMAIL.COM  Wed Sep 15 17:49:23 2004
From: amelia.glaser at GMAIL.COM (amelia glaser)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:49:23 -0400
Subject: online photo gallery of life in Vladimir Russia (August 2004)
In-Reply-To: <LISTSERV%200409150511320310@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Message-ID: <WED.15.SEP.2004.134923.0400.AMELIA.GLASER@GMAIL.COM>

These are incredible pictures -- thanks so much for sharing them!

Amelia Glaser


On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 05:11:32 -0400, Ian Helfant
<ihelfant at mail.colgate.edu> wrote:
> Deer SEELANGS members:
>
> I am leading the Colgate-Mount Holyoke Consortial Moscow study group of 11
> students for Fall 2004.  We spent August in Vladimir and while there I
> compiled a large collection of high-quality photographs of everyday life,
> mostly of human subjects along with some architecture, etc.  I've posted
> the collection at
> http://people.colgate.edu/ihelfant/Russia_04_pics/Russia_1/.  (You may
> have to cut and past this link to get there.)
>
> Please feel free to check out the gallery of 78 pictures if you're
> interested and to make any suggestions about technique or subject matter,
> as I'll be continuing this project here in Moscow for the next 3 months.
> I'd especially welcome any comments from the ethnographists among us about
> the ethics involved in taking pictures of human subjects.  The pictures
> were taken with a Canon Digital Rebel six megapixel SLR and an assortment
> of lenses ranging from wide-angle through 640 mm telephoto.  Please note
> that you can see the original large files by double clicking on any of the
> slides.
>
> On a side note, I will be printing enlargements (the gear will allow
> archive quality enlargements up to at least 12 x 18, and very reasonable
> enlargements up to poster size)  to hang in our Russian teaching rooms at
> Colgate upon my return in December.  If you see any pictures that you
> might be interested in enlarging yourselves, please let me know off-list.
> If there's sufficient interest, I will do some investigating of how much
> it would cost to get enlargements to you (color corrected, professional
> quality, and all that of course).
>
> Also, if anyone has any particular suggestions or requests about things to
> photograph here in Moscow, please let me know.
>
> Best to you all, -- Ian Helfant (Assoc. Prof. of Russian, Colgate
> University)
>
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From aglaser at STANFORD.EDU  Wed Sep 15 18:06:28 2004
From: aglaser at STANFORD.EDU (Amelia Glaser)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 11:06:28 -0700
Subject: apartment in Petersburg
In-Reply-To: <413E2F04.367A506A@georgetown.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.15.SEP.2004.110628.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

A ROOM FOR RENT IN ST PETERSBURG

A spacious room in a 3-rd floor apartment situated in the historic centre
of St Petersburg, Russia. Available for short or long term. Call: 7 812
272 6765 (preferably in Russian).

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From rrobin at GWU.EDU  Wed Sep 15 19:09:48 2004
From: rrobin at GWU.EDU (Richard Robin)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:09:48 -0400
Subject: Russian webcasts are back!
Message-ID: <WED.15.SEP.2004.150948.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGovtsy!

Special Russian webcasting (*Mnbnqrh medekh m` sopny8mmnl psqqjnl
 g{je*) is back for a third season.  The URL is
http://www.gwu.edu/~slavic/webcast. Last year's broadcasts are archived
there and still available.

*Mnbnqrh medekh m` sopny8mmnl psqqjnl  g{je *delivers a survey of the
previous week's news in simplified standard Russian. Listeners of Voice
of America's "Special English" broadcasts will recognize the slightly
slower rate of speech and textual redundancy which characterize these
webcasts.

*Why sopny8mm{i psqqjhi? *Back in Soviet times, the news was easy to
understand. The propaganda-laden messages were predictable and the
diction clear and slow. Post-communist newscasts feature telegraphic
speech and slurry diction. Our webcasts serve as a stepping stone
between the teacher talk of the classroom and the "real" Russian of the
media.

*Authentic news. *The news itself is taken from a number of Russian
sites, including Lenta.Ru, Gazeta.Ru, and ]un Lnqjb{. The accompanying
exercises pre-listening background information, vocabulary support, and
post-listening activities. Some of these are open-ended questions.
Others are interactive. Listeners can check their answers with a mouse
click.

*Timeframe. *Newscasts are posted once every two weeks. The news cycle
covered is from Monday to Friday. The news is recorded and posted the
following Monday. Exercises are available by Tuesday morning. In other
words, listeners should expect at least a 96-hour delay in "timeliness."

*Who can listen? *The news items, style, and exercise level are aimed at
students with listening skills at ACTFL Intermediate Mid to Intermediate
High. In most cases, that corresponds to college Russian at the end of
second-year.

*Copyright information. *Users may download both the written and audio
versions of the exercises, copy them, and redistribute them. The only
restriction is that the material must be cited: "Novosti nedeli na
uproshchennom russkom jazyke, a project of the National Capital Language
Resource Center. www.gwu.edu/~slavic/webcasts/."

*Complaints and kudos *can be sent to the project director: Richard
Robin <mailto:rrobin at gwu.edu>.

*Credits. *Project director: *Richard Robin*. News rewriters and
exercises: *Natalia Bessergeneva* and *Richard Robin*. Voice: *Natalia
Bessergeneva*. JavaScripting: *Natalia Bessergeneva*.

--

Richard Robin
Language Program Director for Russian
Department of Romance, German, and Slavic
Phillips Hall 509
The George Washington University
Washington, DC 20052
rrobin at gwu.edu
http://home.gwu.edu/~rrobin
202-994-7081

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From raeruder at UKY.EDU  Wed Sep 15 19:41:19 2004
From: raeruder at UKY.EDU (Cynthia A. Ruder)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 15:41:19 -0400
Subject: Job Openings
Message-ID: <WED.15.SEP.2004.154119.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGERS:
        Please be apprised of the following job openings at the
University of Kentucky.  We encourage any interested and qualified
Slavist to apply.  Sincerely, Cindy Ruder

Associate Professor of Foreign Language Education/Second Language Acquisition

Applications are invited for a newly created tenured position in
Foreign Language Education/Second Language Acquisition at the
University of Kentucky. The position will begin with the 2005-2006
academic year and be housed jointly in the Department of Modern and
Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures (3/4), College of Arts
and Sciences, and the Department of Curriculum and Instruction (1/4),
College of Education. Qualifications: a PhD in Foreign Language
Education, Second Language Acquisition or one of the following
language content areas: French, German, Latin, Russian, Spanish;
native or near-native fluency in English and one or more of the four
modern languages indicated; a record of excellence in teaching,
research and service; evidence of successful grant writing;
experience in working with a state department of education. The
successful candidate will lead existing faculty with expertise in
language pedagogy and second language acquisition in implementing a
new MA program in Teaching World Languages with certification P-12
and developing individual and joint research projects. A letter of
interest, a CV and at least three letters of reference should be sent
to Prof. Theodore Fiedler, Chair, Department of Modern and Classical
Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Kentucky,
Lexington KY 40506-0027. Review of applications will begin November
1, 2004 and continue until the position is filled. The University of
Kentucky is an AA/EO employer. Women and minorities are especially
encouraged to apply.


Director, Language Media Center

The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky seeks
applications for the  position of Director of its Language Media
Center to begin August 2005. The Director will have nine-month
tenured or tenure-track faculty status, rank open, and be appointed
either in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages,
Literatures and Cultures or the Department of Hispanic Studies.
Qualifications include a PhD in second language acquisition, in
foreign language education, or in a modern language taught at UK with
specialization in applied linguistics. Applicants without PhD in hand
must provide evidence that it will be completed by July 2005. In
addition to excellence in classroom teaching and a research program
in the area of specialization, knowledge of and experience in
state-of-the-art technologies used in language teaching/learning and
interactive Web-based language learning resources is essential. The
successful candidate will be prepared to take the lead in integrating
technology with language instruction; possess excellent oral/written
communication skills; teach one course per semester; and serve as
liaison with the Teaching and Academic Support Center and IT
personnel. Knowledge of copyright issues is desirable. Send letter of
application, CV, and three letters of reference or placement dossier
with letters of reference to Prof. Edward Stanton, Chair, Director
Search Committee, Department of Hispanic Studies, University of
Kentucky, Lexington KY 40506-0027. Review of applications will begin
on November 1, 2004 and continue until the position is filled. UK is
an AA/EO employer. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to
apply.

--
Cynthia A. Ruder                                        Modern &
Classical Languages
Associate Professor                                     University of Kentucky
Russian & Eastern Studies                               1055 Patterson
859-257-7026 (office)                           Lexington, KY  40506-0027
859-257-3743 (fax)                              raeruder at uky.edu

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From Vladimir.Benko at FEDU.UNIBA.SK  Wed Sep 15 20:10:14 2004
From: Vladimir.Benko at FEDU.UNIBA.SK (Vladimir Benko)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:10:14 +0200
Subject: Russian webcasts are back!
In-Reply-To: <4148937C.8080804@gwu.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.15.SEP.2004.221014.0200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear All,

> Special Russian webcasting (*Mnbnqrh medekh m` sopny8mmnl psqqjnl
>  g{je*) is back for a third season.  The URL is
> http://www.gwu.edu/~slavic/webcast. Last year's broadcasts are
> archived there and still available.

This reminds me that I came across another source of Russian internet
broadcasting recently:

        http://www.specialradio.ru/

The site broadcasts in 14 channels ("buttons"), including "Russkij
Shanson (Knopka 2)" and "Avtorskaya Pesniya (Knopka 12)".  Most
channels use Windows Media format with 20 kbps and 64 kbps bitrate.

Best wishes,

Vlado B, 22:10

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From adk59 at HOTMAIL.COM  Thu Sep 16 05:40:00 2004
From: adk59 at HOTMAIL.COM (Andrew Kaufman)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:40:00 -0700
Subject: images of merchants
Message-ID: <WED.15.SEP.2004.224000.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Can anybody recommend some excellent stories, plays or novels from Russian
literature that  explicitly represent images of capitalists, merchants, or
people engaged in business affairs?
There are some obvious examples, like Tolstoy's Master and Man, or Chekhov's
The Cherry Orchard, and others. I am especially interested in works that
undergraduate students would enjoy.

Thanks


Andy Kaufman, Ph.D.
13141 Riverside Drive, Suite 304
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Thu Sep 16 05:51:39 2004
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 06:51:39 +0100
Subject: images of merchants
In-Reply-To: <BAY17-F8Sz9qGFTS0aW0005ecad@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.16.SEP.2004.065139.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Andy Kaufman,

> Can anybody recommend some excellent stories, plays or novels from Russian
> literature that  explicitly represent images of capitalists, merchants, or
> people engaged in business affairs?
Leskov's 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk' is an obvious example.  My translation
was published last year by the Hesperus Press.

Robert Chandler

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From elenka at UVIC.CA  Thu Sep 16 06:19:21 2004
From: elenka at UVIC.CA (elenka)
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:19:21 -0700
Subject: images of merchants
Message-ID: <WED.15.SEP.2004.231921.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Well, Alexandr Ostrovsky's plays such as "Groza", "Volki i ovtsy",
"Bespridannitsa" (the last one was made into a popular melodrama "Zhestokii
romans" by El'dar Riazanov) are full of memorable images of merchants and of
"delovye liudi" in general.

But how far does your definition of a capitalist go? or of a person involved
in business affairs? Legal or illegal business? I am not sure Ostap Bender
qualifies here, but he's certainly a character undergraduate students would
find interesting.

Best wishes,

Elena


>===== Original Message From Slavic & East European Languages and Literature
list              <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> =====
>Can anybody recommend some excellent stories, plays or novels from Russian
>literature that  explicitly represent images of capitalists, merchants, or
>people engaged in business affairs?
>There are some obvious examples, like Tolstoy's Master and Man, or Chekhov's
>The Cherry Orchard, and others. I am especially interested in works that
>undergraduate students would enjoy.
>
>Thanks
>
>
>Andy Kaufman, Ph.D.
>13141 Riverside Drive, Suite 304
>Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
>Office: 818 386 9339
>Mobile: 818 723 2009
>
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============================
Elena V. Baraban, Ph.D.
Germanic and Russian Studies
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 3045 STN CSC
Victoria, B.C. V8W 3P4
(250)721-7322

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From uhwm006 at SUN.RHUL.AC.UK  Thu Sep 16 09:06:12 2004
From: uhwm006 at SUN.RHUL.AC.UK (Geoffrey Chew)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:06:12 +0100
Subject: images of merchants
In-Reply-To: <BD6EE87B.99BF%kcf19@dial.pipex.com>
Message-ID: <THU.16.SEP.2004.100612.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004, Robert Chandler wrote:

> > Can anybody recommend some excellent stories, plays or novels from Russian
> > literature that  explicitly represent images of capitalists, merchants, or
> > people engaged in business affairs?
>
> Leskov's 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk' is an obvious example.  My translation
> was published last year by the Hesperus Press.

And has the advantage that students could compare it with Shostakovich's
operatic version of 1935 (no doubt available on DVD) with or without a
study of Stalin's attack on it in January 1936, the political fallout, the
sanitized later version of 1963, etc.

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

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From uhwm006 at SUN.RHUL.AC.UK  Thu Sep 16 10:18:43 2004
From: uhwm006 at SUN.RHUL.AC.UK (Geoffrey Chew)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:18:43 +0100
Subject: images of merchants
In-Reply-To: <4149632E@wm2.uvic.ca>
Message-ID: <THU.16.SEP.2004.111843.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004, elenka wrote:

> Well, Alexandr Ostrovsky's plays such as "Groza", "Volki i ovtsy",
> "Bespridannitsa" (the last one was made into a popular melodrama
> "Zhestokii romans" by El'dar Riazanov) are full of memorable images of
> merchants and of "delovye liudi" in general.

And, as a follow-up to my last posting, "Groza" also has the advantage of
a possible comparison with Janacek's operatic reworking of it in Czech in
"Kat'a Kabanova".

Best wishes

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

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From lzaharkov at WITTENBERG.EDU  Thu Sep 16 13:17:42 2004
From: lzaharkov at WITTENBERG.EDU (Lila W. Zaharkov)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:17:42 -0400
Subject: images of merchants
In-Reply-To: <4149632E@wm2.uvic.ca>
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At 11:19 PM 09/15/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Well, Alexandr Ostrovsky's plays such as "Groza", "Volki i ovtsy",
>"Bespridannitsa" (the last one was made into a popular melodrama "Zhestokii
>romans" by El'dar Riazanov) are full of memorable images of merchants and of
>"delovye liudi" in general.
>
>But how far does your definition of a capitalist go? or of a person involved
>in business affairs? Legal or illegal business? I am not sure Ostap Bender
>qualifies here, but he's certainly a character undergraduate students would
>find interesting.
>
>Best wishes,
>  Check outShmelov's "The Visit" in the Ardis collection of Recent Russian
> Literature.
      Turgenev's "Khor and Kalinich for a contrast of lifestyles and values.


>Elena
>
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> >Can anybody recommend some excellent stories, plays or novels from Russian
> >literature that  explicitly represent images of capitalists, merchants, or
> >people engaged in business affairs?
> >There are some obvious examples, like Tolstoy's Master and Man, or Chekhov's
> >The Cherry Orchard, and others. I am especially interested in works that
> >undergraduate students would enjoy.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >
> >Andy Kaufman, Ph.D.
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From lily.alexander at UTORONTO.CA  Thu Sep 16 16:08:25 2004
From: lily.alexander at UTORONTO.CA (Lily Alexander)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:08:25 -0400
Subject: images of merchants
In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.2.20040916091614.01ae0068@imap.wittenberg.edu>
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 One of the tragic representations of merchants and a very powerful one
is Turgenev's "Postoialyi dvor," translated as  "The Inn" (1852).
Students had no difficulties relating to it and understanding its ideas.

Lily Alexander

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From anthony.j.vanchu1 at JSC.NASA.GOV  Thu Sep 16 16:07:28 2004
From: anthony.j.vanchu1 at JSC.NASA.GOV (VANCHU, ANTHONY J. (JSC-AH) (TTI))
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 11:07:28 -0500
Subject: images of merchants
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I don't know how far back you want to go, but there is the Povest' o Karpe
Sutulove, a late 17th-century tale.

There's also Pisemsky's play "Baal" (not a great play, but on the topic, if
I recall correctly).

Tony Vanchu

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From raeruder at UKY.EDU  Thu Sep 16 18:12:47 2004
From: raeruder at UKY.EDU (Cynthia A. Ruder)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:12:47 -0400
Subject: Volodina book
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SEELANGERS:
        Does anyone have any idea where to get copies of Galina
Il'inichna Volodina's book--
<<Osobennosti vyrazheniia nekotoryx smyslov v razgovornoi rechi>>.
Originally it was published by MAKS Press in 2001, but I can't seem
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Thanks in advance for your help.

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From pstock at BRANDEIS.EDU  Thu Sep 16 18:23:05 2004
From: pstock at BRANDEIS.EDU (David Powelstock)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 14:23:05 -0400
Subject: images of merchants
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       Don't forget Lermontov's "Kalashnikov," a great example--and, as you
might imagine, Soviet interpretations did not dwell much on the heroic
Kalashnikov's social class!
       Cheers,
       David Powelstock

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Subject: [SEELANGS] images of merchants

       Can anybody recommend some excellent stories, plays or novels from
Russian
       literature that  explicitly represent images of capitalists,
merchants, or
       people engaged in business affairs?
       There are some obvious examples, like Tolstoy's Master and Man, or
Chekhov's
       The Cherry Orchard, and others. I am especially interested in works
that
       undergraduate students would enjoy.

       Thanks


       Andy Kaufman, Ph.D.
       13141 Riverside Drive, Suite 304
       Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
       Office: 818 386 9339
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From russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU  Thu Sep 16 21:37:24 2004
From: russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU (Russell Valentino)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 16:37:24 -0500
Subject: images of merchants
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Chichikov is a capitalist, his tovar the dusha.
"Uncle" Petr Ivanych, in Goncharov's Ordinary Story, owns a factory and delo
delaet; in then end, his nephew has seen the light.
Shtolz...
Lopukhov in C's What Is To be Done? comes back to Russia as an American
businessman. Vera Pavolvna's sewing cooperative: an alternative business.
The business of money lending in Dostoevsky. Luzhin is first and foremost a
businessman (also a lawyer). Razumikhin wants to open a publishing firm (and
presumably does). Grushenka is kept by a merchant.
Tolstoy's Levin and the business of farming.
Chekhov's Steppe: a merchant caravan.

Quoting Andrew Kaufman <adk59 at HOTMAIL.COM>:

> Can anybody recommend some excellent stories, plays or novels from Russian
> literature that  explicitly represent images of capitalists, merchants, or
> people engaged in business affairs?>
>
> Andy Kaufman, Ph.D.

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From pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU  Thu Sep 16 21:44:03 2004
From: pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU (pjs)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:44:03 -0400
Subject: images of merchants
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Wait! I've been follwing this with one eye. Has anyone mentioned Gorky's
plays "Yegor Bulychov i drugie" and "Dostigaev i drugie" also his novel
"Zhizn' Klima Samgina..." Gorky may be tendentious, but the really knew
the millieu.

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From greniers at GEORGETOWN.EDU  Thu Sep 16 21:46:36 2004
From: greniers at GEORGETOWN.EDU (Svetlana Grenier)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:46:36 -0400
Subject: images of merchants
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Tolstoy's Levin and the business of farming.

I don't know to what extent farming can qualify as  "business", but
there is also a memorable scene of Levin and Oblonsky doing business
with a merchant Riabinin, who comes to Levin's house to buy Dolly's
forest from Stiva.  Part 2, I think.

SG

>
>Quoting Andrew Kaufman <adk59 at HOTMAIL.COM>:
>
>
>
>>Can anybody recommend some excellent stories, plays or novels from Russian
>>literature that  explicitly represent images of capitalists, merchants, or
>>people engaged in business affairs?>
>>
>>Andy Kaufman, Ph.D.
>>
>>
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From paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM  Thu Sep 16 22:22:28 2004
From: paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM (Paul B. Gallagher)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:22:28 -0400
Subject: A conjugation question
Message-ID: <THU.16.SEP.2004.182228.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Which is correct? (not to worry, it didn't happen!)

Арестовали Юрия Москальца и Александра Москальца и посадили обоих
***Москальцев***

Арестовали Юрия Москальца и Александра Москальца и посадили обоих
***Москальцов***

Thanks.

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From greniers at GEORGETOWN.EDU  Thu Sep 16 22:58:00 2004
From: greniers at GEORGETOWN.EDU (Svetlana Grenier)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:58:00 -0400
Subject: A conjugation question
In-Reply-To: <414A1224.2090508@pbg-translations.com>
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It should be the second version (-ov), since the name is probably
stressed on the last syllable (sounds better to me, for what it's worth).


Paul B. Gallagher wrote:

> Which is correct? (not to worry, it didn't happen!)
>
> Арестовали Юрия Москальца и Александра Москальца и посадили обоих
> ***Москальцев***
>
> Арестовали Юрия Москальца и Александра Москальца и посадили обоих
> ***Москальцов***
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
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From jsdrisc at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Fri Sep 17 00:05:27 2004
From: jsdrisc at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (o'drisceoil)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 20:05:27 -0400
Subject: images of merchants
In-Reply-To: <BAY17-F8Sz9qGFTS0aW0005ecad@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.16.SEP.2004.200527.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Andy,

You have received many wonderful suggestions, and you can find more in
Louis Perlman's "Russian Literature and the Business Man." (1937).  I would
caution your students, however, to make careful distinctions between a
traditional Russian merchant (operating within the parameters of a
tributary economy), and a capitalist (operating within the parameters of a
capitalist economy).  "Business affairs" have been conducted for millenia,
but capitalism is something quite distinct, and in the case of Russia,
makes its debut relatively late.

One of the best discussions of the important differences between a merchant
and capitalist can be found in Heilbroner's  "The Nature and Logic of
Capitalism."  I think it would make for a great discussion in class to put
the character of Chichikov, for example, to the test.

Best,

James S. O'Driscoll
Harvard

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From elenka at UVIC.CA  Fri Sep 17 00:41:30 2004
From: elenka at UVIC.CA (elenka)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 17:41:30 -0700
Subject: A conjugation question
Message-ID: <THU.16.SEP.2004.174130.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I second this. Usually, the surname "Moskalets" has the stress on the last
"e", rather than on "a." The accusative case plural depends on whether the
stress is on the last syllable of the surname (then it's -ov ending in the
Acc. plural) or on "a" (then it should be -ev ending in the Accusative plural)

Best wishes,

Elena

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>It should be the second version (-ov), since the name is probably
>stressed on the last syllable (sounds better to me, for what it's worth).
>
>
>Paul B. Gallagher wrote:
>
>> Which is correct? (not to worry, it didn't happen!)
>>
>> Àðåñòîâàëè Þðèÿ Ìîñêàëüöà è Àëåêñàíäðà Ìîñêàëüöà è ïîñàäèëè îáîèõ
>> ***Ìîñêàëüöåâ***
>>
>> Àðåñòîâàëè Þðèÿ Ìîñêàëüöà è Àëåêñàíäðà Ìîñêàëüöà è ïîñàäèëè îáîèõ
>> ***Ìîñêàëüöîâ***
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> --
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From stanton at LSU.EDU  Fri Sep 17 01:11:22 2004
From: stanton at LSU.EDU (Leonard J Stanton)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 20:11:22 -0500
Subject: A conjugation question
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why isn't alexandra in the accusative?

lenny stanton
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Which is correct? (not to worry, it didn't happen!)

Арестовали Юрия Москальца и Александра Москальца и посадили обоих
***Москальцев***

Арестовали Юрия Москальца и Александра Москальца и посадили обоих
***Москальцов***

Thanks.

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From svitlana at 411.CA  Fri Sep 17 01:07:05 2004
From: svitlana at 411.CA (Svitlana Kobets)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 20:07:05 -0500
Subject: images of merchants
Message-ID: <THU.16.SEP.2004.200705.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Melnikov-Pecherskii wrote about merchants
I just don't know whethere there are English translations of his "Na gorakh"
and "V lesakh".

Best,
Svitlana Kobets

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> To: SEELANGS at listserv.cuny.edu
> Subject: [SEELANGS] images of merchants
>
>       Can anybody recommend some excellent stories, plays or novels from
> Russian
>       literature that  explicitly represent images of capitalists,
> merchants, or
>       people engaged in business affairs?
>       There are some obvious examples, like Tolstoy's Master and Man, or
> Chekhov's
>       The Cherry Orchard, and others. I am especially interested in works
> that
>       undergraduate students would enjoy.
>
>       Thanks
>
>
>       Andy Kaufman, Ph.D.
>       13141 Riverside Drive, Suite 304
>       Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
>       Office: 818 386 9339
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From stanton at LSU.EDU  Fri Sep 17 01:20:41 2004
From: stanton at LSU.EDU (Leonard J Stanton)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 20:20:41 -0500
Subject: A conjugation question
Message-ID: <THU.16.SEP.2004.202041.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

declension
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From adk59 at HOTMAIL.COM  Fri Sep 17 01:39:17 2004
From: adk59 at HOTMAIL.COM (Andrew Kaufman)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:39:17 -0700
Subject: images of merchants
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Thanks for the many wonderful suggestions to all of you!

Andy Kaufman



Andy Kaufman, Ph.D.
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From pstock at BRANDEIS.EDU  Fri Sep 17 04:16:23 2004
From: pstock at BRANDEIS.EDU (David Powelstock)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 00:16:23 -0400
Subject: A conjugation question
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       It is.

       -----Original Message-----
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       why isn't alexandra in the accusative?

       lenny stanton

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From bjoseph at LING.OHIO-STATE.EDU  Fri Sep 17 04:31:45 2004
From: bjoseph at LING.OHIO-STATE.EDU (Brian Joseph)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 00:31:45 -0400
Subject: Prize Competition Announcement
Message-ID: <FRI.17.SEP.2004.003145.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Slavicist colleagues:

Please take note of this announcement of a Prize competition, and feel
free to pass word of this on to anyone else you think might be interested.

My thanks in advance,

--Brian

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ANNOUNCING -- The 2004(-05) Competition for:

The Kenneth E. Naylor Young Scholar's Prize in South Slavic
and Balkan Linguistics

In memory of Kenneth E. Naylor, Balkanist and South Slavic
linguist par excellence, the Naylor Professorship in South Slavic
Linguistics in the Department of Slavic and East European
Languages and Literatures at The Ohio State University
established in 1999 a prize of $500 for the best unpublished paper
by a young scholar on a topic in Balkan or South Slavic linguistics.
This year's competition is now officially open.

We thus solicit papers written in English by young scholars --
defined for this competition as an advanced graduate student (who
is beyond his/her first year of study) or someone who is no more
than three years beyond the awarding of the Ph.D. degree at the
time of submission -- that treats some topic either in Balkan
linguistics, taking a comparative approach and treating at least two
languages of Southeastern Europe, or in any of the South Slavic
languages on their own or in relation to the other languages of the
Balkans.

In order to be eligible, the submitted paper must be unpublished,
and not under consideration for publication at the time of
submission; however, papers that have appeared in an issue of a
"Working Papers" series are still eligible for consideration in the
competition.  Those that have appeared in conference proceedings
volumes of any sort are not eligible, unless they are substantially
revised and/or expanded.  Written versions of papers that have
been presented at a conference are eligible, as are papers based on
chapters of dissertations or M.A. theses (but not raw dissertation
chapters or M.A. theses themselves).  In all cases, however, the
Committee will look for self-contained scholarly articles of
publishable quality that treat some relevant topic (as spelled out
above) in an interesting and insightful way, following any
appropriate approach (historical, synchronic, sociolinguistic, etc.)
and any theoretical framework.

Interested scholars should submit four copies of the paper along
with an abstract (no longer than 250 words) and a cover sheet with
the title of the paper, the author's name, affiliation, mailing
address, e-mail address, phone and fax numbers, date of entrance
into an appropriate graduate program or of awarding of Ph.D. (as
the case may be), and US social security number, if the author has
one (having one, though, is not a requirement), to:

        Naylor Prize Competition
        Dept. of Slavic & East European Languages & Literatures
        232 Cunz Hall
        The Ohio State University
        Columbus, Ohio  USA  43210-1215.

The deadline for receipt of the papers in the Department for this
competition is JANUARY 15, 2005.  The Screening Committee,
consisting of the Naylor Professor and former speakers in
the annual Kenneth E. Naylor Memorial Lecture series, expects
to make the announcement of the winner by March 30, 2005.  The
winning paper will be published (after any necessary revisions) in
an issue of the journal Balkanistica.  The Committee reserves the
right not to award the Prize in a given year.

Please address any inquiries to the Naylor Professor, Brian D.
Joseph, at the above address or via e-mail at joseph.1 at osu.edu.

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From alaix at YAHOO.COM  Fri Sep 17 06:36:17 2004
From: alaix at YAHOO.COM (Alexei Kokin)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 23:36:17 -0700
Subject: images of merchants
In-Reply-To: <BAY17-F8Sz9qGFTS0aW0005ecad@hotmail.com>
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I'd recommend other Leskov stories besides _Lady
Macbeth_. You might browse a collection of his short
stories to see which are relevant. Don't miss
_Chertogon_ and _Zheleznaya Volya_, a caricature of a
German trying to do business in Russia.

Melnikov-Pechersky wrote a lot on Old Believer
merchants, both in his novels and short stories. You
could also check out Mamin-Sibiryak's short stories
and his best-known novel, _Privalovskie Milliony_.

Best,

Alexei

--- Andrew Kaufman <adk59 at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Can anybody recommend some excellent stories, plays
> or novels from Russian
> literature that  explicitly represent images of
> capitalists, merchants, or
> people engaged in business affairs?
> There are some obvious examples, like Tolstoy's
> Master and Man, or Chekhov's
> The Cherry Orchard, and others. I am especially
> interested in works that
> undergraduate students would enjoy.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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From paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM  Fri Sep 17 10:35:21 2004
From: paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM (Paul B. Gallagher)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 06:35:21 -0400
Subject: A declension question (was conjugation): THANKS
Message-ID: <FRI.17.SEP.2004.063521.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Thanks to all who contributed to my edification: Svetlana Grenier, Elena
V. Baraban, and another subscriber who wrote privately and wishes to
remain anonymous.

I was actually spell-checking some OCR-ed pages in Abbyy FineReader, and
as you know you if you have the program, you can't just add a single
form to the dictionary, you have to add a whole paradigm.

So I made up an imaginary sentence that I hoped would give readers the
case and gender and force them to produce the genitive/accusative
plural. I wasn't looking for literary criticism, just the stress placement.

As it happens, both Москальцев and Москальцов exist as nominative
singular forms, at least on Google, so the stress must be somewhat
variable, like Иванов.

The consensus seems to favor final stress, though many respondents here
and on a translators' list to which I belong were uncomfortable
producing the form. The Google count also favors Москальцов heavily
(1710-60), FWIW. I suspect some instances of Москальцев may be spelling
errors by people intending a putative "Москальцёв."

And I turned up this article that goes on at length about the
involvement of one А. А. Москалец in a criminal case, using the
instrumental singular form "Москальцом" several times, which makes it
clear that the stress is final, at least for this individual:
<http://www.uralpolit.ru/docs/?article_id=1480>

--
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--
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From gianpaolo.gandolfo at FASTWEBNET.IT  Fri Sep 17 11:32:06 2004
From: gianpaolo.gandolfo at FASTWEBNET.IT (Gampaolo Gandolfo)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:32:06 +0200
Subject: Chekhov's theater on CD
Message-ID: <FRI.17.SEP.2004.133206.0200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

    Can anyone help me find a good edition of Chekhov's plays and /or literary works on CD (preferably performed by the MoscowArt Theater) Thank you
            Giampaolo Gandolfo

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From anthony.j.vanchu1 at JSC.NASA.GOV  Fri Sep 17 13:01:56 2004
From: anthony.j.vanchu1 at JSC.NASA.GOV (VANCHU, ANTHONY J. (JSC-AH) (TTI))
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:01:56 -0500
Subject: images of merchants
Message-ID: <FRI.17.SEP.2004.080156.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

One other figure in early Soviet literature worth mentioning--Andrei
Babichev in Olesha's Zavist'.  He's a fun portrayal of the quintessential
early Soviet-style entrepreneur.

Tony Vanchu

Dr. Anthony J. Vanchu
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From Polsky at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG  Fri Sep 17 17:24:56 2004
From: Polsky at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG (Marissa Polsky)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 13:24:56 -0400
Subject: images of merchants
Message-ID: <FRI.17.SEP.2004.132456.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

For an image of a capitalist (an American), there is Samuel Marshak's
Children's Poem, Mister Tvister.



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>>> greniers at GEORGETOWN.EDU 9/16/2004 5:46:36 PM >>>
Tolstoy's Levin and the business of farming.

I don't know to what extent farming can qualify as  "business", but
there is also a memorable scene of Levin and Oblonsky doing business
with a merchant Riabinin, who comes to Levin's house to buy Dolly's
forest from Stiva.  Part 2, I think.

SG

>
>Quoting Andrew Kaufman <adk59 at HOTMAIL.COM>:
>
>
>
>>Can anybody recommend some excellent stories, plays or novels from
Russian
>>literature that  explicitly represent images of capitalists,
merchants, or
>>people engaged in business affairs?>
>>
>>Andy Kaufman, Ph.D.
>>
>>
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From dhsmith at MIDDLEBURY.EDU  Sun Sep 19 11:55:32 2004
From: dhsmith at MIDDLEBURY.EDU (Smith, Hunter)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 07:55:32 -0400
Subject: Why do Russians put change in a dish?
Message-ID: <SUN.19.SEP.2004.075532.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

This is, I think, a rather trivial but interesting question.
 
Do any of the Russian anthropologists/sociologists or historians know why in most Russian stores and kiosks, the payment and, subsequently, the change is put on a small plate rather than being exchanged directly from the customer to the merchant's hands (or vice versa in the case of change)?
 
No one I have asked so far has come up with a satisfactory answer. Am I wrong in thinking that this is a uniquely Russian or Slavic practice? I suspect it is and I suspect there is probably some interesting explanation for it.
 
Hunter Smith

From gsabo at JCU.EDU  Sun Sep 19 12:16:44 2004
From: gsabo at JCU.EDU (Gerald J. Sabo)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 08:16:44 -0400
Subject: On feminine form of "daugther of Ilia/Elias"
Message-ID: <SUN.19.SEP.2004.081644.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I realize that the masculine form for "son of Ilia/Elias"
is "Il'ich" but what would be the feminine form
for "daughter of Ilia/Elias"?--Jerry Sabo.

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From jdingley at YORKU.CA  Sun Sep 19 12:30:39 2004
From: jdingley at YORKU.CA (John Dingley)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 08:30:39 -0400
Subject: feminine form
Message-ID: <SUN.19.SEP.2004.083039.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

>I realize that the masculine form for "son of Ilia/Elias"
>is "Il'ich" but what would be the feminine form
>for "daughter of Ilia/Elias"?--Jerry Sabo.

Il'inichna

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From miriam at LING.ROCHESTER.EDU  Sun Sep 19 13:23:09 2004
From: miriam at LING.ROCHESTER.EDU (Miriam Margala)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 09:23:09 -0400
Subject: Why do Russians put change in a dish?
Message-ID: <SUN.19.SEP.2004.092309.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I'm not sure about this being unique - I've seen it in both Czech and
Slovak Reps, in Hungary and elsewhere in my travels through Europe. And
I never thought about it as that strange - they put your change on a
dish and by the time you get it from the dish, another customer is served.

Smith, Hunter wrote:

>This is, I think, a rather trivial but interesting question.
>
>Do any of the Russian anthropologists/sociologists or historians know why in most Russian stores and kiosks, the payment and, subsequently, the change is put on a small plate rather than being exchanged directly from the customer to the merchant's hands (or vice versa in the case of change)?
>
>No one I have asked so far has come up with a satisfactory answer. Am I wrong in thinking that this is a uniquely Russian or Slavic practice? I suspect it is and I suspect there is probably some interesting explanation for it.
>
>Hunter Smith
>
>
>

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From billings at NCNU.EDU.TW  Sun Sep 19 13:41:03 2004
From: billings at NCNU.EDU.TW (Loren A. Billings)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:41:03 +0800
Subject: feminine form
In-Reply-To: <200409191230.IAA52074@genii.phoenix.yorku.ca>
Message-ID: <SUN.19.SEP.2004.214103.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

>> I realize that the masculine form for "son of Ilia/Elias"
>> is "Il'ich" but what would be the feminine form
>> for "daughter of Ilia/Elias"?--Jerry Sabo.
>
> Il'inichna

Moreover, there are two pronunciations for this word. Cynthia A. Ruder
recently asked about a book by Galina Il'inichna Volodina. This person, at
least when she introduced herself to a group of us, made clear that she
pronounces the _ch_ as [sh] (fricative, not afficate). I assume that other
patronymics in _...ichna_ do the same; correct me if I'm wrong. There are
several other words that go both ways; _konechno_ (only, as I recall, in the
meaning of 'of course') and _narochno_ 'on purpose' come to mind. --Loren

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From o-livshin at NORTHWESTERN.EDU  Sun Sep 19 13:46:20 2004
From: o-livshin at NORTHWESTERN.EDU (Olga Livshin)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 08:46:20 -0500
Subject: Why do Russians put change in a dish?
Message-ID: <SUN.19.SEP.2004.084620.0500.OLIVSHIN@NORTHWESTERN.EDU>

I believe that is also sometimes done (but discouraged) in the US. In
many supermarkets, change drops into a small dish. As part of training
for a clothing store, the manager usually tells the employees not to put
down the change on the counter, but to give it to the customer. I was
told by one manager that this is done so as to impart equality to the
transaction, rather than do this vertically (drop the cash on the counter
and make the customer pick it up). Perhaps it has to do with the fact
that in clothing stores, a semblance of an equal, supportive relationship
is established as the employees help customers pick out the clothes. I am
not sure if store managers in Slavic countries know about this/want to
introduce this to their stores.

Olga

==============Original message text===============
On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 8:23:09 am CDT Miriam Margala wrote:

I'm not sure about this being unique - I've seen it in both Czech and
Slovak Reps, in Hungary and elsewhere in my travels through Europe. And
I never thought about it as that strange - they put your change on a
dish and by the time you get it from the dish, another customer is served.

Smith, Hunter wrote:

>This is, I think, a rather trivial but interesting question.
>
>Do any of the Russian anthropologists/sociologists or historians know
why in most Russian stores and kiosks, the payment and, subsequently, the
change is put on a small plate rather than being exchanged directly from
the customer to the merchant's hands (or vice versa in the case of change)?
>
>No one I have asked so far has come up with a satisfactory answer. Am I
wrong in thinking that this is a uniquely Russian or Slavic practice? I
suspect it is and I suspect there is probably some interesting
explanation for it.
>
>Hunter Smith
>
>
>

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From klinela at PROVIDE.NET  Sun Sep 19 15:49:16 2004
From: klinela at PROVIDE.NET (Laura Kline)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 11:49:16 -0400
Subject: Why do Russians put change in a dish?
In-Reply-To: <200409191346.i8JDkSDN019591@lulu.it.northwestern.edu>
Message-ID: <SUN.19.SEP.2004.114916.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I would guess it has something to do with avoiding
arguments about the change. The seller puts the change on
the counter in plain view, and the customer can dispute it
before touching it. If he were to touch it first, he could
steal some of the money, then accuse the seller of not
giving him proper change.

Laura

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 08:46:20 -0500
 Olga Livshin <o-livshin at northwestern.edu> wrote:
> I believe that is also sometimes done (but discouraged)
> in the US. In
> many supermarkets, change drops into a small dish. As
> part of training
> for a clothing store, the manager usually tells the
> employees not to put
> down the change on the counter, but to give it to the
> customer. I was
> told by one manager that this is done so as to impart
> equality to the
> transaction, rather than do this vertically (drop the
> cash on the counter
> and make the customer pick it up). Perhaps it has to do
> with the fact
> that in clothing stores, a semblance of an equal,
> supportive relationship
> is established as the employees help customers pick out
> the clothes. I am
> not sure if store managers in Slavic countries know about
> this/want to
> introduce this to their stores.
>
> Olga
>
> ==============Original message text===============
> On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 8:23:09 am CDT Miriam Margala wrote:
>
> I'm not sure about this being unique - I've seen it in
> both Czech and
> Slovak Reps, in Hungary and elsewhere in my travels
> through Europe. And
> I never thought about it as that strange - they put your
> change on a
> dish and by the time you get it from the dish, another
> customer is served.
>
> Smith, Hunter wrote:
>
> >This is, I think, a rather trivial but interesting
> question.
> >
> >Do any of the Russian anthropologists/sociologists or
> historians know
> why in most Russian stores and kiosks, the payment and,
> subsequently, the
> change is put on a small plate rather than being
> exchanged directly from
> the customer to the merchant's hands (or vice versa in
> the case of change)?
> >
> >No one I have asked so far has come up with a
> satisfactory answer. Am I
> wrong in thinking that this is a uniquely Russian or
> Slavic practice? I
> suspect it is and I suspect there is probably some
> interesting
> explanation for it.
> >
> >Hunter Smith
> >
> >
> >
>
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From itigount at CHASS.UTORONTO.CA  Sun Sep 19 16:07:49 2004
From: itigount at CHASS.UTORONTO.CA (Inna Tigountsova)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 12:07:49 -0400
Subject: On feminine form of "daugther of Ilia/Elias"
In-Reply-To: <5e341373.824320df.81c1700@mirapoint.jcu.edu>
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Il'inichna


On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, Gerald J. Sabo wrote:

> I realize that the masculine form for "son of Ilia/Elias"
> is "Il'ich" but what would be the feminine form
> for "daughter of Ilia/Elias"?--Jerry Sabo.
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From ryangrotte at YAHOO.COM  Sun Sep 19 19:09:21 2004
From: ryangrotte at YAHOO.COM (Ryan Grotte)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 15:09:21 -0400
Subject: Why do Russians put change in a dish?
Message-ID: <SUN.19.SEP.2004.150921.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I am under the impression that this is done for superstitous reasons. The
thinking goes that it's bad luck to have money directly change hands. I'm
not sure of the exact consequences of breaking this rule, but I've met a few
Russians who wouldn't take my money until I set it down. Same sort of thing
with shaking hands over a threshold: some won't do it, or at the very least
will comment on it as we do it.

Ryan

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From cmills at KNOX.EDU  Sun Sep 19 19:19:17 2004
From: cmills at KNOX.EDU (Mills Charles)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 14:19:17 -0500
Subject: Why do Russians put change in a dish?
Message-ID: <SUN.19.SEP.2004.141917.0500.>

I hadn't realized until this thread that I had acquired the habit myself!  But there
is a certain amount of tension in transactions every time I do it, which suggests
that it's un-American, as the neo-cons say.

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From annaplis at MAIL.RU  Sun Sep 19 19:44:31 2004
From: annaplis at MAIL.RU (Anna Plisetskaya)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 23:44:31 +0400
Subject: QUERY: French: Dansaert
Message-ID: <SUN.19.SEP.2004.234431.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGERS,
Could you please help me transliterate the name of the street in Belgium:

 Rue Antoine Dansaert.

 I guess it's DANZER, with the second syllable stressed. Am I right?

 Thank you,
Anna

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From petersen at MA.MEDIAS.NE.JP  Mon Sep 20 00:05:41 2004
From: petersen at MA.MEDIAS.NE.JP (Petersen Scott)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:05:41 +0900
Subject: Why do Russians put change in a dish?
In-Reply-To: <E40ACB3541F70A4BB279F6307FDD778740A5A1@panther.middlebury.edu>
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.090541.0900.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

On Sep 19, 2004, at 8:55 PM, Smith, Hunter wrote:

> No one I have asked so far has come up with a satisfactory answer. Am
> I wrong in thinking that this is a uniquely Russian or Slavic
> practice? I suspect it is and I suspect there is probably some
> interesting explanation for it.
>
It is also done in Japan.

Scott Petersen
Nagoya, Japan

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From kshawkin at UMICH.EDU  Mon Sep 20 01:39:13 2004
From: kshawkin at UMICH.EDU (Kevin Hawkins)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:39:13 -0400
Subject: multilingual computing: request for non-expert comments
Message-ID: <SUN.19.SEP.2004.213913.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

** Article on Slavic multilingual computing: request for comments on preprint by non-experts **

Colleagues:

Vol. 5, no. 1/2 of Slavic and East European Information Resources (SEEIR) ( http://www.stanford.edu/~rondest/SEEIR/ ), a journal for librarians working in the field of Slavic and East European studies, will be a special issue entitled "Virtual Slavica: Digital Archives, Digital Libraries".

I have been asked to write an article on confusing aspects of using Slavic scripts and computers but have been struggling with how to best present this information.  It began as a prescriptive tutorial, but I have been rewriting it -- unfortunately with very little time left -- as a FAQ (a popular Internet genre consisting of a somewhat organized list of frequently asked questions and answers to them) with a bit of prescriptivism.  Since I now claim to be addressing frequently asked questions, I figure that it would be sensible of me to check with Slavists of all types (librarians, teaching faculty, and others who might read this article) to see if I have indeed addressed your frequently asked questions.

I would be grateful to hear from you as well if you feel I have misrepresented any technical matters or would like to offer any editorial advice.  While the journal is read mostly by Slavic librarians, I see the target audience as non-expert computer users as a whole, especially since I hope to continue to revise this text and republish it online for the benefit of others.  So comments from non-librarians are definitely welcome.

Text in square brackets needs to be fleshed out, and highlighted text needs to be verified.  That is, it's not a complete draft of the text.

The preprint is available at http://www.umich.edu/~kshawkin/preprints/20040919.rtf .

Please let me know if you have any questions.  I look forward to hearing from you by Friday if at all possible.  Thanks in advance,

Kevin Hawkins
http://www.umich.edu/~kshawkin/

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From natalie.kononenko at UALBERTA.CA  Mon Sep 20 03:18:59 2004
From: natalie.kononenko at UALBERTA.CA (nataliek)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 21:18:59 -0600
Subject: Putting money on a plate
Message-ID: <SUN.19.SEP.2004.211859.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I would say that there is no single answer to this question. But one aspect
of the practice may have something to do with various folk or traditional
practices of not passing money from hand to hand. A couple of examples:

When the father of an infant paid the midwife, he did not hand her money
directly. If he did so, it was believed that he would become impotent.
Instead of handing the money over, the dad placed it in the basin with the
water used for the final ritual bath. (Not the bath where they actually
cleaned up the mess, but the one that came at the end of the sequestering of
mom and child.)

Similarly, you don't pay the priest for the wedding. You put money under the
ritual towel on which the couple stands. This is then collected by the women
who clean the church and given to the priest or the church. In Soviet times,
the money went under the green carpet on which the couple stood and then went
to the zavkluba.

I could keep going with funerals, but I think the pattern is clear.

Natalie Kononenko
Peter and Doris Kule Professor of Ukrainian Ethnography
University of Alberta
Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
441C Arts Building
Edmonton, AB Canada T6G 2E6
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From dignashe at CARLETON.EDU  Mon Sep 20 04:04:12 2004
From: dignashe at CARLETON.EDU (Diane Nemec Ignashev)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 23:04:12 -0500
Subject: Why do Russians put change in a dish?
In-Reply-To: <200409191346.i8JDkSDN019591@lulu.it.northwestern.edu>
Message-ID: <SUN.19.SEP.2004.230412.0500.>

The following may be of help:

Source: http://www.russianmarket.net/newsR/money1.htm


КАК ОТДАВАТЬ ДЕНЬГИ?

Еще одна ошибка - передавать деньги из рук в руки, даже если за что-то
платишь. Когда платите, всегда кладите деньги на прилавок или подставку
возле кассы (она там стоит не только для удобства). Дело в том, что с
деньгами человек может передать свою энергетику, а она далеко не у
каждого здоровая и чистая. Деньги, взятые у нехорошего или больного
человека, удачи не принесут, если вы не будете придерживаться
определенных правил. Лучше всего, чтобы, передавая вам деньги, такой
человек положил их на что-то деревянное: дерево обладает прекрасной
способностью гасить плохую энергетику. Ну а если не удалось сразу
«пропустить» деньги через «деревянное ситечко», сделайте это, как только
придете домой или на работу: пусть купюры полежат на «дереве» полчаса -
час. Особенно это касается отдачи долгов. Помните, что вечером долги не
отдают (деньги уже спят!). А вообще деньги (как и вся природа)
просыпаются с рассветом и засыпают с закатом. Вот почему «кто рано
встает, тому Б-г подает». Не верите?

Another interesting source on money & superstition is:
http://www.moneylaws.com/narodnie_pravila.htm

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From Zemedelec at AOL.COM  Mon Sep 20 13:36:31 2004
From: Zemedelec at AOL.COM (Leslie Farmer)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:36:31 EDT
Subject: Why do Russians put change in a dish?
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.093631.EDT.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Whereas Druze cabbies in Beirut w on't take the payment from your hand if
you're a woman.

 First you have to figure out your cabbie's religion rather quickly:If he has
a mirror ornament featuring a two bladed sword with the words (Arabic) There
is no sword like Dhulfaqar and no knight like Ali", (La sayf ila dhulfaqar a
la faris   la Ali) you have a Shi'ite driver and can hand him the payment.

Leslie

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From uladzik at YAHOO.COM  Mon Sep 20 17:24:05 2004
From: uladzik at YAHOO.COM (Uladzimir Katkouski)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:24:05 -0700
Subject: multilingual computing: request for non-expert comments
In-Reply-To: <200409200139.i8K1dIP7029016@wanderer.mr.itd.umich.edu>
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.102405.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hi Kevin:

It's a good article.

I'd like to make just one small remark. Similar issues
that non-techies have with Cyrillics and Cyrillic
encodings also arise with Latin-based alphabets such
as Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Belarusian Lacinka.

And if you go beyond the topic of text encoding, there
is much more to the topic, namely, the differences
between locales and all the issues you have with the
localization into Slavic languages.

Kind regards,
Uladzimir Katkouski
http://blog.rydel.net/
http://www.pravapis.org/


--- Kevin Hawkins <kshawkin at UMICH.EDU> wrote:

> ** Article on Slavic multilingual computing: request
> for comments on preprint by non-experts **





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From chuckarndt at YAHOO.COM  Mon Sep 20 17:44:29 2004
From: chuckarndt at YAHOO.COM (Chuck Arndt)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:44:29 -0700
Subject: A Question on a Dostoevsky Conference
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Dear Seelangers,

I recall hearing from a Russian colleague about a
Dostoevsky Conference that is held every year in
Staraya Russa.  I would like to know more about this
conference, but cannot find anything on the web that
describes the conference in adequate detail (I saw one
sight on the Dostoevsky Memorial Museum that merely
mentions the conference, but gives no details).

If anyone knows anything about this conference or an
e-mail address where I could find more information, I
would be most grateful.

Thanking you in advance,

Charles Arndt




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From nafpaktitism at VIRGINIA.EDU  Mon Sep 20 18:34:53 2004
From: nafpaktitism at VIRGINIA.EDU (Margarita Nafpaktitis)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:34:53 -0400
Subject: history of two dots
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.143453.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear colleagues,

On behalf of another colleague I would like to ask if
anyone knows when the two dots over the Russian "e" were
first introduced to distinguish it from unstressed "e"?
(And what might those two dots be called in Russian?)

Thank you in advance!

Margarita

************************************
Margarita Nafpaktitis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Slavic Languages &
Literatures
University of Virginia
109 New Cabell Hall / PO Box 400783
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4783
Tel: (434) 924-3548   FAX: (434) 982-2744
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From polsky at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG  Mon Sep 20 18:39:39 2004
From: polsky at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG (Marissa Polsky)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:39:39 -0400
Subject: history of two dots
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.143939.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I do not know if this will be very helpful for your, but there were
several small articles published this year celebrating the anniversary
of the letter:

http://news.izvestia.ru/culture/news66047

http://www.rg.ru/2003/12/16/bukva.html




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>>> nafpaktitism at VIRGINIA.EDU 9/20/2004 2:34:53 PM >>>
Dear colleagues,

On behalf of another colleague I would like to ask if
anyone knows when the two dots over the Russian "e" were
first introduced to distinguish it from unstressed "e"?
(And what might those two dots be called in Russian?)

Thank you in advance!

Margarita

************************************
Margarita Nafpaktitis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Slavic Languages &
Literatures
University of Virginia
109 New Cabell Hall / PO Box 400783
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4783
Tel: (434) 924-3548   FAX: (434) 982-2744
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From gasan.gusejnov at DW-WORLD.DE  Mon Sep 20 18:52:09 2004
From: gasan.gusejnov at DW-WORLD.DE (Gasan Gusejnov)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 20:52:09 +0200
Subject: AW: [SEELANGS] history of two dots
In-Reply-To: <web-100036087@cgatepro-3.mail.virginia.edu>
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.205209.0200.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

First introduced by Karamzin in 1797.

The soviet & post-soviet period look here:
http://www.speakrus.ru/gg/gus_tom-1-14-10td.pdf
p. 54 ff.

gg

Dr. Gasan Gusejnov
Redakteur-Russisch
DW-Online
Deutsche Welle
T. +49 228 429 2630
F. +49 228 429 2150
E. gasan.gusejnov at dw-world.de

http://www.dw-world.de/russian

Uni-Bonn
http://www.osteuropa.uni-bonn.de/ws03-04.htm

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]Im Auftrag von Margarita Nafpaktitis
> Gesendet am: Montag, 20. September 2004 20:35
> An: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Betreff: [SEELANGS] history of two dots
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> On behalf of another colleague I would like to ask if
> anyone knows when the two dots over the Russian "e" were
> first introduced to distinguish it from unstressed "e"?
> (And what might those two dots be called in Russian?)
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Margarita
>
> ************************************
> Margarita Nafpaktitis, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor, Department of Slavic Languages &
> Literatures
> University of Virginia
> 109 New Cabell Hall / PO Box 400783
> Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4783
> Tel: (434) 924-3548   FAX: (434) 982-2744
> http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mn2t/home.html
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From mdenner at STETSON.EDU  Mon Sep 20 19:48:25 2004
From: mdenner at STETSON.EDU (Michael Denner)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:48:25 -0400
Subject: Dostoevsky's father
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.154825.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Does anyone know the rank that M. A. Dostoevsky (F. M.'s father)
achieved? I have read two conflicting accounts whether or not his father
reached a sufficiently high rank to receive hereditary nobility. (I
suspect it has to do with the changes to the Table instituted in 1845.)

 

Curious,

mad

 

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From ki2 at NYU.EDU  Mon Sep 20 20:38:22 2004
From: ki2 at NYU.EDU (Krystyna Illakowicz-Lipinska)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:38:22 -0400
Subject: Lidia Marszak's (Dmytr Czyzewski's wife's) date of death
In-Reply-To: <s14ae92c.069@mail.americancouncils.org>
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.163822.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Seelangers,

Could anybody help my  friend Roman Mnich from Drohobycz?

He needs to find out the date of death of Dmytr  Czyzewski's wife
whose name was Lidia Marszak ((Marschak, Marshak).

Czyzewski was a famous slavicist and comparatist, a friend of Roman
Jakobson.  His wife Lidia worked as a doctor in Chicago. Czyzewski
died in 1977, she probably a little later.
Does anybody know when she died?

This is Roman's e-mail address:     MnichR at drohobych.net

Thank you very much.

Krystyna Illakowicz
New York University
General Studies Program
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From mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU  Mon Sep 20 20:37:46 2004
From: mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU (Michael Katz)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:37:46 -0400
Subject: Dostoevsky's father
In-Reply-To: <0FAC95FF9D56EF4A90E0206B7B9FDB4F02E63981@alpha.stetson.edu>
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According to the entry in my spanking new Dostoevsky Encyclopedia by Kenneth
Lantz (which arrived in the mail today!), M.A. Dostoevsky "attained the rank
of collegiate assessor, entitling him to claim hereditary nobility status,
which he did in 1828." (p. 108)

Michael Katz
Middlebury College

> From: Michael Denner <mdenner at STETSON.EDU>
> Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:48:25 -0400
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Dostoevsky's father
>
> Does anyone know the rank that M. A. Dostoevsky (F. M.'s father)
> achieved? I have read two conflicting accounts whether or not his father
> reached a sufficiently high rank to receive hereditary nobility. (I
> suspect it has to do with the changes to the Table instituted in 1845.)
>
>
>
> Curious,
>
> mad
>
>
>
> ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
> Dr. Michael A. Denner
> Russian Studies Program
> Director, Honors Program
> Stetson University
> Campus Box 8361
> DeLand, FL 32724
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> 386.822.7265 (direct line)
> 386.822.7380 (fax)
> http://www.stetson.edu/~mdenner
>
>
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From mdenner at STETSON.EDU  Mon Sep 20 20:49:44 2004
From: mdenner at STETSON.EDU (Michael Denner)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:49:44 -0400
Subject: Dostoevsky's father
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.164944.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Michael!
I'm right in thinking that M. A. D., as a military doctor (штаб-лекарь), would not have been granted  one of the гражданские чины like  коллежский асессор (eight rank), rather one of the military ranks, logically майор, the equivalent in army terms... Is the dictionary wrong? Perhaps medical personnel are an exception? 

mad (but not FMD's father)
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Dr. Michael A. Denner
Russian Studies Program
Director, Honors Program
Stetson University
Campus Box 8361
DeLand, FL 32724
386.822.7381 (department)
386.822.7265 (direct line)
386.822.7380 (fax)
http://www.stetson.edu/~mdenner


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Katz [mailto:mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU] 
Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 4:38 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Dostoevsky's father

According to the entry in my spanking new Dostoevsky Encyclopedia by Kenneth
Lantz (which arrived in the mail today!), M.A. Dostoevsky "attained the rank
of collegiate assessor, entitling him to claim hereditary nobility status,
which he did in 1828." (p. 108)

Michael Katz
Middlebury College

> From: Michael Denner <mdenner at STETSON.EDU>
> Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:48:25 -0400
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Dostoevsky's father
>
> Does anyone know the rank that M. A. Dostoevsky (F. M.'s father)
> achieved? I have read two conflicting accounts whether or not his father
> reached a sufficiently high rank to receive hereditary nobility. (I
> suspect it has to do with the changes to the Table instituted in 1845.)
>
>
>
> Curious,
>
> mad
>
>
>
> ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
> Dr. Michael A. Denner
> Russian Studies Program
> Director, Honors Program
> Stetson University
> Campus Box 8361
> DeLand, FL 32724
> 386.822.7381 (department)
> 386.822.7265 (direct line)
> 386.822.7380 (fax)
> http://www.stetson.edu/~mdenner
>
>
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From uladzik at YAHOO.COM  Mon Sep 20 21:09:37 2004
From: uladzik at YAHOO.COM (Uladzimir Katkouski)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:09:37 -0700
Subject: R.Reles passed away
In-Reply-To: <20040920172405.62001.qmail@web41210.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.140937.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Ryhor (Girsha) Reles, a Belarusian Jewish poet and
writer, (b.23.04.1913) who was allegedly the last
living writer in Belarus that wrote in Yiddish, passed
away on Sunday.

[ source http://www.svaboda.org/ ]

Regards,
Uladzimir Katkouski
http://blog.rydel.net/




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From sp27 at CORNELL.EDU  Tue Sep 21 00:27:52 2004
From: sp27 at CORNELL.EDU (Slava Paperno)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 20:27:52 -0400
Subject: Ocherki kommunal'nogo byta: Announcement
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.202752.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

"Ocherki kommunal'nogo byta" by Ilia Utekhin has just been added to the
online catalog of Lexicon Bridge Publishers. It is a semiotic study of
zhizn' v kommunal'noj kvartire, a uniquely Soviet and Russian experience.
Many mysterious traits of Homo Soveticus are best observed and analyzed in
that environment, and Dr. Utekhin of European University in St. Petersburg
does that with superb perceptiveness and humor. Read about the book and
order it at:

http://lexiconbridge.com/apartment/

Those who know my interests will immediate see why I'm fascinated:
Utekhin's work is perfect for a multimedia disk, and yes, we want to
produce one, with video, pictures, narration, texts... it is perhaps
fortunate that we won't be able to include the smells of a kommunalka.
We're at the planning stage, and any advice will be welcome. In the
meantime, you should enjoy visiting Utekhin's Virtual Museum, in Russian, at:

http://www.kommunalka.spb.ru/expo.htm

Slava Paperno

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From sp27 at CORNELL.EDU  Tue Sep 21 02:38:33 2004
From: sp27 at CORNELL.EDU (Slava Paperno)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:38:33 -0400
Subject: Ocherki kommunal'nogo byta: Announcement
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.223833.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Thanks to everyone who responded to my email! It's quite inspiring. Thanks
especially for offers to help. Dr. Utekhin may be contacted at
ilia at eu.spb.ru. The book may be ordered at http://lexiconbridge.com/apartment/

Slava Paperno

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From natalia.pylypiuk at UALBERTA.CA  Tue Sep 21 03:11:44 2004
From: natalia.pylypiuk at UALBERTA.CA (Natalia Pylypiuk)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 21:11:44 -0600
Subject: Coordinators and Teaching Assistants / Fellows, 1
In-Reply-To: <NDBBICAECLMOBBHNIGOOKEBMDLAA.ggerhart@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.211144.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,
     My questions pertaining to the role of Coordinators / Language 
Program directors in the selection of teaching Assistants, etc.,  
elicited six responses. I will post these now in separate e-mail 
messages, devoting one per question. All identifying markers have been 
removed.  I sincerely thank the respondents and hope that their 
comments are useful to all colleagues who coordinate language courses 
and train graduate students.
     Kind regards,
     Natalia Pylypiuk, U of Alberta

> (Question 1)  Who in you department is responsible for assigning 
> Teaching Assistantships  and/or Teaching Fellowships to Graduate 
> Students -- the Course Coordinator or the department's graduate 
> office? Does anyone else have a voice?
>

Respondent 1.
WE HAVE A COMMITTEE MADE UP OF ABOUT HALF THE FACULTY (ABOUT SIX ON THE 
COMMITTEE), INCLUDING THE CHAIR, THE GRADUATE STUDIES ADVISOR, THE 
LANGUAGE COORDINATOR, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM LITERATURE AND 
LINGUISTICS.  INSTRUCTORS OF THE NON-LANGUAGE COURSES THAT HAVE 
GRADUATE STUDENT ASSISTANT INSTRUCTORS (DISCUSSION LEADERS AND GRADERS) 
ARE AMONG THOSE PRESENT.

Respondent 2.
The decision to offer grad students a Teaching Assistantship is made by 
the graduate studies committee (of which [the language coordinator is 
a] member because [s/he has] a tenured appointment).
      The assigning of a specific person to specific teaching duties has 
primarily been [the coordinator's]  responsibility with the consent of 
the chair. If we are giving TAships to new students, [the coordinator] 
will usually try to interview them in [Slavic language] before the 
offer is made.  If they are international students then the university 
requires us to certify their ability to speak both English and the 
language to be taught by a committee of no less than three people, one 
of whom must be a student.

Respondent 3.
The decision is made jointly by the chair and the language program 
coordinator.  The graduate students also have a voice (in stating their 
preferences for what kind of teaching), and faculty members who are 
going to have a TA (e.g., for large enrollment general education 
classes) also give input as to who they will work with.

Respondent 4.
Few Slavic Departments have either a course coordinator or a graduate 
office.  [Our multi-lingual dept.] has a language program coordinator 
[who] has the voice in the process.  [The coordinator] used to serve on 
the admissions and fellowship
committee but stepped down when [the coordinator] became [an officer] 
of the department. [The coordinator] still interviews prospective grads 
to assess their spoken [Slavic language]  with an eye to teaching 
assignments.  [The coordinator]  also makes the decision as to who can 
teach at what level.  We have a rigorous language testing program for 
grads:  if they don't have strong enough [Slavic language], they can't 
(and don't) teach.

Respondent 5.
At  [our university]  we appoint a committee chaired by the Graduate 
Student Coordinator. The Committee evaluates the applications and ranks 
them; this ranking is given to the rest of the faculty who approve or 
disapprove the ranking at an open meeting. It should be noted that we 
have all applicants submit to a written exam in [Slavic language] and 
we conduct phone interviews to determine oral fluency if there is any 
doubt. Then the Chair awards one, two, or three quarter TAships 
according to that year's needs in the four levels of [Slavic language] 
we offer. The actual coordinator of first and second year [Slavic 
language] then directs the orientation of the TA's and continually 
evaluates their teaching throughout the year.

Respondent 6.
TAship decisions are made at a departmental meeting at which all 
faculty have a voice, including the coordinator. But if a student has a 
multi-year aid package, it is clear in advance that they have a 
TAship--just not which course they are doing. [The coordinator] has a 
lot of input about which TAs get to do which courses, unless there is a 
particular wish to have a certain TA get a turn at the literature 
courses in translation.

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From natalia.pylypiuk at UALBERTA.CA  Tue Sep 21 03:19:04 2004
From: natalia.pylypiuk at UALBERTA.CA (Natalia Pylypiuk)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 21:19:04 -0600
Subject: Coordinators and Teaching Assistants / Fellows, 2
In-Reply-To: <NDBBICAECLMOBBHNIGOOKEBMDLAA.ggerhart@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.211904.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

> (Question 2)  Does the coordinator get to see the graduate student's 
> file before any decisions are made?

Respondent 1.
YES.  EVERYONE ON THE COMMITTEE DOES.

Respondent 2.
[The coordinator sees] them.

Respondent 3.
Yes (the Language Program Coordinator).

Respondent 4.
Yes, [the coordinator does].

Respondent 5.
The coordinator is usually a member of the TA Committee and as such has 
a strong voice in the ranking of candidates, but if, in a given year, 
is not a member of the Committee, has access to the files when all 
other faculty members do for the final approval process described 
above.

Respondent 6.
[The coordinator sees]  their files from the time they first apply to 
the program and participates in the admission decision.




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From dumanis at BUFFALO.EDU  Tue Sep 21 03:26:03 2004
From: dumanis at BUFFALO.EDU (Edward M Dumanis)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:26:03 -0400
Subject: Ocherki kommunal'nogo byta: Announcement
In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.2.20040920200146.00a96d80@postoffice9.mail.cornell.edu>
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.232603.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Slava Paperno wrote:
............../snip/.................
> Those who know my interests will immediate see why I'm fascinated:
> Utekhin's work is perfect for a multimedia disk, and yes, we want to
> produce one, with video, pictures, narration, texts... it is perhaps
> fortunate that we won't be able to include the smells of a kommunalka.
> We're at the planning stage, and any advice will be welcome.

No advice, but what a great idea!
Spasibo, Slava (and thanks to Dr. Utekhin, as well).

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

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From natalia.pylypiuk at UALBERTA.CA  Tue Sep 21 03:29:21 2004
From: natalia.pylypiuk at UALBERTA.CA (Natalia Pylypiuk)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 21:29:21 -0600
Subject: Coordinators and Teaching Assistants / Fellows, 3
In-Reply-To: <NDBBICAECLMOBBHNIGOOKEBMDLAA.ggerhart@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.212921.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

> (Question 3)  In cases where teachers of course sections are sessional 
> instructors (rather than graduate students), is there a regular review 
> of their performance by the coordinator?

Respondent 1.
[...]  THE LANGUAGE COORDINATOR [...] ONLY [DOES]  REVIEWS OF OUR 
LANGUAGE INSTRUCTORS.  I WISH THAT THE NON-LANGUAGE FACULTY DID THE 
SAME.  SOME VISIT A SECTION ONCE A SEMESTER, BUT I DO NOT THINK THAT 
THEY WRITE A REPORT.

Respondent 2.
There is regular review by the department merit committee or by a 
subcommittee of the same.  Informally, [the language coordinator has] 
invited him- herself to come and observe classes taught by people on 
such a status, but we don't have a formal procedure for it.

Respondent 3.
Yes.

Respondent 4.
Supervision of lecturers is problematic because it was 
institutionalized at [my university] after our lecturers had already 
been awarded seniority (essentially tenure.)

Respondent 5.
We rarely have lecturers in our 1st and 2nd year courses, but when we 
do, the language coordinator reviews their performance as well. We also 
require an annual "peer evaluation" of everybody as well as student 
evaluations.

Respondent 6.
If you mean visiting instructors/adjuncts, in the former case there is 
consultation with them, but not review of their performance. We have 
not really had adjuncts, although that is probably going to change. 
Most of the language teaching in the dept is done either by [the 
coordinator] or one other (tenured) faculty member + TAs, so review of 
faculty colleagues hasn't arisen as an issue.



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From natalia.pylypiuk at UALBERTA.CA  Tue Sep 21 04:23:11 2004
From: natalia.pylypiuk at UALBERTA.CA (Natalia Pylypiuk)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:23:11 -0600
Subject: Coordinators and Teaching Assistants / Fellows, 5, 6, and 7
In-Reply-To: <NDBBICAECLMOBBHNIGOOKEBMDLAA.ggerhart@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.222311.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hello, again!  Inasmuch as not everyone responded to the additional, 
three questions, I will identify the respondents merely as A, B and C.
             Cheers,  Natalia Pylypiuk
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

> (Question 5)  Do you, as coordinator, have the right to reject a 
> graduate student being appointed to you, if you deem that the 
> individual is not committed to teaching?

A-- This issue has (thankfully) not come up yet.  If a graduate student 
were really a bad teacher and not interested in improving, I think that 
[the coordinator] could put [a] foot down and refuse that they be 
allowed to teach language.  I don't know if [such] insistence could 
prevent that student from being used as a TA for a non-language class 
[under the jurisdiction of a colleague other than the coordinator.

B-- [ the] coordinator is on the committee that selects TA's and RA's, 
once the committee assigns a task and the Chair approves it, the list 
is put to a confirmation vote by the department.

C-- We have never had that problem, all the decisions having been based 
on consensus. If [the coordinator] said a TA didn't have the language 
proficiency to teach [Slavic language] it would be heeded (we've never 
had that issue come up, although [the coordinator has] stipulated in 
the past that a TA not be assigned to a language level for which s/he 
was not qualified).


> (Question 6)  Do you conduct interviews with prospective graduate 
> students before making decisions on appointments?

A-- [...] the answer is "Not always".  [The coordinator] highly 
encourages students to visit campus (and the campuses of all of their 
prospective grad schools).  Unfortunately, only about half of the 
serious contenders actually do.  This gives [...] us the chance to get 
to know the student, and during [such] interviews and talks with them, 
[the coordinator] probes about teaching (interest and preparation). 
 [My alma mater] used to have (I don't know if it still does) a 
formalized "Prospective Grad Student Weekend" where students were 
brought to campus, housed and fed, shown the campus, interviewed by 
faculty, and met with current grad students.  [...] [the coordinator] 
would like to institute something similar here at [our] University 
(when the budget gets better).

B-- Where possible we do, mostly to validate language proficiency 
claims.

C-- [The language coordinator has] interviewed them for language 
proficiency.


> (Question 7)  Is language teaching viewed in your department as an 
> intellectual activity requiring the skills of a well trained 
> professional, or primarily as a means of financial support?

B-- Yes, but over the years there have been individuals who look at 
language teaching as a lesser occupation. By and large we still ask all 
faculty to teach some language from time to time, it keeps them aware 
of the challenge and where their bread and butter come from!

C-- Somewhere in between, [one] suspects. One positive thing is that 
the amount of time/labor teaching requires is certainly respected, and 
there is a wariness of OVERloading TAs that is actually nice to see. 
[The coordinator is] not sure there's really awareness among colleagues 
who do not teach language of the intellectual issues involved (and I 
know that they have not done reading in SLA and pedagogy, but [one] 
would not expect that). Conversations [the coordinator has] had suggest 
they see language teaching as something time-consuming and in that 
sense onerous, something that requires respect for that reason, but not 
something you could call an "intellectual activity."

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From natalia.pylypiuk at UALBERTA.CA  Tue Sep 21 04:59:30 2004
From: natalia.pylypiuk at UALBERTA.CA (Natalia Pylypiuk)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:59:30 -0600
Subject: Coordinators and Teaching Assistants / Fellows, 4
In-Reply-To: <NDBBICAECLMOBBHNIGOOKEBMDLAA.ggerhart@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.225930.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

> (Question 4)  Who keeps the files containing undergraduate student 
> evaluations of the teaching performance of Graduate Student Teachers 
> and/or Sessional teachers?  Is it the coordinator?  Someone else?

Respondent 1.
THEY ARE KEPT BY OUR DEPARTMENTAL SECRETARIES AND THE CHAIR.

Respondent 2.
The evaluations are turned into the department and are kept by the 
department centrally.  I suppose they are technically the chair's 
files, but in reality they have always been filed and kept by the 
department's secretary.

Respondent 3.
They come to the department, and are both placed in the individuals’ 
ongoing departmental files, and copies are sent to the chair.  They are 
available to the Language Program Coordinator (who also monitors 
performance of all [Slavic] language sections during the term).

Respondent 4.
Undergrad student evaluations of teaching are maintained in the dept. 
office and are public records according to [our] state['s] law.  
However, [the language coordinator]  observes each graduate student 
teaching assistant at least once a semester and writes the students a 
detailed post-observation letter which is a private communication.  
[The coordinator uses]  these letters as the basis of [future] letters 
of recommendation, but they are neither public record nor department 
property. Faculty members in literature are free to make notes and 
communicate with their students in the same way: writing comments on 
papers, etc., that do not become public record.

Respondent 5.
Our Departmental Administrator keeps all the personell files which are 
available to anyone with a legitimate interest (the Chair, the Grad 
Student Coordinator and various committees that have demonstrable need 
when the business before the committee so indicates).

Respondent 6.
Grad students' files are in the department's office; evaluations go 
into it. Any dept. faculty member has access to them.


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U of Alberta

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From mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU  Tue Sep 21 09:00:33 2004
From: mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU (Michael Katz)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 05:00:33 -0400
Subject: Dostoevsky's father
In-Reply-To: <0FAC95FF9D56EF4A90E0206B7B9FDB4F02E639A6@alpha.stetson.edu>
Message-ID: <TUE.21.SEP.2004.050033.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I haven't a clue. It's just what I read in the Encyclopedia. Maybe you
should contact Kenneth Lantz at Toronto.

Michael Katz

> From: Michael Denner <mdenner at STETSON.EDU>
> Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:49:44 -0400
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Dostoevsky's father
> 
> Michael!
> I'm right in thinking that M. A. D., as a military doctor (штаб-лекарь), would
> not have been granted  one of the гражданские чины like  коллежский асессор
> (eight rank), rather one of the military ranks, logically майор, the
> equivalent in army terms... Is the dictionary wrong? Perhaps medical personnel
> are an exception?
> 
> mad (but not FMD's father)
> ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
> Dr. Michael A. Denner
> Russian Studies Program
> Director, Honors Program
> Stetson University
> Campus Box 8361
> DeLand, FL 32724
> 386.822.7381 (department)
> 386.822.7265 (direct line)
> 386.822.7380 (fax)
> http://www.stetson.edu/~mdenner
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Katz [mailto:mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU]
> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 4:38 PM
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Dostoevsky's father
> 
> According to the entry in my spanking new Dostoevsky Encyclopedia by Kenneth
> Lantz (which arrived in the mail today!), M.A. Dostoevsky "attained the rank
> of collegiate assessor, entitling him to claim hereditary nobility status,
> which he did in 1828." (p. 108)
> 
> Michael Katz
> Middlebury College
> 
>> From: Michael Denner <mdenner at STETSON.EDU>
>> Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
>> <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
>> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:48:25 -0400
>> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
>> Subject: [SEELANGS] Dostoevsky's father
>> 
>> Does anyone know the rank that M. A. Dostoevsky (F. M.'s father)
>> achieved? I have read two conflicting accounts whether or not his father
>> reached a sufficiently high rank to receive hereditary nobility. (I
>> suspect it has to do with the changes to the Table instituted in 1845.)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Curious,
>> 
>> mad
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
>> Dr. Michael A. Denner
>> Russian Studies Program
>> Director, Honors Program
>> Stetson University
>> Campus Box 8361
>> DeLand, FL 32724
>> 386.822.7381 (department)
>> 386.822.7265 (direct line)
>> 386.822.7380 (fax)
>> http://www.stetson.edu/~mdenner
>> 
>> 
>> 
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From fwhite at MUN.CA  Tue Sep 21 12:11:59 2004
From: fwhite at MUN.CA (Dr. Frederick H. White)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 09:41:59 -0230
Subject: 4000 level course
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A question has been raised by a colleague in another language department
about our 4000 level undergraduate courses (4th year).  This colleague
wants to know why for these courses, our students do not read all of the
texts in Russian?  The courses in question are survey courses of a more
specific nature -- The St. Petersburg Myth; Russian Memoir Literature.

Part I of my answer would be that we are a small department of 2 people,
however, we have over 30 majors and another 10-12 minors.  Therefore, we
are forced to rotate our courses in order to accommodate a major or
minor finishing their degree in 4 years and must offer courses at all
levels, which could accommodate 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students.

Part II of my answer is that as I remember, there were two types of 4th
year courses when I was an undergraduate.  There was the "Reading
Course" in which all the texts were in Russian, but the readings were
less so that we could work our ways through the text, grammar, etc.
There were also "Theme Courses" in which the content was at the 4th year
level, but the texts were read in English -- I am thinking about a
course which I had on Dostoevsky.

I would be very interested to get your input on what is done with 4th
year literature/culture courses at your university.  What is the policy
on Russian texts in these undergraduate courses?

Please refer to this off-line:  fwhite at mun.ca

Thank you in advance.

Cheers,
F

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Memorial University   SN3056
Department of German and Russian
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From pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU  Tue Sep 21 14:45:13 2004
From: pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU (pjs)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:45:13 -0400
Subject: Dostoevsky's letters?
Message-ID: <TUE.21.SEP.2004.104513.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Can anyway suggest a good way into Dostoevsky's correspondece, a place to
start? Is there, perhaps, a selection letters that someone could
recommend?

Peter Scotto
Mount Holyoke College

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From mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU  Tue Sep 21 15:07:10 2004
From: mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU (Katz, Michael)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:07:10 -0400
Subject: Dostoevsky's letters?
Message-ID: <TUE.21.SEP.2004.110710.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Peter:
Selected Letters of FD, edited by Joseph Frank and David Goldstein (Rutgers UP, 1987).
Michael

> ----------
> From:         Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list on behalf of pjs
> Reply To:     Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
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> To:   SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject:      [SEELANGS] Dostoevsky's letters?
> 
> Can anyway suggest a good way into Dostoevsky's correspondece, a place to
> start? Is there, perhaps, a selection letters that someone could
> recommend?
> 
> Peter Scotto
> Mount Holyoke College
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From pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU  Tue Sep 21 15:46:16 2004
From: pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU (pjs)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:46:16 -0400
Subject: Dostoevsky's letters? Thanks!
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I appreciate this very much!

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Katz, Michael wrote:

> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:07:10 -0400
> From: "Katz, Michael" <mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU>
> Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
>     <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Dostoevsky's letters?
>
> Peter:
> Selected Letters of FD, edited by Joseph Frank and David Goldstein (Rutgers UP, 1987).
> Michael
>
> > ----------
> > From:         Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list on behalf of pjs
> > Reply To:     Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> > Sent:         Tuesday, September 21, 2004 10:45 AM
> > To:   SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> > Subject:      [SEELANGS] Dostoevsky's letters?
> >
> > Can anyway suggest a good way into Dostoevsky's correspondece, a place to
> > start? Is there, perhaps, a selection letters that someone could
> > recommend?
> >
> > Peter Scotto
> > Mount Holyoke College
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From k.lantz at UTORONTO.CA  Tue Sep 21 16:21:19 2004
From: k.lantz at UTORONTO.CA (Ken Lantz)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:21:19 -0400
Subject: Dostoevsky's father
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Dear Prof. Denner,

Just a short addendum to Michael Katz's reply to your query.
Dostoevsky's father retired from the army in December 1820, so his later
rank was civil rather than military.  He became a коллежеский ассесор in
1827 and  made it to the rank of  коллежеский советник before he retired.

This whole business of ranks is, as I'm sure you know, very complicated,
given a number of changes over the years.  If you want more detail
there's quite a good article on civil and military service in the 19th
century:  Д.И. Раскин, "Исторические реалии российской
государственности...," Из истории русской культуры, 5 (М., 2000), 662-830.

Sincerely,
Ken Lantz
Michael Denner wrote:

>Michael!
>I'm right in thinking that M. A. D., as a military doctor (штаб-лекарь), would not have been granted  one of the гражданские чины like  коллежский асессор (eight rank), rather one of the military ranks, logically майор, the equivalent in army terms... Is the dictionary wrong? Perhaps medical personnel are an exception?
>
>mad (but not FMD's father)
>()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
>Dr. Michael A. Denner
>Russian Studies Program
>Director, Honors Program
>Stetson University
>Campus Box 8361
>DeLand, FL 32724
>386.822.7381 (department)
>386.822.7265 (direct line)
>386.822.7380 (fax)
>http://www.stetson.edu/~mdenner
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael Katz [mailto:mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU]
>Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 4:38 PM
>To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
>Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Dostoevsky's father
>
>According to the entry in my spanking new Dostoevsky Encyclopedia by Kenneth
>Lantz (which arrived in the mail today!), M.A. Dostoevsky "attained the rank
>of collegiate assessor, entitling him to claim hereditary nobility status,
>which he did in 1828." (p. 108)
>
>Michael Katz
>Middlebury College
>
>
>
>>From: Michael Denner <mdenner at STETSON.EDU>
>>Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
>><SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
>>Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:48:25 -0400
>>To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
>>Subject: [SEELANGS] Dostoevsky's father
>>
>>Does anyone know the rank that M. A. Dostoevsky (F. M.'s father)
>>achieved? I have read two conflicting accounts whether or not his father
>>reached a sufficiently high rank to receive hereditary nobility. (I
>>suspect it has to do with the changes to the Table instituted in 1845.)
>>
>>
>>
>>Curious,
>>
>>mad
>>
>>
>>
>>()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
>>Dr. Michael A. Denner
>>Russian Studies Program
>>Director, Honors Program
>>Stetson University
>>Campus Box 8361
>>DeLand, FL 32724
>>386.822.7381 (department)
>>386.822.7265 (direct line)
>>386.822.7380 (fax)
>>http://www.stetson.edu/~mdenner
>>
>>
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From lonny.harrison at UTORONTO.CA  Tue Sep 21 16:29:40 2004
From: lonny.harrison at UTORONTO.CA (Lonny Harrison)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:29:40 -0400
Subject: Online teaching resources for Russian
Message-ID: <TUE.21.SEP.2004.122940.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

Can anyone recommend a good website with resources for teaching beginner and /
or intermediate Russian?

I could do a google search of course, but before I do, I wondered if anyone
knew of one or two pages that are especially good.

Thanks in advance,
Lonny

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From polsky at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG  Tue Sep 21 17:22:55 2004
From: polsky at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG (Marissa Polsky)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:22:55 -0400
Subject: Online teaching resources for Russian
Message-ID: <TUE.21.SEP.2004.132255.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Lonny,

You can use American Councils' (ACTR) Russnet online learning modules,
which can be found at http://www.russnet.org. Once you register
(registration is free and can be anonymous), you will have access to
dozens of Russnet's online learning module. For beginners, I recommend
the Business Russian "learn the alphabet" and "Novice" modules. For
intermediate students, you can use the "High School to College
Articulation Project" modules, which are thematically based
language-learning modules.

Good luck!



Marissa Polsky Goldsmith
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(202) 833-7522

>>> lonny.harrison at UTORONTO.CA 9/21/2004 12:29:40 PM >>>
Dear Colleagues,

Can anyone recommend a good website with resources for teaching
beginner and /
or intermediate Russian?

I could do a google search of course, but before I do, I wondered if
anyone
knew of one or two pages that are especially good.

Thanks in advance,
Lonny

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From itigount at CHASS.UTORONTO.CA  Tue Sep 21 18:29:18 2004
From: itigount at CHASS.UTORONTO.CA (Inna Tigountsova)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:29:18 -0400
Subject: Online teaching resources for Russian
In-Reply-To: <1095784180.415056f41d59c@webmail.utoronto.ca>
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HI Lonny,

you can try using my old website with sound files for elem. and advanced
(if you need) Russian.

http://www.utoronto.ca/slavic/russian/

The advantage being - textbooks, etc., are those used at the U of T.
Inna

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Lonny Harrison wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Can anyone recommend a good website with resources for teaching beginner and /
> or intermediate Russian?
>
> I could do a google search of course, but before I do, I wondered if anyone
> knew of one or two pages that are especially good.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Lonny
>
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From mitrege at AUBURN.EDU  Tue Sep 21 18:30:42 2004
From: mitrege at AUBURN.EDU (George Mitrevski)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:30:42 -0500
Subject: Online teaching resources for Russian - Nachalo
Message-ID: <TUE.21.SEP.2004.133042.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

If you are using Nachalo, try these exercises, tutorials and study
guides.

http://www.auburn.edu/forlang/russian/Nachalo/index.html

George Mitrevski
Auburn University

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From Bibb at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG  Tue Sep 21 21:06:28 2004
From: Bibb at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG (Alissa Bibb)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:06:28 -0400
Subject: Fellowships for Ph.Ds to research in Central Asia, Caucasus
Message-ID: <TUE.21.SEP.2004.170628.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Special Initiatives Fellowship Program
Administered by American Councils for International Education:
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American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS is currently
accepting applications for the U.S. Department of State's Special
Initiative Fellowship, which offers up to $35,000 for field research on
policy-relevant topics in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.  The program is
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From jknox at BOWDOIN.EDU  Tue Sep 21 22:14:00 2004
From: jknox at BOWDOIN.EDU (Jane Knox-Voina)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:14:00 -0400
Subject: Research and/or language study in Eastern Europe -
 Fellowships available
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Do you have anything (research and/or language study) in  Central Asia
or Siberia. Jane Knox-Voina, Bowdoin College

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From frosset at WHEATONMA.EDU  Tue Sep 21 23:37:27 2004
From: frosset at WHEATONMA.EDU (Francoise Rosset)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 19:37:27 -0400
Subject: Language programs for undergrads in the East
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0402120821340.32021@ls04.fas.harvard.edu>
Message-ID: <TUE.21.SEP.2004.193727.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANzhane:

One of our students would like to go on a summer program in Russia
but NOT in European Russia. We've discussed Siberia and Kazakhstan,
(mainly because one of our students is from Astana and another
studied in Almaty) -- but his language of study is Russian.
I know there are excellent lists available, on AATSEEL for example,
so I can find a number of places to suggest, but my questions are
these:

Do any of you have experience with any of the programs in Siberia or
the Far East or other non-European areas? Have any of your students
participated, and what did they think? Can you think of programs that
may not be on the AATSEEL list? Any suggestions and recommendations
are most welcome.

Please reply off-list, and thank you.
-FR


--
Francoise Rosset, Russian and Russian Studies
Wheaton College
Norton, Massachusetts 02766
phone:  (508) 286-3696
fax:    (508) 286-3640
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From brifkin at WISC.EDU  Wed Sep 22 01:55:03 2004
From: brifkin at WISC.EDU (Benjamin Rifkin)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 20:55:03 -0500
Subject: Job at UW-Madison Slavic
Message-ID: <TUE.21.SEP.2004.205503.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGers:

The MLA Job Information List Bulletin made a mistake in the display of the
listing for our search in the UW-Madison Slavic Department.  We are hiring
in one of two fields:  either Russian literature (period open) or Second
language acquisition and Slavic (alternatively applied linguistics and
Slavic).  We are hiring at one of two ranks:  assistant professor (tenure
track) or associate professor (with tenure).  For appointments with tenure,
demonstrated excellence in research and publications is required.  We are
not searching at the rank of full professor, as currently implied by the job
description in the MLA Job Information List.

The description posted to SEELANGs earlier this month is accurate.  We
expect the MLA advertisement to be corrected by the end of this week.

Thank you for sharing this information with colleagues and students who
might be interested in applying.

Sincerely,

Ben Rifkin

*************
Benjamin Rifkin
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Professor and Chair, Slavic Dept.
1432 Van Hise, 1220 Linden Dr.
Madison, WI 53706 USA
(608) 262-1623; Fax (608) 265-2814
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/slavic

Director, Title VI Center for Russia, E. Europe & Central Asia (CREECA)
210 Ingraham Hall, 1550 Observatory Dr.
Madison, WI 53706 USA
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From sussex at UQ.EDU.AU  Wed Sep 22 08:04:06 2004
From: sussex at UQ.EDU.AU (Prof. R. Sussex)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:04:06 +1000
Subject: Request ...
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I have a request from a colleague which I can't resolve: advice much
appreciated. Axmatova?
Many thanks
Roly Sussex

###

I have been for some months teased by a memory of something I recall being
said by a Russian poet, a woman, 20C: that poetry is work done in solitude
for everyone. Can anyone help me locate the source? Do any other sources of
a similar sentiment come to mind, not necessarily about poetry but about
the indirect sociability of solitary work?


--

Roly Sussex
Professor of Applied Language Studies
School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies
The University of Queensland
Brisbane
Queensland 4072
AUSTRALIA

University's CRICOS provider number: 00025B

Office: Greenwood 434 (Building 32)
Phone:  +61 7 3365 6896
Fax:    +61 7 3365 6799
Email:  sussex at uq.edu.au
Web:    http://www.arts.uq.edu.au/slccs/profiles/sussex.html
School's website:
        http://www.arts.uq.edu.au/slccs/
Applied linguistics website:
        http://www.uq.edu.au/slccs/AppliedLing/

Language Talkback ABC radio:
Web:    http://www.cltr.uq.edu.au/languagetalkback/
Audio:  from    http://www.abc.net.au/hobart/stories/s782293.htm

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From michael.pushkin at BTOPENWORLD.COM  Wed Sep 22 09:09:26 2004
From: michael.pushkin at BTOPENWORLD.COM (MICHAEL PUSHKIN)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:09:26 +0100
Subject: Request ...
In-Reply-To: <a06110404bd76e2378913@[172.22.14.37]>
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Perhaps it's Marina Tsvetaeva's poem 'Est' nekii chas, kak sbroshennaya klazha...' from her 'Uchenik' cycle, in which she speaks of 'Odinochestva - verkhovnyi chas' ?

Mike Pushkin
CREES
University of Birmingham
UK

"Prof. R. Sussex" <sussex at UQ.EDU.AU> wrote:
I have a request from a colleague which I can't resolve: advice much
appreciated. Axmatova?
Many thanks
Roly Sussex

###

I have been for some months teased by a memory of something I recall being
said by a Russian poet, a woman, 20C: that poetry is work done in solitude
for everyone. Can anyone help me locate the source? Do any other sources of
a similar sentiment come to mind, not necessarily about poetry but about
the indirect sociability of solitary work?


--

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The University of Queensland
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From uladzik at YAHOO.COM  Wed Sep 22 12:26:26 2004
From: uladzik at YAHOO.COM (Uladzimir Katkouski)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 05:26:26 -0700
Subject: Slavonic Bibles
In-Reply-To: <D7841A9D3863D240AFFBFA8435ECEE093550C4@buzz.idc.lan>
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> A unique collection of Slavonic Bibles and religious
> books printed from the 16th to the 19th centuries
...
> For a title list of this collection, please visit
> www.idc.nl/catalog/referer.php?c=447

Dear Willemijn,

It's interesting that you put the Bible of Francis
Skorina (Skaryna) from 1519 under "Russian". That's
very interesting.

Maybe you should read this:
* http://www.pravapis.org/art_skaryna1.asp

Regards,
Uladzimir Katkouski
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From pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU  Wed Sep 22 15:44:50 2004
From: pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU (pjs)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:44:50 -0400
Subject: "Dama s sobachkoi"
Message-ID: <WED.22.SEP.2004.114450.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I am reading "Dama s sobachkoi" with my third-year Russian class.

Can anyone recommend one, essential, critical article (in English) to
assign? You know, something sensitive, well-written and insightful. The
kind of thing that makes you proud to be a Slavist/ professor of
literature.

Peter Scotto
Mount Holyoke College

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From Ronald.LeBlanc at UNH.EDU  Wed Sep 22 15:59:22 2004
From: Ronald.LeBlanc at UNH.EDU (LeBlanc, Ronald)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:59:22 -0400
Subject: "Dama s sobachkoi"
Message-ID: <WED.22.SEP.2004.115922.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

If you have your students watch Josef Heifitz's 1960 film adaptation of Chekhov's story after they read the text (which I tend to do), then you might want to have them read James Palmer's "Mastering Chekhov: Heifitz's The Lady with the Dog."  It appeared in "Literature/Film Quarterly" in 1991 (vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 252-257).

It's short and sweet.  And it addresses the way Heifitz attempts to render aspects of the literary text on film.

Ron LeBlanc
University of New Hampshire


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Cc:	
Subject:        [SEELANGS] "Dama s sobachkoi"

I am reading "Dama s sobachkoi" with my third-year Russian class.

Can anyone recommend one, essential, critical article (in English) to
assign? You know, something sensitive, well-written and insightful. The
kind of thing that makes you proud to be a Slavist/ professor of
literature.

Peter Scotto
Mount Holyoke College

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From mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU  Wed Sep 22 16:02:24 2004
From: mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU (Katz, Michael)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:02:24 -0400
Subject: FW: [SEELANGS] "Dama s sobachkoi"
Message-ID: <WED.22.SEP.2004.120224.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

> ----------
> From:         Katz, Michael
> Sent:         Wednesday, September 22, 2004 12:01 PM
> To:   'pscotto at mtholyoke.edu'
> Subject:      FW: [SEELANGS] "Dama s sobachkoi"
> 
> Very funny. Dream on.
> 
> I like Virginia Llewellyn Smith's essay in the Norton Critical edition of Chekhov's Short Stories and Tom winner's chapter in his book on Chekhov and his Prose.
> 
> The film also invokes good discussion.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Michael Katz
> 
> ----------
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> Reply To:     Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> Sent:         Wednesday, September 22, 2004 11:44 AM
> To:   SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
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> 
> I am reading "Dama s sobachkoi" with my third-year Russian class.
> 
> Can anyone recommend one, essential, critical article (in English) to
> assign? You know, something sensitive, well-written and insightful. The
> kind of thing that makes you proud to be a Slavist/ professor of
> literature.
> 
> Peter Scotto
> Mount Holyoke College
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From mdenner at STETSON.EDU  Wed Sep 22 16:35:22 2004
From: mdenner at STETSON.EDU (Michael Denner)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 12:35:22 -0400
Subject: "Dama s sobachkoi"
Message-ID: <WED.22.SEP.2004.123522.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Peter!
RBCMP3.com has a DVD (NTSC -- i.e., works here in US) with Russian and
English subtitles. I read the story/watched the movie with my class last
year. The Russian subtitles are a great way for adv. intermediate
students to more or less completely follow the dialogue. I had them
watch it several times on their own. Worked very well.

mad

()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
Dr. Michael A. Denner
Russian Studies Program
Director, Honors Program
Stetson University
Campus Box 8361
DeLand, FL 32724
386.822.7381 (department)
386.822.7265 (direct line)
386.822.7380 (fax)
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-----Original Message-----
From: LeBlanc, Ronald [mailto:Ronald.LeBlanc at UNH.EDU] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 11:59 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] "Dama s sobachkoi"

If you have your students watch Josef Heifitz's 1960 film adaptation of
Chekhov's story after they read the text (which I tend to do), then you
might want to have them read James Palmer's "Mastering Chekhov:
Heifitz's The Lady with the Dog."  It appeared in "Literature/Film
Quarterly" in 1991 (vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 252-257).

It's short and sweet.  And it addresses the way Heifitz attempts to
render aspects of the literary text on film.

Ron LeBlanc
University of New Hampshire


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of pjs
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To:     SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Cc:	
Subject:        [SEELANGS] "Dama s sobachkoi"

I am reading "Dama s sobachkoi" with my third-year Russian class.

Can anyone recommend one, essential, critical article (in English) to
assign? You know, something sensitive, well-written and insightful. The
kind of thing that makes you proud to be a Slavist/ professor of
literature.

Peter Scotto
Mount Holyoke College

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From naiman at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU  Wed Sep 22 18:30:47 2004
From: naiman at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU (Eric Naiman)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:30:47 -0700
Subject: "Dama s sobachkoi"
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.44.0409221141030.189080-100000@mhc.mtholyoke.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.22.SEP.2004.113047.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Hi, Peter:

  When I last taught this story, I was surprised by how many students in
the class read the story as a tale of true love -- Chekhov's prose has the
effect of the music that accompanies dialogue-less courtship in Hollywood
movies.  So I suggested that two of the students read just the quoted
dialogue.  Definitely worth trying...
                Eric

>I am reading "Dama s sobachkoi" with my third-year Russian class.
>
>Can anyone recommend one, essential, critical article (in English) to
>assign? You know, something sensitive, well-written and insightful. The
>kind of thing that makes you proud to be a Slavist/ professor of
>literature.
>
>Peter Scotto
>Mount Holyoke College
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From anthony.j.vanchu1 at JSC.NASA.GOV  Wed Sep 22 18:39:03 2004
From: anthony.j.vanchu1 at JSC.NASA.GOV (VANCHU, ANTHONY J. (JSC-AH) (TTI))
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:39:03 -0500
Subject: Russian Mission Control Video Resources on the Web
Message-ID: <WED.22.SEP.2004.133903.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Here's a link that might be of potential use to SEELANGers who have students
interested in the fields of aviation, engineering, or the sciences in
general.  It also provides great examples of Russian being used in real-life
work situations (the sort of which are, of course, of particular interest to
the program I work in).

The website of the Russian Mission Control Center,
http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/cup.htm, has a section with numerous streaming video
recordings of rocket launches, dockings of the Soyuz spacecraft to the
International Space Station, Soyuz landings, press conferences, etc.  The
direct URL for that is:  http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/arh_vid.htm

Tony Vanchu

Dr. Anthony J. Vanchu
Director, JSC Language Education Center
TechTrans International, Inc.
NASA Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX
Phone:  (281) 483-0644
Fax:  (281) 483-4050

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From mdenner at STETSON.EDU  Wed Sep 22 18:39:07 2004
From: mdenner at STETSON.EDU (Michael Denner)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:39:07 -0400
Subject: "Dama s sobachkoi"
Message-ID: <WED.22.SEP.2004.143907.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Yes, but you simply MUST have Gurov eat a watermelon while sitting
silently for half an hour right after the, ahem, culmination.... 

That should clear any Hollywood-inspired interpretations of Anton
Pavlovich. 

mad
()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
Dr. Michael A. Denner
Russian Studies Program
Director, Honors Program
Stetson University
Campus Box 8361
DeLand, FL 32724
386.822.7381 (department)
386.822.7265 (direct line)
386.822.7380 (fax)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Naiman [mailto:naiman at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 2:31 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] "Dama s sobachkoi"

Hi, Peter:

  When I last taught this story, I was surprised by how many students in
the class read the story as a tale of true love -- Chekhov's prose has
the
effect of the music that accompanies dialogue-less courtship in
Hollywood
movies.  So I suggested that two of the students read just the quoted
dialogue.  Definitely worth trying...
                Eric

>I am reading "Dama s sobachkoi" with my third-year Russian class.
>
>Can anyone recommend one, essential, critical article (in English) to
>assign? You know, something sensitive, well-written and insightful. The
>kind of thing that makes you proud to be a Slavist/ professor of
>literature.
>
>Peter Scotto
>Mount Holyoke College
>
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From grylkova at UFL.EDU  Wed Sep 22 19:28:07 2004
From: grylkova at UFL.EDU (galina rylkova)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 15:28:07 -0400
Subject: "Dama s sobachkoi"
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.44.0409221141030.189080-100000@mhc.mtholyoke.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.22.SEP.2004.152807.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

How about Nabokov's "The Lady with the little Dog" from his Lectures on
Russian literature; and/or the first chapter from Janet Malcolm's "Reading
Chekhov"?

GSR

> From: pjs <pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU>
> Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:44:50 -0400
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] "Dama s sobachkoi"
>
> I am reading "Dama s sobachkoi" with my third-year Russian class.
>
> Can anyone recommend one, essential, critical article (in English) to
> assign? You know, something sensitive, well-written and insightful. The
> kind of thing that makes you proud to be a Slavist/ professor of
> literature.
>
> Peter Scotto
> Mount Holyoke College
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From Alexander.Boguslawski at ROLLINS.EDU  Wed Sep 22 19:38:01 2004
From: Alexander.Boguslawski at ROLLINS.EDU (Alexander Boguslawski)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 15:38:01 -0400
Subject: Request for information or recommendation
Message-ID: <WED.22.SEP.2004.153801.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,
Two of my students are looking for an opportunity to study Russian (they
are both at the beginning level) in Russia in the summer of 2005.   They
can take classes from August 1 to about August 21 (that is, about three
weeks of instruction), preferably in Moscow or St. Petersburg.  If you
know of any established program which will allow them to study and
transfer credits to our college, please let me know.  The program can be
organized/sponsored/led by an American college or university, as long as
it fits their schedule and gives them the opportunity to spend these
three weeks in Russia.  Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Alexander Boguslawski, Rollins College

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From MorsbergerG at DOAKS.ORG  Wed Sep 22 20:01:53 2004
From: MorsbergerG at DOAKS.ORG (Morsberger, Grace)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:01:53 -0400
Subject: "Dama s sobachkoi"
Message-ID: <WED.22.SEP.2004.160153.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Nabokov's short story "Spring in Fialta" also makes an excellent pairing with "Dama s sobachkoi" and would combine well with his lecture.

Grace Morsberger

> ----------
> From:         Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list on behalf of galina rylkova
> Reply To:     Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
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> To:   SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject:      Re: [SEELANGS] "Dama s sobachkoi"
> 
> How about Nabokov's "The Lady with the little Dog" from his Lectures on
> Russian literature; and/or the first chapter from Janet Malcolm's "Reading
> Chekhov"?
> 
> GSR
> 
> > From: pjs <pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU>
> > Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> > <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
> > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:44:50 -0400
> > To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> > Subject: [SEELANGS] "Dama s sobachkoi"
> >
> > I am reading "Dama s sobachkoi" with my third-year Russian class.
> >
> > Can anyone recommend one, essential, critical article (in English) to
> > assign? You know, something sensitive, well-written and insightful. The
> > kind of thing that makes you proud to be a Slavist/ professor of
> > literature.
> >
> > Peter Scotto
> > Mount Holyoke College
> >
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From rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU  Wed Sep 22 22:22:20 2004
From: rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU (Robert A. Rothstein)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:22:20 -0400
Subject: Another unusual request
In-Reply-To: <s1505fad.073@mail.americancouncils.org>
Message-ID: <WED.22.SEP.2004.182220.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear All,
      A colleague has asked if I can find a listing of the names of the
hostages killed in the school siege in Beslan, which she and a group of
woman want to use in a memorial quilt to be sent to Beslan.  I told her
that I was dubious about such a list being published, but promised to
see what I could find out.  I tried searching www.google.ru and
www.rambler.ru for such phrases as "imena zhertv terakta," but came up
mostly with references to the siege at Dubrovka in Moscow ("Nord-Ost"),
to an attack in Beersheba, Israel, and to 9/11.  I would be grateful for
any leads.

Bob Rothstein

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From paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM  Wed Sep 22 23:26:43 2004
From: paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM (Paul B. Gallagher)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 19:26:43 -0400
Subject: Another unusual request
Message-ID: <WED.22.SEP.2004.192643.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Robert A. Rothstein wrote:

> Dear All,
>      A colleague has asked if I can find a listing of the names of the
> hostages killed in the school siege in Beslan, which she and a group of
> woman want to use in a memorial quilt to be sent to Beslan.  I told her
> that I was dubious about such a list being published, but promised to
> see what I could find out.  I tried searching www.google.ru and
> www.rambler.ru for such phrases as "imena zhertv terakta," but came up
> mostly with references to the siege at Dubrovka in Moscow ("Nord-Ost"),
> to an attack in Beersheba, Israel, and to 9/11.  I would be grateful for
> any leads.
>
> Bob Rothstein

Here's an unofficial list of 1345 names, each one with Ф.И.О., год
рождения, состояние (жив(а), погиб(ла), дома, больница, не найден(а),
нет данных, и т.п.). In some cases, cities are listed; I assume that's
where they are, but I don't know whether I should jump to the conclusion
that they're hospitalized.

<http://www.polit.ru/news/2004/09/17/imja.html>

HTH

--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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From glebov at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU  Thu Sep 23 00:03:30 2004
From: glebov at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU (glebov at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:03:30 -0400
Subject: lists of Beslan victims
Message-ID: <WED.22.SEP.2004.200330.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

It seems that there is no such list, at least as yet. Yesterday there were
reports that eighty victims haven't been identified yet. Tentative lists can
be found on the following site:

http://beslan.ru

Sergey Glebov

> Dear All,
>       A colleague has asked if I can find a listing of the names of the
> hostages killed in the school siege in Beslan, which she and a group of
> woman want to use in a memorial quilt to be sent to Beslan.  I told her
> that I was dubious about such a list being published, but promised to
> see what I could find out.  I tried searching www.google.ru and
> www.rambler.ru for such phrases as "imena zhertv terakta," but came up
> mostly with references to the siege at Dubrovka in Moscow ("Nord-Ost"),
> to an attack in Beersheba, Israel, and to 9/11.  I would be grateful for
> any leads.
>
> Bob Rothstein
>
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From rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU  Thu Sep 23 00:32:10 2004
From: rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU (Robert A. Rothstein)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:32:10 -0400
Subject: Another unusual request
In-Reply-To: <41520A33.90408@pbg-translations.com>
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Thanks very much.
    Bob Rothstein

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From chrisbclough at GMAIL.COM  Thu Sep 23 12:46:41 2004
From: chrisbclough at GMAIL.COM (Chris B. Clough)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:46:41 +0400
Subject: Urgent request: pre-1990's era former Soviet Professor needed for
 consultation.
In-Reply-To: <36fce1cc0409230444131066fa@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.23.SEP.2004.164641.0400.CHRISBCLOUGH@GMAIL.COM>

Dear SEELANGers,

I am forwarding you a request from an acquaintance who is looking for
someone in Moscow, who could help him next week - he will be in Moscow
Tuesday or Wednesday.  Please reply off list ASAP if you have any
suggestions.

All the best,

Chris B. Clough
chrisbclough at gmail.com

_______________________

I know it's a bit of a shot in the dark, but I figured I'd ask: I am
interested in meeting a Russian professor who taught prior to 1990 the
topic of western history (perhaps, though not necessarily still does).
Specifically, I am interested in getting a perspective on how US and
European development (colonization of the Americas, Africa; industrial
revolution; perspective on various important western historical
events) was taught in Soviet Russia. Do you know anyone in Moscow that
might be appropriate for me to talk to? Are there any Russian
textbooks that date pre-1990 that would deal with these topics? Would
they be in English?

--
Chris B. Clough
Editor
Tver' InterContact Group
Central Post Office
P.O. Box 0565
Tver', 170000
Russian Federation
chrisbclough at gmail.com
+7 (905) 128-5454 (mobile)
+7 (0822) 426011 (home)
+7 (0822) 425419 / 425439 (work)
+7 (0822) 426210 (work fax)

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From brjohnson at STUDENTS.WISC.EDU  Thu Sep 23 13:34:14 2004
From: brjohnson at STUDENTS.WISC.EDU (BRIAN ROBERT JOHNSON)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 08:34:14 -0500
Subject: Job Announcement
Message-ID: <THU.23.SEP.2004.083414.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Erin - this is the job posting. It doesn't exactly sound like the RD - do you know what this position is?
Brian

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From: "Jennifer J. Day" <jenday at BARD.EDU>
Date: Monday, September 13, 2004 11:19 am
Subject: [SEELANGS] Job Announcement

>  Bard Academic Representative at Smolny College
>
> Bard College announces a two-year renewable administrative
> position to
> serve as its representative to Smolny College in St. Petersburg,
> Russia(www.smolny.org <http://www.smolny.org>), Russia's first
> liberal arts
> college The representative will work with Bard's Dean of International
> Studies to implement academic policies and promote liberal pedagogic
> approaches at Smolny. Tasks will include, but are not limited to:
> participating in and leading faculty development seminars and
> workshops,assisting Smolny's Dean with the review and
> implementation of Smolny's
> curriculum, participating in the faculty evaluation process (including
> reviewing syllabi and observing classes), and identifying areas where
> additional resources are needed. S/he will also teach part-time.
> Applicants should be self-starters who can work in an international
> environment. Fluency in Russian and teaching experience required,
> familiarity with liberal arts preferred.
>
> Applications will be reviewed as received and will continue until the
> position is filled.  Preference will be given to candidates who
> apply by
> October 1, 2004. A resume and a letter of application should be
> submitted to: Office of Human Resources, Bard College, P.O. Box 5000,
> Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, 12504 or to hr at bard.edu. AA/EOE.
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From brjohnson at STUDENTS.WISC.EDU  Thu Sep 23 13:42:48 2004
From: brjohnson at STUDENTS.WISC.EDU (BRIAN ROBERT JOHNSON)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 08:42:48 -0500
Subject: Mistaken Forward
Message-ID: <THU.23.SEP.2004.084248.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I apologize to the group for my mistaken forwarding of a SEELANGS message to the group. Yes, I am guilty of hitting the reply button. Thank you for your understanding.
Brian R. Johnson
University of Wisconsin - Madison

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From brjohnson at STUDENTS.WISC.EDU  Thu Sep 23 14:10:02 2004
From: brjohnson at STUDENTS.WISC.EDU (BRIAN ROBERT JOHNSON)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:10:02 -0500
Subject: Influences on Rozanov's take on homosexuality
Message-ID: <THU.23.SEP.2004.091002.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Would anyone be able to direct me to any information on people or writings that influenced Rozanov's outlook on homosexuality, specifically any German influences?
Thank you,
Brian R. Johnson
University or Wisconsin - Madison

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From e.gapova at WORLDNET.ATT.NET  Thu Sep 23 15:11:13 2004
From: e.gapova at WORLDNET.ATT.NET (Elena Gapova)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:11:13 -0400
Subject: Influences on Rozanov's take on homosexuality
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Might be useful:

Эткинд Александр. "Тайный код для заблудившегося пола: литературный дискурс о гомосексуальности от Розанова до Набокова". В: В поисках сексуальности. Сб. статей. Под ред. Е.Здравомысловой и А. Темкиной. Спб., "Дмитрий Буланин", 2002. Сс. 79-88.

Ирина Жеребкина. "Страсть. Женское тело и женская сексуальность в России".  (СПб: "Алетейя", 2001) - 336 с. Книжная серия "Феминистская коллекция".  There's a lot on Rosanov in the book.

Elena Gapova


Would anyone be able to direct me to any information on people or writings that influenced Rozanov's outlook on homosexuality, specifically any German influences?
Thank you,
Brian R. Johnson
University or Wisconsin - Madison

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From kshawkin at UMICH.EDU  Thu Sep 23 15:35:21 2004
From: kshawkin at UMICH.EDU (Kevin Hawkins)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:35:21 -0400
Subject: homophonic keyboards in use abroad?
Message-ID: <THU.23.SEP.2004.113521.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Thanks to all who have provided feedback on my preprint on multilingual computing in Cyrillic.

One question to those who have used computers in Russia recently: have you found homophonic ("phonetic" or "transliterated") keyboard layouts in use outside the US -- that is, a layout in which non-Latin characters are arranged similar to on the standard QWERTY keyboard?  One person commented thought he used a homophonic layout in Internet cafes in Petersburg, but I don't remember ever seeing this last time I was there.

So, have you ever used or heard of people using homophonic layouts abroad?  If so, where?  Were they available instead of the standard national layout or in addition?  Do you by chance know the exact homophonic layout in use?

I appreciate as much or little detail as you may know.  Specifics aren't critical for the paper -- I'm more interested in knowing how common homophonic layouts are as a whole.

Please reply to me off list.  I'll post a revised preprint of my article, addressing this issue and including other revisions, when I finish it.

Thanks.

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From beth_holmgren at UNC.EDU  Thu Sep 23 15:52:08 2004
From: beth_holmgren at UNC.EDU (Beth Holmgren)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:52:08 -0400
Subject: tenure-track Russian lit position -- UNC-Chapel Hill
Message-ID: <THU.23.SEP.2004.115208.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill invites applications for a tenure-track
assistant professorship in 19th-century Russian literature, effective
July 1 2005. The successful candidate should have a Ph.D. by the time
of appointment, must show promise or significant achievement in
research and publication in 19th-century Russian literature, and must
demonstrate excellence in teaching. The successful candidate will be
responsible for teaching a wide range of general and specialized
undergraduate and graduate courses in nineteenth-century Russian
literature and culture as well as upper-division Russian language
courses on an as-needed basis. Strong competency in teaching
19th-century Russian poetry is a must. Excellent (native or
near-native) knowledge of Russian and English is required.  Secondary
specialization in any aspect of Russian culture or in another Slavic
literature is desirable.  Applicants are requested to send a letter
detailing their research and teaching interests, a curriculum vitae, a
short writing sample (30 pages maximum), four confidential letters of
recommendation, and a self-addressed postcard for acknowledgement of
application. All materials should be mailed to Professor Christopher
Putney, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, CB #3165, 425
Dey Hall, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, NC 27559-3165 with
a postmark of no later than December 3, 2004,
www.unc.edu/depts/slavdept.  No electronic applications, please.
Interviews will be held at the AATSEEL convention in Philadelphia.
The University of North Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  

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From pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU  Thu Sep 23 18:43:32 2004
From: pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU (pjs)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:43:32 -0400
Subject: Russian literature on tape/CD
Message-ID: <THU.23.SEP.2004.144332.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Can anyone recommend a good source for audio-recordings of Russian
literatiure in Russian? I am having no luck on searching the web.

Particularly interested in "Nos"

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From redorbrown at YAHOO.COM  Thu Sep 23 18:49:22 2004
From: redorbrown at YAHOO.COM (B. Shir)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 11:49:22 -0700
Subject: Russian literature on tape/CD
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.44.0409231440450.187327-100000@mhc.mtholyoke.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.23.SEP.2004.114922.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

what about "Kamkin"?
at some point I purchased some 40 tapes of the type you are
asking about.Not sure about Nos, but don't see why wouldn't
they have it

EG
--- pjs <pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU> wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a good source for audio-recordings
> of Russian
> literatiure in Russian? I am having no luck on searching
> the web.
>
> Particularly interested in "Nos"
>
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From ANTHONY.QUALIN at TTU.EDU  Thu Sep 23 18:53:10 2004
From: ANTHONY.QUALIN at TTU.EDU (Qualin, Anthony)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:53:10 -0500
Subject: Russian literature on tape/CD
Message-ID: <THU.23.SEP.2004.135310.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

There has been a huge boom in books on audio cd.  Most are in MP3
format.  Ozon.ru has a good selection.  Here is a link to Gogol's
Petersburg Tales: http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/1383652/ 

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Anthony Qualin
Assistant Professor
Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas 79409-2071
 
Telephone: 806-742-3286
Fax: 806-742-3306
E-mail: anthony.qualin at ttu.edu
Web: www2.tltc.ttu.edu/qualin/personal
 
 

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Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 1:44 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
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Can anyone recommend a good source for audio-recordings of Russian
literatiure in Russian? I am having no luck on searching the web.

Particularly interested in "Nos"

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From mclellan at GSS.UCSB.EDU  Thu Sep 23 20:03:49 2004
From: mclellan at GSS.UCSB.EDU (Larry McLellan)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:03:49 -0700
Subject: Russian literature on tape/CD
In-Reply-To: <55CA02C1ECF1CB40B2A0AF7B32F0DFDD15679336@BRONTES.net.ttu.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.23.SEP.2004.130349.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Elisabeth,

Thu 10/21 from 4-5 is the EAP Russia Info Meeting which is currently
scheduled to take place in Phelps 6309.  I don't necessarily need to
attend, but was thinking about doing so just because it helps maintain
contact with the EAP staff.  I will certainly attend a faculty instead
if it is scheduled for that afternoon.

--Larry

On Thursday, September 23, 2004, at 11:53 AM, Qualin, Anthony wrote:

> There has been a huge boom in books on audio cd.  Most are in MP3
> format.  Ozon.ru has a good selection.  Here is a link to Gogol's
> Petersburg Tales: http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/1383652/
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Anthony Qualin
> Assistant Professor
> Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures
> Texas Tech University
> Lubbock, Texas 79409-2071
>
> Telephone: 806-742-3286
> Fax: 806-742-3306
> E-mail: anthony.qualin at ttu.edu
> Web: www2.tltc.ttu.edu/qualin/personal
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of pjs
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 1:44 PM
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Russian literature on tape/CD
>
> Can anyone recommend a good source for audio-recordings of Russian
> literatiure in Russian? I am having no luck on searching the web.
>
> Particularly interested in "Nos"
>
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Larry McLellan
Dept. of Germanic, Slavic & Semitic Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA  93106-4130
Office telephone: (805) 893-8945
Office fax: (805) 893-2374

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From mclellan at GSS.UCSB.EDU  Thu Sep 23 20:07:14 2004
From: mclellan at GSS.UCSB.EDU (Larry McLellan)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:07:14 -0700
Subject: apology for accidental posting
Message-ID: <THU.23.SEP.2004.130714.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I apologize for the personal email that I accidentally posted to the
list.


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

Larry McLellan
Dept. of Germanic, Slavic & Semitic Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA  93106-4130
Office telephone: (805) 893-8945
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From rubyj at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU  Thu Sep 23 21:45:59 2004
From: rubyj at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU (ruby j jones)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:45:59 -0500
Subject: Russian literature on tape/CD
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.44.0409231440450.187327-100000@mhc.mtholyoke.ed u>
Message-ID: <THU.23.SEP.2004.164559.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

This takes you straight to their audiobooks-page.
    ruby j


https://www.ruskniga.com/category.asp?category=audiobooks

At 14:43 23-09-04 -0400, you wrote:
>Can anyone recommend a good source for audio-recordings of Russian
>literatiure in Russian? I am having no luck on searching the web.
>
>Particularly interested in "Nos"
>
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From brifkin at WISC.EDU  Thu Sep 23 22:25:31 2004
From: brifkin at WISC.EDU (Benjamin Rifkin)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:25:31 -0500
Subject: Russian literature on tape/CD
In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.2.20040923164505.031f6a40@mail.utexas.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.23.SEP.2004.172531.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

While I don¹t know of a version of NOS, there are some great readings by V.
Smekhov (including Vij) available for purchase through lexiconbridge.com.  I
have all the titles and enjoy especially Pikovaia dama, Babel¹s Odesskie
rasskazy.

- BR


On 9/23/04 4:45 PM, "ruby j jones" <rubyj at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU> wrote:

> This takes you straight to their audiobooks-page.
>     ruby j
> 
> 
> https://www.ruskniga.com/category.asp?category=audiobooks
> 
> At 14:43 23-09-04 -0400, you wrote:
>> >Can anyone recommend a good source for audio-recordings of Russian
>> >literatiure in Russian? I am having no luck on searching the web.
>> >
>> >Particularly interested in "Nos"
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University of Wisconsin-Madison

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From sicurdts at PRINCETON.EDU  Fri Sep 24 04:26:01 2004
From: sicurdts at PRINCETON.EDU (Soelve I. Curdts)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:26:01 -0400
Subject: No subject
In-Reply-To: <SEELANGS%200409240000420620@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.002601.0400.>

Hi,
        here are two excellent sources for Russian audiobooks on MP3- and
(increasingly less frequent) - audio CDs:
www.ardisbook.ru
www.audiobook.ru
        The beauty of the MP3-format, of course, consists in the length of texts
that can fit on one CD.
        I am certain that audiobooks.ru has the Petersburg Tales, and I think Ardis
may have them as well. Ardis also has Mertvye Dushi, some Gogol' plays, and
more...
        Hope this helps...
All best,
Soelve

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From tatart at MAIL.RU  Fri Sep 24 10:38:01 2004
From: tatart at MAIL.RU (Tatiana Artemieva)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:38:01 +0400
Subject: Request for information or recommendation (Fwd)
In-Reply-To: <4151D499.4040800@rollins.edu>
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.143801.0400.TATART@MAIL.RU>

Dear Alexander,
Your studens are welcome to apply:
THE HERZEN STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA
THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS
THE DEPARTMENT OF RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, a world famous educational center, offers a broad curriculum at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and  various educational programs in Russian as a Foreign Language such as:
  short-term training programs
  in-service education
  preparatory courses
  bachelors degree program in  Linguistic Education
  masters degree program in  Language Education ,  Literature Education ,  Culturological Education
  graduate and post-graduate school in  Methodology of Teaching the Russian
Language  to foreign students, colleges and everyone interested.
Address: Moika river 48, St. Petersburg 191186, Russia
Your are welcome to contact:
The Director of the Institute Prof. Tatiana V. Artemieva tatart at mail.ru
The Dean of the Faculty Dr. Marina I. Vasilieva vas_mi at mail.ru


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To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 15:38:01 -0400
Subject: [SEELANGS] Request for information or recommendation (Fwd)

>
>*** Originally written Wed, 22 Sep 2004 23:37 +0400  to SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU:
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>Two of my students are looking for an opportunity to study Russian (they
>are both at the beginning level) in Russia in the summer of 2005.   They
>can take classes from August 1 to about August 21 (that is, about three
>weeks of instruction), preferably in Moscow or St. Petersburg.  If you
>know of any established program which will allow them to study and
>transfer credits to our college, please let me know.  The program can be
>organized/sponsored/led by an American college or university, as long as
>it fits their schedule and gives them the opportunity to spend these
>three weeks in Russia.  Your help will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Alexander Boguslawski, Rollins College
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ideashistory.org.ru

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From k_ahern at UNCG.EDU  Fri Sep 24 16:13:39 2004
From: k_ahern at UNCG.EDU (Kathleen Ahern)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 12:13:39 -0400
Subject: problem with Fontboard and XP
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.121339.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Question: Anyone who uses Fontboard cyrillic fonts with XP--are you
experiencing compatibility problems? My Dell laptop and desktop with XP
are both crashing and the techs are sure it is the Fontboard material and
XP. Any suggestions?

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From mlg at KU.EDU  Fri Sep 24 16:19:20 2004
From: mlg at KU.EDU (Greenberg, Marc L)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:19:20 -0500
Subject: Job opening: University of Kansas,
 Asst. Prof. of Slavic Langs. & Lits.
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.111920.0500.SJP@KU.EDU>

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Kansas.
Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, tenure track,
specialist in 19th century Russian literature, to begin August 18, 2005.
Duties include: Teach Russian literature, culture, and language at all
levels in translation and in the original, as appropriate (total of 4
course per academic year); maintain an active research program in
Russian literature; provide service to the department, university and
field as appropriate to rank.  Required qualifications: PhD degree in
Slavic studies, concentration in Russian literature; primary
specialization in 19th century Russian literature; native of near-native
competence in Russian and English.  Preferred qualifications:  Secondary
specialization open: Romanticism, Gogol, or theory desirable; expertise
in short fiction; competence to offer courses in another Slavic language
and literature/culture; prior experience teaching at a North American
university; interest in/experience with study abroad programs. Salary
range: $44,000-$47,000. Position contingent upon funding.  Application
materials include a letter of application, curriculum vitae, one writing
sample in English of less than 25 pages, and three current letters of
recommendation.  First consideration (priority) will be given to
applications received by November 29, 2004.  Send materials to:
Professor Stephen Parker, Co-Chair, Department of Slavic Languages and
Literatures, University of Kansas, 1445 Jayhawk Blvd, Room 2134,
Lawrence, KS 66045-7590; email: slavic at ku.edu  Phone: (785) 864-3313.
EO/AA Employer. 



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From John.Pendergast at USMA.EDU  Fri Sep 24 17:40:32 2004
From: John.Pendergast at USMA.EDU (Pendergast, J. MAJ DFL)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:40:32 -0400
Subject: problem with Fontboard and XP
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.134032.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I have the same problem, except it's not with XP, it's with the
Academy's network software.  My solution, admittedly not ideal, is just
to load Fontboard everyday and make sure I uninstall it at the end of
every day.

John M. Pendergast
MAJ, MI
Desk Chief, Russian Office
745 Brewerton Rd
Department of Foreign Languages
United States Military Academy
West Point, NY 10996
Office-845-938-8737
Cell-914-388-1469
  

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Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 12:14 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] problem with Fontboard and XP


Question: Anyone who uses Fontboard cyrillic fonts with XP--are you
experiencing compatibility problems? My Dell laptop and desktop with XP
are both crashing and the techs are sure it is the Fontboard material
and XP. Any suggestions?

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From frosset at WHEATONMA.EDU  Fri Sep 24 18:43:09 2004
From: frosset at WHEATONMA.EDU (Francoise Rosset)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:43:09 -0400
Subject: RESULTS: [SEELANGS] Language programs in the East
In-Reply-To: <p05111a00bd7667997426@[155.47.38.49]>
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.144309.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear kollegi:
Thank you for your prompt and helpful responses.
I was asked to post results, so:

Besides programs through ACTR, I received information about mainly
one program: Middlebury at Irkutsk. Several colleagues mentioned it,
and ALL report their students were overwhelmingly satisfied.
It is, from what I can find out, a semester program, and we need a
summer program ... so I'll talk to my student about that, and the
search continues.

Thank you all,
-FR


--
Francoise Rosset, Russian and Russian Studies
Wheaton College
Norton, Massachusetts 02766
phone:  (508) 286-3696
fax:    (508) 286-3640
e-mail: frosset at wheatonma.edu

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From siskron at SFSU.EDU  Fri Sep 24 22:26:33 2004
From: siskron at SFSU.EDU (Katerina Siskron)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:26:33 -0700
Subject: Fwd: Russian Program at SFSU in Jeopardy
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.152633.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues, This is an appeal for signatures on our electronic petition at
www.sfsu.edu/~russian to save the Russian degree programs (M.A. and B.A.) at San
Francisco State University. We also urge you to write letters to the President
of the University,

Dr.Robert A. Corrigan
President's Office
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132

415-338-1381. corrigan at sfsu.edu

Please send a cc to Katerina Siskron, Coordinator, Russian Program
                    Department of Foreign Languages
                    San Francisco State University
                    1600 Holloway Avenue
                    San Francisco, CA 94132

The president has already recieved numerous e-mails and letters of
support for our program. However, our discontinuance hearings are coming up
October 12 and we need as many letters and signatures on our petition as
possible to maintain our degree programs. Please see below for a synopsis of the
events since Spring semester 2004:

At the beginning of this year the State of California found itself in
fiscal difficulties and proposed making large cuts in a number of
sectors, incuding higher education. The proposal was for "deep and
narrow cuts." That means instead of cutting classes (in reality in
addition to cutting classes) the proposal was for cutting whole
programs. In April of this year, there were a number of articles in the
Chronicle and reports on TV on these cuts, especially on the proposal to
cut graduate studies in the School of Engineering.  The School of
Engineering survived, but at the cost of becoming "self-supporting"
which means the students will no longer be subsidized by state funds and
will have to pay full tuition (same as out of state students). At least
that is how I understand the new arrangement.

Initially, in April three Foreign Language Programs were proposed for
discontinuance, but in the end only the degree programs in Russian were
designated officially for termination. The Adminstration immediately
closed admission of new students to the degree programs, even though we
are entitled to hearings before the Educational Policies Committee and
the Academic Senate prior to the closure of the programs.

The reasons sited for discontinuance are budgetary
considerations (in reality, the university would save about $15,000) a
year with their current proposal to keep language classes but to
eliminate the degree. The second consideration is that there is no
"excess" demand for enrollment--that is we meet the minimum enrollment
requirements, but except for the first semester class with 26 students and the
graduate seminar with 18 students, the
enrollments are modest--at or slightly above the required minimum of 13 for
lower division and 10 for upper division.
We are in a particularly vulnerable position--our two tenured professors have
recently retired. Both were
in ill health prior to retirement. Neither was replaced despite requests
three years in a row  to hire new tenure-track faculty. So---here we
are.

So far we have recieved a great deal of support from Russian language media and
from the City Council of San Francisco (the city council passed two separate
resolutions in support of our program). As a consequence of community support,
the University has relented on cutting the entire program and has guaranteed a
minor. However, we feel that with additional support we will be able to preserve
the degree programs as well.

Information and all documents pertaining to AcademicSenate Hearings are posted
on the
Academic Senate website www.sfsu.edu/~senate in sequence starting with
the current posting of the discontinuance hearings calendar.

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Sat Sep 25 09:07:24 2004
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 05:07:24 -0400
Subject: Kalashnikoff vodka
In-Reply-To: <1091883934.4114d39e75a31@cubmail.cc.columbia.edu>
Message-ID: <SAT.25.SEP.2004.050724.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Just in case this forum hasn't noticed:

General Kalashnkoff (sic) did not want his name to be associated only with
distruction, so on the positive side he participated in creating a new
vodka bearing his name which was recently introduced in London. See
http://vodka.report.ru/

As a linguist I cannot refrain from metioning that both "avtomatnaja
ochered'" and "vodka" kosjat ljudej.

__________________________
 Alina Israeli
 LFS, American University
 4400 Mass. Ave., NW
 Washington, DC 20016

 phone:    (202) 885-2387
 fax:      (202) 885-1076

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From mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU  Sat Sep 25 09:43:32 2004
From: mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU (Michael Katz)
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 05:43:32 -0400
Subject: RESULTS: [SEELANGS] Language programs in the East
In-Reply-To: <p05111a02bd7a198b1d2e@[155.47.38.49]>
Message-ID: <SAT.25.SEP.2004.054332.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

We do indeed have a program in Irkutsk, either for one semester or a full
academic year. The only program we offer during the summer is at the Russian
School on the campus in Middlebury, Vermont.

Michael Katz
Dean of Language Schools and Schools Abroad
Middlebury College

> From: Francoise Rosset <frosset at WHEATONMA.EDU>
> Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
> Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:43:09 -0400
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] RESULTS: [SEELANGS] Language programs in the East
>
> Dear kollegi:
> Thank you for your prompt and helpful responses.
> I was asked to post results, so:
>
> Besides programs through ACTR, I received information about mainly
> one program: Middlebury at Irkutsk. Several colleagues mentioned it,
> and ALL report their students were overwhelmingly satisfied.
> It is, from what I can find out, a semester program, and we need a
> summer program ... so I'll talk to my student about that, and the
> search continues.
>
> Thank you all,
> -FR
>
>
> --
> Francoise Rosset, Russian and Russian Studies
> Wheaton College
> Norton, Massachusetts 02766
> phone:  (508) 286-3696
> fax:    (508) 286-3640
> e-mail: frosset at wheatonma.edu
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From kshawkin at UMICH.EDU  Sat Sep 25 18:24:09 2004
From: kshawkin at UMICH.EDU (Kevin Hawkins)
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 14:24:09 -0400
Subject: multilingual computing: request for non-expert comments
Message-ID: <SAT.25.SEP.2004.142409.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

A revised preprint of "Frequently Asked Questions and Selected Resources on Cyrillic Multilingual Computing," to be published in "Virtual Slavica: Digital Archives, Digital Libraries" (Vol. 6, No. 2/3 of Slavic and East European Information Resources) is now available at:

http://www.umich.edu/~kshawkin/preprints/20040919.rtf

Please refer to this rather than my earlier version if you are consulting this article for information.  In addition to completing the text, I corrected a few factual errors and made recommendations clearer.

Comments are of course still welcome.

Kevin

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From kshawkin at UMICH.EDU  Sat Sep 25 18:25:34 2004
From: kshawkin at UMICH.EDU (Kevin Hawkins)
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 14:25:34 -0400
Subject: multilingual computing: request for non-expert comments --
 correction
Message-ID: <SAT.25.SEP.2004.142534.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

# corrected URL #

A revised preprint of "Frequently Asked Questions and Selected Resources on Cyrillic Multilingual Computing," to be published in "Virtual Slavica: Digital Archives, Digital Libraries" (Vol. 6, No. 2/3 of Slavic and East European Information Resources) is now available at:

http://www.umich.edu/~kshawkin/preprints/20040925.pdf

Please refer to this rather than my earlier version if you are consulting this article for information.  In addition to completing the text, I corrected a few factual errors and made recommendations clearer.

Comments are of course still welcome.

Kevin

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From kvsereda at WORLDNET.ATT.NET  Sat Sep 25 21:17:45 2004
From: kvsereda at WORLDNET.ATT.NET (Kirill Sereda)
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 15:17:45 -0600
Subject: multilingual computing: request for non-expert comments --
 correction
In-Reply-To: <200409251825.i8PIPdQM002743@intolerance.mr.itd.umich.edu>
Message-ID: <SAT.25.SEP.2004.151745.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Kevin, 

Thank you for an interesting and informative article! There are a couple of
issues I'd like to point out to help improve it.

(1) On Page 2 the text says: "The Latin character B is not the same as the
Cyrillic character V".  There appears to be no Cyrillic character V, but
there is one that looks like B, right, so it probably should read "The Latin
character V is not the same as the Cyrillic character B"

(2) On Page 11, in Question 8, it says: "Even if your documents are not
intended for the Web, many programs poorly handle precomposed characters, as
explained in question #7 above; therefore, you will probably find it easier
to work with precomposed characters."

Since question #7 mentions being unhappy about the way some programs render
composite characters, perhaps you meant to say: "Even if your documents are
not intended for the Web, many programs poorly handle composite characters,
as explained in question #7 above;..."

Also, as a user of a homophonic keyboard layout for Russian, I don't find
typing on it that much slower than on a genuine Russian one.

HTH,

Kirill Sereda

PS. Cf. the use of "comprehensible"/comprehensive on page 18.


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From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Kevin Hawkins
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 12:26 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] multilingual computing: request for non-expert
comments -- correction

# corrected URL #

A revised preprint of "Frequently Asked Questions and Selected Resources on
Cyrillic Multilingual Computing," to be published in "Virtual Slavica:
Digital Archives, Digital Libraries" (Vol. 6, No. 2/3 of Slavic and East
European Information Resources) is now available at:

http://www.umich.edu/~kshawkin/preprints/20040925.pdf

Please refer to this rather than my earlier version if you are consulting
this article for information.  In addition to completing the text, I
corrected a few factual errors and made recommendations clearer.

Comments are of course still welcome.

Kevin

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From cllazm at HOFSTRA.EDU  Sun Sep 26 16:47:28 2004
From: cllazm at HOFSTRA.EDU (Alexandar Mihailovic)
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 12:47:28 -0400
Subject: Eastern European panel at NEMLA
Message-ID: <SUN.26.SEP.2004.124728.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I am chairing a panel at the upcoming Northeast Modern Language Association
(NEMLA) convention, Êwhich will take place in Cambridge, ÊMA from March 31-April
2, Ê2005.    i am looking for additional paper proposals for the panel:

"Under Western Eyes: Post-Modern Perceptions of Eastern Europe"

What is the cultural status of the "other" Europe in the overlapping eras of the
collapse of the East bloc, the Balkan and Chechen wars, and the post-9/11 "War on
Terror"? To what extent does the idea of a Europe only recently touched by
economic globalism serve as an ethical foil for the individualistic codes of the United
States and Western Europe? Are such perceptions and cultural associations in
themselves illusions? Papers may draw on travelogues, journalistic accounts and
historiographical writing as well as fiction and poetry, and discuss writers from both
sides of the "torn" Iron Curtain. Send abstracts of no more than one page to
Alexandar Mihailovic (cllazm at hofstra.edu)

Papers should be no longer than 25 minutes.  I would need to receive proposals no
later than Friday,  October 1.

Cordially,

Alexandar Mihailovic
Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
Hofstra University
Hempstead, ÊNY Ê11549

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From sher07 at MINDSPRING.COM  Mon Sep 27 00:19:44 2004
From: sher07 at MINDSPRING.COM (Benjamin Sher)
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 19:19:44 -0500
Subject: Emerging Trends -- An Anthology of Contemporary Russian
Message-ID: <SUN.26.SEP.2004.191944.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear friends:

I am proud to announce the availability to the Russian scholarly
community of Emerging Trends in Russian Culture: The Icon and
the Fax, an anthology of articles, essays and RFE broadcast
transcripts (with audio) touching upon every area of post-Soviet
Russia. The materials are mostly in Russian but include some
English-language translations. This is not a catalogue of an index
but a full-fledged database of  materials culled from the wide-
ranging world of Russian scholarship on the Net. I am making the
announcement now in case any of you wish to include some of
these materials in your upcoming courses. They will be there
when you (and  your students) need them. The site is provided
courtesy of Rita Lipson, the Yale Slavic Department and the
ITS/Library Yale Grant. Emerging Trends is a non-commercial site
serving the Russian community. If you lose the URL, just look for
its link on my Sher's Russian Web home page.


Emerging Trends in Russian Culture
http://www.websher.net/yale/rl/trends/


Thank you.

Benjamin


Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Benjamin and Anna Sher
sher07 at mindspring.com

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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Mon Sep 27 05:43:52 2004
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 06:43:52 +0100
Subject: Ocherki kommunal'nogo byta: Announcement
In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.2.20040920200146.00a96d80@postoffice9.mail.cornell.edu>
Message-ID: <MON.27.SEP.2004.064352.0100.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Slava Paperno,

Thanks for mentioning Utekhin.

As regards your possible multimedia disk - let me mention that my
forthcoming anthology of Russian short stories (Penguin Classics, 2005) will
include my translation of several Zoshchenko stories, including
'Electrification' and 'Crisis', and Joanne Turnbull's tr. of
Krzhizhanovsky's wonderful 'Quadraturin'.  I'm sure Penguin would allow you
to include these, or extracts from them, should you so wish.  (And if you
don't know 'Quadraturin', I can easily email it to you!

Best Wishes,

Robert Chandler

> "Ocherki kommunal'nogo byta" by Ilia Utekhin has just been added to the
> online catalog of Lexicon Bridge Publishers. It is a semiotic study of
> zhizn' v kommunal'noj kvartire, a uniquely Soviet and Russian experience.
> Many mysterious traits of Homo Soveticus are best observed and analyzed in
> that environment, and Dr. Utekhin of European University in St. Petersburg
> does that with superb perceptiveness and humor. Read about the book and
> order it at:
>
> http://lexiconbridge.com/apartment/
>
> Those who know my interests will immediate see why I'm fascinated:
> Utekhin's work is perfect for a multimedia disk, and yes, we want to
> produce one, with video, pictures, narration, texts... it is perhaps
> fortunate that we won't be able to include the smells of a kommunalka.
> We're at the planning stage, and any advice will be welcome. In the
> meantime, you should enjoy visiting Utekhin's Virtual Museum, in Russian, at:
>
> http://www.kommunalka.spb.ru/expo.htm
>
> Slava Paperno
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From jmdavis at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Mon Sep 27 15:42:13 2004
From: jmdavis at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Jolanta Davis)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 11:42:13 -0400
Subject: OT: Adoptions
In-Reply-To: <BD7D6728.A459%kcf19@dial.pipex.com>
Message-ID: <MON.27.SEP.2004.114213.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

This is off topic, but I promised a friend of mine to help find out a
little bit about adoption agencies in the U.S. (preferably on the East
Coast), that help children from the former SU and East Europe find new
families. If you had any experience with adoption agencies or heard
anything about agencies specializing in adoptions from those countries,
please let me know.

thanks
Jolanta


Jolanta M. Davis
AAASS Publications Coordinator and NewsNet Editor

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)
8 Story Street
Cambridge, MA
tel.: 617-495-0679
fax: 617-495-0680
Web site: www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass

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From paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM  Mon Sep 27 22:28:26 2004
From: paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM (Paul B. Gallagher)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:28:26 -0400
Subject: Russian radio via Internet
Message-ID: <MON.27.SEP.2004.182826.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

<http://www.rususa.com/fun/radio/>

Numerous selections, several formats (.ram, .pls, .m3u and .asx).

Speeds from 16K to at least 176K.

Sorted by popularity.

--
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 evans-ro at OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU  Mon Sep 27 22:35:05 2004
From: evans-ro at OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU (Karen Evans-Romaine)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:35:05 -0400
Subject: Golosa review exercises and oral drills
Message-ID: <MON.27.SEP.2004.183505.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Seelangs subscribers who use the Russian textbook Golosa (Book 1, Book
2, or both):

Do you use the "Obzornye uprazhnenija" (Review Exercises) at the end of the
textbook chapters?

Do you use in class or assign as homework the "Ustnye uprazhnenija" (Oral
Drills) in the workbook?

Please respond to Karen Evans-Romaine (evans-ro at ohio.edu) off-list. Please
feel free to send any suggestions as well.

Thank you!

All the best,

Karen Evans-Romaine and Richard Robin
co-authors (with Galina Shatalina and Joanna Robin), Golosa, third edition

Dr. Karen Evans-Romaine
Associate Professor of Russian
Department of Modern Languages
Ohio University
Gordy Hall 283
Athens, OH 45701-2979
telephone: 740-593-2791 (office), 740-593-2765 (department)
fax: 740-593-0729
email: evans-ro at ohio.edu

Director, Russian School
Middlebury College
Freeman International Center
Middlebury, VT 05753
telephone: 802-443-5533
fax: 802-443-5394

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From senderov at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Tue Sep 28 02:04:29 2004
From: senderov at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Sasha Senderovich)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:04:29 -0500
Subject: OT: Adoptions
Message-ID: <MON.27.SEP.2004.210429.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Jolanta,

My mother works in the Russia (and FSU) Program of a Boston-based adoption
agency that has several branches throughout Northeast. It's called Wide
Horizons for Children, their website is www.whfc.org They have all the
contact information on the website, but I can provide additional numbers and
emails upon request.

Best,
Sasha Senderovich
senderov at fas.harvard.edu

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jolanta Davis" <jmdavis at FAS.HARVARD.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 10:42 AM
Subject: [SEELANGS] OT: Adoptions


> This is off topic, but I promised a friend of mine to help find out a
> little bit about adoption agencies in the U.S. (preferably on the East
> Coast), that help children from the former SU and East Europe find new
> families. If you had any experience with adoption agencies or heard
> anything about agencies specializing in adoptions from those countries,
> please let me know.
>
> thanks
> Jolanta
>
>
> Jolanta M. Davis
> AAASS Publications Coordinator and NewsNet Editor
>
> American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)
> 8 Story Street
> Cambridge, MA
> tel.: 617-495-0679
> fax: 617-495-0680
> Web site: www.fas.harvard.edu/~aaass
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From Lvisson at AOL.COM  Tue Sep 28 02:33:35 2004
From: Lvisson at AOL.COM (Lvisson at AOL.COM)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:33:35 EDT
Subject: Adoptions
Message-ID: <MON.27.SEP.2004.223335.EDT.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I would recomment the Datz Foundation - datz at patriot.net
Friends have done very well with it,
Lynn Visson

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From mp at MIPCO.COM  Tue Sep 28 14:12:25 2004
From: mp at MIPCO.COM (mipco)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:12:25 -0500
Subject: Pushkinskii Dom demands to stop selling Pushkin's Secret Journal.
Message-ID: <TUE.28.SEP.2004.091225.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Brisk sales of the new edition (http://www.retropublishing.com) of
Pushkin's Secret Journal 1836-1837
(http://www.mipco.com/win/pushrus.html) were halted in St.
Petersburg's major book store Dom Knigi (House of Books) when
Pushkinskii Dom (The Institute of Russian Literature) had demanded to
stop selling Secret Journal. Dom Knigi had to submit to the demand of
the most influential organization in charge of the official Pushkin's
image preservation.
This is one of the examples how freedom of press is being suppressed
in Russia recently. Fortunately, this book is available in some other
Russian bookstores as well as in the US (http://www.petropol.com)
--
M.I.P. Company
P.O.B. 27484
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55427 USA
http://www.mipco.com
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From SLAVICRE at UOTTAWA.CA  Tue Sep 28 15:18:47 2004
From: SLAVICRE at UOTTAWA.CA (SLAVIC RESEARCH GROUP)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:18:47 -0400
Subject: Introducing the Slavic Research Group
Message-ID: <TUE.28.SEP.2004.111847.0400.>

Dear SEELANGERS,

This letter has a two-fold purpose: first, to introduce you to a
Canadian research centre that is now entering its seventh year with
almost 20 publications to its credit; secondly, to acquaint you in
particular with our latest volumes in our Tolstoy series -- a priceless
addition to any scholar's or academic library's collection on
Tolstoyana.

The Slavic Research Group (SRG) at the University of Ottawa was created
in 1998 as an interdisciplinary centre for research and publication on
Slavic themes.  It has brought together a number of scholars from
diverse disciplines (languages, linguistics, Slavic history, Canadian
studies, criminology), diverse branches of Slavdom (Russian, Polish,
Slovak, Serbian) and diverse geographical locations (Ottawa, Toronto,
Victoria, Montreal, Lublin, St-Petersburg, Moscow) to contribute to a
better world understanding of Slavic literature and culture, especially
from a Canadian perspective.  Our external members comprise: Marina
Shcherbakova of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow; Anna Biolik,
Canadian Consul-General in St-Petersburg; Henryk Duda of the Catholic
University of Lublin; as well as Canadian scholars: Gunter Schaarschmidt
of the University of Victoria; Donna Orwin, editor of the Tolstoy
Studies Journal at the University of Toronto; Danijela Stojanovic of
McGill University; J.L. Black and Piotr Dutkiewicz of Carleton
University here in Ottawa and Arkadi Klioutchanski, a Ph.D. student at
the University of Toronto.  Not long after its inception, the SRG was
pleased to welcome as Honorary Members Galina Galagan and Lidija Gromova
of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St-Petersburg & Moscow
respectively).  We were saddened to hear of Dr Gromova's passing on 31
December 2003 -- please see the tribute to her on our website at:
http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/gres/mmgromen.html

In addition to actual research and publication, our activities have
included hosting lectures, cultural (art & literary) events and
exhibits, film festivals -- most of them open to the public at large and
frequently in co-operation with the embassies of Slavic-speaking
countries here in Ottawa, the nation's capital.  Just this past year the
SRG worked with the Russian Embassy to mount two exhibits of the
contemporary Russian artist Igor' Soldatenkov.  As another example, in
early 2003 the late Yugoslav ambassador Dr Miodrag Perisic gave a talk
on "Story-telling and the perception of history", and a month later his
wife Zaneta Djukic-Perisic spoke on the role of Ivo Andric in bridging
East and West in South Slavic literature.  (Apologies for the absence of
diacritics, but I fear these might not come through in the e-mail
transfer.)

The SRG has been involved in several international Slavic conferences.
In October 1999 the SRG, in conjunction with our university's Institute
of Canadian Studies, put on a a major international conference marking
the centenary of the Doukhobor emigration to Canada, and published the
Proceedings a few months later.  In June 2002 one of our members, Slovak
Chair Mark Stolarik, organised a high-profile conference here at the
university celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Slovak Republic, at
which the keynote address was delivered by none other than Slovak
President Rudolf Shuster.   And over the past few years SRG member
Richard Sokoloski has organised a series of conferences in Lublin on
translation between Polish and other languages; the third volume of the
Proceedings thereof has just been published by the SRG in our Polish
Translation series.

Since its inception, a major focus for the SRG has been cultivating ties
with major academic institutions in the Slavic-speaking world --
specifically, to date, in Poland and Russia.  In the former category we
have signed memoranda of agreement with the Polish Academy of Arts &
Sciences, the Catholic University of Lublin and the Jagiellonian
University in Cracow.  In Russia we have established formal ties with
the Russian Academy of Sciences (in particular, its Institute of World
Literature in Moscow and Institute of Russian Literature [Pushkinskij
dom] in St-Petersburg), the Tolstoy museums in Moscow and Yasnaya
Polyana, the Moscow State Institute of Interational Relations (MGIMO) as
well as Canada College at the University of St-Petersburg.  Within
Canada we have co-operated with the Centre for Research on
Canadian-Russian Relations (CRCR) at Carleton University and the
University of Toronto's Centre for Russian and East European Studies
(CREES).

Such ties have contributed toward a number of joint publications with
some of these institutions.  A few examples: (a) the three volumes in
our Polish Translation Series, published jointly with Towarzystwo
Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubielskiego in Lublin; (b) The Unity
of people in Leo Tolstoy's works, co-published by the Russian Academy of
Sciences in Moscow and St-Petersburg; (c) several other volumes in our
Tolstoy series, published in conjunction with the State L.N. Tolstoy
Museum in Moscow.

Which brings me to the second focus of this introductory letter: the
latest item in the (c) category above is a two-volume publication
comprising some 1150 pages, entitled: L.N. Tolstoi i N.N. Strakhov:
polnoe sobranie perepiski / L.N. Tolstoy and N.N. Strakhov: complete
correspondence (ed. A. Donskov).  This integrated exchange of letters
between Leo Tolstoy and his friend and editorial associate Nikolaj
Strakhov is now available for the first time in its entirety.  What
awaits its reader is a unique insight into the minds of two great
late-nineteenth-century Russian thinkers as they engage in earnest
dialogue on a wide spectrum of religious, philosophical, social and
literary questions.Ý

The letters are complemented both by the editor's introductory essay (in
English, and including a bibliography) and by extensive annotations
(many drawn from archival sources) prepared by two leading Tolstoy
scholars in Moscow: the late Dr Lidija Gromova, who was Head of
Classical Literature at the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of
Russian Literature, and Tat'jana Nikiforova of the State L.N. Tolstoy
Museum.Ý The result is a most important resource for any future research
into either Tolstoy's or Strakhov's views on life and literature
(bearing in mind that Strakhov was indeed a philosopher in his own
right), as well as the nature of their unique relationship (Tolstoy
often consulted with Strakhov in developing his own literary ideas, and
let himself be guided by the latter's highly valued input).Ý At the end
of Volume II may be found a summary chronological listing of all letters
as well as two indexes: one of Tolstoy's works and the other of people's
names mentioned in the letters, annotations or introduction.

For further information on these remarkable volumes, please see Hugh
McLean's review in Tolstoy Studies Journal, Vol. XV (2003), pp. 122-124,
along with our advert on p. 130 of the same issue.  Details are also
available on our website at:
http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/gres/tolstrakhen.html

I would like to take this opportunity of inviting you to explore the
other pages on our site.  From our home-page --
http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/gres/
-- a click on the 'English' button will take you to a general
introduction with links to several sub-sets of pages, including "What's
new", "Our members", "Publications", "Happenings" and "Liaisons &
Links".  Or you may prefer to peruse the French-language pages of our
site.  I think you will find a number of our publications will prove
desirable acquisitions for your personal collection and/or that of your
university Library.

Sincerely,

Andrew Donskov, F.R.S.C., Distinguished University Professor and
Director, Slavic Research Group at the University of Ottawa

Website: http://www.arts.uottawa.ca/gres/
E-mail:  slavicre at uottawa.ca
Telephone:  (613) 562-5800 X1007    Facsimile: (613) 562-5160

     Postal address:
     Slavic Research Group
     University of Ottawa
     134 -- 70, Laurier Ave East
     Ottawa, Canada  K1N 6N5

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From pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU  Tue Sep 28 15:53:34 2004
From: pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU (pjs)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:53:34 -0400
Subject: "...krichali tsikady..."?
Message-ID: <TUE.28.SEP.2004.115334.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Brother and Sister Slavic Wizards (Russian Division)!

In a famous passage from "Dama s sobachkoi" ("V Orieande sideli na skam'e,
nedaleko ot tserkvi, smotreli vniz na more i molchali... and following),
as one auditory effect Chekhov has: "...krichali tsikady..."

Nabokov translates (in his essay): "the crickets chirped"

Pevear and Volokhonsky: "cicadas called"

I am not interested in the insect as much as the verb. Does it really come
across as that quiet or neutral?

Peter Scotto
Russian Department
Mount Holyoke College

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From aatseel at EARTHLINK.NET  Tue Sep 28 23:31:14 2004
From: aatseel at EARTHLINK.NET (Kathleen Dillon)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 19:31:14 -0400
Subject: Copies of SEEJ needed
Message-ID: <TUE.28.SEP.2004.193114.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear subscribers to the SLAVIC and EAST EUROPEAN JOURNAL


We are in need of copies of Vol. 47.2, due to a print underrun. If you are willing to
donate your copy back to AATSEEL, we will be very grateful. Please email
aatseel at earthlink.net if you can help.

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From glebov at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU  Wed Sep 29 00:13:59 2004
From: glebov at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU (glebov at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:13:59 -0400
Subject: Publication: New Imperial History of the Post-Soviet Space
Message-ID: <TUE.28.SEP.2004.201359.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear colleagues,

the editors of Ab Imperio are pleased to announce the release of the
collection of articles New Imperial History of the Post-Soviet Space
(Kazan': Center for the Study of Nationalism and Empire, 2004). Hard copy,
655 p., Index, Ill. Ed. by I. Gerasimov, S. Glebov, A. Kaplunovsky, M.
Mogilner, A. Semyonov.


This Russian-language collection of articles aims at taking stock of the
past ten years of research into history of empire, nationalism, and
nationalities in the former Russian empire/Soviet Union by Russian,
Ukrainian, US, Japanese, British, Canadian and German scholars. The
collection attempts to procure  for a new research agenda and
interpretative models of history of empire and nation in Russian history.
All articles writen for this collection represent original and recent
research and are foreworded by the editors' introduction based on 5 years
long experience of editing Ab Imperio. The volume is supplemented by
extensive annotated bibliography covering research in Russian, German,
French and English.
he collection is dedicated to one of the first practitioners of imperial
history, Professor Seymour Becker.

Full table of contents including article titles as well as ordering
information can be found at http://abimperio.net/nih

Table of Contents (Participants):

Editors. In Search of New Imperial History

I. HISTORIANS AND HISTORY OF EMPIRE

Abraham Asher

Ilya Gerasimov, Sergey Glebov, Marina Mogilner

Auhors: History as biography: twenty autoportraits against the background
of imperial history

II. HISTORIOGRAPHIC COORDINATES

AND ANALYTICAL CATEGORIES

(NATION, EMPIRE, CONTINENT)

Seymour Becker

Georgii Kas'ianov

Diliara Usmanova

Mark von Hagen

Ronald Suny

III. IN SEARCH FOR EMPIRE:

HETEROLOGIES OF IMPERIAL UNIVERSE

(NATIONALITIES, REGIONS, BORDERLANDS)

Alexander Filiuhskin

Richard Wortman

Kimitaka Matsuzato

Willard Sunderland

Charles Steinwedel

Ilya Gerasimov

John Klier

Mark Bassin

IV. IN SEARCH FOR EMPIRE: A UNIVERSE

OF IMPERIAL FACETS

(STATE, SOCIETY, AND CULTURE)

Alfred Rieber

Anatolii Remnev

David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye

Robert Geraci

Joerg Baberowski

Jeremy Smith

V. APPENDIX:

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Russian

German

French

English

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From asred at COX.NET  Wed Sep 29 00:36:25 2004
From: asred at COX.NET (Steve Marder)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:36:25 -0400
Subject: "...krichali tsikady..."?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.44.0409281116020.308119-100000@mhc.mtholyoke.edu>
Message-ID: <TUE.28.SEP.2004.203625.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

> Brother and Sister Slavic Wizards (Russian Division)!
>
> In a famous passage from "Dama s sobachkoi" ("V Orieande sideli na skam'e,
> nedaleko ot tserkvi, smotreli vniz na more i molchali... and following),
> as one auditory effect Chekhov has: "...krichali tsikady..."
>
> Nabokov translates (in his essay): "the crickets chirped"
>
> Pevear and Volokhonsky: "cicadas called"
>
> I am not interested in the insect as much as the verb. Does it really come
> across as that quiet or neutral?

I can't pretend to be a "Slavic Wizard," but "krichat'" can indeed mean "to
make a sharp sound" (of the type produced by small birds or insects).
Depending on context, "krichat'" could also be rendered as "boom," "bray,"
"caterwaul," "heehaw," "honk," and "screech," all of which are considerably
further along the scale of intensity. "Hoot," I suppose, could be placed
somewhere in the middle.

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From sher07 at MINDSPRING.COM  Wed Sep 29 01:21:24 2004
From: sher07 at MINDSPRING.COM (Benjamin Sher)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:21:24 -0500
Subject: BBC Russian Service -- Treasure Trove of 24 Online Programs
Message-ID: <TUE.28.SEP.2004.202124.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear friends:

In case you are not aware of it, the BBC Russian Service offers
24 full-length online audio programs on every subject, all, of
course, in Russian.

What is unusual is that it is not quite obvious when you go to their
site. To find them, first go to the BBC Russian Service site at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/russian/news/default.stm

Now look at the very top, right beneath the search box, where you
will find a rectangular box with the following link in bold:

"Slushaite nashi peredachi"

When you click on this link, it will bring up a new window with links
to the 24 programs in question.

Enjoy!

Benjamin



Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Benjamin and Anna Sher
sher07 at mindspring.com

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From sher07 at MINDSPRING.COM  Wed Sep 29 11:22:38 2004
From: sher07 at MINDSPRING.COM (Benjamin Sher)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 06:22:38 -0500
Subject: Russkaya Fonetika
Message-ID: <WED.29.SEP.2004.062238.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear friends:

My thanks to the person who wrote in to suggest that I add Russkaya
Fonetika to my Index. It has been added under Lanuage.

The reason for this message is that I lost the person's letter (his
first name, I believe, is Jack and he is a professor at a college in
Monterey, CA, that's all I can remember) inadvertently as soon as I
added the bookmark. My thanks again.

Benjamin

--
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Benjamin and Anna Sher
sher07 at mindspring.com

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From mdenner at STETSON.EDU  Wed Sep 29 13:18:01 2004
From: mdenner at STETSON.EDU (Michael Denner)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:18:01 -0400
Subject: Petroteach
Message-ID: <WED.29.SEP.2004.091801.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues!

Anyone with any experience dealing with Petroteach, an outfit that bills
itself as "a not-for-profit program that has been placing
native-speakers of English in St. Petersburg classrooms since 1993"?
(www.petroteach.com)

 

I don't recall this program being discussed in the past. One of my
students is interested. Any other options for teaching English in Russia
that you can offer? I know it's a relatively easy thing to arrange
independently in situ, but I recommended that, since she's US based, she
work with an organization.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

mad

 

()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
Dr. Michael A. Denner
Russian Studies Program
Director, Honors Program
Stetson University
Campus Box 8361
DeLand, FL 32724
386.822.7381 (department)
386.822.7265 (direct line)
386.822.7380 (fax)
http://www.stetson.edu/~mdenner

 


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From jrouhie at POP.UKY.EDU  Wed Sep 29 13:42:40 2004
From: jrouhie at POP.UKY.EDU (J. Rouhier-Willoughby)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:42:40 -0400
Subject: study abroad
Message-ID: <WED.29.SEP.2004.094240.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

I have a student who has spent time in Kazakhstan and would like to
return to study Russian there this summer. She is interested in
programs in Ostana, but I do not know of any there. Would anyone
happen to have information on possible Russian study programs there?
Please reply off list.  Thanks in advance.  Jeanmarie
Rouhier-Willoughby
--
****************************************************
Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby
Associate Professor
Russian and Eastern Studies and Linguistics
1055 Patterson Office Tower
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
Office: (859) 257-1756
Fax: (859) 257-3743
Russian and Eastern Studies: (859) 257-3761
jrouhie at uky.edu
http://www.uky.edu/~jrouhie/
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From sforres1 at SWARTHMORE.EDU  Wed Sep 29 14:22:27 2004
From: sforres1 at SWARTHMORE.EDU (Sibelan E S Forrester)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:22:27 -0400
Subject: CFP:  MASC 2005
Message-ID: <WED.29.SEP.2004.102227.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Call for Papers:

        Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference
        Saturday, March 19, 2005
        University of the Arts
        Philadelphia, PA

You are invited to submit a proposal for an individual paper or a
complete panel for the 28th Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Slavic
Conference of the AAASS.  The conference will be held at the
University of the Arts in Philadelphia on March 19, 2005.  Panels and
papers are welcome on any appropriately scholarly aspect of Slavic
and East European Studies.  Professor Mikhail Sergeev is president of
this year's conference.

Proposals should include the paper's title, a very brief abstract,
and requests (if any) for technical support.  Send proposals by
December 10 to <Theis at kutztown.edu> and/or follow up by sending them
in hard copy to:

Dr. Mary Theis
MASC Executive Secretary
Department of Modern Language Studies
Kutztown University, PO Box 730
Kutztown, PA  19530

Please include both your e-mail and your surface address.

Graduate student participation in the conference is especially
encouraged.  The MASC makes an annual juried award of $200 for the
best graduate paper (judged on the written version rather than the
one presented orally at the MASC).  The winning paper is then entered
in the national AAASS graduate competition.

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From russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU  Wed Sep 29 16:28:19 2004
From: russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU (Russell Valentino)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:28:19 -0500
Subject: "...krichali tsikady..."?
In-Reply-To: <BD7F7BC9.21F5%asred@cox.net>
Message-ID: <WED.29.SEP.2004.112819.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

To my ear, cicadas cry, which resonates with Chekhov's scene. Cicadas are
rarely quiet or neutral, in my experience.

At 07:36 PM 9/28/2004, you wrote:
> > Brother and Sister Slavic Wizards (Russian Division)!
> >
> > In a famous passage from "Dama s sobachkoi" ("V Orieande sideli na skam'e,
> > nedaleko ot tserkvi, smotreli vniz na more i molchali... and following),
> > as one auditory effect Chekhov has: "...krichali tsikady..."
> >
> > Nabokov translates (in his essay): "the crickets chirped"
> >
> > Pevear and Volokhonsky: "cicadas called"
> >
> > I am not interested in the insect as much as the verb. Does it really come
> > across as that quiet or neutral?

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From amelia.glaser at GMAIL.COM  Wed Sep 29 17:48:01 2004
From: amelia.glaser at GMAIL.COM (amelia glaser)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:48:01 -0400
Subject: Petroteach
In-Reply-To: <0FAC95FF9D56EF4A90E0206B7B9FDB4F032FF2AE@alpha.stetson.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.29.SEP.2004.134801.0400.AMELIA.GLASER@GMAIL.COM>

I would be happy to share my experience with Petroteach. It is a very
small organization, often with just a handful of teachers, but it has
a permanent support staff in St. Petersburg, as well as a small office
space, and good connections with schools in Russia. It has placed
American teachers in Russian public schools for the past decade.

I spent a year as a "Petroteacher" between undergraduate and graduate
school, and had a really wonderful experience. I taught English and
American history to kids grades 6-11, and had some opportunities to do
some teaching of adults on the side. A few of us found time to audit
classes at the University, though this was something we set up on our
own. My fellow American teachers were really neat people -- we were
all placed in differents schools, of course, and developed different
relationships with our Russian colleagues. I am still close to some of
my Russian colleagues and to my Russian "host stister." The program
included some training and support in pedagogy, as well as a few trips
around Russia and in Petersburg itself.

This is an excellent opportunity for very recent college graduates who
are independent, want teaching experience, and a present, but
laid-back support network. It is a good way to improve one's Russian,
but certainly the better the American's Russian is going in, the
easier his or her adjustment will be. While people who want a very
structured program of activities with lots of language classes, a
Eurostandard office and other Americans around throughout the day
might want to look elsewhere, anyone who wants to grow as a teacher
and have a lot of freedom to get to know St. Petersburg with a
friendly grass-roots staff to help ease the process should consider it
strongly. As a side note, a number of Petroteachers remained in the
city long after their term ended (some for years), something that I
think attests to both the close-knit nature of the program and the
type of person who chooses to participate.

You are welcome to refer your student to me if she has specific questions.

Best,
Amelia Glaser



On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:18:01 -0400, Michael Denner <mdenner at stetson.edu> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues!
>
> Anyone with any experience dealing with Petroteach, an outfit that bills
> itself as "a not-for-profit program that has been placing
> native-speakers of English in St. Petersburg classrooms since 1993"?
> (www.petroteach.com)
>
> I don't recall this program being discussed in the past. One of my
> students is interested. Any other options for teaching English in Russia
> that you can offer? I know it's a relatively easy thing to arrange
> independently in situ, but I recommended that, since she's US based, she
> work with an organization.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> mad
>
> ()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()
> Dr. Michael A. Denner
> Russian Studies Program
> Director, Honors Program
> Stetson University
> Campus Box 8361
> DeLand, FL 32724
> 386.822.7381 (department)
> 386.822.7265 (direct line)
> 386.822.7380 (fax)
> http://www.stetson.edu/~mdenner
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From jmdavis at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Wed Sep 29 20:03:15 2004
From: jmdavis at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Jolanta Davis)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:03:15 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Information for a possible membership.
Message-ID: <WED.29.SEP.2004.160315.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELANGers,

Yet again, when in doubt, ask it on SEELANGS. I hope there are some K-12
teachers here that would like to network with Shane Ennest. Please respond
directly to: sennest at nlsd.ab.ca.

thank you
Jolanta



>----- Forwarded message from Shane  Ennest
><sennest at nlsd.ab.ca> -----
>     Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:54:16 -0600
>     From: Shane  Ennest <sennest at nlsd.ab.ca>
>Reply-To: Shane  Ennest <sennest at nlsd.ab.ca>
>  Subject: Information for a possible membership.
>       To: aaass at fas.harvard.edu
>
>Dear Mr. Daniels,
>
>My name is Shane Ennest and I am a MA graduate of the
>University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.  Besides holding
>an MA I am also a certified teacher in Alberta, Canada with
>a B.Education.  Why am I boring you with this information??
>  I am a teacher of Russian Language Arts for a fair sized
>community of Russian Old Believers in Northern Alberta.  My
>problem is that there is no curriculum and as far as I know
>no one to help out in creating a decent academic
>curriculum.  Are there any K-12 educators in your ranks
>and/or are there any school administrators/districts that
>have Russian curriculi that once a member with whom I can
>communicate??  Thank-you very much for your time and help
>in this endeavor.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Shane Ennest
>
>----- End forwarded message -----

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From kmhst16+ at PITT.EDU  Thu Sep 30 04:29:32 2004
From: kmhst16+ at PITT.EDU (K. M. Harkness)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:29:32 -0400
Subject: CFP: 2nd Annual REES Graduate Student Conference
Message-ID: <THU.30.SEP.2004.002932.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

We'd like to call your attention to the 2nd Annual Russian and East European
Studies Graduate Student Conference at the University of Pittsburgh.  Please
distribute the following call for papers to your graduate students.  Please
note that proposals are due December 1.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Kristen
REES Conference Committee

-- 
Kristen Harkness
University of Pittsburgh
Department of the History of Art and Architecture
104 Frick Fine Arts Building
Pittsburgh, PA  15224-2213
kmhst16 at pitt.edu

____________________________________________________________________________

Call for Papers: Second Annual University of Pittsburgh

REES Graduate Student Conference

February 25-26, 2005

 Shifting Borders: political and cultural boundaries in Eastern Europe,
Russia, and Central Asia

 Borders in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia have been the subject
of intense contestation and revision over the course of the 19th and 20th
centuries.  Boundaries within Europe¹s multinational empires faced constant
strain with the rise of nationalism and were redrawn following the
dissolution of the empires in the First World War.  Soviet nationalities
policies codified, even invented nationhood in bounded and institutionalized
Central Asian republics.  Major territorial shifts occurred again after
World War II. The dissolution of the Soviet Union ushered in yet another
revision of the map, and today we watch as the borders of Europe continue to
change.  The debates about the boundaries of and within these regions are
held at all levels of society, thus calling for a discussion that crosses
disciplinary borders as well.  The University of Pittsburgh¹s Graduate
Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia, in cooperation with
the Center for Russian and East European Studies, invites fellow graduate
students working on related topics from all disciplines to submit abstracts
for our second annual graduate student conference.

 The conference will raise a broad range of questions about the nature of
boundaries within and around Eastern Europe and Central Asia.  We welcome
papers ranging in scope from multinational empire, to nation state, to
ethnic minorities. Papers that engage the debates surrounding the boundaries
of the regions themselves, such as the question of Central versus Eastern
Europe, are also welcome.  In addition to questions of geography,
governance, and citizenship, papers dealing with boundaries between
cultures, languages, genders and artistic traditions are highly encouraged.

Students of Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia who are working on
issues related to boundaries are encouraged to submit abstracts by December
1, 2004. Further details about submission requirements, dates, housing, etc.
can be found on the conference's web page (http://www.pitt.edu/~sorc/goseca)
or by emailing sorc+goseca at pitt.edu. 

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From mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU  Thu Sep 30 13:08:44 2004
From: mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU (Katz, Michael)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:08:44 -0400
Subject: FW: Question about Pavel Vasilyevich Aksyonov.
Message-ID: <THU.30.SEP.2004.090844.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

> A colleague of mine in our physics department recently read "Journey Into the Whirlwind" and "Within the Whirlwind" by Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg.  In "Journey into the Whirlwind" Ginzburg conveys the impression that she believed her (first) husband, Pavel Vasilyevich Aksyonov, had died during the 18 year period in which she was in prison, in hard labor camps, and stripped of her civil rights.  During that period she met a doctor whom she later married (second husband).  In "Within the Whirlwind", on p. 397 of the 1982 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich edition, she writes of her first husband, Aksyonov: "We now knew for sure that my first husband was alive."  That is all.
> 
> Does anyone know the full story of what happened to Aksyonov?  Did Ginzburg ever speak or meet with Aksyonov after her "rehabilitation"?  Has someone written of this somewhere?  If so, can you supply a literature reference?
> 
> 
Michael Katz
mkatz at middlebury.edu

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From adrozd at BAMA.UA.EDU  Thu Sep 30 15:59:39 2004
From: adrozd at BAMA.UA.EDU (Andrew M. Drozd)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 10:59:39 -0500
Subject: seeking info on study abroad program
Message-ID: <THU.30.SEP.2004.105939.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear SEELangers:
    A student of mine is interested in a study abroad program that would
combine Russian language instruction with dance, preferably ballet. Does
anyone know of anything suitable?
Thanks,

--
Andrew M. Drozd
Associate Professor of Russian
adrozd at bama.ua.edu

Department of Modern Languages and Classics
Box 870246
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0246

tel. (205) 348-5720
fax. (205) 348-2042

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From vlarubog at HOTMAIL.COM  Thu Sep 30 18:23:23 2004
From: vlarubog at HOTMAIL.COM (Editor Vlarubog)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:23:23 +0000
Subject: FW: Question about Pavel Vasilyevich Aksyonov.
Message-ID: <THU.30.SEP.2004.182323.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Dear Michael Katz,
The last I heard, Vassily Aksyonov, the writer and the son of Pavel
Aksyonov, held the chair of Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Russian
Literature and Writing and George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. He may be
retired at this point.  But why not contact him via GMU?  I'm certain many
people on the list would like to hear the results of your inquiry.  Keep us
posted.

Bogdan

Dr.Bogdan B. Sagatov







From: "Katz, Michael" <mkatz at MIDDLEBURY.EDU>
Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list

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From kimjast at YAHOO.COM  Thu Sep 30 20:09:25 2004
From: kimjast at YAHOO.COM (Kim Jastremski)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:09:25 -0700
Subject: Call for Papers: Czeslaw Milosz
Message-ID: <THU.30.SEP.2004.130925.0700.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>

Please post:

Call for Papers

for a panel on Czeslaw Milosz

to be held at the
Southern Conference on Slavic Studies
Nashville, TN
April 14-16 2005

Please submit a brief proposal by Nov. 15, 2004 to Dr. Kim Jastremski at kimjast at yahoo.com


For more information, visit http://www.sewanee.edu/faculty/goldberg/scss/
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