From jenday at BARD.EDU Mon Jan 3 18:23:26 2005 From: jenday at BARD.EDU (Jennifer Day) Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 13:23:26 -0500 Subject: Pristavkin translation In-Reply-To: <1103773623.41ca3fb7138b4@www.petuhov.com> Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Does anyone happen to know of an English translation of Anatoly Pristavkin's "Nochevala tuchka zolotaia"? Please reply off-list. Thanks! Jennifer Day jenday at bard.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From acannon at LOC.GOV Mon Jan 3 19:07:35 2005 From: acannon at LOC.GOV (Angela Cannon) Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 14:07:35 -0500 Subject: Bulgarian summer programs Message-ID: Hello, Does anyone know of the existence of Bulgarian language courses in Bulgaria at the beginning level? The AAASS Newsletter with summer school information has not come out yet and I have not found any 2005 Bulgarian summer courses listed online (except U of Pittsburgh which requires study in Pittsburgh before studying in Bulgaria). I would be grateful for any information. Angela Cannon Angela Cannon Reference Librarian European Division Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave, SE Washington, DC 20540-4830 Phone: 202 707-8490, Fax: 202 707-8482 acannon at loc.gov ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From romy at PETUHOV.COM Mon Jan 3 16:23:20 2005 From: romy at PETUHOV.COM (Romy Taylor) Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:23:20 -0500 Subject: Pristavkin translation In-Reply-To: <41D98D9E.9080102@bard.edu> Message-ID: Hi, Jennifer, Helen Sullivan (U of IL) helped me find this last year -- Pristavkin's title was changed to _The Inseparable Twins_, trans. Misha Glenny. Yours, Romy Taylor -----Original Message----- From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Jennifer Day Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 1:23 PM To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: [SEELANGS] Pristavkin translation Dear colleagues, Does anyone happen to know of an English translation of Anatoly Pristavkin's "Nochevala tuchka zolotaia"? Please reply off-list. Thanks! Jennifer Day jenday at bard.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From k.r.hauge at EAST.UIO.NO Mon Jan 3 19:53:00 2005 From: k.r.hauge at EAST.UIO.NO (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kjetil_R=E5_Hauge?=) Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 20:53:00 +0100 Subject: Bulgarian summer programs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 3. jan. 2005, at 20:07, Angela Cannon wrote: > Hello, > Does anyone know of the existence of Bulgarian language courses in > Bulgaria at the beginning level? > , scroll down to "Language courses...". Little of the information is updated for 2005, but you'll find contact addresses. --- Kjetil Rå Hauge, U. of Oslo. Tel. +47/22856710, fax +47/22854140 --- (this msg sent from home, +47/67148424, fax +1/5084372444) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From smarquet at FAS.HARVARD.EDU Tue Jan 4 00:07:23 2005 From: smarquet at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Scarlet Marquette) Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 19:07:23 -0500 Subject: Please post: cyrillic transliteration keyboard Message-ID: I have a Dell laptop and was wondering if it is possible to type Cyrillic characters via their English analogues, much as one does on an Apple. Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Thanks Scarlet Marquette Harvard University ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From llt at HAWAII.EDU Tue Jan 4 00:56:15 2005 From: llt at HAWAII.EDU (Pamela DaGrossa) Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 14:56:15 -1000 Subject: LLT V9N1 now available Message-ID: We are happy to announce that Volume 9, Number 1 of Language Learning & Technology is now available at http://llt.msu.edu. This is a special Issue on "technology and young learners" and was guest edited by Michele Knobel and Colin Lankshear. The contents are listed below. Please visit the LLT Web site and be sure to enter your free subscription if you have not already done so. Also, we welcome your contributions for future issues. Check our guidelines for submission at http://llt.msu.edu/contrib.html. Sincerely, Dorothy Chun and Irene Thompson, Editors Language Learning & Technology (http://llt.msu.edu) ***Feature Articles*** Child-to-Child Interaction and Corrective Feedback in a Computer Mediated L2 Class by Frank Morris, University of Miami Triadic Scaffolds: Tools for Teaching English Language Learners with Computers by Carla Meskill, State University of New York at Albany The Design of Effective ICT-Supported Learning Activities: Exemplary Models, Changing Requirements, and New Possibilities by Cameron Richards, University of Western Australia Commentary: You're Not Studying, You're Just... by Ravi Purushotma, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ***Columns*** On the Net: Let's Go to the Zoo! Sites for Young Language Learners by Jean W. LeLoup & Robert Ponterio Emerging Technologies: Messaging, Gaming, Peer-to-Peer Sharing: Language Learning Strategies & Tools for the Millennial Generation by Bob Godwin-Jones ***Reviews*** Edited by Rafael Salaberry Internet for English Teaching by Mark Warschauer, Heidi Shetzer, & Christine Meloni Reviewed by Shaofeng Li Technology and Teaching English Language Learners by Mary Ellen Butler-Pascoe & Karin M. Wiburg Reviewed by Kaley Bierman ***Call for Papers*** Theme: Technology and Listening Comprehension ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From anthony.j.vanchu1 at JSC.NASA.GOV Tue Jan 4 13:56:20 2005 From: anthony.j.vanchu1 at JSC.NASA.GOV (VANCHU, ANTHONY J. (JSC-AH) (TTI)) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 07:56:20 -0600 Subject: Please post: cyrillic transliteration keyboard Message-ID: Scarlet, You might want to look at the AATSEEL website with its page of Cyrillic fonts: http://aatseel.org/fonts/wincyrillic.html Alternatively, one product that is not terribly expensive ($29) and gives Windows users a number of keyboard layout options is Cyrillic Starter Kit made by Fingertip Software: http://www.cyrillic.com. Hope that helps. 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 -----Original Message----- From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Scarlet Marquette Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 6:07 PM To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: [SEELANGS] Please post: cyrillic transliteration keyboard I have a Dell laptop and was wondering if it is possible to type Cyrillic characters via their English analogues, much as one does on an Apple. Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Thanks Scarlet Marquette Harvard University ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From rrobin at GWU.EDU Tue Jan 4 13:56:40 2005 From: rrobin at GWU.EDU (Richard Robin) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 08:56:40 -0500 Subject: Video of Russian Easter Message-ID: Happy New Year SEELANGovtsy! Does anyone know in which films I might find a shot of a Russian Easter celebration? Alternatively, does anyone have video of a Russian Easter celebration that I could copy? Thanks, Rich Robin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Richard Robin Director Russian Language Program The George Washington University Phillips 509 Washington, DC 20052 202-994-7081 http://home.gwu.edu/~rrobin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From sdsures at HOTMAIL.COM Tue Jan 4 17:28:21 2005 From: sdsures at HOTMAIL.COM (Stephanie Sures) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:28:21 -0500 Subject: Video of Russian Easter Message-ID: "Anastasia" with Ingrid Bergman has a short clip of people celebrating Russian Easter in 1920s Berlin. There was also a clip from CNN News a few years ago about Russian Easter in Yaroslavl. You can probably order a tape through CNN. It was the year when Western and Eastern Easter happened on the same date. Stephanie Sures ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From sbishop at WELLESLEY.EDU Tue Jan 4 18:08:48 2005 From: sbishop at WELLESLEY.EDU (Sarah Clovis Bishop) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:08:48 -0500 Subject: Rogozhkin's short film "Sapiens" Message-ID: Any thoughts on how I could see Aleksandr Rogozhkin's short film "Sapiens" (2004)? upcoming film festivals? DVD/VHS release? Thanks! Sarah Sarah Clovis Bishop Russian Department Wellesley College sbishop at wellesley.edu 781-283-2448 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From jack.kollmann at STANFORD.EDU Tue Jan 4 20:02:24 2005 From: jack.kollmann at STANFORD.EDU (Jack Kollmann) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:02:24 -0800 Subject: Video of Russian Easter In-Reply-To: <000801c4f265$376fa9a0$4102a8c0@RICH> Message-ID: A few suggestions: "Chants of Orthodox Easter," Capella Choir of St. Petersburg, 45 min.; distributed by American Home Treasures; ISBN 0-7792-5082-6 (DVD), and ISBN 0-7792-5082-9 (cassette). "The Great Consecration of Christ the Savior Cathedral, August 19, 2000," 2 cassettes, about 3 hours (= the live TV broadcast). Not Easter services, but perhaps useful, depending on your purposes. I can't remember where I got my copy -- maybe Kamkin, maybe SVS Press. Check SVS Press (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press) online catalog -- http://www.svspress.com/ Jack Kollmann >Does anyone know in which films I might find a shot of a Russian Easter >celebration? Alternatively, does anyone have video of a Russian Easter >celebration that I could copy? > >Thanks, >Rich Robin ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From nuckols at HOTMAIL.COM Tue Jan 4 20:24:22 2005 From: nuckols at HOTMAIL.COM (Mark Nuckols) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:24:22 +0000 Subject: Who really said it? "Engineer of Human Souls" In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.2.20041213112631.017f2e70@mail.binghamton.edu> Message-ID: Dear Donals Loewen, This isn't so timely, so I'm replying off-line. You may also be interested in the novel of the same title (in English--the Czech title is actually Př�běh in�en�ra lidsk�ch du��, literally A tale of ...) by Josef kvoreck�, Toronto: 68 Publishers, 1977. It's been translated into English as well as reprinted in the Czech Republic in 1998. Hope this info is of some use. Best, Mark Nuckols >From: Donald Loewen >Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list > >To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU >Subject: [SEELANGS] Who really said it? "Engineer of Human Souls" >Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 11:48:50 -0600 > >Greetings. > >I'm trying to find the source of the expression about writers as the >"engineers of human souls." I can't remember if this was the quotation >covered exhaustively in SEELANGS about a year ago -- if it was, I would be >grateful if someone could tell me how it turned out. > >What I've found so far is that Stalin said it in 1932, but that it may have >originated before that (a certain Gronskii who worked in the Writers' >Union, or perhaps even earlier -- >(http://www.dialog-21.ru/archive_article.asp?param=7354&y=2002&vol=6077) >_Moskovskii literator_ has a page that describes its use at the 1932 >writers' meeting (http://www.moslit.ru/nn/0417/5.htm). > >Does anyone have anything more specific, including specific information >about Stalin's use of the phrase? >Feel free to reply off-line, unless others are interested. > >With thanks and best wishes, >Don Loewen > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription > options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: > http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From ingridk at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU Wed Jan 5 03:32:36 2005 From: ingridk at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU (Ingrid Kleespies) Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 22:32:36 -0500 Subject: call for papers - Pushkin at AAASS 2005 Message-ID: Dear SEELANGS, The North American Pushkin Society invites submissions for the 2005 AAASS Pushkin panel. Irena Ronen has agreed to present a paper entitled: "The Theme of Challenge in Pushkin's Little Tragedies." Other paper submissions are welcome and should be directed to Catherine O'Neil at the following email address: coneil at du.edu. Best Regards, Ingrid Kleespies Dept. of Germanic and Slavic Studies, University of Florida NAPS President 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From oboele at IDC.NL Wed Jan 5 12:47:40 2005 From: oboele at IDC.NL (Otto Boele) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:47:40 +0100 Subject: Panel proposal AAASS 2005 Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I'm trying to put together a panel "Literature and Science in late-Imperial Russia and the early Soviet-Union." The topics of the individual papers may range from (satirical) representations of science and scientists in literature (any genre) to early science fiction. Please respond off-list if you would like to participate as a presenter, a discussant or a chair. Otto Boele The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU Wed Jan 5 12:54:06 2005 From: s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU (Steven Hill) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 06:54:06 -0600 Subject: Russian Easter & expatriates in Hollywood Message-ID: Dear colleagues: Offhand, the most elaborate and emotional depiction of a traditional Russian Easter service that I can recall in a Hollywood film was "We Live Again" (1934, black & white), based on Tolstoi's "Resurrection." It was made by 3 expatriates from Eastern Europe, producer Samuel Goldwyn (Gelbfisz), director Rouben Mamoulian, and designer Sergei Sudeikin (Soudeikine). Katiusha Maslova was played by the once famous Russian-American star, Anna Sten. Frederic March played the prince, and among several East Europeans in the supporting cast were Leonid Kinskey, Mikhail Visaroff, Ilya Khmara, Zoya Karabanova, Nina Koshetz, and Leonid Snegoff. Which reminds me -- for my collection of videos reflecting the work of Russian & East European expatriates in Hollywood & the West -- does anyone know where to find a video copy of: "Woman Alone" (Sten, UK, 1936); "Three Russian Girls" (Sten, directed by Fedor Otsep, USA, 1943); "Promise at Dawn" (Melina Mercouri, France, 1970, based on R Gary's novel); "Abdullah the Great" (Grigori Ratoff [Baratov?] & Boris Ingster, UK, 1956). With season's greetings, Steven P Hill, Univ. of Illinois (USA). _ __ _ __ __ _ __ __ __ __ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From oboele at IDC.NL Wed Jan 5 13:05:10 2005 From: oboele at IDC.NL (Otto Boele) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:05:10 +0100 Subject: Panel proposal 2005 + e-mail Message-ID: My apologies for not including my own e-mail address in my previous message (see below): oboele at idc.nl Dear colleagues, I'm trying to put together a panel "Literature and Science in late-Imperial Russia and the early Soviet-Union." The topics of the individual papers may range from (satirical) representations of science and scientists in literature (any genre) to early science fiction. Please respond off-list if you would like to participate as a presenter, a discussant or a chair. Otto Boele The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From kgroberg at FARGOCITY.COM Wed Jan 5 13:33:46 2005 From: kgroberg at FARGOCITY.COM (Kris Groberg) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 08:33:46 -0500 Subject: Russian Easter & expatriates in Hollywood Message-ID: Steven Hill wrote: > Dear colleagues: > > Offhand, the most elaborate and emotional depiction of a traditional > Russian Easter service that I can recall in a Hollywood film was "We Live > Again" (1934, black & white), based on Tolstoi's "Resurrection." It was > made by 3 expatriates from Eastern Europe, producer Samuel Goldwyn > (Gelbfisz), director Rouben Mamoulian, and designer Sergei Sudeikin > (Soudeikine). Katiusha Maslova was played by the once famous > Russian-American star, Anna Sten. Frederic March played the prince, > and among several East Europeans in the supporting cast were Leonid > Kinskey, Mikhail Visaroff, Ilya Khmara, Zoya Karabanova, Nina Koshetz, > and Leonid Snegoff. Dear Steven--Well, you've just convinced me to do some online shopping. And I did not know that Sudeikin did movie sets.Kris Groberg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Mourka at HVC.RR.COM Wed Jan 5 17:04:38 2005 From: Mourka at HVC.RR.COM (Mourka) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:04:38 -0500 Subject: Dostoevsky's, Uncles Dream Message-ID: Dear Seelangers, Recently, I read Arthur Miller's essays on theatre where he speaks of a wonderful play he saw in Russia based on Dostoevsky's short story, Uncle's Dream, "Diadyshkin's Son". Does anyone know of this play and where I can get it either in English or in Russian or both? Thank you. Margarita Meyendorff ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From tabeasley at EARTHLINK.NET Wed Jan 5 17:25:41 2005 From: tabeasley at EARTHLINK.NET (Tim Beasley) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:25:41 -0600 Subject: Dostoevsky's, Uncles Dream In-Reply-To: <000801c4f348$a46e3f60$6501a8c0@hvc.rr.com> Message-ID: Try http://az.lib.ru/d/dostoewskij_f_m/text_0260.shtml or http://www.biblioteka.agava.ru/dyadyushkin_son.htm for the Russian. (I make absolutely no assertion as to the reliability of the text--Project Gutenberg these aren't--and the two may even have the same text.) Gutenberg apparently doesn't have it. Tim B. At 11:04 AM 1/5/2005, you wrote: >Dear Seelangers, > >Recently, I read Arthur Miller's essays on theatre where he speaks of a >wonderful play he saw in Russia based on Dostoevsky's short story, Uncle's >Dream, "Diadyshkin's Son". > >Does anyone know of this play and where I can get it either in English or >in Russian or both? > >Thank you. > >Margarita Meyendorff > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription > options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: > http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From senderov at FAS.HARVARD.EDU Wed Jan 5 18:51:17 2005 From: senderov at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Sasha Senderovich) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:51:17 -0600 Subject: Dostoevsky's, Uncles Dream Message-ID: As of two-three years ago, the play run regularly at Moscow's Vakhtangov Theater (on the Old Arbat) with a very distinguished cast including Vladimir Etush as the dreaming dyadyushka. Perhaps a video of this production exists in case you're looking for more than just the play text. Best, Sasha Senderovich Harvard Slavic ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mourka" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:04 AM Subject: [SEELANGS] Dostoevsky's, Uncles Dream > Dear Seelangers, > > Recently, I read Arthur Miller's essays on theatre where he speaks of a > wonderful play he saw in Russia based on Dostoevsky's short story, Uncle's > Dream, "Diadyshkin's Son". > > Does anyone know of this play and where I can get it either in English or > in Russian or both? > > Thank you. > > Margarita Meyendorff > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription > options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: > http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Bibb at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG Wed Jan 5 20:19:43 2005 From: Bibb at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG (Alissa Bibb) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 15:19:43 -0500 Subject: Reminder: Deadline for ACTR Research and Language Grants Message-ID: This is a reminder that JANUARY 15 is the deadline for applications for American Councils Research Scholar, Combined Research and Language Training, Special Initiatives, South-East Europe Research and South-East Europe Language programs. Information about the grants is included below. TITLE VIII RESEARCH SCHOLAR PROGRAM: Provides full support for three to nine-month research trips to Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus. Fellowships include roundtrip international travel, housing, living stipends, visas, insurance, affiliation fees, archive access, research advising and logistical support in the field. Total value of awards ranges from approximately $8,000 to $25,000. Open to graduate students, post-docs and faculty. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States. Deadline for spring program applications is October 15; New application deadline for summer, fall and academic year programs is January 15. TITLE VIII COMBINED RESEARCH AND LANGUAGE TRAINING PROGRAM: Provides full support for research and approximately eight hours per week of advanced language instruction for three to nine months in Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Ukraine, Moldova and Belarus. Fellowships include roundtrip international travel, housing, living stipends, visas, insurance, affiliation fees, archive access, research advising and logistical support in the field. Total value of awards ranges from approximately $8,000 to $25,000. Open to graduate students, post-docs and faculty. Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States. Deadline for spring program applications is October 15; new application deadline for summer, fall and academic year programs is January 15. SPECIAL INITIATIVES FELLOWSHIP: 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 funded through the U.S. Department of State. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in a policy-relevant field (including, but not limited to, anthropology, area studies, economics, education, history, international relations, language and linguistics, law, political science, security studies, and sociology) and have sufficient language ability to carry out their proposed research. Grants are for four to nine months of research in the field, and can be used to cover research in more than one country. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. SOUTH-EAST EUROPE RESEARCH PROGRAM: Provides full support for three-to-nine month research trips to Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia-Montenegro . Fellowships include round-trip international travel, living stipends, visas, language instruction (if requested), insurance, and affiliation fees. Typical awards: $5,000 to $15,000. Funded by the U.S. Department of State's Program for the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. Open to Ph.D. candidates, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty. SOUTH-EAST EUROPE LANGUAGE PROGRAM: Provides international airfare, tuition, insurance, and living stipends for intensive language study at major universities in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia-Montenegro. Summer, semester and academic year programs are available. Funded by the U.S. Department of State's Program for the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. Open to graduate students at all levels, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty. For more information and an application, contact: Outbound Programs American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS 1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Ste. 700 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 833-7522 www.americancouncils.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From tatiana at LCLARK.EDU Wed Jan 5 21:15:56 2005 From: tatiana at LCLARK.EDU (Tatiana Osipovich) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:15:56 -0800 Subject: 18-th century "drink" song Message-ID: Dear colleagues, a friend of mine who writes a novel about Peter the Great's times sent me the following question: "Do you know a Russian song that a dwarf could have performed for Peter The Great in 1716? It can be poetic, a vulgar "drink" song, anything, as long as you'll write 4 lines back to me (in Russian, but Western letters, of course). It's for my novel about Peter The Great of course." If anyone has an answer to this question, please e-mail it to my friend directly (fogtdal at forfatter.dk; his website is www.peterhfogtdal.dk) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From kgroberg at FARGOCITY.COM Wed Jan 5 20:53:14 2005 From: kgroberg at FARGOCITY.COM (Kris Groberg) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 15:53:14 -0500 Subject: 18-th century "drink" song Message-ID: Tatiana Osipovich wrote: > "Do you know a Russian song that a dwarf > could have performed for Peter The Great in 1716? I would like to hear the answer to this query. Kris Groberg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From djbpitt+seelangs at PITT.EDU Wed Jan 5 18:00:26 2005 From: djbpitt+seelangs at PITT.EDU (David J Birnbaum) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:00:26 -0500 Subject: New organization of Slavic linguists: *PLEASE FORWARD BROADLY* Message-ID: Date: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 12:28 PM -0500 From: Steven Franks To: grapp at mail.utexas.edu Subject: New organization of Slavic linguists: *PLEASE FORWARD BROADLY* To everyone interested in the linguistic study of Slavic languages! After a productive roundtable discusson at the recent AATSEEL meeting, we have decided to go ahead with the organization of a new Society for Slavic Linguistics. At this initial stage in the process our intent is simply to create a "virtual" society, although eventually we hope to hold scholarly meetings. Our intent is to to create an inclusive scholarly community of people working on linguistic problems of the Slavic languages. Membership is free and open to all, regardless of theoretical or methodological orientation, professional status, or geographic location. Our first goal is to set up web pages of potential use to Slavic linguists. These will be maintained by Gil Rappaport at the University of Texas. So if you are interested in joining all you need to do is send him an e-mail, at , with the following information: REQUIRED INFO: 1. YOUR NAME: 2. E-MAIL ADDRESS: OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL INFO: 3. MAILING ADDRESS and INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION 4. TELEPHONE and/or FAX NUMBERS 5. RESEARCH SPECIALIZATIONS, including LANGUAGES and AREAS OF LINGUISTICS 6. COURSES YOU TEACH 7. LINK(S) TO YOUR OWN WEBSITE(S) Once Gil has set this up, he will send a message to all registered members soliciting additional materials which could be posted to the web for public download. You can provide pdf versions of research papers, teaching materials you wish to share, or even a current cv. In addition to downloadable papers, the web site will eventually also have pages with the following kinds of information of general interest: UPCOMING MEETINGS JOB VACANCIES RESEARCH/STUDY/GRANT OPPORTUNITIES LINKS TO OTHER USEFUL SITES ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From julia at SINGINGBEE.COM Thu Jan 6 05:55:21 2005 From: julia at SINGINGBEE.COM (Julia Bekman Chadaga) Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 00:55:21 -0500 Subject: AAASS 2005 panel on art and crime Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I am putting together a panel for AAASS 2005 on the topic of art and crime, which would touch upon the depiction of crime in literature (or film), and possibly also the relationship between art and crime in imaginative literature and real life. If you would like to present a paper or serve as a discussant on this panel, please reply to me off-list at jbekman at fas.harvard.edu. Thanks and happy new year! Julia Bekman Chadaga Lecturer Committee on Degrees in History and Literature Harvard University ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From lowery at USC.EDU Thu Jan 6 17:43:43 2005 From: lowery at USC.EDU (michele torre) Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 09:43:43 -0800 Subject: Panel for AAASS 2005 Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I am putting together a panel for AAASS 2005 on the topic of women and film. Papers for this panel could cover a range of topics from the representation of women/girls to female reception. Papers discussing issues of sexuality and gender will also be considered. If you would like to present a paper or serve as a discussant on this panel, please reply to me off-list at lowery at usc.edu. Best Wishes for the New Yeat! Michele Torre School of Cinema/TV University of Southern California ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From aof at UMICH.EDU Thu Jan 6 22:19:19 2005 From: aof at UMICH.EDU (Anne O'Brien Fisher) Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 17:19:19 -0500 Subject: CFP Message-ID: Dear SEELANGers, Please forward the following CFP as appropriate. Conference: SCMLA (South Central Modern Languages Association), Houston, TX, October 27-29, 2005 Special Session Title: Finishing Someone Else's Work For Them: Non-Authorial Literary Sequels Special Session Description: What drives people to write their own sequels to others' works of fiction, especially classic ones? How does this phenomenon help us understand reader interaction with and reception of literature? Abstract required by Feb.10 to Anne Fisher by email (aof at umich.edu) Special Session Organizer: Anne Fisher, Slavic Department, University of Michigan (aof at umich.edu) Houston is the site for the 62nd Annual Meeting of the SCMLA, to be held at The Warwick Hotel, October 27-29, 2005. The Warwick (conference rates $109 single/double) is set in the very heart of Houston's museum district and just minutes from downtown. The hotel is adjacent to Hermann Park jogging trails and golf course, within walking distance to the Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Natural Science, the IMAX Theatre, the Butterfly Museum and the Contemporary Arts Museum. One mile from the Astrodome, Rice University and Rice Village shopping. One and a half miles from the Theatre District, Bayou Place and Minute Maid Field. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX "Where I might diverge from conventional studio pedagogy is in the value I place on absorption in the artmaking process. I ask students to identify those aspects of working where they are most engaged with process. Such moments surely correlate to students' greatest pleasure in forming the work, and provide them with a starting point in in deciding what subsequent changes might be made to their working methods." - Buzz Spector, book artist and educator, November 2004 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Anne Fisher Ph.D. Candidate, University of Michigan Slavic Department Sylvia "Duffy" Engle Graduate Student Fellow, University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities work tel: 734-936-1865 aof at umich.edu XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From mattei at FAS.HARVARD.EDU Fri Jan 7 14:55:24 2005 From: mattei at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Inna Mattei) Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 09:55:24 -0500 Subject: Graduate Student Conference - CFP Message-ID: Dear SEELANGers, On behalf of the Humanities Center at Harvard University, we would kindly like to ask you to forward the following message and/or distribute the attached Call for Papers to the graduate students in your department. This email seeks graduate student speakers for this year's Humanities Center interdisciplinary graduate student conference, titled "Modernity and Culture: Georg Simmel in Context," which will be held on April 16th and 17th, 2005. We highly appreciate your support. With best wishes, Gundela Hachmann and David Kim Call For Papers "Culture and Modernity: Georg Simmel in Context" The Humanities Center at Harvard University Spring 2005 An interdisciplinary graduate student conference hosted by the Humanities Center at Harvard University on April 16th and 17th, 2005. The conference seeks to disentangle and reshape the paths of Georg Simmel's influence across disciplines. Keynote speaker will be Professor David Frisby of the University of Glasgow, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences. Simmel consciously presents his oeuvre for appropriation and reinterpretation, allowing for, even necessitating, its simultaneous perpetuation and disappearance. Unconcerned with bequeathing a unified set of ideas, Simmel-a thinker obsessed with origins-denies his own body of thought a unified point of originary importance. Against the backdrop of Simmel's effacement and versatility, where do we locate his scholarship in the overlapping between cultural and social studies? We encourage graduate students from all departments, including economics, history, literature, philosophy, sociology, and psychology, to submit their abstracts for papers. Presentations aim to contextualize Simmel's impact on the following topics, but not limited to: 1. Conflict and Creativity: How can we understand Simmel's concept of conflict as a binding cultural force fruitful for an interpretation of a world characterized by global wars? How are we to conceive his idea that cultural creation is a source of tragic fragmentation? 2. Urbanism and Life: How do Simmel's perspectives on individuality, modernity, and urbanism prefigure postmodern engagement with these topics? To what extent do we still see the contingencies in the urban space as Simmel delineates in "Metropolis and Mental Life"? How does Simmel's theory of the urban space coincide or conflict with other views held by theorists and writers, like Walter Benjamin and Alfred Döblin? 3. Fashion and Society: Where do we observe constructive and destructive forces within the creation and dissemination of fashion? In what ways does Simmel's insight into fashion at the junction between commodities and practices develop into his metaphysics of individuality? 4. Film and Modernity: How has Simmel's writing helped us understand the relationship between film and modernity? From Simmel's perspective, how do film and society engender each other? Where can one trace Simmel's influence on other twentieth-century film scholars, like Siegfried Kracauer? 5. Money and exchange: During the process of rapidly expanding industrialization, where does Simmel's Philosophy of Money (1900) situate the modern individual within the culture of exchange and the exchange of cultures? How is Simmel's view of capitalism to be contextualized with respect to theorists, like Karl Marx, Max Weber and Emile Durkheim? 6. Religion and Individuality: How does Simmel's theory of religion help us understand the tension between the individual and society? Confronted with religious clashes, such as the Middle East conflict, in what ways does Simmel's concept of religiosity allow or disallow the communion between people(s) with "different" beliefs? Graduate students from all disciplines are encouraged to submit paper abstracts of 350-500 words. Conference presentations are to be given in English and should not exceed 15 minutes, which correspond to papers of 6 to 8 pages double-spaced in ordinary type. Abstracts must be received by February 15th, 2005. Notifications of accepted papers will be sent out by March 1stth. Please email your abstract as a Word attachment to: Danny Bowles (djbowles at fas.harvard.edu) or Kristin Jones (jones3 at fas.harvard.edu). In the body of your email, please include the following: title of paper, authors name, institutional and departmental affiliation, email address and telephone number. For further information, please contact Gundela Hachmann at hachmann at fas.harvard.edu or David Kim at ddkim at fas.harvard.edu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From o-livshin at NORTHWESTERN.EDU Sat Jan 8 03:32:49 2005 From: o-livshin at NORTHWESTERN.EDU (Olga Livshin) Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 21:32:49 -0600 Subject: CFP: Commodity, Consumer, Entrepreneur: Women and the Marketplace Message-ID: Call for Papers Ralph and Ruth Fisher Forum INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON �Commodity, Consumer, Entrepreneur: Women and the Marketplace� June 24-25, 2005 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Sponsored by American Women in Slavic Studies (AWSS) and UIUC Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC). KEYNOTE SPEAKER: NADEZHDA AZHGIKHINA, Russian Union of Journalists The conference will focus on women�s experience in the marketplace in Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia. While developments in the region from 1985 to 2005 are of particular interest, historical and chronologically comparative topics are also welcome. AWSS and REEEC invite proposals for individual papers, panels (wi th chair and discussant) and roundtables. We are looking for proposals from any field of Slavic/ East European/ Eurasian studies, including economics, anthropology, sociology, media, law, history, literature, political science, cultural studies, policy studies, and any other aspect of women's studies. Interdisciplinary work and proposals from representatives of NGOs are also welcome. Limited funding for graduate students is available. For more information see: http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/events/fisher.html All proposals are due March 15, 2005. Applicants will be notified the first week of April. Proposals for panels/papers must include: 1) A 150-200 word abstract for each paper; and 2) A one-page CV for each participant. Proposals sh ould be submitted electronically to: Natasha Kolchevska, Chair, Program Committee (nakol at unm.edu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From harjen2002 at YAHOO.COM Sat Jan 8 03:44:13 2005 From: harjen2002 at YAHOO.COM (Harald Hille) Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:44:13 -0800 Subject: Russian collocation dictionary Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I am looking for a dictionary/handbook of collocations in Russian (verit' vo chto, zanimat'sya chem, etc). I have seen Benson's R/E dictionary and wonder if it is the best, the only one? Are there other resources? Do new standard monolingual Russian dictionaries give adequate treatment? Any advice would be appreciated. Harald Hille __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Easier than ever with enhanced search. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From cmills at KNOX.EDU Sat Jan 8 04:07:10 2005 From: cmills at KNOX.EDU (Mills Charles) Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 22:07:10 -0600 Subject: Russian collocation dictionary Message-ID: D.M. Dmitriev's recent "Tolkovyi Slovar' Russkogo Iazyka" ("Slovari Akademii Rossiiskoi", Moskva, 2003) might fit the bill. The meaning of words are explained in plain Russian, and then exemplified. So you get plenty of collocation/governance information. The only drawback: such an approach inherently consumes lots of space, so there are fewer entries than you might wish (35,000 entries). But it's easy to use and full of good information. My students love it. ISBN 5-17-016483-1 ("Izdatel'stvo AST") ISBN 5-271-05995-2 ("Izdatel'stvo Astrel'") Charles Knox College ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Harald Hille Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list < ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU Sat Jan 8 15:11:15 2005 From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli) Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 10:11:15 -0500 Subject: Russian collocation dictionary In-Reply-To: <20050108034413.52487.qmail@web21005.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: >Dear colleagues, > I am looking for a dictionary/handbook of collocations in Russian >(verit' vo chto, zanimat'sya chem, etc). I have seen Benson's R/E >dictionary and wonder if it is the best, the only one? Are there >other resources? Do new standard monolingual Russian dictionaries >give adequate treatment? Try this: Author Zauber, Issa R., 1925- Title 750 Russian verbs and their uses / Issa R. Zauber ; [edited by] Jan R. Zamir and Sonia Nelson Zamir Imprint New York : Wiley, c1997 And let me know how you like it. __________________________ Alina Israeli LFS, American University 4400 Mass. Ave., NW Washington, DC 20016 phone: (202) 885-2387 fax: (202) 885-1076 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Ronald.LeBlanc at UNH.EDU Sat Jan 8 16:57:35 2005 From: Ronald.LeBlanc at UNH.EDU (LeBlanc, Ronald) Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 11:57:35 -0500 Subject: chocolate Message-ID: Dear SEELANGERS, Can anyone identify for me some films and/or works of fiction from the Soviet 1920s and 1930s -- other than Aleksandr Tarasov-Rodionov's "Shokolad" -- where chocolate figures as a motif? I am especially in instances where chocolate is stigmatized as a decadent luxury food item closely associated with the bourgeoisie. Thanks, Ron LeBlanc, UNH ronald.leblanc at unh.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From cmills at KNOX.EDU Sat Jan 8 18:46:46 2005 From: cmills at KNOX.EDU (Mills Charles) Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 12:46:46 -0600 Subject: Russian collocation dictionary Message-ID: >Try this: > >Author >Zauber, Issa R., 1925- >Title >750 Russian verbs and their uses / Issa R. >Zauber ; [edited by] Jan R. Zamir and Sonia Nelson Zamir >Imprint >New York : Wiley, c1997 Then of course there is always Daum & Schenk. Still the leader at 22,000 Russian verbs (some found nowhere else). French, Spanish and German: put that in your pipe and smoke it! :-) C. --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From beth_holmgren at UNC.EDU Sat Jan 8 22:47:37 2005 From: beth_holmgren at UNC.EDU (Beth Holmgren) Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:47:37 -0500 Subject: Web design for AWSS Message-ID: The Association for Women in Slavic Studies is looking to hire a web designer to refurbish and enhance its current website. The successful candidate must show proficiency in designing sophisticated organizational websites and be able to provide a portfolio of her/his work to the selection committee. Send c.v,, materials (sample sites or links to current sites that you have designed), and a list of three references to Beth Holmgren, beth_holmgren at unc.edu. If you know of individuals adept at web design, please encourage them to apply! This position pays a one-time stipend of $1000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From petersen at MA.MEDIAS.NE.JP Sun Jan 9 06:31:01 2005 From: petersen at MA.MEDIAS.NE.JP (Scott Petersen) Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 15:31:01 +0900 Subject: Origin of Lenin In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Stalin took his pseudonym from stal'. Where did Lenin get his name? The first possibility that comes to mind is len', but that doesn't seem likely. Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin) states as fact that he took it from the River Lena in Siberia. Another source (http://moscow.gramota.ru/map123.shtml -- scroll down a ways to find the pertinent comments) says we don't really know. They do, however, mention the explanation given in Wikipedia. Wikipedia also says the Lenin was never known as Nikolai Lenin in Russia. The later article says he was. Of course, Wikipedia is not completely authoritative, Does anyone have anything more authoritative? Should we just take the careful exposition of the gramota site as the best answer? TIA Scott Petersen Nagoya, Japan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roman_kiev at MAIL.RU Sun Jan 9 14:07:12 2005 From: roman_kiev at MAIL.RU (Roman Ravve) Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 17:07:12 +0300 Subject: Origin of Lenin Message-ID: There is an anekdot: " Лежат в постели жена с любовником. Вдруг, звонок в дверь. Любовник пошел открывать. Смотрит - на пороге стоит человек и говорит: - Я Ленин. Любовник закрывает дверь и возвращается к жене. Снова звонок. И снова странный человек заявляет "Я Ленин". Любовник снова молча закрывает дверь. Жена спрашивает "Кто это был?", "Да идиот какой-то!", - отвечает любовник. Звонок снова. Любовник открывает и говорит: - Ну чего ты звонишь!? Что тебе нужно?! - Я ленин муж... " Вы писали 9 января 2005 г., 8:31:01: SP> Stalin took his pseudonym from stal'. Where did Lenin get his name? The SP> first possibility that comes to mind is len', but that doesn't seem SP> likely. Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin) states as fact SP> that he took it from the River Lena in Siberia. Another source SP> (http://moscow.gramota.ru/map123.shtml -- scroll down a ways to find SP> the pertinent comments) says we don't really know. They do, however, SP> mention the explanation given in Wikipedia. Wikipedia also says the SP> Lenin was never known as Nikolai Lenin in Russia. The later article SP> says he was. SP> Of course, Wikipedia is not completely authoritative, Does anyone have SP> anything more authoritative? Should we just take the careful exposition SP> of the gramota site as the best answer? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From asred at COX.NET Sun Jan 9 16:17:58 2005 From: asred at COX.NET (Steve Marder) Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 11:17:58 -0500 Subject: Origin of Lenin In-Reply-To: Message-ID: > There is an anekdot: > > " > Лежат в постели жена с любовником. Вдруг, звонок в дверь. > Любовник пошел открывать. Смотрит - на пороге стоит человек и говорит: > - Я Ленин. > Любовник закрывает дверь и возвращается к жене. > Снова звонок. И снова странный человек заявляет "Я Ленин". > Любовник снова молча закрывает дверь. > Жена спрашивает "Кто это был?", "Да идиот какой-то!", - > отвечает любовник. > Звонок снова. Любовник открывает и говорит: > - Ну чего ты звонишь!? Что тебе нужно?! > - Я ленин муж... This is indeed a good anecdote, of which there are many versions. Cf., for example, the one given on the following site: http://www.toka.ru/one_anek.php3?year=01&day=7&month=08&num=9 The "toka.ru" version is, in my view, somewhat "better" than the one cited above owing to its punctuation, orthography, and “earthy” style. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From levitina at FAS.HARVARD.EDU Sun Jan 9 19:48:16 2005 From: levitina at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Marina Leonidovna Levitina) Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 14:48:16 -0500 Subject: Panel (Soviet culture in the 1920s) In-Reply-To: <9a3d7dfb6b70.41dd084f@usc.edu> Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, I believe one of you is organizing a panel on Soviet culture in the 1920s. I don't have the original posting, and so am replying to the whole SEELANGS. I am working on a paper about the literary qualities of Eisenstein's montage in his early films, and Eisenstein as a cross between a scientist and an artist. Please let me know if you are still looking for papers and if mine might be of interest. All the best, Marina Levitina Harvard University ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From bliss at WMONLINE.COM Sun Jan 9 21:27:42 2005 From: bliss at WMONLINE.COM (Liv Bliss) Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 14:27:42 -0700 Subject: Russian collocation dictionary Message-ID: I've gotten some good use over the years from my Uchebnyi slovar' sochetaemosti slov russkogo iazyka: Russkii iazyk, 1978 (2506 head-entries). Not exactly state-of-the-art, but then, neither am I. Best to all Liv ******************** Liv Bliss tel: (928) 367-1615 fax: (928) 367-1950 e-mail: bliss at wmonline.com I do most of my work sitting down. That's where I shine -- Robert Benchley --- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From rdiprima at U.WASHINGTON.EDU Sun Jan 9 23:17:02 2005 From: rdiprima at U.WASHINGTON.EDU (Richard DiPrima) Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 18:17:02 -0500 Subject: Russian collocation dictionary Message-ID: Google can be used as something like a collocation dictionary, and is much quicker in many cases than referring to traditional bound dictionaries. Suppose you’re interested in the argument frame of the verb “verit’” and don’t know if it’s vo chto or *v chem. Simply type both variants into the search engine (in quotes so all characters remain in exact sequence) and see which returns results in the correct syntactic context. Of course, you’ll need to type the searches in a Cyrillic font supported by Google. This is often my quick-and-dirty way of figuring out argument structures, and the method also works in other cases – adjectival, adverbial modification -- where you might otherwise refer to a collocation dictionary. = = = = = = = = = Richard DiPrima 2011 5th Ave. #603 Seattle, WA 98121 (206) 790-1067 E-mail: richard at rdiprima.com Web: rdiprima.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From polumet1s at YAHOO.COM Mon Jan 10 00:59:27 2005 From: polumet1s at YAHOO.COM (Polly, Polly Metis, Metis) Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 16:59:27 -0800 Subject: Translating Latin/Greek into Slavic languages Message-ID: Dear SEELANGS members, I actually study classics, not Slavic languages, but I have a question you might be able to help me with. Greek and Latin are inflected languages, and the word order is relatively free. In English, of course, word order determines grammatical meaning, and so it is impossible to translate works of Greek and Latin literature into English and retain the original word order. As I understand it, the Slavic and Baltic languages are inflected, and the word order is fairly free, so I was wondering if, in those languages, it is possible or desirable to translate Greek and Latin in a way that preserves the original word order. Thanks, Christina Skelton __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM Mon Jan 10 06:20:08 2005 From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 06:20:08 +0000 Subject: Russian collocation dictionary (Apple Mac question) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear all > Of course, > you’ll need to type the searches in a Cyrillic font supported by Google. Can someone tell me what I need to do in order to use Cyrillic in a Google search? I use an Apple Mac OS X.3, and I have no problems writing or reading Cyrillic in MS Word or my email programme (Entourage). But my attempts to use Cyrillic in a Google search result only in gibberish. Thanks! R. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From matthewderrick at HOTMAIL.COM Mon Jan 10 06:56:44 2005 From: matthewderrick at HOTMAIL.COM (Matthew Derrick) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 08:56:44 +0200 Subject: ACTR Announces Major Fellowship Opportunity for Advanced-Level Speakers of Russian In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Darya, If I submit the online Flagship application by Wednesday, Jan. 12, will I have time to schedule the required langugage exam and thereby be considered for the fellowship? Also, must all hardcopies be received by Jan. 18? Or can they arrive a couple days later if I submit the online application on time? Thanks, Matthew Derrick >From: Darya Shakhova >Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list > >To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU >Subject: [SEELANGS] ACTR Announces Major Fellowship Opportunity for >Advanced-Level Speakers of Russian >Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:12:38 -0500 > >American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS Announces >Major New Fellowship Opportunity for Advanced-Level Speakers of Russian > >American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS is pleased >to announce the National Flagship Initiative for Russian, which will >support a new program for American learners of Russian who wish to >attain "superior" or "distinguished" (ILR 3, 3+, 4 >http://www.govtilr.org ) proficiency in the language. The program is >open to undergraduate and graduate students in any academic or >professional field who have already achieved the "advanced-level" in >speaking and reading. Heritage speakers are welcome to apply. >Admission to this American Councils program is competitive and requires >recent proof of mandatory minimal proficiency levels in Russian. > >The Russian Flagship Program is hosted by St. Petersburg State >University and is approximately 11 months in duration. The program >includes formal coursework in discourse development, individualized >tutorials, and extensive opportunities for professionally-focused >language development and language utilization through regular university >courses, professional language development activities and internships, >peer tutors, and Russian host families. > >Full fellowships for U.S. citizens who are planning a career in >government service are available from the National Security Education >Program (NSEP). Candidates interested in NSEP funding must submit >separate applications to NSEP. Recipients of NSEP funding are subject >to a federal service obligation. > >Application deadline is January 18, 2005. > >To apply online, go to www.americancouncils.org/flagship and click on >the link under "ONLINE APPLICATION" in the top right-hand portion of the >page. > >For more information about the program, contact: > >Darya Shakhova, Program Officer >Russian Flagship Program >American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS >1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700 >Washington, DC 20036 >(202) 833-7522, ext. 175 >www.americancouncils.org/flagship >flagship at americancouncils.org > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription > options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: > http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From tsergay at COLUMBUS.RR.COM Mon Jan 10 07:58:21 2005 From: tsergay at COLUMBUS.RR.COM (Timothy D. Sergay) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 02:58:21 -0500 Subject: Russian collocation dictionary Message-ID: Dear Harald Hille, I would second Liv Bliss's recommendation of the Denisov dictionary (Slovar' sochetaemosti), the 2d edition of which came out in 1983. But it seems what you want is simply themost basic "government" or "argument structure" of the verb. In my experience it's actually hard to find a dictionary that does NOT provide this information (e.g., verit' VO CHTO, verit' CHEMU). A recent comprehensive dictionary that seldom disappoints me is S.A. Kuznetsov's Bol'shoi tolkovyi slovar' russkogo iazyka (St. Pbg.: Norint, 1998), 130,000 entries. People have different views of the Shvedova redaction of Ozhegov's Tolkovyi slovar', but I've always liked its handling of recent colloquialisms. You can search it online at http://www.megakm.ru/ojigov/ or at http://www.slovari.ru/lang/ru/ivoc/ojsh/index.html. For a bilingual reference, there is E.M. Mednikova's Anglo-russkii slovar' glagol'nykh slovosochetanii/English-Russian Dictionary of Verbal Collocations, 2d ed. (Moscow: Russkii iazyk, 1990). Like Denisov, this one deals more with what I think of as collocations, as opposed to simple government of the verb, e.g., "grind away at smth.," or "set smb. on smth.," "be swept away by smth." It's interesting just to browse it (how WOULD they say that???). Best New Year's wishes to all, Tim Sergay > Dear colleagues, > I am looking for a dictionary/handbook of collocations in Russian > (verit' vo chto, zanimat'sya chem, etc). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From k.r.hauge at EAST.UIO.NO Mon Jan 10 09:07:01 2005 From: k.r.hauge at EAST.UIO.NO (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kjetil_R=E5_Hauge?=) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 10:07:01 +0100 Subject: Russian collocation dictionary (Apple Mac question) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 10. jan. 2005, at 07:20, Robert Chandler wrote: > Dear all > >> Of course, >> you‚ll need to type the searches in a Cyrillic font supported by >> Google. > Can someone tell me what I need to do in order to use Cyrillic in a > Google > search? I use an Apple Mac OS X.3, and I have no problems writing or > reading Cyrillic in MS Word or my email programme (Entourage). But my > attempts to use Cyrillic in a Google search result only in gibberish. > > Then you're probably using Explorer - almost any other recent browser will work better: Safari, Camino, Mozilla, Firefox. Also make sure that the browser is not set to using some non-standard Cyrillic font, but rather to a Unicode font (Lucida Grande) or a CY font. --- Kjetil Rå Hauge, U. of Oslo. Tel. +47/22856710, fax +47/22854140 --- (this msg sent from home, +47/67148424, fax +1/5084372444) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From andybyford at TISCALI.CO.UK Mon Jan 10 10:56:25 2005 From: andybyford at TISCALI.CO.UK (Andy Byford) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 05:56:25 -0500 Subject: Generations in European History Message-ID: Dear All, I would like to bring to your attention the following conference taking place in Oxford, 8-10 April 2005. Note that a large number of papers concern Russia. Generations in European History New College, Oxford, 8-10 April 2005 Organisers: Prof Catriona Kelly (New College, Oxford) & Dr Stephen Lovell (King's College, London) The ‘generation’ is a concept much invoked but little analysed. Historians, anthropologists, economists and political scientists have all found uses for the term ‘generation’, but they construe it in subtly yet significantly different ways: some researchers emphasise socialising institutions, while others stress family life; some try to identify long chains of historical succession, while others focus on the unique experiences of a single cohort; some favour quantitative survey data, while others see generation as primarily a discursive phenomenon to be traced through the close reading of texts. The conference will bring all these different intellectual communities into contact and interaction in the effort to see whether it is possible to establish cross-national patterns for relationships between generations at a given historical moment, and to grasp how such patterns have changed over time, both in particular societies, and in ‘Europe’ more broadly. Conference website: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~genconf/ Conference email: generations at ehrc.ox.ac.uk Registration deadline: 1 March 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From rubyj at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU Mon Jan 10 15:33:33 2005 From: rubyj at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU (ruby j jones) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:33:33 -0600 Subject: Russian collocation dictionary Message-ID: There is always Denisov's 1978 "Uchebnyj slovar' sochetaemosti slov russkogo jazyka", published by Russkij Jazyk. I haven't seen a newer edition of this one, although I've been looking. It's main shortcoming (and strength) is that it is 'uchebnyj': the content (@2500 entries) is almost all core vocabulary. For contemporary sources, I was impressed by S. A. Kuznetsov's "Sovremennyj tolkovyj slovar' russkogo jazyka", 2003, published by Norint, St-P. It has more idioms and collocations than Ozhegov, is not as good (in my opinion) as Denisov's, but is more up-to-date. Ruby J Jones Doctoral Candidate Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies University of Texas Austin, Texas 78713 (512) 471-3607 rubyj at mail.utexas.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alina Israeli" To: Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 09:11 Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian collocation dictionary > >Dear colleagues, >> I am looking for a dictionary/handbook of collocations in Russian >>(verit' vo chto, zanimat'sya chem, etc). I have seen Benson's R/E >>dictionary and wonder if it is the best, the only one? Are there >>other resources? Do new standard monolingual Russian dictionaries >>give adequate treatment? > > Try this: > > Author > Zauber, Issa R., 1925- > Title > 750 Russian verbs and their uses / Issa R. > Zauber ; [edited by] Jan R. Zamir and Sonia Nelson Zamir > Imprint > New York : Wiley, c1997 > > > And let me know how you like it. > > __________________________ > Alina Israeli > LFS, American University > 4400 Mass. Ave., NW > Washington, DC 20016 > > phone: (202) 885-2387 > fax: (202) 885-1076 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription > options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: > http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From kate.holland at YALE.EDU Mon Jan 10 18:14:16 2005 From: kate.holland at YALE.EDU (Kate Rowan Holland) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:14:16 -0500 Subject: Tynianov essay Message-ID: Does anyone know if an English or French translation of Tynianov's Literaturnyi Fakt exiats, and if so, where it might be? Thanks, Kate Holland -- Kate Holland Assistant Professor Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Yale University Office: HGS 2709 Phone: 432-8515 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From padunov+ at PITT.EDU Mon Jan 10 18:25:20 2005 From: padunov+ at PITT.EDU (Vladimir Padunov) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:25:20 -0500 Subject: January 2005 issue of KINOKULTURA Message-ID: The Seventh issue of KINOKULTURA http://www.kinokultura.com for January 2005 is now online. KINOKULTURA focuses on the contemporary Russian film industry, but also carries articles on the cinema of the Soviet period. The issue includes articles on KinoShock 2004 by Gul'nara Abikeyeva, and a special feature by John MacKay on "Disorganized Noise: ENTHUSIAM and the Ear of the Collective" The Reviews section includes reviews on Dmitrii Meskhiev’s Our Own; Pavel Lungin’s The Tycoon:Pavel Chukhrai’s A Driver for Vera ; Vladimir Mashkov’s Papa; Svetlana Stasenko’s Shantytown Blues ; Leonid Rybakov’s The Book Stealers ; Alexei Balabanov’s The River and Kira Muratova’s The Tuner (with unique colour stills shot on location of this black-and-white film). _________________________________________ Vladimir Padunov Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures 1433 Cathedral of Learning voice: 1-412-624-5713 University of Pittsburgh FAX: 1-412-624-9714 Pittsburgh, PA 15260 padunov at pitt.edu Russian Film Symposium http://www.rusfilm.pitt.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From apsiegel at UCDAVIS.EDU Mon Jan 10 18:27:27 2005 From: apsiegel at UCDAVIS.EDU (Adam Siegel) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 10:27:27 -0800 Subject: Tynianov essay In-Reply-To: <1105380856.41e2c5f8d7ae6@www.mail.yale.edu> Message-ID: Tyni??anov, I??Urii( Nikolaevich, 1894-1943. Title Formalisme et histoire littraire / Iouri Tynianov ; traduit du russe, annot et prsent par Catherine Depretto-Genty. Publisher Lausanne : L'Age d'homme, c1991. Description 258 p. ; 23 cm. Series Collection Slavica Series Slavica (Editions L'Age d'homme) Note "Les articles de Tynianov traduits dans ce volume ont t publis au cours des annes vingt dans diffrentes revues"--P. [41] Note Includes bibliographical references. Contents Les archastes et Pouchkine -- Tiouttchev et Heine -- Les formes du vers de Nekrassov -- Le fait littraire -- De l'volution littraire. ISBN 2825101672 Language French Subject Russian poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Formalism (Literary analysis) Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837 -- Criticism and interpretation. Added Entry Depretto, Catherine. =========== Adam Siegel Humanities and Social Sciences Reference Librarian Peter J. Shields Library 100 North West Quad University of California, Davis Davis, CA 95616 apsiegel at ucdavis.edu 530-754-6828 On Mon, 10 Jan 2005, Kate Rowan Holland wrote: > Does anyone know if an English or French translation of Tynianov's > Literaturnyi Fakt exiats, and if so, where it might be? > Thanks, > Kate Holland > > -- > Kate Holland > Assistant Professor > Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures > Yale University > Office: HGS 2709 > Phone: 432-8515 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription > options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: > http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brewerm at U.LIBRARY.ARIZONA.EDU Mon Jan 10 21:10:26 2005 From: brewerm at U.LIBRARY.ARIZONA.EDU (Brewer, Michael) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:10:26 -0700 Subject: Tynianov essay Message-ID: Kate, Seems to be in Modern Genre Theory by David Duff. ISBN: 0582368065; 0582368057 (pbk.); Mb Michael Brewer Slavic Studies, German Studies & Media Arts Librarian University of Arizona Library A210 1510 E. University P.O. Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721 Voice: 520.307.2771 Fax: 520.621.9733 brewerm at u.library.arizona.edu -----Original Message----- From: Kate Rowan Holland [mailto:kate.holland at YALE.EDU] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 11:14 AM To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: [SEELANGS] Tynianov essay Does anyone know if an English or French translation of Tynianov's Literaturnyi Fakt exiats, and if so, where it might be? Thanks, Kate Holland -- Kate Holland Assistant Professor Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Yale University Office: HGS 2709 Phone: 432-8515 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From dmg33 at COLUMBIA.EDU Mon Jan 10 23:12:54 2005 From: dmg33 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Douglas Greenfield) Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:12:54 -0500 Subject: stalinskaia zabota o cheloveke Message-ID: Hi, Does anybody know the origin of the slogan "stalinskaia zabota o cheloveke"? It dates to the early 1930s but I cannot find a speech in which the specific phrase "zabota o cheloveke" is used (though the sense is there in speeches that mark the turn from technology to cadres). Thank you for your help! Best, Doug -- Douglas Greenfield Postdoctoral Fellow The Harriman Institute at Columbia University New York, NY 10027 office: 212.854.0016 cell: 646.942.2698 dmg33 at columbia.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From roman_kiev at MAIL.RU Tue Jan 11 00:44:11 2005 From: roman_kiev at MAIL.RU (Roman Ravve) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 03:44:11 +0300 Subject: chocolate Message-ID: Вера Ильина. Шоколад. 1923 Was published in Moscow or Leningrad. "Заветный жданный шоколад опять все только снится им каждый край чужой богат, но... это заграница" I saw only some parts of this poem in the book called Авангард и построение нового человека. Искусство детской книги 1920-х годов. М.: Новое литературное обозрение, 2002. by Евгений Штейнер. There is an English translation of this book to. Called "Stories for Little Comrades". Think, it is what U need. The author make a detailed analysis of this poem about chocolate. Ravve R. Вы писали 8 января 2005 г., 18:57:35: LR> Can anyone identify for me some films and/or works of fiction from the Soviet 1920s and 1930s -- other than LR> Aleksandr Tarasov-Rodionov's "Shokolad" -- where chocolate figures as a motif? LR> I am especially in instances where chocolate is stigmatized as a decadent luxury food item closely associated LR> with the bourgeoisie. LR> Thanks, LR> Ron LeBlanc, UNH LR> ronald.leblanc at unh.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From alaix at YAHOO.COM Tue Jan 11 08:57:10 2005 From: alaix at YAHOO.COM (Alexei Kokin) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:57:10 -0800 Subject: Origin of Lenin In-Reply-To: <07F41C45-6208-11D9-8BF9-000393A9E81A@ma.medias.ne.jp> Message-ID: The official Soviet version, if I remember correctly, was that Vladimir Ul'yanov published an article in defense of striking gold-field workers in the upper Lena area (around the Bodaybo river) in 1912 and signed it "Nikolay Lenin." The standoff between the workers and the field owners ended in bloodshed (250 workers were killed) and provoked strikes all across the country. Alexei http://therussiandilettante.blogspot.com Scott Petersen wrote: Stalin took his pseudonym from stal'. Where did Lenin get his name? The first possibility that comes to mind is len', but that doesn't seem likely. Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin) states as fact that he took it from the River Lena in Siberia. Another source (http://moscow.gramota.ru/map123.shtml -- scroll down a ways to find the pertinent comments) says we don't really know. They do, however, mention the explanation given in Wikipedia. Wikipedia also says the Lenin was never known as Nikolai Lenin in Russia. The later article says he was. Of course, Wikipedia is not completely authoritative, Does anyone have anything more authoritative? Should we just take the careful exposition of the gramota site as the best answer? TIA Scott Petersen Nagoya, Japan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. 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Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU Tue Jan 11 17:35:07 2005 From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:35:07 -0500 Subject: Origin of Lenin In-Reply-To: <20050111085710.11681.qmail@web53001.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: >The official Soviet version, if I remember correctly, was that Vladimir >Ul'yanov published an article in defense of striking gold-field workers in >the upper Lena area (around the Bodaybo river) in 1912 and signed it >"Nikolay Lenin." The standoff between the workers and the field owners >ended in bloodshed (250 workers were killed) and provoked strikes all >across the country. I think this is a bogus story. I don't remember exactly, I hope some specialist on the list corrects me, but I think he started using the pen name Lenin since about1902. Since he did use pseudonyms Volgin and Il'in at other times, there must be a reason closer to his heart. __________________________ Alina Israeli LFS, American University 4400 Mass. Ave., NW Washington, DC 20016 phone: (202) 885-2387 fax: (202) 885-1076 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From flath at DUKE.EDU Tue Jan 11 19:07:07 2005 From: flath at DUKE.EDU (Carol Flath) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:07:07 -0500 Subject: quick little report In-Reply-To: <274203.1099989732@dyc312a37549.asntdomain1.cas.unc.edu> Message-ID: Hi Laura, Happy new year. I just had a lot of fun playing with your site! nice work! Catherine was very helpful when I had some trouble entering. When I tried to do the instructor survey at the end, somehow I got dissed and my (fairly detailed) answers were erased. The operative word is FUN. Your way of looking at aspect is different from mine, so I think it will be stimulating for the students to see it from your angle. I'll have my student try out the media book over the next month. Our main work with aspect was last semester, so they will have no interference from other perspectives. I'll keep you posted, though I'm a little gun-shy about using the formal survey.... yours, C p.s. I signed on as Apollonio, because that's my legal name these days, but "flath" is how I'm mostly known, and the email address remains the same. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From jdingley at YORKU.CA Tue Jan 11 19:50:52 2005 From: jdingley at YORKU.CA (John Dingley) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:50:52 -0500 Subject: Harry Leeming Message-ID: Hi, The noted British Slav(on)ic philologist, Harry Leeming, died on 25 December 2004. Here is the obituary which appeared in today's Independent: http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/story.jsp?story=599591 John Dingley ------------ http://dlll.yorku.ca/jding.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM Tue Jan 11 20:42:41 2005 From: paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM (Paul B. Gallagher) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:42:41 -0500 Subject: FYI: Forum on future of Russian politics Message-ID: For those who are interested, C-SPAN broadcast the following program yesterday (sorry about the late notice, but they do often reair programs, so keep your eyes peeled): Forum: The Future of Russian Politics Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Washington, District of Columbia (United States) ID: 185097 - 01/10/2005 - 0:55 - $29.95 Susan Glasser, Deputy National Editor, Washington Post Peter Baker, Foreign Affairs Correspondent, Washington Post This program is available online as: "Kremlin's Rising: Putin's Russia and the Counter-Revolution" Speakers Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, former Moscow Bureau Chiefs at The Washington Post. Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC, 1/10/2005 Running time: 00:56:55. My contribution: I propose the term "Potemkin democracy," which would denote a system with all the trappings of democracy but none of the substance. ;-) -- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From gjanecek at UKY.EDU Tue Jan 11 21:25:51 2005 From: gjanecek at UKY.EDU (Gerald Janecek) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:25:51 -0500 Subject: SEEJ 48.3 Message-ID: SEEJ's announces the publication of its latest issue, a Special Forum Issue, now en route to your mailbox (for foresighted AATSEEL members) or the academic library nearest you - Vol. 48.3 (Fall 2004) -- SPECIAL FORUM ISSUE : Innovation Through Iteration: Russian Popular Culture Today Organizers: Eliot Borenstein, Mark Lipovetsky, and Elena Baraban Featuring the following articles -- MARK LIPOVETSKY: POST-SOTS: Transformations of Socialist Realism in the Popular Culture of the Recent Period BIRGIT BEUMERS: Pop Post-Sots, or the Popularization of History in the Musical Nord-Ost ELENA BARABAN: A Country Resembling Russia: The Use of History in Boris Akunin's Detective Novels ELENA PROKHOROVA: Challenging Nostalgic Imagination: The Case of Dmitry Astrakhan VLADIMIR STRUKOV: Masiania, or Reimagining the Self in the Cyberspace of Rusnet ELIOT BORENSTEIN: Survival of the Catchiest: Memes and Postmodern Russia -- Susan Janecek Editorial Assistant Slavic and East European Journal Department of Modern and Classical Languages 1055 Patterson Office Tower University of Kentucky Lexington KY 40506-0027 USA Telephone: +1-859-257-9854 Fax: +1-859-257-3743** **This is a shared fax, please clearly label all faxes to the attention of SEEJ. Email: seej at uky.edu Web: http://clover.slavic.pitt.edu/~aatseel/AATSEEL/seej/seej.html -- ============================================================================= Gerald J. Janecek, Professor Phone: 859-257-7025 Editor, Slavic & East European Journal E-mail: gjanecek at uky.edu Division of Russian & Eastern Studies Dept. of Modern & Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures Fax: 859-257-3743 University of Kentucky SEEJ phone: 859-257-9854 Lexington, KY 40506 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU Tue Jan 11 22:45:01 2005 From: ewb2 at CORNELL.EDU (Wayles Browne) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:45:01 -0500 Subject: Translating Latin/Greek into Slavic languages In-Reply-To: <20050110005927.89383.qmail@web51003.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: At 16:59 -0800 1/9/05, Polly, Polly Metis, Metis wrote: >Dear SEELANGS members, > >I actually study classics, not Slavic languages, but I >have a question you might be able to help me with. >Greek and Latin are inflected languages, and the word >order is relatively free. In English, of course, word >order determines grammatical meaning, and so it is >impossible to translate works of Greek and Latin >literature into English and retain the original word >order. > >As I understand it, the Slavic and Baltic languages >are inflected, and the word order is fairly free, so I >was wondering if, in those languages, it is possible >or desirable to translate Greek and Latin in a way >that preserves the original word order. > >Thanks, >Christina Skelton > You can preserve the original order to a greater extent than you can in English, but still not completely. "Free" word order in Slavic means not that you can put words just anywhere, but that you put them in different places for specific purposes: to show what the sentence is about (its topic), to emphasize one word more than another and the like. In Latin, for example, Horace could get away with writing "Quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa...urget" but Serbian or Croatian would not be able to put the words in a convoluted order like this: "Koji mnogih vitak te dec^ko usrijed ruz^a...ljubi" wouldn't work. -- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From esjogren at NC.RR.COM Wed Jan 12 02:39:22 2005 From: esjogren at NC.RR.COM (Ernest Sjogren) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:39:22 -0500 Subject: Taking a dip in a Russian banya Message-ID: All, On Monday a program segment about Russian bath houses, "Taking a dip in a Russian banya," aired on the BBC World Service radio. It can be listened to online at this address, using such software as RealPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/outlook_peo.shtml It is the third segment in Monday's OUTLOOK program. Click on "Listen to Monday's Edition." Ernie Sjogren ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From j.m.andrew at LANG.KEELE.AC.UK Wed Jan 12 08:52:55 2005 From: j.m.andrew at LANG.KEELE.AC.UK (Joe Andrew) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:52:55 +0000 Subject: Voloshinov Message-ID: Dear SEELANGers I've received this query from a non-Russianist colleague - can anyone elucidate? Regards Joe I'm writing a piece about Bakhtin & Christian criticism at the moment - may have mentioned it to you - and wondered if you knew what happened to Volosinov. One quotations website annnounces his death as 1960, but I can't find anything reliable to substantiate it. ---------------------- Joe Andrew j.m.andrew at lang.keele.ac.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From danzeisen at SSRC.ORG Wed Jan 12 21:44:54 2005 From: danzeisen at SSRC.ORG (danzeisen) Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 16:44:54 -0500 Subject: REMINDER-SSRC EURASIA PROGRAM FUNDING OPPORTUNITY Message-ID: SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL / EURASIA PROGRAM / 2005 FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION Eurasia Teaching Fellowship The Application Submission Deadline for the 2005 Eurasia Teaching Fellowship Competition has been extended until January 26, 2005 9:00 PM EST At the SSRC, postdoctoral research grants have allowed young faculty members to expand upon their research interests after having completed (and often published) their dissertation work. Recently, the SSRC Eurasia Program expanded its support to faculty for their classroom activities as well. The Eurasia Program's Teaching Fellowships encourage and support faculty members at all career levels in their efforts to impart their own knowledge and expertise to their students. These awards of $10,000 support the creation of original and innovative course curricula. Funds will support the rethinking and reframing of courses in the humanities and social sciences that directly relate to the whole or part of Eurasia. Courses must be wholly new, or substantial revisions of a course previously taught. A strong candidate will have a proven track record of research and teaching in his/her field of Eurasian studies. Fellowships are particularly appropriate for faculty with heavy teaching loads and with proven desires to push the teaching of Eurasian studies in innovative directions and to incorporate contemporary research and thinking on Eurasian studies into new teaching curricula for use in classrooms. The SSRC invites proposals that have an interdisciplinary or comparative outlook, encompass a diverse range of literatures and/or source media (including audio, video, and web content), and make appropriate use of various pedagogical approaches. Proposals that target unique and important student audiences, provide a substantial addition or significantly diversify existing departmental and/or university curricula, or that otherwise fill an important niche or instructional gap are especially encouraged. Final awards are dependent upon funding approval. All selected awardees will be expected to demonstrate departmental and institutional support for adding the proposed course to the university's list of offered courses within a two-year period of time. All applicants must be US citizens or permanent residents teaching at US institutions. Funding for this program is provided by the U.S. Department of State under the Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). All fellowships awarded under this program are contingent upon the receipt of funding from the U.S. Department of State. Deadline: January 26, 2005 9:00 PM EST www.ssrc.org/fellowships/eurasia Eurasia Program Social Science Research Council 810 Seventh Ave 31st Floor New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-377-2700/Fax: 212-377-2727 Email: eurasia at ssrc.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From s01.tschlak at WITTENBERG.EDU Thu Jan 13 15:22:49 2005 From: s01.tschlak at WITTENBERG.EDU (Timothy Schlak) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:22:49 +0000 Subject: Bulgarian summer programs Message-ID: Hello, I did Pitt's program and Bulgaria trip this summer. Try enrolling directly in the program in Bulgaria with the Center for Foreign Languages. Contact Kristina Boumborova for more info and tell her that Tim Schlak told you to contact you. Kristina: kbumbarova at abv.bg Good luck, Tim Schlak On Jan 03, 2005, Angela Cannon wrote: > > Hello, > Does anyone know of the existence of Bulgarian language courses in > Bulgaria at the beginning level? The AAASS Newsletter with summer school > information has not come out yet and I have not found any 2005 Bulgarian > summer courses listed online (except U of Pittsburgh which requires > study in Pittsburgh before studying in Bulgaria). I would be grateful > for any information. > > Angela Cannon > > Angela Cannon > Reference Librarian > European Division > Library of Congress > 101 Independence Ave, SE > Washington, DC 20540-4830 > Phone: 202 707-8490, Fax: 202 707-8482 > acannon at loc.gov > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription > options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: > http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Janneke.vandeStadt at WILLIAMS.EDU Thu Jan 13 16:07:11 2005 From: Janneke.vandeStadt at WILLIAMS.EDU (Janneke van de Stadt) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:07:11 -0500 Subject: hanging out In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20041020102409.027f92a8@beloit.edu> Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Am I right in thinking that "okolachivat'sia" (to hang or lounge about) has "kol" (stake, picket), as in "net ni kola ni dvora," (neither house nor home) as its main root? I've tried, unsuccessfully, to find the verb's etymology in any of my dictionaries. Can anyone enlighten me? Many thanks! Janneke ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From xmas at UKR.NET Thu Jan 13 15:11:53 2005 From: xmas at UKR.NET (Maria M. Dmytrieva) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:11:53 +0200 Subject: Gender Linguistics Seminar 6 (January) Message-ID: The Ukrainian Language Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Department of Socio-Linguistics, wants to wish you all the best on these holidays and to invite to a Seminar on Gender Linguistics App. January 28, 2005, 3 p.m. vul. Hrushevskoho, 4, Kyiv The Ukrainian Language Institute (hall, 7th floor) We welcome scholars, graduate students, undergrads, independent researchers, and representatives of women's and youth civic organizations engaged in researching gender aspects of language. The seminar will focus on language and reflections of gender; linguistic behaviour of men and women; gender-specific selection of lexical units, syntactical constructions; non-verbal semiotics of feminine and masculine language; psycholinguistic research on the linguistic awareness of men and women; achievements of and prospects for Ukrainian gender linguistics; linguistic gender analysis of Ukrainian jurisprudence; gender aspects of political correctness and its linguistic manifestation; and interdisciplinary research using methods of gender linguistics. If you want to deliver a report in the seminar, please send the summary of your report till January 25, to xmas at ua.fm. With best regards, Seminar head: Dr. Lesia Stavytska. Coordinator: Maria Dmytrieva. For more information, write to: xmas at ua.fm, or call: (044) 227-77-95. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU Thu Jan 13 16:13:18 2005 From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:13:18 -0500 Subject: hanging out In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.0.20050113110031.02a41df0@facstaffmail.williams.edu> Message-ID: >Dear colleagues, > >Am I right in thinking that "okolachivat'sia" (to hang or lounge about) has >"kol" (stake, picket), as in "net ni kola ni dvora," (neither house nor >home) as its main root? I've tried, unsuccessfully, to find the verb's >etymology in any of my dictionaries. It is probably the same as in "kolotit'-pokolotit'-pokolachivat'" - hit, beat. __________________________ Alina Israeli LFS, American University 4400 Mass. Ave., NW Washington, DC 20016 phone: (202) 885-2387 fax: (202) 885-1076 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From aadams at HOLYCROSS.EDU Thu Jan 13 18:52:00 2005 From: aadams at HOLYCROSS.EDU (Amy Adams) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:52:00 -0500 Subject: Job Posting -- Holy Cross Message-ID: Half-time appointment in Russian language and literature College of the Holy Cross - Worcester, MA The Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for the following half-time renewable appointment: Faculty appointment to teach two courses per semester with benefits and research support. Ph.D. or ABD preferable; M.A. required. Evidence of excellence in teaching all levels of language and literature, scholarly activity, collegiality, and commitment to student-faculty interaction in a liberal arts college environment is required. Interest in Russian/Soviet traditions of drama and/or film is also desirable. Submit letter of application, c.v., copy of graduate transcript, and two current letters of recommendation to Professor Amy Adams, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, P.O. Box 123-A, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610. Review of applications will begin on February 15, 2005, and will continue until the position is filled. Holy Cross is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action institution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From levitina at FAS.HARVARD.EDU Thu Jan 13 19:32:44 2005 From: levitina at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Marina Leonidovna Levitina) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:32:44 -0500 Subject: hanging out In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.0.20050113110031.02a41df0@facstaffmail.williams.edu> Message-ID: Here are two more guesses: 1) the word is related to another Russian word, "okolotok". Both might possibly be related to the preposition "okolo" = "in the viccinity of..." 2) The root might be "kolo", rather than "kol". "Kolo" means "circle". In this case, it might also mean being "in the circle of," in the sense of "in the proximity of" something. Once again, these are just my guesses. All the best, Marina Levitina Harvard University Quoting Janneke van de Stadt : > Dear colleagues, > > Am I right in thinking that "okolachivat'sia" (to hang or lounge about) has > "kol" (stake, picket), as in "net ni kola ni dvora," (neither house nor > home) as its main root? I've tried, unsuccessfully, to find the verb's > etymology in any of my dictionaries. > > Can anyone enlighten me? > > Many thanks! > > Janneke > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription > options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: > http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From JTroncale at CARONFOUNDATION.ORG Thu Jan 13 19:44:20 2005 From: JTroncale at CARONFOUNDATION.ORG (Joseph Troncale MD) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:44:20 -0500 Subject: hanging out Message-ID: I always thought it was from "jalovatsia" which I know is "complain" and I can't put them together, but I sort of assumed a connection. -----Original Message----- From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Janneke van de Stadt Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 11:07 AM To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: [SEELANGS] hanging out Dear colleagues, Am I right in thinking that "okolachivat'sia" (to hang or lounge about) has "kol" (stake, picket), as in "net ni kola ni dvora," (neither house nor home) as its main root? I've tried, unsuccessfully, to find the verb's etymology in any of my dictionaries. Can anyone enlighten me? Many thanks! Janneke ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Jeanette.Owen at ASU.EDU Thu Jan 13 20:29:29 2005 From: Jeanette.Owen at ASU.EDU (Jeanette Owen) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 15:29:29 -0500 Subject: Job posting: Assistant Director, CLI @ ASU Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: We ask your assistance in helping us publicize this position and encouraging qualified applicants to apply. Critical Languages Institute Assistant Director. The Arizona State University Russian and East European Studies Center (www.asu.edu/reesc) announces an opening effective summer 2005 for a renewable fiscal year appointment as assistant director of its Critical Languages Institute (CLI). The ASU CLI is a comprehensive program for research and instruction involving less commonly taught languages of Eastern Europe and Eurasia (www.asu.edu/cli). The successful candidate will be responsible for grant development and administration with emphasis on the summer CLI; will conduct recruitment, orientation, and evaluation, as well as instruction, for CLI and related practicum and study abroad programs; will mentor students for fellowships; and will participate in other CLI/REESC programming. Required: Graduate degree in East European/Eurasian language/literature or a related field; experience in securing external funding; ability to teach a regional less commonly taught language (LCTL) in the CLI; excellent communication skills. Desired: Ph.D. in language/literature; administrative experience (preferably in a US university setting); budget management experience; web page development experience. For additional information please contact REESC Director, Dr. Stephen Batalden by e-mail (stephen.batalden at asu.edu), or phone 480-965- 4188. The position is 100% FTE for summer; some flexibility possible for AY schedule. Application deadline: February 1, 2005; if not filled, every two weeks thereafter until search is closed. Mail letter of application, CV, sample of a funding application, statement of teaching philosophy, and two letters of reference to: Dr. Stephen Batalden, Chair, Search Committee, Russian & East European Studies Center, Arizona State University, PO Box 874202, Tempe, AZ 85287-4202. AA/EOE. Jeanette Owen Assistant Professor of Russian Department of Languages & Literatures Arizona State University P.O. Box 870202 Tempe, AZ 85287-0202 tel 480.965.4599 fax 480.965.0135 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From tpolowy at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Thu Jan 13 20:27:25 2005 From: tpolowy at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Teresa Polowy) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 13:27:25 -0700 Subject: paper proposals for an AAASS panel Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, I am posting this message for a departmental colleague of mine. Please reply to him offlist with any suggestions you might have at okcoh at email.arizona.edu. Thanks very much. -- Teresa Polowy John Garrard, Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at the University of Arizona, would like to participate in the AAASS meeting in November at Salt Lake City. He could offer a paper on either of the following topics: 1. "A New Approach to 'The Grand Inquisitor': Dostoevsky's Debt to Verdi" 2. "From Party to Patriarch: Russian Orthodox Resurgent" Please contact him offlist at okcoh at u.arizona.edu if one of these topics might fit into a panel you have organized or are planning to participate in. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From jdwest at U.WASHINGTON.EDU Thu Jan 13 20:47:55 2005 From: jdwest at U.WASHINGTON.EDU (James West) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:47:55 -0800 Subject: Job posting: Lecturer in Russian Message-ID: SEELANGers: we would greatly appreciate your help in publicizing this position, and encouraging qualified candidates to apply: The University of Washington Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures is hiring a Lecturer in Russian. The position will be a three-year renewable contract, with the possibility of promotion to Senior Lecturer; initial appointment will run from September 2005 through June 2008. Summer employment is optional for additional salary. Responsibilities will include teaching Russian at various levels, supervising departmental TAs and coordinating first-year Russian. We are seeking an enthusiastic native or near-native speaker of Russian with a strong interest in language pedagogy and substantial teaching experience that includes some generation of course materials and experience working with other instructors and/or supervising TAs. A Ph.D. is preferred. Please submit your curriculum vitae, a summary of your career goals, three recommendation letters, up to 5 syllabi or a brief portfolio to Professor Galya Diment, Chair, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Box 353580, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. Priority will be given to applications received before March 15, 2005. The University of Washington is building a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications from women and minority candidates. AA/EO ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Palacgw at TULSASCHOOLS.ORG Thu Jan 13 22:14:54 2005 From: Palacgw at TULSASCHOOLS.ORG (Palace, Gwendolyn) Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:14:54 -0600 Subject: schools with Satellite Dish recieving Russian TV programing Message-ID: I am working on a grant proposal to purchase a satellite dish and Russian TV programming for our school. I need to know of other schools who have this type of equipment and are using it in their Russian Language programs. Thank you. *** This message is being delivered via property belonging to Tulsa Public Schools and is subject to monitoring. Therefore, there is no expectation of confidentiality nor privacy regarding these communications. Gwen Palace Russian Language / AP World History Booker T. Washington High School 1514 E. Zion Street Tulsa, OK 74106 www.tulsaschools.org/washington/academics/palace ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From donna.orwin at UTORONTO.CA Fri Jan 14 22:09:17 2005 From: donna.orwin at UTORONTO.CA (Donna Orwin) Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:09:17 -0500 Subject: Tolstoy Studies Journal, Volume XVI Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Tolstoy Studies Journal for 2004 has now been published, and I include the table of contents in this message. I invite all of you to purchase the journal for yourselves and especially for your libraries. Information on how to do this is available at our web site as tolstoystudies.org. I also urge you to submit manuscripts or material on Tolstoy to journal. Sincerely yours, Donna Orwin ---------------------------- Prof. Donna Tussing Orwin Editor, Tolstoy Studies Journal Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures University of Toronto Alumni Hall 415 121 St. Joseph St. Toronto. ON M5S 1J4 Tel. 416-926-1300. ext. 3316 ________________________________________________________ Table of Contents TSJ Volume XVI 2004 Note from the Editor Donna Tussing Orwin Tribute to Lidiia Dmitrievna Gromova-Opulskaya, compiled by Edwina Cruise Articles Saints' Lives in the Publications of Tolstoy: The Logic Behind His Choice of Subjects A. G. Grodetskaya, Pushkinskii dom, St. Petersburg Dogmatism or Moralism? Simon Frank Confronts Tolstoy's Ethical Thought. Inessa Medzibovskaya, Eugene Lang College, New York University Cossacks in Spain: Tolstoyan Resonances in For Whom The Bell Tolls Dale E. Peterson, Amherst College Revisualizing Anna Karenina Irina Makoveeva, University of Pittsburgh Archival Material Leo Tolstoy and Mikhail Novikov, Selected Letters form the Moscow State L. N. Tolstoy Museum Archives Edited, translated, and introduced by Andrew Donskov, University of Ottawa Scholarly Note Could the Master Err? A Note on "God Sees the Truth But Waits" Hugh McLean, University of Califorinia, Berkeley Response Gary R. Jahn, University of Minnesota Tolstoy in the Movies Revolution, Loneliness, and the Future of Love: Tolstoy in the Cinema of Paolo and Vittorio Taviani Carlo Testa, University of British Columbia Interview with Italian Film makers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Rome, 14 April 2004 Carlo Testa, University of British Columbia The Poet's Corner Vronsky's Revolver, After Vronsky's Unsuccessful Attempt at Suicide Sharon McCartney Review Essay: On Stage Irony, Theatre, and History in Time of War: Reflections on War and Peace, the Beginning of the Novel (based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy) Inessa Medzhibovskaya, Eugene Lang College, New York University Tolstoy Scholarship in Russia and Abroad Recent Publications and Annotated Bibliography for 2003-2004 Paul Haddock Supplement to the Annotated Bibliography for 2002-2003 Mark Conliffe Reviews Sharon McCartney. Karenin Sings the Blues. (Allan Reid) Vladimir Alexandrov. Limits of Interpretation: The Meanings of Anna Karenina (Robin Feuer Miller) O. V. Slivitskaya Ob effekte zhiznepodobiia Anny Kareninoi (Amy Mandelker) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From stephan.31 at OSU.EDU Fri Jan 14 22:08:50 2005 From: stephan.31 at OSU.EDU (Halina Stephan) Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:08:50 -0500 Subject: Midwest Slavic Conference March 3-5, 2005 Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS Midwest Slavic Conference at the Ohio State University, 3-5 March 2005 (deadline for proposals 30 Jan. 2005) The Midwest Slavic Association, the Ohio State University Center for Slavic and East European Studies, and the OSU Office of International Affairs announce the 2005 Midwest Slavic Conference, to be held at the Blackwell Hotel and Conference Center from 3-5 March 2005 on the campus of Ohio State University. The conference will open with a keynote address and reception on the evening of Thursday 3 March, followed by two days of academic and business-related panels. Conference organizers are inviting proposals for panels or individual papers addressing all disciplines related to Slavic histories, political science, literatures, linguistics, sociology, economics, and other fields. Please send a one-paragraph abstract, along with a brief c.v. to csees at osu.edu by 30 January 2005. Persons proposing papers should be willing to be scheduled either Friday or Saturday. Graduate students are particularly encouraged to submit presentations. Limited funding will be available to subsidize graduate travel and hotel stays. For more information, contact the OSU Center for Slavic and East European Studies at 614-292-8770 or at csees at osu.edu Halina Stephan, Director Center for Slavic and East European Studies 303 Oxley Hall Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210-1219 Phone 614-292-8770 Fax 614-292-4273 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From susannasj at HOTMAIL.COM Sat Jan 15 07:15:46 2005 From: susannasj at HOTMAIL.COM (susanna lim) Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:15:46 -0800 Subject: Panel search for AAASS Message-ID: I am a graduate student majoring in Russian literature at the Slavic dept of UCLA. I am interested in participating in the AAASS 2005 convention at Salt Lake City, and I am looking for a panel on Russian Orientalism in which I could present my paper. My paper will be a chapter from my dissertation, which focuses on the image of East Asia in Russian Modernism, 1890s -1917. Thank you, Susanna Lim Slavic dpt UCLA ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From yad1982 at MAIL.RU Sat Jan 15 19:15:37 2005 From: yad1982 at MAIL.RU (Vladimir Yaduta) Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 22:15:37 +0300 Subject: hanging out Message-ID: Marina Levitina wrote: >1)... > >2) The root might be "kolo", rather than "kol". "Kolo" means "circle". _________________________________________ The hint proved to be true according to the Etymological dictionary of the Russian language by Shansky N.M. (??????? ?.?.). I reffered to the 4th edition, 2001. The provided root is "kolo" - 'circle'. The words belived to enter the paradigm of the word in question are "okrug" (district), "koleso"(wheel), "okolitsa"(fence surrounded a village). As a matter of fact, there used to be a verb "okolit'" (with a stress on the second "o") meaning 1. 'To walk, speak, write, attend to sth by circumlocution (compare that of "okolachivat'sia") ; 2. 'To put the work off, to postpone, delay'. Yours faithfully, Vladimir ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From kshmakov at PDXLINK.COM Sun Jan 16 23:25:03 2005 From: kshmakov at PDXLINK.COM (Kristine L. Shmakov) Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:25:03 -0800 Subject: Possible Russian program elimination at Portland Community College Message-ID: I am Kristine Shmakov, the full-time Russian instructor and Russian Department Chair at Portland Community College in Portland, Oregon. I just joined the list and have not had a chance to introduce myself. Now I need to use my introduction to ask for your help in preventing elimination of the Russian language program at Portland Community College. Oregon Community Colleges are being forced to make huge cuts over the next two years due to lack of state funding. PCC itself will have to cut $18 million or 8% of its budget. We have just been notified by administration that cuts will be narrow and deep, meaning that they are looking to eliminate entire programs. All academic and non-academic programs are now on the table in a closed budget process. We are very concerned that the Board and administrators will consider it frivolous to offer five languages at PCC, and that they will not understand the great importance of Russian to the Portland-Vancouver community. Programs chosen for elimination will be announced at the beginning of March, and then will have only a week to prepare a defense before final budget decisions are made. I need to collect letters in support of our program now, in case I should need them. In the past, programs that have received strong levels of support from the community have been spared. I would greatly appreciate it if each of you could write a letter in support of the PCC Russian program and send it directly to me. If you could also pass this information onto your colleagues not on the SEELANGS list, as well as anyone you know connected with Russian, it would greatly help our efforts. I hope to amass hundreds of letters to convince the Board that a strong and affordable Russian program is important to the community and that it must be retained. Please send your letters of support to either my home e-mail or address: kshmakov at pdxlink.com or Kristine Shmakov 10810 SW 62nd Place Portland, Oregon 97219 Members of the immigrant community are welcome to write letters in Russian if they prefer. The PCC Russian program started sixteen years ago to meet the growing need for affordable Russian classes in Portland. It is a two-year program that offers college transferable first and second year courses, as well as Russian culture classes. My students transfer to state universities and prestigious private institutions where they continue to study Russian at higher levels. We have the largest first-year Russian enrollments in the state of Oregon, with over 120 students taking first year classes each year. Our courses regularly close with 35 students in each section. Russian has been the only language the last two falls to have every seat filled in all courses offered. Our program has very little attrition, so we keep our high numbers throughout the year. Part of the reason for our brimming enrollments is that Russian has become the second most demanded language by Oregon employers. The Portland-Vancouver Russian-speaking immigrant community seen the largest per capita growth anywhere in the US, with a 70% increase over the last ten years. As a result, students are no longer taking Russian just to fulfill a degree requirement. With such a strong program and great community need for the language, it seems absurd to consider eliminating Russian. However, in such dire financial times, I cannot make this assumption and not act in defense. This is why I need your letters of support now. If you have any further questions or suggestions, please contact me at (503) 977-4841. Thank you so much for your help, and I¹ll keep you informed of developments. Sincerely, Kristine Shmakov Russian Instructor and Russian Department Chair Portland Community College Portland, Oregon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From o-livshin at NORTHWESTERN.EDU Mon Jan 17 00:40:33 2005 From: o-livshin at NORTHWESTERN.EDU (Olga Livshin) Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:40:33 -0600 Subject: Possible Russian program elimination at Portland Community College Message-ID: Dear Prof. Shmakov, This letter is in response to your call for letters of support on SEELANGS. I am not sure how much a voice of a grad student counts, but I would like to help out to the extent that I can. I also forwarded your email to the Association of Women in Slavic Studies, where I am a graduate student representative. Best, Olga Livshin Ph.D. Candidate, Northwestern University -------- Dear Professor Shmakov, I was disheartened to hear that the Russian program of the Portland Community College may be in danger of being eliminated. Census figures show no place in the nation has had more of an influx from the Soviet Union than the Northwest. Oregon is number two in the nation for Russian-speaking newcomers. The role that your department plays in preparing professionals to speak the language and understand the culture of those newcomers cannot be underestimated. I have experienced a difference that a college can play in the lives of immigrants firsthand. A Ph.D. candidate in the Slavic Ph.D. program at Northwestern University at present, I emigrated to this country as a teenager. It was important for me to maintain and enrich certain parts of Russian culture that were meaningful to me, and I deeply appreciated the role that the University of California, San Diego, played in maintaining a culture-rich community life in my city. Having lived in two other cities with large Russian communities and Slavic programs since then, I have seen that the colleges and universities that teach its students Russian and sponsor Russian cultural events raise the level of cultural awareness for both Russian Americans and other Americans. Colleges help the Russian community find a place in which it can maintain its heritage harmoniously, and they train future professionals to interact with Russian Americans--employees, consumers, and conscientious citizens of this country. Without a connection between the Russian community and the greater community of each city, Russians often feel isolated, particularly those in the older generations, and the consequent stress level for them is quite significant. Your program, in particular, is successful in attracting and educating its students in Russian. I am aware that the Portland Community College has the largest first-year Russian enrollments in the state of Oregon, with over 120 students taking first-year classes each year. This is an enormous number even by university-level standards. Closing the Russian program at your college would be very unfortunate. I would like to express my support for your program, and hope that you can continue to foster the connection between the Portland Russian community and the future professionals in the area. Best wishes, Olga Livshin ==============Original message text=============== On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 5:25:03 pm CST "Kristine L. Shmakov" wrote: I am Kristine Shmakov, the full-time Russian instructor and Russian Department Chair at Portland Community College in Portland, Oregon. I just joined the list and have not had a chance to introduce myself. Now I need to use my introduction to ask for your help in preventing elimination of the Russian language program at Portland Community College. Oregon Community Colleges are being forced to make huge cuts over the next two years due to lack of state funding. PCC itself will have to cut $18 million or 8% of its budget. We have just been notified by administration that cuts will be narrow and deep, meaning that they are looking to eliminate entire programs. All academic and non-academic programs are now on the table in a closed budget process. We are very concerned that the Board and administrators will consider it frivolous to offer five languages at PCC, and that they will not understand the great importance of Russian to the Portland-Vancouver community. Programs chosen for elimination will be announced at the beginning of March, and then will have only a week to prepare a defense before final budget decisions are made. I need to collect letters in support of our program now, in case I should need them. In the past, programs that have received strong levels of support from the community have been spared. I would greatly appreciate it if each of you could write a letter in support of the PCC Russian program and send it directly to me. If you could also pass this information onto your colleagues not on the SEELANGS list, as well as anyone you know connected with Russian, it would greatly help our efforts. I hope to amass hundreds of letters to convince the Board that a strong and affordable Russian program is important to the community and that it must be retained. Please send your letters of support to either my home e-mail or address: kshmakov at pdxlink.com or Kristine Shmakov 10810 SW 62nd Place Portland, Oregon 97219 Members of the immigrant community are welcome to write letters in Russian if they prefer. The PCC Russian program started sixteen years ago to meet the growing need for affordable Russian classes in Portland. It is a two-year program that offers college transferable first and second year courses, as well as Russian culture classes. My students transfer to state universities and prestigious private institutions where they continue to study Russian at higher levels. We have the largest first-year Russian enrollments in the state of Oregon, with over 120 students taking first year classes each year. Our courses regularly close with 35 students in each section. Russian has been the only language the last two falls to have every seat filled in all courses offered. Our program has very little attrition, so we keep our high numbers throughout the year. Part of the reason for our brimming enrollments is that Russian has become the second most demanded language by Oregon employers. The Portland-Vancouver Russian-speaking immigrant community seen the largest per capita growth anywhere in the US, with a 70% increase over the last ten years. As a result, students are no longer taking Russian just to fulfill a degree requirement. With such a strong program and great community need for the language, it seems absurd to consider eliminating Russian. However, in such dire financial times, I cannot make this assumption and not act in defense. This is why I need your letters of support now. If you have any further questions or suggestions, please contact me at (503) 977-4841. Thank you so much for your help, and I�ll keep you informed of developments. Sincerely, Kristine Shmakov Russian Instructor and Russian Department Chair Portland Community College Portland, Oregon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===========End of original message text=========== ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. 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Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From sclancy at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU Mon Jan 17 20:39:21 2005 From: sclancy at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU (Steven Clancy) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:39:21 -0600 Subject: Tver' Intercontact Group, SmallTown/Rural Study Abroad, Internships Message-ID: Dear SEELANGS, Does anyone have any information, experience, or criticism of the Intercontact Group offering programs in Tver'? http://www.intercontactgroup.com/index.html http://www.volga.net/ I have a student who is interested in studying abroad with this program or in a small town/rural program or on something with NGO internship possibilities. Does anyone know anything along those lines? Thanks in advance, Steven Clancy Steven Clancy Senior Lecturer in Russian, Slavic, and 2nd-Language Acquisition Director, Slavic Language Program Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures University of Chicago Mailing address: University of Chicago Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures 1130 East 59th Street, Foster 406 Chicago, IL 60637 Office: (773) 702-8567 in Gates-Blake 438 Department: (773) 702-8033 Fax: (773) 702-7030 sclancy at uchicago.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From sclancy at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU Mon Jan 17 20:50:39 2005 From: sclancy at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU (Steven Clancy) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:50:39 -0600 Subject: Tver' Intercontact Group, SmallTown/Rural Study Abroad, Internships In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear SEELANGS, Does anyone have any information, experience, or criticism of the Intercontact Group offering programs in Tver'? http://www.intercontactgroup.com/index.html http://www.volga.net/ I have a student who is interested in studying abroad with this program or in a small town/rural program or on something with NGO internship possibilities. Does anyone know anything along those lines? Thanks in advance, Steven Clancy Steven Clancy Senior Lecturer in Russian, Slavic, and 2nd-Language Acquisition Director, Slavic Language Program Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures University of Chicago Mailing address: University of Chicago Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures 1130 East 59th Street, Foster 406 Chicago, IL 60637 Office: (773) 702-8567 in Gates-Blake 438 Department: (773) 702-8033 Fax: (773) 702-7030 sclancy at uchicago.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From marilena at STANFORD.EDU Mon Jan 17 22:13:05 2005 From: marilena at STANFORD.EDU (Marilena Ruscica) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:13:05 -0800 Subject: AAASS panel In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear colleagues, if you are interested in presenting in a panel on Russian literary reactions to natural disasters (such as Messina's or Lisbon's earthquakes) please contact me off line. Thank you, Marilena Ruscica marilena at stanford.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From zodyp at BELOIT.EDU Tue Jan 18 02:35:32 2005 From: zodyp at BELOIT.EDU (Patricia L. Zody) Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:35:32 -0600 Subject: ACTR Russian Essay Contest (2005) Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, I invite you and your students to participate in the Sixth Annual ACTR National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest. We had a successful contest in 2004 with 305 participants representing 35 universities and colleges. Participation in the Russian Essay Contest is an excellent way -to have your students compete nationwide with their peers -to raise the visibility of your Russian program -to compete in a fun, field-wide event. The contest is for undergraduates at all levels of Russian (1st through 4th-year), and there are categories for heritage learners. If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. The deadline for registering your students is January 28, 2005. Sincerely, Patricia Zody ************************************************************************************************************** 6th ANNUAL ACTR NATIONAL POST-SECONDARY RUSSIAN ESSAY CONTEST Students taking Russian in accredited colleges and universities are invited to participate in the sixth annual National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest sponsored by the American Council of Teachers of Russian. All students must pay a registration fee according to the following schedule: Students whose teacher is an ACTR member - $3.00 per registration Students whose teacher is not an ACTR member - $4.50 per registration Students may not register themselves, but can only be registered by a teacher. To register your students, please send a registration form (below) and one check made out to "ACTR" to Patricia Zody, Center for Language Studies, Beloit College, 700 College Street, Beloit, WI 53511. All registrations must be received by January 28, 2005. Registrations received after the deadline will not be accepted. When registering your students, please consult the criteria below to select the appropriate level. Teachers whose students are participating in the contest will receive directions and the essay topic in late January 2005. Students will write their essays between Feb. 1 and Feb. 15, 2005 at a time selected by the instructor at each institution. Judges will review the essays in March 2005 and winners will be announced in early April 2005. Please note that students cannot use any books or notes and may not work together. Essays must be written legibly in blue or black ink. The time limit for writing the essays will be one hour. The essays must be written in blue or black ink on lined or bluebook paper provided by teachers. Pencil is not acceptable (as it won't photocopy). After the students write the essay, teachers will make four photocopies of each essay as per the directions and then send the originals and three photocopies to Patricia Zody within 48 hours of the test date. All essays will be evaluated anonymously: no essay will be identifiable by the name or institution of the student who wrote it. Gold, silver, and bronze ribbon awards (certificates) will be presented for the best essays at each level. Teachers may not substitute students for those registered by the deadline. No refunds are available for students who don't show up for the essay contest. Essays will be ranked according to levels as follows: Category 1: Non-Heritage Learners (those learners who do not and did not ever speak Russian in the home) Level One: students who at the time of the essay contest will have had fewer than 100 contact hours of instruction in Russian (whether in college alone or in college and high school). (This is mostly students in first-year Russian.) Level Two: students who at the time of the essay contest will have had more than 100 contact hours, but fewer than 250 contact hours of instruction. (This is mostly students in second-year Russian.) Level Three: students who will have had more than 250 contact hours, but fewer than 400 contact hours of instruction. (This is mostly students in third or fourth-year Russian.) Level Four: students who will have had more than 400 contact hours of instruction. (This is mostly students in fourth-year or fifth-year Russian.) Category 2: Heritage Learners Heritage Learners (1): students who speak Russian with their families and who have attended school for fewer than 5 years in Russia or the former Soviet Union and may have had to relearn reading and writing skills after emigration. Heritage Learners (2): students who speak Russian with their families and who have attended school for 5 or more years in Russia or the former Soviet Union and have not had to relearn reading and writing skills after emigration. Judges will evaluate essays according to content (the ability to express ideas in Russian and communicate information about the topic) and length, lexicon, syntax, structure (grammatical and orthographic accuracy), and originality or creativity. Awards will be announced in the ACTR Letter and the AATSEEL Newsletter. The best gold ribbon essays will be published in the ACTR Letter. Teachers with questions about the essay contest should contact: Patricia L. Zody Director, Center for Language Studies Beloit College 700 College Street Beloit, WI 53511 (608)363-2277 cls at beloit.edu REGISTRATION FORM FOR NATIONAL POST-SECONDARY RUSSIAN ESSAY CONTEST Name of Institution: Name of Instructor: Address: E-Mail Address: Telephone: Fax: Name of Each Student Participating in Test, Category 1 or 2, and Level (according to guidelines listed above). Send to Patricia Zody, Center for Language Studies, Beloit College 700 College Street, Beloit, WI 53511 before January 28, 2005. Official Registration Forms can also be found in the Fall 2004 ACTR Newsletter. If you would like to receive a registration form by mail or electronically, please contact me at zodyp at beloit.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From renee at ALINGA.COM Tue Jan 18 07:08:02 2005 From: renee at ALINGA.COM (Renee Stillings | Alinga) Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 02:08:02 -0500 Subject: Tver' Intercontact Group, SmallTown/Rural Study Abroad, Internships Message-ID: We have cooperated with Tver' Interncontact Group on programs, including some internships in Tver and have been pleased with the results. The administration at TIG is well-connected in the local private and public sector and so can tap into some interesting internship opportunities. I think our last intern in fact was even able to do a rotation of internships, introducing her to both of these sectors in one experience. I think if a student is interested in an internship in a smaller city in Russia, TIG is definitely a good option to consider. Renee Stillings SRAS ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From condee at PITT.EDU Tue Jan 18 15:35:08 2005 From: condee at PITT.EDU (Condee) Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 10:35:08 -0500 Subject: Query re translation rate Message-ID: I am wondering whether my colleagues could tell me what they consider a reasonable fee (per page or total) for translating a manuscript on political philosophy that requires a fairly nuanced knowledge of the author's vocabulary-that is, a familiarity with his work and conceptual apparatus. He is widely known, but the work requires attention to stylistic consistency. The manuscript is (double-spaced, twelve font) eleven pages; 2439 words. Please respond off list to condee at pitt.edu. Many thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From natalie.kononenko at UALBERTA.CA Tue Jan 18 22:23:02 2005 From: natalie.kononenko at UALBERTA.CA (nataliek) Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:23:02 -0700 Subject: Graduate Study in Ukrainian Folklore at the University of Alberta Message-ID: The Ukrainian Folklore Centre at the University of Alberta invites applications to its graduate program. Students receive training in all aspects of Ukrainian and Ukrainian-Canadian folklore, including oral literature, ritual, and material culture, plus advanced courses in research methods and theory. Faculty include Drs. Natalie Kononenko and Andriy Nahachewsky Besides Ukrainian Folklore, the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies offers courses in Ukrainian language and literature at all levels. Courses in 15 other languages are also offered, as are courses in linguistics and translation theory. The University of Alberta is a major centre for Ukrainian studies in North America where training in folklore can be supplemented by work in History, Political Science, Ethnomusicology, Anthropology, Museum Studies, and other related fields. In addition to full academic training, the Ukrainian Folklore Centre provides excellent fieldwork opportunities. Ukrainian-Canadian communities provide rich sources of data. Past dissertations and theses have studied folk narratives, traditional music, folk dance, folk medicine, weddings, and holiday celebrations such as Malanka. Fieldwork in Ukraine can also be arranged. Graduate support is excellent and includes opportunities for Research and Teaching assistantships. As part of their program, students work with data housed in the Bohdan Medwidsky Ukrainian Folklore Archive, receiving training in digital humanities, archiving, and museum work, all of which makes them prime candidates for both academic positions and jobs outside academe. Visit our website at http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/~ukrfolk/ and http://www.mlcs.ca. Applications are due March 15 annually. Inquires should be addressed to andriy.nahachewsky at ualberta.ca Natalie Kononenko Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography University of Alberta Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies 441C Arts Building Edmonton, AB Canada T6G 2E6 http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/uvp/ Phone: 780-492-6810 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From amelia.glaser at GMAIL.COM Wed Jan 19 14:00:40 2005 From: amelia.glaser at GMAIL.COM (amelia glaser) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:00:40 +0100 Subject: AAASS panel In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Marilena! E un buon idea! Sono gia su 2 panel (!) per l'AAASS, altrimentia intventarei qualcosa... ma dovresti scrivere a Laura Engelstein (E lei che ha scritto dei incendi ei contadini, se non sbaglio, ma forse sbaglio?). un bacione, a On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:13:05 -0800, Marilena Ruscica wrote: > Dear colleagues, > if you are interested in presenting in a panel on Russian literary > reactions to natural disasters > (such as Messina's or Lisbon's earthquakes) please contact me off line. > Thank you, > Marilena Ruscica > marilena at stanford.edu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription > options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: > http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Amelia Glaser Visiting Fellow Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From amelia.glaser at GMAIL.COM Wed Jan 19 14:32:19 2005 From: amelia.glaser at GMAIL.COM (amelia glaser) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:32:19 +0100 Subject: AAASS panel In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Apologies for a response that was meant to be sent off-line. > On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:13:05 -0800, Marilena Ruscica > wrote: > > Dear colleagues, > > if you are interested in presenting in a panel on Russian literary > > reactions to natural disasters > > (such as Messina's or Lisbon's earthquakes) please contact me off line. > > Thank you, > > Marilena Ruscica > > marilena at stanford.edu > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription > > options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: > > http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > -- > Amelia Glaser > Visiting Fellow > Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute > -- Amelia Glaser Visiting Fellow Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From LShipley at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU Wed Jan 19 17:25:41 2005 From: LShipley at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU (Linda Mayhew) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:25:41 -0500 Subject: Volunteer Opportunity - Paid Trip to Russia Message-ID: I am posting this message for an acquaintance. The non-profit ANDORC (Association for Nursing the Development of Orphaned Russian Children) is seeking a volunteer to travel to Russia this summer to work directly with orphans. The costs of the trip are covered by ANDORC and include plane ticket, visa, and apartment for three months. Knowledge of Russian, or experience working with orphans, is not required (although of course would help). The primary responsibilities of the volunteer will be to cuddle and play with babies and children living in the orphanages. This would be a great opportunity for a graduate student who wanted to spend the summer in Russia. For more information, please visit ANDORC's website: www.andorc.com or e-mail administrator at andorc.com If you are interested, please fill out the application on the website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From donna.orwin at UTORONTO.CA Wed Jan 19 17:52:55 2005 From: donna.orwin at UTORONTO.CA (Donna Orwin) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:52:55 -0500 Subject: Tolstoy Conference next summer at Iasnaia Poliana Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Those of you thinking about attending the conference on Tolstoy and World Literature at Iasnaia Poliana scheduled for August 22-26 should submit proposals for talks to either myself or Galina Alexeeva within the next month. It takes a long time to get official letters of invitation that are necessary for visas for scholars. For more information about the conference and how to apply, go to tolstoystudies.org. Best regards to all, Donna Orwin ---------------------------- Prof. Donna Tussing Orwin Editor, Tolstoy Studies Journal Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures University of Toronto Alumni Hall 415 121 St. Joseph St. Toronto. ON M5S 1J4 Tel. 416-926-1300. ext. 3316 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From e.gapova at WORLDNET.ATT.NET Wed Jan 19 17:57:10 2005 From: e.gapova at WORLDNET.ATT.NET (Elena Gapova) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:57:10 -0500 Subject: Volunteer Opportunity - Paid Trip to Russia In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I am feeling uncomfortable about this call for a volunteer. Am I "too" sensitive? Elena Gapova -----Original Message----- From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Linda Mayhew Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 12:26 PM To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: [SEELANGS] Volunteer Opportunity - Paid Trip to Russia I am posting this message for an acquaintance. The non-profit ANDORC (Association for Nursing the Development of Orphaned Russian Children) is seeking a volunteer to travel to Russia this summer to work directly with orphans. The costs of the trip are covered by ANDORC and include plane ticket, visa, and apartment for three months. Knowledge of Russian, or experience working with orphans, is not required (although of course would help). The primary responsibilities of the volunteer will be to cuddle and play with babies and children living in the orphanages. This would be a great opportunity for a graduate student who wanted to spend the summer in Russia. For more information, please visit ANDORC's website: www.andorc.com or e-mail administrator at andorc.com If you are interested, please fill out the application on the website. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From sarahhurst at ALASKA.NET Thu Jan 20 00:54:35 2005 From: sarahhurst at ALASKA.NET (Sarah Hurst) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 15:54:35 -0900 Subject: Volunteer Opportunity - Paid Trip to Russia In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I agree. It sounds naive at best and potentially a call for paedophiles at worst. Are there really no local volunteers available in Russia who could be vetted and provide this service of cuddling babies and children? Sarah Hurst -----Original Message----- From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Elena Gapova Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 8:57 AM To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Volunteer Opportunity - Paid Trip to Russia I am feeling uncomfortable about this call for a volunteer. Am I "too" sensitive? Elena Gapova ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From dhh2 at COLUMBIA.EDU Thu Jan 20 01:25:15 2005 From: dhh2 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Diana Howansky) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:25:15 -0500 Subject: Registration deadline extended for 2005 IAUS Congress Message-ID: Dear All: Please distribute to your listserves: The deadline to register for the Sixth Congress of the International Association of Ukrainian Studies (IAUS) has been extended one month, until February 20, 2005. Given recent political events in Ukraine, the Organizing Committee of the 2005 IAUS Congress has decided to extend the deadline for submitting paper, roundtable and panel proposals. Should you have further questions, please contact the individuals -- Ms. Howansky or Mr. Petrovskyi -- listed in the detailed announcement below. THE SIXTH CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UKRAINIAN STUDIES ***Deadline for proposals: February 20, 2005*** DATE AND LOCATION: The Sixth Congress of the International Association of Ukrainian Studies (IAUS) is scheduled to take place from June 29 to July 1, 2005 at Donetsk State University in Donetsk, Ukraine. PROGRAM: The work of the Congress will be organized in three formats: 1) sessions (panels) with a stated theme, 1 chair, 3-4 presenters (presentations up to 15 minutes), and 1-2 discussants; 2) roundtables with a stated theme for discussion, 1 chair, and 3-4 discussants; 3) presentations of publications and research projects. In addition to the customary fields, the Congress Organizing Committee particularly encourages forming sessions around these thematic blocks: 1) history and culture of southern and eastern Ukraine; 2) regional and local problems of Donbas; 3) Ukrainian-Russian borderlands; 4) ethnic groups in southern and eastern Ukraine; 5) industrialization, urbanization and worker’s movements; 6) the history of science. When putting together the program of the Congress, the Organizing Committee will give preference to those applications which propose ready-made panels, roundtables and presentations. Should a panel or roundtable proposal be developed by individuals from outside of Ukraine, the Organizing Committee asks that at least one participant from Ukraine be included in it. The working languages of the Congress will be Ukrainian, English, German, Polish and Russian. If participants of panels or roundtables have the intention to conduct work in another language, the Organizing Committee must be notified in advance. REGISTRATION AND PAPER PROPOSAL INFORMATION: Individuals interested in attending the Sixth Congress of the International Association of Ukrainian Studies should complete the online Registration Form for IAUS Congress at http://www.mau.org.ua/2005/announcement.html. (A Registration Form must be completed even if the individual does not wish to present a paper.) Individuals interested in proposing and developing a panel or roundtable must complete (in addition to the Registration Form) the respective online Panel Proposal for IAUS Congress or Roundtable Proposal for IAUS Congress forms, while individuals who would like to present a paper, but are not part of a ready-made panel or roundtable must complete the online Single Paper Proposal for IAUS Congress form. Should participants from Ukraine not have access to a computer, they can also send completed Registration Forms and Proposals can also be sent to: Oleksandr Petrovskyi International Association for Ukrainian Studies vul. Hrushevskoho 4, kimn.214 Kyiv, Ukraine 01001 Tel./Fax: (+380-44)-229-7650 ***PLEASE NOTE: PANEL, ROUNDTABLE, AND SINGLE PAPER PROPOSAL FORMS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL FEBRUARY 20, 2005*** AUDIO/VISUAL EQUIPMENT: If audio/visual equipment is required, please indicate so and specify what kind in your proposal form. You will be notified as to whether your request can be accommodated. REGISTRATION FEES: Registration fees for the Sixth Congress of the International Association of Ukrainian Studies will be posted shortly. Participants will be required to pay the registration fee to their national association of IAUS prior to the beginning of the Congress. ACCOMMODATION AND TRAVEL: Information regarding accommodation and travel will be posted shortly. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: For more information, please contact: Diana Howansky Columbia University, Harriman Institute Room 1209, MC3345 420 W. 118th Street New York, NY 10027 USA Tel.: (+1-212)-854-4697 Fax: (+1-212)-666-3481 ukrainianstudies at columbia.edu Our website, www.mau.org.ua, will also provide continuously updated information about the Sixth Congress of the International Association of Ukrainian Studies. -- Diana Howansky Staff Associate Ukrainian Studies Program Columbia University Room 1209, MC3345 420 W. 118th Street New York, NY 10027 (212) 854-4697 ukrainianstudies at columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/ukrainianstudies/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU Thu Jan 20 04:47:07 2005 From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:47:07 -0800 Subject: Volunteer Opportunity - Paid Trip to Russia In-Reply-To: <200501200109.j0K192Gc062466@mercury.acsalaska.net> Message-ID: >I agree. It sounds naive at best and potentially a call for paedophiles at >worst. Are there really no local volunteers available in Russia who could be >vetted and provide this service of cuddling babies and children? In order to volunteer one has to not be in need of money. For the past two decades foreigners were allowed to come and volunteer for severely disabled people. Some of those volunteers were occasionally profiled in Russian press. The statistics for orphans in Russia is very severe. A few years ago we were talking about one million children (in a country of less than 150 million). The adoption laws have been changed a couple of times during the last decade. Now foreigners can adopt non-adoptable children, that is either sick or too old to be adopted by Russians (who usually adopt newborn babies, although not nearly as often as in the US). Foster families do not exist as a system. One Omsk orphanage recently adopted an excellent idea: week-end family. Those who cannot adopt (single or too old) or do not want to adopt have a child over for a week-end. But those young and adoptable actually still have no parents. And many unadoptable do not have either. Most of my information comes from my own volunteer work as interpreter for an organization called Kidsave which is not an adoption agency (but introduces children to families who are interested in adopting older children or children with birth defects, hair lip, for ex.). Once I had to translate for a director of a Dom maljutki - baby orphans. I'll spare you the gruesome details. Yes, volunteers are needed, orphanages are understaffed, and the staff have their own families to care for. I saw maybe a few dozen kids get a new family, which is a drop in the bucket. Kidsave worked not only with Russia but also with Kazakhstan and Moldova to my knowledge. Keep in mind that there is no tradition of volunteering in Russia. So there is nothing terribly suspicious about calling to potential volunteers. I've heard of Russian language students spending summers in Russia working for orphanages (probably for free). If you like children, it's a worthwhile endeavor. -- __________ Alina Israeli LFS, American University 4400 Mass. Ave., NW Washington, DC 20016 phone: (202) 885-2387 fax: (202) 885-1076 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From e.gapova at WORLDNET.ATT.NET Thu Jan 20 02:09:05 2005 From: e.gapova at WORLDNET.ATT.NET (Elena Gapova) Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:09:05 -0500 Subject: Volunteer Opportunity - Paid Trip to Russia In-Reply-To: Message-ID: It is not the calling to volunteers that seems disturbing, but the fact that knowledge of Russian, or experience working with orphans, is not required. Almost like "anything goes"... e.g. -----Original Message----- From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Alina Israeli Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:47 PM To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Volunteer Opportunity - Paid Trip to Russia >I agree. It sounds naive at best and potentially a call for paedophiles at >worst. Are there really no local volunteers available in Russia who could be >vetted and provide this service of cuddling babies and children? In order to volunteer one has to not be in need of money. For the past two decades foreigners were allowed to come and volunteer for severely disabled people. Some of those volunteers were occasionally profiled in Russian press. The statistics for orphans in Russia is very severe. A few years ago we were talking about one million children (in a country of less than 150 million). The adoption laws have been changed a couple of times during the last decade. Now foreigners can adopt non-adoptable children, that is either sick or too old to be adopted by Russians (who usually adopt newborn babies, although not nearly as often as in the US). Foster families do not exist as a system. One Omsk orphanage recently adopted an excellent idea: week-end family. Those who cannot adopt (single or too old) or do not want to adopt have a child over for a week-end. But those young and adoptable actually still have no parents. And many unadoptable do not have either. Most of my information comes from my own volunteer work as interpreter for an organization called Kidsave which is not an adoption agency (but introduces children to families who are interested in adopting older children or children with birth defects, hair lip, for ex.). Once I had to translate for a director of a Dom maljutki - baby orphans. I'll spare you the gruesome details. Yes, volunteers are needed, orphanages are understaffed, and the staff have their own families to care for. I saw maybe a few dozen kids get a new family, which is a drop in the bucket. Kidsave worked not only with Russia but also with Kazakhstan and Moldova to my knowledge. Keep in mind that there is no tradition of volunteering in Russia. So there is nothing terribly suspicious about calling to potential volunteers. I've heard of Russian language students spending summers in Russia working for orphanages (probably for free). If you like children, it's a worthwhile endeavor. -- __________ Alina Israeli LFS, American University 4400 Mass. Ave., NW Washington, DC 20016 phone: (202) 885-2387 fax: (202) 885-1076 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From bochung at INDIANA.EDU Thu Jan 20 14:27:04 2005 From: bochung at INDIANA.EDU (Bora Chung) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:27:04 -0500 Subject: Panel search for AAASS In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Ms. Lim, I replied to your personal email a while ago but received no reply, so I am replying again to Seelangs list. My name is Bora Chung and I am a graduate student at Indiana University. I am interested in your idea on Russian Orientalism and would like tobe a part of your panel. I'd like to present a paper on the Russian relationship with Central Asia if that suits your idea. I've never been to AAASS and I don't know how things work. Should I send an abstract to you? By when? I'd greatly appreciate more information. Sincerely, Bora Chung bochung at indiana.edu Quoting susanna lim : > I am a graduate student majoring in Russian literature at the Slavic dept of > UCLA. I am interested in participating in the AAASS 2005 convention at Salt > Lake City, and I am looking for a panel on Russian Orientalism in which I > could present my paper. > My paper will be a chapter from my dissertation, which focuses on the image > of East Asia in Russian Modernism, 1890s -1917. > > Thank you, > Susanna Lim > Slavic dpt > UCLA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription > options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: > http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From natalie.kononenko at UALBERTA.CA Thu Jan 20 22:52:43 2005 From: natalie.kononenko at UALBERTA.CA (nataliek) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 15:52:43 -0700 Subject: Query about psal'my Message-ID: Dear Seelangs list members, I need some help. I'm working on Ukrainian funerary poetry and I'm having a hard time getting information on psal'my, not the ones of David in the Psaltyr, but the kind that babtsi sing over the deceased. Sventsits'kyi says that they originate in the hymns of Ephraem of Syria and that they were part of the church's attempt to counter-balance the rather pagan elements found in laments. My guess is that they are of seminary origin and then swallowed by the folk milieu. I have found one reference that says you could hire a seminarian to write a psalm for your dead relatives on Provody/Radunytsia/Fomina Nedilia. I'm not so much interested in origins. Frankly, any sort of information would do. I was hoping to get some information on psal'my in the context of classic descriptions of funerals from the 19th, early 20th centuries. I have the description by Hnatiuk and Sventsits'ky. I have Chubyns'kyi's work. Both have lots of stuff on laments; nothing on psal'my. Would that mean the psal'my weren't performed then? I don't think so. I think they were simply not recorded because they were not considered folk. I could be wrong, of course. For one thing, somehow all of these classic scholars got people to dictate lament texts. It is impossible to get people to dictate now, even though people do lament in rural Ukraine and can go on for hours. Perhaps our classic scholars wrote the laments from memory rather than from dictation. I could do this. They probably could have also. In any case, all guidance and suggestions are welcome. Natalie Kononenko Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography University of Alberta Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies 441C Arts Building Edmonton, AB Canada T6G 2E6 http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/uvp/ Phone: 780-492-6810 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From tdolack at DARKWING.UOREGON.EDU Thu Jan 20 22:34:25 2005 From: tdolack at DARKWING.UOREGON.EDU (Tom Dolack) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:34:25 -0800 Subject: diacritics on mac Message-ID: Vsem privet: This may be old news for some of you, but given the periodic queries on the subject I thought I'd send along my new discovery. Whereas PCs have let you do this for a while, apparently the newest version of Text Edit on Macs (alas, not Word) allows you to put diacritics over Cyrillic characters. I'm on my PC at the moment, so I'm doing this by memory, but here are rough directions: In Text Edit, place your cursor after the letter you want the accent to go over. Go to the character palette (which you can display by going to international settings and selecting "character palette" as you would the Russian flag for switching to Russian). Find "Unicode" and then "adding diacritics" (or something similar). Select the accent you wish to add and then click "insert" at the bottom of the window. That simple! You should also then be able to copy and past them around the document so you need only do one accented 'ya' and then paste it wherever you need in the document Again, sorry for the shoddy directions, I don't have a mac to fine tune them with, but I hope it's useful for someone. You can't save as html in Text Edit, but theoretically you could cut and paste into another program, but I haven't tried it - it can be done with a PC, however. If those directions don't suffice I can write up more exact ones later when I have the time to sit in the local computer lab. Vsego dobrogo, Tom Dolack University of Oregon Comp Lit/REESC tdolack at uoregon.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From k.r.hauge at EAST.UIO.NO Thu Jan 20 22:58:19 2005 From: k.r.hauge at EAST.UIO.NO (Kjetil =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=E5?= Hauge) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 23:58:19 +0100 Subject: diacritics on mac In-Reply-To: <000101c4ff40$3505d120$1c2cdf80@GTFCLNOMAD> Message-ID: >Vsem privet: >This may be old news for some of you, but given the periodic queries on >the subject I thought I'd send along my new discovery. Whereas PCs have >let you do this for a while, apparently the newest version of Text Edit >on Macs (alas, not Word) > It works in Word 2004 and other fully Unicode-compliant programs (Mellel, Nisus Writer Express). |snip] >Select the accent you wish to add and then click "insert" at the bottom >of the window. That simple! You should also then be able to copy and >past them around the document so you need only do one accented 'ya' and >then paste it wherever you need in the document > You can also click the (diacritic) character in the display window for the character block, or in the pane showing the large picture of the character. There is also a handy "Favourites" feature for often used characters. -- --- Kjetil Rå Hauge, U. of Oslo. Tel. +47/22856710, fax +47/22854140 --- (this msg sent from home, +47/67148424, fax +1/5084372444) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Chriwaha at AOL.COM Fri Jan 21 19:54:19 2005 From: Chriwaha at AOL.COM (Chriwaha at AOL.COM) Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 14:54:19 -0500 Subject: Platonov on film Message-ID: Does anyone know where I can get my hands on a copy of Odinokii golos cheloveka, Sokurov's 1978/87 film adaptation of Reka Potudan'? Or the recent Sem'ia Ivanova by Iurii Belen'kii (1999? for TV?)? Or Larisa Shepit'ko's 1967 Rodina elektrichestva? Or for that matter Aleksandr Petrov's animated version of Korova (1990?)? I'm doing an undergrad(!) Platonov course this semester and thought I'd try to shake things up with a little ekranizatsiia... Thanks for any and all tips, Chris Harwood ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From karina.vamling at IMER.MAH.SE Sat Jan 22 08:21:25 2005 From: karina.vamling at IMER.MAH.SE (Karina Vamling) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 03:21:25 -0500 Subject: Georgian online Message-ID: Dear colleagues, For some years we have been offering a distance learning course in Georgian language and culture (with instruction in English) at the School of International Migration and Ethnic Relations, Malmoe University (Sweden). http://www.mah.se/templates/Page____5364.aspx We would be very interested in information about similar courses in languages and cultures of Eastern Europe, and in particular, the Caucasus region. Please, reply to karina.vamling at imer.mah.se. I will post a summary. Best regards, Karina Vamling Karina Vamling, associate professor Language Department School of International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) Malmoe University Sweden ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU Sat Jan 22 20:11:22 2005 From: s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU (Steven Hill) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:11:22 -0600 Subject: Russ.-Ukr.-Germ.-Amer.(-Swed.) actress Message-ID: Dear colleagues: My questions are contained in the last 3 paragraphs below. Once upon a time, a world-famous movie star was known as Anna Sten. Records seem to indicate she was born in Kiev in 1908 or 1909 (?), and indisputably she passed away in New York on Nov. 12, 1993. She became a "star" in the USSR in the last half of the 1920s ("Girl with the Hatbox," etc.), moved to Germany in 1929, and was lured to Hollywood by a million-dollar contract in 1933. For about a decade she was a major celebrity in Hollywood, then faded into obscurity. With Nazimova, Brynner (Yul, not Cyril), Baryshnikov, and arguably also Smirnoff (Yakov), Tamiroff, and Ratoff, Sten was about the biggest "Russian" (read Ukrainian or Jewish or Azerbaijanian or just plain Russian) name ever to grace the screens of Hollywood. The snows of yesteryear... But historians are perplexed by considerable confusion around the actual facts of the biography of "Anna Sten," not least her real name. In recent years attempts have been made to straighten out this confusion, including one by Italo Manzi (1999, posted on "WWW"). I myself have begun a modest attempt in this direction. The biggest obstacle to clarification, which should never have existed, is that some nameless historian years ago jumped to a totally wrong conclusion, that "Anna Sten" was "Anel' Sudakevich." Believe it or not. Minor actress Anel' Sudakevich lived from 1906 to 2002, a Moscovite all her life. Both Sten and Sudakevich were attractive young movie starlets in the USSR, c. 1926-29, and they even appeared in two Russian films together. ("Zemlia v plenu" and "Torgovtsy slavoi" -- which helps to prove they were different individuals.) But Sten left the USSR in 1929, never to return, while Sudakevich spent her entire career in the USSR & post-USSR. To make historical matters worse, after the nameless culprit initially confused Sten with Sudakevich, big US data-bases like "US.IMDM.COM" and "WWW.ALLMOVIE.COM" dutifully (re)wrote their data to merge together some or all of the acting credits of Sten and Sudakevich, as the credits of one actress. "IMDB" went on to justify this merging with the statement that Anna Sten's real name had been "Anel' Sudakevich" -- an argument ex post facto worthy of the old USSR. And for us a first-class mess, which I am now trying to straighten out. Not easy, let me tell you, trying to deal with a computer like "HAL." But progress is slowly being made. I've even received personal replies from actual named individuals at both "IMDB" and "AllMovie," very courteous, thoughtful, and conscientious people, who do want to get the facts straight in their data bases. That's encouraging, and I hope in time those two data bases can be consulted confidently, without the dangerous confusion that has existed heretofore. (Look at how many hundreds or thousands of other sites on "WWW" quote from, or link to, "IMDB" -- including all IMDB's mistakes...) My principal interest at the moment -- about which some knowledgeable readers of "SEELANGS" might have information to contribute? -- concerns the real name of "Anna Sten." If it was not "Anel' Sudakevich," then what was it? And where did the "Sten" come from? My collation of various sources suggests that when this actress was born in Kiev, her father was a Ukrainian choreographer named Petro Fesak (probable but not yet confirmed). In any event, not a Swedish sea captain or God knows what. And her mother supposedly was a Swedish lady (name unspecified.) And that the actress's born name was either Anna (or Hanna) Petrovna Fesak. After a youthful romance with actor-director Leonid L. Obolenskii, Anna eventually married Russian-German-American film producer Eugen Frenke ( "born Russia, 1907" [ ? ] ), so Anna's legal name in the USA was Mrs Eugene Frenke. But as history teaches, performers often change their names, and often use their mother's name in some way. (Cf. Mrs Bogart, nee Betty Jane Persky, who became Lauren "Bacall" -- the surname allegedly from her mother's E. European maiden name, bokal ["tumbler"].) Hence, if "Anna Petrovna Fesak (Mrs. Eugene Frenke)" used the pseudonym "Anna Sten" for her acting career, one wonders -- was the "Sten" from her mother's Swedish maiden name, and if so, was that maiden name merely "Sten," or "Steen," or "Stensson, " or something similar? With thanks for any input on the original names, or anything else, Steven P Hill, University of Illinois (USA). __ __ _ __ _ __ _ __ __ __ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From art2t at CMS.MAIL.VIRGINIA.EDU Sat Jan 22 22:35:42 2005 From: art2t at CMS.MAIL.VIRGINIA.EDU (Rachel Taylor Stauffer) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 17:35:42 -0500 Subject: Reports on K-12 Russian study Message-ID: A simple question/request-anyone know of a more recent case study than Richard Brecht's 1995 "Russian in the United States: A Case Study of America's Language Needs and Capabilities"? Thanks! Rachel Stauffer Ph.D student in Slavic Langs and Lits @ University of Virginia ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From jozio at YAHOO.COM Sat Jan 22 23:28:40 2005 From: jozio at YAHOO.COM (joe phillips) Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:28:40 -0800 Subject: Reports on K-12 Russian study In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I'm sorry that I don't have a better suggestion for you, but I spoke with Richard Brecht in about 2000-2001 and he was working on what I think may have been an update to the aforementioned work (memory may not be serving me faithfully). You may wish to contact him. I believe he is the Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Study of Language at the University of Maryland. --- Rachel Taylor Stauffer wrote: > A simple question/request-anyone know of a more > recent case study than Richard Brecht's 1995 > "Russian in the United States: A Case Study of > America's Language Needs and Capabilities"? > > Thanks! > > Rachel Stauffer > Ph.D student in Slavic Langs and Lits @ University > of Virginia > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Use your web browser to search the archives, > control your subscription > options, and more. Visit and bookmark the > SEELANGS Web Interface at: > > http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ===== Peace be with you! Joe Phillips ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From chrisbclough at GMAIL.COM Sun Jan 23 01:02:16 2005 From: chrisbclough at GMAIL.COM (Chris B. Clough) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 04:02:16 +0300 Subject: Volunteer Opportunity - Paid Trip to Russia In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Perhaps they're just that desperate for help. On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:09:05 -0500, Elena Gapova wrote: > It is not the calling to volunteers that seems disturbing, but the fact that > knowledge of Russian, or experience working with orphans, is not required. > Almost like "anything goes"... > > e.g. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list > [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Alina Israeli > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:47 PM > To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU > Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Volunteer Opportunity - Paid Trip to Russia > > >I agree. It sounds naive at best and potentially a call for paedophiles at > >worst. Are there really no local volunteers available in Russia who could > be > >vetted and provide this service of cuddling babies and children? > > In order to volunteer one has to not be in need of money. For the > past two decades foreigners were allowed to come and volunteer for > severely disabled people. Some of those volunteers were occasionally > profiled in Russian press. > > The statistics for orphans in Russia is very severe. A few years ago > we were talking about one million children (in a country of less than > 150 million). The adoption laws have been changed a couple of times > during the last decade. Now foreigners can adopt non-adoptable > children, that is either sick or too old to be adopted by Russians > (who usually adopt newborn babies, although not nearly as often as in > the US). Foster families do not exist as a system. One Omsk orphanage > recently adopted an excellent idea: week-end family. Those who cannot > adopt (single or too old) or do not want to adopt have a child over > for a week-end. But those young and adoptable actually still have no > parents. And many unadoptable do not have either. > > Most of my information comes from my own volunteer work as > interpreter for an organization called Kidsave which is not an > adoption agency (but introduces children to families who are > interested in adopting older children or children with birth defects, > hair lip, for ex.). Once I had to translate for a director of a Dom > maljutki - baby orphans. I'll spare you the gruesome details. > > Yes, volunteers are needed, orphanages are understaffed, and the > staff have their own families to care for. I saw maybe a few dozen > kids get a new family, which is a drop in the bucket. Kidsave worked > not only with Russia but also with Kazakhstan and Moldova to my > knowledge. > > Keep in mind that there is no tradition of volunteering in Russia. > > So there is nothing terribly suspicious about calling to potential > volunteers. I've heard of Russian language students spending summers > in Russia working for orphanages (probably for free). If you like > children, it's a worthwhile endeavor. > > -- > __________ > Alina Israeli > LFS, American University > 4400 Mass. Ave., NW > Washington, DC 20016 > > phone: (202) 885-2387 > fax: (202) 885-1076 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription > options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: > http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription > options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: > http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- Chris B. Clough Central Post Office P.O. Box 0565 Tver, 170000 Russian Federation chrisbclough at gmail.com +7 (905) 1285454 (mobile) +7 (0822) 356011 (home) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From e.rutten at LET.RUG.NL Sun Jan 23 16:09:15 2005 From: e.rutten at LET.RUG.NL (erutten) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:09:15 +0100 Subject: status internetsources Message-ID: Dear SEELANGers, I am interested in the academic status of internetsources in the humanities. I am thinking not only of i-publications, but also of the use of discussions on chatfora or the amount of google-hits as indicator for an author's popularity. Could anyone advise me on a good up-to-date article on the question to what extent it is 'done' to use such information in academic publications today? Many thanks in advance, Ellen ellen rutten university of groningen department of slavic languages and literatures po box 716 9700 as groningen the netherlands + 31 50 3636029 e.rutten at let.rug.nl www.ellenrutten.nl ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From e.gapova at WORLDNET.ATT.NET Mon Jan 24 00:41:34 2005 From: e.gapova at WORLDNET.ATT.NET (Elena Gapova) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:41:34 -0500 Subject: Volunteer Opportunity - Paid Trip to Russia In-Reply-To: <36fce1cc05012217027f3d9f75@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Probably; I just would love to explain about volunteers - why there is not enough local help. The reason, besides the one that Alina Israeli pointed earlier (to volunteer, you have to have an income), is that in NIS there is no place to which people can go with (or through) volunteer work. In the US, at least part of volunteers do it to gain experience which they may not have otherwise, or get connections, or a good entry in their resumes (sometimes, volunteer work may even lead to employment). In other words, volunteer work is a regular part of how social institutions are made. In NIS, volunteer work and formal structures hardly ever overlap, and a line in a resume that one volunteered in, say, vosstanovlenie Solovetskogo monastyrya, has only "moral value". e.g. -----Original Message----- From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Chris B. Clough Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2005 8:02 PM To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Volunteer Opportunity - Paid Trip to Russia Perhaps they're just that desperate for help. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU Mon Jan 24 04:30:10 2005 From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli) Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 23:30:10 -0500 Subject: Volunteer Opportunity - Paid Trip to Russia In-Reply-To: Message-ID: >Probably; I just would love to explain about volunteers - why there is not >enough local help. The reason, besides the one that Alina Israeli pointed >earlier (to volunteer, you have to have an income), is that in NIS there is >no place to which people can go with (or through) volunteer work. This is not exactly the reason. I believe the reason there is vulonteering in the US is rooted in reformation and protestant church when "good works" were part of punishment of sinners, and good works were designed to show it outwardly by caring for the sick and the hungry. I am not a specialist in religious history, but I am willing to speculate that it spread from there. As for places to work, there are plenty of sick and plenty of hungry, except no one is going to admit it. There are homeless who need to be fed. And then of course there are orphans. >In the US, >at least part of volunteers do it to gain experience which they may not have >otherwise, or get connections, or a good entry in their resumes (sometimes, >volunteer work may even lead to employment). In other words, volunteer work >is a regular part of how social institutions are made. In NIS, volunteer >work and formal structures hardly ever overlap, and a line in a resume that >one volunteered in, say, vosstanovlenie Solovetskogo monastyrya, has only >"moral value". Working for "habitat for humanity" (by association with the monastery) has nothing but "moral value" plus a home for someone who needs one. Volunteering is done not only in hopes of a job but also after retiring, if there is desire to do so. My grandfather worked for free (now we would say volunteered) at a TB clinic near-by after he retired. Where there is will, there is a way. But there is no tradition. __________________________ Alina Israeli LFS, American University 4400 Mass. Ave., NW Washington, DC 20016 phone: (202) 885-2387 fax: (202) 885-1076 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From a_komaromi at YAHOO.COM Mon Jan 24 14:21:33 2005 From: a_komaromi at YAHOO.COM (Ann Komaromi) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:21:33 -0500 Subject: Looking for project collaborators for "Chronicle" project Message-ID: ***PROJECT COLLABORATORS WANTED*** For Work on the Annotated Edition of the Major Soviet Dissident Journal CHRONICLE OF CURRENT EVENTS (KHRONIKA TEKUSHCHIKH SOBYTII) (1968-1982) in preparation by the "Memorial" Society with the Institute for the Study of Eastern Europe (Germany) The CHRONICLE OF CURRENT EVENTS, an informational bulletin produced by Moscow human-rights activists, was the only authoritative, long-running unofficial news publication in the USSR. The CHRONICLE today offers a rare type of documentation for students of the history of this totalitarian system. Moreover, the CHRONICLE represents a key source for analysis of international relations during the era of the Cold War, when Soviet dissidence caught the attention of Western observers and human rights became a key component of international policies. The CHRONICLE recorded both the rise of dissident hopes on favorable international political waves and the subsequent sacrifice of dissident concerns for political expediency. At the same time, a striking feature of the Soviet dissident movement reflected in the CHRONICLE was the solidarity of persecuted individuals in the USSR – writers, artists, physicists, mathematicians, historians, and human rights activists came together in this forum, which helped prevent the Soviet regime from dealing with its "undesirables" in secret. The shared values of freedom of expression and respect for individual rights, as well as the personal sympathy and concern for fellows that brought people together in the CHRONICLE helped destroy many old and unhealthy political standards operating in the Soviet (and not only Soviet) system. The amount of information found in the CHRONICLE is staggering. In 60-odd issues more than 12,000 names appear. Among them are many Western scholars and cultural figures, social activists, journalists, religious thinkers and politicians. The pages of the bulletin record translations of foreign essays and literature circulated in samizdat. Dozens of publications from the Western press are cited. One finds here also names of hundreds of international and foreign organizations (both governmental and non-governmental). The publishers of this annotated edition of the CHRONICLE invite students of the humanities and social sciences to take advantage of this rich store of historical information and gain valuable research experience. We are looking for assistance with the compilation of biographical and bibliographical commentary concerning foreign names, emigrants from the USSR, Western institutions and texts. The field of possible collaboration is wide and we will be pleased to help design projects for those interested in various aspects of Twentieth century history relevant to preparation of the CHRONICLE publication, including the history of Soviet counterculture, human rights movements, religious or national organizations in the USSR, and etc. Collaborators with Russian language skills are sought (and participation in the project could form a meaningful part of a language practicum), although communication can be conducted in English. Please contact project coordinators in Russia: **Julia Vsevolodovna, phone (095) 209-78-83, (1-3 pm weekdays) khronika2004 at yandex.ru Or in North America: **Ann Komaromi, University of Toronto, phone (416) 585-4575 khronikats at yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brifkin at WISC.EDU Mon Jan 24 15:12:32 2005 From: brifkin at WISC.EDU (Benjamin Rifkin) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:12:32 -0600 Subject: Slavic flyer Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: I am putting together a flyer for colleges and universities to use to help promote Slavic language and literature classes. The flyer can be used anywhere, but will be designed to fit the cultural context of North American institutions. Please let me know if your institution teaches a language not on this list: Bulgarian Czech Polish Russian Serbo-Croatian Ukrainian Anyone teaching Belarusan or Slovak? Slovene or Macedonian? Also, anyone teaching non-Slavic languages of Eastern Europe, e.g. Romanian, Hungarian, Baltic languages? Thanks for speaking up, contact me off list. The flyer will be published in the AATSEEL Newsletter, which will be distributed electronically, allowing AATSEEL members to print off the flyer for distribution in their institution. Sincerely, Ben Rifkin Past President of AATSEEL ************* 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) 890-0267 http://www.wisc.edu/creeca ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From jknox at BOWDOIN.EDU Mon Jan 24 16:03:06 2005 From: jknox at BOWDOIN.EDU (Jane E. Knox-Voina) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:03:06 -0500 Subject: Slavic flyer Message-ID: We teach only Russian at Bowdoin College. Jane Knox-Voina Benjamin Rifkin wrote: >Dear Colleagues: > >I am putting together a flyer for colleges and universities to use to help >promote Slavic language and literature classes. The flyer can be used >anywhere, but will be designed to fit the cultural context of North American >institutions. > >Please let me know if your institution teaches a language not on this list: > >Bulgarian >Czech >Polish >Russian >Serbo-Croatian >Ukrainian > >Anyone teaching Belarusan or Slovak? Slovene or Macedonian? > >Also, anyone teaching non-Slavic languages of Eastern Europe, e.g. Romanian, >Hungarian, Baltic languages? > >Thanks for speaking up, contact me off list. > >The flyer will be published in the AATSEEL Newsletter, which will be >distributed electronically, allowing AATSEEL members to print off the flyer >for distribution in their institution. > >Sincerely, > >Ben Rifkin >Past President of AATSEEL > >************* >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) 890-0267 >http://www.wisc.edu/creeca > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription > options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: > http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU Mon Jan 24 17:29:44 2005 From: russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU (Russell Valentino) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:29:44 -0600 Subject: evaluator In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Ben, Would you be willing and able to come do a site evaluation of our REEES Distance Learning Consortium some time this semester? The project is described here: http://www.language.iastate.edu/REEES/Home/FrontPage.htm. We could pay for your trip and provide a $1,500 honorarium. All we'd ask in return is a brief written report and any recommendations you might be able to make. Let me know if you have any questions. I'd be very happy if you could do it. If not, any suggestions you might have would be appreciated. Thanks very much. Russell Russell Valentino Associate Professor Program in Russian Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature University of Iowa Tel. (319) 353-2193 Fax (319) 353-2524 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU Mon Jan 24 17:33:41 2005 From: russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU (Russell Valentino) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:33:41 -0600 Subject: evaluator In-Reply-To: <6.0.1.1.2.20050124112558.01c09058@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu> Message-ID: Never thought I'd do that. My apologies to the list. The invitation stands. At 11:29 AM 1/24/2005, you wrote: >Dear Ben, > >Would you be willing and able to come do a site evaluation of our REEES >Distance Learning Consortium some time this semester? > >The project is described here: >http://www.language.iastate.edu/REEES/Home/FrontPage.htm. > >We could pay for your trip and provide a $1,500 honorarium. All we'd ask >in return is a brief written report and any recommendations you might be >able to make. > >Let me know if you have any questions. I'd be very happy if you could do >it. If not, any suggestions you might have would be appreciated. > >Thanks very much. > >Russell > > >Russell Valentino >Associate Professor >Program in Russian >Department of Cinema and Comparative Literature >University of Iowa >Tel. (319) 353-2193 >Fax (319) 353-2524 > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription > options, and more. 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Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From lypark at UIUC.EDU Mon Jan 24 18:29:33 2005 From: lypark at UIUC.EDU (Lynda Park) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:29:33 -0600 Subject: PROGRAM: 2005 Summer Research Lab, University of Illinois Message-ID: The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center and the Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, are pleased to announce its 2005 Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia, June 13 - August 5. Please check the website for the full list of programs, eligibility, and application information: http://www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl/srl.html The SRL enables scholars to conduct advanced research in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. Lab associates are given full access to the collection and resources of the University of Illinois Library, the largest Slavic collection west of Washington, DC, and are able to seek assistance from the Slavic Reference Service staff. The SRL provides an opportunity for specialists to keep current on knowledge and research in the field, to access newly available and archival materials, and disseminate knowledge to other scholars, professionals, government officials, and the public. The Summer Lab is an ideal program for doctoral students conducting pre-dissertation/dissertation research. The following persons are eligible to apply to the Summer Lab: * Faculty or doctoral students at a university or college who are teaching and/or doing research on the region. * Individuals who have a PhD and are doing research on the region, even if this expertise is not being used in current employment. * Individuals working in an area of government or business related to the region, regardless of academic training. * Librarians specializing in the Slavic, East European, and Eurasian field. To be eligible for housing grants and the new graduate student travel grants, the above criteria apply along with the following: * Research Area: Scholars conducting policy relevant research on the countries of Eurasia and Southeastern Europe. Under US Department of State regulations, housing grants MAY NOT be provided to scholars conducting research (policy relevant or otherwise) on any of the new EU nations - Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. * Policy Relevance: All applicants requesting housing grants must state the policy relevance of their research. For junior scholars policy relevance can be envisioned in fairly broad terms; however, State Department regulations stipulate that senior scholars cannot be funded unless their research is clearly policy relevant. For more information on policy relevance, please check the SRL website under "proposal information". * For graduate student travel grant, applicants must be a U.S. citizen/permanent resident. Application Deadlines: Housing Grants: for Non-citizens 1 April for U.S. citizens and permanent residents 15 April Graduate Student Travel Grants: for U.S. citizens and permanent residents only 15 April Lab Only (no housing grant): for guaranteed housing availability 15 April, or at least 2 weeks prior to arrival (housing not guaranteed) *For those of you who have applied to the Summer Lab in the past, please make note that some of the application procedures has changed. Please use the new 2005 application to apply. ********************************************************* 2005 SUMMER RESEARCH LAB PROGRAMS Balkan Studies Training Workshop for Junior Scholars Thinking and Writing Balkan Studies: Policy and Paradigms for the 21st Century June 21-23 Moderator: Robert Hayden (Director of CREES & Professor of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh) Ralph and Ruth Fisher Forum(organized with AWSS) International Conference on Commodity, Consumer, Entrepreneur?: Women and the Marketplace June 24–25, 407 Levis Faculty Center Summer Symposium Slavery in the Twenty-First Century: Trafficking of Women and Children June 25, 2:00–5:30 PM, 407 Levis Faculty Center Research Workshop June 15–24 Summer Lab Noontime Scholars Lecture Series June 14–July 5 Held each Tuesday (unless otherwise indicated) from 12:00–1:00p.m. Summer Lab Film Series June 13–July 13 Shown Monday and Wednesday evenings. Slavic Digital Text Workshop July 5 - 8 (tentative) Coordinator: Miranda Remnek, Slavic and East European Library, University of Illinois, mremnek at uiuc.edu Voluntary Discussion Groups, Workshops, and Conferences Questions about specific groups should be addressed directly to the group coordinator. Early Russian History, June 13-17 Coordinator: Ann Kleimola, Department of History, University of Nebraska, kleimola at unlinfo.unl.edu Nineteenth Century Russian Reading Culture, June 27-29 Coordinator: Miranda Remnek, Slavic and East European Library, University of Illinois, mremnek at uiuc.edu Ukrainian Conference on "Contemporary Ukraine," June 29-July 2 Coordinator: Dmytro Shtohryn, Slavic and East European Library, University of Illinois, shtohryn at uiuc.edu For more information contact the Russian, East European and Eurasian Center at the University of Illinois at reec at uiuc.edu, 217.333.1244. The Summer Research Lab is funded in part by the U.S. State Department Title VIII grant, the U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant, and generous contributions from private donors. Lynda Y. Park, Assistant Director Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center University of Illinois 104 International Studies Building, MC-487 910 South Fifth Street Champaign, IL 61820 (217) 333-6022, 333-1244; fax (217) 333-1582 lypark at uiuc.edu http://www.reec.uiuc.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From aspektor at FAS.HARVARD.EDU Mon Jan 24 23:48:20 2005 From: aspektor at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Alex Spektor) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:48:20 -0500 Subject: new web-based translation journal -- call for submissions!!! Message-ID: Transfusion, a new web-based literary journal dedicated to publishing translations of prose and poetry from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, is pleased to announce the launch of its first issue, on the web at www.transfusionjournal.org. Transfusion aims to fill a significant gap in North American publishing by featuring works that have never before appeared in English. With institutional backing from Harvard University and the support of key academics and Eastern European writers, we are now accepting submissions for our second fall issue. If you have translations available, or would like to workshop a project-in-progress with Transfusion, please send us your work. We can be contacted by e-mail at slavtran at fas.harvard.edu. Please note that translators are responsible for securing permissions for publication. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From gribble.3 at OSU.EDU Tue Jan 25 00:53:07 2005 From: gribble.3 at OSU.EDU (Charles Gribble) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:53:07 -0500 Subject: Slavic flyer In-Reply-To: Message-ID: @Please see below. At 10:12 AM 1/24/2005, you wrote: >Dear Colleagues: > >I am putting together a flyer for colleges and universities to use to help >promote Slavic language and literature classes. The flyer can be used >anywhere, but will be designed to fit the cultural context of North American >institutions. > >Please let me know if your institution teaches a language not on this list: > >Bulgarian >Czech >Polish >Russian >Serbo-Croatian >Ukrainian > >Anyone teaching Belarusan or Slovak? Slovene or Macedonian? @I taught Structure of Macedonian at Ohio State in Spring 2003 and Slovenian for reading three times in the late '70s and in the '80s. >Also, anyone teaching non-Slavic languages of Eastern Europe, e.g. Romanian, >Hungarian, Baltic languages? @OSU teaches 4-skill Romanian and Hungarian every year (Romanian for about 30 years) > Charles E. Gribble Professor of Slavic Languages The Ohio State University, Columbus 1775 College Rd., Room 400 Columbus OH 43210-1340 e-mail: gribble.3 at osu.edu Tel. 614-292-6733 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From gribble.3 at OSU.EDU Tue Jan 25 01:13:08 2005 From: gribble.3 at OSU.EDU (Charles Gribble) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:13:08 -0500 Subject: Apologies Message-ID: (krasneja): My apologies to the list for sending to everybody a message intended for Ben Rifkin. Charles E. Gribble Professor of Slavic Languages The Ohio State University, Columbus 1775 College Rd., Room 400 Columbus OH 43210-1340 e-mail: gribble.3 at osu.edu Tel. 614-292-6733 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brifkin at WISC.EDU Tue Jan 25 01:18:52 2005 From: brifkin at WISC.EDU (Benjamin Rifkin) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:18:52 -0600 Subject: Flyer Information Message-ID: Dear SEELANGers: Thanks to all who have responded to my query for information about Slavic and East European languages taught around the country. It is truly impressive. I would like to inform the list that the purpose of this flyer is not to give specific information about what languages are offered on what campuses, but rather to provide Slavists on any campus with a flyer they can adapt to their own individual needs and purposes. For instance, on my own campus, we won¹t advertise Bulgarian because we don¹t teach it. But other campuses do teach Bulgarian and therefore will want to have that language listed and advertised in their version of the flyer. What I have learned from this process is that I can¹t possibly include all the languages we teach in any meaningful way. But what I can do is create a space in the flyer for Slavists on each campus to introduce their own department specific language information. Sincerely, Ben Rifkin Past President of AATSEEL ************* 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) 890-0267 http://www.wisc.edu/creeca ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From brifkin at WISC.EDU Tue Jan 25 01:42:31 2005 From: brifkin at WISC.EDU (Benjamin Rifkin) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:42:31 -0600 Subject: List of languages Message-ID: Dear SEELANGers: Here is a list of languages taught at just those institutions which have responded to me in the past 12 or so hours: [The list reflects the controversy surrounding the naming of South-Slavic languages, e.g., BCS, Croatian, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian. Yes, I understand that these may be considered one language or separate languages. Forgive me for leaving that discussion to politicians and other linguists.] 1. BCS (Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian) 2. Belarusan 3. Bulgarian 4. Croatian 5. Czech 6. Estonian 7. Hungarian 8. Latvian 9. Lithuanian 10. Macedonian 11. Old Church Slavonic 12. Polish 13. Romanian 14. Russian 15. Serbian 16. Serbo-Croatian 17. Slovak 18. Slovenian 19. Turkish 20. Ukrainian 21. Yiddish I did not keep the data on Central Asian languages, such as Uzbek. If your department or program teaches a Slavic or East European language that does NOT appear on this list (anyone for Albanian, Roma or Ruthenian/Rusyn, lower or upper Sorbian?), please do let me know what it is. If your department or program teaches some combination of the 21 or so languages listed above, your languages have been ³covered.² I am very grateful to the many people who wrote me with information today: it¹s a demonstration of the solidarity of our field. 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 (608) 262-3379; Fax (608) 890-0267 http://www.wisc.edu/creeca ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From e.gapova at WORLDNET.ATT.NET Tue Jan 25 04:03:23 2005 From: e.gapova at WORLDNET.ATT.NET (Elena Gapova) Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:03:23 -0500 Subject: Volunteer Opportunity - Paid Trip to Russia In-Reply-To: Message-ID: US is not currently a "protestant" country; it probably was at some point, but then volunteer work was much less popular than now. If the farther from protestantism, the more volunteer enthusiasm there is, then protestant ethics cannot be the reason. The call to a volunteer which we are discussing was followed by a remark that it could be a great opportunity for a graduate student of Russian, i.e. NAMED THE INTEREST one might have in pursuing the offer. And there is no taxation on charity payments. And a student of mine (at umich) told me last week, that after graduation (her major is anthropology) she thinks of joining the Peace Corps: "there 's not much to do, you know". And there is no tradition among elderly people to "rastit' vnukov" the way it is done in FSU, which leaves them with some extra time. And most people are affiliated with churches which serve, among ohter things, as "clubs", channeling one's social interaction and leisure into certain forms (the function of church in Russia is different) etc. My point was that there is a complex set of structural reasons for volunteering, existing "aside" from what people believe is their personal reason for doing good. Though most engaged in volunteer work honestly believe that they do it out of humane considerations, it is a part of a certain structural arrangement with a set of reasons and "rewards" (both moral and material). In social theory (which is such an unsentimental killjoy - you cannot feed a duck in a park without thinking "why am I doing this?"), even if one is helping at an asylym because this gives her the feeling of being "a good person", this is considered an "interest". The following example may help to clarify the point. Though most Northerners belived in abolishing the slavery for moral (democratic, human etc.) reasons, the "true" (i.e. structural) reason for thinking this way was a need in free working hands in the industrialized Northern part of the US. The South thought of the issue very differently, because it was more rural etc. In Soviet times, volunteer work was shaped through different formal structures that currently in the US: subbotniki, volunteer work for "Fond Mira", stroiotryady etc. It was channeled into bigger projects. As for homeless etc., these did not exist (as a mass social phenomenon): this is smth. of which the socialist state was supposed to take care. The responsibility of the state was to provide for everyone (and the reciprocity was the loyalty to that state): average citizens "didn't have" to worry about that. When, after collapse of state socialism, new social ills were produced in great numbers, older forms of volunteer work had already been dismantled, while new structures were not formed yet. Though after Beslan, the amount of money sent was so huge, that now "they don't know what to do with it". e.g. -----Original Message----- From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Alina Israeli Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 11:30 PM To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Volunteer Opportunity - Paid Trip to Russia >Probably; I just would love to explain about volunteers - why there is not >enough local help. The reason, besides the one that Alina Israeli pointed >earlier (to volunteer, you have to have an income), is that in NIS there is >no place to which people can go with (or through) volunteer work. This is not exactly the reason. I believe the reason there is vulonteering in the US is rooted in reformation and protestant church when "good works" were part of punishment of sinners, and good works were designed to show it outwardly by caring for the sick and the hungry. I am not a specialist in religious history, but I am willing to speculate that it spread from there. As for places to work, there are plenty of sick and plenty of hungry, except no one is going to admit it. There are homeless who need to be fed. And then of course there are orphans. >In the US, >at least part of volunteers do it to gain experience which they may not have >otherwise, or get connections, or a good entry in their resumes (sometimes, >volunteer work may even lead to employment). In other words, volunteer work >is a regular part of how social institutions are made. In NIS, volunteer >work and formal structures hardly ever overlap, and a line in a resume that >one volunteered in, say, vosstanovlenie Solovetskogo monastyrya, has only >"moral value". Working for "habitat for humanity" (by association with the monastery) has nothing but "moral value" plus a home for someone who needs one. Volunteering is done not only in hopes of a job but also after retiring, if there is desire to do so. My grandfather worked for free (now we would say volunteered) at a TB clinic near-by after he retired. Where there is will, there is a way. But there is no tradition. __________________________ Alina Israeli LFS, American University 4400 Mass. Ave., NW Washington, DC 20016 phone: (202) 885-2387 fax: (202) 885-1076 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. 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Tel: +44(0)115-9515831. E-mail:nicholas.luker at nottingham.ac.uk. THE FOLLOWING FUNDING IS AVAILABLE: 1. ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH BOARD (AHRB) FUNDING Students undertaking MA by Research and PhD study can apply for these awards, full details of which can be found at www.ahrb.ac.uk. Applicants must first be accepted by the University. The initial application should therefore be submitted on the standard University application form, available on-line; follow the links from www.nottingham.ac.uk/prospectuses/postgrad. The School of Modern Languages deadline for applications is 25 February 2005, to allow sufficient time for the application to be processed for submission to the AHRB by its deadline of 3 May 2005. To be eligible to apply for AHRB funding, applicants must be a graduate of a recognised HEI or be due to graduate in summer 2005, or hold an equivalent qualification from an overseas institution. See AHRB website for further details. 2. SCHOOL OF MODERN LANGUAGES' STUDENTSHIPS The School offers a number of Postgraduate Studentships for students undertaking full-cost Taught MA, MA by Research and PhD programmes. A studentship covers tuition fees at the UK/EU rate and a maintenance grant each year: one year for MA study, or a maximum of three years for full-time doctoral study. The annual maintenance grant rises in line with national levels set by the AHRB, and is expected to be £12,000 in 2005-06. Please note that students wishing to apply for an SML Studentship must, where eligible, also apply through Nottingham University for AHRB funding. See 1 above. Applications from students who wish to apply for an SML Studentship and who are not eligible to apply for AHRB funding are also welcome. These should be submitted by 3 May, 2005. 3. ARTS FACULTY POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS: Responding to Excellence 50% Tuition Fee Scholarships are available at the University of Nottingham, for entry in 2005 and 2006. Applicants must be classified as 'overseas' students for fees purposes and be applying to study full time. Full details can be found at www.nottingham.ac.uk/international Only students who have been offered a place at the University of Nottingham are eligible to apply for a Scholarship. The initial application should therefore be submitted to the School of Modern Languages on the standard University application form, available on-line; follow the links from www.nottingham.ac.uk/prospectuses/postgrad. The School of Modern Languages deadline for applications is 25 February 2005, to allow sufficient time for the application to be processed for submission to the University of Nottingham International Office by its deadline of 3 May 2005. 4. Additional support The School of Modern Languages would normally expect to offer opportunities to undertake some paid work, e.g. teaching on undergraduate programmes, clerical/receptionist work within the School to post-graduate students. Applications from self-financing students will be accepted until 30 September 2005. All Applications for PG programmes should be submitted to the Russian and Slavonic Studies Department within the School of Modern Languages on the standard University application form, available on-line; follow the links from www.nottingham.ac.uk/prospectuses/postgrad, or from: The Admissions Office, Portland Building The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD UK T: +44 (0)115 951 4749 F: +44 (0)115 951 4668 E: postgraduate-enquiries at nottingham.ac.uk Please indicate clearly on the application form whether you wish to apply for AHRB funding/SML Studentship/Arts Faculty Postgraduate Scholarship Professor Wendy Rosslyn Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD tel: 0115 951 5829 fax: 0115 951 5834 This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. 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Thank you in advance, Lonny Harrison ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From evans-ro at OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU Tue Jan 25 16:05:12 2005 From: evans-ro at OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU (Karen Evans-Romaine) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:05:12 -0500 Subject: Call for Papers: SAMLA, 4-6 November 2005 Message-ID: Dear colleagues, The following is a courtesy posting. Please do *not* respond to the sender. See information below. Call for Papers, SAMLA (South Atlantic Modern Language Association) 4-6 November 2005, Atlanta Abstract deadline: 27 February 2005 SAMLA invites papers for a panel on Russian literature. Please send abstracts to Professor E. C. Barksdale, University of Florida, at barksdal at germslav.ufl.edu. If you have any questions, please call or write Dr. Marya Ziegler at maryaziegler54 at hotmail.com, telephone 410-243-9065. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. 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Conference organizers are inviting proposals for panels or individual papers addressing all disciplines related to Slavic histories, political science, literatures, linguistics, sociology, economics, and other fields. Persons proposing papers must be willing to be scheduled either Friday or Saturday. Faculty and graduate students are encouraged to submit presentations. Please send a one-paragraph abstract, along with a brief c.v. to csees at osu.edu by 30 January 2005. For more information, contact the Center for Slavic and East European Studies at 614-292-8770 or at csees at osu.edu. Halina Stephan, Director Center for Slavic and East European Studies 303 Oxley Hall Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210-1219 Phone 614-292-8770 Fax 614-292-4273 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From lomasz at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Wed Jan 26 06:23:07 2005 From: lomasz at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Sara Lomasz) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 01:23:07 -0500 Subject: Tour groups in St. Petersburg Message-ID: Among the best tours any visitor to Petersburg can take is through Peter Kozyrev's Peter's Walking Tours. Peter started leading walking and rooftop tours in the mid-90s (sadly the rooftop tours are no longer on offer) and there is never a dull moment with this lot. This summer Peter was commissioned by a German TV station to lead a group of us by tram to various sites relating to Dostoevsky. The tram was driven by none other than Dostoevsky's great-great-grandson Alexei. One of the starting points for Peter's tours is the International Hostel not too far from Ploshchad Vosstaniya. It may not be a package deal, but your student could line up accomodation at the hostel and be in the thick of things for one of the dozen or so tours. Read all about Peter & Co. at www.peterswalk.com. Best, Sara Lomasz University of Arizona grad student ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From miriam_finkelstein at WEB.DE Wed Jan 26 10:16:44 2005 From: miriam_finkelstein at WEB.DE (Miriam Finkelstein) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:16:44 +0100 Subject: status internetsources Message-ID: Dear Ellen, how are you? I'm using this opportunity to wish you (rather late) a very happy New Year! How is your work going? I'll ask my colleagues about such a publication, they should be informed. Best greetings, Miriam Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list schrieb am 23.01.05 17:06:52: Dear SEELANGers, I am interested in the academic status of internetsources in the humanities. I am thinking not only of i-publications, but also of the use of discussions on chatfora or the amount of google-hits as indicator for an author's popularity. Could anyone advise me on a good up-to-date article on the question to what extent it is 'done' to use such information in academic publications today? Many thanks in advance, Ellen ellen rutten university of groningen department of slavic languages and literatures po box 716 9700 as groningen the netherlands + 31 50 3636029 e.rutten at let.rug.nl www.ellenrutten.nl ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. 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I have a particular interest in less commonly taught foreign language policy and foreign language program administration. I would like to focus my thesis on evaluating foreign language programs with study abroad components. I am currently reviewing survey designs for this purpose but seem to be having very little success. Can anyone suggest or strongly recommend a survey design they have utilized for this purpose? Ms. Jennifer Scoggins Ph.D. Candidate International Development Education Florida State University 850-644-3611 office ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From e.gapova at WORLDNET.ATT.NET Wed Jan 26 15:12:38 2005 From: e.gapova at WORLDNET.ATT.NET (Elena Gapova) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:12:38 -0500 Subject: FW: Russian TV calls for science sector reform in wake of brain drain Message-ID: BBC Monitoring Russian TV calls for science sector reform in wake of brain drain Source: NTV Mir, Moscow, in Russian 1018 gmt 23 Jan 05 Russia's underfunded science sector needs root-and-branch reform in the wake of the brain drain of scientists lured abroad by better pay and conditions, but a proposed privatization of research institutes will fail to solve the problem, according to a documentary on Russian NTV Mir television on 23 January. The documentary, in the "Top Secret" series, said 800,000 scientists left the country in the first 10 years after the easing of emigration rules in the 1990s. Investing in Western science "Their training in Russia had cost 60bn dollars. That is the sum we invested in Western science." And yet science is not just a matter of prestige, "but also the national security and sovereignty of the country". The programme said skilled physicists, biologists, chemists, mathematicians and programmers are in particularly high demand abroad. Interviewed on the departure of the country's scientists, Sergey Kapitsa, vice-president of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, said "our country sacrificed science for the sake of political ambitions that are quite incomprehensible to me. Or they wanted to decapitate the country." Kapitsa said the training of one student at the Moscow Physico-Technical Institute would cost the equivalent of 1m-2m dollars abroad. Thus, "the cost of the roughly 1,500-2,000 students - graduates - that the Moscow Physico-Technical Institute has sent to the USA amounts to several billion dollars". The programme quoted foreign intelligence sources as estimating that 70,000 scientists and specialists from Russian defence institutes and military-industrial complex enterprises have left the country. "The nuclear physicists, experts in electronic equipment, virologists and biotechnologists did not leave empty-handed. They took secrets with them and presented their former foes with the weapons they had themselves developed." The documentary went on: "According to CIA data, in the first half of the 1990s thousands of Soviet specialists in the field of nuclear and missile technology left for the Middle East. They worked there in violation of the treaty on the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction. From the Arzamas-16 centre several people went to work in Iraq. Russian scientists worked in Iran and Libya. Forty nuclear scientists emigrated to Israel. Thousands of Russian specialists in the field of nuclear and missile technologies developed programmes to improve armaments in China. Our scientists are willing to work anywhere they are paid." Lost generation The programme said Russia had a missing generation of scientists, noting that the average age of scientists who leave to work abroad is 20-30. "Russia today has virtually lost a whole generation of specialists. There are almost no scientists of middle age - the most productive and professional age - left in science. Continuity has been broken. Traditions are being lost. The chronological links in fundamental science have been lost. In many institutes the scientists are over 60, even though just a few years ago the average age was 38. According to statistical forecasts, only pensioners will remain in Russian science in the near future." Echoing this theme, Kapitsa commented that "in our higher educational establishments and universities, the grandparents are teaching the grandchildren". Funding The programme noted that while large numbers of scientists rushed abroad when the iron curtain collapsed, those who stayed tried their utmost to obtain research grants allocated by the Russian Fundamental Research Fund [RFRF], set up in 1992 to finance science. "The authors of 9,000 research projects take part in RFRF competitions each year. Of these, an expert council selects the best 3,000. But the value of contracts in Russia and abroad cannot be compared. If successful in the competition, a team of 10 scientists can count on a grant of R150,000. This money is supposed to cover not just salaries, but also the research." "Modern and competitive science cannot be done for this sort of money, of course," commented Professor Sergey Nedospasov, who has a position at the USA's National Cancer Institute: "You can only survive. That is roughly the level at which the majority of laboratories have been existing over the past 10 years." Lev Nikolayev, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, echoed this idea: "It's a question of organizing science. We continue to exist according to the blueprint that existed in our former political system. Hundreds and thousands of scientific institutions are existing and surviving, but the absolute majority of them are no longer capable of developing anything." Reform "In the new conditions," the programme said, "the whole structure of science needs to be reformed in Russia". The number of Russian inventions being patented has slumped in recent years. and "the country's best minds and talents are depressed by one thing: our society's indifference to science". It said "legions" of scientific workers are deciding to switch to other careers in what is known as the "internal brain drain". "The number of people engaged in science in the 1990s has gone down by more than two-thirds. In one of the departments of the Institute of General Physics, 15 of the 20 staff have left science to work in business. Of the five remaining scientists, three went to work abroad. Only two continue to work at home." Russia remains the "main donor" meeting the growing "appetites" of US corporations for qualified scientists from abroad, the commentary said. And only high pay and good career prospects can bring the scientists back to Russia. The programme recalled that in September 2004, the Education and Science Ministry had issued a proposal for "attracting private capital and auctioning off a number of research institutes". "Out of 2,500 scientific enterprises, 100, or 200 at the most, will remain. Only the property will be valued for auction purposes, and it will end up in the hands of the science generals." The programme expressed disappointment that "this sort of privatization will bring rank-and-file scientists neither money nor an improvement in their working conditions". This was echoed by Nikolay Petrakov, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, who said the scheme "will lead above all, it seems to me, to scientific organizations being definitively destroyed". "There will simply be no science because after the privatization no-one is being obliged to invest in research." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Nick.Baron at NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK Wed Jan 26 16:01:49 2005 From: Nick.Baron at NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK (Nicholas Baron) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:01:49 +0000 Subject: Microfilm: "PAPERS OF THE RED ARMY" Message-ID: "THE PAPERS OF THE RED ARMY": MICROFILM COLLECTION FOR SALE The School of History, University of Nottingham, UK, would like to offer for sale the microfilm collection "Papers of the Red Army" (for a brief description, see below). The collection is complete (76 reels), brand-new and unused - the set was recently purchased in error, duplicating existing holdings in our library. We are willing to offer a substantial discount on the retail price of GBP100 sterling per reel. Institutions and libraries interested in further details should in the first instance please contact Dr. Nick Baron at nick.baron at nottingham.ac.uk. ************* The Papers of the Red Army: Political and Internal Intelligence Reports, 1918-1921 From the Russian State Military-Historical Archive (RGVIA) >From the time of its establishment, the Red Army served the particular political needs of the Soviet state. During the Civil War (1918-1921), the army conducted extensive intelligence operations not only of counter-revolutionary forces but of their own ranks as well. This recently declassified collection contains unfiltered, unedited intelligence reports -- many of them handwritten -- from Red Army operatives throughout the country. Included are traditional operational and intelligence reports and evaluations. Of particular interest are the political intelligence reports. These contain surveys of civilian attitudes and assessments of the mood and circumstances of Red Army troops. These reports provide extraordinary opportunities for the scholar to examine the the nature of the Soviet military's apparatus of surveillance, as well as the extent and nature of opposition, both small and large, to the Communist regime. 76 microfilm reels. ************* ******************** Dr. Nick Baron School of History University of Nottingham T: +44 (0)115 951 5957 F: +44 115 951 5948 Current research project: http://www.art.man.ac.uk/HISTORY/ahrbproj/details.htm This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses, which could damage your computer system: you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From boyle6 at EARTHLINK.NET Wed Jan 26 17:41:15 2005 From: boyle6 at EARTHLINK.NET (Eloise Boyle) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:41:15 -0800 Subject: Hermitage Tours In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.2.20050124122827.0301e5d0@express.cites.uiuc.edu> Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: Speaking of St. Petersburg tours: does anyone know of a good tour of the Hermitage, for non-Russian speakers, that is a bit more relaxed and a bit more informative than the usual quick canter through the galleries that one gets with the usual guides? Please respond off-list, unless we hear that others would be interested in this information. Sincerely, Eloise M. Boyle boyle6 at earthlink.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From kgroberg at FARGOCITY.COM Wed Jan 26 16:56:41 2005 From: kgroberg at FARGOCITY.COM (Kris Groberg) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:56:41 -0500 Subject: Hermitage Tours Message-ID: Eloise Boyle wrote: > Dear Colleagues: > > Speaking of St. Petersburg tours: does anyone know of a good tour of the > Hermitage, for non-Russian speakers, that is a bit more relaxed and a bit > more informative than the usual quick canter through the galleries that one > gets with the usual guides? > > Please respond off-list, unless we hear that others would be interested in > this information. I would be interested. If you get the DVD of "Russian Ark"--there are three or four excellent "tours" from very private perspectives attached as extras. One takes you up on the rooftops! Kris Groberg ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Ona.Renner at MSO.UMT.EDU Wed Jan 26 20:30:15 2005 From: Ona.Renner at MSO.UMT.EDU (Renner-Fahey, Ona) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:30:15 -0700 Subject: ACTR Russian Essay Contest (2005) Message-ID: Pat, If I send out the check and applications today, I doubt they'll reach you by Friday. Will you accept the check late if I send you all the other information via e-mail today or have I simply dropped the ball on this one? Thanks, Ona Ona Renner-Fahey Asst. Professor of Russian Russian Section Dept. of Modern and Classical Langs. and Lits. The University of Montana Office phone: (406) 243-4602 -----Original Message----- From: Patricia L. Zody [mailto:zodyp at BELOIT.EDU] Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 7:36 PM To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: [SEELANGS] ACTR Russian Essay Contest (2005) Dear Colleagues, I invite you and your students to participate in the Sixth Annual ACTR National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest. We had a successful contest in 2004 with 305 participants representing 35 universities and colleges. Participation in the Russian Essay Contest is an excellent way -to have your students compete nationwide with their peers -to raise the visibility of your Russian program -to compete in a fun, field-wide event. The contest is for undergraduates at all levels of Russian (1st through 4th-year), and there are categories for heritage learners. If you should have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. The deadline for registering your students is January 28, 2005. Sincerely, Patricia Zody ************************************************************************ ************************************** 6th ANNUAL ACTR NATIONAL POST-SECONDARY RUSSIAN ESSAY CONTEST Students taking Russian in accredited colleges and universities are invited to participate in the sixth annual National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest sponsored by the American Council of Teachers of Russian. All students must pay a registration fee according to the following schedule: Students whose teacher is an ACTR member - $3.00 per registration Students whose teacher is not an ACTR member - $4.50 per registration Students may not register themselves, but can only be registered by a teacher. To register your students, please send a registration form (below) and one check made out to "ACTR" to Patricia Zody, Center for Language Studies, Beloit College, 700 College Street, Beloit, WI 53511. All registrations must be received by January 28, 2005. Registrations received after the deadline will not be accepted. When registering your students, please consult the criteria below to select the appropriate level. Teachers whose students are participating in the contest will receive directions and the essay topic in late January 2005. Students will write their essays between Feb. 1 and Feb. 15, 2005 at a time selected by the instructor at each institution. Judges will review the essays in March 2005 and winners will be announced in early April 2005. Please note that students cannot use any books or notes and may not work together. Essays must be written legibly in blue or black ink. The time limit for writing the essays will be one hour. The essays must be written in blue or black ink on lined or bluebook paper provided by teachers. Pencil is not acceptable (as it won't photocopy). After the students write the essay, teachers will make four photocopies of each essay as per the directions and then send the originals and three photocopies to Patricia Zody within 48 hours of the test date. All essays will be evaluated anonymously: no essay will be identifiable by the name or institution of the student who wrote it. Gold, silver, and bronze ribbon awards (certificates) will be presented for the best essays at each level. Teachers may not substitute students for those registered by the deadline. No refunds are available for students who don't show up for the essay contest. Essays will be ranked according to levels as follows: Category 1: Non-Heritage Learners (those learners who do not and did not ever speak Russian in the home) Level One: students who at the time of the essay contest will have had fewer than 100 contact hours of instruction in Russian (whether in college alone or in college and high school). (This is mostly students in first-year Russian.) Level Two: students who at the time of the essay contest will have had more than 100 contact hours, but fewer than 250 contact hours of instruction. (This is mostly students in second-year Russian.) Level Three: students who will have had more than 250 contact hours, but fewer than 400 contact hours of instruction. (This is mostly students in third or fourth-year Russian.) Level Four: students who will have had more than 400 contact hours of instruction. (This is mostly students in fourth-year or fifth-year Russian.) Category 2: Heritage Learners Heritage Learners (1): students who speak Russian with their families and who have attended school for fewer than 5 years in Russia or the former Soviet Union and may have had to relearn reading and writing skills after emigration. Heritage Learners (2): students who speak Russian with their families and who have attended school for 5 or more years in Russia or the former Soviet Union and have not had to relearn reading and writing skills after emigration. Judges will evaluate essays according to content (the ability to express ideas in Russian and communicate information about the topic) and length, lexicon, syntax, structure (grammatical and orthographic accuracy), and originality or creativity. Awards will be announced in the ACTR Letter and the AATSEEL Newsletter. The best gold ribbon essays will be published in the ACTR Letter. Teachers with questions about the essay contest should contact: Patricia L. Zody Director, Center for Language Studies Beloit College 700 College Street Beloit, WI 53511 (608)363-2277 cls at beloit.edu REGISTRATION FORM FOR NATIONAL POST-SECONDARY RUSSIAN ESSAY CONTEST Name of Institution: Name of Instructor: Address: E-Mail Address: Telephone: Fax: Name of Each Student Participating in Test, Category 1 or 2, and Level (according to guidelines listed above). Send to Patricia Zody, Center for Language Studies, Beloit College 700 College Street, Beloit, WI 53511 before January 28, 2005. Official Registration Forms can also be found in the Fall 2004 ACTR Newsletter. If you would like to receive a registration form by mail or electronically, please contact me at zodyp at beloit.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. 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Thanks Subhash ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From sarahhurst at ALASKA.NET Wed Jan 26 22:54:09 2005 From: sarahhurst at ALASKA.NET (Sarah Hurst) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:54:09 -0900 Subject: Stalin deaths In-Reply-To: Message-ID: "Gulag" by Anne Applebaum has a short summary at the end, and it's definitely worth a read. Sarah Hurst -----Original Message----- From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Subhash.Jaireth at GA.GOV.AU Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:37 PM To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: [SEELANGS] Stalin deaths Friends, As more material from Soviet archives has become available, I was wondering if there exists a reliable estimate of people who were sent to Stalin's concentration camps and how many of them died (shot or otherwise). I know that there have been several new books but am looking for a short summary. Thanks Subhash ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From dhh2 at COLUMBIA.EDU Wed Jan 26 23:42:26 2005 From: dhh2 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Diana Howansky) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:42:26 -0500 Subject: Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University shows "Friend of the Deceased" Message-ID: The Orange Revolution has triumphed. A new democratic, freedom-loving Ukraine is just around the corner, right? Not quite so fast. Enter reality. Today, Ukraine is afflicted with corruption, degradation of human values, and decline of culture and morality, and sucked dry by criminals in high places. The enormity of the challenge of doing away with this legacy is beyond imagination. The next event of the Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University invites the public to take a sober view of Ukrainian society as it enters the first days of the Yushchenko presidency. The event will showcase “A Friend of the Deceased,” a film by Viacheslav Khrystofovych (1993). Made more than a decade ago, the film portrays a society that bears a disturbingly close resemblance to today’s Ukraine. What do you do when you are a young, well-educated, urban Ukrainian man, who cannot find a job -- any job -- and whose beloved wife is openly cheating on you and would not even divorce you out of pity? You hire a contract killer, and pay him to kill . . . you. Tolia, an all-Ukrainian resident of Kyiv is trapped in a lawless, hypocritical and cruel society. He is about to give up fighting and commit suicide by proxy. But at the very verge of the abyss, he peers down, steps back and fights. Will Tolia win? Will Ukraine win? It is anybody’s guess. “A Friend of the Deceased” is a crime story that brings to high relief the sick post-Soviet Ukrainian society where one has to lie, cheat, betray and even kill in order to be successful. Where human virtue is worthless and murder is just another type of business, well-paid and even respectable. Call it film-noir Kyiv style. “A Friend of the Deceased,” based on the novel and screenplay by the acclaimed crime writer Andriy Kurkov is not all gloom and doom, but is definitely anti poetic in its stark, wry, and shocking realism. It is also strangely optimistic in its implied unspoken belief in the triumph of humanity. Introduction by Dr. Yuri Shevchuk, Lecturer of Ukrainian Language and Culture, Columbia University. True to the Film Club’s established format, the screening will be followed by a discussion. The place: Room 717, Hamilton Hall (seventh floor) Time: February 10, Thursday, 7:30 PM Language: Original Russian language version with English subtitles For more information or to RSVP, contact Diana Howansky, Ukrainian Studies Program, at ukrainianstudies at columbia.edu or (212) 854-4697. -- Diana Howansky Staff Associate Ukrainian Studies Program Columbia University Room 1209, MC3345 420 W. 118th Street New York, NY 10027 (212) 854-4697 ukrainianstudies at columbia.edu http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/ukrainianstudies/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From josh_overcast at YAHOO.COM Thu Jan 27 05:10:52 2005 From: josh_overcast at YAHOO.COM (Josh Overcast) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 21:10:52 -0800 Subject: Survey Designs w/Study Abroad Components In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Can those responding to Ms. Scoggins' inquiry do so onlist? I would very much like to hear what everyone has to say. Thanks, Josh Overcast Language Teaching Specialization MA Program (brand new!) University of Oregon Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:48:50 -0500 From: Director Subject: Survey Instruments I am a Ph.D. candidate at Florida State University. I have a particular interest in less commonly taught foreign language policy and foreign language program administration. I would like to focus my thesis on evaluating foreign language programs with study abroad components. I am currently reviewing survey designs for this purpose but seem to be having very little success. Can anyone suggest or strongly recommend a survey design they have utilized for this purpose? Ms. Jennifer Scoggins Ph.D. Candidate International Development Education Florida State University 850-644-3611 office __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. 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Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From tabeasley at EARTHLINK.NET Thu Jan 27 13:57:14 2005 From: tabeasley at EARTHLINK.NET (Tim Beasley) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 07:57:14 -0600 Subject: Alexander Nevsky - text In-Reply-To: <41F8EA3E.6050207@ling.rochester.edu> Message-ID: Hi, Miriam. If nobody can direct you to the libretto (I'm assuming it's Prokof'ev's you're after) Sibley has the score in piano reduction with the text in Russian and English. Sibley is the Eastman music library. M1533 .P964 op.78, 1949 Rhees can get things transferred from Sibley in a day or two (you can request the transfer online or in person), or you can just go to Sibley yourself. Your Rochester library card works there. Tim Beasley At 07:18 AM 1/27/2005, you wrote: >I'd like to get Alexander Nevsky text - not the score, just the text, in >Russian. Any ideas where to look? > >Miriam > > > >Miriam Margala >Dept. of English, Dept. of Linguistics >University of Rochester > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription > options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: > http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM Thu Jan 27 14:26:16 2005 From: paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM (Paul B. Gallagher) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:26:16 -0500 Subject: Alexander Nevsky - text Message-ID: Miriam wrote: > I'd like to get Alexander Nevsky text - not the score, just the text, in > Russian. Any ideas where to look? You mean this? Павленко П[етр Андреевич] и Эйзенштейн С[ергей Михайлович]. "Александр Невский". Киносценарий, 3-й вариант. М.: "Госкиноиздат", 1938, 75 с. Sorry, nothing obvious on the web. You may wish to search for yourself. For example, I tried: павленко сценарий невский павленко киносценарий невский -- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From miriam at LING.ROCHESTER.EDU Thu Jan 27 14:28:31 2005 From: miriam at LING.ROCHESTER.EDU (Miriam) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:28:31 -0500 Subject: Alexander Nevsky - text In-Reply-To: <4.3.1.2.20050127075257.00c753a0@smtp.earthlink.net> Message-ID: Hi Tim, yeah, I know, I have the libretto - but how about just the text? I'm trying to get it for somebody else who is specifically interested only in the text. Miriam Tim Beasley wrote: > Hi, Miriam. > > If nobody can direct you to the libretto (I'm assuming it's > Prokof'ev's you're after) Sibley has the score in piano reduction with > the text in Russian and English. Sibley is the Eastman music > library. M1533 .P964 op.78, 1949 > > Rhees can get things transferred from Sibley in a day or two (you can > request the transfer online or in person), or you can just go to > Sibley yourself. Your Rochester library card works there. > > Tim Beasley > > At 07:18 AM 1/27/2005, you wrote: > >> I'd like to get Alexander Nevsky text - not the score, just the text, >> in Russian. Any ideas where to look? >> >> Miriam >> >> >> >> Miriam Margala >> Dept. of English, Dept. of Linguistics >> University of Rochester >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription >> options, and more. 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Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU Thu Jan 27 15:28:55 2005 From: s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU (Steven Hill) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:28:55 -0600 Subject: confused transliteration of Russian pronoun? Message-ID: Dear colleagues: In "Internet Movie Data Base" there is one title of a Russian TV film (1993, with A. Petrenko, L. Polishchuk, A. Filozof) which I think has become garbled, i.e., some transliteration error occurred (which is common). Some of my helpful colleagues think the title is okay, but they differ among themselves how to read it properly -- leaving me even more confused. I do not know the original Cyrillic spelling of the film's title, unfortunately, only the Latin transliteration: "A CHTOJ-TO [sic] TY VO FRAKE?" Do you agree with me -- there must be some transliteration mistake in the pronoun + enclitics? Or do you think it's okay, if back-transcribed either as "SHTO ZE TO TY..." or as "SHTOY TO TY..."?? Of course, the meaning seems clear -- it's the exact orthography (transliterated) that has me at a loss... Perplexed, Steven P Hill University of Illinois (USA). __ __ _ __ __ __ __ _ __ __ _ _ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU Thu Jan 27 15:35:14 2005 From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:35:14 -0500 Subject: confused transliteration of Russian pronoun? In-Reply-To: <32cd6ffb.c5475796.8210d00@expms6.cites.uiuc.edu> Message-ID: >"A CHTOJ-TO [sic] TY VO FRAKE?" > >Do you agree with me -- there must be some transliteration mistake in the >pronoun >+ enclitics? No, that is correct, see: cinema.rin.ru/cgi-bin/main. pl?action=film_list&country_id=2 Russian is Чтой-ты ты фо фраке? >Or do you think it's okay, if back-transcribed either as "SHTO ZE TO >TY..." or as >"SHTOY TO TY..."?? That would closer reflect the pronuciation. __________________________ Alina Israeli LFS, American University 4400 Mass. Ave., NW Washington, DC 20016 phone: (202) 885-2387 fax: (202) 885-1076 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From miriam at LING.ROCHESTER.EDU Thu Jan 27 15:59:27 2005 From: miriam at LING.ROCHESTER.EDU (Miriam) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 10:59:27 -0500 Subject: Alexander Nevsky - text In-Reply-To: <41F8FA08.1080405@pbg-translations.com> Message-ID: Thanks, will try, Miriam Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > Miriam wrote: > >> I'd like to get Alexander Nevsky text - not the score, just the text, >> in Russian. Any ideas where to look? > > > You mean this? > > Павленко П[етр Андреевич] и Эйзенштейн С[ергей Михайлович]. > "Александр Невский". Киносценарий, 3-й вариант. > М.: "Госкиноиздат", 1938, 75 с. > > Sorry, nothing obvious on the web. You may wish to search for > yourself. For example, I tried: > павленко сценарий невский > павленко киносценарий невский > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From M.J.BERRY.RUS at BHAM.AC.UK Thu Jan 27 16:10:07 2005 From: M.J.BERRY.RUS at BHAM.AC.UK (Michael Berry) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:10:07 -0000 Subject: confused transliteration of Russian pronoun? Message-ID: According to Alina Israeli Russian is Чтой-ты ты фо фраке? BUT according to the nashekino website the film title is: Чой-то ты во фраке? Mike Berry ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU Thu Jan 27 16:20:51 2005 From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:20:51 -0500 Subject: confused transliteration of Russian pronoun? In-Reply-To: <27381A3199579542AFE97AE83C648A7B01469711@sscemail.adf.bham.ac.uk> Message-ID: >According to Alina Israeli >Russian is Чтой-ты ты фо фраке? > > >BUT according to the nashekino website the film title is: >Чой-то ты во фраке? My little search showed that the play (спектакль) is called Чой-то ты во фраке? while the film (1993) is called Чтой-ты ты фо фраке? Maybe there is someone on the list who saw them both. __________________________ Alina Israeli LFS, American University 4400 Mass. Ave., NW Washington, DC 20016 phone: (202) 885-2387 fax: (202) 885-1076 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From naiman at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU Thu Jan 27 17:28:42 2005 From: naiman at SOCRATES.BERKELEY.EDU (Eric Naiman) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 09:28:42 -0800 Subject: Russian trip for junior-high music school orchestra In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Has anyone had recent experience planning and/or escorting a trip for 7th and 8th graders to Russia? My daughter's school is considering this as a possibility. I would be very interested in learning what worked, didn't worked and how the group handled safety and cost issues. I would also be grateful for any help or advice from anyone with contacts in a Russian music school for children of this age. The goal of such a trip would be to focus on Russian musical history and culture, to play a few informal concerts and to arrange meetings with Russian children of the same age attending music schools. thank you! Eric Naiman ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From lemelinc at DICKINSON.EDU Thu Jan 27 23:22:01 2005 From: lemelinc at DICKINSON.EDU (Christopher Lemelin) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:22:01 -0500 Subject: ACTR Russian Essay Contest (2005) In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.2.20050117202531.03781688@beloit.edu> Message-ID: Hi Pat! I'm sending along registrations for our students at Dickinson. There are two "registrations" here, because some of these students are taking class with my colleague, Elena Duzs. I've separated her students from mine. I hope this is okay. > REGISTRATION FORM FOR NATIONAL POST-SECONDARY RUSSIAN ESSAY CONTEST > > Name of Institution: Dickinson College > Name of Instructor: Christopher W. Lemelin > Address: Department of Russian, Dickinson College, Box 1773, > Carlisle, PA 17013 > E-Mail Address: lemelinc at dickinson.edu > Telephone: 717-245-1834 > Fax: 717-245-1456 > Name of Each Student Participating in Test, Category 1 or 2, and > Level (according to guidelines listed above). Charlie Blanchard—Category 1, level 3 Rosalie Gant—Category 1, level 3 Jennifer Mihok—Category 1, level 3 Nick Stebinger—Category 1, level 4 Alla Lipsky—Category 2, level 1 > REGISTRATION FORM FOR NATIONAL POST-SECONDARY RUSSIAN ESSAY CONTEST > > Name of Institution: Dickinson College > Name of Instructor: Elena Duzs > Address: Department of Russian, Dickinson College, Box 1773, > Carlisle, PA 17013 > E-Mail Address: duzs at dickinson.edu > Telephone: 717-245-1276 > Fax: 717-245-1456 > Name of Each Student Participating in Test, Category 1 or 2, and > Level (according to guidelines listed above). Peter Black—Category 1, Level 1 Megan Browndorf —Category 1, Level 1 Elizabeth Clark —Category 1, Level 1 Sharyn Foster —Category 1, Level 1 Nicole Harmsma —Category 1, Level 1 Ryan Kinsella —Category 1, Level 1 Erica Lally —Category 1, Level 1 Cara Roney —Category 1, Level 1 Sophia Torielli —Category 1, Level 1 Evan Sparling —Category 1, Level 1 Sara Conyngham —Category 1, Level 2 Samantha Derr—Category 1, Level 4 Suzanne Eshelman —Category 1, Level 4 Emily Kodama —Category 1, Level 4 Joseph Stains —Category 1, Level 4 Jenny Webb —Category 1, Level 4 By my count that's 21 students (!). (If you get a different count let me know.) I don't believe I or Elena are members of ACTR, so that will be 21 x $4.50 = $ 94.50. I've been told that if I send in the check request by noon tomorrow the check will be sent to you on Tuesday; I hope that works for you. If there are any questions, let me know. Thanks again, Christopher ==================================== Christopher W. Lemelin Assistant Professor and Chair Russian Department Dickinson College Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013 717-245-1834 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From lemelinc at DICKINSON.EDU Thu Jan 27 23:28:13 2005 From: lemelinc at DICKINSON.EDU (Christopher Lemelin) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:28:13 -0500 Subject: ACTR Russian Essay Contest (2005) In-Reply-To: <6.2.0.14.2.20050117202531.03781688@beloit.edu> Message-ID: Dear SEELangers, I knew eventually it would be moja ochered'! My apologies for sending a personal note to the group. Best, CWL ==================================== Christopher W. Lemelin Assistant Professor and Chair Russian Department Dickinson College Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013 717-245-1834 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From dumanis at BUFFALO.EDU Fri Jan 28 03:30:52 2005 From: dumanis at BUFFALO.EDU (Edward M Dumanis) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 22:30:52 -0500 Subject: Alexander Nevsky - text In-Reply-To: <41F8FA8F.2070809@ling.rochester.edu> Message-ID: I used to have a script about 40 years ago published in the USSR either in the 40s or 50s. Unfortunately, I do not know whether I still have it in my home library or not. Anyway, I would not be able to find it now, but can only testify that the publication exists. Edward Dumanis On Thu, 27 Jan 2005, Miriam wrote: > Hi Tim, yeah, I know, I have the libretto - but how about just the text? > I'm trying to get it for somebody else who is specifically interested > only in the text. > > Miriam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From sforres1 at SWARTHMORE.EDU Fri Jan 28 14:57:33 2005 From: sforres1 at SWARTHMORE.EDU (Sibelan E S Forrester) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:57:33 -0500 Subject: Address for M. L. Gasparov? Message-ID: Dorogie SEELANGovtsy, I'm looking for contact information (electronic or traditional) for M. L. Gasparov, on behalf of a friend who seeks permission for a translation of his work. Please reply off-list to . Thank you for your attention, Sibelan Forrester Russian/Modern Languages and Literatures Swarthmore College ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From lkhramtsova at YAHOO.COM Fri Jan 28 15:09:30 2005 From: lkhramtsova at YAHOO.COM (luba khramtsova) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 07:09:30 -0800 Subject: Any Research? Message-ID: Dear People,who are interested in Russian Language! >My question is: Are there a lot of possibilities to do a reserch in Russian Lang -ge area,or in Russian Literature? >Which funds support this reserch? >I'm going to apply to grad School of Slavic Dep-t of OSU,and was recommended to >apply to you all !!! Luba Khramtsova. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page � Try My Yahoo! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From lilya at UIUC.EDU Fri Jan 28 17:51:13 2005 From: lilya at UIUC.EDU (Lilya Kaganovsky) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:51:13 -0600 Subject: Putevka v zhizn' on film In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear colleagues, I am looking for a print of Nikolai Ekk's 1931 "Putevka v zhizn'" (The Road to Life) from which to make frame enlargements for an article. I have been searching archives in the US but haven't found it yet. If anyone knows of a local (in other words, not Gosfilmofond) source for either the print or for production stills of the film, I would very much appreciate the help. I have a VHS copy, but it just won't do! Many thanks, -Lilya lilya at uiuc.edu * * * * * * * * Lilya Kaganovsky, Assistant Professor University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Program in Comparative Literature & World Literature Department of Slavic Languages and Literature Unit for Cinema Studies http://www.complit.uiuc.edu/lilya/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From tpolowy at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Fri Jan 28 18:33:47 2005 From: tpolowy at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Teresa Polowy) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:33:47 -0700 Subject: accommodations in Petersburg for a grad student attending a conference Message-ID: Hello! I am posting this request for help for a former student who is now a PhD candidate in the Arid Lands program at the University of Arizona. She will be attending a conference in St. Petersburg in June and is looking for accommodation that is more reasonable than the $100+/night being offered. The conference venue is the St. Petersburg Hotel in the city centre and the dates accommodation are needed are June 19-25. Does anyone know of reasonable accommodation, including dorms, that is available? Please reply OFFLIST directly to Stefanie Herrmann at stefanie at Ag.arizona.edu Thanks! Collegially, Teresa Polowy Dept. of Russian and Slavic Studies University of Arizona ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From djloewen at BINGHAMTON.EDU Fri Jan 28 19:54:50 2005 From: djloewen at BINGHAMTON.EDU (Donald Loewen) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:54:50 -0600 Subject: Which database is best? Message-ID: Greetings. I don't recall seeing a SEELANGS discussion about the most useful databases for finding works published in CIS/Eastern European countries. I do recall seeing one impressive database with full-text articles demonstrated at a recent AATSEEL conference, and I've had limited experience using the Russian Academy of Sciences database ("limited" when guest access through Cambridge was eliminated, but I was glad for it while it lasted). My primary interest is in the Humanities, esp. literature, cultural studies, cinema (e.g. MLA-type database). I wonder if those of you who have used some of these databases would be willing to share your experiences and recommendations: a) which ones update regularly and provide good connections? b) full-text available? (newspapers only, or journals as well?) c) ease of use? Perhaps some of our Slavic librarians have had a chance to compare the available databases and vendors. Since our university is thinking about a subscription, I'd be grateful for recommendations, and perhaps other list-readers would as well. With thanks, Don Loewen Binghamton University (SUNY) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU Fri Jan 28 19:34:52 2005 From: s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU (Steven Hill) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 13:34:52 -0600 Subject: "Nevsky" scripts Message-ID: Follow-up to Miriam Margala's query about the printed script of "Aleksandr Nevskii". Given that the script (co-written by Sergei Eizenshtein and Petr Pavlenko) was made into a Classic (with capital "C") Soviet film in November, 1938, and won many awards for director Eizenshtein (Eisenstein), I think the script has been published and re-published over the decades, as often happens with "classics." But in most instances I expect that the author credit on the cover page -- and the library catalog entries -- would show EIZENSHTEIN (EISENSTEIN), SERGEI MIKHAILOVICH, as the first listed author, not Pavlenko (much down-graded in historical hindsight). If memory serves, Eizenstein's collected works in six volumes (published in the late 1960s in Moscow, IN RUSSIAN, of course: "Izbrannye proizvedeniia") devotes one of the 6 volumes to his film scripts (perhaps that is volume 6?), including "Nevskii." In addition to the scripts as such, that (6th?) volume also has a large critical apparatus in the back, with much background information about the making of each film and including script variants for each. Now, in the last decade or two, Prof Richard Taylor in England (Swansea) has been publishing Eizenshtein's selected writings in several volumes, IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION. I don't know whether they have yet gotten to the script of Nevskii, but they will, you can be sure. Taylor's group is doing an excellent job on that series. Separately from Eizenshtein's collected writings, various publishers have brought out paperback series of "classic film scripts" in English, and Nevsky would be a good bet to have been included in one or two of those paperback series. Look under the title "Alexander Nevsky" or "Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky," and if it's there, it should come up. [Not necessarily under "Pavlenko."] PS. You probably are aware there is a much smaller message board for those interested specifically in FILM & MEDIA in Russia & E Europe, the "SLAVCIN" board. If this SEELANGS exchange does not eventually wrap up the search for "Nevskii," let me know & I could refer you to the "Slavcin" address. Good hunting, Steven P Hill, University of Illinois (USA). __ __ _ __ __ __ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From tpolowy at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU Fri Jan 28 21:55:45 2005 From: tpolowy at EMAIL.ARIZONA.EDU (Teresa Polowy) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 14:55:45 -0700 Subject: accommodations in Petersburg for a grad student attending a conference Message-ID: I apologize if this is a repeated message for you, but it did not post to my own email address and I would like to ensure that it does post to all. Thanks --TP Hello! I am posting this request for help for a former student who is now a PhD candidate in the Arid Lands program at the University of Arizona. She will be attending a conference in St. Petersburg in June and is looking for accommodation that is more reasonable than the $100+/night being offered. The conference venue is the St. Petersburg Hotel in the city centre and the dates accommodation are needed are June 19-25. Does anyone know of reasonable accommodation, including dorms, that is available? Please reply OFFLIST directly to Stefanie Herrmann at stefanie at Ag.arizona.edu Thanks! Collegially, Teresa Polowy Dept. of Russian and Slavic Studies University of Arizona ----- End forwarded message ----- Teresa Polowy, PhD Head of Department of Russian and Slavic Studies University of Arizona ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From natalie.kononenko at UALBERTA.CA Sat Jan 29 22:26:49 2005 From: natalie.kononenko at UALBERTA.CA (nataliek) Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 15:26:49 -0700 Subject: Lastest issue of Folklorica, the Journal of the Slavic and East European Folklore Association, available Message-ID: Dear Seelangs List Members My name is Katherine Bily and I would like to introduce myself as the new Editorial Assistant of SEEFA (the Slavic and East European Folklore Association). I am also writing to you to announce the publication of the latest issue of our journal, Folklorica. In this issue you will find: Myth, Motif, and Motivation: Pavol Dobšinský’s Theory and Practice of the Wondertale by David L. Cooper, The Priest in the Village Wedding (Ethnographic Notes) by M. A. Lobanov, and The Secret Speech of Lirnyky and Kobzari: Encoding a Life Style by Andrij Hornjatkevyč. As well, there were the following reviews: Mark Joffe and Joseph Krafczik’s Perun, the God of Thunder Reviewed by W. F. Ryan, Laura Stark’s Peasants, Pilgrims, and Sacred Promises: Ritual and the Supernatural in Orthodox Karelian Folk Religion Reviewed by Alexander Panchenko, and Valerie A. Kivelson and Robert H. Greene (ed’s). Orthodox Russia: Belief and Practice Under the Tsars Reviewed by Faith Wigzell. Please consider joining SEEFA. For membership information, please contact me at: Katherine Bily MLCS 200 Arts Building, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E6 Or download our membership form from www.arts.ualberta.ca/SEEFA and send it to me at kbily at ualberta.ca Thank-you! Sincerely, Katherine Bily ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From cn29 at COLUMBIA.EDU Mon Jan 31 02:56:00 2005 From: cn29 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Catharine Nepomnyashchy) Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:56:00 -0500 Subject: Possible Russian program elimination at Portland Community College In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Dear Kristine, I will write a letter in support of preserving your program as President of AATSEEL. I encourage others to write in support as well. Best wishes, Cathy On Sun, 16 Jan 2005, Kristine L. Shmakov wrote: > I am Kristine Shmakov, the full-time Russian instructor and Russian > Department Chair at Portland Community College in Portland, Oregon. I just > joined the list and have not had a chance to introduce myself. Now I need to > use my introduction to ask for your help in preventing elimination of the > Russian language program at Portland Community College. Oregon Community > Colleges are being forced to make huge cuts over the next two years due to > lack of state funding. PCC itself will have to cut $18 million or 8% of its > budget. We have just been notified by administration that cuts will be > narrow and deep, meaning that they are looking to eliminate entire programs. > All academic and non-academic programs are now on the table in a closed > budget process. We are very concerned that the Board and administrators will > consider it frivolous to offer five languages at PCC, and that they will not > understand the great importance of Russian to the Portland-Vancouver > community. Programs chosen for elimination will be announced at the > beginning of March, and then will have only a week to prepare a defense > before final budget decisions are made. I need to collect letters in support > of our program now, in case I should need them. In the past, programs that > have received strong levels of support from the community have been spared. > I would greatly appreciate it if each of you could write a letter in support > of the PCC Russian program and send it directly to me. If you could also > pass this information onto your colleagues not on the SEELANGS list, as well > as anyone you know connected with Russian, it would greatly help our > efforts. I hope to amass hundreds of letters to convince the Board that a > strong and affordable Russian program is important to the community and that > it must be retained. > > Please send your letters of support to either my home e-mail or address: > > kshmakov at pdxlink.com > or Kristine Shmakov 10810 SW 62nd Place Portland, Oregon 97219 > > Members of the immigrant community are welcome to write letters in Russian > if they prefer. > > The PCC Russian program started sixteen years ago to meet the growing need > for affordable Russian classes in Portland. It is a two-year program that > offers college transferable first and second year courses, as well as > Russian culture classes. My students transfer to state universities and > prestigious private institutions where they continue to study Russian at > higher levels. We have the largest first-year Russian enrollments in the > state of Oregon, with over 120 students taking first year classes each year. > Our courses regularly close with 35 students in each section. Russian has > been the only language the last two falls to have every seat filled in all > courses offered. Our program has very little attrition, so we keep our high > numbers throughout the year. > > Part of the reason for our brimming enrollments is that Russian has become > the second most demanded language by Oregon employers. The > Portland-Vancouver Russian-speaking immigrant community seen the largest per > capita growth anywhere in the US, with a 70% increase over the last ten > years. As a result, students are no longer taking Russian just to fulfill a > degree requirement. With such a strong program and great community need for > the language, it seems absurd to consider eliminating Russian. However, in > such dire financial times, I cannot make this assumption and not act in > defense. This is why I need your letters of support now. If you have any > further questions or suggestions, please contact me at (503) 977-4841. > > Thank you so much for your help, and I¹ll keep you informed of developments. > > Sincerely, > > Kristine Shmakov > Russian Instructor and Russian Department Chair > Portland Community College > Portland, Oregon > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription > options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: > http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Catharine Nepomnyashchy Director, Harriman Institute Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Russian Literature and Chair, Slavic Department, Barnard College phone: (212) 854-6213 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Danko.Sipka at ASU.EDU Mon Jan 31 13:57:48 2005 From: Danko.Sipka at ASU.EDU (Danko Sipka) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 06:57:48 -0700 Subject: Summer Language Opportunities Message-ID: Dear discussion group members: Drawing upon the interest of this discussion group in our target languages, we are taking the liberty to inform you about the special language learning opportunities for you and your students offered in the summer of 2005 by the Arizona State University Critical Languages Institute (CLI). The CLI (http://www.asu.edu/cli) offers annual summer language courses for less- commonly taught languages, follow-up three-week immersion practicums at our affiliated institutions in the target countries, and a semester or annual study abroad program at our partner universities. This summer we will offer introductory and intermediate and Armenian as well as introductory Albanian, Bosnia{c/n}/Croatian/Serbian (BCS), Macedonian, Polish, and Tatar at Arizona State University main campus (Tempe, AZ), May 31 to July 29, 2005, with summer practicums in August and study abroad opportunities in the academic year 2005/6. In the summer of 2006, we plan to add Uzbek as well as intermediate BCS and Macedonian to the CLI language offerings. CLI eight-credit-hour intensive courses come with a generous tuition waiver that generates more than a thousand dollars in savings for each enrolling CLI student. CLI students registering before May 1 pay only a modest $300 application fee (CLI fees are scheduled to increase to $400 on May 1). Both the length and content of our courses enable FLAS, Fulbright, and other fellowships support funds to be used by graduate students pursuing summer language training in the CLI. A limited number of fellowships are available for Armenian and Tatar. We have simplified the CLI application procedures. Just go to http://www.asu.edu/clas/reesc/cli/preonreg05.htm and register. As a regular feature of its summer session, the CLI also features topical workshops and one-on-one tutorials for those preparing grant proposals for study and research abroad. For dozens of CLI graduates, these tutorials have yielded remarkable success in NSEP, Fulbright, Marshall, and other fellowship competitions. Other CLI graduates have now joined the U.S. Foreign Service or have taken international positions with major corporations. The following features make CLI summer programming competitive with the finest intensive summer language institutes nationally: 1. Sound methodological background 2. Utilization of the state-of-the art instructional technology 3. Highly qualified language personnel 4. Rich cultural content 5. Rigorous and comprehensive oversight and quality control 6. Strong ties with institutions in target countries We have been using the Interagency Language Roundtable scale with our introductory courses bringing the most talented CLI participants to level 1+ in reading with other skills remaining between 1 and 1+ and our intermediate courses reaching level 2 in reading with other skills remaining between 1+ and 2. Our Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian course features a strong on-line component (http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka/syl1.htm), and its entirely on-line version will be made available to our students as a refresher intended to alleviate the problem of retention in the period between the introductory and the intermediate course. A sample lesson one can be perused at: http://www.asu.edu/clas/reesc/scr101, using the password ‘scr1’. The full course is available at http://cli.la.asu.edu/scr101 - student’s ASU id number is required to log in. All CLI courses will follow suit shortly and we will keep adding new hybrid components for our courses through our server services page: http://cli.la.asu.edu. CLI faculty are drawn from highly qualified linguists with years of teaching experience and a strong record of publications in the field (see http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka as an example). Short information about our instructors and their syllabi are available at: http://www.asu.edu/clas/reesc/cli/ltrain.htm. In addition to the cultural content (complementing traditional grammar, vocabulary, communicative skills, and linguistic norms) of CLI courses, CLI summer sessions include the annual lecture series, movie showings, and social events rich in cultural content. Take a look at some pictures of our classes and social events (visiting ethnic restaurants) at: http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka/sylpct.htm. Finally, we have established partnerships with key institutions in target countries securing the most favorable summer practicum and study abroad arrangements for our students. If you have any further questions about our courses, please do not hesitate to contact us at cli at asu.edu or by phone at 480-965-7706. Sincerely, Danko Sipka Research Associate Professor and Acting Director Critical Languages Institute (http://cli.la.asu.edu) /until May 15, 2005/ Professor of Slavic Languages Department of Languages and Literatures /from August 16, 2005/ Arizona State University E-mail: Danko.Sipka at asu.edu Web: http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From svejk at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU Mon Jan 31 21:14:05 2005 From: svejk at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU (Craig Cravens) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:14:05 -0600 Subject: AATSEEL Message-ID: Any Bohemists out there interested in participating in a Czech lit. panel this year at AATSEEL in Washington? Craig Cravens Fellow of Czech Studies Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies Calhoun 415, F3600 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78713 512-232-9125 http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/slavic/faculty/cravens.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From Danko.Sipka at ASU.EDU Mon Jan 31 22:53:59 2005 From: Danko.Sipka at ASU.EDU (Danko Sipka) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:53:59 -0700 Subject: Summer Language Opportunities Message-ID: Dear discussion group members: Drawing upon the interest of this discussion group in our target languages, we are taking the liberty to inform you about the special language learning opportunities for you and your students offered in the summer of 2005 by the Arizona State University Critical Languages Institute (CLI). The CLI (http://www.asu.edu/cli) offers annual summer language courses for less- commonly taught languages, follow-up three-week immersion practicums at our affiliated institutions in the target countries, and a semester or annual study abroad program at our partner universities. This summer we will offer introductory and intermediate and Armenian as well as introductory Albanian, Bosnia{c/n}/Croatian/Serbian (BCS), Macedonian, Polish, and Tatar at Arizona State University main campus (Tempe, AZ), May 31 to July 29, 2005, with summer practicums in August and study abroad opportunities in the academic year 2005/6. In the summer of 2006, we plan to add Uzbek as well as intermediate BCS and Macedonian to the CLI language offerings. CLI eight-credit-hour intensive courses come with a generous tuition waiver that generates more than a thousand dollars in savings for each enrolling CLI student. CLI students registering before May 1 pay only a modest $300 application fee (CLI fees are scheduled to increase to $400 on May 1). Both the length and content of our courses enable FLAS, Fulbright, and other fellowships support funds to be used by graduate students pursuing summer language training in the CLI. A limited number of fellowships are available for Armenian and Tatar. We have simplified the CLI application procedures. Just go to http://www.asu.edu/clas/reesc/cli/preonreg05.htm and register. As a regular feature of its summer session, the CLI also features topical workshops and one-on-one tutorials for those preparing grant proposals for study and research abroad. For dozens of CLI graduates, these tutorials have yielded remarkable success in NSEP, Fulbright, Marshall, and other fellowship competitions. Other CLI graduates have now joined the U.S. Foreign Service or have taken international positions with major corporations. The following features make CLI summer programming competitive with the finest intensive summer language institutes nationally: 1. Sound methodological background 2. Utilization of the state-of-the art instructional technology 3. Highly qualified language personnel 4. Rich cultural content 5. Rigorous and comprehensive oversight and quality control 6. Strong ties with institutions in target countries We have been using the Interagency Language Roundtable scale with our introductory courses bringing the most talented CLI participants to level 1+ in reading with other skills remaining between 1 and 1+ and our intermediate courses reaching level 2 in reading with other skills remaining between 1+ and 2. Our Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian course features a strong on-line component (http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka/syl1.htm), and its entirely on-line version will be made available to our students as a refresher intended to alleviate the problem of retention in the period between the introductory and the intermediate course. A sample lesson one can be perused at: http://www.asu.edu/clas/reesc/scr101, using the password ‘scr1’. The full course is available at http://cli.la.asu.edu/scr101 - student’s ASU id number is required to log in. All CLI courses will follow suit shortly and we will keep adding new hybrid components for our courses through our server services page: http://cli.la.asu.edu. CLI faculty are drawn from highly qualified linguists with years of teaching experience and a strong record of publications in the field (see http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka as an example). Short information about our instructors and their syllabi are available at: http://www.asu.edu/clas/reesc/cli/ltrain.htm. In addition to the cultural content (complementing traditional grammar, vocabulary, communicative skills, and linguistic norms) of CLI courses, CLI summer sessions include the annual lecture series, movie showings, and social events rich in cultural content. Take a look at some pictures of our classes and social events (visiting ethnic restaurants) at: http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka/sylpct.htm. Finally, we have established partnerships with key institutions in target countries securing the most favorable summer practicum and study abroad arrangements for our students. If you have any further questions about our courses, please do not hesitate to contact us at cli at asu.edu or by phone at 480-965-7706. Sincerely, Danko Sipka Research Associate Professor and Acting Director Critical Languages Institute (http://cli.la.asu.edu) /until May 15, 2005/ Professor of Slavic Languages Department of Languages and Literatures /from August 16, 2005/ Arizona State University E-mail: Danko.Sipka at asu.edu Web: http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at: http://seelangs.home.comcast.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------