STALINKA

[Daniel Rancour-Laferriere]

Dear Colleagues,
I agree that there is a problem here (perhaps more than one problem).  
First of all, in what language (or languages) are the materials going to 
be presented (when I tried to access the site, it was blocked).  If the 
primary language is Russian, then Stalinka does sound too positive for 
that monster (about whom I have strong feelings, as do most Stalin 
scholars and most anybody who has dealt with Stalin in one way or 
another).  If the primary language is English, then an English title 
would be both more relevant and more informative (I assume non-Russian 
speakers would be welcome to a site based in the US).  Some suggestions 
for an English label:
The Time of Stalin (title of Antonov-Ovseenko's book in English),
The Cult of Stalin (many titles like this in Russian),
Imagining Stalin (_pace_ Anderson),
The Stalin Collection,
The Pittsburgh Stalin Archive.
And so on.  I am sure SEELANGers will have other suggestions as well.

Regards to the list,

Daniel Rancour-Laferriere


Edward M Dumanis wrote:

>I would friendly suggest to the announcing team of the University of
>Pittsburgh try to refrain from the terms that they chose both for the name
>and the description of the archive. Something less affectionate than
>"uncle Joe" style  would be more appropriate. Somebody might try to use
>"Hitleriana" and "Hitlerka" for a Russian collection of Hitler-related
>papers but it would look like a collection for Neo-Nazis. Just replace
>Hitler for Stalin to see if any of your proposals would sound right. For
>example, Staliniada cf. Hitleriada, and so on.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>
>
>
>On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, goscilo wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Dear Colleagues,
>>
>>			
>>Though SEELANGS, unlike Norman Mailer, rightly discourages "advertisements 
>>for oneself" when the pertinent item is a book that conceivably could bring 
>>the author financial profit, the following announcement has nothing to do 
>>with sales. Indeed, it is intended to render colleagues a service.
>>
>> 
>>*  *  *
>>
>>The University of Pittsburgh team of Susan Corbesero, Helena Goscilo, and 
>>Petre Petrov takes pleasure in announcing the launch of their STALINKA, a 
>>comprehensive digital library of Staliniana for educational purposes. 
>>STALINKA comprises both visual and verbal texts.  The latter, currently 
>>under construction, includes biographical history, annotated bibliographies 
>>of Joseph Stalin?s works, a "Who?s Who" of individuals and organizations 
>>central to his activities, and critical scholarship on Stalin/ism. The 
>>visual part of the collection (now approximately 370 images) encompasses 
>>representations of Stalin in various genres: portraits, sculptures, 
>>graphics, photographs, and material objects.  Hosted by the DRL (Digital 
>>Research Library) within the University Library System (ULS), these images 
>>may be accessed at
>>
>> 
>>http://images.library.pitt.edu/s/stalinka
>>
>>We welcome anyone and everyone to the site, but emphasize that all the 
>>images are copyrighted and may not be disseminated or used outside the 
>>classroom without permission.  Enjoy!
>>
>>Helena Goscilo for the S-Team
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