From alex.rudd at GMAIL.COM  Thu Nov  1 06:57:33 2012
From: alex.rudd at GMAIL.COM (Alex Rudd)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:57:33 -0700
Subject: SEELANGS Administrivia - List Guideline Reminder
Message-ID: <WED.31.OCT.2012.235733.0700.>

Dear SEELANGers,

A number of posts to the list over the last days and weeks have
prompted me once again to post and remind you all that there are
guidelines to be observed when utilizing the SEELANGS list, all of
which were made known to you when you joined the list (or at some time
thereafter).  The List Guidelines are found in the Welcome message
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From reeec_resources at MX.UILLINOIS.EDU  Thu Nov  1 14:00:38 2012
From: reeec_resources at MX.UILLINOIS.EDU (REEEC <University of Illinois>)
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 14:00:38 +0000
Subject: PLEASE CIRCULATE - Conference Announcement : Early Russian
 Itineraries
Message-ID: <THU.1.NOV.2012.140038.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

EARLY RUSSIAN ITINERARIES : MOVEMENT AND THE SPACE OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE



The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign has opened a call for papers to present at the Ralph and Ruth Fisher Forum, to be held in Urbana, Illinois on Friday June 14th and Saturday June 15th, 2013.  This year's conference, "Early Russian Itineraries<http://www.reeec.illinois.edu/events/conferences/2013FF_RussianItineraries.html>" will focus on the production of Russian Imperial space by bringing to the fore the movement and circulation of material objects, peoples and ideas within and across the imperial domain. The chronological focus of this event will be on the long eighteenth century (1650-1825), but applications from scholars working on earlier periods are encouraged as well.



Though absolute properties of Russian geography-most notably, the constraints placed on human action by Russia's size, climate, and position in global state systems-are frequently invoked in accounts of Russia's history, relatively few studies have attempted to think through the communicative processes involved in the making of Russia as space.  As a result, to borrow the words of the 19th century human geographer Paul Vidal de la Blache, "one pictures the earth as 'the stage upon which man's [sic] activities take place,' without reflecting that the stage itself is alive."  This is perhaps especially true of the medieval and early modern formation of the Russian empire, whose communicative geography and system of human-made relations remain understudied.  This is particularly to be regretted, because without an understanding of movement, we lack a clear picture of the making of Russian imperial space: the genesis, reach, and footprint of imperial culture, politics, and society.  "We produce and reproduce space through our movements," Richard White has argued: this conference seeks to situate our stories about the making imperial Russian life within such an expanded, process-oriented understanding of space.



Broadly synthetic papers as well as archival-based work grappling with the most basic questions of physical movement are encouraged for submission. Also welcome is work that attempts to illuminate simple empirical questions such as: What exactly was being moved? Where did it go? How was it moved, how often and by whom? Desired presentations include those considering such issues as: to what extent were new or existing patterns of movement bound up with the emergence of empire in Russian life? What influence did these patterns have on Russia's political, social or cultural positions in the world?  To what extent can such spatial analysis help us rethink issues of continuity, change and difference in Russian history, across both international and chronological divides? Also requested are papers introducing sustained comparative and interdisciplinary dimensions to the discussion; situating Russia's movement systems within broader histories and cultures of movement. Additionally, an objective of this conference is to create new frameworks for scholarship on medieval and early imperial Russian history.



Please submit paper abstracts (250 words in .doc or .pdf file format) to the conference organizer, Rachel Koroloff (rkorolo2 at illinois.edu) by Friday, November 30th, 2012. Please include, "Fisher Forum 2013" in the subject heading. Conference participants will be notified of their acceptance by January 1st, 2013. Please note that discussion will be based on pre-circulated presentation materials or paper abstracts; potential presenters are advised to plan accordingly. Graduate students are strongly encouraged to apply.



Partial financial support for travel and housing expenses will be offered to eligible conference participants as funding permits. Supplementary funds may also be available for eligible applicants to the Russian, East-European, Eurasian Center's Summer Research Lab. Certain restrictions do apply, please see the REEEC website (http://www.reeec.illinois.edu/srl/) for more information.



Please contact co-organizers Rachel Koroloff (rkorolo2 at illinois.edu) or John Randolph (jwr at illinois.edu), with any questions about this event.



John Randolph (Department of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Rachel Koroloff (Department of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)



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From EChristensen at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG  Thu Nov  1 21:26:29 2012
From: EChristensen at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG (Eric Christensen)
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 21:26:29 +0000
Subject: 2013 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program - Deadline
 Extended to November 20, 2012
Message-ID: <THU.1.NOV.2012.212629.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Due to the impact of Hurricane Sandy, the deadline to apply for the 2013 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program has been extended to 11:59 pm Pacific Time on Tuesday, November 20. The application is available online at http://www.clscholarship.org.

CLS is a program of the U.S. Department of State and provides fully-funded group-based intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences for seven to ten weeks for U.S. citizen undergraduate and graduate students. Languages offered: Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish, and Urdu.


Prior to preparing their application, interested students should review the full eligibility and application information on the CLS Program website: www.clscholarship.org/applicants<http://www.clscholarship.org/applicants>. Please note that Arabic, Chinese, Persian, Russian, and Japanese institutes have language prerequisites, which can also be found at this link.

Students from all academic disciplines, including business, engineering, law, medicine, sciences, and humanities are encouraged to apply. While there is no service requirement attached to CLS Program awards, participants are expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period, and later apply their critical language skills in their professional careers.

The CLS Program is planning outreach events at universities across the U.S. in fall 2012. Check out the CLS webpage or our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/CLScholarship for updates!

For more information about the CLS Program, please visit the CLS website: http://www.clscholarship.org<http://www.clscholarship.org/>.


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From aaron.hodgson87 at GMAIL.COM  Fri Nov  2 16:11:25 2012
From: aaron.hodgson87 at GMAIL.COM (Aaron Hodgson)
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 16:11:25 +0000
Subject: Joseph Brodsky in the West
Message-ID: <FRI.2.NOV.2012.161125.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear fellow SEELANG-ers,

I was hoping to utilize your vast, accumulative knowledge. Does anyone know
of any
institutions in the UK or US where Brodsky is taught? I am also trying to
discover the
body of his works that is being taught.

If anyone can help me then my email address is
A.T.Hodgson at sms.ed.ac.uk<https://www.sms.ed.ac.uk/imp/compose.php?to=A.T.Hodgson%40sms.ed.ac.uk&thismailbox=INBOX>
.

Many thanks in advance,

Aaron Tregellis Hodgson
PhD candidate - University of Edinburgh

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From mdenner at STETSON.EDU  Thu Nov  1 13:52:40 2012
From: mdenner at STETSON.EDU (Michael A. Denner)
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 09:52:40 -0400
Subject: Job Opening in History: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF RUSSIAN AND
 EASTERN EUROPEAN HISTORY
Message-ID: <THU.1.NOV.2012.095240.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Stetson University seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Russian and
Eastern European History. Candidates with expertise in transnational and
inter-ethnic history, including Eurasian and/or Jewish Studies, are
encouraged to apply.

More information is available
here<http://www.stetson.edu/administration/academic-affairs/openfacHIST-R.php>.


~mad

.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.oOo.
   Dr. Michael A. Denner
   Associate Professor of Russian Studies
   Editor, Tolstoy Studies Journal
   Director, Russian Studies Program

   Director, University Honors Program

   Schedule an appointment
<http://www2.stetson.edu/~mdenner/appointment.htm> with me. (Check
your time zone!)

   Contact Information:
      Russian Studies Program
      Stetson University
      Campus Box 8361
      DeLand, FL 32720-3756
      386.822.7381 (department)

      www.stetson.edu/~mdenner

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From natasa.milas at YALE.EDU  Fri Nov  2 17:51:59 2012
From: natasa.milas at YALE.EDU (Natasa Milas)
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 12:51:59 -0500
Subject: In Contrast: Croatian Film Today
Message-ID: <FRI.2.NOV.2012.125159.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

Berghahn Books is pleased to announce the recent publication of In Contrast: Croatian Film Today, edited by Aida Vidan and Gordana P. Crnković.

In Contrast is the first comprehensive volume on the subject. By introducing readers to the complex political and artistic circumstances, the authors approach animation, documentary, and feature films, through questions of style and vision, social engagement, industry, national identity, gender, audience, and domestic and international reception. In-depth interviews with some of the most prominent Croatian film directors provide insights into their artistic practices while also serving as first-hand testimonials to both socialist and transitional cultural environments. Additional information can be found on our website: http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=VidanIn.

If you are interested in obtaining a copy for a 25% discount, please use this form: https://www.berghahnbooks.com/extras/docs/flyer/VidanIn_9780857458940.html. This offer is valid until November 30th and is only for individuals.

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From nafpaktitis at LIBRARY.UCLA.EDU  Fri Nov  2 19:15:38 2012
From: nafpaktitis at LIBRARY.UCLA.EDU (Nafpaktitis, Margarita)
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 19:15:38 +0000
Subject: any tweeps at ASEEES?
Message-ID: <FRI.2.NOV.2012.191538.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear Colleagues:

If you have a twitter account and plan on tweeting during the ASEEES conference in New Orleans, tweet me (@nafpaktitism) your interest and I'll add you to a public list I'm working on to help us follow each other during the conference.

Thanks!
Margarita


Margarita Nafpaktitis, Ph.D.
Librarian for Slavic & East European Studies and Linguistics | Instruction Coordinator
Collections, Research & Instructional Services | Charles E. Young Research Library | UCLA
A1540 Charles E. Young Research Library | Box 951575 | Los Angeles CA 90095-1575 | USA
office: 310-825-1639 | fax: 310-825-3777 | nafpaktitis at library.ucla.edu
http://ucla.academia.edu/MargaritaNafpaktitis | @nafpaktitism
[facebook-icon]<http://www.facebook.com/uclayrl>  [twitter-icon] <https://twitter.com/#!/UCLA_YRL>  [linkedin-icon] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/nafpaktitism>


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From KALBJ at MAILBOX.SC.EDU  Fri Nov  2 19:37:07 2012
From: KALBJ at MAILBOX.SC.EDU (KALB, JUDITH)
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 19:37:07 +0000
Subject: summer third-year Russian language courses?
Message-ID: <FRI.2.NOV.2012.193707.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear colleagues,
Can you tell me please if your institution is offering third-year Russian language this summer? (For our purposes, this would follow Golosa Books I and II.)  Please reply off-list to jkalb at sc.edu<mailto:jkalb at sc.edu> - many thanks!!
Judy

Dr. Judith E. Kalb
Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
jkalb at sc.edu<mailto:jkalb at sc.edu>


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From slavic at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Fri Nov  2 20:16:48 2012
From: slavic at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Slavic Department)
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 16:16:48 -0400
Subject: Preceptor in Czech language position at Harvard University
Message-ID: <FRI.2.NOV.2012.161648.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

The Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures seeks applications for a preceptor in Czech language. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1, 2013 with teaching beginning in Fall 2013. The preceptor will be responsible for courses in beginning and intermediate Czech (4 courses per academic year) and additional tutorials in advanced Czech as needed. The preceptor will work with the Director of the Slavic Language Program to develop courses in Czech language and assist with expanding the Czech language program. It is highly desirable that the preceptor be willing to participate in Harvard’s eight-week summer study abroad program in Prague, Czech Republic, depending on program needs. The position is for one year, renewable on a yearly basis for up to eight years, contingent upon performance, enrollments, and curricular need.  Interviews will be held at AATSEEL in January.

The successful applicant should have experience in teaching Czech, language program and curriculum development, student advising and recruitment, materials design, teaching with technology, and have native or near-native proficiency in Czech.  A PhD or equivalent graduate training is preferred.

Please submit the following materials through the ARIeS portal (http://academicpositions.harvard.edu), no later than December 5, 2012:

1. Cover letter

2. Curriculum Vitae

3. A brief teaching statement and a sample of teaching materials and syllabi

4. Names and contact information of at least three references who will be submitting letters of recommendation on your behalf. (Letters should be submitted on the ARIeS portal and your application will be complete only when at least three letters have been submitted.)


Harvard University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Applications from women and minorities are strongly encouraged.

Contact Information: Steven Clancy, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Slavic Language Program, sclancy at fas.harvard.edu<mailto:sclancy at fas.harvard.edu>





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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Fri Nov  2 21:41:46 2012
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 21:41:46 +0000
Subject: Hurricane Sandy in New York
Message-ID: <FRI.2.NOV.2012.214146.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear all,

One of my editors at NYRB Classics forwarded this message to me and suggested I send it to SEELANGS.

Allt he best,

Robert

Help us bring relief to our community.
Dear Friends,  

We hope you and your loved ones are safe and have incurred minimal damage in the wake ofHurricane Sandy.  
 
We know many members of the Russian Jewish community have been hit hard, especially senior citizens living in high rise buildings near the coast. Those who were unable to evacuate have been without electricity, working elevators, or access to fresh food for three days now. After contacting all 33 of our member organizations, we have a list of names and addresses of such individuals who are in need of our help.  
 
We are looking for volunteers. If you are in a position to go out TODAY to visit senior citizens trapped in their homes, please call Lisa Klig at (347) 875-0676. Likewise, please call if you have information about people who require assistance.
 
For information on what to do if your apartment or business has flood damage, visit Brokelyn's guide. 
 
After we address the immediate dangers of Sandy's aftermath, we will be mobilizing additional efforts to assist members of our community who have suffered losses and damages.  We will continue to work with all of our community members, partners, and participants to ensure that we can rebuild, recover, and recuperate.
 
Sincerely,
The COJECO Team
 

Live updates on Facebook.

COME TOGETHER, VOLUNTEER, DONATE. 

(346)875-0676
Lisa Klig, COJECO Program Director


   LIVE UPDATES   
 DONATE TO OUR RELIEF EFFORTS 
You can donate remotely 
by clicking DONATE at cojeco.org. Please email margaritak at cojeco.org to alert us when you donate so we can immediately put it to use. Thanks for banding together.


COJECO is the central coordinating body of the Russian Jewish community of NY, established in 2001 to facilitate enduring participation of Russian-speaking Jews in the mainstream Jewish community, while acknowledging our distinctive cultural heritage. Today, COJECO not only continues to support its 33 member organizations, but also strives to represent and advocate for the community's needs. Learn more at www.cojeco.org.



Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD

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From enthorsen at GMAIL.COM  Sat Nov  3 00:30:11 2012
From: enthorsen at GMAIL.COM (Elise Thorsen)
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2012 20:30:11 -0400
Subject: TOC: Studies in Slavic Cultures X, "Postmodernism"
Message-ID: <FRI.2.NOV.2012.203011.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,



The tenth issue of the graduate journal *Studies in Slavic Cultures*, on
the theme of "Postmodernism," is now available. More information can be
found on-line at
<www.pitt.edu/~slavic/sisc<http://www.pitt.edu/%7Eslavic/sisc>>,
or by e-mail to the editors at sisc at pitt.edu.



The following articles are included in “Postmodernism”:

Ljudmila Bilkić (University of Pittsburgh): “Indebted to Rupture—Mediating
between Eastern and Western [Post]Modernism”

Vadim Shneyder (Yale University): “The Problem of Postmodernism in Russian
Literary History: A Comparative Reading of *Summer in Baden-Baden* and *Moscow
to the End of the Line*”


Olga Klimova (University of Pittsburgh): “Anti-Soviet Kitsch in Perestroika
Melodrama: Sergei Solov'ev’s *Assa*”


Irina Anisimova (University of Pittsburgh): “From Consumption to
Objectification in Viktor Pelevin’s ‘Akiko’”


Daria Kabanova (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign): “Mourning the
Mimesis: Aleksei Fedorchenko’s *First on the Moon* and the Post-Soviet
Practice of Writing History”




Issue XI of *SISC*, “Everyday Life,” is forthcoming in January 2013.

The editors of *SISC* XII currently invite inquiries and submissions
pertaining to the theme of “Pop and Propaganda” at sisc at pitt.edu.



Best wishes,

Elise Thorsen and Hillary Brevig

-- 
Elise Thorsen
Ph.D. Student, University of Pittsburgh
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
1417 Cathedral of Learning
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
ent7 at pitt.edu

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From bca1917 at YAHOO.COM  Sat Nov  3 12:41:31 2012
From: bca1917 at YAHOO.COM (Barbara Allen)
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2012 05:41:31 -0700
Subject: TOC: The NEP Era:  Soviet Russia, 1921-1928" volume 6 (2012)
In-Reply-To: <SEELANGS%201211030000460117.0050@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>
Message-ID: <SAT.3.NOV.2012.054131.0700.BCA1917@YAHOO.COM>

The annual peer-reviewed journal "The NEP Era: Soviet Russia, 1921-1928" Volume 6 (2012) will be available for purchase at Charles Schlacks' booth at the November 15-18, 2012 convention of ASEEES in New Orleans, LA. Below is the table of contents:

ARTICLES / СТАТЬИ

pp. 1-25 "Two Tales of One City: Isaac Babel, Fellow Traveling, and the End of NEP" by Janneke van de Stadt

pp. 26-56 “'Правда', воображение и власть: политическое картографирование внутрипартийной оппозиции 1923 года" by Александр Резник

BOOK REVIEWS / КНИЖНЫЕ РЕЦЕНЗИИ 
pp. 57-105

Catherine Evtuhov. Portrait of a Russian Province: Economy, Society, and Civilization in Nineteenth-Century Nizhnii Novgorod (Susan Smith-Peter) 57

Marjorie L. Hilton. Selling to the Masses: Retailing in Russia, 1880-1930 (T. Clayton Black) 60

Valleri Hohman. Russian Culture and Theatrical Performance in America, 1891-1933 (Anna Winestein) 63

Stephen Brain. Song of the Forest: Russian Forestry and Stalinist Environmentalism , 1905-1953 (Andy Bruno) 68

Helen Rappaport. Conspirator: Lenin in Exile (Alexis Pogorelskin) 72

Rochelle Goldberg Ruthchild. Equality & Revolution: Women’s Rights in the Russian Empire, 1905-1917 (Valentina Uspenskaya) 75

David L. Hoffmann. Cultivating the Masses: Modern State Practices and Soviet Socialism, 1914-1939 (T. Clayton Black) 78

Michael David-Fox. Showcasing the Great Experiment: Cultural Diplomacy and Western Visitors to the Soviet Union 1921-1941 (Joy Gleason Carew) 81

Hugh D. Hudson. Peasants, Political Police, and the Early Soviet State: Surveillance and Accommodation under the New Economic Policy (Colleen M. Moore) 86

Wendy Z. Goldman. Inventing the Enemy: Denunciation and Terror in Stalin’s Russia (Barbara Allen) 89

Russia’s Century of Revolutions: Parties, People, Places. Studies Presented in Honor of Alexander Rabinowitch. Edited by Michael S. Melancon and Donald J. Raleigh (Ronald Grigor Suny) 93

A History of Russian Literary Theory and Criticism: The Soviet Age and Beyond. Edited by Evgeny Dobrenko and Galin Tihanov (Julia Vaingurt) 95

Other Animals: Beyond the Human in Russian Culture and History. Edited by Jane Costlow and Amy Nelson (Kevin Reese) 99

Правоэсеровский политический процесс в Москве (8 июня – 4 августа 1922 г.): стенограммы судебных заседании в 14 томах; тт. 1-2. Edited by A. L. Litvin et al. (Aleksei Iurevich Suslov) 102

Article manuscripts and book reviews are being solicited for volume 7 (2013).  To discuss submission of an article manuscript, please contact Alexis Pogorelskin, Ph.D. of University of Minnesota Duluth (apogorel at d.umn.edu).  Send books for review to Barbara C. Allen, Ph.D. of La Salle University, Philadelphia (allenb at lasalle.edu), History Department, 1900 West Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19141.

For contents of previous issues, see: http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/NEPera/main/issues.php

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From msaskova-pierce1 at UNL.EDU  Sun Nov  4 21:44:33 2012
From: msaskova-pierce1 at UNL.EDU (Mila Saskova-Pierce)
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 21:44:33 +0000
Subject: summer third-year Russian language courses?
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UNL is not offering 3rd year Russian in the summer.  Sorry.  Mila

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Dear colleagues,
Can you tell me please if your institution is offering third-year Russian language this summer? (For our purposes, this would follow Golosa Books I and II.)  Please reply off-list to jkalb at sc.edu<mailto:jkalb at sc.edu> - many thanks!!
Judy

Dr. Judith E. Kalb
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Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
jkalb at sc.edu<mailto:jkalb at sc.edu>

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From: theodora.trimble at GMAIL.COM (Theodora Trimble)
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 10:23:42 -0600
Subject: Call for Papers: Studies in Slavic Cultures XII
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Studies in Slavic Cultures XII

University of Pittsburgh, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

CALL FOR PAPERS: POP AND PROPAGANDA

Studies in Slavic Cultures, the graduate student journal at University of Pittsburgh, is now accepting submissions for the 2013 issue. The theme this year is “Pop and Propaganda.”  We welcome graduate student submissions investigating various aspects of popular culture and propaganda in literary, visual, and other areas of contemporary and non-contemporary culture in Russia and Eastern Europe.

Possible topics to consider may include but are not limited to:

-Propaganda and popular television, film, and music

-Pop culture and cults of personality

-Pop culture as a tool for political propaganda

-Pop culture and revolution

-Pop and propaganda, camp and kitsch

-Propaganda and performance

-Imperial popular culture and propaganda

The deadline for submissions is February 1, 2013. Queries and submissions should be sent to the editors, Natalie Ryabchikova and Theodora Kelly Trimble at sisc at pitt.edu

Please visit the following link for detailed submission and formatting guidelines: www.pitt.edu/~slavic/sisc.

SISC is published by members of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh, with support from the Center for Russian and East European Studies. The journal consists entirely of analytical articles by graduate students, appears annually, runs to approximately 120 pages, and is devoted to Slavic culture. SISC is an image-friendly publication and the editors encourage applicants to submit visuals to accompany their work.  

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From jarbaugh at UMICH.EDU  Mon Nov  5 17:45:07 2012
From: jarbaugh at UMICH.EDU (Jean McKee)
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 12:45:07 -0500
Subject: Omry Ronen: In Memoriam
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                                                                Omry
Ronen:  In Memoriam



Dear Colleagues and Friends,



It is with great sadness that we, the faculty, students and staff of the
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Center for Russian,
East European and Eurasian Studies at the University of Michigan, write to
inform you of the sudden passing of our dear colleague, Omry Ronen, on
November 1, 2012.  Professor Ronen was a world-renown scholar of Russian
literature, whose most influential scholarship ranged across many areas:
historical and descriptive poetics, metrics, structural analysis of verse
and prose, Russian Silver Age poetry, and particularly the work of Osip
Mandel’shtam.  His erudition was legendary and the energy and brilliance of
his work were widely admired.  Among the many other topics that his
half-dozen books and one hundred-fifty articles dealt with were Pushkin’s
poetics, subtextual interpretive strategies, the poetry of the *Oberiu*,
Vladimir Nabokov and the problems of literary multilingualism, the
picaresque in Russian literature, popular fiction and science fiction,
children’s literature, intersemiotic  transposition in the arts, literature
and cinema, the history of Russian formalism and structuralism, twentieth
century Ukrainian poetry, and, of course, the history and theory of Russian
Symbolism, Acmeism and Futurism.  Among his ground-breaking works are *An
Approach to Mandel’stam* (1983), *The Fallacy of the Silver Age in
Twentieth-Century Russian Literature* (1997), *The Poetics of Osip
Mandel’shtam* (2002), and the three published volumes of his essays, *Iz
goroda Enn* (*From the City of NN) *(2005, 2007, 2010).  Two additional
volumes of his essays, one on poetics and another on Acmeism, were in
preparation at the time of his death.  Throughout his career, until the day
of his passing, the pace of his scholarly productivity never slowed—he
published nine articles in 2011 and 2012.  One of those articles won the
International “Portal 2011” prize for best critical essay on science
fiction.



Professor Ronen was born in Odessa, Ukraine, USSR, on July 12, 1937.  As an
undergraduate he began his studies in Budapest, Hungary; he was arrested
and imprisoned following the Soviet repression of the Hungarian Revolution
of 1956, but escaped to Israel, where he worked his way through college and
completed a B.A. in Linguistics and English literature at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem.  He then went on to complete his Ph.D. at Harvard
University in Slavic Languages and Literatures; while completing his Ph.D.,
he taught as a Lecturer  at Harvard, MIT, Yale, Tel Aviv University and the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  He rose to the rank of Associate Professor
of Russian and Comparative Literature at the Hebrew University during the
late 1970s and early 1980s, returning periodically as a visiting professor
to Harvard, Yale and the University of Texas.  In 1985, he began his tenure
as an Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the
University of Michigan and was promoted to the rank of Professor in 1994.
Professor Ronen served as a member of the Editorial Board of some of our
field’s most important journals, including *Elementa*, *Novoe Literaturnoe
Obozrenie* (*New Literature Review)*, and *Philologica.  *At Michigan, he
was the winner of awards for Excellence in Research and Excellence in
Teaching.



Professor Ronen was an inspiring teacher and a generous mentor.  He taught
courses on modern Russian poetry (Symbolism, Acmeism, Futurism), Silver Age
Russian prose, Pushkin, the Russian picaresque, Russian social fiction,
Bulgakov, Nabokov, Old Russian literature, Russian Formalism, and Poetics
and Rhetoric.  His present and past students (many of the latter now  teach
at prominent universities in our field) will sorely miss his presence as an
interlocutor and as a veritable encyclopedia of knowledge of Russian
literature, as will we, his colleagues.



*Herbert Eagle, Chair, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures,
University of Michigan*

*
*

*----------*

Jean McKee
Student Services Coordinator | Assistant to the Chair
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
812 E Washington St | 3040 MLB | Ann Arbor | MI | 48109
voice 734.764.5355 | fax 734.647.2127
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From irexscholars at GMAIL.COM  Mon Nov  5 20:09:47 2012
From: irexscholars at GMAIL.COM (Julia Hon)
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 15:09:47 -0500
Subject: Deadline Reminder: Announcing the 2013-2014 Research Grant
 Opportunities
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2013-2014 INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR
U.S. SCHOLARS AND PROFESSIONALS

Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program (IARO)
Short Term Travel Grants Program (STG)

***

IREX is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted
for the 2013-2014 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program
and Short Term Travel Grants Program. These innovative and flexible
programs offer U.S. scholars and professionals the opportunity to
conduct policy-relevant research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
Researchers are able to increase their understanding of current
regional issues, develop and sustain international networks, and
directly contribute to the formation of U.S. public policy by
conducting research on topics vital to the academic and policymaking
communities. Fellowships provide international airfare, a
living/housing stipend, visa support, emergency evacuation insurance,
logistical support and, in many countries, field office support.

-----

The Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program (IARO) provides
students, scholars and professionals with support to conduct
policy-relevant field research in the countries of Eastern Europe and
Eurasia.
* Eligibility: Master’s students, pre-doctoral students, postdoctoral
scholars, and professionals with advanced degrees are eligible.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens.
* Information and online application:
http://www.irex.org/application/individual-advanced-research-opportunities-iaro
* Deadline:  November 14, 2012
* Examples of Recently-Funded Research Topics: Role of Social Media in
Political Engagement, Peace Education in Post-Conflict Settings,
Cultural Identity and Nation Building, Migration Studies
* Contact: By email at iaro at irex.org or by telephone at 202-628-8188

-----

The Short-Term Travel Grants Program (STG) is a short-term, flexible
program for postdoctoral scholars and professionals to conduct
targeted, policy-relevant research in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
* Eligibility: Postdoctoral scholars and professionals with advanced
degrees are eligible. Applicants must be US citizens.
* Information and online application:
http://www.irex.org/project/short-term-travel-grants-stg
* Deadline:  February 6, 2013
* Examples of Recently-Funded Research Topics:  Regional Economic
Development, Islamic Influence in Central Asia, Human and Civil Rights
in Eastern Europe, Gender and Politics
* Contact: By email at stg at irex.org or by telephone at 202-628-8188

-----

Countries Eligible for Research:
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary,
Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova,
Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan

IARO and STG are funded by the U.S. Department of State Title VIII Program

-- 
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Program Coordinator
Education Programs Division
IREX
phone: 202.628.8188 x211
fax: 202.628.8189
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From: alex.rudd at GMAIL.COM (Alex Rudd)
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 13:56:43 -0800
Subject: Job Posting - Univ. of New Mexico - Visiting Asst. Prof. of
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UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO – ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO



VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF RUSSIAN



The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of
New Mexico invites applications for a two-year appointment (with possible
renewal for one year) at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor in a
field of Russian literature and/or culture, to begin August 1, 2013. The
successful candidate will demonstrate a high degree of excellence in
teaching and

scholarship and exhibit potential to contribute to the intellectual life of
the Department and the University.



The area of specialization within Russian culture and literature is open.
We are looking for a candidate with a solid grounding in classical
Russian/Soviet literature but also familiar with contemporary cultural
developments. These may include the intersections of literature with other
fields such as film or media studies; gender and sexuality; translation
studies; or connections between literature and other issues within
contemporary Russian society. Language instruction is part of the teaching
load, and the successful candidate will be familiar with proficiency-based
teaching and using technology in the classroom. The successful candidate
will work with her/his colleagues to grow the Russian undergraduate program
and Russian major at UNM.



The successful applicant will join a vibrant department at UNM that

emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to literary and cultural studies.
The teaching load is five courses per year. Salary is competitive and
commensurate with experience. The successful candidate will contribute to
the University’s interdisciplinary programs. The successful candidate will
be expected to maintain an active research and publication agenda. For more
information about the department, please visit our website at

http://www.unm.edu/~fll/



UNM is located in Albuquerque, a high desert city of 600,000 on the Rio
Grande that offers an active outdoor lifestyle. New Mexico is an ethnically
diverse state that is proud of its rich and fascinating cultural heritage.
UNM is a large state research institution and actively seeks a diverse
faculty who can contribute to its core academic mission and values.



*MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS*



Applicants must have completed a Ph.D. in Russian Literature and/or Culture
by August 1, 2013.



Native or near-native fluency in Russian and English.



Familiarity with the North American higher education system.



Applicants must have a demonstrated skill and experience in teaching

Russian language, literature or culture courses at the college level.



Applicants must demonstrate the potential to pursue an active scholarly
agenda in an area of Russian literature or culture.



*PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS*

* *

Evidence of scholarly expertise in one or more of the following fields is

desirable: contemporary Russian culture, modern or contemporary Russian
literature, classical Russian literature.



For complete details or to apply, please visit https://unmjobs.unm.edu/ and
reference posting number 0818048. A complete application must include a
letter of intent addressing the applicant’s qualifications for the position
and a description of the applicant’s current research activities, teaching
interests and experience, and future research plans; a current curriculum
vitae; a list with full contact information for three references; writing
sample: a chapter of the dissertation, a copy of a published article or
book chapter, an article or book chapter submitted for publication, or an
article or book chapter in preparation for publication, not to exceed 30
pages; one sample syllabus for a course that the candidate has taught, or
would like to teach, on Russian language and culture, or a course on
Russian literature in translation.



In addition, please have three reference letters sent by December 3, 2012
via post directly to: Chair, Russian Search Committee, Dept. of Foreign
Languages and Literatures, MSC03 2080, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001. E-mailed letters will not be accepted.
Questions may be addressed to the search committee chair at nakol at unm.edu



For best consideration, completed applications are due December 3, 2012.
The position will remain until filled.



The University of New Mexico is committed to promoting and supporting the
diversity of our campuses. UNM is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Employer.

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From slavicalendar at GMAIL.COM  Mon Nov  5 22:05:42 2012
From: slavicalendar at GMAIL.COM (Slavic Department)
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 16:05:42 -0600
Subject: Slavic Language Coordinator Position - Senior Lecturer
Message-ID: <MON.5.NOV.2012.160542.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

*“The University of Chicago is distinctive in many respects, but perhaps in
none more so than its singular commitment to rigorous inquiry that demands
multiple and often competing perspectives. The nature of questions being
asked and the perspectives being engaged are often a function of the
diversity of experiences and outlooks of those participating”.* To read
President Zimmer’s full statement on diversity, please visit
http://president.uchicago.edu/page/statement-diversity.



The Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures at the University of
Chicago is accepting applications for a three year renewable appointment as
a Language Coordinator at the rank of Senior Lecturer beginning July 1,
2013.  The duties will include developing, overseeing and coordinating the
Department’s language program, which currently offers Russian, Czech, BCS,
Polish and Georgian. In addition, the Coordinator will be closely involved
in training and supervising graduate student instructors. The Language
Coordinator will teach four quarter long courses per year; one of these
will regularly be a pedagogy course for graduate students preparing to
teach a Slavic language.



The position is open to all candidates who will have completed all
requirements toward the Ph.D. by June 30, 2013, and have native or
near-native proficiency in Russian and English.  The ideal candidate must
be able to teach all levels of Russian language and have a demonstrated
commitment to current pedagogical theory and language teaching, as well as
experience in an American university setting teaching and supervising
staff.  Knowledge of one or more other Slavic languages is a plus.



To apply for this position please go to the University of Chicago Academic
Career Opportunities website, https://academiccareers.uchicago.edu and
select requisition #01531, and upload your curriculum vitae, a research
statement,  a separate statement addressing how your teaching would strike
a balance between teaching grammar and communicative skills, and the names
and contact information for three references.



Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2012.



Application deadline:  All application materials, including reference
letters, must be uploaded by 11:59 PM CST on Tuesday, January 15, 2013.



The position is contingent upon final budgetary approval.



The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Employer

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From meersono at GEORGETOWN.EDU  Mon Nov  5 19:49:29 2012
From: meersono at GEORGETOWN.EDU (Olga Meerson)
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 14:49:29 -0500
Subject: Omry Ronen: In Memoriam
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I knew Omry quite well. Memory blessed and eternal to him. My condolences
to his family, especially to Irena.
o.m.

On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Jean McKee <jarbaugh at umich.edu> wrote:

>                                                                 Omry
> Ronen:  In Memoriam
>
>
>
> Dear Colleagues and Friends,
>
>
>
> It is with great sadness that we, the faculty, students and staff of the
> Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Center for Russian,
> East European and Eurasian Studies at the University of Michigan, write to
> inform you of the sudden passing of our dear colleague, Omry Ronen, on
> November 1, 2012.  Professor Ronen was a world-renown scholar of Russian
> literature, whose most influential scholarship ranged across many areas:
> historical and descriptive poetics, metrics, structural analysis of verse
> and prose, Russian Silver Age poetry, and particularly the work of Osip
> Mandel’shtam.  His erudition was legendary and the energy and brilliance of
> his work were widely admired.  Among the many other topics that his
> half-dozen books and one hundred-fifty articles dealt with were Pushkin’s
> poetics, subtextual interpretive strategies, the poetry of the *Oberiu*,
> Vladimir Nabokov and the problems of literary multilingualism, the
> picaresque in Russian literature, popular fiction and science fiction,
> children’s literature, intersemiotic  transposition in the arts, literature
> and cinema, the history of Russian formalism and structuralism, twentieth
> century Ukrainian poetry, and, of course, the history and theory of Russian
> Symbolism, Acmeism and Futurism.  Among his ground-breaking works are *An
> Approach to Mandel’stam* (1983), *The Fallacy of the Silver Age in
> Twentieth-Century Russian Literature* (1997), *The Poetics of Osip
> Mandel’shtam* (2002), and the three published volumes of his essays, *Iz
> goroda Enn* (*From the City of NN) *(2005, 2007, 2010).  Two additional
> volumes of his essays, one on poetics and another on Acmeism, were in
> preparation at the time of his death.  Throughout his career, until the day
> of his passing, the pace of his scholarly productivity never slowed—he
> published nine articles in 2011 and 2012.  One of those articles won the
> International “Portal 2011” prize for best critical essay on science
> fiction.
>
>
>
> Professor Ronen was born in Odessa, Ukraine, USSR, on July 12, 1937.  As
> an undergraduate he began his studies in Budapest, Hungary; he was arrested
> and imprisoned following the Soviet repression of the Hungarian Revolution
> of 1956, but escaped to Israel, where he worked his way through college and
> completed a B.A. in Linguistics and English literature at the Hebrew
> University of Jerusalem.  He then went on to complete his Ph.D. at Harvard
> University in Slavic Languages and Literatures; while completing his Ph.D.,
> he taught as a Lecturer  at Harvard, MIT, Yale, Tel Aviv University and the
> Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  He rose to the rank of Associate Professor
> of Russian and Comparative Literature at the Hebrew University during the
> late 1970s and early 1980s, returning periodically as a visiting professor
> to Harvard, Yale and the University of Texas.  In 1985, he began his tenure
> as an Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the
> University of Michigan and was promoted to the rank of Professor in 1994.
> Professor Ronen served as a member of the Editorial Board of some of our
> field’s most important journals, including *Elementa*, *Novoe
> Literaturnoe Obozrenie* (*New Literature Review)*, and *Philologica.  *At
> Michigan, he was the winner of awards for Excellence in Research and
> Excellence in Teaching.
>
>
>
> Professor Ronen was an inspiring teacher and a generous mentor.  He taught
> courses on modern Russian poetry (Symbolism, Acmeism, Futurism), Silver Age
> Russian prose, Pushkin, the Russian picaresque, Russian social fiction,
> Bulgakov, Nabokov, Old Russian literature, Russian Formalism, and Poetics
> and Rhetoric.  His present and past students (many of the latter now  teach
> at prominent universities in our field) will sorely miss his presence as an
> interlocutor and as a veritable encyclopedia of knowledge of Russian
> literature, as will we, his colleagues.
>
>
>
> *Herbert Eagle, Chair, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures,
> University of Michigan*
>
> *
> *
>
> *----------*
>
> Jean McKee
> Student Services Coordinator | Assistant to the Chair
> Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
> 812 E Washington St | 3040 MLB | Ann Arbor | MI | 48109
> voice 734.764.5355 | fax 734.647.2127
> www.lsa.umich.edu/slavic
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From: museum at ZISLIN.COM (Uli Zislin)
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 22:27:17 -0500
Subject: Omry Ronen: In Memoriam
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Омри Ронен был выдающимся литературоведом, эрудитом, аналитиком. Его вклад в русскую культуру огромен. Его книги и статьи, всегда оригинального содержания и стиля, делают экспозицию нашего музея значительнее, за что мы ему будем всегда благодарны. Соболезнуем его семье, ученикам, коллегам, мичиганскому университету. 

 

Юлий Зыслин.

«Вашингтонский музей русской поэзии и музыки».

 

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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jean McKee
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                                                                Omry Ronen:  In Memoriam

 

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

 

It is with great sadness that we, the faculty, students and staff of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at the University of Michigan, write to inform you of the sudden passing of our dear colleague, Omry Ronen, on November 1, 2012.  Professor Ronen was a world-renown scholar of Russian literature, whose most influential scholarship ranged across many areas:  historical and descriptive poetics, metrics, structural analysis of verse and prose, Russian Silver Age poetry, and particularly the work of Osip Mandel’shtam.  His erudition was legendary and the energy and brilliance of his work were widely admired.  Among the many other topics that his half-dozen books and one hundred-fifty articles dealt with were Pushkin’s poetics, subtextual interpretive strategies, the poetry of the Oberiu, Vladimir Nabokov and the problems of literary multilingualism, the picaresque in Russian literature, popular fiction and science fiction, children’s literature, intersemiotic  transposition in the arts, literature and cinema, the history of Russian formalism and structuralism, twentieth century Ukrainian poetry, and, of course, the history and theory of Russian Symbolism, Acmeism and Futurism.  Among his ground-breaking works are An Approach to Mandel’stam (1983), The Fallacy of the Silver Age in Twentieth-Century Russian Literature (1997), The Poetics of Osip Mandel’shtam (2002), and the three published volumes of his essays, Iz goroda Enn (From the City of NN) (2005, 2007, 2010).  Two additional volumes of his essays, one on poetics and another on Acmeism, were in preparation at the time of his death.  Throughout his career, until the day of his passing, the pace of his scholarly productivity never slowed—he published nine articles in 2011 and 2012.  One of those articles won the International “Portal 2011” prize for best critical essay on science fiction.

 

Professor Ronen was born in Odessa, Ukraine, USSR, on July 12, 1937.  As an undergraduate he began his studies in Budapest, Hungary; he was arrested and imprisoned following the Soviet repression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, but escaped to Israel, where he worked his way through college and completed a B.A. in Linguistics and English literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  He then went on to complete his Ph.D. at Harvard University in Slavic Languages and Literatures; while completing his Ph.D., he taught as a Lecturer  at Harvard, MIT, Yale, Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.  He rose to the rank of Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature at the Hebrew University during the late 1970s and early 1980s, returning periodically as a visiting professor to Harvard, Yale and the University of Texas.  In 1985, he began his tenure as an Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan and was promoted to the rank of Professor in 1994.  Professor Ronen served as a member of the Editorial Board of some of our field’s most important journals, including Elementa, Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie (New Literature Review), and Philologica.  At Michigan, he was the winner of awards for Excellence in Research and Excellence in Teaching.

 

Professor Ronen was an inspiring teacher and a generous mentor.  He taught courses on modern Russian poetry (Symbolism, Acmeism, Futurism), Silver Age Russian prose, Pushkin, the Russian picaresque, Russian social fiction, Bulgakov, Nabokov, Old Russian literature, Russian Formalism, and Poetics and Rhetoric.  His present and past students (many of the latter now  teach at prominent universities in our field) will sorely miss his presence as an interlocutor and as a veritable encyclopedia of knowledge of Russian literature, as will we, his colleagues.

 

Herbert Eagle, Chair, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan

 

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From seacoastrussian at YAHOO.COM  Tue Nov  6 03:17:38 2012
From: seacoastrussian at YAHOO.COM (Katya Burvikova)
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 19:17:38 -0800
Subject: Intermediate Russian online?
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Dear Seelangers,

are there any American universities that offer an intermediate Russian online course?
Please let me know.

Thank you,

Katya Burvikova

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From anne_mariedevlin at HOTMAIL.COM  Tue Nov  6 09:58:18 2012
From: anne_mariedevlin at HOTMAIL.COM (anne marie devlin)
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 09:58:18 +0000
Subject: Quotation/expression
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I'm sure it's from Nevskii Prospect
 > Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:19:47 +0000
> From: kthresher at RANDOLPHCOLLEGE.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Quotation/expression
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
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> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> I am appealing to your collective wisdom about something that I may just be dreaming up. It seems to me there is some place in Russian literature (and I think it must be Gogol’) where there is an expression that something is “not that one but another (one)” (не тот, а другой). Can anyone help me with this?
> 
> You can respond offline to kthresher at randolphcollege.edu.
> 
> Thank you in advance, 
> Klawa Thresher
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From russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU  Tue Nov  6 15:42:18 2012
From: russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU (Valentino, Russell)
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 15:42:18 +0000
Subject: Call for submissions: eXchanges
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Call for submissions: eXchanges

The University of Iowa's literary translation magazine eXchanges is seeking new poetry, fiction, and nonfiction in translation for our January 2013 issue. The submission period runs through December 1. For more information, please see our submission guidelines: http://exchanges.uiowa.edu/submissions/

Published biannually, eXchanges was founded by the poet and translator Daniel Weissbort, who envisioned the magazine as a venue for collaborations between translating students and visiting writers from the university's International Writing Program. In the 23 years since, the magazine has evolved to include outside translations of authors such as Günter Grass and texts, including the Bhagavad Gita, originally written in languages as diverse as Chamorro, Icelandic and Japanese. eXchanges publishes translations alongside original texts and is committed to making all of its content available online at http://exchanges.uiowa.edu.

For more information, please contact Alex Niemi and Sarah Viren, co-editors, at studorg-exchanges at uiowa.edu<mailto:studorg-exchanges at uiowa.edu>.


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From alex.rudd at GMAIL.COM  Tue Nov  6 19:36:59 2012
From: alex.rudd at GMAIL.COM (Alex Rudd)
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 11:36:59 -0800
Subject: Graduate Fellowships at Central European University, Budapest
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CEU Department of History,the Religious Studies Program and the Jewish Studies
Program offer fellowships for graduate students.

The History Department at CEU Budapest offers competitive fellowships for
MA and PhD programs.

Central European University in Budapest, Hungary is the only international
English-language graduate school in Europe that is accredited in both
Europe(Hungary) and in the United States. The History Department focuses on
early modern and modern history, with a number of regional concentrations,
including Central and Eastern Europe and the
Eastern Mediterranean, as well the former territories of the Ottoman
and Russian
Empires.

Comparative perspectives on Western Europe and the Middle East are
encouraged in both teaching and research. The curriculum is comparative,
interdisciplinary, and relates to current theoretical discussions in the
field and beyond. The department offers courses in the following fields:

·         Historical Studies: Historiography, Theories,Methods, Skills
·         Social and Political History
·         Religious, Cultural, and Intellectual History
·         Ethnicity, Nations, Nationalism and Empires
·         Gender and History

Furthermore, it is possible to concentrate on a number of special subjects
such as Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Jewish Studies, Ottoman Studies,
History of Science, and Religious Studies. Additionally, the affiliated
Source Language Teaching unit offers courses in Arabic, Armenian, Ancient
Greek, Latin,Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Russian,
Ottoman Turkish and Turkish.

In addition to the 2-year MA and 1-year MA program offered by the
Department of History, students may earn additional certificates in Jewish
Studies and Religious Studies. For more information see
http://religion.ceu.hu/ and http://web.ceu.hu/jewishstudies/. The department
is also one of the host institutions for the MATILDA program, which allows
students to focus on European women’s and gender history. Please see the
CEU’s MATILDA webpage for more information: http://gender.ceu.hu/node/18307.

In addition to coursework, conferences, workshops, and guest lectures are
held throughout the year to enrich the curriculum and the academic life in
the department.

The History Department at CEU is a cosmopolitan place of learning, a site
of transnational academic socialization where sophisticated scholarship is
combined with a relaxed, collegial atmosphere. Faculty members come from a
variety of countries, including Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary,
Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, and the
United States. For more information on faculty research interests and contact
information see http://history.ceu.hu/faculty-areas-of-specialization.

In recent years the department has admitted students from over thirty
countries in Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Central Asia. The
majority receive grants, fellowships, and other forms of need-and
merit-based financial assistance. Many of our MA graduates have been accepted
into high-ranking American and European PhD programs, and our alumni teach
in universities around the world or have taken leading positions in
government, business, and international organizations. See:
http://history.ceu.hu/alumni-profiles

The department invites applications for the 1) one-year MA program,designed
for students who have completed at least a four-year Bachelor’s degree; 2)
two-year MA program, designed for those who have completed a three-year
Bachelor’s degree; and 3) PhD program. All academic programs start in
September 2013. The application deadline is
January 24, 2013. Apply at www.ceu.hu/admissions. Early applications are
encouraged.

For inquiries about the department, the programs, the funding schemes, and
the admission process, or for any other questions related to our department,
please contact Ms. Agnes Bendik: BendikAg at ceu.hu

History Department
Central European University
c/o Agnes Bendik
Nador u. 9
H-1051 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: +36 1 327-3022
Fax: +36 1 327-3191
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From a_komaromi at YAHOO.COM  Tue Nov  6 15:08:56 2012
From: a_komaromi at YAHOO.COM (Ann Komaromi)
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 09:08:56 -0600
Subject: Seminar on Dissident Writing, Literature and Global Media
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Paper proposals are invited for the seminar 
"DISSIDENT WRITING, LITERATURE, AND GLOBAL MEDIA"
to be held at the ACLA Meeting, Toronto, April 4-7, 2013.

What qualifies a person to be a "dissident," and what constitutes
"dissident writing" in European and other contexts?  Does this framework
remain relevant for our understanding of events in China and the Arab
world, for example? How does new media, and social networks in particular,
change what we envision to be the global context of citizen activism?  And
what is the role of literature within the framework of "dissident
writing"?  Should literary texts by "dissidents" be afforded special
attention, as the East European dissidents of the 1960s-1980s would have
argued, or be treated like any other form of cultural activism?  What is
the relationship between art, including literature, and citizen activism?

For the full seminar description and instructions for submitting a proposal, 
please see http://www.acla.org/acla2013/propose-a-paper-or-seminar/

You may also contact Seminar organizer 
Josephine (Josie) von Zitzewitz
josephine.vonzitzewitz at new.ox.ac.uk

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From Simon at SIMONBEATTIE.CO.UK  Wed Nov  7 10:16:01 2012
From: Simon at SIMONBEATTIE.CO.UK (Simon Beattie)
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 10:16:01 -0000
Subject: Art history question
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Dear Collective Wisdom,

 

I have just been reading about the 18th-century German scholar Johann
Alexander Döderlein who, according to Wikipedia
(http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Alexander_D%C3%B6derlein), wrote the
first book about a Russian work of art (an icon in a church in Bavaria), in
1724.  Here is another link, which repeats the assumption: 

 

http://www.icon-art.info/book_contents.php?lng=ru
<http://www.icon-art.info/book_contents.php?lng=ru&book_id=76> &book_id=76

 

I wondered whether anyone on the list, perhaps the ikonovedy or art
historians amongst you, could confirm this, or otherwise.

 

Many thanks.

 

Best wishes,

 

Simon Beattie

 


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From rmcleminson at POST.SK  Wed Nov  7 14:47:22 2012
From: rmcleminson at POST.SK (R. M. Cleminson)
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 15:47:22 +0100
Subject: Art history question
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Yes, indeed: J.A. Doederlinus, Inscriptiones slavo-russicae..., Tyrnaviae Hungarorum, 1724.  See Bor Kálmán, "Elfeledett nagyszombati cirill betűs nyomtatvány 1724-ből", Magyar Könyvszemle CXI (1995), pp.319-22.

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Dear Collective Wisdom, 



I have just been reading about the 18 th -century German scholar Johann Alexander Döderlein who, according to Wikipedia ( http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Alexander_D%C3%B6derlein ), wrote the first book about a Russian work of art (an icon in a church in Bavaria), in 1724. Here is another link, which repeats the assumption: 



http://www.icon-art.info/book_contents.php?lng=ru&book_id=76 



I wondered whether anyone on the list, perhaps the ikonovedy or art historians amongst you, could confirm this, or otherwise. 



Many thanks. 



Best wishes, 



Simon Beattie 

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From Simon at SIMONBEATTIE.CO.UK  Wed Nov  7 15:01:00 2012
From: Simon at SIMONBEATTIE.CO.UK (Simon Beattie)
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 15:01:00 -0000
Subject: Art history question
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Thank you, Ralph.  Though I was thinking of the other book cited: 'Slavonisch-Russisches Heiligthum mitten in Deutschland' (Nuremberg, 1724).  A much more substantial work.  The Latin one you mention is only 12 pages long.

Simon


-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of R. M. Cleminson
Sent: 07 November 2012 14:47
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Art history question

Yes, indeed: J.A. Doederlinus, Inscriptiones slavo-russicae..., Tyrnaviae Hungarorum, 1724.  See Bor Kálmán, "Elfeledett nagyszombati cirill betűs nyomtatvány 1724-ből", Magyar Könyvszemle CXI (1995), pp.319-22.

----- Pôvodná správa -----
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Komu: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Odoslané: streda, 7. november 2012 10:16:01
Predmet: [SEELANGS] Art history question




Dear Collective Wisdom, 



I have just been reading about the 18 th -century German scholar Johann Alexander Döderlein who, according to Wikipedia ( http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Alexander_D%C3%B6derlein ), wrote the first book about a Russian work of art (an icon in a church in Bavaria), in 1724. Here is another link, which repeats the assumption: 



http://www.icon-art.info/book_contents.php?lng=ru&book_id=76 



I wondered whether anyone on the list, perhaps the ikonovedy or art historians amongst you, could confirm this, or otherwise. 



Many thanks. 



Best wishes, 



Simon Beattie 

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From bredford at KU.EDU  Wed Nov  7 16:19:07 2012
From: bredford at KU.EDU (Bart Redford)
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 10:19:07 -0600
Subject: CFP: Russia and China: the Architects of a New Global Order?,
 April 10, 2013
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Russia and China: the Architects of a New Global Order?
Interests, Strategies, and Prospects for Conflict and Cooperation

Wednesday, April 10, 2013
KU Union, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
 
China’s military, economic, and political rise and Russia’s comeback in regional and global affairs have become, arguably, the most important geopolitical realignments of the last two decades. Many envision that the strategic orientation, opportunities for cooperation, and possible future tensions between Moscow and Beijing could shift the balance of power in international relations and global problem solving. The reasons for the growing importance of Russia and China in global politics are manifold: their size, their military and nuclear potential, their economies, and, most importantly, global ambitions. What is less obvious is how collaborative or competitive the Sino-Russian relations will be and what the implications are for global and regional security, multi-literalism, U.S. foreign policy interests, among many other factors. 
 
The combined area and international studies centers at the University of Kansas (East Asian; Russian, East European, and Eurasian; Global and International Studies) together with the Foreign Military Studies Office at Ft. Leavenworth invite 200-word proposals for papers in Social Sciences and Humanities that address the dynamics of relations between Russia and China and their place in the emerging world order, especially following the 2008 financial crisis. We seek papers focusing on a specific world area, country or countries, and/or issue area where the Russian and Chinese interests complement each other or collide.

Possible topics might include but are not limited to:
•	Russia and China in the UN
•	Russia, China, and SCO
•	Energy in Sino-Russian relations
•	Arms sales in Sino-Russian relations 
•	Russia and China in the Middle East (Central Asia)
•	The nature of the emerging multipolar order 
•	Cyber warfare in Russian and Chinese security
•	Russia, China, and issues of migration 

The goal of the conference is to describe, examine, and understand how the dynamics of Sino-Russian relations affect or are likely to affect geographical and issue-areas of international relations, and the shifts that have been happening or are likely to happen in global politics. 

Please send your proposal by February 1, 2013 to: crees at ku.edu
Put in the subject header of your email:  April 10 conference proposal

Bart Redford
Assistant to the Director
KU Center for Russian, East European
      & Eurasian Studies
Tel: 785 864 4248
E-mail: bredford at ku.edu
www.crees.ku.edu

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From baktygul_aliev at YAHOO.COM  Thu Nov  8 03:40:53 2012
From: baktygul_aliev at YAHOO.COM (Baktygul Aliev)
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 19:40:53 -0800
Subject: a brief biography of Lenin?
Message-ID: <WED.7.NOV.2012.194053.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Hello,
 
Can anyone recommend a brief biography of Lenin? About 60-70 pages long - something that undergraduates can read in a week (as part of an introductory course to Russian culture and history)? 
 
Thank you.
Baktygul

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From brooksjef at GMAIL.COM  Thu Nov  8 15:34:38 2012
From: brooksjef at GMAIL.COM (jeff brooks)
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 10:34:38 -0500
Subject: a brief biography of Lenin?
In-Reply-To: <1352346053.80059.YahooMailClassic@web161802.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
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Forgive me for recommending my own but this is very short, and if a few
documents are left out it can easily be read in one week:

*Lenin and the Making of the Soviet State: A Brief History with Documents. *
Co-authored

            with Georgiy Chernyavskiy. (Bedford/St. Martin, 2006) 176 pp.
 Bedford St. Martin is very good about sending out copies for
consideration.


You may know Professor Chernyavskiy from his many books and essays
published in Russia including his recent marvelous biography of Trotsky,
Georgii Cherniavskii, Lev Trotskii, in the series Zhizn' zamechatel'nykh
liudei (Molodaia gvardiia, 2010), which contains much new archival material
and is unfortunately not yet translated into English.


Jeff Brooks

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Baktygul Aliev <baktygul_aliev at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Can anyone recommend a brief biography of Lenin? About 60-70 pages long -
> something that undergraduates can read in a week (as part of an
> introductory course to Russian culture and history)?
>
> Thank you.
> Baktygul
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From Kathleen.Evans-Romaine at ASU.EDU  Thu Nov  8 18:07:31 2012
From: Kathleen.Evans-Romaine at ASU.EDU (Kathleen Evans-Romaine)
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 18:07:31 +0000
Subject: CLI Summer 2013 Language and Study-Abroad Opportunities
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From julieannehersh at GMAIL.COM  Fri Nov  9 01:42:23 2012
From: julieannehersh at GMAIL.COM (Julie Hersh)
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 19:42:23 -0600
Subject: Masters programs in Russia taught in English
Message-ID: <THU.8.NOV.2012.194223.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear SEELANGS,

I am in the process of researching/applying to graduate school in Russian and Eastern European Studies. I am particularly interested in studying in Russia (probably Moscow or St. Petersburg, though I am definitely open to other suggestions) and was wondering if anyone could recommend a masters program in this field taught in English. I've already heard about the one at EUSP and am definitely planning to apply, but wanted to make sure I was not missing anything.

I'm also wondering if anyone knows anything about the Russian language preparatory courses at many Russian universities--how good are these? Is there one you would recommend?

Thank you so much for your time.

Julie Hersh

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From djagalov at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Fri Nov  9 05:17:12 2012
From: djagalov at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Rossen Djagalov)
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 23:17:12 -0600
Subject: a petition re the russian state university of the humanities
 (rggu)
Message-ID: <THU.8.NOV.2012.231712.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Friends, as many of you know, last week the Russian ministry of education made public a list of "inefficient" universities, which are now in danger of closure, forced mergers, and other forms of reorganization: http://www.lenta.ru/articles/
2012/11/02/minobr. The list in itself is terrible for all sorts of reasons, but the inclusion in it of the Russian State University of the Humanities (RGGU, an alma mater of mine) in particular is truly baffling and could be easily challenged even by the criteria used for drawing up this list. To this end, several of us (former visiting students at RGGU with the input of a few current faculty members there) have initiated a petition on behalf of foreign-based academics, addressed to the Russian Ministry of Education and attesting to RGGU's international standing: https://www.change.org/petitions/to-the-russian-ministry-of-education-and-science-rggu-is-not-an-inefficient-university

We hope you would consider expressing your solidarity with teachers and students at RGGU by signing and circulating this petition.

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From uffelmann at UNI-PASSAU.DE  Fri Nov  9 09:09:08 2012
From: uffelmann at UNI-PASSAU.DE (Dirk Uffelmann)
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 03:09:08 -0600
Subject: CfA Spring School "Digital Mnemonics in Slavonic Studies"
Message-ID: <FRI.9.NOV.2012.030908.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Call for Applications 

Spring School by the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, and Passau:
"Digital Mnemonics in Slavonic Studies"
funded by Volkswagen Foundation

March 23rd to 30th, 2013
Freising, Bavaria, Germany

Digital media is fundamentally changing the way that societies are dealing with their history and cultural memory. The Spring School "Digital Mnemonics in Slavonic Studies" wants to explore digital representations, the reprocessing of cultural memories and their mutual dynamic interdependence in East Central Europe and Russia. 

We need a new method of research to address this digital shift. The School "Digital Mnemonics in Slavonic Studies" will discuss how to combine the qualitative methodologies of history, area studies, and humanities with the quantitative methods of computational linguistics and statistics, such as data mining, text analysis, web mining etc.

The Spring School will take place from March 23rd to 30th, 2013, in Freising (GER), close to Munich Airport. It brings together 15 graduate and post-graduate students at early and later stages of research on (digital) memory culture in East Central Europe and Russia. The participants will be working in research groups on specific issues based on communication genres of the World Wide Web, attend input lectures from leading experts, and critically reflect upon their own projects with them.

"Digital Mnemonics in Slavonic Studies tries" to stimulate scientific exchange and cooperation beyond disciplinary and national borders comprising technical sciences and humanities. It is carried out and supervised by Prof Alexander Etkind (University of Cambridge, UK), Dr Polly Jones (University of Oxford, UK), and Prof Dirk Uffelmann (University of Passau, GER); and generously funded by Volkswagen Foundation (http://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/nc/en.html). 

Deadline: Please submit your application by November 30th, 2012.

Application requirements: 
- fluency in (at least) one Slavonic language
- excellent command of English
- doctoral or post-doctoral research project related to the Spring School’s area of interest
- excellent academic expertise in East Central European or Russian history, politics or culture and literary studies

Application documents: 
- curriculum vitae
- letter of motivation (400-600 words) 

Costs: No participation fee, free board and lodging, partial refund of travel costs up to 200€. 

Please send your application via email to Mrs Monika Hilbert: hilbert at uni-passau.de (Please make sure to send a single PDF-file only!)

For further information please refer to our website http://www.phil.uni-passau.de/slavische-literaturen-und-kulturen/forschung/digital-mnemonics.html or contact Prof Dirk Uffelmann (Chair of Slavic Literatures and Cultures, University of Passau): uffelmann at uni-passau.de

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Fri Nov  9 15:15:06 2012
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 10:15:06 -0500
Subject: a petition re the russian state university of the humanities
 (rggu)
In-Reply-To: <0641625258154285.WA.djagalovfas.harvard.edu@listserv.ua.edu>
Message-ID: <FRI.9.NOV.2012.101506.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

One has to examine the reason why RGGU got on the list. Even Wikipedia  
will tell you that RGGU has an enormously long list of branches

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82#.D0.A4.D0.B8.D0.BB.D0.B8.D0.B0.D0.BB.D1.8B

(just as long as the URL itself)

including 13 in Moscow region alone http://www2.rsuh.ru/section.html?id=181

More than Northern Virginia Community College which has 10 campuses.

As a matter of fact RGGU was already criticized for poor quality of  
education in those branches before.

So RGGU should get the wake up call, do some soul searching and close  
some inefficient campuses if they want to improve the ranking.


Alina


On Nov 9, 2012, at 12:17 AM, Rossen Djagalov wrote:

> Friends, as many of you know, last week the Russian ministry of  
> education made public a list of "inefficient" universities, which  
> are now in danger of closure, forced mergers, and other forms of  
> reorganization: http://www.lenta.ru/articles/
> 2012/11/02/minobr. The list in itself is terrible for all sorts of  
> reasons, but the inclusion in it of the Russian State University of  
> the Humanities (RGGU, an alma mater of mine) in particular is truly  
> baffling and could be easily challenged even by the criteria used  
> for drawing up this list. To this end, several of us (former  
> visiting students at RGGU with the input of a few current faculty  
> members there) have initiated a petition on behalf of foreign-based  
> academics, addressed to the Russian Ministry of Education and  
> attesting to RGGU's international standing: https://www.change.org/petitions/to-the-russian-ministry-of-education-and-science-rggu-is-not-an-inefficient-university
>
> We hope you would consider expressing your solidarity with teachers  
> and students at RGGU by signing and circulating this petition.
>
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Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
WLC, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-2387 	fax (202) 885-1076
aisrael at american.edu

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From gbabankov at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG  Fri Nov  9 15:40:10 2012
From: gbabankov at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG (Gennady Babankov)
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 15:40:10 +0000
Subject: Russian Overseas Flagship Program Application,
 Academic Year 2013-14 (deadline January 15, 2013)
Message-ID: <FRI.9.NOV.2012.154010.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS would like to remind all advanced students of Russian that the application deadline for the 2013-14 Russian Overseas Flagship Program in St. Petersburg, Russia is January 15, 2013.

Russian Overseas Flagship Program, an essential component of The Language Flagship, prepares U.S. students to be able to communicate in Russian at the highest levels of functional proficiency. Based at St. Petersburg State University, the academic program is structured around an integrated curriculum featuring classes in contemporary mass media, language and culture, expository writing, and advanced oral communication. The program offers about twenty hours per week of intensive language training and tutoring as well as content courses for credit or audit in any major at St. Petersburg State University. The program curriculum includes focused instruction in large and small (4-5 students) groups, guided excursions, and professional internships with local government and private organizations. The program features classrooms equipped with SMART Boards, and comprehensive textbooks specially designed for Flagship students.  Each student is assisted by a peer tutor.  Two administrative staff provide 24/7 onsite logistical support to students.  Participants receive academic credit through Bryn Mawr College. All participants live with Russian host families where they can become fully immersed in the language, culture, and cuisine of Russia.


Partial financial aid through American Councils may be available to qualified participants. Applicants are also encouraged to apply for Boren Awards, which may be used to support participation by qualified applicants on the overseas Flagship program.

The Russian Overseas Flagship Program was established in 2004 to address the critical need for U.S. professionals able to speak, read, understand, and write Russian at the highest levels of functional proficiency. The program is open to advanced-level learners of Russian who are committed to attaining "professional" or "distinguished-level" language proficiency (ILR 3, 3+, 4/ACTFL "Superior" or "Distinguished" levels) through an intensive nine-month language training program tailored to their professional interests and academic specialization.

To read more about the program and application requirements, please go to http://flagship.americancouncils.org/russian/
To apply, please follow this link: https://ais.americancouncils.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/AIR

If you have questions, please contact:
Gennady Babankov
American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
1828 L Street, NW, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
202-833-7522
gbabankov at americancouncils.org<mailto:gbabankov at americancouncils.org>


Gennady Babankov
Senior Program Officer, Russian Flagship Programs
American Councils for International Education
1828 L Street, NW, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
Tel.: 202-572-9186 (direct); 202-833-7522 (main)
Fax: 202-872-9178

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From renee at ALINGA.COM  Fri Nov  9 17:40:25 2012
From: renee at ALINGA.COM (Renee (Stillings) Huhs)
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 09:40:25 -0800
Subject: a petition re the russian state university of the humanities
 (rggu)
In-Reply-To: <65451DB4-F5A4-4184-8EF1-E6C0FF82D151@american.edu>
Message-ID: <FRI.9.NOV.2012.094025.0800.>

My initial thoughts as well were that there is some other underlying reason
- conspiratorially I have to admit I first thought perhaps there is some
political reason, but Alina has reminded me of our own experience with RGGU.
Based on our own limited experience with them, which seems to sync with that
of others I have spoken with, it appears that while the instruction is very
good, administratively they are indeed very inefficient. Took them almost a
year just to get us an invoice/contract for a student. Sure, I didn't mind
not having to pay right away, but it was so atypical that I wondered if they
cared about money at all. If that is how they generally manage their
financial affairs, well, I'd have to say they deserve a spot on the "least
efficient" list.

Renee

-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Alina Israeli


One has to examine the reason why RGGU got on the list. Even Wikipedia  
will tell you that RGGU has an enormously long list of branches

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From renee at ALINGA.COM  Fri Nov  9 18:04:14 2012
From: renee at ALINGA.COM (Renee (Stillings) Huhs)
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 10:04:14 -0800
Subject: Masters programs in Russia taught in English
In-Reply-To: <2941660250508900.WA.julieannehershgmail.com@listserv.ua.edu>
Message-ID: <FRI.9.NOV.2012.100414.0800.>

Julie,

MGIMO also now has I believe 3 Masters programs in English now.

See http://ip.mgimo.ru/

As for the language preparatory programs. While they might be OK if you are
a beginner and/or needing preparation for entry into science, math or other
special terminology programs, I would not recommend them for the humanities.
They tend to be large programs and focused on a very different contingent -
usually the large numbers of Chinese students matriculating into Russian
universities. You are better served by just taking Russian language study in
the philology faculty (or similar faculty - varies by university). 

Best,
Renee

-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Julie Hersh
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 5:42 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] Masters programs in Russia taught in English

Dear SEELANGS,

I am in the process of researching/applying to graduate school in Russian
and Eastern European Studies. I am particularly interested in studying in
Russia (probably Moscow or St. Petersburg, though I am definitely open to
other suggestions) and was wondering if anyone could recommend a masters
program in this field taught in English. I've already heard about the one at
EUSP and am definitely planning to apply, but wanted to make sure I was not
missing anything.

I'm also wondering if anyone knows anything about the Russian language
preparatory courses at many Russian universities--how good are these? Is
there one you would recommend?

Thank you so much for your time.

Julie Hersh

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From valentina.apresjan at GMAIL.COM  Fri Nov  9 18:09:48 2012
From: valentina.apresjan at GMAIL.COM (Valentina Apresjan)
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 21:09:48 +0300
Subject: Sixth International Conference on Meaning-Text Theory: first call
 for papers
Message-ID: <FRI.9.NOV.2012.210948.0300.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Full Title: Sixth International Conference on Meaning-Text Theory

Date: 29-Aug-2013 - 31-Aug-2013

Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Organization Committee: Tilmann Reuther

Program Committee: Valentina Apresjan, Daniel Weiss, Boris Iomdin

Web Site: http://meaningtext.net/mtt2013

E-mail: mtt2013 at meaningtext.net



Linguistic Field(s): Semantics; Lexicography; Syntax; Morphology;
Collocations and Lexical Functions; Computational Linguistics; Text/Corpus
Linguistics



Call Deadline: 15-April-2013



Sixth International Conference on Meaning-Text Theory



The Meaning-Text Theory is a holistic linguistic theory characterized in
particular by the central position of the lexicon, the primacy of
semantics, the importance of the communicative structure (= information
structure), and the reliance on dependencies at all levels. MTT has been
extensively developed over the last four decades with respect to its
coverage of linguistic phenomena and application in a variety of research
fields - in particular natural language processing. After MTT '03 in Paris,
MTT '05 in Moscow, MTT '07 in Klagenfurt, MTT '09 in Montreal, MTT’11 in
Barcelona, this conference is the sixth in a series that aims at bringing
together researchers working on MTT and related frameworks and their
implementation in the natural language processing applications.

The main unifying ideas for MTT’13 are interaction and semantic motivation:
interaction of different linguistic units, interaction of different levels
of language, and semantic motivation of syntax, semantic motivation of
collocations.

Submissions in the following areas are welcome:

*Morphology*, with a particular focus on semantics of morphological
categories, including non-standard meanings and usages, and interaction of
morphological and lexical semantics

*Syntax*, with a particular focus on semantic motivation and classes in
government patterns, description of government patterns in dictionaries,
micro-syntax as a sphere of modal meanings, syntactic phrasemes

*Semantics and Lexicography*, with a particular focus on lexicographic
definitions, semantic scopes, semantic interaction of linguistic units in
texts, lexicalization of prosody, lexicalization of grammar (e.g. synonymy
of singular and plural in certain lexemes)

*Collocations and Lexical Functions*, with a particular focus on
semantically motivated collocations

*Computational Applications*

*Typology*

The conference will be organized in conjunction with the International
Conference on Dependency Linguistics (
http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/project/depling13) to take place immediately before
MTT '13 (August 27-30). Participation in both conferences is warmly welcome.



Invited Speaker:

Igor Mel’čuk



Registration Fee:

appr. 150 euros per person for academics, appr. 75 euros for students,
joint Depling + MTT registration 250 euros, joint Depling + MTT
registration for students 125 euros


Further details will be available on http://meaningtext.net/mtt2013

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From djagalov at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Fri Nov  9 18:40:41 2012
From: djagalov at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Rossen Djagalov)
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 12:40:41 -0600
Subject: a petition re the russian state university of the humanities
 (rggu)
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Dear Alina (if I may),

If you examine the results of the Ministry's survey (http://img.rg.ru/pril/article/69/21/72/Monitoring_vuz.pdf), you'll see that branches are evaluated separately from the main campuses and a number of RGGU's branches have escaped the "inefficient" label that befell RGGU's main campus in Moscow.

While you are right to be concerned about the mushrooming of satellite campuses and the quality of education they offer, even this issue is not that simple: http://annavlochkina.livejournal.com/44932.html.

However great the problems within Russian universities, one thing that is certain is that heavy-handed state intervention into their operations (combined with the overall reduction in the upcoming educational budget; for that's the larger context of the current reforms) won't lead to "soul searching" on part of the university but most likely to chaos, faculty and staff layoffs, and ultimately, reduced educational and social opportunities for many young people in Russia. The use of (by the way, atrociously constructed: http://www.fgosvpo.ru/index.php?menu_id=21&menu_type=4&parent=0&id=174) rankings in this case only gives ministry administrators the justification to launch such interventions. I won't even touch on the whole language of "efficiency" in terms of which the report is couched. Gasan Gusejnov has an elegant piece about it: http://www.russian.rfi.fr/rossiya/20121107-lunnaya-effektivnost-ili-sirano-de-berzherak-o-nashei-zhizni

It's certainly not the case things at RGGU are all rosy and the university doesn't need any reform. Last year, for example, the administration reduced faculty salaries without even informing the people affected in advance. (Unfortunately, that's not an untypical occurrence in Russian universities.) But the argument we tried to make in the petition was that the university's own faculty, who have made it over the last 20 years one of Russia's most respected institutions of higher education, rather than ministry officials are the people who need to be empowered to make those reforms. 

I wish you well,
Rossen

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From dlockyer at UVIC.CA  Fri Nov  9 20:40:00 2012
From: dlockyer at UVIC.CA (D Lockyer)
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 12:40:00 -0800
Subject: Call for Submissions: Verges
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Call for submissions: Verges: Germanic & Slavic Studies in Review.

 

Verges: Germanic & Slavic Studies in Review is accepting submissions for
Volume 2, Issue 1. Verges is an online, open-access journal published by the
graduate students of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the
University of Victoria. Although Verges primarily encourages submissions
from graduate students, outstanding papers from upper-level undergraduate
students are welcomed as well. For this issue, we particularly encourage MA
students and upper-level undergraduate students to submit.

 

We accept articles between 3,600 and 6,000 words long. We also accept
interviews between 1,500 and 3,500 words long. All articles and interviews
must include a 100-150 word abstract, a brief author bio and keywords for
indexing purposes. As articles will be blind peer-reviewed, please ensure
that you follow the guidelines for a blind review. Also, undergraduate
students are required to mention (during the submission process) that a
professor has vetted the article and supports the article to be of
publishable quality in a scholarly journal.

Because this issue is also featuring conference proceedings from Walking the
Wire: the 3rd annual Germanic and Slavic Studies graduate student symposium,
the broad theme for this issue is 'Central & Eastern European Cultural
Contemplations from the 19th Century to the 21st'. Articles on all aspects
related to Germanic and/or Slavic Studies between the nineteenth century and
the present are welcomed. We invite a various range of topics in German
and/or Slavic literatures, languages, linguistics, history, music,
translation studies and so forth.

 

To submit your article, please visit the journal's website (below), create
an account as 'author' and follow the submission steps. The deadline for
submissions is December 16, 2012. Please visit the journal's website for
more information: http://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/verges or contact the
journal editors at gsreview at uvic.ca. 

 

 

Thank you,

Dorota Lockyer.

 


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From fsciacca at HAMILTON.EDU  Sat Nov 10 16:58:45 2012
From: fsciacca at HAMILTON.EDU (Franklin Sciacca)
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 11:58:45 -0500
Subject: Seeking Uighur and Georgian expertise
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For a Food Seminar project, I am seeking information on the etymology of 
the terms "khinkali" (the tasty Georgian dumplings) and "manti" (the 
tasty Turkish/Central Asian dumplings).  One source suggests that the 
latter is of Uighur origin. Others suggest a borrowing from Chinese "man 
tou."

Any thoughts?

Best, Frank

-- Franklin Sciacca Associate Professor of Russian Program in Russian 
Studies Hamilton College 198 College Hill Road Clinton, New York 13323 
315-859-4773

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From jwilson at SRAS.ORG  Sat Nov 10 19:37:02 2012
From: jwilson at SRAS.ORG (Josh Wilson)
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 23:37:02 +0400
Subject: New Journalism Grant for Central Asia - Extended SRAS Deadlines
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Dear SEELANGERs! 

 

Home and Abroad: Report is the latest addition to a lineup of generous Home
and Abroad scholarships and intensive internships from The School of Russian
and Asian Studies (SRAS). Based in Bishkek for spring and summer 2013, one
recipient will receive $11,000 to help build research and reporting skills
abroad. 

Applications are due November 30!

More info: http://www.sras.org/har 

 

SRAS has also announced extended deadlines (to November 20) for all Spring
programs in Bishkek and Kiev. These include: 

 

Central Asian Studies: for adventurous students looking to understand a
militarily and economically vital part of the world where Islam and
Christianity, as well as Russian, Western, Chinese, and local interests mix
and sometimes collide. Students will gain a wider, fuller, first-hand
perspective on geopolitics and foreign relations to start their future in
government, business, or academia.

More info: http://www.sras.org/CA 

 

Policy and Conflict in the Post-Soviet Space: for those who want to
critically analyze the post-Soviet era. Students will visit Ukraine,
Moldova, Georgia, and Russia and will discuss the conflicts in these states,
both past and present, with local students, teachers, and experts. The
competing foreign interests at work in these states will also be explored.
Students will also intensively study Russian, an important language of
diplomacy across the post-Soviet space.
More info: http://www.sras.org/pcon 

 

Russian as a Second Language (only Kiev and Bishkek locations have extended
deadlines) program packages are designed for flexibility to suit almost any
need or interest.  Home Stays and TORFL Testing are optionally available.

More info: http://www.sras.org/rsl 

 

 

Those of you not subscribed to our newsletter might also be interested to
learn that SRAS has recently published the 12th issue of Vestnik, The
Journal of Russian and Asian Studies, which showcases some of the best
research that the upcoming generation of experts on Russia and the former
USSR has to offer. With papers ranging from linguistic rights in Ukraine to
public perceptions of environmental issues in Irkutsk to the practices of a
modern Russian NGO, this new issue also shows the diversity of the important
issues that the former USSR presents to scholars and policy makers.

More info: http://www.sras.org/vestnik_-_issue_12_fall_2012 

 

 

Best, 

 

Josh Wilson
Assistant Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor in Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
SRAS.org 
 <mailto:jwilson at sras.org> jwilson at sras.org


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From GREENER at GRINNELL.EDU  Sun Nov 11 02:58:53 2012
From: GREENER at GRINNELL.EDU (Greene, Raquel)
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 02:58:53 +0000
Subject: Association for Students and Teachers of Color in Slavic Studies
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Colleagues,



On behalf of the Association for Students and Teachers of Color in Slavic Studies, I would like to invite you to our second annual meeting which will take place next Friday, November 18th at 6:30pm in the Audubon room on the 5th floor of the New Orleans Marriott. The Association, founded last year, is dedicated to better connecting and expanding the network of minority scholars working in the profession.  It is committed to improving general understanding of the unique challenges faced by students and educators of color studying, teaching, and conducting research in and about the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

We welcome all students and teachers who are interested in these issues. For more information please go to our ASEEES webpage, http://www.aseees.org/organizations/stc.html

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at greener at grinnell.edu<mailto:greener at grinnell.edu>.



Sincerely,



Raquel Greene

Associate Professor of Russian

Grinnell College

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From GREENER at GRINNELL.EDU  Sun Nov 11 03:07:51 2012
From: GREENER at GRINNELL.EDU (Greene, Raquel)
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 03:07:51 +0000
Subject: Association for Students and Teachers of Color in Slavic Studies:
 date correction
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Colleagues,



In my previous message I mistakenly announced the date of our meeting as Friday, November 18 instead of Friday, Novemver 16.



My apologies,



Raquel





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From xrenovo at GMAIL.COM  Sun Nov 11 19:01:51 2012
From: xrenovo at GMAIL.COM (Sasha Spektor)
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:01:51 -0600
Subject: prison narratives link
Message-ID: <SUN.11.NOV.2012.130151.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear Sealanguids,

Sorry it took me a while, but I got so many responses on my initial "prison
narratives" inquiry, that I decided to wait a bit for a complete list.
Here it is below.  I did not sort it -- Russian and East European
literature is mixed up with world literature and non-fiction essays and
articles.  At the bottom you will find a couple of links to lists of prison
narratives (and I took liberty of putting a link to Rebecca Gould's blog on
such narratives below as well).  I hope this will be useful to those who
might ever consider teaching a course in a correctional facility.  I'm
taking one (as a student) right now and without any doubt for me, this has
been the most enjoyable and enlightening educational experience yet.  I
recommend it, as we say, with unqualified enthusiasm.  Again, thank you all
for your wonderful suggestions.  If you think of something else that you
consider important but is not present here, please write to:
xrenovo at gmail.com and I will forward it to Seelangs.

All best,
Sasha.

 *Prison Narratives (unsorted list)*

Dina Rubina, "Kontsert po putevke obschestva knigoliubov" in "Advanced
Russian: From Reading to Speaking", ed. and compiled by Sophia Lubensky,
Irina Odintsova.

Karim Zaimovich, “Episode #18 of ‘Joseph and His Brothers’”
http://wordswithoutborders.org/article/episode-18-of-joseph-and-his-brothers

Vladimir Nabokov, *Invitation to a Beheading*

Viktor Herman, *Coming Out of the Ice*

Angela Davis, "Are Prisons Obsolete?"

Irina Ratushinskaya, “Grey is the Color of Hope”

Er Tai Gao, *In Search of My Homeland*

Primo Levi, *Survival in Auchwitz* or *The Drowned and the Saved*,
especially the chapter "The Gray Zone"

Henryk Sienkiewicz, “The Lighthouse Keeper”*
*

Kobo Abe, *Woman in the Dunes*

Sergei Dovlatov, *Zone*

Anton Chekhov, *Sakhalin*

Fyodor Dostoevsky, *Notes from the House of the Dead*

Elene Bassuk's article "The Rest Cure"

Loic Waquant's "Prisons of Poverty" or a chapter from "Urban Outcasts".

Avi Steinberg, *Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison
Librarian*

Erving Goffman, *Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients
and Other Inmates*

Anton Chekhov, “The Bet”

Solzhenitsyn “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich”

Brendan Behan's play *A Quare Fellow*,

Evgeniia Ginzburg's *Journey into the Whirlwind*

Stephen King, “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption”

Leonid Andreev, “Seven Who Were Hanged”

Victor Hugo “The Last Day of the Condemned Man”

Alicia Partnoy "The Little School"

Leona Toker. "Return from the Archipelago: Narratives of Gulag Survivors."
Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1999

Loic Waquant's "Prisons of Poverty" or a chapter from "Urban Outcasts".

Erving Goffman's work "Asylums" on total institutions.

Isaac Babel's Red Cavalry stories: "Gedali," "My First Goose," "The Rabbi's
Son"

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago: the chapter "The Ascent"

Selections from Mikhail Zoshchenko's *Nervous People*

The first few chapters from Emma Goldman's *My Disillusionment in Russia*

Nikolai Gogol's "Diary of a Madman"

Ivan Turgenev's "The Living Relic": imprisonment in a body

Franz Kafka's "Before the Law"

Vaclav Havel's Audience; the chapter “Public Enemy” from Disturbing the
Peace, Open Letters

Karel Capek's "The Last Judgment": A criminal-murderer ends up at the Last
Judgment only to learn that it's not God who judges but fellow humans.

Tadeusz Borowski *This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen*

Boethius "Consolation of Philosophy"

Eldridge Cleaver *Soul on Ice*

Manuel Puig *Kiss of the Spider Woman*

Charlotte Perkins-Gilman “The Yellow Wallpaper”

Films:  “Kholodnoe leto 53-go,” “Hunger”

e. e. cummings, "The Enormous Room"

Jan Beneš “Druhý dech” (Second Breath)


1. *Vasyl Stus* and his prison diaries called* "Z taborovoho zoshyta" *which
were published in *The Idler *in 1986 in English, and are available through
this link (the very last link in capitals if you do not read Ukrainian):
http://www.stus.kiev.ua/

2. *Mykhailo Osadchyi* and his book about prison called "Bil'mo" or *Cataract
(1976)*, which is available in English through a translation done by Marco
Carynnyk. If this is too long, the chapters read well separately, and you
can easily choose one chapter, or even half of a chapter for a lot of rich
material.

Arthur Koestler's *Darkness at Noon*

Vladimir Korolenko's stories.  The most well-known is "Yashka."



Electronic links:

*Amazon list of prison narratives*:
http://www.amazon.com/Prison-Literature-Writings/lm/1WUOQ8OCFJ7SW*
*

*Stanford Prison Experiment*: http://www.prisonexp.org/links.htm

*Salford University Centre for Prison Studies*:
http://www.sucps.salford.ac.uk/*
*

*Rebecca Gould’s blog on prison narratives*:

http://cltlblog.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/a-prison-literature-reading-list-medieval-and-modern/#more-1698

A piece published about one such course and The Death
of Ivan Ilyich was part of it:
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Grounded-Curriculum-Part/133663/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en



http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/376443?uid=3739936&uid=2129&uid=2&uid=70&uid=4&uid=3739256&sid=21101322159111

 Christina Boufis “Teaching Literature in Prison”
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:cSZVQAZat_EJ:www.greatbooks.org/fileadmin/pdf/TCR_1.1_Boufis.pdf+teaching+literature+in+prison&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjuESgVQilvvYNVHNxKb0pq37SDaR5YBTLIx9nMTzv33F9x_qjje5DF-37c6sbABJA3jYfGZvieYsVzDlxqaJG4ON2jPxmSWib6Ld11VRw088JOYaVvgkiUz48SB7RvjG5lNzOd&sig=AHIEtbRtt4p39KiliJjCAdbUmwemRDJW1Q

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From KALBJ at MAILBOX.SC.EDU  Mon Nov 12 16:50:30 2012
From: KALBJ at MAILBOX.SC.EDU (KALB, JUDITH)
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:50:30 +0000
Subject: Southern Conference on Slavic Studies, Greensboro, NC,
 March 21-23, 2013
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From: Sharon Kowalsky (Sharon.Kowalsky at tamuc.edu)
Date:  Sunday - November 11, 2012 2:50 PM

The Fifty-First Annual Meeting of the Southern Conference
on Slavic Studies (SCSS) will be held at the Marriott Hotel
in Downtown Greensboro, NC, March 21-23, 2013.  The
meeting will be co-hosted by the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro, Elon University, and Wake Forest
University. The SCSS is the largest of the regional Slavic
and Eurasian Studies associations and its programs attract
national and international scholarly participation.  The
purpose of SCSS is to promote scholarship, education, and
in all other ways to advance scholarly interest in Russian,
Soviet, and East European studies in the Southern region of
the United States and nationwide.  Membership in SCSS is
open to all persons interested in furthering these goals.

Papers from all humanities and social science disciplines are
welcome and encouraged, as is a focus on countries other
than Russia/USSR.  Papers and panels on all topics will be
considered.  The program committee is accepting panel and
paper proposals until January 15, 2013. Whole panel proposals
(chair, three papers, discussant) are preferred, but proposals
for individual papers are also welcome. Whole panel proposals
should include the titles of each individual paper as well as a
title for the panel itself and identifying information (email
addresses and institutional affiliations) for all participants.
Proposals for individual papers should include email contact,
institutional affiliation, and a brief (one paragraph) abstract to
guide the program committee in the assembly of panels.  If
any AV equipment will be needed, the panel and paper
proposals should indicate so when they are submitted.  AV
will be of limited availability and assigned on a first-come,
first-served basis.  Email (preferably) your proposals to Sharon
Kowalsky at Sharon.Kowalsky at tamuc.edu (please note my email
has changed from previous years), or send it by conventional
post to:

Dr. Sharon Kowalsky
Department of History
Texas A&M University-Commerce
PO Box 3011
Commerce, TX 75429

For local arrangements or conference information other than
the program, please contact Dr. Jeff Jones, University of North
Carolina at Greensboro, jwjones at uncg.edu, 336-334-4068. For
questions, proposals or other information regarding the program,
please contact Sharon Kowalsky at Sharon.Kowalsky at tamuc.edu
or 903-886-5627.
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From bojanows at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU  Mon Nov 12 20:09:07 2012
From: bojanows at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU (Edyta Bojanowska)
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:09:07 -0500
Subject: CFP: The Culture of Empire in Russia=?windows-1252?Q?=92s_?=Long
 Nineteenth-Century (2013 ASEEES Conference, Boston)
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CFP: The Culture of Empire in Russia’s Long Nineteenth-Century (2013 
ASEEES Conference, Boston)


Dear Colleagues,

I am soliciting papers for a panel, or a series of panels, on the 
culture of empire in Russia’s long nineteenth century (up to the 
Bolshevik Revolution).The panel’s purpose is to showcase new research on 
the 19^th -century imperial imaginary in both high and popular culture, 
and to ponder a set of larger disciplinary questions. What are the 
theoretical and literary-historical reasons for making empire studies 
more central to Russian literary studies?How to integrate the 
problematic of empire with both more traditional and newly emergent 
perspectives in the study of Russia’s 19^th -century culture? What role 
could empire studies play in reinvigorating our research on Russia’s 
long nineteenth century?Paper proposals from scholars of all stages are 
welcome, including graduate students (preferably in the post-prospectus, 
dissertation writing stages).Ideally, the papers will come from larger 
research projects devoted to this topic.

Please email me at bojanows at rci.rutgers.edu 
<mailto:bojanows at rci.rutgers.edu> with your title and a brief 
description of your paper, or if you are interested in participating in 
this event as a discussant or chair.

Thank you very much,

Edyta Bojanowska

-- 
Edyta Bojanowska
Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
Dept. of Germanic, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures
Rutgers University, 195 College Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08901
ph: (732)932-7201, fax: (732) 932-1111
http://german.rutgers.edu/faculty/profiles/bojanowska.htm


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From skrichards at WISC.EDU  Mon Nov 12 23:04:22 2012
From: skrichards at WISC.EDU (Stephanie Richards)
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:04:22 -0600
Subject: SEELANGS Digest - 5 Nov 2012 (#2012-406)
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RE: Intermediate Russian online

Within the next year, most likely Fall 2013, University of Texas at Austin will be offering intermediate Russian in an online format.


If you would like to be kept up to date on what courses UT will be offering online, please contact me offline at skrichards at wisc.edu


Best regards,
SR
	--
Stephanie K. Richards
Ph.D. candidate
UW-Madison, Slavic Languages & Literature

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From mgott at UTEXAS.EDU  Tue Nov 13 04:00:43 2012
From: mgott at UTEXAS.EDU (Michael Gott)
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:00:43 -0600
Subject: Chapter Proposal: East/West: European Cinema after the Berlin Wall
Message-ID: <MON.12.NOV.2012.220043.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

CHAPTER PROPOSAL CALL

East/West: European Cinema after the Berlin Wall

Proposals are currently being considered for an international collection on cinematic exchanges between East and West in a 're-centered' Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Proposals should be 600 words plus a working bibliography/filmography, submitted to both editors, Michael Gott (gottml at ucmail.uc.edu) and Todd Herzog, (herzoghr at ucmail.uc.edu). Deadline for proposals is January 14, 2013.
The collection aims to assess these East/West cinematic endeavors, voyages, and exchanges made possible by the fall of the Berlin Wall and by European Unification and expansion. We hope to address questions such as ‘what is “East” in European cinema?’ and ‘how is the East portrayed in post-1989 European cinema?’ and to assess the extent and impact of co-productions between Eastern Europe, Western Europe and Eurasia. Possible lines of inquiry include:
· Turkish diasporic cinema in Germany
· Memories of Cold War Europe in post-1989 films
· East/West distribution and reception case studies
· Journeys, trafficking, and migration from East to West and West to East 
· Portrayals of the Balkans in Western European cinema
The collection plans to examine both auteur films and popular cinema and will include both analyses of films and of the film industry. Beyond the realm of cinema, the collection seeks to add to the ongoing debates on issues of European unity and specifically the discussion of the place of the ‘East’ and its citizens within the framework of an ostensibly borderless political Europe and protean European cultural sphere.
We invite abstracts (600 words) for chapter-length contributions that will examine exchanges and connections between Western Europe and Southeastern Europe, Turkey, Eurasia, Central or Eastern Europe problematize, re-map, reconfigure or "re-center" post-Wall Europe. Abstracts should be submitted by January 14. Completed essays will be due by September 2013.
Please contact the editors, Michael Gott (gottml at ucmail.uc.edu) and Todd Herzog (herzoghr at ucmail.uc.edu), with any questions.

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From samantha.sherry at ED.AC.UK  Tue Nov 13 12:11:28 2012
From: samantha.sherry at ED.AC.UK (Samantha Sherry)
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:11:28 -0600
Subject: Call for Contributions: Edited Volume: Inclusion and Exclusion in
 Russian Language and Society
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Call for contributions: Edited Volume

Inclusion and Exclusion in Russian Language and Culture

Proposals are invited for papers complementing an existing list of contributions to an anthology entitled 'Inclusion and Exclusion in Russian Language and Culture'. Processes of inclusion and exclusion are powerful factors in creating identities, and this interdisciplinary collection will examine ideological production in Russian (both Soviet and post-Soviet) language and culture through the multiple tools of inclusion and exclusion. Contributions are invited from researchers in areas such as sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, culture, history, and translation. 

Contributors may wish to consider some of the following issues:

- The working of discourses to construct in and out groups. 
- Discourses of racism and other forms of discrimination.
- Language policy in Russia.
- The place of the Russian language outside Russia.
- Cultural means of creating inclusion and exclusion.
- Inclusion and exclusion in translation.
- Inclusion and exclusion in a historical perspective.
- Memory studies: ‘remembering’ or ‘forgetting’ aspects of the past. 

Proposals for chapters of between 7,000 and 9,000 words are invited by 22nd December 2012. Please send a 200-word abstract and a CV to: samantha.sherry at ed.ac.uk. 

Editors:
Dr Ekaterina Popova 
Dr Samantha Sherry
Dr Elena Moore

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From condee at PITT.EDU  Tue Nov 13 13:06:08 2012
From: condee at PITT.EDU (Nancy Condee)
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:06:08 -0500
Subject: ASEEES (Pitt REES Booth # 404) cinema offerings
Message-ID: <TUE.13.NOV.2012.080608.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear colleagues,

 

For those of you who include cinema in your coursework or research, the
Pitt REES Booth (Booth # 404) at the ASEEES Book Exhibit will offer the
following three items.  The first two (HyperKino and KinoKlassika) are both
series (each DVD are available individually); the third item is a single
CD. 

 

Best wishes, Nancy Condee

 

Prof. N. Condee, Director, Global Studies Center (NRC Title VI)
University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh
4103 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260 +1 412-363-7180; condee at pitt.edu;
www.ucis.pitt.edu/global




1.      HyperKino (10 DVDs with annotations, newsreel footage, and posters)

·         Boris Barnet, By the Bluest of Seas, 1936


·         Boris Barnet, Girl with a Hatbox, 1927


·         Boris Barnet, Outskirts, 1933


·         Mark Donskoi, The Childhood of Maksim Gor’kii, 1938


·         Sergei Eisenstein, October, 1927


·         Sergei Eisenstein, Strike, 1924


·         Lev Kuleshov, Engineer Prite’s Project, 1918


·         Lev Kuleshov, The Great Consoler, 1933


·         Aleksandr Medvedkin, Happiness, 1934


·         Vsevolod Pudovkin, Heir to Genghis Khan (Storm over Asia), 1928


This series of historical Russian cinema, presented in the innovative
Hyperkino format, is created by Natascha Drubek and Nikolai Izvolov.  The
films are presented in 2-disc Hyperkino editions: 

Ø  Disk 1 contains the standard film in the best available print, with
optional subtitles in Russian, English, French, German, Italian,
Portuguese, and Spanish.

Ø  Disk 2 contains the film, plus scene-specific annotations based on
archival materials, including film clips and newsreel footage, texts,
photographs, posters, graphics, arts-and-crafts, music and audio files.
Texts are available in Russian and in English. These can be viewed on
screen, contextualizing the film and enhancing the viewer's understanding. 




2.      Russia’s Cinema Classics / KinoKlassika Rossii

(8 DVDs with interviews, filmographies, photo albums)

·         Iosif Kheifits, Lady with a Little Dog, 1960

·         Grigorii Kozintsev, Hamlet, 1964

·         Grigorii Kozintsev, King Lear, 1970

·         Andrei Tarkovskii, Andrei Rublev, 1966

·         Andrei Tarkovskii Ivan’s Childhood, 1962

·         Andrei Tarkovskii, Mirror, 1974

·         Andrei Tarkovskii, Solaris, 1972

·         Andrei Tarkovskii, Stalker, 1979

The DVD series KinoKlassika Rossii offers the best-known Soviet films with
subtitles in Russian, English, and French.  Each DVD includes a selection
of interviews with the film’s cast and crew, including scriptwriters,
actors, cameramen, and composers.  Among the extras are complete
filmographies, photo albums, and relevant documentary footage.  The DVD
series is ideal for coursework in film studies, advanced language training,
and Russian culture.  Eight films are currently available, with additional
DVDs planned in the coming year.

 

3.      Thaw Cinema: Anthology of Russian Cinema

Кино оттепели: Антология российского
кино

The CD anthology Thaw Cinema [Кино оттепели] is an invaluable
tool for research and coursework on post-Stalinist Soviet cinema (1953-
1968).  Intended for scholars of Russian film and cultural history, as well
as for advanced language “content courses,” the anthology, which contains
no English text, is a serious research kit, comprised of five sections.
The first section, Overview [Обзор], leads off with an essay by one of
Russia’s best-known scholars of Soviet cinema, Evgenii Margolit
(Scientific Research Institute of Cinema Art [NIIK], Moscow).  The main
body of the CD, Films [Фильмы], comprises an annotated catalogue of
over 300 Thaw full-length feature films, including such information-
unavailable at IMDB (International Movie Data Base)-as excerpts from
contemporary film reviews (with full citations) and comments from film-crew
memoirs.  This section contains entries on such rarities as Sergei
Iutkevich’s and Naum Kleiman’s 1967 Bezhin Meadow [Бежин луг], a
photo-film reconstruction of Sergei Eisenstein’s destroyed 1935 work. 

 

The third section, Personalia [Персоналии], comprises portraits
of major figures in Thaw cinema, principally directors and script writers,
but also selected actors, novelists, film scholars and critics.  The
section provides handy biographical information hyperlinked where relevant
to the entries in Films and internally to other entries of Personalia. In
the fourth section, Images [Изображения], the viewer may examine
130 cinema posters and 70 production sketches, including the original
production sketches for Andrei Tarkovskii’s 1962 Ivan’s Childhood
[Иваново детство] and Andrei Konchalovskii’s 1966 shelved
and mutilated film, The Story of Asia Kliachina, Who Loved, but Did Not
Marry [История Аси Клячиной, которая любила,
да не вышла замуж] (limited, censored release 1977; restored
and released 1987).  In total, over 2000 illustrations and photographs are
available in the anthology. Seventeen clips in Film Fragments
[Фрагменты фильмов] conclude the anthology.  Useful for
coursework, these fragments are drawn from a broad range of Thaw films,
including Georgii Daneliia’s and Igor' Talankin’s 1960 Serezha
[Сережа], Lev Kulidzhanov’s 1961 When the Tree were Tall [Когда
деревья были большими], and Grigorii Kozintsev’s 1964
Hamlet [Гамлет].

 


 

 


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From R.A.Chitnis at BRISTOL.AC.UK  Tue Nov 13 14:25:38 2012
From: R.A.Chitnis at BRISTOL.AC.UK (RA Chitnis, Russian)
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:25:38 +0000
Subject: Post for SEELANGS list
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The University of Bristol is seeking to appoint a Lecturer/ Senior 
Lecturer/ Reader in Russian Studies from 1 September 2013.

Further details may be found at:

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Applications must be made through the University of Bristol on-line 
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From AnemoneA at NEWSCHOOL.EDU  Tue Nov 13 14:40:26 2012
From: AnemoneA at NEWSCHOOL.EDU (Anthony Anemone)
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:40:26 -0500
Subject: Question? (I should know the answer to this)
Message-ID: <TUE.13.NOV.2012.094026.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Can someone tell me why Mayakovsky's last play is called "Banya"?  There
doesn't seem to be any obvious reference to a bathhouse. .  .

Thanks.

Tony

-- 
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Associate Professor
The New School
72 Fifth Ave, 702
New York, NY 10011

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From rmcleminson at POST.SK  Tue Nov 13 20:10:19 2012
From: rmcleminson at POST.SK (R. M. Cleminson)
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:10:19 +0100
Subject: Question? (I should know the answer to this)
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See http://ruslit.traumlibrary.net/book/mayakovsky-pss13-12/mayakovsky-pss13-12.html#work002053

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Can someone tell me why Mayakovsky's last play is called "Banya"? There doesn't seem to be any obvious reference to a bathhouse. . . 


Thanks. 


Tony 


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The New School 
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From AnemoneA at NEWSCHOOL.EDU  Tue Nov 13 20:19:56 2012
From: AnemoneA at NEWSCHOOL.EDU (Anthony Anemone)
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:19:56 -0500
Subject: Mayakovsky question
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Thanks to all who replied to my query about Banya.

Tony

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Associate Professor
The New School
72 Fifth Ave, 702
New York, NY 10011

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From James at RUSSIA-ON-LINE.COM  Tue Nov 13 22:56:48 2012
From: James at RUSSIA-ON-LINE.COM (James Beale)
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:56:48 -0500
Subject: Russia Online ASEEES booth #509
Message-ID: <TUE.13.NOV.2012.175648.0500.>

Hello Friends and Colleagues!

 

Russia Online will be in Booth #509 and we will be showing our new project -
"Road to Russia" a Learning Russian Textbook for Elementary level. This
textbook is a completely revised and updated North American edition of
"Дорога в Россию" published by Zlatoust Publishing House (St. Petersburg,
Russia). This text is intended to present the Russian language and culture
in a modern context to American students. A pre-publishing copy of the
textbook will be available at our booth for everyone to see! Stop by, take a
look, and let us know what you think. Pre-order this textbook now and get
40% discount when it is published.  

 

In addition to our new textbook, we will have a wide variety of teaching and
learning materials on display.  All of these materials are suitable for
course adoption - you can ask us in New Orleans about how to receive
examination copies of titles that may be of interest.

 

Click here to see everything that we'll be bringing to New Orleans:
<http://www.russia-on-line.com/pdf/ASEEES-2012-LIST.pdf>
http://www.russia-on-line.com/pdf/ASEEES-2012-LIST.pdf

 

Whether you are attending the ASEEES or not, we invite you to follow us on
Twitter this weekend (@iLearnRusisan) - we'll be posting photos from exhibit
hall, panels, and events!

 

 

James Beale

Russia Online, Inc.

Tel: 301-933-0607      Fax: 301-933-0615

 

Shop online 24/7:  http://shop.russia-on-line.com

Learn Russian:    http://ilearnrussian.com

 


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From sforres1 at SWARTHMORE.EDU  Wed Nov 14 14:51:22 2012
From: sforres1 at SWARTHMORE.EDU (Sibelan Forrester)
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:51:22 -0500
Subject: Bill Johnston at Center for Arts in Translation, San Francisco
Message-ID: <WED.14.NOV.2012.095122.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

For Slavists and fans of literature in the San Francisco area:

THURSDAY: Bill Johnston Celebrates Poland's Epic 20th Century

Join us on Thursday as we welcome the winner of the 2011 Best Translated 
Book Award and the 2011 PEN Translation Award!

That's right: Bill Johnston received those honors for his amazing 
translation of Stone Upon Stone by Wieslaw Mysliwski. The book is an 
epic, action-packed tale of a modernizing Poland filled with bar fights, 
drinking, tales from the peasant life, and lots and lots of sex. It's a 
little like a Polish /One Hundred Years of Solitude/, filled with all 
kinds of colloquial Polish that will surely lead to some interesting 
translation questions.

Come hear the celebrated, engaging Johnston talk about the 
career-capping masterpiece from one of Europe's greatest 20th-century 
authors, a two-time recipient of Poland's highest literary honor.

     * November 15, 2012
     * 111 Minna St Gallery (Minna @ Second St.), San Francisco
     * 12:30 - 1:30 pm
     * FREE

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From anna at BALLETS-RUSSES.COM  Wed Nov 14 15:05:36 2012
From: anna at BALLETS-RUSSES.COM (FirstName LastName)
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:05:36 -0500
Subject: KAZAKH FILM FEST, NOV 14-20, Boston and DC
Message-ID: <WED.14.NOV.2012.100536.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

For those not in New Orleans all this week, with interest for Kazakhstan
or post-Soviet film, there are series of screenings in Boston and DC.
Please find the overall info and select synopses below.

FLOWERS OF THE STEPPE: FESTIVAL OF KAZAKH CINEMA
   November 14-20, 2012, Washington, DC & Boston

A festival of recent films from Kazakhstan, taking place at the Museum of
Fine Arts in Boston, and various venues in Washington, DC November 14-20,
2012. Flowers of the Steppe highlights some of the country's new
film-making voices and offers different visions of modern Kazakhstan and
the traditions of its historic past. For the full program, film synopses
and other details, please visit: www.ballets-russes.com/kazfest.html.

Boston: www.mfa.org/programs/series/flowers-steppe-festival-kazakh-cinema

Opening Night: Letters to An Angel (Pisma k Angelu) Nov. 14, 7:45 PM.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Alfond Auditorium (screens again Nov. 17,
1PM)

   Like a modern-day Arabian Nights, Letters to an Angel is a nest of
stories haunted by sex and death. One winter night in Almaty, Gulnara
seduces a young novelist. When he tells her a story he’s written, she
responds with a beguiling tale of her own about a woman, perhaps
herself, who has simultaneous affairs with two men. The tale concludes
with a haunting twist. One of Kazakhstan’s most accomplished directors,
Ermek Shinarbaev, crafts a suspenseful, surprising and beautifully shot
film suffused with an aura of erotic melancholy. Ayganim Sadykova
delivers a riveting performance as the mysterious Gulnara. In Russian
with English subtitles.
   Q&A and discussion with director Ermek Shinarbaev and American
independent film producer Michael Fitzgerald follows the Nov 14
screening. To read their biographies please visit:
www.ballets-russes.com/biog_kaz.html

Kelin Nov. 16, 7 PM. Museum of Fine Arts, Alfond Auditorium

   Set in the forbidding Altai mountains of Kazakhstan, in a pre-historic
society that does not use language, Kelin is a love triangle told
without words. Sold by her father to the richer of her suitors, Kelin
is sent to live in the yurt of her husband, with his mother and young
brother, and discovers the pleasures and challenges of married life.
But the other suitor, whom Kelin loves and who has sworn a blood oath
to have her, comes looking for her, with fatal results. With subtle
acting, poignant gesture, stunning visuals, and an unusual palette of
sounds, it is a masterfully orchestrated story of sensuality and
survival. The directorial debut of Ermek Tursunov, one of Kazakhstan's
leading scriptwriters, this film was short listed in the Best Foreign
Language Film category in the 2009 Academy Awards, and was an official
selection at numerous festivals, including Toronto.
   Discussion with noted Kazakh film director Ermek Shinarbaev follows the
screening.

Also, The Dash (Ryvok) Nov. 17, 11 AM &  Seker Nov. 18, 3:30 PM.

Washington

Kelin Nov. 17, 7 PM, Goethe Institut, Washington DC
  Discussion with Steven-Charles Jaffe, Honorary Consul of Kazakhstan in
Los Angeles, and Ermek Shinarbaev, noted Kazakh film director, follows
the screening.

Letters to An Angel (Pisma k Angelu) Nov. 18, 2 PM. Freer Gallery of Art
   Q&A with director, Ermek Shinarbaev, and sound engineer, Gulsara
Mukataeva, immediately following the screening. Event concludes with
light reception, including traditional Kazakh cuisine.

Akkyz(The White Girl) Nov. 20, 4 PM. Kennan Institute
   Followed by panel discussion with Ermek Shinarbaev, a noted Kazakh film
director, Dr. Dastan Yeleukenov, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy
of Kazakhstan, and Anna Winestein, Executive Director of the Ballets
Russes Cultural Partnership


The festival is organized by the Ballets Russes Cultural Partnership
(BRCP), and co-presented by the BRCP with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
and the Freer Gallery of Art, Goethe Institut, and Kennan Institute in
Washington. With additional support from the Embassy of the Republic of
Kazakhstan in Washington, and KazakhFilm Studios in Almaty.

To view the events on Facebook and connect with the BRCP, please visit:
www.facebook.com/BRCulturalPartnership/events

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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Wed Nov 14 14:27:11 2012
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 14:27:11 +0000
Subject: Andrey Platonov: new edition of HAPPY MOSCOW (NYRB Classics)
Message-ID: <WED.14.NOV.2012.142711.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear all,

NYRB Classics have just brought out a new edition of HAPPY MOSCOW.  This will include a slightly revised version of the translation previously published in the UK by Harvill, together with a number of other short works closely related to HAPPY MOSCOW:
1. the short stories: 'A Sparrow's Journey', 'Moscow Violin' 
2. the film script, Father-Mother 
3. the essay 'On the First Socialist Tragedy'

The essay is one of the classic ecological texts of the last century.  The film script is witty and unlike anything else I know.  And "A Sparrow's Journey" is one of Platonov's most perfect stories.

Many SEELANGERS contributed to these translations, some in small ways, some in very big ways.  My thanks to all of you!

And please do all you can to support NYRB in their efforts to bring Platonov the recognition he deserves!!!

All the best,

Robert

Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD

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From marianschwartz at GMAIL.COM  Wed Nov 14 15:40:43 2012
From: marianschwartz at GMAIL.COM (Marian Schwartz)
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 09:40:43 -0600
Subject: Andrey Platonov: new edition of HAPPY MOSCOW (NYRB Classics)
In-Reply-To: <056AC351-66B3-44E5-870C-51504DD2A6E6@dial.pipex.com>
Message-ID: <WED.14.NOV.2012.094043.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

It has been many years since Robert Chandler began his Platonov quest.
 I've been around long enough to have seen the beginnings.

When he began, Platonov was not even on the English-reading world's radar.
 And for those of us who could read him in the original, it was not at all
clear how what Platonov was doing  might be conveyed in English.  There was
nothing straightforward about understanding--let alone creating--this voice.

Now, thanks to Robert Chandler--because no matter how many others have
contributed to this work, the voice is his--we have a substantial body of
work by Platonov available in English, and this work has a coherent and
powerful aesthetic vision.  I am sure others will translate Platonov again
in the future; there can only be excellent, not definitive, translations of
such complex and influential works.  But this has been an exemplary process
and outcome and will be the standard for all others that come.

Michael Emmerich, the fine Japanese translator, once said that he didn't
understand all this talk about what was lost in translation: previously,
the work didn't exist in English and now it did. A 100% gain.  This was
partly in jest, of course, but I think of it when I consider what  Robert
Chandler has accomplished.

I am filled with admiration and gratitude.

Robert Chandler's Platonov is a feat to inspire.

Regards to all,
Marian Schwartz

On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com>wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> NYRB Classics have just brought out a new edition of HAPPY MOSCOW.  This
> will include a slightly revised version of the translation previously
> published in the UK by Harvill, together with a number of other short works
> closely related to HAPPY MOSCOW:
> 1. the short stories: 'A Sparrow's Journey', 'Moscow Violin'
> 2. the film script, Father-Mother
> 3. the essay 'On the First Socialist Tragedy'
>
> The essay is one of the classic ecological texts of the last century.  The
> film script is witty and unlike anything else I know.  And "A Sparrow's
> Journey" is one of Platonov's most perfect stories.
>
> Many SEELANGERS contributed to these translations, some in small ways,
> some in very big ways.  My thanks to all of you!
>
> And please do all you can to support NYRB in their efforts to bring
> Platonov the recognition he deserves!!!
>
> All the best,
>
> Robert
>
> Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
>
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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Wed Nov 14 18:24:12 2012
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:24:12 +0000
Subject: Andrey Platonov: new edition of HAPPY MOSCOW (NYRB Classics)
In-Reply-To: <CAP-2WbzF3TT+sr2u==J7yWV+bWRE0gqZJiDBr5fiMJYvM+RbCg@mail.gmail.com>
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Dear Marian,

Many, many thanks for all your generous words.  It is very kind of you to say such things. I'm grateful, and moved.

But with regard to your saying "The voice is his": I hope I won't seem churlish, or obstinate, or excessively modest, or just plain silly if I repeat something I wrote about myself a while ago for the Cardinal Points website:

"He spent a year in the Soviet Union in the early 1970s, as a student at the University of Voronezh – where he first read the work of Andrey Platonov, who was born in Voronezh, and Osip Mandelstam, who was exiled there. Literary translation is usually seen as a rather solitary occupation, but Robert Chandler believes that there is a great deal more in his favourite writers – Alexander Pushkin, Andrey Platonov and Vasily Grossman – than he can possibly understand on his own. For this reason he prefers to collaborate, and the circle of people he collaborates with is constantly widening. His closest collaborators are his wife Elizabeth – who knows no Russian but who has an uncommonly sure sense of intonation and rhythm – and the Platonov and Dostoevsky scholar, Olga Meerson, a professor at Georgetown University."

Meeting Natalia Vasilyevna Kornienko and other Russian Platonov scholars at a Platonov conference in Bern was also crucial.  Until I started going to Platonov conferences and seminars in Petersburg and Moscow I really did feel I was working in the dark.  It felt important, and exciting, but working in the dark is not the best way to get things done!

All the best,

Robert



> It has been many years since Robert Chandler began his Platonov quest.  I've been around long enough to have seen the beginnings.  
> 
> When he began, Platonov was not even on the English-reading world's radar.  And for those of us who could read him in the original, it was not at all clear how what Platonov was doing  might be conveyed in English.  There was nothing straightforward about understanding--let alone creating--this voice.
> 
> Now, thanks to Robert Chandler--because no matter how many others have contributed to this work, the voice is his--we have a substantial body of work by Platonov available in English, and this work has a coherent and powerful aesthetic vision.  I am sure others will translate Platonov again in the future; there can only be excellent, not definitive, translations of such complex and influential works.  But this has been an exemplary process and outcome and will be the standard for all others that come.
> 
> Michael Emmerich, the fine Japanese translator, once said that he didn't understand all this talk about what was lost in translation: previously, the work didn't exist in English and now it did. A 100% gain.  This was partly in jest, of course, but I think of it when I consider what  Robert Chandler has accomplished.  
> 
> I am filled with admiration and gratitude.
> 
> Robert Chandler's Platonov is a feat to inspire.
> 
> Regards to all,
> Marian Schwartz
> 
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> NYRB Classics have just brought out a new edition of HAPPY MOSCOW.  This will include a slightly revised version of the translation previously published in the UK by Harvill, together with a number of other short works closely related to HAPPY MOSCOW:
> 1. the short stories: 'A Sparrow's Journey', 'Moscow Violin'
> 2. the film script, Father-Mother
> 3. the essay 'On the First Socialist Tragedy'
> 
> The essay is one of the classic ecological texts of the last century.  The film script is witty and unlike anything else I know.  And "A Sparrow's Journey" is one of Platonov's most perfect stories.
> 
> Many SEELANGERS contributed to these translations, some in small ways, some in very big ways.  My thanks to all of you!
> 
> And please do all you can to support NYRB in their efforts to bring Platonov the recognition he deserves!!!
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Robert
> 
> Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
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From mishiwiec at SSRC.ORG  Wed Nov 14 19:11:29 2012
From: mishiwiec at SSRC.ORG (Denise Mishiwiec)
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:11:29 -0600
Subject: SSRC Eurasia Fellowships Competition: Deadline Extended
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**Deadline Extended Until December 8th, 2012**

Due to damage to our online application system caused by Hurricane Sandy, we have been experiencing outages to the online application for the SSRC Eurasia Program Pre-Dissertation Award and Dissertation Development Award Applications.

Because of this, we are extending the application deadline until December 8th.  This is the deadline for applications and letters of recommendation.

The application will be intermittently available at best until November 26th, when the server is moved to a new data center.  The building that currently houses the server is located in lower Manhattan, and the building lost power and flooded during the storm.  The building has not yet regained power.  

PDFs of the application are available on our site: http://www.ssrc.org/programs/pages/eurasia-program/eurasia-program-fellowship-frequently-asked-questions/  You can use the PDFs to work on your applications while the site is down- it includes instructions on the proposals and other application components.  However, we will only accept applications through the online application system.

Please contact eurasia at ssrc.org with questions.



SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL 
EURASIA PROGRAM FELLOWSHIPS COMPETITION

 APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE:
 http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/eurasia-fellowship/ 

PRE-DISSERTATION AWARDS (PDAS) 

Pre-Dissertation Awards (PDAs) enable early-stage graduate students to perform initial field assessments of up to four weeks for archival exploration, preliminary interviews, and other feasibility studies related to their dissertations. We anticipate awarding six young scholars the opportunity to gain firsthand knowledge of their proposed field sites, establish contacts within local communities, meet with local scholars, and gain insight into how their dissertation topics resonate with regional intellectual, political, and social currents. Proposals should reflect a clear plan for initial field assessment, require a budget of less than $3,000, and clearly articulate the policy relevance of the proposed project.

DISSERTATION DEVELOPMENT AWARDS (DDAS) 

Dissertation Development Awards (DDAs) are intended to provide one year of support to enable the prompt completion of a PhD dissertation. We anticipate offering approximately ten DDAs (with stipends of up to $20,000) to advanced graduate students who have completed their fieldwork. Fellows will participate in professionalization activities and a fall workshop and contribute to the Eurasia Program's new working paper and policy brief series. Applicants should pay serious attention to the policy-relevant aspects of their research. All DDA applicants must have obtained ABD status (meaning they have completed all requirements for the PhD except for the dissertation) by the application submission deadline.

ELIGIBILITY

Proposals and research must pertain to one or more of the regions and countries currently supported by the program: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. We will consider comparative projects if one or more of the countries/regions under consideration are supported by the program. 

The funding for these fellowships is provided by the Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Office of Outreach Title VIII Program for Research and Training on Eastern Europe and Eurasia (Independent States of the Former Soviet Union). 

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From Ladymdivine at YANDEX.RU  Wed Nov 14 20:40:47 2012
From: Ladymdivine at YANDEX.RU (Ksenia Overina)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:40:47 +0400
Subject: Petition against drastic state-funding cuts for students at the
 Faculty of Philology (SPb State U)
Message-ID: <THU.15.NOV.2012.004047.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear all!

You may be aware of the situation at St Petersburg Sate University. As it turned out, there is a possibility of huge state-funding cuts for students at the Faculty of Philology next year. Here is the text of the Online Petition against this horrible decision. The petition was written by the staff of St Petersburg Classical School # 610.
If you want to support us, please click the link and sign it. 

https://www.change.org/ru/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B8/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE-%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%B1%D1%8E%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85-%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5-%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B1%D0%B3%D1%83#share

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Ksenia Overina 

Assistant lecturer
St.Petersburg State University
Faculty of Philology
Department of the Russian Literature

***

To: President of the Russian Federation Mr. Putin
Minister of Education Mr. Livanov
Rector of St Petersburg State University Professor Kropachev


To: President of the Russian Federation Mr. Putin
Minister of Education Mr. Livanov 
Rector of St Petersburg State University Professor Kropachev

At the end of September the members of the Academic Council of St Petersburg State University were informed about the drastic reduction in state-funding for students at the Faculty of Philology. They said that in the following year a certain number of departments will be either closed for applicants or will not have state-funding for students. The admission to these departments will be organized every two or three years. In 2013 they are planning to close all state-funding in the following departments: Classics, Modern Greek, Department of Byzantine Studies, Foreign Literature Department, and a whole number of departments of Slavic Languages and Literature, and some departments of Scandinavian Studies. We do not have any information, who is responsible for this decision, or whether there is a chance to resume funding in 2014. 

We are quite convinced that St Petersburg State University as well as the whole system of higher education in Russia needs to be reformed, and we don’t want to stand in the way of this process, but this irrational cut of departments and state-funding makes the situation in education even worse. The selection of “victims” is quite specific. The departments outlined above are quite popular – last year the average Unified State Exam (EGE) score to apply to these programs was really high, the number of state-funded places never exceeded 5-10. They are really involved in scholarly research and “produce” unique experts in their respective fields. They concentrate on studies of Ancient Languages and Ancient World Cultures. It is very odd that the departments put at risk are those whose contribution to linguistics and literary studies is highly appreciated by the World Academic Community. In our opinion, these schools should be the first and receive full governmental support. In fact due to these reforms St Petersburg Faculty of Philology may well turn into language courses.

We understand that the need for the experts on Classics is not really high in our society, but one shouldn’t forget that medical and law schools, schools of pedagogical sciences and grammar schools (gymnasia) in the Russian Federation can’t survive without qualified Latin professors. If one wants a qualified faculty it will require funding on a permanent basis over a long period of time. If one wants to have a world famous string quartet, for example, you can’t recommend the Conservatoire to accept only 4 students every other year. The situation with the professional scholarship is exactly the same. It is necessary to take a special care of young people who have talent and who are eager to contribute to national scholarship.

School Principal and Members of the School Council 
St Petersburg Classical School # 610



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From stuart.goldberg at MODLANGS.GATECH.EDU  Wed Nov 14 21:30:41 2012
From: stuart.goldberg at MODLANGS.GATECH.EDU (Goldberg, Stuart H)
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:30:41 -0500
Subject: Seeking Assistant Professor of Russian at Georgia Institute of
 Technology
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Dear SEELangers,

Please see the following announcement for an Assistant Professor of Russian at Georgia Tech.

Given that we are late in the season, any help you can provide in spreading the word to potential candidates is appreciated!

All the best,
Stuart Goldberg


Assistant Professor of Russian
Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Tech School of Modern Languages seeks an Assistant Professor of Russian to complement our strengths in a dynamic and growing Russian program.  Specialization is open.  Ph.D. in hand by May, 2013.  Near-native proficiency in both Russian and English a must.  We are looking for a scholar, teacher and colleague with excellent research potential, including strong potential for research publications in English, and the ability and willingness to teach both language and target-language content courses.

The School of Modern Languages combines high quality, real-world skills development with a rich interdisciplinary approach to language, literature, and intercultural studies. We offer a major in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies and joint majors with International Affairs and Global Economics. Faculty collaborations, both within and beyond the School, are strongly encouraged. With this position, the Georgia Tech Russian program will gain major status.

Applicants should send a cover letter, C.V., sample course syllabi and teaching evaluations, a sample of the applicant's scholarly work (preferably a sample publication), and have three confidential letters of recommendation sent electronically to russiansearch at modlangs.gatech.edu.  Materials may also be sent to Dr. Stuart Goldberg, Search Chair, School of Modern Languages, Georgia Institute of Technology, 613 Cherry Street, Atlanta, GA 30332-0375. Review of applications will begin on December 10, 2012.  

Preliminary interviews will be conducted at the AATSEEL conference in Boston, January 3-6, 2013.

Georgia Tech is a top 10 ranked national public university located in the heart of Atlanta, a hub of international transport and commerce and a multicultural city with 50,000 Russian-speaking residents.  

Georgia Tech is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.

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From stuart.goldberg at MODLANGS.GATECH.EDU  Thu Nov 15 02:07:40 2012
From: stuart.goldberg at MODLANGS.GATECH.EDU (Goldberg, Stuart H)
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:07:40 -0500
Subject: Seeking Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Russian at
 Georgia Institute of Technology
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Dear SEELangers,

The original posting neglected to make clear that this position is tenure-track.  It is.

Best,
Stuart Goldberg

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Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 4:30:41 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] Seeking Assistant Professor of Russian at Georgia Institute of Technology

Dear SEELangers,

Please see the following announcement for an Assistant Professor of Russian at Georgia Tech.

Given that we are late in the season, any help you can provide in spreading the word to potential candidates is appreciated!

All the best,
Stuart Goldberg


Assistant Professor of Russian
Georgia Institute of Technology

The Georgia Tech School of Modern Languages seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Russian to complement our strengths in a dynamic and growing Russian program.  Specialization is open.  Ph.D. in hand by May, 2013.  Near-native proficiency in both Russian and English a must.  We are looking for a scholar, teacher and colleague with excellent research potential, including strong potential for research publications in English, and the ability and willingness to teach both language and target-language content courses.

The School of Modern Languages combines high quality, real-world skills development with a rich interdisciplinary approach to language, literature, and intercultural studies. We offer a major in Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies and joint majors with International Affairs and Global Economics. Faculty collaborations, both within and beyond the School, are strongly encouraged. With this position, the Georgia Tech Russian program will gain major status.

Applicants should send a cover letter, C.V., sample course syllabi and teaching evaluations, a sample of the applicant's scholarly work (preferably a sample publication), and have three confidential letters of recommendation sent electronically to russiansearch at modlangs.gatech.edu.  Materials may also be sent to Dr. Stuart Goldberg, Search Chair, School of Modern Languages, Georgia Institute of Technology, 613 Cherry Street, Atlanta, GA 30332-0375. Review of applications will begin on December 10, 2012.  

Preliminary interviews will be conducted at the AATSEEL conference in Boston, January 3-6, 2013.

Georgia Tech is a top 10 ranked national public university located in the heart of Atlanta, a hub of international transport and commerce and a multicultural city with 50,000 Russian-speaking residents.  

Georgia Tech is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.

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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Thu Nov 15 07:15:26 2012
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:15:26 +0000
Subject: Teffi: a question about her story "Markita"
Message-ID: <THU.15.NOV.2012.071526.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear all,

Most of this story takes place in a 1920s Paris cafe, where both Raichka and Sashenka are singers.  Raichka sees herself as a woman of the world.  Sashenka is a kind and sensible and loving single mother.  A rich Tatar is showing interest in Sashenka.  Rather charmingly, he begins his courtship by giving a present of some sweets to Sashenka's little boy.

Сидевшая за тем же столиком Раичка шепнула: 
- Бросьте уж его. На вас хозяин смотрит. Около двери. С ним татарин. Черный нос. Богатый. Так улыбнитесь же, когда на вас смотрят. На нее смотрят, а она даже не понимает улыбнуться!

Just how brutal is this - Бросьте уж его.?  Is it "Get rid of him!" (Very brutal indeed)  Or "Get him out of the way" (More temporary sounding and therefore less brutal.)

Раичка взяла Сашеньку под руку и зашептала: 
- Это все, конечно, к вам относится. И потом, я вам еще посоветую — не таскайте вы с собой ребенка. Уверяю вас, что это очень мужчин расхолаживает. Верьте мне, я все знаю. Ну, ребенок, ну, конфетка, ну, мама — вот и все! Женщина должна быть загадочным цветком (ей-богу!), а не показывать свою домашнюю обстановку. Домашняя обстановка у каждого мужчины у самого есть, так он от нее бежит. Или вы хотите до старости в этой чайной романсы петь? Так если вы не лопнете, так эта чайная сама лопнет.
The sentence beginning "Ну, ребенок, ну, конфетка," is the one I find difficult.  Is it pronounced in a bored tone?  Meaning something like "Women are all the same, and they all have children to whom one has to give sweets"?  The singular конфетка seems odd.  And the вот и все! - Is it "Vot i vsye!" or "Vot i vsyo!"

Thank you!

Robert



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From redorbrown at YAHOO.COM  Thu Nov 15 08:57:47 2012
From: redorbrown at YAHOO.COM (B. Shir)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:57:47 -0800
Subject: Teffi: a question about her story "Markita"
In-Reply-To: <D7DBB82F-F964-4955-BBD0-58C6DE3B514B@dial.pipex.com>
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Dear Robert, I guess, 
"Bros'te uzh ego" is, in other words, "Ostav'te ego xot' na sekundu, ne nian'chites' s nim tak", live him alone at least for a second - not brutal at all:)

 "Vot i vsyo!" is correct
"Nu, rebenok, nu, konfetka, nu, mama" Just a baby, just one candy, just ordinary mama  - nothing new ("Vot i vsyo!" is correct)
Liza

--- On Thu, 11/15/12, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM> wrote:

From: Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM>
Subject: [SEELANGS] Teffi: a question about her story "Markita"
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 1:15 AM

Dear all,

Most of this story takes place in a 1920s Paris cafe, where both Raichka and Sashenka are singers.  Raichka sees herself as a woman of the world.  Sashenka is a kind and sensible and loving single mother.  A rich Tatar is showing interest in Sashenka.  Rather charmingly, he begins his courtship by giving a present of some sweets to Sashenka's little boy.

Сидевшая за тем же столиком Раичка шепнула: 
- Бросьте уж его. На вас хозяин смотрит. Около двери. С ним татарин. Черный нос. Богатый. Так улыбнитесь же, когда на вас смотрят. На нее смотрят, а она даже не понимает улыбнуться!

Just how brutal is this - Бросьте уж его.?  Is it "Get rid of him!" (Very brutal indeed)  Or "Get him out of the way" (More temporary sounding and therefore less brutal.)

Раичка взяла Сашеньку под руку и зашептала: 
- Это все, конечно, к вам относится. И потом, я вам еще посоветую — не таскайте вы с собой ребенка. Уверяю вас, что это очень мужчин расхолаживает. Верьте мне, я все знаю. Ну, ребенок, ну, конфетка, ну, мама — вот и все! Женщина должна быть загадочным цветком (ей-богу!), а не показывать свою домашнюю обстановку. Домашняя обстановка у каждого мужчины у самого есть, так он от нее бежит. Или вы хотите до старости в этой чайной романсы петь? Так если вы не лопнете, так эта чайная сама лопнет.
The sentence beginning "Ну, ребенок, ну, конфетка," is the one I find difficult.  Is it pronounced in a bored tone?  Meaning something like "Women are all the same, and they all have children to whom one has to give sweets"?  The singular конфетка seems odd.  And the вот и все! - Is it "Vot i vsye!" or "Vot i vsyo!"

Thank you!

Robert



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From Edythe.Haber at UMB.EDU  Thu Nov 15 16:14:49 2012
From: Edythe.Haber at UMB.EDU (Edythe Haber)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:14:49 +0000
Subject: Teffi: a question about her story "Markita"
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Dear Robert,



I agree with Liza concerning "Bros'te uzh ego."  As for "Nu rebenok, nu, konfetka, nu, mama," as I understand it, this is the point of view of the Tatar, as Raichka interprets it.  He'll see the child, who defines Sasha primarily as a "mama."  Therefore he'll bring the kid some candy and will be "all" -- the end of the relationship.  How best to convey this in English I leave to you.



Best,

Edythe



From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of B. Shir [redorbrown at YAHOO.COM]
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 3:57 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Teffi: a question about her story "Markita"


Dear Robert, I guess,
"Bros'te uzh ego" is, in other words, "Ostav'te ego xot' na sekundu, ne nian'chites' s nim tak", live him alone at least for a second - not brutal at all:)

 "Vot i vsyo!" is correct
"Nu, rebenok, nu, konfetka, nu, mama" Just a baby, just one candy, just ordinary mama  - nothing new ("Vot i vsyo!" is correct)
Liza

--- On Thu, 11/15/12, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM> wrote:

From: Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM>
Subject: [SEELANGS] Teffi: a question about her story "Markita"
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 1:15 AM

Dear all,

Most of this story takes place in a 1920s Paris cafe, where both Raichka and Sashenka are singers.  Raichka sees herself as a woman of the world.  Sashenka is a kind and sensible and loving single mother.  A rich Tatar is showing interest in Sashenka.  Rather charmingly, he begins his courtship by giving a present of some sweets to Sashenka's little boy.

Сидевшая за тем же столиком Раичка шепнула:
- Бросьте уж его. На вас хозяин смотрит. Около двери. С ним татарин. Черный нос. Богатый. Так улыбнитесь же, когда на вас смотрят. На нее смотрят, а она даже не понимает улыбнуться!

Just how brutal is this - Бросьте уж его.?  Is it "Get rid of him!" (Very brutal indeed)  Or "Get him out of the way" (More temporary sounding and therefore less brutal.)

Раичка взяла Сашеньку под руку и зашептала:
- Это все, конечно, к вам относится. И потом, я вам еще посоветую — не таскайте вы с собой ребенка. Уверяю вас, что это очень мужчин расхолаживает. Верьте мне, я все знаю. Ну, ребенок, ну, конфетка, ну, мама — вот и все! Женщина должна быть загадочным цветком (ей-богу!), а не показывать свою домашнюю обстановку. Домашняя обстановка у каждого мужчины у самого есть, так он от нее бежит. Или вы хотите до старости в этой чайной романсы петь? Так если вы не лопнете, так эта чайная сама лопнет.
The sentence beginning "Ну, ребенок, ну, конфетка," is the one I find difficult.  Is it pronounced in a bored tone?  Meaning something like "Women are all the same, and they all have children to whom one has to give sweets"?  The singular конфетка seems odd.  And the вот и все! - Is it "Vot i vsye!" or "Vot i vsyo!"

Thank you!

Robert



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From xrenovo at GMAIL.COM  Thu Nov 15 17:26:54 2012
From: xrenovo at GMAIL.COM (Sasha Spektor)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:26:54 -0600
Subject: a question about translation rates
Message-ID: <THU.15.NOV.2012.112654.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Hello all,

this is not a typical request, but I was asked to interpret for a law
office.  I've never done this before, so have no idea how much to charge
per hour.  If any of you have experience with this, I would really
appreciate your advice in the matter.  Please email off the list at
xrenovo at gmail.com


Happy Thanksgiving,
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From msaskova-pierce1 at UNL.EDU  Thu Nov 15 19:09:05 2012
From: msaskova-pierce1 at UNL.EDU (Mila Saskova-Pierce)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:09:05 +0000
Subject: a question about translation rates
In-Reply-To: <CAPRO7qt_G4-zJjSg=_8Q3q1jrERZ+7JF_L=Hdq54=-En8F+ZvQ@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.15.NOV.2012.190905.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

$40 an hour, two years ago.  Mila

From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Sasha Spektor
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:27 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] a question about translation rates

Hello all,

this is not a typical request, but I was asked to interpret for a law office.  I've never done this before, so have no idea how much to charge per hour.  If any of you have experience with this, I would really appreciate your advice in the matter.  Please email off the list at xrenovo at gmail.com<mailto:xrenovo at gmail.com>


Happy Thanksgiving,
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From lgoering at CARLETON.EDU  Thu Nov 15 21:51:01 2012
From: lgoering at CARLETON.EDU (Laura Goering)
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:51:01 -0600
Subject: $99 room Saturday night near Marriott
In-Reply-To: <700703072.51014585.1353015626884.JavaMail.root@carleton.edu>
Message-ID: <THU.15.NOV.2012.155101.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Hello, 

I have a room booked Saturday night at the Pelham hotel http://www.thepelhamhotel.com/ two blocks from the Marriott on Common St. that I will not be needing. The $99.50 plus tax ($113 total) I paid is non-refundable, but the room is transferable if I change the name on the booking site. 
Can anyone use it? 

-- 

Laura Goering 
Professor of Russian 
Department of German and Russian 
Carleton College 
Northfield, MN 55057 
(507) 222-4125 

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From john at RUSLAN.CO.UK  Fri Nov 16 13:56:33 2012
From: john at RUSLAN.CO.UK (John Langran)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:56:33 -0000
Subject: Entertaining poetry - recording now available
Message-ID: <FRI.16.NOV.2012.135633.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear Konstantin
Thanks very much for the "number poems" that you posted last month, wonderful! 
I have made recordings of the poems at www.ruslan.co.uk/ruslan1.htm - use the link <<Page 52/60 - Poetry in Russian numbers>> which is half way down the page. It will be a nice homework assignment for beginner learners.

Can you remember where you found this?  I would like to attribute it.

Thanks again
John Langran
www.ruslan.co.uk 

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From xrenovo at GMAIL.COM  Fri Nov 16 16:44:50 2012
From: xrenovo at GMAIL.COM (Sasha Spektor)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:44:50 -0600
Subject: hourly rate for translation
Message-ID: <FRI.16.NOV.2012.104450.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Thank you everyone for your advice.  The average hourly rate seems to be
from $30-50 with at least a couple of hours minimum.

All best,
Sasha.

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From Wwdslovene at AOL.COM  Fri Nov 16 17:58:38 2012
From: Wwdslovene at AOL.COM (William Derbyshire)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:58:38 -0500
Subject: hourly rate for translation
Message-ID: <FRI.16.NOV.2012.125838.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Be careful in quoting rates. The ATA got itself in big trouble years ago  
for sharing what 
I consider is reasonable information to know. 
 
*************************************************


William W.  Derbyshire
Professor Emeritus - Rutgers University
freelance translator -  Slavic languages
land line: 505-982-6646
cell: 520-400-9190  

 
In a message dated 11/16/2012 10:27:00 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
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Thank  you everyone for your advice.  The average hourly rate seems to be 
from  $30-50 with at least a couple of hours minimum.

All  best,
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From paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM  Fri Nov 16 18:12:22 2012
From: paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM (Paul B. Gallagher)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 13:12:22 -0500
Subject: hourly rate for translation
In-Reply-To: <63d04.2042ee6c.3dd7d8cd@aol.com>
Message-ID: <FRI.16.NOV.2012.131222.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

William Derbyshire wrote:

> Be careful in quoting rates. The ATA got itself in big trouble years
> ago for sharing what I consider is reasonable information to know.

They did, but the accusation was that they were (not legalese) 
encouraging or urging members to charge at least a certain rate when a 
free market would have included lower offerings. Of course, that wasn't 
true, and it wasn't even feasible. But supposing it was, what power 
would Sasha have as a nonmember to enforce such standards among a group 
of nonmembers, and what power would ATA have to punish him for doing so? 
The world is a big place, and ATA is not its policeman.

For more, see
<http://www.atanet.org/business_practices/smarts_2009_january.php>
<http://www.atanet.org/docs/antitrust_reprint_may2005.pdf>

-- 
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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From russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU  Fri Nov 16 18:34:42 2012
From: russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU (Valentino, Russell)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:34:42 +0000
Subject: hourly rate for translation
In-Reply-To: <63d04.2042ee6c.3dd7d8cd@aol.com>
Message-ID: <FRI.16.NOV.2012.183442.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Yes, ALTA has run into this in the past as well. It's considered price fixing (which is illegal).

Russell Valentino

On Nov 16, 2012, at 11:59, "William Derbyshire" <Wwdslovene at AOL.COM<mailto:Wwdslovene at AOL.COM>> wrote:

Be careful in quoting rates. The ATA got itself in big trouble years ago for sharing what
I consider is reasonable information to know.

*************************************************

William W. Derbyshire
Professor Emeritus - Rutgers University
freelance translator - Slavic languages
land line: 505-982-6646
cell: 520-400-9190

In a message dated 11/16/2012 10:27:00 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, xrenovo at GMAIL.COM<mailto:xrenovo at GMAIL.COM> writes:
Thank you everyone for your advice.  The average hourly rate seems to be from $30-50 with at least a couple of hours minimum.

All best,
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From sarahhurst at ALASKA.NET  Fri Nov 16 18:44:02 2012
From: sarahhurst at ALASKA.NET (Sarah Hurst)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:44:02 -0900
Subject: hourly rate for translation
In-Reply-To: <F1E17197-571F-4AD3-95E0-DEF69E642443@uiowa.edu>
Message-ID: <FRI.16.NOV.2012.094402.0900.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

I don't understand this. Don't unions set recommended pay rates? Here's a
sample union wage scale:

 

http://www.buildingc3.com/doc.asp?id=2836

 

Sarah Hurst

 

  _____  

From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Valentino, Russell
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 9:35 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] hourly rate for translation

 

Yes, ALTA has run into this in the past as well. It's considered price
fixing (which is illegal).

 

Russell Valentino 

On Nov 16, 2012, at 11:59, "William Derbyshire" <Wwdslovene at AOL.COM> wrote:

Be careful in quoting rates. The ATA got itself in big trouble years ago for
sharing what 

I consider is reasonable information to know. 

 

*************************************************

William W. Derbyshire
Professor Emeritus - Rutgers University
freelance translator - Slavic languages
land line: 505-982-6646
cell: 520-400-9190 

 

In a message dated 11/16/2012 10:27:00 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
xrenovo at GMAIL.COM writes:

Thank you everyone for your advice.  The average hourly rate seems to be
from $30-50 with at least a couple of hours minimum.

All best,
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From sarahhurst at ALASKA.NET  Fri Nov 16 18:53:31 2012
From: sarahhurst at ALASKA.NET (Sarah Hurst)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:53:31 -0900
Subject: hourly rate for translation
In-Reply-To: <F1E17197-571F-4AD3-95E0-DEF69E642443@uiowa.edu>
Message-ID: <FRI.16.NOV.2012.095331.0900.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Here's a useful article that sums up typical translation rates and says
interpreting ranges from $30 to $80 per hour. 

 

http://www.jobmonkey.com/translating/translator-pay.html

 

I also found a random document from the Kentucky court system that says they
pay interpreters $40 an hour. It's always good to look at specific real-life
cases. 

 

Sarah Hurst

 

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From russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU  Fri Nov 16 19:10:27 2012
From: russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU (Valentino, Russell)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:10:27 +0000
Subject: hourly rate for translation
In-Reply-To: <9D75F333B40843B197EC109700CCF54D@Roosevelt>
Message-ID: <FRI.16.NOV.2012.191027.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Sorry, I don't why. I just know they did.

On Nov 16, 2012, at 12:44, "Sarah Hurst" <sarahhurst at ALASKA.NET<mailto:sarahhurst at ALASKA.NET>> wrote:

I don't understand this. Don't unions set recommended pay rates? Here's a sample union wage scale:

http://www.buildingc3.com/doc.asp?id=2836

Sarah Hurst

________________________________
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Valentino, Russell
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 9:35 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU<mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU>
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] hourly rate for translation

Yes, ALTA has run into this in the past as well. It's considered price fixing (which is illegal).

Russell Valentino

On Nov 16, 2012, at 11:59, "William Derbyshire" <Wwdslovene at AOL.COM<mailto:Wwdslovene at AOL.COM>> wrote:
Be careful in quoting rates. The ATA got itself in big trouble years ago for sharing what
I consider is reasonable information to know.

*************************************************

William W. Derbyshire
Professor Emeritus - Rutgers University
freelance translator - Slavic languages
land line: 505-982-6646
cell: 520-400-9190

In a message dated 11/16/2012 10:27:00 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, xrenovo at GMAIL.COM<mailto:xrenovo at GMAIL.COM> writes:
Thank you everyone for your advice.  The average hourly rate seems to be from $30-50 with at least a couple of hours minimum.

All best,
Sasha.
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From lynnvisson at GMAIL.COM  Fri Nov 16 20:44:51 2012
From: lynnvisson at GMAIL.COM (Lynn Visson)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:44:51 -0500
Subject: hourly rate for translation
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Message-ID: <FRI.16.NOV.2012.154451.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

I would be very cautious about blanket statements on interpreting rates
(and these have nothing to do with translation - that's a misuse of the
word).  There are a lot of factors here: is this community interpreting,
consecutive, or simultaneous (conference?) With equipment?  Is there a
team, or is the interpreter doing the job alone?  How long are the hours?
 Is the media involved (radio, TV interpreting?) How many languages are
involved? Depending on these factors rates could be much higher...

Lynn Visson

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Sasha Spektor <xrenovo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thank you everyone for your advice.  The average hourly rate seems to be
> from $30-50 with at least a couple of hours minimum.
>
> All best,
> Sasha.
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From xrenovo at GMAIL.COM  Fri Nov 16 21:14:59 2012
From: xrenovo at GMAIL.COM (Sasha Spektor)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:14:59 -0600
Subject: hourly rate for translation
In-Reply-To: <CAH4rLvgS-8+Kg-e4VPqP9KZcpBgJ4JSxeRcy_xMQ+ULOh1j24w@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <FRI.16.NOV.2012.151459.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

I seem to have inadvertently stepped into something bigger than I
intended.  I asked for advice from Seelangs and after receiving it decided
to share.  If for any reason anyone finds the information I posted
inappropriate or inaccurate, please disregard it.

Happy Thanksgiving,
Sasha.


On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Lynn Visson <lynnvisson at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would be very cautious about blanket statements on interpreting rates
> (and these have nothing to do with translation - that's a misuse of the
> word).  There are a lot of factors here: is this community interpreting,
> consecutive, or simultaneous (conference?) With equipment?  Is there a
> team, or is the interpreter doing the job alone?  How long are the hours?
>  Is the media involved (radio, TV interpreting?) How many languages are
> involved? Depending on these factors rates could be much higher...
>
> Lynn Visson
>
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Sasha Spektor <xrenovo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you everyone for your advice.  The average hourly rate seems to be
>> from $30-50 with at least a couple of hours minimum.
>>
>> All best,
>> Sasha.
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From Wwdslovene at AOL.COM  Fri Nov 16 21:40:09 2012
From: Wwdslovene at AOL.COM (William Derbyshire)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:40:09 -0500
Subject: hourly rate for translation
Message-ID: <FRI.16.NOV.2012.164009.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Sasha,
There was absolutely nothing inappropriate about your question.  It is  an 
extremely 
important one, and there are lots of questions and problems  related  to 
rates charged
for translation and / or interpretation. What happened with the ATA a  
number of
years was that some US government office came after that organization  
claiming that
the publishing of going rates was de facto encouraging price  fixing. 
(Perhaps Paul can
elaborate further.) I am quite pleased with the variety of answers that  
came in and has 
made for an interesting discussion.
Bill  D.
 
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William W.  Derbyshire
Professor Emeritus - Rutgers University
freelance translator -  Slavic languages
land line: 505-982-6646
cell: 520-400-9190 
 

 
In a message dated 11/16/2012 2:15:46 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
xrenovo at GMAIL.COM writes:

I seem  to have inadvertently stepped into something bigger than I 
intended.  I  asked for advice from Seelangs and after receiving it decided to 
share.   If for any reason anyone finds the information I posted inappropriate or 
 inaccurate, please disregard it.

Happy Thanksgiving,
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From tony_brown at BYU.EDU  Fri Nov 16 22:46:09 2012
From: tony_brown at BYU.EDU (Tony Brown)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:46:09 -0600
Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS,
 American Studies Center at Russian State University for the
 Humanities
Message-ID: <FRI.16.NOV.2012.164609.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

CALL FOR PAPERS
The American Studies Center at
Russian State University
for the Humanities (RSUH)
invites proposals for its upcoming conference
to be held on 13-14 May 2013.


This inter-disciplinary conference seeks to examine issues related broadly to American literature, Russian-American relations, language, and culture.  As one of its primary objectives, this conference encourages critical examination of one’s own and the other culture in an effort to “see ourselves as others see us" (paraphrasing Robert Burns).  We invite proposals from language, literature, visual and performing arts, philosophy, religion, law, social studies, and anthropology. 

We invite interested faculty and graduate students to submit a 250-word abstract for individual papers. Submissions should be sent by 1 January 2013 to Tony Brown at tony_brown at byu.edu .

Submissions should include: 
a) author(s)
b) academic affiliation
c) email address
d) title of abstract
e) body of abstract.

E-mails should include in the subject box: RSUH Abstract Submission.

Each presenter will have 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for discussion. Those wishing to publish a full version of their paper in a subsequent conference proceedings volume may do so.

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From upthera44 at GMAIL.COM  Sat Nov 17 02:11:09 2012
From: upthera44 at GMAIL.COM (dusty wilmes)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:11:09 -0500
Subject: Fairytale quotation
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Dear Colleagues,

Does anyone know the origin (or any sources, for that matter) of the
fairytale motif in Russian that begins: "На лево пойдешь - пропадешь. На
право пойдешь..."

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

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Ph. D. Student/Graduate Teaching Associate
Dept. of Slavic and E. European Languages and Literatures
Ohio State University

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From nataliek at UALBERTA.CA  Sat Nov 17 02:33:52 2012
From: nataliek at UALBERTA.CA (Natalie Kononenko)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:33:52 -0700
Subject: Fairytale quotation
In-Reply-To: <CAL+XsDvSQJaoM+ExiMZk0mQCGV8ZGk_NpWRdLKZD9hNVYZsz2w@mail.gmail.com>
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Things like this don't really have sources.  If you are trying to see where
a particular author found this motif, that may welll be possible.  But in
general terms - no.  The signpost or stone or other marker at a crossroads
appears in a number of cultures.  If anyone can trace specific uses of a
praticular motif, it would probably be Will Ryan.  Hopefully he will also
reply to this query.

Natalie Kononenko

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 7:11 PM, dusty wilmes <upthera44 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Does anyone know the origin (or any sources, for that matter) of the
> fairytale motif in Russian that begins: "На лево пойдешь - пропадешь. На
> право пойдешь..."
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> --
> Justin Wilmes
> Ph. D. Student/Graduate Teaching Associate
> Dept. of Slavic and E. European Languages and Literatures
> Ohio State University
>
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From upthera44 at GMAIL.COM  Sat Nov 17 03:08:09 2012
From: upthera44 at GMAIL.COM (dusty wilmes)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:08:09 -0500
Subject: Fairytale quotation
In-Reply-To: <CA+=M0A8WTCXApGga3ioVprcN-B0FHH7roBDZtW+gtCncDVX3bQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Actually what I'd like to know is not the phrase's origin, but in which
fairytale(s) it appears. It is quoted in a recent Russian film.

Best,

Justin


On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Natalie Kononenko <nataliek at ualberta.ca>wrote:

> Things like this don't really have sources.  If you are trying to see
> where a particular author found this motif, that may welll be possible.
> But in general terms - no.  The signpost or stone or other marker at a
> crossroads appears in a number of cultures.  If anyone can trace specific
> uses of a praticular motif, it would probably be Will Ryan.  Hopefully he
> will also reply to this query.
>
> Natalie Kononenko
>
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 7:11 PM, dusty wilmes <upthera44 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> Does anyone know the origin (or any sources, for that matter) of the
>> fairytale motif in Russian that begins: "На лево пойдешь - пропадешь. На
>> право пойдешь..."
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> --
>> Justin Wilmes
>> Ph. D. Student/Graduate Teaching Associate
>> Dept. of Slavic and E. European Languages and Literatures
>> Ohio State University
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>
>
>
>
> --
> Natalie Kononenko
> Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography
> University of Alberta
> 200 Arts Building
> Edmonton AB Canada T6G 2E6
> 780-492-6810
> http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/uvp/
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Ohio State University

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Sat Nov 17 03:18:42 2012
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:18:42 -0500
Subject: Fairytale quotation
In-Reply-To: <CAL+XsDt=GQMd2_jJ1up=YP2y7=dALXAFpEg=Yg5ZgORgSL_2aQ@mail.gmail.com>
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It's from byliny about Ilya Muromets:

http://www.rusizn.ru/leg17_11.html


On Nov 16, 2012, at 10:08 PM, dusty wilmes wrote:

> Actually what I'd like to know is not the phrase's origin, but in  
> which fairytale(s) it appears. It is quoted in a recent Russian film.
>
> Best,
>
> Justin
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Justin Wilmes
> Ph. D. Student/Graduate Teaching Associate
> Dept. of Slavic and E. European Languages and Literatures
> Ohio State University
>
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WLC, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-2387 	fax (202) 885-1076
aisrael at american.edu






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From nataliek at UALBERTA.CA  Sat Nov 17 04:19:03 2012
From: nataliek at UALBERTA.CA (Natalie Kononenko)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:19:03 -0700
Subject: Fairytale quotation
In-Reply-To: <CAL+XsDt=GQMd2_jJ1up=YP2y7=dALXAFpEg=Yg5ZgORgSL_2aQ@mail.gmail.com>
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The signpost appears in many tales.  Which film do you have in mind?  It
appears in Ivan Tsarevich i Seryi Volk, which was recently made into a
feature-length animated film, but not with the Firebird plot line that is
in most Ivan Tsarevich films

NK

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 8:08 PM, dusty wilmes <upthera44 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Actually what I'd like to know is not the phrase's origin, but in which
> fairytale(s) it appears. It is quoted in a recent Russian film.
>
> Best,
>
> Justin
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Natalie Kononenko <nataliek at ualberta.ca>wrote:
>
>> Things like this don't really have sources.  If you are trying to see
>> where a particular author found this motif, that may welll be possible.
>> But in general terms - no.  The signpost or stone or other marker at a
>> crossroads appears in a number of cultures.  If anyone can trace specific
>> uses of a praticular motif, it would probably be Will Ryan.  Hopefully he
>> will also reply to this query.
>>
>> Natalie Kononenko
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 7:11 PM, dusty wilmes <upthera44 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know the origin (or any sources, for that matter) of the
>>> fairytale motif in Russian that begins: "На лево пойдешь - пропадешь.
>>> На право пойдешь..."
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Justin Wilmes
>>> Ph. D. Student/Graduate Teaching Associate
>>> Dept. of Slavic and E. European Languages and Literatures
>>> Ohio State University
>>>
>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Natalie Kononenko
>> Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography
>> University of Alberta
>> 200 Arts Building
>> Edmonton AB Canada T6G 2E6
>> 780-492-6810
>> http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/uvp/
>>
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>
>
>
> --
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> Ohio State University
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From upthera44 at GMAIL.COM  Sat Nov 17 14:01:14 2012
From: upthera44 at GMAIL.COM (dusty wilmes)
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 09:01:14 -0500
Subject: Fairytale quotation
In-Reply-To: <CA+=M0A_xBCVsB_ad+mdf1hnVJbpQbm+rhjWJ8_3SE5XL+JbE8Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <SAT.17.NOV.2012.090114.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Thanks very much for your responses. The quote appears in
Serebrennikov's *Iur'ev
den'* (2008).

All best,

Justin


On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Natalie Kononenko <nataliek at ualberta.ca>wrote:

> The signpost appears in many tales.  Which film do you have in mind?  It
> appears in Ivan Tsarevich i Seryi Volk, which was recently made into a
> feature-length animated film, but not with the Firebird plot line that is
> in most Ivan Tsarevich films
>
> NK
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 8:08 PM, dusty wilmes <upthera44 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Actually what I'd like to know is not the phrase's origin, but in which
>> fairytale(s) it appears. It is quoted in a recent Russian film.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Justin
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Natalie Kononenko <nataliek at ualberta.ca>wrote:
>>
>>> Things like this don't really have sources.  If you are trying to see
>>> where a particular author found this motif, that may welll be possible.
>>> But in general terms - no.  The signpost or stone or other marker at a
>>> crossroads appears in a number of cultures.  If anyone can trace specific
>>> uses of a praticular motif, it would probably be Will Ryan.  Hopefully he
>>> will also reply to this query.
>>>
>>> Natalie Kononenko
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 7:11 PM, dusty wilmes <upthera44 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know the origin (or any sources, for that matter) of the
>>>> fairytale motif in Russian that begins: "На лево пойдешь - пропадешь.
>>>> На право пойдешь..."
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Justin Wilmes
>>>> Ph. D. Student/Graduate Teaching Associate
>>>> Dept. of Slavic and E. European Languages and Literatures
>>>> Ohio State University
>>>>
>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Use your web browser to search the archives, control your subscription
>>>> options, and more. Visit and bookmark the SEELANGS Web Interface at:
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Natalie Kononenko
>>> Kule Chair of Ukrainian Ethnography
>>> University of Alberta
>>> 200 Arts Building
>>> Edmonton AB Canada T6G 2E6
>>> 780-492-6810
>>> http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/uvp/
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>> Ph. D. Student/Graduate Teaching Associate
>> Dept. of Slavic and E. European Languages and Literatures
>> Ohio State University
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>
>
>
> --
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From merril25 at MSU.EDU  Sat Nov 17 17:13:48 2012
From: merril25 at MSU.EDU (Jason Merrill)
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:13:48 -0600
Subject: Chair Search, Michigan State University
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The Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages in the College of Arts and Letters at Michigan State University (linglang.msu.edu) is seeking a dynamic leader and a proven scholar to provide leadership to a diverse and dynamic department. The position is an annualized appointment, beginning August 16, 2013. The successful candidate will assume primary responsibility for vision and operations and will be the voice of the Department and will advocate for the Department at all levels in the university.

Michigan State University is recognized for its global focus and its emphasis on promoting an understanding of the global challenges faced in today’s world.  The College of Arts and Letters is a major player in this emphasis through its many initiatives, including its newly-established interdisciplinary program in Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities and its excellent programs in foreign language teaching and learning.  MSU leads the nation in study abroad participation among public universities and the Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages is a major contributor to those programs.

The Department is a complex unit that encompasses linguistics, culture, literature, and language teaching and learning of numerous languages. Within the department, there are two Ph.D. programs (German and Linguistics), 3 MA programs (German, Linguistics, TESOL), and 6 undergraduate majors (Arabic, Chinese, German, Japanese, Linguistics, Russian).  In addition, the department houses a vibrant Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTL) program that provides instruction in many of the world’s languages.  At present, more than 30 languages are being offered, with many other possibilities through the LCTL program.  Faculty in the department administer the Second Language Studies Ph.D. which is housed in the College of Arts and Letters. 

Responsibilities:  
The Chair must foster collaboration within the department and across departments and must also foster an overall research culture within the Department.  In so doing, it is expected that the Chair will actively facilitate grant-seeking activities will be involved in entrepreneurial and fundraising activities.

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Qualifications: 
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Application/Nomination Procedures:  Review of applications will begin on November 26, 2012 and continue until position is filled. All applications for this position must be submitted electronically at the Michigan State University human resources website: https://jobs.msu.edu. Job posting number 6949. Applicants should include a letter expressing interest in this position describing qualifications and experience, a current curriculum vitae and email addresses of 3 potential referees.
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For further information, please contact:
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From wfr at SAS.AC.UK  Sun Nov 18 13:02:23 2012
From: wfr at SAS.AC.UK (William Ryan)
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:02:23 +0000
Subject: Fairytale quotation
In-Reply-To: <ADDF4F96-8BBF-4334-BAE1-1A45746C109A@american.edu>
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Alina - you and Natalie have nailed this one, which relieves me of the 
obligation to live up to Natalie's over-optimistic opinion of my 
capabilities. I would only add that a quick look at the internet 
suggests that the phrase has gone from being a quotation to being a 
semi-proverb, and it is possible that more people have seen Viktor 
Vasnetsov's painting "Vitiaz' na rasput'e" than have read the bylina 
(but I don't know what they teach in Russian schools nowadays).

Will Ryan


On 17/11/2012 03:18, Alina Israeli wrote:
> It's from byliny about Ilya Muromets:
>
> http://www.rusizn.ru/leg17_11.html
>
>
> On Nov 16, 2012, at 10:08 PM, dusty wilmes wrote:
>
>> Actually what I'd like to know is not the phrase's origin, but in 
>> which fairytale(s) it appears. It is quoted in a recent Russian film.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Justin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Justin Wilmes
>> Ph. D. Student/Graduate Teaching Associate
>> Dept. of Slavic and E. European Languages and Literatures
>> Ohio State University
>>
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From nikunlas at CC.HELSINKI.FI  Mon Nov 19 13:08:25 2012
From: nikunlas at CC.HELSINKI.FI (nikunlas at CC.HELSINKI.FI)
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:08:25 +0200
Subject: Professor position in Helsinki University
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The Department of Modern Languages (University of Helsinki, Faculty of  
Arts) invites applications for a PROFESSORSHIP. The field of the  
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For more information, see:
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From Alexandra.Smith at ED.AC.UK  Mon Nov 19 19:48:58 2012
From: Alexandra.Smith at ED.AC.UK (Alexandra Smith)
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:48:58 +0000
Subject: Strugatsky
In-Reply-To: <20121119150825.56195f8fnbz86amh.nikunlas@webmail.helsinki.fi>
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Dear Colleagues,

Just to let you know about the sad news regarding Boris Strugatsky's  
death: http://echo.msk.ru/news/953071-echo.html


All best,
Alexandra













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From rm56 at COLUMBIA.EDU  Mon Nov 19 21:44:55 2012
From: rm56 at COLUMBIA.EDU (Ronald Meyer)
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:44:55 -0500
Subject: Harriman Institute Postdoctoral Fellowships
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The Harriman Institute offers three types of postdoctoral fellowships for
the 2013-2014 academic year: general (two positions), core project (two
positions), and the INTERACT Central Asia program (one position).

The Postdoctoral Fellows Program enables junior scholars who have recently
received the Ph.D. to spend an academic year at the Harriman Institute,
working on the revision of their individual research and participating in
the life of the Harriman Institute and Columbia. As members of Columbia
University, fellows receive access to a full range of resources, and the
Institute makes every effort to provide desk space for all postdoctoral
fellows.

Eligibility is restricted to those who have received the Ph.D. between July
31, 2010, and June 30, 2013. All fellows must successfully defend and
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Information on each program and application details may be found in the
announcements posted online:
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All applications are due by January 15, 2013, to Barbara Singleton
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From: Subhash.Jaireth at GA.GOV.AU (Subhash.Jaireth at GA.GOV.AU)
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:45:29 +1100
Subject: lady with the lap dog [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]
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Hi All,

In Yalta there is a sculptural composition showing the two main protagonists of Chekhov's story. Just wondering if some one knows more about the sculpture (artist and the year it was installed)

Thanks and best wishes

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From e.gapova at GMAIL.COM  Tue Nov 20 04:13:26 2012
From: e.gapova at GMAIL.COM (Elena Gapova)
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:13:26 -0500
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Найдется все, as Yandex says:
http://tourout.ru/db/sights/chehovdamasobachka.html#about

e.g.

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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Tue Nov 20 07:26:30 2012
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 07:26:30 +0000
Subject: Teffi: a question about her story "Markita"
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Ah, this immediately rings true.  Many thanks, Edythe!

R.

On 15 Nov 2012, at 16:14, Edythe Haber <Edythe.Haber at UMB.EDU> wrote:

> Dear Robert,
>  
> I agree with Liza concerning "Bros'te uzh ego."  As for "Nu rebenok, nu, konfetka, nu, mama," as I understand it, this is the point of view of the Tatar, as Raichka interprets it.  He'll see the child, who defines Sasha primarily as a "mama."  Therefore he'll bring the kid some candy and will be "all" -- the end of the relationship.  How best to convey this in English I leave to you.
>  
> Best,
> Edythe 
>  
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of B. Shir [redorbrown at YAHOO.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 3:57 AM
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Teffi: a question about her story "Markita"
> 
> Dear Robert, I guess, 
> "Bros'te uzh ego" is, in other words, "Ostav'te ego xot' na sekundu, ne nian'chites' s nim tak", live him alone at least for a second - not brutal at all:)
> 
>  "Vot i vsyo!" is correct
> "Nu, rebenok, nu, konfetka, nu, mama" Just a baby, just one candy, just ordinary mama  - nothing new ("Vot i vsyo!" is correct)
> Liza
> 
> --- On Thu, 11/15/12, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM> wrote:
> 
> From: Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM>
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Teffi: a question about her story "Markita"
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Date: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 1:15 AM
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> Most of this story takes place in a 1920s Paris cafe, where both Raichka and Sashenka are singers.  Raichka sees herself as a woman of the world.  Sashenka is a kind and sensible and loving single mother.  A rich Tatar is showing interest in Sashenka.  Rather charmingly, he begins his courtship by giving a present of some sweets to Sashenka's little boy.
> 
> Сидевшая за тем же столиком Раичка шепнула: 
> - Бросьте уж его. На вас хозяин смотрит. Около двери. С ним татарин. Черный нос. Богатый. Так улыбнитесь же, когда на вас смотрят. На нее смотрят, а она даже не понимает улыбнуться!
> 
> Just how brutal is this - Бросьте уж его.?  Is it "Get rid of him!" (Very brutal indeed)  Or "Get him out of the way" (More temporary sounding and therefore less brutal.)
> 
> Раичка взяла Сашеньку под руку и зашептала: 
> - Это все, конечно, к вам относится. И потом, я вам еще посоветую — не таскайте вы с собой ребенка. Уверяю вас, что это очень мужчин расхолаживает. Верьте мне, я все знаю. Ну, ребенок, ну, конфетка, ну, мама — вот и все! Женщина должна быть загадочным цветком (ей-богу!), а не показывать свою домашнюю обстановку. Домашняя обстановка у каждого мужчины у самого есть, так он от нее бежит. Или вы хотите до старости в этой чайной романсы петь? Так если вы не лопнете, так эта чайная сама лопнет.
> The sentence beginning "Ну, ребенок, ну, конфетка," is the one I find difficult.  Is it pronounced in a bored tone?  Meaning something like "Women are all the same, and they all have children to whom one has to give sweets"?  The singular конфетка seems odd.  And the вот и все! - Is it "Vot i vsye!" or "Vot i vsyo!"
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
> Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
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From cosmoschool2 at MAIL.RU  Tue Nov 20 07:44:25 2012
From: cosmoschool2 at MAIL.RU (Cosmopolitan)
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:44:25 +0700
Subject: SIBERIAN WONDERLAND Winter Language School
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Dear Colleagues,

 

Educational Centre "Cosmopolitan", Novosibirsk, Russia, is pleased to
announce that we have two vacancies available and are accepting applications
for the "Siberian Wonderland" Winter Language School we will be running in
January of 2013 in delightful countryside just outside Novosibirsk, the
administrative capital of Siberia and the centre of Russia. There are still
vacancies available and this is an excellent opportunity that is not to be
missed. The program is open to schoolchildren, university students and
adults of all ages and levels of Russian. No previous knowledge of Russian
is required. We will have several returning volunteers and students from
previous years and there will be quite a few new participants. We hope to
have a great team which we invite you to join. 

 

Being comprehensive and unique, and offering very competitive prices, our
programme will be an attractive option for your students whom we invite to
participate as volunteer teachers or as international students of the
Russian course. Please help us spread the word about our program to your
students and colleagues. Thank you for your support!

The program is unique in bringing volunteer teachers and international
students from all over the world to Siberia to live, work and study in a
residential setting with Russian students and teachers. This is an excellent
opportunity to learn Russian and get a first-hand experience of the Russian
culture and lifestyle, celebrate the coolest festive season in Siberia with
lots of exciting events, and experience all the winter fun you have ever
dreamed of in ten days.


We have been running these programs for sixteen years already. It is a fact
that many students and teachers return to the program year after year as a
testament to the success of the program.

For more information on the programs and to read about our former
participants' experiences, please visit our website http://cosmo-nsk.com/

and contact the Program Director Natalia Bodrova cosmoschool2 at mail.ru or
cosmoschool2 at yandex.ru  or the Volunteer Head of Studies Stephen Beet
stephenrbeet at gmail.com with any questions or application inquiries.

Regards,

Natalia Bodrova,
Director of the Educational Centre "Cosmopolitan",
Novosibirsk, Russia
cosmoschool2 at mail.ru
http://cosmo-nsk.com/ 

 


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From mm504 at CAM.AC.UK  Tue Nov 20 14:25:45 2012
From: mm504 at CAM.AC.UK (Muireann Maguire)
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:25:45 +0000
Subject: Strugatsky
In-Reply-To: <20121119194858.11541nenbuj649wg@www.staffmail.ed.ac.uk>
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Here are some more links to recent information about Boris Strugatskii, 
including a Snob profile, on the Slavic sci-fi blog Snail on the Slope:

http://russiansf.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/mourning-boris-strugatskii/

I would be grateful if colleagues could post more links to obituaries of 
Boris Natanovich, as they are published, as comments on this blog post.

Muireann Maguire

-- 
Dr Muireann Maguire    
Wadham College, Oxford

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From csees.outreach at OIA.OSU.EDU  Tue Nov 20 17:21:54 2012
From: csees.outreach at OIA.OSU.EDU (CSEES Outreach)
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:21:54 -0500
Subject: 2013 Midwest Slavic Conference Call for Papers
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Dear colleagues, 

The Midwest Slavic Association and The Ohio State University Center for Slavic and East European Studies (CSEES) are proud to announce the 2013 Midwest Slavic Conference, to be held at OSU
 April 5 - April 7, 2013.

Conference organizers invite proposals for panels or individual papers addressing all disciplines related to Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. The conference will open with a keynote address by Brian Porter-Szűcs (U of Michigan) and a reception on April 5th, followed by two days of panels. Saturday, April 6th will feature a luncheon lecture by Irene Delic (Ohio State U). 

If you would like to participate, please send a one-paragraph abstract (in PDF format) and brief C.V. to csees at osu.edu by January 16, 2013. Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to submit 
presentations. Limited funding will be available to subsidize student lodging. 

Application Deadline: January 16
Notification of Acceptance: February 4
Panels Announced: March 4
C.V. and Paper Submission Deadline: March 22

The Midwest Slavic Association would also like to announce Between Shots, a series of focused panels within the Midwest Slavic Conference dedicated to film and visual culture in this region. It highlights film and 
animation, photography & multimedia art, graphic narrative and graphic design. Each year Between Shots also offers a screening of a film from Central/Southeastern Europe, with a corresponding panel discussion. Selected panels will be sponsored by the OSU Polish Studies Initiative and other cooperating cultural 
foundations, therefore limited support for travel and lodging may be available to participants in these 
sessions. Anyone interested in participating in the Between Shots series should include that information in the email with his/her abstract and C.V.  

For more information please contact the Center for Slavic and East European Studies at OSU by phone (614) 292-8770 or by email at CSEES at osu.edu. 

Best regards, 

Ms. Jordan Peters
 
Outreach Coordinator, Center for Slavic and East European Studies
The Ohio State University
Oxley Hall 303
1712 Neil Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43210
(614) 292-8770
peters.398 at osu.edu
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From donna.orwin at UTORONTO.CA  Tue Nov 20 19:14:39 2012
From: donna.orwin at UTORONTO.CA (Donna Orwin)
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:14:39 -0500
Subject: Russian music
Message-ID: <TUE.20.NOV.2012.141439.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

The 90 year old mother of an acquaintance of mine has been yearning for music that she heard in the 1940s in Siberia.  Can anyone recommend recordings or on-line sites of such music?

Best to all and thanks in advance,

Donna Orwin

___________________________________________
Donna Tussing Orwin, Professor of Russian and Chair
University of Toronto
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
421 Alumni Hall
121 St. Joseph St.
Toronto, ON M5S 1J4
CANADA
tel. 416-926-1300, ext. 3316
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From nataliek at UALBERTA.CA  Tue Nov 20 19:36:56 2012
From: nataliek at UALBERTA.CA (Natalie Kononenko)
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:36:56 -0700
Subject: Russian music
In-Reply-To: <DCA5A2642507AA48AA116C53AC966BFD32E7C746C9@ARBOREXCH01.UTORARBOR.UTORAD.Utoronto.ca>
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Contact Yelena Minyonok at trewsd at yandex.ru.  She has been collecting folk
music in Siberia (among other places) and may well have material to share.

Natalie Kononenko

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Donna Orwin <donna.orwin at utoronto.ca>wrote:

>  Dear Colleagues,****
>
> ** **
>
> The 90 year old mother of an acquaintance of mine has been yearning for
> music that she heard in the 1940s in Siberia.  Can anyone recommend
> recordings or on-line sites of such music?  ****
>
> ** **
>
> Best to all and thanks in advance,****
>
> ** **
>
> Donna Orwin****
>
> ** **
>
> ___________________________________________****
>
> Donna Tussing Orwin, Professor of Russian and Chair****
>
> University of Toronto****
>
> Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures****
>
> 421 Alumni Hall****
>
> 121 St. Joseph St.****
>
> Toronto, ON M5S 1J4****
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> CANADA****
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University of Alberta
200 Arts Building
Edmonton AB Canada T6G 2E6
780-492-6810
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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Wed Nov 21 18:18:06 2012
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:18:06 +0000
Subject: Roncesvalles: a poem by Shalamov.
Message-ID: <WED.21.NOV.2012.181806.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear all,

I am unsure of the meaning of the last of these 4 lines:
Я видел разбитый не в битве,
О камень разломанный меч –
Свидетель забытых событий,
Что вызвались горы стеречь.

The broken sword of the second line has, I think, been smashed not in battle but in the mines of Kolyma.  And the hills/mountains of line 4 are both the Pyrenees that Roland was trying to cross and the mountains of Kolyma.

But are the mountains volunteering to watch over this sword?  Are the mountains volunteering to guard over these forgotten events?  Or were the battles waged to guard these mountains?  I'm gradually coming round to the third version.

I'll paste in the entire poem below.

All the best, Robert
 
Ронсеваль
 
Когда-то пленен я был сразу
Средь выдумок, бредней и врак
Трагическим гордым рассказом
О рыцарской смерти в горах.
 
И звуки Роландова рога
В недетской, ночной тишине
Сквозь лес показали дорогу
И Карлу, и, может быть, мне.
 
Пришел я в ущелья такие,
Круты, и скользки, и узки,
Где молча погибли лихие
Рыцарские полки.
 
Я видел разбитый не в битве,
О камень разломанный меч –
Свидетель забытых событий,
Что вызвались горы стеречь.
 
И эти стальные осколки
Глаза мне слепили не раз,
В горах не тускнеет нисколько
О горьком бессилье рассказ.
 
И рог поднимал я Роландов,
Изъеденный ржавчиной рог.
Но темы той грозной баллады
Я в рог повторить не мог.
 
Не то я трубить не умею,
Не то в своей робкой тоске
Запеть эту песню не смею
С заржавленным рогом в руке.



Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD





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From sasha.senderovich at GMAIL.COM  Wed Nov 21 18:26:23 2012
From: sasha.senderovich at GMAIL.COM (Sasha Senderovich)
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:26:23 -0500
Subject: Roncesvalles: a poem by Shalamov.
In-Reply-To: <2B5FF075-35B2-4DDF-9E07-7E4DE637E25D@dial.pipex.com>
Message-ID: <WED.21.NOV.2012.132623.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear Robert,

It's the second version on your list of hypotheses, it would seem: the
sword is the witness of those forgotten events, which, in turn, the
mountains have taken upon themselves to preserve.

Best, Sasha

==================================
Sasha Senderovich
www.sashasenderovich.com

Visiting Assistant Professor
Russian and East European Studies
Lafayette College






2012/11/21 Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com>

> Dear all,
>
> I am unsure of the meaning of the last of these 4 lines:
> Я видел разбитый не в битве,
> О камень разломанный меч -
> Свидетель забытых событий,
> Что вызвались горы стеречь.
>
> The broken sword of the second line has, I think, been smashed not in
> battle but in the mines of Kolyma.  And the hills/mountains of line 4 are
> both the Pyrenees that Roland was trying to cross and the mountains of
> Kolyma.
>
> But are the mountains volunteering to watch over this sword?  Are the
> mountains volunteering to guard over these forgotten events?  Or were the
> battles waged to guard these mountains?  I'm gradually coming round to the
> third version.
>
> I'll paste in the entire poem below.
>
> All the best, Robert
>
> Ронсеваль
>
> Когда-то пленен я был сразу
> Средь выдумок, бредней и врак
> Трагическим гордым рассказом
> О рыцарской смерти в горах.
>
> И звуки Роландова рога
> В недетской, ночной тишине
> Сквозь лес показали дорогу
> И Карлу, и, может быть, мне.
>
> Пришел я в ущелья такие,
> Круты, и скользки, и узки,
> Где молча погибли лихие
> Рыцарские полки.
>
> Я видел разбитый не в битве,
> О камень разломанный меч -
> Свидетель забытых событий,
> Что вызвались горы стеречь.
>
> И эти стальные осколки
> Глаза мне слепили не раз,
> В горах не тускнеет нисколько
> О горьком бессилье рассказ.
>
> И рог поднимал я Роландов,
> Изъеденный ржавчиной рог.
> Но темы той грозной баллады
> Я в рог повторить не мог.
>
> Не то я трубить не умею,
> Не то в своей робкой тоске
> Запеть эту песню не смею
> С заржавленным рогом в руке.
>
>
>
> Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
>
>
>
>
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From elena.ostrovskaya at GMAIL.COM  Wed Nov 21 19:57:46 2012
From: elena.ostrovskaya at GMAIL.COM (Elena Ostrovskaya)
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:57:46 +0400
Subject: Roncesvalles: a poem by Shalamov.
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Dear Robert,
I, the other way round, would go with your first version. The sentence, in
my understanding, goes like this:
I saw ... the sword - the witness of the events long past - which the
mountains volunteered to guard.

Guarding events does not make much sense to my Russian ear and events
guarding anything even less.

The only thing that does not support my version is the lack of the second
dash in Shalamov's text, unlike my English interpretation. I would still
rather go along with it (especially, since punctuation is often ellipitic)
than have to explain how it is possible to guard something that is
temporary, such as events.

Hope it helps,
Lena.

Elena Ostrovskaya,
Associate professor,
Faculty of Philology
Higher School of Economics

2012/11/21 Sasha Senderovich <sasha.senderovich at gmail.com>

> Dear Robert,
>
> It's the second version on your list of hypotheses, it would seem: the
> sword is the witness of those forgotten events, which, in turn, the
> mountains have taken upon themselves to preserve.
>
> Best, Sasha
>
> ==================================
> Sasha Senderovich
> www.sashasenderovich.com
>
> Visiting Assistant Professor
> Russian and East European Studies
> Lafayette College
>
>
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From klinela at COMCAST.NET  Wed Nov 21 20:02:19 2012
From: klinela at COMCAST.NET (Laura Kline)
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:02:19 -0500
Subject: Roncesvalles: a poem by Shalamov.
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Dear Robert,
I would say the mountains are guarding the forgotten history much like they preserved the dead bodies of prisoners, also testimony to the past, in «По Лендлизу»: «На Колыме тела предают не земле, а камню. Камень хранит и открывает тайны. Камень надежней земли. Вечная мерзлота хранит и открывает тайны. Трупы ждут в камне, в вечной мерзлоте….Камень, уступавший, побежденный, униженный, обещал ничего не забывать, обещал ждать и беречь тайну.»
Best,
Laura

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 1:18 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] Roncesvalles: a poem by Shalamov.

Dear all,

I am unsure of the meaning of the last of these 4 lines:
Я видел разбитый не в битве,
О камень разломанный меч –
Свидетель забытых событий,
Что вызвались горы стеречь.

The broken sword of the second line has, I think, been smashed not in battle but in the mines of Kolyma.  And the hills/mountains of line 4 are both the Pyrenees that Roland was trying to cross and the mountains of Kolyma.

But are the mountains volunteering to watch over this sword?  Are the mountains volunteering to guard over these forgotten events?  Or were the battles waged to guard these mountains?  I'm gradually coming round to the third version.

I'll paste in the entire poem below.

All the best, Robert
 
Ронсеваль
 
Когда-то пленен я был сразу
Средь выдумок, бредней и врак
Трагическим гордым рассказом
О рыцарской смерти в горах.
 
И звуки Роландова рога
В недетской, ночной тишине
Сквозь лес показали дорогу
И Карлу, и, может быть, мне.
 
Пришел я в ущелья такие,
Круты, и скользки, и узки,
Где молча погибли лихие
Рыцарские полки.
 
Я видел разбитый не в битве,
О камень разломанный меч –
Свидетель забытых событий,
Что вызвались горы стеречь.
 
И эти стальные осколки
Глаза мне слепили не раз,
В горах не тускнеет нисколько
О горьком бессилье рассказ.
 
И рог поднимал я Роландов,
Изъеденный ржавчиной рог.
Но темы той грозной баллады
Я в рог повторить не мог.
 
Не то я трубить не умею,
Не то в своей робкой тоске
Запеть эту песню не смею
С заржавленным рогом в руке.



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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Wed Nov 21 20:20:27 2012
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:20:27 +0000
Subject: Roncesvalles: a poem by Shalamov.
In-Reply-To: <063c01cdc823$1cde8c90$569ba5b0$@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <WED.21.NOV.2012.202027.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear Laura,

Thanks very much - this is a helpful quote.   And thanks to everyone else who has answered!

All the best,

Robert 
On 21 Nov 2012, at 20:02, Laura Kline <klinela at COMCAST.NET> wrote:

> Dear Robert,
> I would say the mountains are guarding the forgotten history much like they preserved the dead bodies of prisoners, also testimony to the past, in «По Лендлизу»: «На Колыме тела предают не земле, а камню. Камень хранит и открывает тайны. Камень надежней земли. Вечная мерзлота хранит и открывает тайны. Трупы ждут в камне, в вечной мерзлоте….Камень, уступавший, побежденный, униженный, обещал ничего не забывать, обещал ждать и беречь тайну.»
> Best,
> Laura
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Robert Chandler
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 1:18 PM
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Roncesvalles: a poem by Shalamov.
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I am unsure of the meaning of the last of these 4 lines:
> Я видел разбитый не в битве,
> О камень разломанный меч –
> Свидетель забытых событий,
> Что вызвались горы стеречь.
> 
> The broken sword of the second line has, I think, been smashed not in battle but in the mines of Kolyma.  And the hills/mountains of line 4 are both the Pyrenees that Roland was trying to cross and the mountains of Kolyma.
> 
> But are the mountains volunteering to watch over this sword?  Are the mountains volunteering to guard over these forgotten events?  Or were the battles waged to guard these mountains?  I'm gradually coming round to the third version.
> 
> I'll paste in the entire poem below.
> 
> All the best, Robert
> 
> Ронсеваль
> 
> Когда-то пленен я был сразу
> Средь выдумок, бредней и врак
> Трагическим гордым рассказом
> О рыцарской смерти в горах.
> 
> И звуки Роландова рога
> В недетской, ночной тишине
> Сквозь лес показали дорогу
> И Карлу, и, может быть, мне.
> 
> Пришел я в ущелья такие,
> Круты, и скользки, и узки,
> Где молча погибли лихие
> Рыцарские полки.
> 
> Я видел разбитый не в битве,
> О камень разломанный меч –
> Свидетель забытых событий,
> Что вызвались горы стеречь.
> 
> И эти стальные осколки
> Глаза мне слепили не раз,
> В горах не тускнеет нисколько
> О горьком бессилье рассказ.
> 
> И рог поднимал я Роландов,
> Изъеденный ржавчиной рог.
> Но темы той грозной баллады
> Я в рог повторить не мог.
> 
> Не то я трубить не умею,
> Не то в своей робкой тоске
> Запеть эту песню не смею
> С заржавленным рогом в руке.
> 
> 
> 
> Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
> 
> 
> 
> 
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From xrenovo at GMAIL.COM  Wed Nov 21 23:24:17 2012
From: xrenovo at GMAIL.COM (Sasha Spektor)
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:24:17 -0600
Subject: Vladimir Sorokin
Message-ID: <WED.21.NOV.2012.172417.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Hello all,

Does anyone know where I can get a hold of any Vladimir Sorokin's stories
translated into English.  I know of the novels, but would like to see
whether his shorter works have been translated.

Thank you and happy Thanksgiving.

Sasha.

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From sarahhurst at ALASKA.NET  Wed Nov 21 23:38:32 2012
From: sarahhurst at ALASKA.NET (Sarah Hurst)
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:38:32 -0900
Subject: Vladimir Sorokin
In-Reply-To: <CAPRO7quWCjjiALpNL4zwb4oTwww=i124wB_NjN5ULkCZAXA0SA@mail.gmail.com>
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The series Glas, New Russian Writing, has included some of Sorokin's short
stories. I know because my translating professor back in the mid-90s, Arch
Tait, translated some of them and we had to try parts of them too (to his
amusement). 

 

Sarah Hurst

 

 


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From pjcorness at HOTMAIL.COM  Wed Nov 21 23:40:38 2012
From: pjcorness at HOTMAIL.COM (Patrick Corness)
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:40:38 -0600
Subject: Native speakers for evaluation task
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The Centre for Translation Studies at the University of Leeds, England is seeking native speakers of Russian, Chinese, German and French willing to participate in a small evaluation project (should take less than two hours). NB The University has to make payment to a UK bank account. Please pass this on as appropriate. If anyone wishes to take part, they should reply as soon as possible off list directly to Marco Brunelli (see below) at mlmb at leeds.ac.uk 

The request from Leeds reads as follows:

We are doing evaluation for a research project and we need native speakers of several
languages to annotate texts, judging the quality of machine translation:
Chinese, Russian, German, French.

Evaluators will receive a URL link to their individual evaluation packs
(about 50 sentences per pack), with instructions how to complete them,
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This work should take less than two hours. We will pay £20 per pack
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From jwilson at SRAS.ORG  Thu Nov 22 04:38:59 2012
From: jwilson at SRAS.ORG (Josh Wilson)
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:38:59 +0400
Subject: Vladimir Sorokin
In-Reply-To: <CAPRO7quWCjjiALpNL4zwb4oTwww=i124wB_NjN5ULkCZAXA0SA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.22.NOV.2012.083859.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Life Stories: Original Works by Russian Writers has "Black Horse with a
White Eye"

 

You can order it from Amazon:  <http://tinyurl.com/cv7rtjx>
http://tinyurl.com/cv7rtjx

 

_Wall in My Head_ - another anthology - has "Farewell to the Queue" - Also
from Amazon: 

 

 <http://tinyurl.com/boot6vw> http://tinyurl.com/boot6vw 

 

Best, 

 

 

Josh Wilson
Assistant Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor in Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
SRAS.org 
jwilson at sras.org

 

 

 

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Subject: [SEELANGS] Vladimir Sorokin

 

Hello all,

Does anyone know where I can get a hold of any Vladimir Sorokin's stories
translated into English.  I know of the novels, but would like to see
whether his shorter works have been translated.

Thank you and happy Thanksgiving.

Sasha.
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From colkitto at ROGERS.COM  Thu Nov 22 04:47:00 2012
From: colkitto at ROGERS.COM (Robert Orr)
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:47:00 -0500
Subject: interesting review of the new Anna Karenina movie
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From oprokop at TEMPLE.EDU  Thu Nov 22 05:02:11 2012
From: oprokop at TEMPLE.EDU (Olia Prokopenko)
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:02:11 -0500
Subject: Vladimir Sorokin
In-Reply-To: <CAPRO7quWCjjiALpNL4zwb4oTwww=i124wB_NjN5ULkCZAXA0SA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <THU.22.NOV.2012.000211.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

There is a story by Sorokin in the "50 Writers: An Anthology of 20th
century Russian Short Stories" (eds. Miller, Brougher, Lipovetsky).

Olia Prokopenko,

FGIS, Temple University,
1114 W.Berks St.
Philadelphia, PA 19122
tel. (215)-204-1768
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On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Sasha Spektor <xrenovo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Does anyone know where I can get a hold of any Vladimir Sorokin's stories
> translated into English.  I know of the novels, but would like to see
> whether his shorter works have been translated.
>
> Thank you and happy Thanksgiving.
>
> Sasha.
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From perova09 at GMAIL.COM  Thu Nov 22 06:46:14 2012
From: perova09 at GMAIL.COM (Perova Natasha)
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 10:46:14 +0400
Subject: Vladimir Sorokin
Message-ID: <THU.22.NOV.2012.104614.0400.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

In fact, Glas published two stories by Sorokin (Glas 2) in Jamey Gambrell's translation. I did not know Arch tried his hand at this as well. Jamey was an absolute monopolist on Sorokin translations already then.
Later Grand Street magazine published his "Summer in Dahau". There was some story in Granta.

Natasha Perova
Glas New Russian Writing
tel/fax: (7)495-4419157
perova at glas.msk.su
www.glas.msk.su

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sarah Hurst 
  To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU 
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  Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Vladimir Sorokin


  The series Glas, New Russian Writing, has included some of Sorokin's short stories. I know because my translating professor back in the mid-90s, Arch Tait, translated some of them and we had to try parts of them too (to his amusement). 

   

  Sarah Hurst

   

   

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From awreynolds at FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU  Thu Nov 22 17:07:43 2012
From: awreynolds at FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU (Andrew Reynolds)
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:07:43 -0600
Subject: Vladimir Sorokin
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I translated Sorokin's Zasedanie Zavkoma (as "Next Item on the Agenda") in The Penguin Book of New Russian Writing: Russia's Fleurs du Mal, edited by Victor Erofeyev and Andrew Reynolds (1995).

Andrew Reynolds


On 11/22/12, Perova Natasha 
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> In fact, Glas published two stories by Sorokin (Glas 2) in Jamey Gambrell's translation. I did not know Arch tried his hand at this as well. Jamey was an absolute monopolist on Sorokin translations already then.
> Later Grand Street magazine published his "Summer in Dahau". There was some story in Granta.
> 
> Natasha Perova
> Glas New Russian Writing
> tel/fax: (7)495-4419157
> perova at glas.msk.su <perova at glas.msk.su>
> www.glas.msk.su(http://www.glas.msk.su)
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> > 
> > 
> > 
> > The series Glas, New Russian Writing, has included some of Sorokin's short stories. I know because my translating professor back in the mid-90s, Arch Tait, translated some of them and we had to try parts of them too (to his amusement). 
> > 
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> > 
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From paulr at RUSSIANLIFE.COM  Fri Nov 23 12:57:47 2012
From: paulr at RUSSIANLIFE.COM (Paul Richardson)
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 07:57:47 -0500
Subject: Vladimir Sorokin
In-Reply-To: <SEELANGS%201211230000027813.0006@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>
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We have run two stories by Sorokin in "Chtenia: Readings from Russia" over the years:
http://www.russianlife.com/about/authorsingle/params/Auth/400/Start/1/SrchAmt/10/

One of those, Black Horse with the White Eye, also appeared in Life Stories:
http://www.russianlife.com/store/index.cfm/product/174_30/life-stories-original-fiction-by-russian-authors.cfm

Cheers.

PR

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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Sat Nov 24 10:31:55 2012
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:31:55 +0000
Subject: (Tefi) A Paris "national" bed?!
Message-ID: <SAT.24.NOV.2012.103155.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear all,

This is from a story set in Paris in the 1920s.  Does anyone have any idea what Teffi might have in mind?

В полутемной комнате, под лампой, обернутой в газетную бумагу, на огромной парижской «национальной» кровати сидел крошечный Котька и дрожал. Увидя мать, он затрясся еще больше и завизжал:

All the best

Robert

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From zielinski at GMX.CH  Sat Nov 24 11:21:53 2012
From: zielinski at GMX.CH (Jan Zielinski)
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 12:21:53 +0100
Subject: (Tefi) A Paris "national" bed?!
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W dniu 2012-11-24 11:31, Robert Chandler pisze:
> Dear all,
>
> This is from a story set in Paris in the 1920s.  Does anyone have any idea what Teffi might have in mind?
>
> В полутемной комнате, под лампой, обернутой в газетную бумагу, на огромной парижской «национальной» кровати сидел крошечный Котька и дрожал. Увидя мать, он затрясся еще больше и завизжал:
>
>
Looks like that:

http://maison1.advcdn.net/images/medias/000/005/000005025/400.jpg

Here is the story:

http://www.maison.com/decoration/marques/lit-national-haute-couture-literie-956/

Hope that helps,
Jan Zielinski
Berne

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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Sat Nov 24 15:44:29 2012
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:44:29 +0000
Subject: Train journeys in C19 Russian literature
In-Reply-To: <E9CB014D7681364FBED2DA08D71271360604728241@ECCR11PUBLIC.exchange.local>
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Dear all,

I am posting this on behalf of the editors of Hidden Europe, an excellent small magazine.  They are wanting to write an article about trains in C19 Russian literature and are especially interested in examples of train compartments being used as confessionals - people confessing to strangers about murders they have committed, etc.  If you know any examples of this, no matter how obvious or how recherché, please reply with brief details, preferably onlist!

In case anyone wants to read more about this magazine, please see.
> www.hiddeneurope.co.uk
> people, places, communities - good writing from hidden europe
Their most recent issue included a fine review of Richard Davies's wonderful book about Russian wooden churches.

All the best,

Robert
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From Alexandra.Smith at ED.AC.UK  Sat Nov 24 15:06:24 2012
From: Alexandra.Smith at ED.AC.UK (Alexandra Smith)
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:06:24 +0000
Subject: Strugatsky/more publications
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  Dear Muireann,

Since you've asked to post more links to various articles  
commemorating Boris Strugatsky, I'm attaching a list of interesting  
items that appeared recently:

1. a radio programme "In Memory of Boris Strugatsky":  
http://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/beseda/953084-echo/

2. an article on Boris Strugatsky's funeral (Marvienko came in person  
and she said that she read all his works):  
http://www.echomsk.spb.ru/blogs/tamancev/10078.php

3.http://www.interfax.ru/culture/txt.asp?id=276642

4.http://piter.tv/event/Fantastika_osirotela_Um/

5.http://www.aif.ru/culture/news/252874

All best,
Sasha Smith


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From greniers at GEORGETOWN.EDU  Sat Nov 24 17:34:03 2012
From: greniers at GEORGETOWN.EDU (Svetlana Grenier)
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 12:34:03 -0500
Subject: Train journeys in C19 Russian literature
In-Reply-To: <C17BA787-3B45-48C7-B57C-312CBADDA1C7@dial.pipex.com>
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Dear Rolbert,

Since you said obvious is OK, the first thing that comes to mind is
Tolstoy's "The Kreutzer Sonata" (confession in a train compartment).  There
may have been some confessions exchanged between Anna and Countess Vronsky
during their trip to Moscow at the beginning of AK, but we don't see them;
we just hear that they spoke "about their sons." In that vein, in AK
Karenin and Levin share a compartment (in part IV), but no confessions take
place.
Then there is Rogozhin who tells Prince Myshkin of his love for Nastassia
Filippovna on a train, but I don't remember whether there is a compartment
or not.

All the best,
Svetlana

On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com>wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am posting this on behalf of the editors of Hidden Europe, an excellent
> small magazine.  They are wanting to write an article about trains in C19
> Russian literature and are especially interested in examples of train
> compartments being used as confessionals
>

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From rifkin at TCNJ.EDU  Sat Nov 24 18:33:06 2012
From: rifkin at TCNJ.EDU (Benjamin Rifkin)
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:33:06 -0500
Subject: Video for Transitive Verbs of Motion in Russian
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Dear SEELANGers: 


For those of us who love animals and who are challenged in teaching verbs of motion in Russian, here is a short video that I think would make a brilliant contribution to our classes on transitive verbs of motion: 


http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2012/07/23/tiny-dog-carries-cat-home/ 


Best wishes to all, 


Ben Rifkin 
The College of New Jersey 


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From megojones at GMAIL.COM  Sat Nov 24 19:44:29 2012
From: megojones at GMAIL.COM (Margaret Godwin-Jones)
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 22:44:29 +0300
Subject: Northern Caucasus in Western Literature
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Dear SEELANGS,

I'm trying to find instances of the (Northern) Caucasus being mentioned in
Western literature, preferably fiction, although memoirs and nonfiction
would also work. So far I've only come across Peter Balakian's "Black Dog
of Fate."

Any references are appreciated! Please reply to megojones at gmail.com.

Thank you very much--

Sincerely,

-- 
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megojones at gmail.com

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From jerry3 at ROADRUNNER.COM  Sat Nov 24 18:18:34 2012
From: jerry3 at ROADRUNNER.COM (Jerry Katsell)
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:18:34 -0800
Subject: Train journeys in C19 Russian literature
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From Yevgeniy.Slivkin at DU.EDU  Sat Nov 24 23:16:22 2012
From: Yevgeniy.Slivkin at DU.EDU (Yevgeniy Slivkin)
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:16:22 -0700
Subject: Northern Caucasus in Western Literature
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"Our Game" by John le Carre

Best,




Yevgeny Slivkin
Languages & Literatures
University of Denver

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Dear SEELANGS,

I'm trying to find instances of the (Northern) Caucasus being mentioned in Western literature, preferably fiction, although memoirs and nonfiction would also work. So far I've only come across Peter Balakian's "Black Dog of Fate."

Any references are appreciated! Please reply to megojones at gmail.com<mailto:megojones at gmail.com>.

Thank you very much--

Sincerely,

--
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megojones at gmail.com<mailto:megojones at gmail.com>
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From obukhina at ACLS.ORG  Sun Nov 25 03:35:52 2012
From: obukhina at ACLS.ORG (Olga Bukhina)
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 03:35:52 +0000
Subject: Most/The Bridge
Message-ID: <SUN.25.NOV.2012.033552.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Вышел очередной номер электронного бюллетеня Мост/The Bridge, издаваемого Международной ассоциацией гуманитариев (МАГ). Среди материалов номера: подборка "Памяти Майкла Хейма"; интервью с профессором Виктором Живовым о гуманитарном образование в России и США; информация о новых книгах, конференциях, стипендиях и научных проектах. Постоянный адрес журнала : http://thebridge-moct.org/

Olga Bukhina

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From zielinski at GMX.CH  Sat Nov 24 19:52:45 2012
From: zielinski at GMX.CH (Jan Zielinski)
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:52:45 +0100
Subject: Train journeys in C19 Russian literature
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What about Solovyov's short story /Na zare tumannoy yunosti///with a 
mutual soul-confession of two radicals? No crime, however, only ideas.

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???????????? ?????? ???? ?
????????? ??????? ?????????. ?? ?? ?????, ??? ?? ???? ??????????? 
???????? ?????? ???, ??? ??
????? ??????, ?????? ? ????????, ? ??? ???????????? ?????? ?????????? 
???????????? ?????
??????????? ? ??????????? ??????? ? ???????????? ???????????, ??????? 
??????? ?????? ???,— ?
?? ? ???????????? ?????????, ??? ??? ?????? ???????????? ?????????, ??? 
?? ????? ???? ?? ??????
?????, ?? ? ??? ????????? ?????? ???? ???????? ??????? ??????????, ??? 
???? ????? ????? ? ?????
?????-?????? ?????, ?? ?????????? ?????? ?????, ?? ??????? ?? ?????????, 
????? ???????????????. ??
??? ???????-??????????, ? ??? ???????-?????????.


Jan Zielinski
Berne

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From elena.ostrovskaya at GMAIL.COM  Sun Nov 25 12:47:14 2012
From: elena.ostrovskaya at GMAIL.COM (Elena Ostrovskaya)
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:47:14 +0400
Subject: Train journeys in C19 Russian literature
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Just off the top of my head my favourite Leskov's *Puteshestvie s nigilistom
*.

Best,
Elena



Elena Ostrovskaya
Associate Professor
Faculty of Philology
Higher School of Economics

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From John.Dunn at GLASGOW.AC.UK  Sun Nov 25 13:43:17 2012
From: John.Dunn at GLASGOW.AC.UK (John Dunn)
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 13:43:17 +0000
Subject: Northern Caucasus in Western Literature
In-Reply-To: <CAF4PeYhfr9ZafJQVjwRV-eBWzYdv+TgUehJGPA-FDL3Y-SV_2w@mail.gmail.com>
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Two rather obscure memoirs:

Capt. Spencer [sic], Turkey, Russia, the Black Sea and Circassia, George Routledge, London, 1854;

Negley Farson, Caucasian Journey; my edition was published by the Travel Book Club, London, 1952, but there may be earlier editions; the journey described took place in 1929.  

According to the British Library Catalogue the good Captain's first name was Edmund; his book, which I confess I haven't read yet, opens with an equestrian portrait of Schamil Bey and closes with Turkish, Tatar and Circassian vocabularies; the last looks as if it has been transcribed from a French source.   

John Dunn.
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Subject: [SEELANGS] Northern Caucasus in Western Literature

Dear SEELANGS,

I'm trying to find instances of the (Northern) Caucasus being mentioned in Western literature, preferably fiction, although memoirs and nonfiction would also work. So far I've only come across Peter Balakian's "Black Dog of Fate."

Any references are appreciated! Please reply to megojones at gmail.com<mailto:megojones at gmail.com>.

Thank you very much--

Sincerely,

--
Molly Godwin-Jones
megojones at gmail.com<mailto:megojones at gmail.com>
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From zielinski at GMX.CH  Sun Nov 25 14:08:06 2012
From: zielinski at GMX.CH (Jan Zielinski)
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 15:08:06 +0100
Subject: Northern Caucasus in Western Literature
In-Reply-To: <9B55785EA179DA42AAA6EA7F7DC9DB90E4FCB74646@CMS01.campus.gla.ac.uk>
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Aleksander Chodzko, /Specimens of the popular poetry of Persia, as found 
in the adventures and improvisations of Kurroglou the bandit-minstrel of 
northern Persia ; and in the songs of the people inhabiting the shores 
of the Caspian sea. Orally collected and translated, with philological 
and historical notes/, London 1842.

J. Chodzko, /L'eventure du vizir du khan de Lankeran/, Paris 1883.

Hope that helps
Jan Zielinski
Berne

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From xrenovo at GMAIL.COM  Sun Nov 25 15:38:29 2012
From: xrenovo at GMAIL.COM (Sasha Spektor)
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 10:38:29 -0500
Subject: No subject
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Dear all,
Thank you everyone for your Sorokin suggestions.

All best,
Sasha.

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Sun Nov 25 16:35:44 2012
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 11:35:44 -0500
Subject: Train journeys in C19 Russian literature
In-Reply-To: <CA+YWfyjwuFjnfh=7NGt1LhQ5ST1p0e_MwZz_yYHouKev4g+y5w@mail.gmail.com>
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My all-time favorite: "Загадочная натура" Чехова http://feb-web.ru/feb/chekhov/text 
s/sp0/sp2/sp2-090-.htm


Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
WLC, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-2387 	fax (202) 885-1076
aisrael at american.edu






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From AnemoneA at NEWSCHOOL.EDU  Sun Nov 25 23:46:57 2012
From: AnemoneA at NEWSCHOOL.EDU (Anthony Anemone)
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 18:46:57 -0500
Subject: Adjunct job in Russian History
Message-ID: <SUN.25.NOV.2012.184657.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

The Department of History at Marymount Manhattan College invites
applications for one or two
instructors to teach courses in European and/or Russian history in the
Spring semester, starting
January 30th, 2013. The courses are:

HIST 216 Europe: Antiquity to Enlightenment – MW 11:30-12:50 AM

(Course description: Course provides an overview of European history from
the Greco-
Roman period to the eighteenth century. Emphasis is on institutional,
intellectual, and cultural
developments that contributed most directly to forming modern European
civilization.)

HIST 221 Modern Russia – F 11:30 AM-2:20 PM

(Course description: Course examines the major themes and problems of
Russian history
from mid-nineteenth century to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the
debates around
modernization, national identity and political participation.)

Qualifications: Ph.D. or ABD with college level teaching experience.

If interested, please email a letter and CV to History Dept Chair Yu-Yin
Cheng –
ycheng at mmm.edu.

Marymount Manhattan College is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
Employer.

-- 
Tony Anemone
Associate Professor
The New School
72 Fifth Ave, 702
New York, NY 10011

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From Simon at SIMONBEATTIE.CO.UK  Mon Nov 26 08:58:11 2012
From: Simon at SIMONBEATTIE.CO.UK (Simon Beattie)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:58:11 -0000
Subject: Train journeys in C19 Russian literature
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This isn't fiction, but a nice story nonetheless.  When Rilke was going to
visit Tolstoy in 1899 he met Leonid Pasternak on the train, with a
nine-year-old Boris in tow.  Of course, years later the two poets would
correspond and BLP translated Rilke into Russian.

 

Simon

 

 

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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Svetlana Grenier
Sent: 24 November 2012 17:34
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Train journeys in C19 Russian literature

 

Dear Rolbert, 

Since you said obvious is OK, the first thing that comes to mind is
Tolstoy's "The Kreutzer Sonata" (confession in a train compartment).  There
may have been some confessions exchanged between Anna and Countess Vronsky
during their trip to Moscow at the beginning of AK, but we don't see them;
we just hear that they spoke "about their sons." In that vein, in AK Karenin
and Levin share a compartment (in part IV), but no confessions take place.
Then there is Rogozhin who tells Prince Myshkin of his love for Nastassia
Filippovna on a train, but I don't remember whether there is a compartment
or not.

All the best, 
Svetlana

On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com>
wrote:

Dear all,

I am posting this on behalf of the editors of Hidden Europe, an excellent
small magazine.  They are wanting to write an article about trains in C19
Russian literature and are especially interested in examples of train
compartments being used as confessionals


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From Simon at SIMONBEATTIE.CO.UK  Mon Nov 26 09:09:12 2012
From: Simon at SIMONBEATTIE.CO.UK (Simon Beattie)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:09:12 -0000
Subject: Northern Caucasus in Western Literature
In-Reply-To: <13EF7FC5A38CD64EB341CDABC670A30B26750B69D5@EXCH.du.edu>
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I thoroughly recommend Ali and Nino, by Kurban Said, which is a beautiful
novel.  The story of the book is fascinating, too.  It was published in
Vienna in 1937 (Ali und Nino), banned by the Nazis, and only resurfaced, in
English translation, in 1970.  The author, aka Essad Bey, or Lev Nussimbaum,
is the subject of the 2005 biography, The Orientalist, by Tom Reiss.

 

Simon

 

 

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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Yevgeniy Slivkin
Sent: 24 November 2012 23:16
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Northern Caucasus in Western Literature

 

"Our Game" by John le Carre

 

Best,

 

 

 

 

Yevgeny Slivkin

Languages & Literatures

University of Denver

 

  _____  

From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Margaret Godwin-Jones
[megojones at GMAIL.COM]
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 12:44 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] Northern Caucasus in Western Literature

Dear SEELANGS, 

 

I'm trying to find instances of the (Northern) Caucasus being mentioned in
Western literature, preferably fiction, although memoirs and nonfiction
would also work. So far I've only come across Peter Balakian's "Black Dog of
Fate."

 

Any references are appreciated! Please reply to megojones at gmail.com. 

 

Thank you very much--

 

Sincerely,


 

-- 
Molly Godwin-Jones
megojones at gmail.com

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From Rita.Kindlerova at NKP.CZ  Mon Nov 26 08:25:06 2012
From: Rita.Kindlerova at NKP.CZ (=?utf-8?B?S2luZGxlcm92w6EgUml0YQ==?=)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:25:06 +0000
Subject: Babylon 11/2012
Message-ID: <MON.26.NOV.2012.082506.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear SEELANGers,

a new (November) number of Czech periodical Babylon (in pdf) is available on: www.ibabylon.cz<http://www.ibabylon.cz> (http://www.ibabylon.cz/images/dokumenty/archiv_pdf/12/03%20babylon%20listopad%202012.pdf).

Theme of this issue: Russia, Ukraine (Gorbanyevskaya, Ulitskaya, Dzyuba, Sanchenko, Shevelov, Snyder)

Best regards
Mgr. Rita Kindlerová

Národní knihovna ČR - Slovanská knihovna

Klementinum 190
110 00 Praha 1
Česká republika

Tel.: +420 221 663 360
e-mail: rita.kindlerova at nkp.cz<mailto:rita.kindlerova at nkp.cz>
http://www.nkp.cz<http://www.nkp.cz/>




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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Mon Nov 26 14:23:05 2012
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:23:05 +0000
Subject: The poet Igor Irteniev
Message-ID: <MON.26.NOV.2012.142305.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear all,

Can anyone give me his email address?

All the best, Robert



Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD

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From mm504 at CAM.AC.UK  Mon Nov 26 16:45:38 2012
From: mm504 at CAM.AC.UK (Muireann Maguire)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:45:38 +0000
Subject: Strugatsky/more publications
In-Reply-To: <20121124150624.7685359fyzd7qqas@www.staffmail.ed.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <MON.26.NOV.2012.164538.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear Sasha,

Thank you very much for providing these very interesting links. I've 
reposted them in the comments field of our 'Snail on the Slope' blog, here:

http://russiansf.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/mourning-boris-strugatskii/#comment-161

SEELANGERS may also be interested in reading two mini-obituaries of Boris 
Strugatsky on the blog, by Kevin Reese and Yvonne Howell, here:

http://russiansf.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/two-new-obituaries-of-boris-natanovich-strugatskii-1933-2012-from-yvonne-howell-and-kevin-reese/

Best wishes,

Muireann Maguire
Wadham College, Oxford



On Nov 24 2012, Alexandra Smith wrote:

>  Dear Muireann,
>
>Since you've asked to post more links to various articles  
>commemorating Boris Strugatsky, I'm attaching a list of interesting  
>items that appeared recently:
>
>1. a radio programme "In Memory of Boris Strugatsky":  
>http://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/beseda/953084-echo/
>
>2. an article on Boris Strugatsky's funeral (Marvienko came in person  
>and she said that she read all his works):  
>http://www.echomsk.spb.ru/blogs/tamancev/10078.php
>
>3.http://www.interfax.ru/culture/txt.asp?id=276642
>
>4.http://piter.tv/event/Fantastika_osirotela_Um/
>
>5.http://www.aif.ru/culture/news/252874
>
>All best,
>Sasha Smith
>
>
>

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From csees.outreach at OIA.OSU.EDU  Mon Nov 26 17:16:06 2012
From: csees.outreach at OIA.OSU.EDU (CSEES Outreach)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:16:06 -0500
Subject: Train journeys in C19 Russian literature
In-Reply-To: <BFD369E9-3B32-4F6D-971B-CE400A17E18D@american.edu>
Message-ID: <MON.26.NOV.2012.121606.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

On behalf of Dr. Irene Delic:

Dear Hidden Europe,
Perhaps there is something in Turgenev's "Smoke"--at least Litvinov, sitting
in a railway compartment, is confessing to himself that he has been a fool,
while watching the smoke from the engine billowing over him.
IMD

Professor Emerita Irene Delic
The Ohio State University
Address: P.O. Box 569, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0569
Email: irene at hiperism.com, delic.1 at osu.edu
Phone: (919)484-9803, FAX: (919)806-2813
--
Ms. Jordan Peters

Outreach Coordinator, Center for Slavic and East European Studies
The Ohio State University
Oxley Hall 303
1712 Neil Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43210
(614) 292-8770
csees.outreach at oia.osu.edu

________________________________
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Alina Israeli [aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU]
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 11:35 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Train journeys in C19 Russian literature

My all-time favorite: "Загадочная натура" Чехова http://feb-web.ru/feb/chekhov/texts/sp0/sp2/sp2-090-.htm


Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
WLC, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-2387  fax (202) 885-1076
aisrael at american.edu<mailto:aisrael at american.edu>





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From ntkrylova at TAYLORU.EDU  Mon Nov 26 18:37:02 2012
From: ntkrylova at TAYLORU.EDU (Krylova, Natalia)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 18:37:02 +0000
Subject: Strugatsky/more publications
In-Reply-To: <Prayer.1.3.5.1211261645380.15345@hermes-1.csi.cam.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <MON.26.NOV.2012.183702.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear sci-fi fans,

Glad to share with you a link to the new cool questionnaire for Strugatskys' lovers published on Openspace: 
Test your "strugatskost' " and get hired by NIICHAVO Research Institute :-)
http://www.openspace.ru/article/618    

With best regards,

Natalia Krylova.
"Russkiy Mir" Center @ American Councils for International Education.
________________________________________
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf of Muireann Maguire [mm504 at CAM.AC.UK]
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 11:45 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Strugatsky/more publications

Dear Sasha,

Thank you very much for providing these very interesting links. I've
reposted them in the comments field of our 'Snail on the Slope' blog, here:

http://russiansf.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/mourning-boris-strugatskii/#comment-161

SEELANGERS may also be interested in reading two mini-obituaries of Boris
Strugatsky on the blog, by Kevin Reese and Yvonne Howell, here:

http://russiansf.wordpress.com/2012/11/22/two-new-obituaries-of-boris-natanovich-strugatskii-1933-2012-from-yvonne-howell-and-kevin-reese/

Best wishes,

Muireann Maguire
Wadham College, Oxford



On Nov 24 2012, Alexandra Smith wrote:

>  Dear Muireann,
>
>Since you've asked to post more links to various articles
>commemorating Boris Strugatsky, I'm attaching a list of interesting
>items that appeared recently:
>
>1. a radio programme "In Memory of Boris Strugatsky":
>http://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/beseda/953084-echo/
>
>2. an article on Boris Strugatsky's funeral (Marvienko came in person
>and she said that she read all his works):
>http://www.echomsk.spb.ru/blogs/tamancev/10078.php
>
>3.http://www.interfax.ru/culture/txt.asp?id=276642
>
>4.http://piter.tv/event/Fantastika_osirotela_Um/
>
>5.http://www.aif.ru/culture/news/252874
>
>All best,
>Sasha Smith
>
>
>

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From ivona.kucerova at GMAIL.COM  Mon Nov 26 20:25:27 2012
From: ivona.kucerova at GMAIL.COM (Ivona Kucerova)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:25:27 -0600
Subject: Formal Approaches to Slavic Languages deadline: December 1
Message-ID: <MON.26.NOV.2012.142527.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Hello, for those of you who might not be subscribed to the linguistlist or are not members of the Slavic Linguistics Society, the deadline for the Formal Approaches to Slavic Linguistics is fast approaching: December 1, 2012. The submission info can be found at: http://fasl22.mcmaster.ca/fasl22/?page_id=7

We are working hard to secure some travel funds: we hope to be able to provide at least some financial support for students and for scholars coming from Europe. Please do consider sending an abstract even if you are not sure whether you would be able to come. 

With warm regards,
Ivona Kucerova

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From emilka at MAC.COM  Mon Nov 26 22:18:18 2012
From: emilka at MAC.COM (Emily Saunders)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:18:18 -0800
Subject: Train journeys in C19 Russian literature
In-Reply-To: <4EED8F07E7DD204781BD3ED9B81794C10151FDE93C94@OIA-Mail01-Srv>
Message-ID: <MON.26.NOV.2012.141818.0800.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Every time I see a post in answer to this question, I start humming to myself Машина Времени's song Разговор в поезде.  Not particularly confessional perhaps -- but definitely fits the conversation in a train aspect.

Emily Saunders



On Nov 26, 2012, at 9:16 AM, CSEES Outreach wrote:

> On behalf of Dr. Irene Delic:
>  
> Dear Hidden Europe,
> Perhaps there is something in Turgenev's "Smoke"--at least Litvinov, sitting
> in a railway compartment, is confessing to himself that he has been a fool,
> while watching the smoke from the engine billowing over him.
> IMD
> 
> Professor Emerita Irene Delic
> The Ohio State University
> Address: P.O. Box 569, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0569
> Email: irene at hiperism.com, delic.1 at osu.edu
> Phone: (919)484-9803, FAX: (919)806-2813
> --
> Ms. Jordan Peters
>  
> Outreach Coordinator, Center for Slavic and East European Studies
> The Ohio State University
> Oxley Hall 303
> 1712 Neil Ave
> Columbus, Ohio 43210
> (614) 292-8770
> csees.outreach at oia.osu.edu
>  
> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Alina Israeli [aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU]
> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 11:35 AM
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Train journeys in C19 Russian literature
> 
> My all-time favorite: "Загадочная натура" Чехова http://feb-web.ru/feb/chekhov/texts/sp0/sp2/sp2-090-.htm
> 
> 
> Alina Israeli
> Associate Professor of Russian
> WLC, American University
> 4400 Massachusetts Ave.
> Washington DC 20016
> (202) 885-2387   fax (202) 885-1076
> aisrael at american.edu
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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From russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU  Mon Nov 26 22:55:18 2012
From: russell-valentino at UIOWA.EDU (Valentino, Russell)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:55:18 +0000
Subject: Train journeys in C19 Russian literature
In-Reply-To: <674FD1EF-AC50-4AEF-97B2-EB4858D17183@mac.com>
Message-ID: <MON.26.NOV.2012.225518.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

There is also an interesting non-fictional conversation on a Russian train in Predrag Matvejevic's Eastern Epistolary.

Russell Valentino

On Nov 26, 2012, at 15:26, "Emily Saunders" <emilka at MAC.COM> wrote:

> Every time I see a post in answer to this question, I start humming to myself Машина Времени's song Разговор в поезде.  Not particularly confessional perhaps -- but definitely fits the conversation in a train aspect.
> 
> Emily Saunders
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 26, 2012, at 9:16 AM, CSEES Outreach wrote:
> 
>> On behalf of Dr. Irene Delic:
>> 
>> Dear Hidden Europe,
>> Perhaps there is something in Turgenev's "Smoke"--at least Litvinov, sitting
>> in a railway compartment, is confessing to himself that he has been a fool,
>> while watching the smoke from the engine billowing over him.
>> IMD
>> 
>> Professor Emerita Irene Delic
>> The Ohio State University
>> Address: P.O. Box 569, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0569
>> Email: irene at hiperism.com, delic.1 at osu.edu
>> Phone: (919)484-9803, FAX: (919)806-2813
>> --
>> Ms. Jordan Peters
>> 
>> Outreach Coordinator, Center for Slavic and East European Studies
>> The Ohio State University
>> Oxley Hall 303
>> 1712 Neil Ave
>> Columbus, Ohio 43210
>> (614) 292-8770
>> csees.outreach at oia.osu.edu
>> 
>> From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Alina Israeli [aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU]
>> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 11:35 AM
>> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Train journeys in C19 Russian literature
>> 
>> My all-time favorite: "Загадочная натура" Чехова http://feb-web.ru/feb/chekhov/texts/sp0/sp2/sp2-090-.htm
>> 
>> 
>> Alina Israeli
>> Associate Professor of Russian
>> WLC, American University
>> 4400 Massachusetts Ave.
>> Washington DC 20016
>> (202) 885-2387   fax (202) 885-1076
>> aisrael at american.edu
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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From yatsenko at PDX.EDU  Mon Nov 26 21:01:34 2012
From: yatsenko at PDX.EDU (Anna Alsufieva)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:01:34 -0600
Subject: Roommate for AATSEEL Conference, Boston
Message-ID: <MON.26.NOV.2012.150134.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

We are looking for someone who attends the AATSEEL conference (Jan. 4 - Jan. 6) and would like to have a roomate to split the cost of the room. 
If interested, please reply off-list to Mihail Kopotev, University of Helsinki <mihail.kopotev at helsinki.fi> 

By request of Dr. Kopotev,
Anna Alsufieva 

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From bojanows at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU  Tue Nov 27 03:11:22 2012
From: bojanows at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU (Edyta Bojanowska)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:11:22 -0500
Subject: 2013 Boston AATSEEL: "Empire and Anxiety in 19th Cent. Russian
 Lit"
Message-ID: <MON.26.NOV.2012.221122.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,
We are looking for a third presenter for a 2013 Boston AATSEEL panel on 
"Empire and Anxiety in 19th Cent. Russian Lit."  Must hear by Thursday.  
We also need a chair and a discussant. The two other papers are:
*
Panelist:* Kathleen Parthé, University of Rochester *
Title:* For Their Freedom and Ours: Herzen's Polish Agenda

*Panelist:* Edyta Bojanowska, Rutgers University
*Title:* Tainted Love: Empire in Turgenev's "First Love"

Thank you,
Edyta Bojanowska

-- 
Edyta Bojanowska
Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
Dept. of Germanic, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures
Rutgers University, 195 College Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08901
ph: (732)932-7201, fax: (732) 932-1111
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From bojanows at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU  Tue Nov 27 03:16:26 2012
From: bojanows at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU (Edyta Bojanowska)
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:16:26 -0500
Subject: P.S. to 2013 Boston AATSEEL: "Empire and Anxiety in 19th Cent.
 Russian Lit"
Message-ID: <MON.26.NOV.2012.221626.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,
Apologies - I forgot to mention that the panel meets on Friday, January 
4, 1:45-3:30.
Thanks,
Edyta Bojanowska

-- 
Edyta Bojanowska
Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
Dept. of Germanic, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures
Rutgers University, 195 College Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08901
ph: (732)932-7201, fax: (732) 932-1111
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From paulr at RUSSIANLIFE.COM  Tue Nov 27 09:27:25 2012
From: paulr at RUSSIANLIFE.COM (Paul Richardson)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:27:25 -0500
Subject: Russian train journeys
In-Reply-To: <SEELANGS%201211250000016646.0007@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>
Message-ID: <TUE.27.NOV.2012.042725.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Robert:

Thanks for posting. And a minor clarification. This query on behalf of hidden europe is actually for an article that one of the editors (Nicky Gardner) of that journal is freelancing for our publication, Russian Life magazine. It will be an article on the railroad/literature/imperial nexus on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of railways in Russia. So if anyone is interested in seeing the piece in print (or on your iPad), it will be in the Jan/Feb 2013 issue of Russian Life.

Thanks, and thanks especially to all who have offered input.

Paul Richardson
Publisher



On Nov 25, 2012, at 1:00 AM, SEELANGS automatic digest system wrote:

> Date:    Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:44:29 +0000
> From:    Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM>
> Subject: Train journeys in C19 Russian literature
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I am posting this on behalf of the editors of Hidden Europe, an excellent small magazine.  They are wanting to write an article about trains in C19 Russian literature and are especially interested in examples of train compartments being used as confessionals - people confessing to strangers about murders they have committed, etc.  If you know any examples of this, no matter how obvious or how recherché, please reply with brief details, preferably onlist!
> 
> In case anyone wants to read more about this magazine, please see.
>> www.hiddeneurope.co.uk
>> people, places, communities - good writing from hidden europe
> Their most recent issue included a fine review of Richard Davies's wonderful book about Russian wooden churches.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Robert

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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Tue Nov 27 11:00:28 2012
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:00:28 +0000
Subject: Russian train journeys
In-Reply-To: <53A76B36-7B8F-4A4C-9714-7B2A730FF0EF@russianlife.com>
Message-ID: <TUE.27.NOV.2012.110028.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Thank you for this, Paul.  I had not known.

R.

On 27 Nov 2012, at 09:27, Paul Richardson <paulr at RUSSIANLIFE.COM> wrote:

> Robert:
> 
> Thanks for posting. And a minor clarification. This query on behalf of hidden europe is actually for an article that one of the editors (Nicky Gardner) of that journal is freelancing for our publication, Russian Life magazine. It will be an article on the railroad/literature/imperial nexus on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of railways in Russia. So if anyone is interested in seeing the piece in print (or on your iPad), it will be in the Jan/Feb 2013 issue of Russian Life.
> 
> Thanks, and thanks especially to all who have offered input.
> 
> Paul Richardson
> Publisher
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 25, 2012, at 1:00 AM, SEELANGS automatic digest system wrote:
> 
>> Date:    Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:44:29 +0000
>> From:    Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM>
>> Subject: Train journeys in C19 Russian literature
>> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> I am posting this on behalf of the editors of Hidden Europe, an excellent small magazine.  They are wanting to write an article about trains in C19 Russian literature and are especially interested in examples of train compartments being used as confessionals - people confessing to strangers about murders they have committed, etc.  If you know any examples of this, no matter how obvious or how recherché, please reply with brief details, preferably onlist!
>> 
>> In case anyone wants to read more about this magazine, please see.
>>> www.hiddeneurope.co.uk
>>> people, places, communities - good writing from hidden europe
>> Their most recent issue included a fine review of Richard Davies's wonderful book about Russian wooden churches.
>> 
>> All the best,
>> 
>> Robert
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From condee at PITT.EDU  Tue Nov 27 12:05:18 2012
From: condee at PITT.EDU (Nancy Condee)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:05:18 -0500
Subject: 2012 AATSEEL Book Awards (congratulations to our winners (and
 AATSEEL updates)
In-Reply-To: <023801cdcc97$5107dc10$f3179430$@pitt.edu>
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Dear AATSEEL Members and Slavists more broadly:

 

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2012 AATSEEL book prizes.
Please join us for the award ceremony at this year's conference in Boston
(3-6 January 2013). The AATSEEL President's Reception and Awards Ceremony
will take place Friday evening, January 4 from 9-11pm at the Hyatt Regency
Boston.  Conference pre-registration closes this Friday, 30 November at
http://www.aatseel.org/registration.  After that date on-site registration
only will be available.  

 

Note: Members interested in participating in the Advanced Seminars (on
Russian film by Yuri Tsivian and on contemporary poetry by Stephanie Sander)
are urged to sign up as soon as possible.  These seminars (and the Featured
Workshop on intensive language instruction led by Thomas Garza) are free and
open to a limited number of AATSEEL members who register in advance for the
AATSEEL conference.  AATSEEL members (already registered for the conference)
should email Katya Hokanson at  <mailto:hokanson at uoregon.edu>
hokanson at uoregon.edu for availability.  For details, see
http://www.aatseel.org/program/special-events-2013/. 

 

Congratulations to our AATSEEL awardees!

Best Contribution to Language Pedagogy:   Alla Nedashkivska, Ukrainian
Through Its Living Culture (The University of Alberta Press)

 Best Book in Literary/Cultural Studies:               Kristin Roth-Ey,
Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire That Lost the
Cultural Cold War (Cornell University Press)

 Best Literary Translation into English:                Bill Johnston, Stone
Upon Stone by Wieslaw Mysliwski (Archipelago Books)

 Best Scholarly Translation into English: Joanna Trzeciak, Sobbing
Superpower: Selected Poems of Tadeusz Różewicz by Tadeusz Różewicz (W.W.
Norton & Company)

 

PS: On Thursday, January 3, we offer a two-hour Job Interviewing Workshop,
as well as a reception for graduate students to meet senior faculty.
AATSEEL's 2013 workshops include sessions on Dynamic Assessment (Rimma
Ableeva), Digital Humanities (Quinn Dombrowski), Translation (Sibelan
Forrester), Cognitive Science and its Implications for Teaching (Serafima
Gettys), and The Russian National Corpus (Ekaterina Rakhilina).  A panel on
poet-scholars/scholar-poets will combine a reading and a conversation on the
links between creative writing and scholarship (Polina Barskova, Anna
Glazova, and Eugene Ostashevsky).  As ever, we are grateful to American
Councils for International Education for their sponsorship of the conference
coffee break, which give us time between panels to talk informally about our
work.  Hope to see you there!

 

Best wishes, Nancy Condee (President, AATSEEL 2011-2012)

 

Prof. N. Condee, Director
Global Studies Center (NRC Title VI)
University Center for International Studies
University of Pittsburgh
4103 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
+1 412-363-7180
condee at pitt.edu
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From klinela at COMCAST.NET  Tue Nov 27 13:42:43 2012
From: klinela at COMCAST.NET (Laura Kline)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 08:42:43 -0500
Subject: 2013 Boston AATSEEL: "Teaching Varlam Shalamov: Interdisciplinary
 Approaches to a Multidimensional Writer"
Message-ID: <TUE.27.NOV.2012.084243.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear All,

We are looking for a discussant for a panel on "Teaching Varlam Shalamov:
Interdisciplinary Approaches to a Multidimensional Writer". If interested,
please respond as soon as possible!

Thank you,

Laura Kline

 

Chair: Josefina Lundblad

 

Panelist: Elena Mikhailik, University of New South Wales, Australia

Title: "Athenian Nights": Poetry as a Physiological Drive

 

Panelist: Irina Nekrasova, Samara State Pedagogical University 

Title: "У каждого своя правда": к проблеме восприятия рассказов В. Шаламова

 

Panelist: Laura Kline, Wayne State University 

Title: A Time for Trauma: Narrative Time in Shalamov's Kolyma Tales

 


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From bradleygorski at GMAIL.COM  Tue Nov 27 14:44:12 2012
From: bradleygorski at GMAIL.COM (Bradley Gorski)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:44:12 -0500
Subject: Source of Andrei Bely quote
Message-ID: <TUE.27.NOV.2012.094412.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear SEELANGs!

Can anyone point me to the source for Andrei Bely's concept of "composite
quotation"? I ran across it in the introduction (p. xxv) to Clive
James's *Cultural
Amnesia *(Norton, 2007):

The Russian symbolist writer Andrei Bely once said that what we keep in our
> heads is the *sum* of a writer: a "composite quotation."


The only other reference I can find is on p. 220 of Alexander
Zholkovsky's *Text
Counter Text* (Stanford UP, 1994):

To outline these strategies, underlying *Second Birth*, I use Andrei Bely's
> strategy of "composite quotation": a semi-prosaic summary of poems...


I would be grateful if anyone could point me to the Bely essay which
originated this idea, or even to the wording in the original Russian (I've
tried searching under several possible translations with no luck so far).

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Bradley
-- 
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From rifkin at TCNJ.EDU  Tue Nov 27 14:46:27 2012
From: rifkin at TCNJ.EDU (Benjamin Rifkin)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:46:27 -0500
Subject: Defending the Liberal Arts
Message-ID: <TUE.27.NOV.2012.094627.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear Colleagues:

In case this is of interest:

http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/11/27/why-scott-walkers-focus-pushing-graduates-specific-majors-wrong-essay

Best wishes to all,

Ben Rifkin
The College of New Jersey



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From merril25 at CAL.MSU.EDU  Tue Nov 27 15:14:45 2012
From: merril25 at CAL.MSU.EDU (Jason Merrill)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:14:45 -0500
Subject: Applications Open for Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace:
 Investing in the Study of Critical Languages
Message-ID: <TUE.27.NOV.2012.101445.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

*Full Scholarships Available for Intensive Language Study at the 
Middlebury Summer Language Schools--* We are pleased to announce the 
continuation of the Kathryn Davis Fellowships for Peace 
<http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/finaid/fellowships/kwd/>. The fellowship 
will cover the full cost of one summer of language study (tuition, room, 
and board)---from the beginner to graduate level---in any of six 
languages, *including Russian*. _The postmark deadline is January 14, 
2013_. See the website 
<http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/finaid/fellowships/kwd/> for application 
details.

**

*Need-based Financial Aid Available to All Students --* Nearly half of 
2012 Language Schools students received financial aid. Learn more about 
financial aid <http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/finaid/> and other 
scholarships and fellowships 
<http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/finaid/fellowships/>.

*Middlebury's Kathryn Wasserman Davis School of Russian-- * Take four 
classes in Russian and earn 12 credit hours at the 8-weekimmersion 
program <http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/russian> in Middlebury, Vermont.

The Middlebury Language Schools have operated for nearly 100 years. Our 
website <http://www.middlebury.edu/ls> has more information on all ten 
Language Schools, the Language Pledge 
<http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/approach/pledge>®, activities 
<http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/russian/activities> and the online 
application <http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/apply/>. To receive more 
information by email, please fill out this form 
<http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/apply/inquiryform>.

Middlebury College Language Schools

Middlebury, VT  05753

(802) 443-5510

languages at middlebury.edu <mailto:languages at middlebury.edu>
-- 

Jason Merrill

Associate Professor of Russian

Director of the Middlebury College Kathryn Wasserman Davis School of Russian

B-467 Wells Hall

Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI 48824

Ph: 517-355-8365

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From josephschlegel at YAHOO.COM  Tue Nov 27 15:52:32 2012
From: josephschlegel at YAHOO.COM (Joseph Schlegel)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:52:32 -0800
Subject: Source of Andrei Bely quote
Message-ID: <TUE.27.NOV.2012.075232.0800.JOSEPHSCHLEGEL@YAHOO.COM>

Dear Bradley,

I believe the source is Nadezhda Mandelstam's memoir, Hope Against Hope. In the 1970 Atheneum edition, on page 66, there is the following passage: "'The voices,' M. said to me once, 'are like a composite quotation of everything I heard.' ('Composite quotation' is an expression coined by Andrei Bely, who said that for him every writer was represented not by a series of separate, word-for-word quotations, but by a kind of 'composite quotation' that summed up the essentials of his thoughts and words.)"

Sincerely,
Joseph




Date:    Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:44:12 -0500
From:    Bradley Gorski <bradleygorski at GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Source of Andrei Bely quote

Dear SEELANGs!

Can anyone point me to the source for Andrei Bely's concept of "composite
quotation"? I ran across it in the introduction (p. xxv) to Clive
James's *Cultural
Amnesia *(Norton, 2007):

The Russian symbolist writer Andrei Bely once said that what we keep in our
> heads is the *sum* of a writer: a "composite quotation."


The only other reference I can find is on p. 220 of Alexander
Zholkovsky's *Text
Counter Text* (Stanford UP, 1994):

To outline these strategies, underlying *Second Birth*, I use Andrei Bely's
> strategy of "composite quotation": a semi-prosaic summary of poems...


I would be grateful if anyone could point me to the Bely essay which
originated this idea, or even to the wording in the original Russian (I've
tried searching under several possible translations with no luck so far).

Thank you!

Sincerely,

Bradley
-- 
bradleygorski at gmail.com
509.714.6883

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From mantic at WISC.EDU  Tue Nov 27 16:52:09 2012
From: mantic at WISC.EDU (=?UTF-8?B?TWFyaW5hIEFudGnEhw==?=)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:52:09 -0500
Subject: Defending the Liberal Arts
In-Reply-To: <B50350ED-9616-490B-B4C8-3518EFBCB396@tcnj.edu>
Message-ID: <TUE.27.NOV.2012.115209.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Hear, hear!

Marina Antic
UW - Madison
PhD Candidate
On 11/27/2012 9:46 AM, Benjamin Rifkin wrote:
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> In case this is of interest:
>
> http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/11/27/why-scott-walkers-focus-pushing-graduates-specific-majors-wrong-essay
>
> Best wishes to all,
>
> Ben Rifkin
> The College of New Jersey
>
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From aristern at INDIANA.EDU  Tue Nov 27 17:12:25 2012
From: aristern at INDIANA.EDU (Ariann Stern-Gottschalk)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:12:25 -0600
Subject: Romanian instructor search (summer only)
Message-ID: <TUE.27.NOV.2012.111225.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

The Indiana University Summer Language Workshop (SWSEEL) has openings for an instructor of first-year Romanian for an eight-week intensive language course from June 3-July 26, 2013. Teachers are expected on campus no later than June 1, when the appointment begins. Duties include classroom instruction 4 hours per day, Monday through Friday, lesson preparation, and grading.  The instructors will also responsible for language-specific extracurricular programs (film and discussion, lecture, etc.) and leading language table. Salary is commensurate with academic level. Hiring will be contingent on instructor submission of course syllabus by April 1, 2013. The SWSEEL Director may assist first-time summer intensive instructor applicants in formulating the syllabus based on course content from previous summers.

Please send a cover letter, two letters of reference, a statement of teaching philosophy, and CV to SWSEEL Director (swseel at indiana.edu, 1217 E. Atwater Ave., Room 101, Bloomington, IN 47401-3703). Review of applications will begin December 3, 2012. The search will remain open until the position is filled. 

Indiana University is an Equal Employment Affirmative Action Employer. The University is strongly committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity and actively encourages applications and nominations of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Tue Nov 27 17:48:54 2012
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:48:54 +0000
Subject: 2013 Boston AATSEEL: "Teaching Varlam Shalamov:
 Interdisciplinary Approaches to a Multidimensional Writer"
In-Reply-To: <026601cdcca5$14147e90$3c3d7bb0$@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <TUE.27.NOV.2012.174854.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear Laura,

This looks very, very interesting indeed.  Am deeply sorry I won't be there.

All the best,

Robert

> Dear All,
> We are looking for a discussant for a panel on “Teaching Varlam Shalamov: Interdisciplinary Approaches to a Multidimensional Writer”. If interested, please respond as soon as possible!
> Thank you,
> Laura Kline
>  
> Chair: Josefina Lundblad
>  
> Panelist: Elena Mikhailik, University of New South Wales, Australia
> Title: “Athenian Nights”: Poetry as a Physiological Drive
>  
> Panelist: Irina Nekrasova, Samara State Pedagogical University
> Title: “У каждого своя правда”: к проблеме восприятия рассказов В. Шаламова
>  
> Panelist: Laura Kline, Wayne State University
> Title: A Time for Trauma: Narrative Time in Shalamov’s Kolyma Tales
>  
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From William.M.Wright at WILLIAMS.EDU  Tue Nov 27 19:20:53 2012
From: William.M.Wright at WILLIAMS.EDU (William Wright)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:20:53 -0500
Subject: New "Contentious Politics Russia" Blog
Message-ID: <TUE.27.NOV.2012.142053.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

This recently launched blog is companion project to the political science thesis that I am writing during my senior year at Williams College. The blog will be updated frequently with in-depth analysis posts sharing my thesis research, as well as with summaries of any unfolding, important, relevant news, and various other interesting commentaries on the past, present, and future of the unrest. 
The blog hopes to create a community of students interested in discussing and understanding the current political situation in Russia. Please feel free to comment on the blog or email me with guest posts to share your own opinions and work on contentious politics in Russia! 

Follow at: http://www.contentiouspoliticsrussia.com. 

Will Wright
Williams College Student 

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From jarbaugh at UMICH.EDU  Tue Nov 27 20:05:31 2012
From: jarbaugh at UMICH.EDU (Jean McKee)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:05:31 -0500
Subject: In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Ladislav Matejka
Message-ID: <TUE.27.NOV.2012.150531.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Ladislav Matějka, emeritus professor of Slavic languages and literatures,
passed away at the end of September at the age of 93.



Professor Matějka was born and educated in the former Czechoslovakia, his
schooling interrupted by the Nazi occupation.  He received his doctorate in
Slavic literature from Charles University in Prague in 1948, by which time
he had already become the culture editor for the liberal Prague daily
newspaper *Lidové noviny (The People's News*).  A neo-Stalinist political
coup in February 1948 put him in jeopardy and soon led to his exile. After
teaching for several years at the University of Lund in Sweden, he went on
to earn a second Ph.D. degree from Harvard University in Slavic linguistics
in 1961, where his thesis was directed by Roman Jakobson.  He joined the
faculty at Michigan in 1959 as an assistant professor of Slavic literature
and linguistics and rose quickly to the rank of professor in 1965.



In 1962 he helped found Michigan Slavic Publications and became its general
editor.  With little funding, but with an enormous investment of time and
energy, he built this Slavic department press into a prominent publisher of
scholarly works in Slavic languages, literatures and cultures.  It soon
became the leading source of works of Russian Formalism (Shklovsky,
Tynianov, Jakobson and Eikhenbaum), Prague School Structuralism
(Mukařovský) and Soviet Semiotics (Lotman, Uspensky), issuing seminal works
both in Russian and in English.  Two decades later, Professor Matějka
founded  the journal *Cross Currents: A Yearbook of Central European Culture
*, which for over a decade published works by leading dissident East
European authors (Havel, Klíma, Hrabal, Kundera, Škvorecký, Vaculík,
Milosz,  Herbert, Michnik, Zagajewski, Kiš, Konrád), whose works were often
banned in their home countries. *Cross Currents* was hailed by *The Times
Literary Supplement* as "the leading English language forum for literature
and criticism from central Europe."



Professor Matějka was a scholar with broad interests, author of five books
and scores of articles.  He published in the fields of historical
linguistics, old Russian literature, Old Church Slavonic, history of
Russian and of other Slavic literary languages, Czech and Russian grammar
and syntax, Czech Structuralism and Russian semiotics.  While at Michigan,
he was the recipient of Fulbright, Ford and Guggenheim Fellowships.



Professor Matějka taught Old Church Slavonic, comparative Slavic
linguistics, and an array of courses on literary theory.  He was an
intellectual leader in the field whose inspiration and mentorship helped
launch the careers of many who now teach in universities and colleges all
over the country.  He was much respected and loved by his students for his
dedication, intellectual energy and wit.  He retired from active teaching
in May 1988, but he continued his scholarly work and his publishing
activities.  In 1989 he received an honorary doctorate from the University
of Lund and a year later was elected a corresponding member of the Assembly
of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts.   In the 1990s and 2000s,
Professor Matějka edited and published three volumes of the correspondence
of the famous Czech actors of the interwar *Liberated Theater* in Prague,
Voskovec and Werich, from the years 1945-1980 (Voskovec had emigrated).  In
2007, the second book in the series was named "Book of the Year" in
Prague.  In 2009, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
awarded Professor Matějka the prestigious Gratias Agit Award for his
"promotion of the good name of the Czech Republic abroad."



*Herbert J. Eagle, Chair, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures*

*
*

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From donna.orwin at UTORONTO.CA  Tue Nov 27 20:37:24 2012
From: donna.orwin at UTORONTO.CA (Donna Orwin)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:37:24 -0500
Subject: FW: Tolstoy Portal
Message-ID: <TUE.27.NOV.2012.153724.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

I have been informed that the portal www.tolstoy-nasledie.rsl.ru<http://www.tolstoy-nasledie.rsl.ru> with all of Tolstoy's texts is functioning again. Please do use it.

Best to all,

Donna Orwin


___________________________________________
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University of Toronto
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
421 Alumni Hall
121 St. Joseph St.
Toronto, ON M5S 1J4
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From josephschlegel at YAHOO.COM  Tue Nov 27 15:57:44 2012
From: josephschlegel at YAHOO.COM (Joseph Schlegel)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:57:44 -0800
Subject: Source of Andrei Bely quote
In-Reply-To: <1354031552.74906.YahooMailNeo@web160206.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <TUE.27.NOV.2012.075744.0800.JOSEPHSCHLEGEL@YAHOO.COM>

I should add that the Russian-language equivalent from Nadezhda Mandelstam's text is "сборная цитата" ("sbornaia tsitata").

Joseph



________________________________
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From asearcy at FAS.HARVARD.EDU  Wed Nov 28 02:56:00 2012
From: asearcy at FAS.HARVARD.EDU (Anne Searcy)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:56:00 -0600
Subject: visa invitation help
Message-ID: <TUE.27.NOV.2012.205600.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Hi! I'm a graduate student in musicology working on a dissertation on Soviet ballet.  I'm planning on living in Moscow from February through July of next year to do archival research.  The institution that originally promised me a visa invitation is currently dragging its heals a lot, so it looks like I need a new host institution to issue a visa invitation.  Does anyone have an idea where I could get help with this?

Thank you,
Anne Searcy
PhD Candidate, Historical Musicology

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From anne.o.fisher at GMAIL.COM  Wed Nov 28 05:43:34 2012
From: anne.o.fisher at GMAIL.COM (Anne Fisher)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:43:34 -0800
Subject: Russian music
In-Reply-To: <DCA5A2642507AA48AA116C53AC966BFD32E7C746C9@ARBOREXCH01.UTORARBOR.UTORAD.Utoronto.ca>
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Dear Donna,

Try http://www.staroeradio.ru/ -- lots of old/classic programming.

Good luck,

Annie

2012/11/20 Donna Orwin <donna.orwin at utoronto.ca>

>  Dear Colleagues,****
>
> ** **
>
> The 90 year old mother of an acquaintance of mine has been yearning for
> music that she heard in the 1940s in Siberia.  Can anyone recommend
> recordings or on-line sites of such music?  ****
>
> ** **
>
> Best to all and thanks in advance,****
>
> ** **
>
> Donna Orwin****
>
> ** **
>
> ___________________________________________****
>
> Donna Tussing Orwin, Professor of Russian and Chair****
>
> University of Toronto****
>
> Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures****
>
> 421 Alumni Hall****
>
> 121 St. Joseph St.****
>
> Toronto, ON M5S 1J4****
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From polygraph-sharikov at HOTMAIL.COM  Tue Nov 27 23:39:59 2012
From: polygraph-sharikov at HOTMAIL.COM (Gene Peters)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:39:59 -0800
Subject: Russian train journeys
In-Reply-To: <53A76B36-7B8F-4A4C-9714-7B2A730FF0EF@russianlife.com>
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Let's try not to forget Erofeev's Moscow to the End of the Line and Pelevin's Yellow Arrow.  

Gene Peters




> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:27:25 -0500
> From: paulr at RUSSIANLIFE.COM
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Russian train journeys
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> 
> Robert:
> 
> Thanks for posting. And a minor clarification. This query on behalf of hidden europe is actually for an article that one of the editors (Nicky Gardner) of that journal is freelancing for our publication, Russian Life magazine. It will be an article on the railroad/literature/imperial nexus on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of railways in Russia. So if anyone is interested in seeing the piece in print (or on your iPad), it will be in the Jan/Feb 2013 issue of Russian Life.
> 
> Thanks, and thanks especially to all who have offered input.
> 
> Paul Richardson
> Publisher
> 
> 
> 
> On Nov 25, 2012, at 1:00 AM, SEELANGS automatic digest system wrote:
> 
> > Date:    Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:44:29 +0000
> > From:    Robert Chandler <kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM>
> > Subject: Train journeys in C19 Russian literature
> > 
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > I am posting this on behalf of the editors of Hidden Europe, an excellent small magazine.  They are wanting to write an article about trains in C19 Russian literature and are especially interested in examples of train compartments being used as confessionals - people confessing to strangers about murders they have committed, etc.  If you know any examples of this, no matter how obvious or how recherché, please reply with brief details, preferably onlist!
> > 
> > In case anyone wants to read more about this magazine, please see.
> >> www.hiddeneurope.co.uk
> >> people, places, communities - good writing from hidden europe
> > Their most recent issue included a fine review of Richard Davies's wonderful book about Russian wooden churches.
> > 
> > All the best,
> > 
> > Robert
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From renee at ALINGA.COM  Wed Nov 28 09:03:05 2012
From: renee at ALINGA.COM (Renee (Stillings) Huhs)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:03:05 -0800
Subject: visa invitation help
In-Reply-To: <2611629760322950.WA.asearcyfas.harvard.edu@listserv.ua.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.28.NOV.2012.010305.0800.>

The new three-year tourist visa option is the best solution (assuming your
passport is valid for at least 3.5 more years) - it has really made things
much simpler for researchers. We can help with that if you'd like to contact
me offline at rstillings at sras.org

BTW - for those of you who may have only now just gotten used to that online
Russian visa application form, it will be replaced by a new version Dec 25.
This new one is actually already active (apparently with a few bugs as
usual) but the old one will still be accepted until Dec 25. A project I am
not looking forward to this week - going through the new application and
creating instructions on how to cope with it ...

Renee


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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Anne Searcy
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 6:56 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] visa invitation help

Hi! I'm a graduate student in musicology working on a dissertation on Soviet
ballet.  I'm planning on living in Moscow from February through July of next
year to do archival research.  The institution that originally promised me a
visa invitation is currently dragging its heals a lot, so it looks like I
need a new host institution to issue a visa invitation.  Does anyone have an
idea where I could get help with this?

Thank you,
Anne Searcy
PhD Candidate, Historical Musicology

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From giulianovivaldi at HOTMAIL.COM  Wed Nov 28 08:24:11 2012
From: giulianovivaldi at HOTMAIL.COM (Giuliano Vivaldi)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:24:11 +0000
Subject: Russian train journeys (the elektrichka)
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As the replies are veering into the 20th century - I think the original question was about 19th century literature- I'd have a related query. I've been trying to think of the elektrichka in recent Russian film and secondarily also literature, art and music.
>From the top of my head I've thought of scenes in Zviagintsev's Elena, Muratova's 'Melodiya dlia sharmanky', Sigarev's 'Zhit'', Bardin's 'Rossia 88'. Then there was the Soviet era film Utrennie Poezda. As far as songs - Tsoy's song as well as Petrov's song which was also used in a Soviet era film. Erofeev, of course, is the example from literature that I instantly thought of.
Can anyone here think of other examples,
many thanks,

Giuliano Vivaldi
giulianovivaldi at hotmail.com


 		 	   		  
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From stuart.goldberg at MODLANGS.GATECH.EDU  Wed Nov 28 14:09:50 2012
From: stuart.goldberg at MODLANGS.GATECH.EDU (Goldberg, Stuart H)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:09:50 -0500
Subject: Russian music
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Dear Annie, 

Thanks for that link! 

Donna, 

I also recommend the following site: 

http://patefon.tol.ru/30e.htm 
http://patefon.tol.ru/40e.htm 

Switch the encoding to "Cyrillic (Windows-1251)" manually in View in the browser. 

And I would buy her the compilation "V parke Chair" (esp. part I): 

http://www.ozon.ru/?context=search&text=%c2+%ef%e0%f0%ea%e5+%d7%e0%e8%f0 

For wartime songs: 

http://sovmusic.ru/period.php?gold=yes&period=4 

Best, 
Stuart 

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From: "Anne Fisher" <anne.o.fisher at GMAIL.COM> 
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU 
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 12:43:34 AM 
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian music 

Dear Donna, 


Try http://www.staroeradio.ru/ -- lots of old/classic programming. 


Good luck, 


Annie 


2012/11/20 Donna Orwin < donna.orwin at utoronto.ca > 





Dear Colleagues, 

The 90 year old mother of an acquaintance of mine has been yearning for music that she heard in the 1940s in Siberia. Can anyone recommend recordings or on-line sites of such music? 

Best to all and thanks in advance, 

Donna Orwin 

___________________________________________ 
Donna Tussing Orwin, Professor of Russian and Chair 
University of Toronto 
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures 
421 Alumni Hall 
121 St. Joseph St. 
Toronto, ON M5S 1J4 
CANADA 
tel. 416-926-1300, ext. 3316 
fax 416-926-2076 
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From condee at PITT.EDU  Wed Nov 28 14:14:04 2012
From: condee at PITT.EDU (Nancy Condee)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:14:04 -0500
Subject: Deadline this Friday (AATSEEL pre-reg); AATSEEL Awards for
 Teaching, Service, and Scholarship
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Dear AATSEEL Members and Slavists more broadly:

 

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2012 AATSEEL awards for
Teaching, Service, and Scholarship. Please join us for the award ceremony at
this year's conference in Boston (3-6 January 2013). The AATSEEL President's
Reception and Awards Ceremony will take place Friday evening, January 4 from
9-11pm at the Hyatt Regency Boston.  Conference pre-registration closes this
Friday, 30 November at http://www.aatseel.org/registration.  After that date
on-site registration only will be available.  

 

Note: Members interested in participating in the Advanced Seminars (on
Russian film by Yuri Tsivian and on contemporary poetry by Stephanie Sander)
are urged to sign up as soon as possible.  These seminars (and the Featured
Workshop on intensive language instruction led by Thomas Garza) are free and
open to a limited number of AATSEEL members who register in advance for the
AATSEEL conference.  AATSEEL members (already registered for the conference)
should email Katya Hokanson at  <mailto:hokanson at uoregon.edu>
hokanson at uoregon.edu for availability.  For details, see
http://www.aatseel.org/program/special-events-2013/. 

 

Congratulations to our AATSEEL awardees!

1.       Excellence in Teaching (K-12):
Elena Lokounia and Elaine Kukin (Baltimore International Academy)

2.       Excellence in Teaching (post-secondary):       David Birnbaum
(University of Pittsburgh)

3.       Service to AATSEEL:
Sibelan Forrester (Swarthmore College)

4.       Service to the Profession:
Wayles Browne (Cornell University)

5.       Contribution to Scholarship:
Stephanie Sandler (Harvard University)

 

PS: On Thursday, January 3, we offer a two-hour Job Interviewing Workshop,
as well as a reception for graduate students to meet senior faculty.
AATSEEL's 2013 workshops include sessions on Dynamic Assessment (Rimma
Ableeva), Digital Humanities (Quinn Dombrowski), Translation (Sibelan
Forrester), Cognitive Science and its Implications for Teaching (Serafima
Gettys), and The Russian National Corpus (Ekaterina Rakhilina).  A panel on
poet-scholars/scholar-poets will combine a reading and a conversation on the
links between creative writing and scholarship (Polina Barskova, Anna
Glazova, and Eugene Ostashevsky).  As ever, we are grateful to American
Councils for International Education for their sponsorship of the conference
coffee break, which give us time between panels to talk informally about our
work.

 

Best wishes, Nancy Condee (President, AATSEEL 2011-2012)

 

Prof. N. Condee, Director
Global Studies Center (NRC Title VI)
University Center for International Studies
University of Pittsburgh
4103 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
+1 412-363-7180
condee at pitt.edu
www.ucis.pitt.edu/global

 


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From temp0001 at SHININGHAPPYPEOPLE.NET  Wed Nov 28 14:23:33 2012
From: temp0001 at SHININGHAPPYPEOPLE.NET (Don Livingston)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:23:33 -0600
Subject: Free supplementary materials for 'V puti'
Message-ID: <WED.28.NOV.2012.082333.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Colleagues,

I have put together a set of supplementary materials for "V puti" (Kagan, Miller, Kudyma) that I am now making available to our community at large with the kind permission of the authors.  The materials are a set of conjugation, declension and spelling self tests, along with some online flashcard links and printable flashcards in pdf format.  If you would like to make use of them, you may find them at:  

	http://s167926134.onlinehome.us/v-puti/

Best wishes to all, Don Livingston.

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Wed Nov 28 15:39:18 2012
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:39:18 -0500
Subject: Russian music
In-Reply-To: <674208263.4493657.1354111790461.JavaMail.root@mail.gatech.edu>
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"40's in Siberia music" sounds a bit vague to me, but here is a great  
resource for all tastes, and this is still the tip of the ice-berg http://101.ru/?an=port_topchannels
You can push the button "еще станции" and get another 20 and  
another 20.

My favorite is under #64, so there may still be gems in the hundreds  
or thousands, who knows.

Alina

Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
WLC, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-2387 	fax (202) 885-1076
aisrael at american.edu






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From gbabankov at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG  Wed Nov 28 17:10:10 2012
From: gbabankov at AMERICANCOUNCILS.ORG (Gennady Babankov)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:10:10 +0000
Subject: Job: Resident Director, Russian Overseas Flagship Program,
 in St. Petersburg, Russia
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American Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS has announced a position of Resident Director for the Russian Overseas Flagship Program, located in St. Petersburg, Russia.


            FLSA Classification: Exempt

SUMMARY:
The Russian Overseas Flagship program, located in St. Petersburg, Russia, assists learners of Russian to reach Superior or higher levels of proficiency. The Overseas Flagship program consists of intensive, structured language instruction; direct enrollment in relevant courses at the host institution; internships; and home stays with native speakers of the target language.

The Overseas Flagship Program Resident Director serves as American Councils' representative in St. Petersburg in the areas of participants' health, safety, and program logistics. He/she must be available to program participants on a daily basis; meet regularly with teachers, administrators, and students; and arrange group travel and cultural programs. The Resident Director must be available to participants during any emergencies that arise and must communicate regularly with host institution representatives in Russia and American Councils staff in Washington, DC. The Resident Director attends American Councils pre-departure orientation programs in Washington, DC, travels to Russia with the student group at the beginning of the program and returns to Washington, DC with the group at the end of the program. The Resident Director reports to the Russian Overseas Flagship Program Manager in Washington, DC.


EMPLOYMENT DATES: August 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, with possible continuation into the following academic year.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
*         Monitor participants' health and safety, and promptly communicate significant issues to American Councils' and host institution staff;
*         Coordinate health care for participants and intervene on behalf of participants as necessary;
*         Enforce policies regarding terms and conditions of program participation;
*         Coordinate St. Petersburg-based program logistics, including cultural excursions and related travel, and communicate logistical details to DC-based staff;
*         Submit weekly written updates to the Program Manager;
*         Participate in weekly phone briefings with the Program Manager;
*         Serve as the local liaison between American Councils and the host institute administration as directed to ensure that program logistics proceed as agreed;
*         Cooperate with Academic Coordinator and Homestay/Internship Coordinator in resolving student administrative and behavior issues;
*         Submit a final report and test scores within two weeks of program conclusion;
*         Manage program finances, make necessary purchases and payments, and submit monthly expense reports accounting for all program expenditures;
*         Other responsibilities as assigned.


QUALIFICATIONS
*         Demonstrated proficiency in Russian at Level 3 or higher on the ILR scale (http://www.dlielc.edu/Testing/round_table.pdf);
*         Master's degree (Ph.D. preferred) in Russian, Slavic studies, or education;
*         Substantial study and/or  work experience in Russia;
*         Experience overseeing and guiding groups;
*         Demonstrated skills in academic and personal counseling;
*         Demonstrated skills in general financial accountability;
*         U.S. citizenship required


MORE INFORMATION: Please visit our employment section at http://www.americancouncils.org<http://www.americancouncils.org/> and read more about Flagship at http://flagship.americancouncils.org<http://flagship.americancouncils.org/>.

TO APPLY:

Select this link and follow the prompts:  https://home.eease.adp.com/recruit/?id=2713821

Open until filled, but for fullest consideration applications must be received by December 7, 2012.
Interviews will be conducted at AATSEEL conference in Boston, January 3-6, 2013.

Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer.
American Councils improves education at home and abroad through the support of international research, the design of innovative programs, and the exchange of students, scholars, and professionals around the world.  American Councils employs a full-time professional staff of over 370, located in the U.S. and in 40 cities in 24 countries of Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Asia and the Middle East.



Gennady Babankov
Senior Program Officer, Russian Flagship Programs
American Councils for International Education
1828 L Street, NW, Suite 1200
Washington, DC 20036
Tel.: 202-572-9186 (direct); 202-833-7522 (main)
Fax: 202-872-9178

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From christopher_carr at BROWN.EDU  Wed Nov 28 17:00:39 2012
From: christopher_carr at BROWN.EDU (Christopher Carr)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:00:39 -0600
Subject: CFP: Brown University Graduate Student Conference - April 12-13,
 2013
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Call for Papers
Brown University Graduate Student Conference
April 12-13, 2013

The graduate students and faculty of the Department of Slavic Languages at Brown University are pleased to announce our upcoming graduate student conference on the subject of “Obsession.” The conference will take place April 12-13, 2013. We are currently soliciting proposals for individual papers (no panels) on topics related to the theme of obsession in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian literature, history, and culture in any historical period. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

Art and neuroses
Obsession as self-preservation
Home-sickness 
Sexual, erotic, and romantic obsession
Political obsession, fixations on East and West, Slavic messianism, imperialism
Shifting obsessions within the Slavic Studies community
Apocalypticism
Spiritual obsession
Narcissism
Myth-making and cultural heroes
Science, technology, and progress
Utopianism
Death and mortality
Revenge
Jealousy and envy

This will be a two-day conference comprised of formal panels, informal roundtables, and other events. Breakfast, lunch, and lodging with graduate students or faculty will be provided for all participants. Conference proceedings will be published in the soon-to-be-revived Brown Slavic Contributions.

Please submit paper titles and abstracts to ObsessionConference2013 at gmail.com by January 15, 2013 to receive consideration.

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From stuart.goldberg at MODLANGS.GATECH.EDU  Wed Nov 28 17:46:44 2012
From: stuart.goldberg at MODLANGS.GATECH.EDU (Goldberg, Stuart H)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:46:44 -0500
Subject: Russian music
In-Reply-To: <DD6D2F79-A92D-47A0-B7CC-71C97BEF4A90@american.edu>
Message-ID: <WED.28.NOV.2012.124644.0500.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Another resource everyone should know about (if they don't already) are the vast, searchable, archived, indexed (by performer/song and by station/time) www.moskva.fm and www.piter.fm, containing all Moscow and Petersburg radio air from the last several years, and broadcasting live. 

Stuart 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Alina Israeli" <aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU> 
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU 
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 10:39:18 AM 
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Russian music 

"40's in Siberia music" sounds a bit vague to me, but here is a great resource for all tastes, and this is still the tip of the ice-berg http://101.ru/?an=port_topchannels 
You can push the button "еще станции" and get another 20 and another 20. 


My favorite is under #64, so there may still be gems in the hundreds or thousands, who knows. 


Alina 








Alina Israeli 
Associate Professor of Russian 
WLC, American University 
4400 Massachusetts Ave. 
Washington DC 20016 
(202) 885-2387 fax (202) 885-1076 
aisrael at american.edu 





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From shvabrin at HUMNET.UCLA.EDU  Wed Nov 28 17:50:53 2012
From: shvabrin at HUMNET.UCLA.EDU (Shvabrin, Stanislav)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:50:53 +0000
Subject: Train journeys in C19 Russian literature
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Dear Svetlana,

A couple of things by Chekhov come to mind. "About Love" (1898) is about a couple, in unstated love for years, where the man is best friend of the woman and her husband. The confession comes about in the wife's train compartment as she goes ahead on the train when the family is moving away. The compartment literally becomes a confessional. "Anna on the Neck" (1895) has a train journey at the beginning where Anna leaves everyone behind spiritually and begins her journey to becoming a petty tyrant. The story also plays parody with Anna Karenina.

Best wishes,

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From lypark at PITT.EDU  Wed Nov 28 19:38:09 2012
From: lypark at PITT.EDU (Park, Lynda)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:38:09 -0500
Subject: Announcing 2013 ASEEES Convention Papers/Panels Wanted Board
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2013 ASEEES Convention Papers/Panels Wanted Board

Do you have an idea for a panel that you would like to organize and are you looking for paper presenter(s), a chair or discussant(s)?
Do you have a paper topic proposal and are you looking to join a panel?

ASEEES is offering a dedicated space for Convention attendees to find other colleagues to form panels.
Fill out the form<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDc5N1FLQk0xZGhEcXBHWGw2aUhlUUE6MQ#gid=0> to share your panel or paper idea.
View the response list<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0ApSs2h2I7nkMdDc5N1FLQk0xZGhEcXBHWGw2aUhlUUE&rm=full#gid=0> to find other panelists.

While ASEEES provides this board as a service to Annual Convention attendees, it is attendees' own responsibility to contact and make appropriate arrangements with potential panelists and to submit the complete panel proposals by the deadline.

The 2013 ASEEES Convention will be held in Boston on Nov. 21-24. The theme for Convention is "Revolution" - http://www.aseees.org/convention/cfp2013.html
For more information on the call for proposals and rules, see http://www.aseees.org/convention/cfp.html   The online proposal site will open at the end of November.

If you have a question about an individual posting, please contact the individual responsible.  If you have a question or concern about the online papers/panels wanted board itself, please contact the Association office at aseees at pitt.edu<mailto:aseees at pitt.edu>; for other Convention questions, please contact Convention Coordinator Wendy Walker at wwalker at pitt.edu<mailto:wwalker at pitt.edu>.


Lynda Park, Executive Director
Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
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From maria.tagangaeva at UNISG.CH  Thu Nov 29 10:15:34 2012
From: maria.tagangaeva at UNISG.CH (Euxeinos Sankt Gallen)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 04:15:34 -0600
Subject: Euxeinos 8 on Religion and Society in Contemporary Bulgaria
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Euxeinos 8 on  Religion and Society in Contemporary Bulgaria is now available online.

Guest Editor Stefan Kube (Zurich)

The current issue of Euxeinos originated in cooperation with G2W - 
Ökumenisches Forum für Glauben, Religion und Gesellschaft in Ost und West in Zürich" 
(Oecumenical Forum for Faith, Religion and Society in Zurich) www.kirchen.ch/g2w

Euxeinos 8 includes:

Religion and Society in contemporary Bulgaria
Editorial 
Foreword from the editors of Euxeinos. Presentation of the magazine
“Religion & Gesellschaft in Ost und West”
The Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the Cold War
by Daniela Kalkadijeva, St. Kliment Ochridkski University Sofia
The Turkish minority in Bulgaria
by Marina Liakova, Karlsruhe University of Education
The Pomaks in Bulgaria and Greece: Comparative Remarks
by Evangelos Karagiannis, University of Zurich
Street Protests in Sofia: On Environmental Protection and the “Critical
Public” in Bulgaria. A Commentary
by Sonja Schüler, University of Fribourg



You can access it by visiting our website at 
http://www.gce.unisg.ch/en/Euxeinos.aspx
 or
http://www.euxeinos.ch



Best, 

Maria Tagangaeva
Euxeinos Editorial Team

Center for Governance and Culture in Europe (GCE)

University of St. Gallen
Gatterstr. 1
CH - 9010 St. Gallen
e-mail:euxeinos at unisg.ch
www.gce.unisg.ch
www.euxeinos.ch

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From jpf3 at UCHICAGO.EDU  Thu Nov 29 13:57:17 2012
From: jpf3 at UCHICAGO.EDU (June P. Farris)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:57:17 +0000
Subject: fyi--another review of "Anna Karenina
Message-ID: <THU.29.NOV.2012.135717.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/edward-goldman/anna-karenina-movie_b_2201143.html<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/edward-goldman/anna-karenina-movie_b_2201143.html?utm_hp_ref=email_share>

________________________________________________________________________
June Pachuta Farris
Bibliographer for Slavic, E. European & Eurasian Studies
Bibliographer for General Linguistics
University of Chicago Library
Room 263 Regenstein Library
University of Chicago
1100 E. 57th Street
Chicago, IL  60637
1-773-702-8456 (phone)
1-773-702-6623 (fax)
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From mharrah at SUSD.ORG  Thu Nov 29 03:40:49 2012
From: mharrah at SUSD.ORG (Mary Harrah)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:40:49 +0000
Subject: Activities for high school class
Message-ID: <THU.29.NOV.2012.034049.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

I teach Russian at the high school level.  Our program is brand new, so I currently have only Russian I classes.  I am looking for fun learning activities for the classroom, to provide variety from day to day, as well as enhance student learning.  Any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Thank you,

Mary Harrah

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From john at RUSLAN.CO.UK  Thu Nov 29 16:11:41 2012
From: john at RUSLAN.CO.UK (John Langran)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:11:41 -0000
Subject: Activities for high school class
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Dear Mary
This is a new project, just drafts at the moment, but may be useful in the 
future.  I am hoping to finish it by this time next year.
http://www.ruslan.co.uk/ruslancartoons.htm

John Langran
www.ruslan.co.uk



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I teach Russian at the high school level.  Our program is brand new, so I 
currently have only Russian I classes.  I am looking for fun learning 
activities for the classroom, to provide variety from day to day, as well as 
enhance student learning.  Any ideas or suggestions would be much 
appreciated.

Thank you,

Mary Harrah

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From janeshuffelton at GMAIL.COM  Thu Nov 29 17:35:43 2012
From: janeshuffelton at GMAIL.COM (Jane Shuffelton)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:35:43 -0500
Subject: Activities for high school class
In-Reply-To: <53EE03535DA6492C92D02FBC5AA11C7D@RuslanEeeTop>
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Dear Mary,

If I had more time  I could make various suggestions, but one quick one is
to take a look at www.learner.org . Under the programs tab, scroll to
Teaching foreign languages K-12 and look at the videos for various
languages. The only one specifically for Russian shows a combined level
class that I taught, but the other languages have much to offer.

Wishing you much luck,
Jane Shuffelton
Brighton HS (retired)

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 11:11 AM, John Langran <john at ruslan.co.uk> wrote:

> Dear Mary
> This is a new project, just drafts at the moment, but may be useful in the
> future.  I am hoping to finish it by this time next year.
> http://www.ruslan.co.uk/**ruslancartoons.htm<http://www.ruslan.co.uk/ruslancartoons.htm>
>
> John Langran
> www.ruslan.co.uk
>
>
>
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> I teach Russian at the high school level.  Our program is brand new, so I
> currently have only Russian I classes.  I am looking for fun learning
> activities for the classroom, to provide variety from day to day, as well
> as enhance student learning.  Any ideas or suggestions would be much
> appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mary Harrah
>
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From mishiwiec at SSRC.ORG  Thu Nov 29 18:53:47 2012
From: mishiwiec at SSRC.ORG (Denise Mishiwiec)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:53:47 -0600
Subject: SSRC Eurasia Program Fellowships- DEADLINE DECEMBER 8
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SSRC Eurasia Program Fellowships: Deadline Reminder
http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/eurasia-fellowship/ 

DEADLINE: 11:00PM EST December 8, 2012

The Eurasia Program offers two types of fellowship support in 2012, providing financial and academic support to graduate students in the early stages of dissertation development and Ph.D. candidates near completion of their doctoral programs in the social sciences and related humanities. 

PRE-DISSERTATION AWARDS (PDAS) 
Pre-Dissertation Awards (PDAs) enable early-stage graduate students to perform initial field assessments of up to four weeks for archival exploration, preliminary interviews, and other feasibility studies related to their dissertations. We anticipate awarding six young scholars the opportunity to gain firsthand knowledge of their proposed field sites, establish contacts within local communities, meet with local scholars, and gain insight into how their dissertation topics resonate with regional intellectual, political, and social currents. Proposals should reflect a clear plan for initial field assessment, require a budget of less than $3,000, and clearly articulate the policy relevance of the proposed project.

DISSERTATION DEVELOPMENT AWARDS (DDAS) 
Dissertation Development Awards (DDAs) are intended to provide one year of support to enable the prompt completion of a PhD dissertation. We anticipate offering approximately ten DDAs (with stipends of up to $20,000) to advanced graduate students who have completed their fieldwork. Fellows will participate in professionalization activities and a fall workshop and contribute to the Eurasia Program's new working paper and policy brief series. Applicants should pay serious attention to the policy-relevant aspects of their research. All DDA applicants must have obtained ABD status (meaning they have completed all requirements for the PhD except for the dissertation) by the application submission deadline.

ELIGIBILITY
Proposals and research must pertain to one or more of the regions and countries currently supported by the program: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. We will consider comparative projects if one or more of the countries/regions under consideration are supported by the program. 

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From agregovich at GMAIL.COM  Thu Nov 29 19:06:48 2012
From: agregovich at GMAIL.COM (Andrea Gregovich)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:06:48 -0900
Subject: Activities for high school class
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I took high school Russian and remember a good first year activity -- the
teacher set up a "trolley" (it was probably taped out on the floor) and it
was small, so we all had to crowd into the space.  We had learned a few
useful phrases about buying tickets and we each had to get off at a
different stop.  The "driver" (a student teacher) was announcing stops.
Then, when our stop was coming up, we had to say "Вы сейчас выходите?" and
make our way up to the front toward the exit.  That concept was a little
hard to grasp, and the teacher had to demonstrate the process of forcing
your way up to the front with the phrase.  I thought it seemed crazy at the
time (why would I care if they were getting off when I was getting off?)
but was impressed, years later, when I finally spent time in Ukraine, that
the procedure was exactly as I had learned.  In fact, we were so baffled by
the whole thing that the teacher may have thought the exercise was a flop,
but it did leave a deep impression on me.  It was also a good introduction
to the difference in word order and thought logic in the Russian language.
-- Andrea Gregovich

On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 6:40 PM, Mary Harrah <mharrah at susd.org> wrote:

> I teach Russian at the high school level.  Our program is brand new, so I
> currently have only Russian I classes.  I am looking for fun learning
> activities for the classroom, to provide variety from day to day, as well
> as enhance student learning.  Any ideas or suggestions would be much
> appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mary Harrah
>
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From teachonline at NVCC.EDU  Thu Nov 29 20:16:51 2012
From: teachonline at NVCC.EDU (Michelle)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:16:51 -0600
Subject: Adjunct Faculty (Online) Needed
Message-ID: <THU.29.NOV.2012.141651.0600.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Critical need for World Language adjunct faculty!

Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) through its Extended Learning Institute (ELI) is now accepting applications for adjunct faculty in a variety of subject areas. Please take a look at the information we maintain on the following webpage http://bit.ly/SskH19. This information will help you gain a better understanding of the expertise faculty are required to have in order to teach for ELI.

Potential candidates are expected to have received a Master’s Degree and have successfully completed 18 graduate credit hours in the discipline to be taught. We further expect that the candidate has had online teaching experience as well as skill with learning management systems (Blackboard preferred). While not having the latter skills does not necessarily exclude you from teaching for ELI please note that you may be asked to perform certain training to enter into our faculty pool.

If, after reviewing this information, you are interested in and are qualified to teach for ELI, we ask that you complete our Faculty Readiness Assessment located at http://bit.ly/ZAwsbU. This form will take approximately 15 minutes to fill out and requires that you submit certain materials. To be prepared to complete the form in one sitting have the following information accessible:

• A list of courses you are able to be credentialed to teach – A list of courses currently offered through ELI can be found at http://eli.nvcc.edu/courses.htm.
• A current copy of your resume or CV
• A copy of unofficial transcripts for any graduate work you have completed
• A detailed summary of how your experience using the Blackboard course management system (or comparable course management system(s), align to our expected Blackboard competencies found at http://novaonline.nvcc.edu/minitutorials/elibbcompetencies.pdf
o Please include reference to any formal learning management system training you have completed
• A list of any special training you have completed related to online teaching (example: online teaching certifications, Quality Matters™, VCCS TOP/IDOL courses, training, etc.)
• A brief summary of your teaching philosophy, why you are interested in teaching online ELI and what strengths you feel you will bring to the online teaching and learning environment

Once you have completed your submission your candidacy will be reviewed for potential inclusion in our faculty pool. Our needs are dependent on student enrollment, which continues to grow, so time from inclusion to the pool to section assignment can vary. Note, inclusion in the faculty pool does not guarantee immediate placement in our schedule. Currently, our most critical needs are in Astronomy, World Languages and Anthropology.

Regards,
Michelle Franz
Faculty Developer & Assistant Professor
Northern Virginia Community College
Extended Learning Institute (http://eli.nvcc.edu)
teachonline at nvcc.edu

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From uiowashot at YAHOO.COM  Thu Nov 29 21:21:19 2012
From: uiowashot at YAHOO.COM (Ashot Vardanyan)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:21:19 -0800
Subject: Activities for high school class
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Dear Mary,

Try this project -- http://russian.dmll.cornell.edu/brtf/films.htm 

It teaches Russian via famous YERALASH film stories with lots of fun and teaching tools. Plus, it helps understand many cultural issues. I am not sure whether it'll be a good match to your students' knowledge level but I hope you'll be able to adjust the instruction.

Best,
Ashot





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> From: Mary Harrah <mharrah at SUSD.ORG>
>To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU 
>Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 10:40 PM
>Subject: [SEELANGS] Activities for high school class
> 
>I teach Russian at the high school level.  Our program is brand new, so I currently have only Russian I classes.  I am looking for fun learning activities for the classroom, to provide variety from day to day, as well as enhance student learning.  Any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Mary Harrah
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From vinokour at SAS.UPENN.EDU  Thu Nov 29 21:45:23 2012
From: vinokour at SAS.UPENN.EDU (Maya Vinokour)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:45:23 -0500
Subject: Reminder: Penn Slavic Grad Conference
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Dear Colleagues,

Slavics Without Borders, a Graduate Student Colloquium at the University of
Pennsylvania, is pleased to announce our Spring 2013 interdisciplinary
conference.  Entitled "Snippets, splinters, shreds, shards: The Fragment in
Russian Culture," it will take place at the University of Pennsylvania on
March 22nd, 2013, and feature Professor Devin Fore of Princeton University
as keynote speaker. Please share the attached Call for Papers (*submission
deadline:* *January 15, 2013*) with your department, and do not hesitate to
contact us at with any questions at slavicswithoutborders at gmail.com.

Thanks very much, and all best--

Maya Vinokour and Pavel Khazanov
Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory
University of Pennsylvania

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*Snippets, splinters, shreds, shards: The Fragment in Russian Culture*

A graduate student conference presented by

Slavics Without Borders, a UPenn Graduate Student Colloquium


With the support of


The Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory and the
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

March 22nd, 2013

University of Pennsylvania


*Keynote speaker: Professor Devin Fore, Princeton University*

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Russian literature is famous for its monumental grand narratives: from *The
Primary Chronicle *to *War and Peace *to*The Gulag Archipelago*, Russian
works have often tended toward the epic.  Yet each of these masterworks,
far from being monolithic and complete, is actually fragmentary in its own
way: for instance, *The Primary Chronicle*, which claims to document
Russian history from the beginning of time, is by its very nature both
all-encompassing and unfinishable.



Mindful of Europe’s rich history of the literary fragment – from Schlegel’s
*Athenäum *to Benjamin’s *Arcades Project *to Blanchot and Derrida on the
aphorism – our conference investigates the fragment as a formally and
affectively multivalent object.  What does a fragment ask of its producers,
and how does it affect viewers or readers? How does the “synthetic” or
intentional fragment (like Lermontov’s *A Hero of Our Time *or Boris and
Arkadii Strugatsky’s *Definitely Maybe*) differ from the fragment born of a
creative crisis (Gogol’s *Dead Souls *or his planned but never-written
*Triumphant
Tale*), or the one forged in difficult political or social circumstances,
as were many 20th century camp memoirs – and what can we make of fragments
that span two or more of these categories, like Lermontov’s “Shtoss”?  What
types of fragments demand completion, continuation, or reconstruction?  How
have media-historical developments, such as the advent of montage in film
or the invention of the internet, affected the creation, dissemination, and
reception of fragments?



Papers from any disciplinary setting – whether literary or cinema studies,
philosophy, media studies, or art history – are welcome, but all proposals
should engage with Russian culture on some level.  We invite graduate
student submissions treating topics including, but not limited to:


   - the fragment as remnant (e.g., debris from a disaster) and as an
   inchoate form
   - the fragment and its relationship to time – is it residue of past
   time, or evidence of time’s constant motion?
   - fragments in film: close-ups, montage, narrative fragmentation
   - the fragment as an easily displaced object; fragmentation as a figure
   of diaspora and exile
   - the fragmented or fractured self
   - the fragment in architecture: ancient ruins and incomplete projects
   - the fragment in modernism: immediately pre- and post-revolutionary
   notions of Russian fragmentariness
   - the fragment in new media: comment boards, blogging, mashups, and
   other fragmentary phenomena of the cyberuniverse
   - the quoted fragment: traditions of excerpting and citation
   - the fragment in music
   - aphorisms, theses, and other fragmentary forms
   - collections of fragments: literary anthologies, police files and
   surveillance tapes, art exhibits

Please send your 250-300 word abstract in the body of an email with
“Fragment conference submission” in the subject heading to Maya Vinokour
and Pavel Khazanov at slavicswithoutborders at gmail.com by *January 15, 2013*.
Submissions should include the paper title, author’s name, affiliation, and
email address.

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From emilka at MAC.COM  Thu Nov 29 23:03:02 2012
From: emilka at MAC.COM (Emily Saunders)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:03:02 -0800
Subject: Activities for high school class
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When they get enough case endings under their belts, have them play Clue in Russian.  "I think that ___ killed _____ in the ____ by means of a ______," is a way to drill nominative, past tense gender agreement, animate accusative, prepositional and instrumental over and over and over again.  And it's fun!

I have created my own Clue board by repurposing a typical Russian apartment layout plan and creating playing pieces with pictures of famous Russians on them.

Emily Saunders

On Nov 28, 2012, at 7:40 PM, Mary Harrah wrote:

> I teach Russian at the high school level.  Our program is brand new, so I currently have only Russian I classes.  I am looking for fun learning activities for the classroom, to provide variety from day to day, as well as enhance student learning.  Any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
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From edengub at HOTMAIL.COM  Fri Nov 30 00:52:13 2012
From: edengub at HOTMAIL.COM (Evgeny Dengub)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:52:13 +0000
Subject: Activities for high school class
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Dear Mary,
You can find activities, games, exercises and more for your students at www.teachrussian.org
Best,Evgeny Dengub


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> I teach Russian at the high school level.  Our program is brand new, so I currently have only Russian I classes.  I am looking for fun learning activities for the classroom, to provide variety from day to day, as well as enhance student learning.  Any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated.
> 
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> Mary Harrah
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From chernev at MUOHIO.EDU  Fri Nov 30 00:17:06 2012
From: chernev at MUOHIO.EDU (Chernetsky, Vitaly A. Dr.)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:17:06 -0500
Subject: Nenad Veli=?iso-8859-2?Q?=E8kovi=E6?=
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Dear Colleagues,

Does anyone know if an English translation of Nenad Veličković's novel _Sahib_ is in the works?

Thank you in advance for any leads.

Best wishes,

Vitaly Chernetsky

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Associate Professor
Dept. of German, Russian & East Asian Languages
Director, Film Studies Program
Miami University
Oxford, OH 45056
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From uiowashot at YAHOO.COM  Fri Nov 30 01:28:29 2012
From: uiowashot at YAHOO.COM (Ashot Vardanyan)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:28:29 -0800
Subject: Activities for high school class
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Dear Evgeny,

I was interested in the site you have provided as well; however, the link does not open. Could you please verify the spelling of the link?

Thank you,
Ashot  




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>To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU 
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> 
>
> 
>Dear Mary,
>
>
>You can find activities, games, exercises and more for your students at www.teachrussian.org
>
>
>Best,
>Evgeny Dengub
>
>
>
>
>
>> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 03:40:49 +0000
>> From: mharrah at SUSD.ORG
>> Subject: [SEELANGS] Activities for high school class
>> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>> 
>> I teach Russian at the high school level.  Our program is brand new, so I currently have only Russian I classes.  I am looking for fun learning activities for the classroom, to provide variety from day to day, as well as enhance student learning.  Any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated.
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> Mary Harrah
>> 
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From paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM  Fri Nov 30 03:45:51 2012
From: paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM (Paul B. Gallagher)
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:45:51 -0500
Subject: Activities for high school class
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Ashot Vardanyan wrote:

> Dear Evgeny,
>
> I was interested in the site you have provided as well; however, the
> link does not open. Could you please verify the spelling of the link?

Opened instantly without incident for me.

Have you tried prefixing "http://"?
<http://www.teachrussian.org/>

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From nina.kruglikova at GMAIL.COM  Fri Nov 30 12:15:01 2012
From: nina.kruglikova at GMAIL.COM (Nina Kruglikova)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:15:01 +0000
Subject: barriers to tenderness in Russian society
Message-ID: <FRI.30.NOV.2012.121501.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

Dear all,

I have been approached with this kind of request. A colleague of mine is
doing a brief research paper on the topic of barriers to tenderness in
Russian society. She is particularly interested in "songs, poems, sayings,
literature, folk stories, films, art, images, or cultural ideas which
exemplify these barriers". Below is a more detailed information.

Any ideas on top of your head would be very much appreciated!

Many thanks,

Nina


The task sounds as follows: "to uncover a range of stimulating and powerful
cultural insights about the barriers to tenderness in contemporary Russian
society. In particular, the focus should be on those barriers that exist
between families and friends. These barriers may be physical, emotional,
social, or cultural and may have long-standing roots (for example, because
they’re based on notions of Russian masculinity) or be more contemporary
(for example, because they’re driven by modern technology). So, what are
the barriers, why do they exist and how do they manifest, particularly in
the following areas:

· Displaying tenderness to loved ones in the home

· Displaying tenderness in public

· Community spirit (amongst people in your apartment block and amongst
people in your neighbourhood)

· And how have these themes changed from Communist times to present day

For example, in the UK, there is the notion of ‘keeping a stiff upper lip’
which means you should never let your lip wobble (i.e. start to show
emotion or get upset) when faced with something upsetting"

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From jpf3 at UCHICAGO.EDU  Fri Nov 30 14:17:53 2012
From: jpf3 at UCHICAGO.EDU (June P. Farris)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:17:53 +0000
Subject: Nenad Veli=?iso-8859-2?Q?=E8kovi=E6?=
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Apparently, there is a 2011 translation into English, which only the Library of Congress reports having.  Best, June Farris


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-----Original Message-----
From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at listserv.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Chernetsky, Vitaly A. Dr.
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 6:17 PM
To: SEELANGS at listserv.ua.edu
Subject: [SEELANGS] Nenad Veličković



Dear Colleagues,



Does anyone know if an English translation of Nenad Veličković's novel _Sahib_ is in the works?



Thank you in advance for any leads.



Best wishes,



Vitaly Chernetsky



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Associate Professor

Dept. of German, Russian & East Asian Languages Director, Film Studies Program Miami University Oxford, OH 45056 chernev at muohio.edu<mailto:chernev at muohio.edu> tel. (513) 529-2515 fax (513) 529-2296

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From kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM  Fri Nov 30 14:27:00 2012
From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM (Robert Chandler)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:27:00 +0000
Subject: Teffi - "Marquita" -
 =?utf-8?Q?=D0=B4=D0=B0=D0=BD=D1=86=D0=B8=D0=BD=D0=B3=D1=8B?=
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Dear all,

This is 1920s Paris.  The heroine is remembering her husband, who has abandoned her and their little son Kot'ka.

Вспоминала мужа, красивого, нехорошего: «Котьку не пожалел. Танцует по дансингам. Видели в собственном автомобиле с желтой англичанкой».

Are these дансингы (данцингы in another edition) simply dance halls?  Does anyone have any ideas as to why the anglichanka might be yellow?

All the best,

Robert


Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD

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From nina.kruglikova at GMAIL.COM  Fri Nov 30 15:16:46 2012
From: nina.kruglikova at GMAIL.COM (Nina Kruglikova)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:16:46 +0000
Subject: barriers to tenderness in Russian society
In-Reply-To: <CAMz5D1NQe-N=Bwyd86Yh3j+QYPUy6gfj85jNi=3UxVbidc8xDA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <FRI.30.NOV.2012.151646.0000.SEELANGS@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>

>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I have been approached with this kind of request. A colleague of mine is
> doing a brief research paper on the topic of barriers to tenderness in
> Russian society. She is particularly interested in "songs, poems, sayings,
> literature, folk stories, films, art, images, or cultural ideas which
> exemplify these barriers". Below is a more detailed information.
>
> Any ideas on top of your head would be very much appreciated!
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Nina
>
>
> The task sounds as follows: "to uncover a range of stimulating and powerful
> cultural insights about the barriers to tenderness in contemporary Russian
> society. In particular, the focus should be on those barriers that exist
> between families and friends. These barriers may be physical, emotional,
> social, or cultural and may have long-standing roots (for example, because
> they’re based on notions of Russian masculinity) or be more contemporary
> (for example, because they’re driven by modern technology). So, what are
> the barriers, why do they exist and how do they manifest, particularly in
> the following areas:
>
>
> · Displaying tenderness to loved ones in the home
>
> · Displaying tenderness in public
>
> · Community spirit (amongst people in your apartment block and amongst
> people in your neighbourhood)
>
> · And how have these themes changed from Communist times to present day
>
> For example, in the UK, there is the notion of ‘keeping a stiff upper lip’
> which means you should never let your lip wobble (i.e. start to show
> emotion or get upset) when faced with something upsetting"
>

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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Fri Nov 30 15:15:22 2012
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:15:22 -0500
Subject: barriers to tenderness in Russian society
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Not exactly an answer to the request but check out the map: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/11/28/a-color-coded-map-of-the-worlds-most-and-least-emotional-countries/

Alina Israeli
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From rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU  Fri Nov 30 15:27:07 2012
From: rar at SLAVIC.UMASS.EDU (Robert Rothstein)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:27:07 -0500
Subject: Teffi - "Marquita" -
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Perhaps a "Golden Celebration" English rose?
     Bob Rothstein

On 11/30/2012 9:27 AM, Robert Chandler wrote:
> This is 1920s Paris.  The heroine is remembering her husband, who has abandoned her and their little son Kot'ka.
>
> Вспоминала мужа, красивого, нехорошего: «Котьку не пожалел. Танцует по дансингам. Видели в собственном автомобиле с желтой англичанкой».
>
> Are these дансингы (данцингы in another edition) simply dance halls?  Does anyone have any ideas as to why the anglichanka might be yellow?
>
>

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From jcostlow at BATES.EDU  Fri Nov 30 15:27:23 2012
From: jcostlow at BATES.EDU (Jane Costlow)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:27:23 -0500
Subject: barriers to tenderness in Russian society
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This strikes me as an odd, problematic and therefore revealing
project/map.  "Emotion" gets equated with laughing and smiling.  Might one
want to begin with definitions of "emotion"?  I'd love to see a map of the
US broekn down by regions.... in which case I'm quite sure that I've
happily moved from a childhood where people are "emotional" (the
smile-all-the-time south) to the "stoic" state of Maine.  Thank God.

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:15 AM, Alina Israeli <aisrael at american.edu>wrote:

> Not exactly an answer to the request but check out the map:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/11/28/a-color-coded-map-of-the-worlds-most-and-least-emotional-countries/
>
> Alina Israeli
> Associate Professor of Russian
> WLC, American University
> 4400 Massachusetts Ave.
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> aisrael at american.edu
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From: mtsmith02 at YSU.EDU (Melissa Smith)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:26:33 -0500
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Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:33:56 -0600
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SSRC Eurasia Program Webinar Series: Issues in Quantitative Methods in Eurasian Studies

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These webinars will be led by Dr. Jane Zavisca, associate professor of sociology at the University of Arizona. In addition to a PhD in sociology, she has an MA and postdoctoral training in statistics. She has designed two original surveys in Russia, as well as worked with secondary surveys such as RLMS and GGS.

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From John.Dunn at GLASGOW.AC.UK  Fri Nov 30 15:34:42 2012
From: John.Dunn at GLASGOW.AC.UK (John Dunn)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:34:42 +0000
Subject: Teffi - "Marquita" -
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I assume дансинги is a Gallicism: le dancing = dance hall.  But I cannot help with the желтая англичанка; and how did they know she was English?

John Dunn.


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Dear all,

This is 1920s Paris.  The heroine is remembering her husband, who has abandoned her and their little son Kot'ka.

Вспоминала мужа, красивого, нехорошего: «Котьку не пожалел. Танцует по дансингам. Видели в собственном автомобиле с желтой англичанкой».

Are these дансингы (данцингы in another edition) simply dance halls?  Does anyone have any ideas as to why the anglichanka might be yellow?

All the best,

Robert


Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD

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From thysentinel at HOTMAIL.COM  Fri Nov 30 14:47:56 2012
From: thysentinel at HOTMAIL.COM (Sentinel76 Astrakhan)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:47:56 +0000
Subject: Teffi - "Marquita" -
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Yes, "дансинги" are just dance halls.  "Yellow" has to do with a Russian stereotype that English women have bad complexion because of the climate. Hope this helps,Vadim
 > Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:27:00 +0000
> From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Teffi - "Marquita" - данцингы
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> This is 1920s Paris.  The heroine is remembering her husband, who has abandoned her and their little son Kot'ka.
> 
> Вспоминала мужа, красивого, нехорошего: «Котьку не пожалел. Танцует по дансингам. Видели в собственном автомобиле с желтой англичанкой».
> 
> Are these дансингы (данцингы in another edition) simply dance halls?  Does anyone have any ideas as to why the anglichanka might be yellow?
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
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From sforres1 at SWARTHMORE.EDU  Fri Nov 30 15:53:53 2012
From: sforres1 at SWARTHMORE.EDU (Sibelan Forrester)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:53:53 -0500
Subject: Teffi - "Marquita" -
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Perhaps here "sallow" would be better than "yellow"? Not having rosy 
cheeks. (Interestingly different from the English stereotypes about 
Englishwomen's skin!)

Sibelan


On 11/30/12 9:47 AM, Sentinel76 Astrakhan wrote:
> Yes, "дансинги" are just dance halls.  "Yellow" has to do with a Russian
> stereotype that English women have bad complexion because of the climate.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Vadim
>
>  > Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:27:00 +0000
>  > From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM
>  > Subject: [SEELANGS] Teffi - "Marquita" - данцингы
>  > To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
>  >
>  > Dear all,
>  >
>  > This is 1920s Paris. The heroine is remembering her husband, who has
> abandoned her and their little son Kot'ka.
>  >
>  > Вспоминала мужа, красивого, нехорошего: «Котьку не пожалел. Танцует
> по дансингам. Видели в собственном автомобиле с желтой англичанкой».
>  >
>  > Are these дансингы (данцингы in another edition) simply dance halls?
> Does anyone have any ideas as to why the anglichanka might be yellow?
>  >
>  > All the best,
>  >
>  > Robert
>  >
>  >
>  > Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Fri Nov 30 16:00:46 2012
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:00:46 -0500
Subject: barriers to tenderness in Russian society
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Melissa is right.

Alice Miller known in the US as a Swiss psychologist (after her death  
I found out that she was Polish, but certainly not "Polish  
psychologist" a Wikipedia states http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Miller_%28psychologist%29) 
  wrote a book, For You Own Good (http://www.alice-miller.com/books_en.php?page=2 
) [I hope I am correct about the source, because I read half a dozen  
of her books at least]. There she describes "black Pedagogy" (Schwarze  
Pädagogik) in German tradition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisonous_pedagog 
y) and what it leads to in adult life.  What is interesting is that  
all the precepts described in her book are recognizable to a Russian  
reader.

Considering that Russian pedagogy was based on German thought and  
German models, it is hardly surprising.

On Nov 30, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Melissa Smith wrote:

>  Sounds interesting. Could you explain the idea a little more?
>
> I recall being told once that the main form of discipline  
> recommended to parents in Soviet society was withdrawal of  
> affection. This probably would be an acculturated barrier to  
> tenderness, and there would therefore be examples of it in literature.
>
> In "Our Crowd," (Свой круг) by Liudmila Petrushevskaya (one  
> of her most anthologized stories), the narrator, attempts to show  
> cruelty towards her child because, as it is later explained, she has  
> a terminal illness and wants her friends to rally around to support  
> the child because she is an unfit mother.
>
> Melissa Smith
>

Alina Israeli
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WLC, American University
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From ksenya at GMAIL.COM  Fri Nov 30 16:30:54 2012
From: ksenya at GMAIL.COM (Ksenya Gurshtein)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:30:54 -0500
Subject: barriers to tenderness in Russian society
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I'm not sure how well this responds to the original query, but to follow up
on Alina's comment, I remember being really fascinated by the story on
Radio Lab (http://www.radiolab.org/2011/mar/08/) that talked about the way
most approaches to recovery from alcoholism in Russia rely on fear rather
than positive reinforcement (which is offered by the 12 Step programs so
prevalent in the U.S.). The same issue, I think, is currently playing out
in the scandal around Evgeny Roizman (
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/russian-anti-drugs-crusader-under-growing-pressure),
who is described here as an anti-drug crusader, but whom many others have
described as exemplary of the Russian approach to treating drug users as
non-human (http://publicpost.ru/blog/id/10652/)
I hope this is of some use.
Ksenya

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Alina Israeli <aisrael at american.edu>wrote:

> Melissa is right.
>
> Alice Miller known in the US as a Swiss psychologist (after her death I
> found out that she was Polish, but certainly not "Polish psychologist" a
> Wikipedia states
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Miller_%28psychologist%29) wrote a
> book, *For You Own Good* (http://www.alice-miller.com/books_en.php?page=2)
> [I hope I am correct about the source, because I read half a dozen of her
> books at least]. There she describes "black Pedagogy" (*Schwarze
> Pädagogik)* in German tradition (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisonous_pedagogy) and what it leads to in
> adult life.  What is interesting is that all the precepts described in her
> book are recognizable to a Russian reader.
>
> Considering that Russian pedagogy was based on German thought and German
> models, it is hardly surprising. * *
>
> On Nov 30, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Melissa Smith wrote:
>
>  Sounds interesting. Could you explain the idea a little more?
>
> I recall being told once that the main form of discipline recommended to
> parents in Soviet society was withdrawal of affection. This probably would
> be an acculturated barrier to tenderness, and there would therefore be
> examples of it in literature.
>
> In "Our Crowd," (Свой круг) by Liudmila Petrushevskaya (one of her most
> anthologized stories), the narrator, attempts to show cruelty towards her
> child because, as it is later explained, she has a terminal illness and
> wants her friends to rally around to support the child because she is an
> unfit mother.
>
> Melissa Smith
>
>
> Alina Israeli
> Associate Professor of Russian
> WLC, American University
> 4400 Massachusetts Ave.
> Washington DC 20016
> (202) 885-2387  fax (202) 885-1076
> aisrael at american.edu
>
>
>
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From anne_mariedevlin at HOTMAIL.COM  Fri Nov 30 16:56:43 2012
From: anne_mariedevlin at HOTMAIL.COM (anne marie devlin)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:56:43 +0000
Subject: barrier to tenderness
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While 'black pedagogy' may have been a feature of Russian education - in the broadest sense, it's also worth remembering that Vygotsky was also Russian.  His holistic approach and the theory of zone of proximal development are perhaps the most influential early childhood theories certainly in Europe.  The idea that children should be strictly disciplined and seen and not heard are not confined to Russia and with the rise of Gina Ford, seem to be making a come back.   AM 		 	   		  
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From ntkrylova at TAYLORU.EDU  Fri Nov 30 17:25:40 2012
From: ntkrylova at TAYLORU.EDU (Krylova, Natalia)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:25:40 +0000
Subject: Teffi - "Marquita" -
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Not trying to be a "devil's Englishwomen's advocate", but I couldn't resist a less stereotypical linkage of this adjective to a Pushkin's line from "Feast in Time of Plague":

"...nenavizhu / VolOs shotlandskih etu zheltiznu".

Feel free to assess as another funny/ irrelevant stereotype the yellowness of the Scottish women's hair, as well as generalization of all British women as "Englishwomen". And should you prefer Vadim's interpretation as the core one, blame Anton Pavlovitch Chekhov for promoting this (false) stereotype about Englishwomen in his "Doch Al'biona" ("...Po zheltomu licu eje probezhala nadmennaya, prezritel'naya ulybka"). BTW, Chekhov is obviously one of the closest Teffi's literary relatives, isn't he?

Regards,
Natalia.
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Perhaps here "sallow" would be better than "yellow"? Not having rosy
cheeks. (Interestingly different from the English stereotypes about
Englishwomen's skin!)

Sibelan


On 11/30/12 9:47 AM, Sentinel76 Astrakhan wrote:
> Yes, "дансинги" are just dance halls. "Yellow" has to do with a Russian
> stereotype that English women have bad complexion because of the climate.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Vadim
>
> > Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:27:00 +0000
> > From: kcf19 at DIAL.PIPEX.COM
> > Subject: [SEELANGS] Teffi - "Marquita" - данцингы
> > To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.UA.EDU
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > This is 1920s Paris. The heroine is remembering her husband, who has
> abandoned her and their little son Kot'ka.
> >
> > Вспоминала мужа, красивого, нехорошего: «Котьку не пожалел. Танцует
> по дансингам. Видели в собственном автомобиле с желтой англичанкой».
> >
> > Are these дансингы (данцингы in another edition) simply dance halls?
> Does anyone have any ideas as to why the anglichanka might be yellow?
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> > Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD
> >
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From bliss.mst at GMAIL.COM  Fri Nov 30 18:11:00 2012
From: bliss.mst at GMAIL.COM (Liv Bliss)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:11:00 -0600
Subject: Teffi - "Marquita" -
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My guess on the yellow anglichanka, Robert, would be the famously sallow complexions of the unfortunates living in those sun-starved climes. (I was born and grew up there, so I can say stuff like that.) Then, of course, there's the equally cliche-bound rosy complexion of the buxom English country wench.

Probably old news, this. I get a daily digest, so my postings usually bring up the rear.

Best to all
Liv

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From mtsmith02 at YSU.EDU  Fri Nov 30 17:57:01 2012
From: mtsmith02 at YSU.EDU (Melissa Smith)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:57:01 -0500
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From artemi.romanov at COLORADO.EDU  Fri Nov 30 20:25:44 2012
From: artemi.romanov at COLORADO.EDU (Artemi Romanov)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:25:44 -0600
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ASEEES 2013: Russian Lexicology & Recent Trends in Lexical Borrowing Roundtable Proposal
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From aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU  Fri Nov 30 20:24:18 2012
From: aisrael at AMERICAN.EDU (Alina Israeli)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:24:18 -0500
Subject: barrier to tenderness
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The fact that "children should be seen and not heard" is a strictly  
British concept, not German. I wonder if bottling in the emotions  
would give rise to a желчный цвет лица, hence  
желтая англичанка.

Vygotsky was just a "historic" name for much of the 20th century in  
Russia. You have to remember that education and particularly  
psychology were governed by the only truly scientific approach, namely  
marxist-leninist approach. (I took such a course in psychology, so I  
know it first hand.)

You may also find it curious that the psychology dept in Moscow has  
been in existence only since 1966: http://www.psy.msu.ru/about/info.html
So has the one in Leningrad / St. Petersburg: http://www.psy.spbu.ru/history

There was no psychology between the early 30's and mid-60's.

Freud's name was uttered publicly for the first time at an  
international congress in Tbilisi in 1979: http://rjews.net/v_rotenberg/1m.html#.ULkSunHoVCY 
. Russia was in a hurry covering the distance the West covered in the  
previous 80 or 90 years.

Vygotsky's work started being published (again or anew) only in the  
80's: http://www.gumer.info/bibliotek_Buks/Psihol/vug_all/index.php

And everyone knows that it takes a long time from the moment of  
publication to make it to the national consciousness.


On Nov 30, 2012, at 11:56 AM, anne marie devlin wrote:

> While 'black pedagogy' may have been a feature of Russian education  
> - in the broadest sense, it's also worth remembering that Vygotsky  
> was also Russian.  His holistic approach and the theory of zone of  
> proximal development are perhaps the most influential early  
> childhood theories certainly in Europe.
> The idea that children should be strictly disciplined and seen and  
> not heard are not confined to Russia and with the rise of Gina Ford,  
> seem to be making a come back.
>
> AM


Alina Israeli
Associate Professor of Russian
WLC, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington DC 20016
(202) 885-2387 	fax (202) 885-1076
aisrael at american.edu






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From Philippe.FRISON at COE.INT  Fri Nov 30 15:41:41 2012
From: Philippe.FRISON at COE.INT (FRISON Philippe)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:41:41 +0000
Subject: Teffi - "Marquita" -
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A guess. Compared with желтый дом, could it be "écervelée", that is "scatterbrained", "hare-brained", or "bird-brained"?

Philippe 
(Strasbourg, France)

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I assume дансинги is a Gallicism: le dancing = dance hall.  But I cannot help with the желтая англичанка; and how did they know she was English?

John Dunn.


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Subject: [SEELANGS] Teffi - "Marquita" - данцингы

Dear all,

This is 1920s Paris.  The heroine is remembering her husband, who has abandoned her and their little son Kot'ka.

Вспоминала мужа, красивого, нехорошего: «Котьку не пожалел. Танцует по дансингам. Видели в собственном автомобиле с желтой англичанкой».

Are these дансингы (данцингы in another edition) simply dance halls?  Does anyone have any ideas as to why the anglichanka might be yellow?

All the best,

Robert


Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLD

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From frosset at WHEATONMA.EDU  Fri Nov 30 23:55:55 2012
From: frosset at WHEATONMA.EDU (Francoise Rosset)
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:55:55 -0500
Subject: Teffi - "Marquita" -
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Un "dancing" in french is an old-fashioned term for a place to go ... 
dancing, or a nightclub:

from French wikipedia:
En français, le mot dancing est un faux anglicisme synonyme de boîte 
de nuit (en anglais nightclub ou simplement club).

In French, the word dancing is a false anglicism, and a synonym for 
nightclub.

My suggestion for the yellow English woman is that she has a sallow, 
unhealthy complexion.

-FR

Francoise Rosset, Associate Professor
Chair, Russian and Russian Studies
Wheaton College
Norton, Massachusetts 02766
Office: (508) 286-3696
FAX:   (508) 286-3640

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