Middlebury Russian School

[Benjamin Rifkin]

Dear SEELANGers:

[Please forward this message to your students.]

The Middlebury Russian School announces its 2003 summer session.  As
always, the hallmark of the Middlebury program is its famous language
pledge:  "No English Spoken Here!"  The results (learning outcomes)
of our language program are depicted in a table on our webpage at
<http://www.middlebury.edu/~ls/russian/curriculum/examresults.html>.

Intensive Language Session (9 Weeks):  June 13 - August 15, 2003
Proficiency oriented classes at seven levels (from first through
fourth year):  a full year of instruction in nine weeks.  Four hours
of class per day, five days per week.  Classes taught by teachers
from US, Russia and Ukraine.

Graduate Program (6 Weeks):  June 30 - August 15, 2003
Classes in history, film, gender studies, language and literature as follows:

Civilization
Image of Peter the Great and Petersburg in Russian History (Logunov)
Russian History since 1991 (Logunov)
Three Directors:  Eisenstein, Tarkovsky, Mikhalkov (Aksenova)
Mythologies of Sex and Sexuality in Russian Modernism (Shevelenko) -
crosslisted with literature

Literature
Pushkin's Evgenii Onegin (Vinitsky)
Bulgakov's Master i Margarita (VInitsky)
Mythologies of Sex and Sexuality in Russian Modernism (Shevelenko) -
crosslisted with civilization

Language
Advanced Grammar (Trufanova)
Advanced Syntax (Trufanova)

The cultural program for the summer 2003 program will feature:

play directed by Russian director Sergei Kokovkin and screenplay
writer Anna Rodionova
choir conducted by Russian folk ensemble Zolotoi Plios
week-long visit by Russian feature filmmaker Aleksandr Mitta
four-day visit by Russian documentary filmmaker Marina Goldovskaia
film festivals
literary symposium
clubs, teams and other activities

Information about the cultural program from 2002 is available on the
website at
<http://www.middlebury.edu/~ls/russian/activities/index.html>.

Students' comments on the Middlebury experience can be found on the
web at <http://www.middlebury.edu/~ls/russian/students.html>

Financial aid is available.

For more information (and to download an application), please see:
<http://www.middlebury.edu/~ls/russian>.

For questions, please contact me using the "coordinates" in my e-mail
signature below.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Ben Rifkin


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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Benjamin Rifkin

Professor of Slavic Languages, Slavic Dept., UW-Madison
1432 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706 USA
voice:  (608) 262-1623; fax: (608) 265-2814
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/slavic/rifkin/


Director, Russian School, Middlebury College
Freeman International Center
Middlebury, VT 05753 USA
voice: (802) 443-5533; fax: (802) 443-5394
http://www.middlebury.edu/~ls/russian/

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