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Contents Message from the President ...... 1 Letter from the Editor ...... 1 Recent Publications ...... 1 State of the Field ...... 2 Member News ...... 7 Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Grammar But Were Afraid to Ask ...... 8 2009 AATSEEL Awards ...... 10 Belarusica ...... 12 Cross Cultural Communication ...... 13 Graduate Student Forum ...... 15 Psychology of Language Learning ...... 17 Summer Programs ...... 19 Professional Opportunities ...... 22

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Message from the are like music or sports: they are not claim that all libraries of the future will just stories, but feed the whole body. be electronic only (although we do have AATSEEL President Second, if academic professionals must one university here in California that has exist and if they are obliged to meet only an electronic library -- wonder how The calendar year 2010, our sched- with one another at all, Tolstoy would the students like that). uled “year without an AATSEEL Con- be wholly in favor of smaller gatherings I am sorry I missed folks at the con- ference,” also marks the centennial of with more interactive formats, rather ference. We had too much family trials that year when the world began to do along the lines of our recent AATSEEL and angst going on at the time for me to without Leo Tolstoy. Accordingly, our innovations (workshops, readings, mas- join you in Philly, but I do hope to see annual gathering in Los Angeles in ter classes, roundtables). And finally, he everyone at the next annual meeting. January 2011 will feature, in addition would be delighted that the Word (at I would like to thank all those who to William Todd’s rescheduled Class on which he was such a master) no longer have written State of the Field articles the Rise of the Novel, a master class by stands naked and alone. In his final and especially Nancy Condee for scout- Irina Paperno (UC-Berkeley) on teach- decade he became acquainted with the ing them out and shepherding them in. ing Tolstoyan themes and genres. Be- gramophone and moving picture, and AATSEEL members tell me that they tween now and the Battle of Borodino was thrilled with the potential of both appreciate them. Centennial in 2012, the Slavic world for sharing human experience. In fact, Our columns are disappearing, and will be celebrating — or subjecting interdiscipinarity is built into our master it is not page space. It is for lack of to criticism — this very great writer writers — even the most curmudgeonly, editors. We are currently looking for on all topics related to peace and war. as Tolstoy is often taken to be —because editors for the Ukrainian column and the Tolstoy is so dynamic, diverse, outra- above all they wanted to communicate Russian at Work column. If you have the geous, and well-documented by his own loudly and widely. Perhaps we can take time and interest to edit either column, hand that almost any position on these heart over these durable facts in this please let me know. We could not find subjects can be extracted from his life centennial year. an editor for the technology column, or writings. His Sevastopol Stories can and I assume that is because tech is no be read equally as chauvinistic exer- Caryl Emerson longer new. It is now run-of-the-mill, cises on behalf of the patriotic Russian so probably such a column is no longer soldier-peasant and as anti-war tales exciting. However, there are untapped of unprecedented frankness. War and Letter from the Editor areas, such as Serbo-Croatian and Bul- Peace and Hadji Murad glorify battles garian. I know there are folks working and bonding in military brotherhood As I write to you, I have taken some in these areas, so if you have an idea for with as much epic fervor as Tolstoy’s annual leave town and flown off to the a column (any column, these or others), pacifist tracts condemn both. Of course cold (and snowy) Baltic Sea where I am please let me know. Tolstoy had no fondness for the “profes- teaching a course in Second Language Wishing you all a great winter/ soriat” and little hope that wisdom could Research Methods for undergradu- spring semester. Keep warm! (I’m be imparted through any of the rituals ates at LCC International University definitely trying to do that as I type with that make up our daily academic lives. in Klaipeda, Lithuania. I did the same frozen fingers.) But assuming he could suspend those thing last year at the coldest time of year prejudices temporarily: what might here (quite a contrast with my sunny Betty Lou Leaver Tolstoy have to say about the state of California) at this time. It reminds me our field today? a bit of time spent in Siberia, except of Three things, I suggest. First (be- course Siberia has more snow. (As for cause Tolstoy was a passionate creator cold, once you dive below zero degrees Recent of literary fiction until the end of his centrigrade, it does not much matter Publications days), he would be gratified that the whether it is 10 below or 75 below, the Russian literary canon now belongs latter being the temperature I endured The Recent Publications column in- to the world — to a degree that no -- and perversely enjoyed -- in Siberia cludes books published in 2008-2009. other national literature has managed many years ago. Authors and publishers are invited to to achieve. We can still fill up audito- I hope you have enjoyed having the submit information about their new riums with hundreds of students from paper version of the newsletter back. publications. every discipline who know they need to We have been “papering” for those read at least one novel by Tolstoy and who especially wanted it -- libraries, Culture Dostoevsky, with an urgency that other advertisers, and a surprising number of Kohn, Michael. 2009. Russia (Country very great European writers (Goethe, readers who still do not “do” electrons -- Guide). Schiller, Flaubert, George Eliot) cannot for three issues now, and it seems to be Lonely Planet. match. Russian literature and culture meeting a need. So much for those who Continued on page 16

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Editors: Nancy Condee, University of Pittsburgh & State of the Field Sibelan Forrester Swarthmore College Russian Thinkers from contours of a firmly post-Soviet intel- new dimensions in the history of a lectual landscape. The high-water mark Russian liberalism, far beyond the rigid the Other Shore: of Russian thought in the Anglophonic schematics of Isaiah Berlin (the main History of Ideas Today world was reached with the convergence source for Stoppard). of two events in 2002: the invasion of In literary studies scholars have The editors have invited Boris Wolfson the English-language stage by Belinsky, been learning better to weave intel- (Amherst College) to serve as Guest Herzen, Bakunin and company in Tom lectual history with aesthetic analysis Editor for the newest State of the Field Stoppard’s major dramatic trilogy The to reveal finer patterns than hitherto column (see previous columns on poetry Coast of Utopia, and the election as were evident. A notable new study of a in the October 2009 issue and film stud- Archbishop of Canterbury of Rowan well-known philosopher-poet is Judith ies in the April 2009 issue). Two promi- Williams, an accomplished student Kornblatt Deutsch’s Divine Sophia: The nent scholars of the Russian intellectual of Russian philosophy and theology. Wisdom Writings of Vladimir Solovyov tradition, Robert Bird (The University of Pondering such events, one might even (Cornell, 2008). Gradually we are be- Chicago) and Thomas Seifrid (Universi- have been forgiven a dose of optimism. ginning to understand better how aes- ty of Southern California), offer reports Would such optimism have been war- thetic criticism drew on and contributed on the latest developments in the study ranted? to philosophical discourse. Naturally, of Russian philosophy and intellectual Limiting our view to the English- the Dostoevsky and Bakhtin indus- history. Their essays are as concise speaking world, since 2002 there has tries continue apace. In recent studies and informative as the field they survey been a great deal of interesting work Bakhtin has ceded some of the limelight is heterogeneous and often unwieldy. done in a number of academic disci- to other members of what is still referred What discoveries have been made over plines; with apologies to anyone left out, to as his circle. Bakhtin’s coattails have the past decade, and what patterns seem I would like to survey some of the most also brought back into attention some of to have emerged, in studying topics that distinctive contributions. In the field of his major sources, such as Max Scheler range from the fate of phenomenology in history one can name John Randolph’s (in Alina Wyman’s dissertation) and Russian culture to Orthodox Christian House in the Garden: The Bakunin phenomenologists like Gustav Shpet. In theology? What links (and tensions) Family and the Romance of Russian the wake of Joseph Frank’s inimitable might exist between the work of Western Idealism (Cornell, 2007), which has biography, completed in 2002 (and now historians of Russian thought, on the shifted the terms of analysis on seem- out in a single-volume abridgement), one hand, and those who see themselves ingly well-worn figures. Stuart Finkel’s recent years have seen a veritable as practicing philosophers in Russia On the Ideological Front: The Russian flood of new work on Dostoevsky’s today, on the other? What issues de- Intelligentsia and the Making of the intellectual and religious dimensions, serve scholars’ special attention in the Soviet Public Sphere (Yale, 2007) used including James Scanlan’s Dostoevsky immediate future? These statements the story of the forced exile of leading the Thinker (2002), Steven Cassedy’s offer both broad retrospective overviews intellectuals in late 1922 to examine the Dostoevsky’s Religion (Stanford, 2005), and an intriguing preview of coming broader change in intellectual landscape Susan McReynold’s Redemption and attractions. after 1917. The same story has been told the Merchant God: Dostoevsky’s Econ- in a racier form by Lesley Chamberlin omy of Salvation and Antisemitism in her Lenin’s Private War: The Voyage (Northwestern, 2008), Rowan Williams’ Robert Bird of the Philosophy Steamer and the Exile Dostoevsky: Language, Faith and The University of Chicago of the Russian Intelligentsia (Atlantic, Fiction (2008), and special issues of 2006). Chamberlin has also produced Studies in East European Thought and In the last twenty years the shape of a popular, though highly idiosyncratic, Dostoevsky Studies. Tolstoy continues Russian intellectual history (a.k.a. Rus- overview of Russian intellectual history to grow as a thinker, for instance in the sian philosophy, a.k.a Russian thought) in Motherland: A Philosophical History books of Donna Orwin, and one expects has changed drastically and irrevocably, of Russia (Atlantic, 2004). Matt Miller’s major new work on Tolstoy during his and not only in Russia, where schol- dissertation on the YMCA in Russia jubilee year (including a study by James ars rediscovered entire traditions of (University of Minnesota, 2006) shows Scanlan). philosophical and political writing and that we have much to look forward to. A third disciplinary framework for began, in fits and starts, to pen in the Gary Hamburg and Vladimir Wozniuk’s Russian intellectual history is that of studies and translations have revealed theology. The Association for Eastern 2 February 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 1 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER

Christian Studies has proven a vibrant philosophy it will remain quite difficult phie” is Nikolai Plotnikov. Plotnikov venue for those with interests Russian to maintain a serious level of scholar- has equally formidable achievements Orthodoxy in all periods, though intel- ship on it as an intellectual (as distinct in Russia and in Germany, where he lectual history as such has not been a from a historical or cultural) endeavor. has recently completed a large research central focus. Work in theology (both Indeed, with the notable exception of project on Russian concepts of person- East and West) has been nourished James Scanlan and Philip Grier, there ality (see selected results in Studies in by a steady stream of translations, is a glaring lack of new work on Rus- East European Thought vol. 61, nos. most recently Boris Jakim’s editions sian thought by scholars with formal 2-3, 2009). Truth be told, little of this of Sergei Bulgakov’s major books for philosophical training. would count as philosophy in the An- Eerdmans. In this respect there remains a glophonic world, but it is a fascinating Of intellectual history in the nar- distinct difference in the discourses of and vibrant micro-universe that repays row sense, though, little has happened Russian intellectual history in Russia close study, as shown by the dissertation since Joan Delaney Grossman and Ruth and Germany. The generation that work of Alyssa DeBlasio at Pitt. Rischin’s volume William James in prepared the massive reclamation of Within Russia the emphasis remains Russian Culture (Lexington, 2003). In sources in perestroika has matured squarely on the publication of primary 2009 the centenary of Vekhi was marked into an authoritative community of sources in intellectual history. Scholars by a large international gathering at philosophers, mainly grouped around have often aspired to influence the po- the University of Bristol, organized by the Institute of Philosophy in Moscow. litical discourse through their historical Ruth Coates, which should result in a Sergei Khoruzhii (also spelled Horujy) studies. Under Yeltsin appeal was made volume. In the next couple of years it continues to develop his synergetic to the liberal traditions of Christian should be joined by a collective vol- anthropology, while down the corridor democracy and Christian socialism ume on Gustav Shpet edited by Galin Valerii Podoroga and his Ad Marginem personified by Semyon Frank, Sergei Tihanov for Purdue and an entire His- gang re-conceive Russian intellectual Bulgakov and Petr Struve. In the Putin tory of Russian Philosophy, 1830-1930, traditions in the light of continental years one was more likely to hear invo- edited by Gary Hamburg and Randall philosophy and critical theory. Some of cations of the Orthodox nationalist Ivan A. Poole for Cambridge. It is safe to this activity has trickled abroad. One of Il’in, whose collected works has to be say that until Russian philosophy finds the leading voices in Germany’s vibrant one of the most impressive publishing a disciplinary niche in departments of forschungsgruppe “Russische philoso- ventures of the period, especially if one

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3 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 1 February 2010 considers that it has been edited almost In 1993 I attended the landmark time to time arguably encroach on the singlehandedly by Iurii Lisitsa. Il’in’s conference on Russian philosophy at the philosophical field in Russia. Depend- reburial in Moscow’s Don Monastery University of Wisconsin in Madison. I ing on whether one limits the focus to in 2005 (together with General Anton recall how, during the panel on Nikolai academic philosophy or broadens it to Denikin) was indeed a major public Fedorov, after the presentation of his encompass these neighboring domains, event, and the grave has been visited fervent acolyte Svetlana Semyonova the field of Russian philosophy can be by Putin among other dignitaries. More (who is still carrying the flame of true regarded as either narrow or sprawlingly recently President Dmitrii Medvedev belief, by the way), a local philosopher amorphous. has sponsored the publication of the stood up and asked whether this mate- In recent years two noteworthy records of the St Petersburg Religious- rial, however fascinating, might more changes have taken place at the center Philosophical Society of 1907-1917, to profitably be analyzed not as philoso- of the diverse constellation of think- which he appended a brief foreword. phy, but as something akin to Star Trek. ers, disciplines, and movements that Could the difference in Putin’s and Indeed, Russian thinkers have often constitute Russian philosophy in the Medvedev’s tastes in Russian philoso- presented rich material for analysis in broader sense. The first is the waning phy mark a substantial divergence in a sort of cultural studies framework, as of the impulse, once urgently felt in aca- their outlooks? Perhaps, but since the symptoms of psycho-social processes demic and governing circles, to study fall of Marxism-Leninism it is difficult bubbling up to the surface from some Russian intellectual history in order to identify a single instance where nether region. The effervescence of in- to discern the causes of Bolshevism, Russian government policy has been terest over the last two decades has gone Stalinism, and the Soviet phenomenon directed by philosophical argument. a long way to showing that the Russian in general. Important studies of such From press reports it would seem that intellectual tradition can still speak in figures as Herzen, Bakunin, Trotsky, the government is more likely to be in- other ways, but it remains without a and Lenin, and such intellectual currents fluenced by neo-Eurasianist Aleksandr home on the disciplinary map of Anglo- as Marxism, continue to appear (with Dugin and other members of the lunatic American scholarship. Polish scholarship predominating to a fringe. remarkable extent, as if to exorcise the Based on the preceding sketch, I demon that just let go of them) but they would note a couple of glaring tasks on Thomas Seifrid now are mostly of historical interest. the docket of those of us with interests in University of Southern California The second noteworthy change is the Russian intellectual history. Most urgent revival of interest in the academic and is the need to focus on the philosophical To summarize succinctly what is religious philosophy that appeared in content of Russian thought or, failing going on in the field of Russian phi- Russia from roughly the 1890s to the that, to derive original philosophical losophy (or rather the study of Russian 1920s, on which there is a growing body content by undertaking rigorous analy- philosophy) is difficult because the field of both Russian and western scholar- sis of those presuppositions which have itself is somewhat anomalous. Very few, ship; and the closely-related revival in made it so uninteresting to Anglo-Amer- if any, Russian thinkers make it onto the the post-Soviet era of philosophy as an ican philosophy. This might include, for syllabi of courses taught in philosophy academic profession in Russia (closely instance, identifying specific spheres of departments in American universities, related because much of what energized thought which have proven dominant, which almost exclusively emphasize the renewal of philosophy in Russia of such as aesthetics. Second, it is neces- Anglo-American analytical philosophy the 1990s had to do with the rediscovery sary to expand the available archive of and relegate much of the rest, includ- of the intellectual riches of the early Russian intellectual history to include ing otherwise important thinkers such decades of the century). periods that right now have become as Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, For introductory study of Russian marginal, including the eighteenth cen- Cioran, et al., to the quarantine of “con- philosophy in the nineteenth century, tury and, ironically, Marxism. In both tinental philosophy.” To some extent such venerable guides as N.O. Losskii’s cases intellectual historians can gain Russian culture has only itself to blame Istoriia russkoi filosofii, V.V. Zenk- important new perspectives from the for this neglect, given that for extended ovsky’s A History of Russian Philoso- work of social historians of these peri- periods in the mid-nineteenth and mid- phy, and Andrzej Walicki’s A History ods. Indeed, insofar as Russian thought twentieth centuries philosophy, as an of Russian Thought from the Enlighten- seems fated to remain perched uneasily academic discipline, was either wholly ment to Marxism remain useful. When between history and aesthetics, it seems banned or so severely constrained that one comes to the late nineteenth to early important for historians and aesthetic it might as well have been. Yet Russia twentieth centuries, however, the recent theorists (including specialists in visual is not without a tradition of professional surge in interest has changed the schol- art as well as in literature) to continue philosophy, in the sense of a discipline arly landscape considerably, with the learning from each other in understand- distinct from theology, political thought, 1920s receiving particularly close atten- ing how intellectual projects both grow nationalist theorizing, or literary and tion. Steven Cassedy’s 1990 Flight from from and exceed their own times. cultural theory—all of which from Eden: The Origins of Modern Literary

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Criticism and Theory, despite its focus man and his semiotics, Kolmogorov sian Religious Philosophy (Cornell UP on literary studies, opened the door to and his cybernetics), see V.A. Lektor- 1997). Of more comprehensive scope serious consideration of figures like skii, “O filosofii Rossii vtoroi poloviny are the collection of conference papers Pavel Florenskii and Sergei Bulgakov in XX veka,” Voprosy filosofii No.7 2009 edited by Judith Deutsch Kornblatt and a philosophical rather than a strictly reli- (available online at http://vphil.ru/index. Richard Gustafson, Russian Religious gious context. Alexander Haardt’s 1992 php?option=com_content&task=view& Thought (U Wisconsin Press 1996) Husserl in Russland. Phänomenologie id=49&Itemid=52). In the U.S. one and the collection of essays edited by der Sprache und Kunst bei Gustav Špet notes such evidence of active interest Mark Steinberg and Heather J. Coleman und Aleksej Losev was a major event, as James P. Scanlan’s Russian Thought entitled Sacred Stories: Religion and one of the first western studies of the After Communism: The Recovery of a Spirituality in Modern Russia (Indiana interaction in the Soviet 1920s between Philosophical Heritage (M.E. Sharpe, UP 2007). Although it diverges from western thought and Russian philoso- 1994), the forthcoming volume from the field of philosophy proper (widely phy. My own The Word Made Self. Cambridge University Press, A His- diverges, some would say) the more Russian Writings on Language, 1860- tory of Russian Philosophy 1830–1930. exotic fruit of Russian nationalist and 1930 (2005) benefited enormously from Faith, Reason, and the Defense of Hu- panslavist thought represented by such these studies in its efforts to bring to man Dignity (edited by G.M.Hamburg writers as Nikolai Danilevsky, in the light consistent philosophical interests and Randall A. Poole, May 2010), nineteenth century, and Lev Gumilev, in across a range of intellectual disciplines another forthcoming volume from the twentieth, stirs renewed interest in in Russia. Gustav Shpet (1879-1937), Cambridge UP, A History of Russian post-communist (and post-Yeltsin) Rus- arguably the most important academic Thought (edited by William Leatherbar- sia, while shifting geopolitical forces philosopher in Russia in the pre-war row and Derek Offord, 2010); and the have reawakened western interest in the period, has been the particular benefi- conference to be held at the University doctrine of Eurasianism (e.g., Marlène ciary of this revivalist trend. One of his of Pittsburgh in May 2010 on “Marx, Laruelle’s 2008 Russian Eurasianism: most significant works, the phenom- God, Derrida: Post-Communist Phi- an Ideology of Empire and Dmitry enological Appearance and Sense of losophy and the Contemporary Crisis Shlapentokh’s 2007 Russia Between 1914, appeared in English translation of Meaning.” East and West: Scholarly Debates on in 1991 and there is a volume of essays The subfield of Russian religious Eurasianism). on his work forthcoming from Purdue thought has also seen a flourish of re- Whether one should consider the University Press (Gustav Shpet’s Con- newed activity in recent years. Georgii thought of Mikhail Bakhtin philosophy tributions to Philosophy and Cultural Florovskii’s Puti russkogo bogosloviia in the narrow sense, and thus invite his Theory, edited by Galin Tihanov). In and George Fedotov’s The Russian elephantine presence into the parlor, or Russia, meanwhile, the Shpet industry is Religious Mind continue to provide leave him outside in the realm of literary running on all cylinders. The fifth vol- solid historical background while the and cultural theory, is too complicated ume of Tomsk University’s Shpetovskie major figures of the turn of the century a question to answer in the present chteniia appeared in 2008, and volume have finally begun to receive serious context. In the vast industry of Bakhtin 6 of his complete works has recently scholarly attention. Selected works studies, however, Galin Tihanov’s been published. In France, a collection of Vladimir Solov’ev have been trans- magisterial The Master and the Slave: of conference papers devoted to Shpet lated into English, conferences have Lukácz, Bakhtin and the Ideas of Their appeared in 2008 (Gustave Chpet et son been devoted to him (e.g., “Vladimir Time (Oxford UP 2000) stands out for héritage aux sources russes du struc- Solov’ev: Reconciler and Polemicist” its concentration on philosophical is- turalisme et de la sémiotique, edited by at the University of Nijmegen in the sues, as does work emanating from Maryse Dennes). The post-Soviet era in Netherlands, 1998), and his religious the Bakhtin Centre at the University of general has seen a dramatic resurgence thought has been closely examined in Sheffield (e.g., the collectionsMaterial - of interest in secular philosophy, with Judith Deutsch Kornblatt’s The Di- izing Bakhtin: The Bakhtin Circle and numerous conferences and journals like vine Sophia: The Wisdom Writings of Social Theory, edited by Craig Brandist Logos, Nachala, Paralleli, and even the Vladimir Solovyov (Cornell UP 2009). and Galin Tihanov, Palgrave 2000; and venerable Vorposy filosofii serving as Nikolai Berdiaev, long the star of early The Bakhtin Circle: In the Master’s the outlet for philosophical writing— twentieth-century Russian philosophy, Absence, edited by Craig Brandist, not all of it restrospective in nature— continues to receive attention (e.g., a David Shepherd, and Galin Tihanov, of generally very high caliber. For an new biography, Nicolas Berdiaev, by Manchester UP 2004). If one chooses excellent overview of Soviet philosophy Geneviève Johannet and N.A. Struve, to regard Russian literary theory in in general which pays valuable attention YMCA-Press 2004) and the thought of the twentieth century as occupying to post-war figures as well as the stars Sergei Bulgakov has received particu- something similar to the place Russian of the 1920s, and to figures who were larly eloquent discussion in Catherine novels did in the nineteenth—that of not necessarily academic philosophers Evtuhov’s The Cross and the Sickle: philosophy by other means—then such in the strict sense of the term (e.g. Lot- Sergei Bulgakov and the Fate of Rus- volumes as Routledge’s forthcoming

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promoted to Dean of Studies at Union Professor of Russian and SLA, Bryn Member News College. Mawr College. Editor: Molly Thomasy Blasing Kathleen M. Scollins has de- Ludmilla Trigos announces that (University of Wisconsin-Madison) fended her PhD dissertation “Zdes’ her book The Decembrist Myth in Rus- budet gorod”: Logos and Golos in the sian Culture is now available from Pal- The AATSEEL Newsletter likes to keep Petersburg Text” at the University of grave Macmillan publishers. This book its members informed about important Wisconsin-Madison and begins her is the first interdisciplinary treatment of events and professional milestones! If position as Visiting Lecturer at the Uni- the mythic image of the Decembrists. you or an AATSEEL member you know versity of Vermont in January 2010. By exploring Russian literature, his- has recently defended a dissertation, tory, film and opera it shows how this been hired, received a promotion or Alla Smyslova of Columbia Uni- myth evolved over time depending on retired, please send the member’s name, versity has defended her dissertation political agendas and reveals how the accomplishment and affiliation to: Developing Four-Skill Literacy among Decembrist myth inspired generations Molly Thomasy Blasing, thomasy@ Adult Heritage Learners: Effects of of Russian revolutionaries and writers. wisc.edu Linguistic and Non-Linguistic Variables Information on the book is available on the Attainment of Low-Proficiency at http://www.palgrave-usa.com/cata- The AATSEEL Newsletter would Heritage Students of Russian within a log/product.aspx?isbn=0230619169 like to recognize the following mem- Dedicated College-Level Bridge Course (Use promo code P256ED for 20% bers for their recent professional mile- under the guidance of Dan E. Davidson, discount). stones:

Professional translator and inter- Guidelines for 2011 title, the titles of individual papers and preter Marina Brodskaya is pleased names of presenters, chair, and discus- to share news of the publication of her Conference Proposals sant (if there is one), a single paragraph- long statement, prepared by the panel new translation, Chekhov’s Five Plays: The Program Committee will ac- organizer (who can also serve as one of Ivanov, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three cept proposals for the following seven the presenters, the chair, or the discus- Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard. The formats: sant). This single-paragraph proposal book, with an Introduction by Tobias (a) individual paper should also not exceed 300 words, and Wolff and Notes to the Translation by (b) fully-formed panel like a paper proposal it can be shorter. Monika Greenleaf, is scheduled to be (c) roundtable It must contain a concise description of out in Winter 2010. (d) forum the rationale for bringing the individual (e) workshop papers together as a panel and describe In November 2009, Vitaly Cher- (f) master class briefly how each paper fits into the netsky, Assistant Professor in the De- (g) poetry reading partment of German, Russian and East discussion. No individual proposals Each proposal will be reviewed by for papers submitted as part of a fully- Asian Languages at Miami University, the Program Committee, and the text of was elected President of the American formed panel need to be included at the every accepted proposal will appear in time the panel is proposed. Association for Ukrainian Studies for a the annual meeting program book (note two-year term. If a panel proposal is accepted by that this includes formats for which the Program Committee, the organizer no descriptions have appeared in the will be responsible for obtaining from Andrew Corin is now Associate past). Proposals for all formats should Dean in the School of Resident Educa- each participant a description of each not exceed 300 words, but a successful, paper for inclusion in the program book, tion, Directorate of Continuing Educa- effective proposal for any format can tion at the Defense Language Institute. and sending in those descriptions to the certainly be shorter. Program Committee Chair by Sept. 30, Individual paper proposals must Anne Lounsbery, Associate Pro- 2010. identify a problem that needs solving Proposals for fora, workshops, fessor and Director of Graduate Study in the fields of linguistics, pedagogy, in the Department of Russian and Slavic master classes, and poetry readings literature, and/or culture, or present a should include concise description of Studies at New York University, has hypothesis that sheds light on the in- been awarded a National Endowment the rationale for bringing conference terpretation of a text or body of texts. participants together for the discussion for the Humanities Fellowship for the It should outline the author’s plan for 2010-2011 academic year. envisioned by the event organizer; they defending the paper’s hypothesis or can, and in the case of the poetry read- advancing an interpretation. ing should, contain brief descriptions of Kristin Peterson-Bidoshi, As- Proposals for fully-formed panels sociate Professor of Russian, has been the participants’ particular scholarly or will now contain, in addition to a panel creative interests and expertise. 7 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 1 February 2010

Alina Israeli Everything You Always Wanted (American University) Please send questions to: Prof. Alina to know about Russian Grammar Israeli, LFS, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW., Washington DC but were afraid to ask 20016-8045; or via e-mail to: aisrael@ american.edu

Q. What is the difference between проговорил, прокри- [N1, чей N2] and [N1, N2 которого]. I suggest that in чал, etc. and the “neutral” perfective verba dicendi (сказал, the first one with чей we are talking about 1N , while in the закричал, etc.)? second one with который we are talking about N2. Let me А. The prefix про– indicates getting through something: prove that with the following examples. In the first two with obstacles, distance or territory or something else that falls который, they are talking about the effect of the paintings into this category. (N2), be it on the human spirit, or on people who form lines Interestingly, there is a long list of verba dicendi that do to purchase them. In the third example they are talking about not have a “traditional” perfective form, but only one with the arguments about the kind of paintings they are: the prefixes за– (beginning action) and про– (overcoming Н.К.Рерих был ученым, был философом, был obstacle action). In all of these verbs there is either some kind замечательным художником, перед картинами которого of speech impediment: пробубнить – drone, пробормотать замирает дух человека. (lib.roerich-museum.ru/node/159) – mutter, пролопотать – babble, промямлить – mumble, and А еще он незаурядный художник, за картинами specifically including a lack of teeth: прошамкать; or poor которого очередь. (www.jazz.ru/pages/jive/) breathing and consequently nasalization: прогнусавить, про- В роман вложено захватывающее исследование жизни гундосить; or problems with vocal cords: просопеть, проси- и творчества знаменитого австрийского экспрессиониста петь, прохрипеть – wheeze (the first one involves poor nasal Эгона Шиле, о картинах которого до сих пор идут breathing, the second a husky voice, and the third a hoarse споры: эротика или порнография. voice), and finally the verb that could signal either physical On the other hand, when discussing admired artists, or the or social impediments: прошептать – whisper. The only verb success of the artists (N1), speakers use the чей model: that seems not to fulfill the prerequisites of impediment is - Есть художники, чьими картинами вы восторгаетесь? пробасить – to speak in a very low, bass voice. But even it - Тернер, Гварли, Вайнек. Из русских – Серов, Шишкин, could be understood as indicating problems with the vocal как ни странно. Врубель мне кажется очень холодным. cords, rather than only the natural low voice. http://www.online812.ru/2009/09/28/008/ So, проговорить would imply some physical or emo- Недавно в Буденновске отмечали юбилей дет- tional difficulty on the part of the speaker. ской художественной школы. За 30 лет из ее стен Маленький Сережа подбежал к отцу и проговорил вышли десятки талантливейших художников, чьими задыхаясь: — Папа-папа!.. Там, на дорожке... лягушка!.. картинами гордятся теперь не только буденновцы, но и (Сергеев–Ценский. Испуг) коллекционеры из других регионов страны и зарубежья. Прокричать could also have distance as an obstacle, http://www.stapravda.ru/2001/12/20/2001-12-20-01.shtml when the voice has to cover some distance and reach the Александру Николаевичу обидно - тем более что listener. In the next example, the speaker is inside the house на родине он давно зачислен в категорию великих, and the detective is outside: о чьих картинах, если они не нравятся критикам, — Вертолет с полными баками и миллиард долларов, последние пишут так: «Мне лично как-то не очень, — с похмелья визгливо прокричал Терехин. В ответ но это моя проблема». http://www.chas-daily.com/ начальник уголовного розыска уверенно предложил ему win/2005/02/21/g_026.html?r=33& свои условия… (В. Алексеев. Тайна черных ворон) So the phrase Серебряного века, чьим последним Q. There’s a certain type of construction for which писателем… был Набоков is about the Silver age, while the I’m confused by the usage of чей vs. который. The fol- phrase Серебряного века, последним писателем которого lowing example is from A.A. Dolinin’s introduction to an … был Набоков would be about Nabokov. edition of “Лoлита”: “...сквозь него “просвечивают” и Even though the division is not as clear-cut for animate некоторые… русские аналоги, в первую очередь романы и nouns, the tendency is the same. In the next pair of examples, рассказы того самого Серебряного века, чьим последним the first one with чей is clearly about the predecessor, while писателем… был Набоков.” Would there be any difference the second one with который is about the heir. if you instead said “последним писателем которого … был Знал бы об этом генерал де Голль, чьим наследником Набоков”? And if so, what difference? считает себя нынешний французский президент... Он бы A. We have here two parallel constructions with subor- такого не допустил и не потерпел. (http://www.politua.su/ dinate clauses economy/941.html)

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После смерти родственника (наследником которого Pilot-tested by K-12 teachers from Anchorage to Virginia, я являюсь) я получил письмо из пенсионного отдела the Gateway offers easy navigation to a wealth of informa- “Люблино”, где мне угрожают привлечением к суду по tion. Beyond the lessons, there is a component on curriculum статье 159 УК РФ п.1 (мошенничество). (http://www.9111. design, standards, and proficiency-based teaching. A resource ru/questions/q362642_answer282733.html) section offers links to Language Resource Centers, teachers’ Part of the difficulty in such cases is that often neither associations and forums, curriculum and assessment guides, of the participants is clearly highlighted, and this allows for journals, and professional development opportunities. a number of borderline cases. The K-12 Gateway resides within the established Lan- guage Materials Project website. The bibliography has been © 2009 by Alina Israeli augmented with detailed citations of several hundred items for younger audiences. The UCLA Language Materials Project The recent increase of federal interest in foreign languag- es has kindled a language renaissance in K-12 schools across The UCLA Language Materials Project (LMP) is proud the nation. The number of classes for such less-commonly to announce the completion of the lesson plan component of taught languages as Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, its stimulating new site for elementary and secondary foreign and Russian has increased substantially even in the primary language teachers, the K-12 Gateway to the Less Commonly grades. But the range of textbooks and classroom materials Taught Languages. available for learners below college level is limited. Teachers The core of the Gateway is a complete set of download- are also confronted by a lack of curricula or state standards to able lesson plans and supplementary materials for teaching a follow. The K-12 Gateway responds to those needs. first year language course. Written in English, the plans can The Gateway was created with support from the US be adapted to any language and grade level. Department of Education’s Title VI, International Research The lessons were created by Florence Martin of Califor- and Studies program. nia State University Long Beach, who has taught languages We invite you to visit the K-12 Gateway at www.lmp. at all levels from kindergarten through college, and speaks ucla.edu/K-12 and send us your suggestions for enhancing two Less Commonly Taught Languages. Over 100 lessons the site. are grouped into 20 thematic units packed with stimulating activities for communicative learning.

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2009 AATSEEL Awards for Teaching, Service & Scholarship Award for Excellence in Teaching Award for Distinguished Contribution at the Secondary Level to the Profession Elena Farkas Helena Goscilo Award for Excellence in Teaching Award for Outstanding Achievement at the Post-secondary Level in Scholarship George Pahomov Victor Friedman Award for Distinguished Service to AATSEEL William J. Comer

AATSEEL Book Prize Winners for 2009 Best Contribution to Language Pedagogy Best Book in Literary/Cultural Studies Ronelle Alexander and Ellen Elias-Bursać, for: Bosnian, Roman Koropeckyj, for: Adam Mickiewicz: The Life of a Croatian, Serbian. A Textbook With Exercises and Basic Romantic. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2008). Grammar. (Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2006). Best Contribution to Slavic Linguistics Best Translation into English Cynthia Vakareliyska, for: The Curzon Bible. Volume 1: Marian Schwartz, for her translation of: Mikhail Bulga- An Annotated Edition, Volume 2: A Linguistic and Textual kov, White Guard. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008), IntroductionAATSEEL_CLS_Russian_10:CLS. (Oxford: Oxford Russian University Life B&W04 Press, 1/22/10 2008). 8:34 AM Pagewith 1 an introduction by Evgeny Dobrenko.

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Editor: Curt Woolhiser institution dedicated to preserving the rich multicultural heritage of the border- BelarusICA (Harvard University) land region and promoting dialogue and mutual understanding between its many The Belarusica column editor is look- Tatars, Lithuanians, and Russian Old ethnic groups and cultures. In mid-July ing for contributions to this column. Believers. students will also have the opportunity Contributions from North American The Summer School faculty will to attend Basovišča, the annual festival colleagues are especially appreci- include instructors from Białystok Uni- of Belarusian rock music organized by ated. (Contributions should be no versity and the Belarusian Lyceum in the Belarusian Students’ Association in more than 1-2 pages in length.), dead- Hajnówka, as well as visiting instructors the town of Gródek (Haradok) east of line 6-8 weeks in advance of the issue from a number of Belarusian universi- Białystok. At the end of the program, month. For more information, contact ties. Additional guest lectures on Be- from August 7-21, students will have Dr. Curt Woolhiser, cwoolhis@fas. larusian history, politics and culture will the option of traveling to Belarus on a harvard.edu. be given by visiting researchers from guided tour including Hrodna, Słonim, Europe and North America. Participants Navahrudak, Mir, Niaśviž, Minsk, Вывучайце беларускую мову ў will have a choice of hotel accommoda- Połack, Viciebsk, Mahiloŭ, Pinsk and Польшчы! tions at the Belarusian Cultural Center, Brest. The trip will end with a visit to Study Belarusian in Poland! or homestays with Belarusian-speaking the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, includ- families in Hajnówka. ing important sites related to the history Southwestern College Coursework will be supple- of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and International Summer School of mented by a rich and diverse cultural the modern Belarusian national move- Belarusian Studies program, including visits to Belarusian ment. Hajnówka, Poland minority cultural organizations and The program cost, including tuition, July 7-August 6, 2010 media outlets, meetings with Belarusian room, board, cultural program and writers and artists, films, concerts, and excursions is $3,000 (the cost of the The Center for Belarusian Studies excursions to important sites related to optional Belarus tour at the end of the at Southwestern College (Winfield, Belarusian culture and the other cul- program will be announced as details KS) invites undergraduate and gradu- tures of the Podlasie region: the city of become available). Financial aid from ate students to participate in its second Białystok, the recently restored Ortho- the Center for Belarusian Studies will International Summer School of Be- dox monastery and Museum of Icons be available. larusian Studies from July 7 to August in Supraśl, the Białowieża (Biełavieža) For further information and ap- 6, 2010. The program, co-sponsored by National Park (the largest and ecologi- plication materials, please contact the the Poland-based Belarusian Historical cally most diverse remnant of the pri- program director: Dr. Curt Woolhiser, Society, will be held at the Belarusian meval forests of the Northern European Harvard University, Department of Cultural Center and Belarusian Lyceum plain), the historic town of Bielsk Pod- Slavic Languages and Literatures, in the town of Hajnówka in the Podlasie laski, the Holy Mountain of Grabarka Barker Center 327, 12 Quincy St., region of northeastern Poland, an area (the most important Eastern Orthodox Cambridge MA 02138-3804; e-mail: of great natural beauty and home to Po- pilgrimage site in Poland), the 17-cen- [email protected]; tel. (617) land’s ethnic Belarusian minority — an tury Great Synagogue in Tykocin, the 495-3528. Please note that the deadline ideal setting for the study of Belarusian Tatar mosque in Kruszyniany, and the for all applications is April 30, 2010. language, history and culture, as well Borderland Center in Sejny, a unique as for the study of a broad range of is- sues relating to cultural diversity and minorities policies in the expanded EU. Coursework will include intensive Be- AATSEEL is now on larusian language instruction (beginning and intermediate levels and individual FACEBOOK! advanced-level tutorials) and lectures in English and Belarusian on Belarusian Become a Fan of the AATSEEL Facebook page. history, literature, contemporary poli- Keep updated on news of the organization and tics and society. The program will also include a regional studies component, profession, and find other AATSEEL fans. with lectures and events focusing on the history, culture and current status of the Belarusian minority in Poland, as well as of the Podlasie region’s other ethnic groups, including Poles, Jews, 12 February 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 1 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER

Editor: Elena Denisova-Schmidt Cross-Cultural Communication University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

This column deals with cross-cultural issues. Topics covered will include teaching culture through language, cross-cultural communication in business environment and cross-cultural communication in academic settings. Any suggestions are wel- comed. Please contact Elena Denisova-Schmidt ([email protected])

Текст «АвтоВАЗ»

АвтоВАЗ – это большая российская компания. Продукты «АвтоВАЗа» – это автомобили. Бренды «АвтоВАЗа» – это «Лада» (например, модели «Лада Классик», «Лада Самара», «Лада Калина»). Штаб-квартира «АвтоВАЗа» – в Тольятти. Президента «АвтоВАЗа» зовут Алешин Борис Сергеевич. Ещё Борис Сергеевич – профессор (инженер) и президент гандбольного клуба России. Компания «АвтоВАЗ» тоже любит спорт. Компания – спонсор хоккейного клуба «Лада-Автоваз» в Тольятти. А команды1 LADA Racing и LADA Rally едут на чемпионаты в России, в Европе и в Африке. У «АвтоВАЗа» есть партнёры в Европе и в США. Так, у французской компании Рено есть акции «АвтоВАЗа». А Карлос Гон, президент «Рено», уже работает там.

1. Что любит президент «АвтоВАЗа»? (А) гандбол (Б) автомобили (С) русскую кухню

2. Кто акционер «АвтоВАЗа»? (А) «Рено» (Б) «Форд» (С) «Лада-Автоваз»

3. Где работает Карлос Гон? (А) он работает в «Рено» (Б) он работает на «АвтоВАЗе» (С) он не работает

Текст «Калина»

Концерн «Калина» – это большая косметическая фабрика в России. Штаб-квартира концерна «Кали- на» – в Екатеринбурге. Топ-менеджмент компании – это Тимур Рафкатович Горяев (президент) и Александр Юрьевич Петров (директор). Продукты компании – это косметика и парфюмерия. У Калины есть российские бренды, например, «Чёрный жемчуг2» и немецкие бренды, например, «Dr. Scheller». У концерна есть «дочки» в Европе – это, например, «Паллада-Украина» (Украина), Kalina Overseas Holding B.V. (Нидерланды), Dr. Scheller Cosmetics AG (Германия) и «Kalina International SA» (Швейцария). Концерн «Калина» пока не работает в США. Русские очень хорошо знают и любят продукты концерна «Калина». Детские клиники Екатеринбурга получают финансы из концерна «Калина». «Социальные проекты – это очень важно», думают менеджеры в «Калине».

1. Как зовут президента концерна «Калина»? (А) Петров Александр (Б) Путин Владимир (В) Горяев Тимур

2. Кто получает финансы из концерна «Калина»? (А) «дочки» концерна (Б) детские клиники (В) топ-менеджмент

3. Почему социальные проекты – это очень важно в бизнесе? (А) это хорошая реклама (Б) это позитивный имидж (В) так все работают 1. команды – teams 2. чёрный жемчуг – black pearl 13 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 1 February 2010

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Editor: Nina Wieda Graduate Student Forum Northwestern University ful work because, to put it bluntly, schol- The AATSEEL and the editors of the AATSEEL Newsletter would like to thank ars “over there” don’t need us as much our colleagues who serve as advisors to the Graduate Student Forum. They as they used to. You should definitely include Marina Balina (Illinois Wesleyan University); Margaret Beissinger lay some groundwork before heading (Princeton University); Thomas Beyer (Middlebury College); Robert Channon off to do research in the FSU/EE; it is (Purdue University); Halina Filipowicz (University of Wisconsin at Madison); a good idea to have a sense of who the and Sibelan Forrester (Swarthmore College). Look for their responses to new established and influential scholars are questions in future issues of the AATSEEL Newsletter. there in your field. Ideally, you should find out from scholars here in the States The AATSEEL newsletter graduate student column is seeking a new editor. The (e.g., your professors) whom you should current editor, Nina Wieda, is stepping down this spring due to graduation. Nina meet in the host country and, if possible, is thanking our graduate student readers for their challenging questions, and be given letters of introduction to pres- the faculty forum members - for their insightful answers. We invite motivated ent to the scholars abroad. Personal graduate students interested in serving as the column editor to email their CVs connections such as this can go a long to Betty Leaver at [email protected]. way and should definitely be exploited Question: interviewees/performers) have at times in order to make contacts abroad. Moreover, if scholars in the host country “I was really excited about the been challenging and demanding to work with, which can be very discour- give you some leads for local people country of my research after reading you could meet in your field, certainly its wonderful literature and the intrigu- aging. But I also know that I could have handled some things better than I did follow through with them. The more ing scholarship written about it by my people you meet in connection with predecessors. But when I arrived in the and that I’ve made mistakes. There are always two sides to any conflicts in the your research project (within reason, country for field research, the reality did of course), the better command you’ll not quite live up to my expectations. field: how we behave and are perceived vs. how our contacts do. So you need have overall of your materials. What One of the reasons I became interested you invariably find is that within com- in this culture is the supposed friendli- to take a step back and see if you can sort through some of the reasons on both munities of people (e.g., in academia) ness and openness of its people, but the in the FSU/EE, everyone seems to know people I met during my trip impressed sides as to why field research sometimes ends up being problematic. You can’t everyone else, so once you make a cou- me as neither particularly friendly nor ple connections, they typically start to open. Throughout my stay in the coun- change the behavior of your contacts in the host country, but you can work multiply. As for contacts in fieldwork, try, I felt awkward. Maybe I lack the get advice from the local specialists in necessary skills that would help me inte- on some of your own strategies and “skills,” thus perhaps improving your your field; they will know best where grate, but I do not know how to develop promising fieldwork lies. Finally, if them. Do you have any advice?” success in the field as well as making it more enjoyable. Needless to say, you have names of people in the host Answer: there is no set of easy guidelines for country who are family or friends of people you know in the States, they can This question doesn’t specify fieldwork; nonetheless, I will address three main areas: making connections, also be very fruitful connections, e.g., whether the disappointing experiences for socializing. In short, connections in are linked to interviews, fieldwork, or showing appreciation, and maintaining a sense of humor. the FSU/EE can be extremely helpful in overall contacts with people in the coun- terms of getting to know people both try of research, but since these three Connections among scholars and in fieldwork are super important. I rec- professionally and personally. areas inform my own fieldwork (and How you show your apprecia- the problems I’ve had), they frame my ognize that the situation in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (FSU/ tion for “services rendered” in your answers here. Field research can often fieldwork, such as by colleagues, in- be much less rewarding than we expect EE) has changed considerably since the communist period, when Soviet and terviewees, or performers, is also of or hope it will be. Fieldwork is just utmost importance. Your appreciation sometimes very difficult and frustrating East European scholars’ contacts with Americans provided much-wished- should translate into something that (and frankly, anyone who tells you that your contacts can gain from by way of s/he has never had a bumpy ride in the for ties for them with the West. Now, the contacts that are forged between their association with you: most often field is simply not being totally honest opportunities and gifts, but in the case with you). I admit that not all of my scholars in the FSU/EE and Americans– especially young doctoral students–are of certain types of fieldwork involv- field experiences have been wonderful, ing performers, money. You have to rosy events. My contacts (colleagues/ perhaps even more critical for success- 15 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 1 February 2010 be careful, in some circumstances, not is superficial in many ways. Many Sioras, Efstathia. 2009. Czech Republic to set unrealistic precedents with the people in the FSU/EE, however, just (Cultures of the World). Marshall amount that you “pay” for receiving don’t initially present themselves that Cavendish. (children’s book) what you are seeking, but you also need way; instead they may grow into feeling Trigos, Ludmila A. 2009. The Decem- to show your gratitude. Ask scholars warmth and affection for you. If they brist Myth in Russian Culture. New if there are research materials (e.g., don’t deliver at fi rst, it’s not because of York: Palgrave Macmillan. books) that you can get for them in you personally; it’s simply a different Volkov, Solomon. 2009. Magical cho- the States and either send them or give set of cultural conventions. So, if the rus: A history of Russian culture from them when you next visit. When you people you meet and (try to) work with Tolstoy to Solzhenitsyn. Vintage. go out for coffee with your peers, show are “neither particularly friendly nor your generosity by treating them. When open,” and you really don’t know why, Economics you visit someone at home, be sure to don’t turn it in on yourself; it’s their bring something–flowers, chocolate, problem, and they may very well even- Cooper, William, H. 2009. Russia’s wine, whatever. You’ll always hear, tually come around. You’ll benefi t in economic performance and policies “Oh, you didn’t have to!” but you also the long run from not taking it to heart. and their implications for the United always know that yes, you did have to– Laugh, and good luck! States. US Congressional Report. their statement is as much a formality history as is your offering them something as Margaret Beissinger a sign of your recognition. The culture Princeton University Heaney, Dominic et al., eds. 2009. East- of gifts in the FSU/EE should not be ern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia underestimated. 2009. Europa Publications. The last thing I will mention is Recent Publications continued Krasinski, Henry. 2009. The Cossacks of a different sort of advice (and may Continued from page 1 the Ukraine. General Books LLC. be the hardest to implement). It is to Qualis, Karl D. 2009. From ruins to re- Maxwell, Alexander. 2009. Choos- keep (or develop, as the case may be) construction: Urban identity in Soviet a sense of humor, and to not take what ing Slovakia: Slavic Hungary, the Sevastopol after World War II. Ithaca, you perceive as a lack of geniality or Czechoslovak language, and acci- NY: Cornell University Press. sociability too personally. Americans dental nationalism.Tauris Academic are all so smiley and accessible, which Studies. Continued on page 22 2010 Intensive Summer Language Institutes for Arabic, Chinese and Russian Teachers

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PSYCHOLOGY OF Editor: Valery Belyanin LANGUAGE LEARNING (Kaluga State University)

This column is intended to promote a dialogue for teachers of Slavic languages the L2 speaker, who does not yet have a regarding the psychological aspect of language learning. fixed knowledge of the right one. Submissions for future editions of this column should be sent electronically to It is evident that some scaffolding Valery Belyanin ([email protected]) is needed to assist learners in selecting appropriate lemmas from their yet very Enhancing Output Practice expressed in the format: IF X, THEN unstable L2 mental lexicon. To facilitate Y. The resulting surface structure then the process, I propose a very simple Based on Levelt’s Model of goes for phonological encoding in the technique that assists learners at the Speech Production Articulator. formulating stage of speech production. It is important to emphasize that The scaffolding activity we are about to Dr. Serafima Gettys describe is intended to help the begin- Director of the Foreign Language most processes in the Formulator and Articulator are conducted automati- ning learner to select correct forms out Program, Lewis University, Illinois of the variety of those that presumably [email protected] cally, which allows for more attention resources in the Conceptualizer. This become activated along with the re- Teaching students to speak in a is the point where L1 production dif- quired form. foreign language should be in sync with fers significantly from L2 production. Students receive worksheets with psycholinguistic mechanisms underly- For the proceduralization to take place the script of the phrases they are asked ing speaking in L2. One of the most in the Formulator, this stage of speech to produce in L2. These phrases serve influential psycholinguistic models of production in L2 needs a lot of practice. as simulated ‘preverbal messages’ ex- speech production today is the model And it is this formulating component pressed in the L1. Each speech task is proposed by William Levelt (1993). that classroom teachers should seek followed by a list of words that might Although the model was initially devel- to facilitate. This claim can be easily interfere with correct forms. oped for L1, it is often used to describe demonstrated by the kind of errors a Before producing the statement processes involved in L2 production. beginning learner of Russian makes. or question required by the script, the In simple terms, in accordance Most Russian teachers are familiar with student is asked ‘to scan’ other possible with Levelt’s model, speech production such mistakes as: lexical variants to make a conscious consists of three stages taking place in Я говорю *литовец (I speak Lithu- decision required for selecting the cor- the Conceptualizer, the Formulator, and anian *man) rect forms. the Articulator. In the Conceptualizer, Я говорю *литовский язык (I The activity has the following the speech intention is conceived and speak *in Lithuanian language) format: relevant information is selected and Я изучаю *по-русски. (I study *in a. Ask your friend if he or she speaks ordered. This process results in a prever- a Russian language) Russian. Before you do it, think what bal message, the conceptual structure, Иллинойс большой штат в word forms you are going to use. which then begins to be translated into *Америка (Illinois is a big state *Amer- You = ты, вы, Вы? a linguistic structure taking place in the ica) Formulator. There, the preverbal mes- One possible psycholinguistic ex- Speak = говорить, говорю, гово- sage activates lemmas in the speaker’s planation of the above mistakes (often ришь, говорит, говорим, говорите, mental lexicon (the syntactic, mor- treated as interference) is the presence говорят? phological information and semantic of these forms in the newly-emerging Russian - русский, русская, русские, information attached to lexical items) L2 (in this case, Russian) mental lexi- по-русски, русский язык? and syntactic building processes take con. These forms are most likely tied b. State that your parents do not speak place. These in turn produce a surface into semantic clusters and the zone Russian. structure of the future utterance - an of activation affects all or almost all ordered string of lemmas grouped in the already existing forms in a clus- My = мой, моя, моё, мои? phrases and sub-phrases. While knowl- ter: литовец, литовка, литовский, Parents = родители edge of lemmas in the mental lexicon по-литовски, литовский язык; or is a declarative knowledge, their ac- по-русски, русский язык, русская; or Do not = не tivation adheres to production rules Америка, американский, американец, (Anderson, 1982, 1983, 1993) - a type Speak = говорить, говорю, гово- американка, etc. In other words, all the ришь, говорит, говорим, говорите, of a procedural knowledge. Procedural activated variants come to the mind of knowledge is the knowledge used in the говорят? performance of some task and is usually 17 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 1 February 2010

Russian = русский, русская, рус- a way replicates the one that takes place is needed to support these very prelimi- ские, по-русски, русский язык? in the mental lexicon as the Formulator nary observations. searches for the appropriate lemma. For example, in order to state that The learners scan the data, presum- Literature his or her parents do not speak Russian ably replicating their mental lexicon, (b), the L2 learner needs to select the Anderson, J. (1993). Rules of the Mind. and selecting the necessary (correct) form “по-русски” as the only correct Hilsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum form. The procedure frees the L2 form corresponding to the syntactic Levelt, William J. M. Levelt Willem speakers’ Conceptualizer from semantic pattern of the sentence. In realizing this J. M. Speaking: From Intention to processing associated with conceiving speech intention, however, not only this Articulation. Mit Press, 1993. the Message, forcing them to make con- correct form becomes activated: the Swain, M. (2000). The output hy- scious choices of linguistic forms. process will most likely involve other pothesis and beyond: Mediating My experience shows that select- competing or incorrect forms to which acquisition through collabora- ing correct forms becomes automatic the correct form is inherently tied in tive dialogue. In J. Lantolf (Ed.). relatively soon and that applying this the learner’s mental lexicon, for ex- Socio-cultural theory and second procedure on a regular basis signifi- ample, such forms as русcкая, русcкий, language learning (pp. 97-114). cantly enhances fluency and accuracy, русские, русский язык, etc. Scanning promotes noticing and hypothesis test- these other forms pushes the learner to ing (see Swain’s Output Hypothesis, reflect actively on the language struc- 1998, 2000) and prepares learners for tures through cognitive comparison in spontaneous communication. Thanks to Looking for order to develop the hypothesis before this simple technique, beginning learn- he or she actually produces it. On Employment ers of Russian become more prepared producing the required form, students Opportunities? Try the for creating with the language - an im- receive immediate feedback that either portant qualitative difference between AATSEEL Website! confirms or rejects their hypothesis so the Novice and Intermediate levels of that they can modify their hypothesis http://www.aatseel.org proficiency. Further experimental study accordingly. The scanning procedure in

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enthusiasm and good will. Teaching at SUMMER LANGUAGE PROGRAMS the camp is not like an academic teach- ing routine, it’s more like fun where emphasis is made on communication. The AATSEEL Newsletter regularly announces information about summer and Our school will provide you with the winter language programs in Slavic and East European languages. We also an- daily topical schedule for the classes and nounce programs in Russian and East European cultural studies. As of the time will be happy to assist with lesson plan- of publication this fall, however, we had little specific information about any ning and teaching materials. University forthcoming programs. students are eligible to apply as volun- Program directors are encouraged to use these pages not only for display ads, teer teachers. You will gain valuable which do attract reader attention, but also for more detailed program descrip- practical experience, proven ability and tions which are carried in this column as a service item, in other words, free of contacts that you can use to get a future charge. job. Teaching at the camp can also be considered as an INTERNSHIP with If you are a program director wishing to share information about your program(s), all necessary paperwork and an on-site please e-mail your information to one of the editors by the deadline for the vari- internship supervision provided. ous issues, typically six weeks in advance of the issue’s publication date. These International participants have an deadlines can be found on the back cover of any issue of the newsletter or at the opportunity to attend Russian languages AATSEEL website: http://www.aatseel.org. classes every day. Russian classes are Our strong preference is for information to be submitted electronically. However, taught by well-educated native speak- we do continue, even in this era, to take copy submitted in paper form. The ad- ers trained to teach foreigners. Students dress for mailing information to the AATSEEL Newsletter is contained at the are placed in a group according to their masthead on page 2. level of Russian. No previous knowl- edge of Russian is required. Summer program information is carried in every issue, beginning in October We will also be happy to arrange of the academic year leading up to the deadline for enrollment in the program, courses on the Russian culture, history, typically through the April issue of the newsletter. Winter program information music, etc., if required. is carried in the October and December issues. We are dedicated to providing a stu- dent with the most excellent supervision Cosmopolitan Educational You will gain a first-hand experi- possible. All the students are supervised and each group has a group leader who Center, Novosibirsk, Russia ence of the Russian culture and life style and particularly the Siberian one. They is normally responsible for 10 students We have been running these pro- say if you want to know what real Rus- and stays with the group 24 hours a grams for fourteen years already. For sia is like you should go to Siberia. day. Everyone can expect a warm, sup- the past years volunteer teachers from This is a not-for-profit program. portive and friendly atmosphere along Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, Participation fee covers expenses on with professional service. Our goal is China, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, accommodation and ALL meals, and that a student has the most enjoyable Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Hong tuition fee for students as well. If you and worthwhile experience possible Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Ma- come to Russia (Siberia) on your own during the stay with us. We are deter- laysia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, or through a travel agency you will mined to ensure that everyone benefits Spain, the United States of America, as spend much more money compared to fully from the interaction with other well as university students and school what you would pay to participate in students and the staff. The Head of Stud- children from the USA, Great Britain, our programme. Participating in our ies, Psychologist, the Social Program Germany, Greece, Sweden and Switzer- program you won’t need much pocket Coordinator and the Program Director land have participated in our summer money, you may only need some spend- are constantly monitoring the program and winter language camp programs. ing money to buy souvenirs and gifts to to assure that everyone is enjoying the The major benefits to join our pro- take back home. stay and taking advantage of the many gram are as follows: All the local services (airport pick- activities offered by the school. Parents We organise an exciting cultural, up, local transportation, excursions) are allowed to the program. social and excursion program for inter- are provided by our school without any We also offer excursion packages national participants of the camp, which additional payment. which include trips to Moscow, St. Pe- is a very enriching experience. You will You don’t have to be a professional tersburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, be involved in interaction with the Rus- teacher in order to volunteer for the pro- Lake Baikal, the Altai Mountains, sian children, youth and adults all the gram. The most important aspect is your TransSiberian Railroad, ‘Welcome to time. This is the kind of experience you willingness to participate and share your Siberia’ program. All the details and will never get if you go as a tourist. knowledge and culture, as well as your

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tour descriptions are available at re- burg, one of the world’s most exciting sultancy you can contact us at any time quest. and fascinating cities. This short term by e-mail, skype, phone or ICQ listed: We provide all our foreign partici- immersion program ensures not only Tel: +7 (812) 3225808, + 7 (812) pants with an invitation to obtain a Rus- intensive language practice but also a 3183390, +7 (911) 206 85 78 E-mail: sian visa and arrange their registration great opportunity to soak up the atmo- natalia.pestovnikova@iqconsultancy. on arrival. sphere of Russian life and culture. ru or [email protected] IСQ: For further details please email cos- The classes are held in a historical 418528066 Skype: RussianinRussia [email protected] or cosmoschool2@ recently renovated building right in the mail.ru heart of St. Petersburg, just a five minute Prešov University walk from Nevsky Prospect, the main The Institute for Rusyn Language Dubravushka School and most bustling thoroughfare of the and Culture at Prešov University is inau- Getting potential Russian language city. The spacious classrooms are per- gurating the first international Summer students to Russia helps get students to fectly equipped with cutting edge study School in Rusyn Language and Culture begin the Russian language and/or to resources, which ensure an exciting and to take place in Prešov, Slovakia, be- continue with it. A prestigious 19 year effective process of learning Russian. tween June 14 and July 4, 2010. The old college preparatory boarding school Your students can come to Russia goal of Studium Carpato-Ruthenorum is located outside Moscow has a summer to study the Russian language with IQ to help students (from 18 years of age), camp program where English is taught Consultancy any time suitable for them. scholars, and others interested in Rusyn to high school aged Russians. Because There are two or three week summer studies attain proficiency or to improve the school is anxious to expose these programs on fixed dates or we can ar- their existing ability to communicate in students to native English speakers, it range a course for the students of your the Rusyn language and to broaden their offers a program which includes begin- university only, if they come in group knowledge of Carpatho-Rusyn history ning and intermediate Russian lessons of 6-10 students. Students can prolong and culture. Instruction will be provided at what is in effect a subsidized rate to their stay and study the Russian lan- by university professors, distinguished native English speaking high school guage with IQ Consultancy in a one-to Slavists, and specialists in Carpatho- aged students. (185 Euros/wk in 2008) one format or joining any current group Rusyn studies. This may be the only program where the of students. The language of instruction, in American students are socializing and The summer program comprises the parallel courses, will be either Rusyn or living mainly with Russian children. following activities which are included English. Language instruction consists The fee includes room and board, Rus- in tuition fees: 20 academic hours of of two hours per day of grammar and sian lessons, inclusion in all the camp General Russian a week in a group; 40 conversation, for a total of 30 hours. activities and airport pick up and drop hours for 2 weeks and 60 for 3 weeks Language classes will be divided into off. Watervaliet, NY Russian language respectively. three groups: Language instruction HS teacher Steve Leggiero had 5 of his IQ Consultancy offers different conducted in Rusyn (1) for beginners students in the program in 2008. Thru supplementary services to our students (levels A1, A2) and (2) for advanced local fund raising including obtaining (they are charged extra), such as pro- students (levels B1, B2); and (3) lan- funds from service clubs, Steve was viding visa support, arranging different guage instruction only for beginners able to reduce costs for his students. types of accommodation, transfer and an offered in English. Participants will For additional information, see www. entertainment program. On your wish, also attend history and culture lectures, dubravushka.ru or contact Bill Grant, we will fill in your afternoon hours with including presentations on Carpatho- volunteer US Agent, at 941-351-1596 cultural program after the language Rusyn folklore and folk life, Carpathian or [email protected] classes. We will show you the evening wooden architecture, Carpatho-Rusyn and night life of the city and arrange a literature, and other topics provided IQ Consultancy Summer School massive entertainment program at the either in English or in Rusyn. of the Russian Language weekends. We cooperate with differ- Scholarships for between five and IQ Consultancy offers an intensive ent reputable and established agencies ten participants to cover the costs of the two or three week summer program which provide these services and guar- program will be available. Participants for studying the Russian language to antee our students a comfortable stay in interested in applying for a scholar- foreign students majoring not only in St. Petersburg. ship must send a special request along the Russian language and literature but IQ Consultancy ensures not only with their application in the form of a also in history, economics, engineer- teaching excellence and a great aca- one-to-two-page essay describing their ing or any other subjects. The summer demic experience but guarantees a once- interest in the program and outlining school is the right option for everyone in-a-life-time stay in St. Petersburg. their financial need. willing to develop their language skills For further information on summer The cost for the entire program and get an unforgettable international language programs offered by IQ Con- (tuition, accommodations, three meals experience while exploring St. Peters- a day, extracurricular program) is 900

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Euros (approximately $1300). Partici- The five-week Polish language and highly intensive courses of Polish pants will subsidize their own travel to course (July 3-August 9) includes language. Prešov which can be reached by train 100 hours of instruction at beginning, For information and application from locations in Europe and by plane to intermediate or advanced lavers, plus materials contact: Professor Michael the international airport in Košice with lectures of Polish culture and sightsee- J. Mikoś, Department of Foreign Lan- bus connections to Prešov. ing. Cost estimate: $2,850, including guages and Linguistics, University of For further information, please tuition, room, and board, and 5 UWM Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, email Patricia Krafcik at krafcikp@ credits, plus round air trip transporta- WI 53201, (414) 229-4151 or 4948, fax evergreen.edu. For a duplicate of this in- tion Chicago-Warsaw-Chicago. The (414) 229-2741, e-mail: mikos@uwm. formation here, along with a schedule of program is open to students and the edu, www.lrc.uwm.edu/tour/ classes and activities, as well as an ap- general public. plication that can be downloaded, filled Also being offered are two, three, out, and sent as an attachment, please and four-week courses as well as two, go to the following website: C-RS.org three, four, and five-week intensive (the official site of the Carpatho-Rusyn Society). Completed applications may then be emailed to the following ad- UCLA Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures dress and must be received no later than Summer 2010 March 1, 2010: [email protected]. The postal address and phone number for Course ID Course title Session & number of weeks the Institute for Rusyn Language and Russian 10 Intensive Elementary Russian Session A Culture at Prešov University is: Ústav 8 weeks (12 units) rusínskeho jazyka a kultury, Prešovska univerzita, Namestie legionarov 3, Russian 20 Intensive Intermediate Session A 080 01 Presov, SLOVAK REPUBLIC. Russian 8 weeks (12 units) Phone: +412 (51) 7720 392. Russian 90BW Russian Civilization 20 Session A century 6 weeks (5 units) Summer Semester in Russian 4 Intermediate Russian for High Session A Petrozavodsk School Students 5 weeks (5 units) 12 May - 3 July 2010 (8 Credits) Romanian 103 Intensive Elementary Session A Enrollment Deadline: 16 January 2010 Romanian/Moldovan 6 weeks (12 units) Oklahoma State University offers a six-week course in Russian grammar, Session A – 5-week courses: June 21 – July 23 (Russian 4) conversation, composition, culture and 6-week courses: June 21 - July 30 (R90BW, R6, Rom 103) literature at Petrozavodsk State Uni- 8-week courses: June 21 - August 13 (R10, R20) versity, and a week-long tour of Saint Any of the Intensive Language courses satisfy a 1 year foreign language require- Petersburg and Novgorod. Excursions ment. to the Kizhi Island Museum of Wooden Russian 90BW satisfies UCLA’s GE Writing II requirement. Architecture, and an overnight at the Is- For fee breakdown, please go to www.registrar.ucla.edu and select Summer 2010 land Monastery of Valaam are included. and the class that interests you. Then click on the words “fee chart” located right Students will have opportunities for above the course ID number. fishing, boating, swimming, and white- For information on UCLA summer registration and housing, please go to: http:// water river rafting. Home-stays with www.summer.ucla.edu/. host families will include two meals a day. For details and pricing contact For more information about the Russian language courses, please contact Anna Professor Keith Tribble: 405 744 9551 Kudyma at [email protected]. or [email protected] UCLA Russian program: www.humnet.ucla.edu/russian. UWM Announces Summer Study in Poland For more information about the Romanian course, please contact Georgiana Gala- teanu at [email protected]. The University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee announces its 2010 annual For more information about the other courses, please contact Ksenia Kurnakova at Summer Study program in Poland at [email protected]. the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. UCLA Slavic Dept.: www.slavic.ucla.edu

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www.middlebury.edu/academics/ls/fel- The symposium dealing with con- Professional lowships_scholarships/kwd.htm. tributions of the US Czech and Slovaks Need-based Financial Aid Available to the development of relationships Opportunities to All Students - 45% of summer 2009 between the new and the old countries Language Schools students received will take place April 7-9, 2010. For per- a financial aid award, and the aver- sonal contact and submission of papers age award granted was approximately contact: Linda Ratcliffe at lratcliffe1@ Grants & Fellowships $4,900. To learn more about financial unl.edu, or Mila Saskova-Pierce at March 15, 2010 aid, visit http://www.middlebury.edu/ [email protected] US Embassy Policy Specialist (EPS) academics/ls/finaid/. Czech

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Join or Renew in 2010

Dear Members of AATSEEL,

As you know, the Annual Meeting of our Association takes place at the same time and in the same city as the annual convention of the Modern Language Association. The MLA has decided to change its regular meeting dates, beginning in 2011, from December 27-30 to the first Thursday through Sunday following January 2. AATSEEL will follow that practice. Thus there will be no AATSEEL annual meeting in 2010; we will next convene in Los Angeles in January 2011.

Because of this change the AATSEEL Executive Council has mandated a one-time ad- justment in the way in which membership dues will be collected over the next 18 months. AATSEEL will collect a single set of dues for the period from January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. These dues will be prorated to account for the fact that they cover 18, rather than 12, months of membership: they will be equal to one-and-a-half times the twelve-month 2009 membership dues rate (which will remain unchanged). Thereafter, beginning on July 1, 2011, dues will be once again gathered on a 12-month basis, and will cover the period from July 1 to June 30 (i.e. the 2011-2012 dues will cover from 7/1/2011 to 6/30/2012), a fiscal year or academic year rather than a calendar year.

You will be able to renew your AATSEEL membership for 2010-11 online, at www.aatseel. org, as of January 25, 2010. We urge you to renew as soon as you are able. Your member- ship will entitle you to receive all four issues of Volume 54 of the Slavic and East European Journal, and six issues of the Newsletter (February 2010 – April 2011). Members will also be able to vote in both of the upcoming elections in the spring of 2010 and 2011.

Best wishes, Caryl Emerson, President Patricia Zody, Executive Director

23 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 53, Issue 1 February 2010 AATSEEL 2010/2011 MEMBERSHIP FORM THIS FORM MAY BE PHOTOCOPIED. We Encourage all New and renewing members to pay 2010/2011 dues through the web (www.aatseel.org) with mastercard or Visa. TO JOIN, RENEW or CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS BY MAIL, fill in the information requested and return it with your check (payable to AATSEEL in US dollars) to: AATSEEL, c/o Patricia Zody, P.O. Box 569, Beloit, WI 53512-0569 USA. If you wish a receipt in addition to your canceled check, please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope. AATSEEL also accepts payment by Visa or Mastercard. (Please PRINT all information.) First name ______Last name ______Mailing address: Contact info (in case we have questions): ______Phone: ______Fax: ______Email: ______

MEMBERSHIP 2010/2011 Circle applicable rate(s) at left Membership Categories CY 2010/2011 and enter amount(s) below: Affiliate (Newsletter only) $45 Students $20 Independent Scholars $60 Retired & Emeritus $60 Secondary School Teachers $67.50 Instructors & Lecturers $75 Assistant Professors $82.50 Associate Professors $97.50 Full Professors $112.50 Non-Academic Members $82.50 Administrators $97.50 Sustaining Members $300 SUPPLEMENT for Joint Membership Fee for Higher-Ranking Name of Other Member: ______Member +$37.50 +$37.50, all SUPPLEMENT for Mail to address outside N. America categories Benefactor/Life Member $1000 PAYMENT METHOD (check one box; do not send cash): ❏ Check (US funds; payable to "AATSEEL, Inc.") (if check: check #______, date______, amt. $______); or Name on Card:______Credit Card: ❏ Visa; ❏ Mastercard Billing Address:______Account Number: | | | | |-| | | | |-| | | | |-| | | | | City/State/Zip:______

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24 February 2010 Vol. 53, Issue 1 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER AATSEEL Newsletter Information The AATSEEL Newsletter is published in October, December, February, and April. Advertising and copy are due six weeks prior to issue date.

PUBLICITY AND ADVERTISING POLICY Free of Charge: Full scholarship study tours and stateside study programs, meetings, job information, new classroom materials, and similar announcements are published free of charge. Advertising Rates: Commercial ads of interest to the profession are accepted at the following rates and sizes: (Other sizes, such as vertical half-pages and quarter pages, can sometimes be accepted; please query first.) Full page $200 7 5/8" x 9 3/8" Half page $150 7 5/8" x 4 5/8" Quarter page $90 3 5/8” x 4 5/8” Column inch $30 Approx. 6 lines

Advertisement Composition Fee: The AATSEEL Newsletter staff will compose your advertisement for you based on your text, specifications (if any), and graphics (provided by you or suggested by the staff). There is a $75 fee for this service.

Error Correction Fee: If advertisers wish to have the AATSEEL Newsletter staff correct errors in text, graphics, or com- position that were created by the advertiser, there will be a $50 correction fee. Similarly, if an advertiser wishes to use an advertisement from a previous year and change dates and other information within the ad, there will be a $50 correction fee. Questions on advertising fees and determination of whether an announcement is an advertisement should be addressed to the Executive Director. Format: Preferred format for advertisements is PDF or eps with embedded fonts. Either Macintosh or PC format is ac- ceptable. Advertisements without graphics may be sent as word files; rtf is preferable if using programs other than Word or WordPerfect. Files may be e-mailed to the editor ([email protected]). Detailed instructions for advertisers on how to prepare advertisements for the AATSEEL Newsletter can be found on the AATSEEL website: http://www.aatseel.org. Questions not answered there and requests for exceptions should be addressed to the Editor.

Visit the AATSEEL Web site For current online information about AATSEEL and its activities, employment opportunities, publishing advice, and many other resources visit AATSEEL on the web: http://www.aatseel.org TheAATSEEL Ne w s l e t t e r Volume 53 Issue 1 February 2010

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