SEMESTER \ TERM Language and Culture SPRING in Global Russia Moscow, Russia

Immerse yourself in the Russian language and explore the diversity of Russophone culture in Moscow and beyond – from St. Petersburg to Siberia. Improve your Russian language skills by studying and living at Lomonosov Moscow State University. Through readings, coursework, and travel, students explore Russia’s emergence as a cultural world power and the development of—and debate over—Russian Carleton College, one of the nation’s top national identity. liberal arts colleges, now operates the long-established Global Engagement COURSES • Reading for Russia programs previously offered by Antioch • Cultural Immersion: Moscown • Novice, Intermediate, or Advanced Education Abroad. (15-week program only) Russian Language One North College Street • Russia’s Hallowed Places Northfield MN 55057 (507) 222-4435 CREDIT Learn more at [email protected] 16 semester credits go.carleton.edu/globalrussia go.carleton.edu/engage Language and Culture in Global Russia Moscow, Russia

Beginning in spring 2018, undergraduate students from colleges and universities across the United States are invited to participate in Language and Culture in Global Russia, a Carleton College program since 1995. Students intensively develop their Russian language skills while exploring Russian culture and history, immersing themselves in a dynamically changing country striving to redefine and reestablish itself culturally and economically.

LOCATION CORE COURSES The program is based in Moscow, where students study Program participants enroll in Cultural Immersion: Moscown in the Philological Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State (15-week program only), Russia’s Hallowed Places, Reading University and live in the university’s historic Stalin-period for Russia, and Novice, Intermediate, or Advanced dormitory. On excursions, participants pair with Russian Russian Language. students to explore corners of the city often unknown even to Muscovites. LEADERSHIP Program director Diane Nemec Ignashev, Class of 1941 TRAVEL AND EXCURSIONS Professor of Russian and the Liberal Arts, Carleton College, Through a variety of field trips beyond Moscow, students teaches Russian language, as well as Russian culture and explore firsthand the influences that contributed to theories of culture. Her current research focuses on Russian Russia’s emergence as a cultural world power. Field trips film, Gulag fiction, and the life and work of poet Marina include Vladimir, Suzdal, Murom, St. Petersburg, and a Tsvetaeva. She has lived and worked in Russia for many 10-day venture to the Lake Baikal region, on the border years, holds a joint position in the Department of Discourse with Mongolia. and Communication Studies at Moscow University, and has led twenty academic tours to Russia since 1988. LANGUAGE Students must have completed at least two semesters CREDIT of Russian language by the program start date. Russian Students receive credit through Carleton College. language courses are taught entirely in Russian, while 15-week semester participants enroll in 33 Carleton credits instruction for the culture courses is principally in English. (equivalent to 16 semester credits), and 10-week quarter/term Heritage students are encouraged to apply to the program. participants enroll in 18 Carleton credits. Whenever possible, accommodations will be made for heritage learners’ special needs and abilities. SPRING SEMESTER/TERM • 15-week semester Learn more at (mid-February to early June) • 10-week term go.carleton.edu/globalrussia (late March to early June)

Antioch Education Abroad is now Carleton Antioch Global Engagement. Carleton College, one of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges, now operates the long-established Global Engagement programs previously offered by Antioch Education Abroad. Carleton champions an interdisciplinary, liberal arts approach to learning with the highest commitment to academic excellence.