^ The Lawrencian Cnronicle The University of Kansas, Lawrence Edith W. Clowes and Donna A. Waters, Editors www.ku.edu/~s1avic/

Although during my high school years I wanted to specialize in his FEATURE INTERVIEW tory, at the last moment I chose phi lology. Here two circumstances were decisive. First of all, I graduated from high school in 1973, the depths PETR BUKHARKIN, Ful- of the Brezhnev regime. At this time bright Visiting Professor from history was totally politicized. It St. Petersburg University would have been impossible to study By Yana Grigortchuk, MA. candidate, Slavic history without accepting the official Marxist view. Being a very apoliti cal person, I have never been actively Petr Evgenievich, we would like to interested in politics. I never shared Petr Bukharkin, visiting Fulbright Scholar know a little bit more about your a Marxist view of history, and, as I from St. Petersburg. background. like to say, I am anti-Communist. At this same time, I started to read My whole life is connected with Pe American literature of the twentieth tersburg, I grewup in Petersburg, century. I particularly loved Faulk lived there, studied in school and at ner, who left a lasting impression on CHAIR'S CORNER the university. I have worked there me, really one of the strongest es my whole life, except for the times thetic impressions of my life. Read when I traveled. My family heritage ing Faulkner changed my perception is quite unusual. On my mother's of the world and my attitude to litera side all of my ancestors lived in Pe ture. As a result, I began studying tersburg from the end of the eight Russian literature, and since then all Marc L. Greenberg, eenth century on, so I can say that I my life has been devoted to that. Chair,Slavic Languages am a true citizen of Petersburg. Es and Literatures pecially in the beginning of the twen tieth century many of them were in What is the topic of your current volved with some kind of science. research and what plans do you One of my great-grandfathers was a have for the future? well-known historian, another was a WE COUNT OUR BLESSINGS The area of my research interests is famous doctor, a professor at War saw University. In the 1930s many fairly broad. I work with all of Rus This has been a challenging year for of my relatives suffered in Stalin's sian literature from the end of the the Department, but one in which we camps, which, of course, left its trace seventeenth century, the years lead ing to Peter's reforms, and ending have come out quite well neverthe in our family life. with the twentieth century. My pri less. We continue to swim upstream as the Kansas State Legislature con Although on my father's side my mary area of specialization is eight tinues to cut back on education. The family comes from the Volga region, eenth-century and nineteenth-century Humanities, as always, receive what I know very little about them. My literature. Eighteenth-century litera ever might trickle down to the bot grandfather, who was also a philolo ture I study as a history of literature, tom. On the bright side, however, our gist and a professor at St. Petersburg trying to find its recurrent patterns. University was arrested and in 1935 Nineteenth-century literature I re alumni and friends have begun to died at an early age in a Stalinist search differently. Most of all, I am rally to our cause andhave given our department some funds that will help concentration camp. interested in classical works of litera ture: Pushkin, Gogol, Tolstoy, Tur- us offer the best programs that we I grew up in my mother's family, genev, and the principles that define can. Further, we were challenged by which took its strength from the tra the artistic world created in their the absence of our invaluable col ditional gentry culture of the nine texts. I analyze these texts from the league, Professor William Comer, teenth century, something that re point of view of rhetoric andherme- who took a well-deserved sabbatical mains very close to me. neutics. I also try to connect literary respite during this academic year. His Continued page 2 Continued page 6 Another reason for the crisis is that Something else that impressed me is FEATURE INTERVIEW our culture has suddenly changed. American patriotism. We came to The communist regime preserved the United States right after the trag cultural life. In Soviet Russia, nine edy of September 11, and I really Continued from page 1 teenth-century writers kept their au liked how national pride was thority, as did older Western classics. shown—with flags and open support history with two other kinds of his Russian culture has lagged behind of citizens for their government. I tory, the history of culture and the European culture, something that has have encountered no hostility to history of the church and Russian its virtues. It cannot be said that lit wards foreigners. It also strikes me spirituality. My third major interest erature of the end of the twentieth that life in American universities is is poetics, rhetoric, and the peculiari century is great. It is obviously infe oriented toward people, toward mak ties of artistic discourse. rior to literature of the early twentieth ing resources accessible and conven century. Preservation lent more ient. It still impresses me that librar depth of seriousness. Russian culture ies are open until midnight. In some What perspectives do you see for was constantly preoccupied with ma other universities, my friends told me our area of study as philologists? jor problems, for example, with that libraries work all night long— death, with individual responsibility, this is absolutely wonderful. Life is The job of a critic is to understand with religion. After the fall of the structured in such a way that people someone else's text. The goal of Soviet Union, literature made a quick can do what they want. critical approaches is not to impose jump forward and chaos ensued. meaning upon the text, but to under stand what that text is saying. Phi Russian identity is going through a lology teaches people to listen to very difficult period. Like Ameri other opinions. I think that for cans, Russians are used to feelings of American culture it is especially im national pride and power, and now portant because all of American cul everything has crumbled. Now geo ture is based on a complex connec political influence has been lost, and tion between different cultural tradi no one knows what to do next. Lit tions and different views of the erature has lost its national idea that DEPARTURES world. It seems to me that American inspired so many people, including culture is an example of the harmonic Solzhenitsyn and Brodskii. At the connection between many different moment it is unclear what Russia's cultural traditions. In this connection mission should be. Surely it is not Jon Giullian literary scholarship is extremely in just to spread the Mafia around the passed his Ph.D. teresting and remains important for world! comprehensive humanity. oral exam on May 7, 2002 and will What are your impressions about On the other hand, literary studies as be working on his your stay in the States? a scholarly field is in crisis. It is ob dissertation. Beginning in August vious that philology, linguistics and I keep on telling everybody that I 2002, Jon will be taking a temporary literature are currently in a methodo really like the United States. It is not leave of absence to study library sci logical dead end. There are many just gratitude to this country, which ence at Indiana University in Bloom- methods of study, but they are all al has been so kind in hosting me. ington. He has been awarded a ready well known, and there is very What has really surprised me is that FLAS to study Serbo-Croatian and little that is new. America is really a New World. It is work on the MLS degree with em really different from Europe. My phasis in Slavic bibliography and reference. Jon said he will be sad to What do you think about life in stay in America made me reconsider leave, even for a short time, but Russia? connections and relationships be tween Russia and Europe. America hopes to broaden his range of skills To some extent Russian culture is go is really a new culture and civiliza in an ever changing job-market. ing through a crisis. There are a tion, and is developing dynamically number of reasons for this crisis: the and in a promising way. main one is the difficult economical Melia Moss Something I very much like, which situation. You can see the results graduated from may seem shallow but isn't—is very clearly in the arts, for example, the Theater & American friendliness. Except for in music. The majority of musicians Film Department crossing the border, I never encoun now work abroad, and our orchestras this Spring. She tered unfriendliness. People always spend much of their time abroad. It has long served greet each other with a smile. This is is difficult to say whether musical as the Depart part of the openness of American cul life is worse than it was. It is in cri ment's Student sis, but more active because of con ture. Assistant and will be sorely missed. tact with foreign musicians. Continued naee 3 students. The Slavic Folk Song Ensemble entertained the guests DEPARTURES along with a guest performance from Aleksandr Snytkin, violinist, from Continued from page 2 Lithuania. Students received certificates and book awards for She plans to move to Baltimore in excellence in various levels of July. Melia wants everyone to know Croatian, Serbian, Polish, Russian how much she has appreciated and Ukrainian. Adrienne Landry working with the faculty and staff received the Nelson Scholarship over the last four years. She will ($1,500) and John Erlinger was miss the department and try to keep awarded a FLAS to study in Ukraine in touch. this summer. Inducted into Dobro Slovo, the national honor society for Ania Bodziacka, students majoring in Russian CREES student, Language & Literature, were John who has been Bidwell, Daniel Doughty, Adrienne very active in the Landry, and Kara Smith. Three Slavic Depart students received additional awards.

ment was mar Patrick Carrier, a doctoral student in Violinist Aleksandr Snytkin entertains guests ried on March 18th to Daniel Theatre and Film, from Bemidji, at the Honors Reception. Dworzanski. She and her husband Minn., received the Kuhlke Russian will be living in Rochester, NY. She Theatre Award for $2,000. Lyle has applied for a Professional McMillan, Sophomore in Political Assistant position at Skalny Science and Slavic Languages and Foundation for Polish & Central Literatures, from Jamestown, will CHRONICLE OF EVENTS European Studies in New York. study for one year in Russia through Good luck, Ania. the National Security Education Program Award, and John Bidwell, a Former Ambassador to Turkmenistan, Senior, received a grant from the Steven Mann, visited KU November 10- American Council of Teachers of 12, 2001 and spoke to students about Russian to study at the KU summer careers in foreign service and to the program in Zagreb and Dubrovnik, broader KU community about oil politics Croatia. in the Caspian Sea.

On December 7, 2001, Professor Gerald Mikkelson gave a Slavic Graduate Studies Colloquium talk entitled "The Grass is Greener Where We're Loved: HONORS RECEPTION Fedor Tiutchev's Petersburg Poems."

Professor Donna Orwin, Professor of Slavic, University of Toronto, delivered two talks during her visit March 23-26, The annual Slavic Department 2002. A presentation in Professor Honors Reception was held this year Clowes's ongoing faculty seminar on on April 18th in the Malott Room of Philosophy and Literature at the Hall the Kansas Union. Over 75 people Prof. Clowes presents awards to Dobro Slovo winners. Center was entitled: "Inverse Idealisms: attended with honors given to 45 Continued on page 4 Continued on page 10

In this issue:

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Elementary Level Kale Bruner Continued from page 3 Patrick Carriere Dustin Chase Bruce Fowler Erik Pavlovich Mark Rydzynski Molly Rydzynski Andrew Shernuk Adam Shoffner Anne Wallen

Jon Giullian, Jozi Lutackas & Piotr Zygmunt

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Elementary Level Kathleen King-Masten

Intermediate Level Intermediate Russian Award Winners Jon Giullian Jozi Lutackas Intermediate Level Piotr Zygmunt Cynthia V. Blah- Brian J. Gordon Advanced Level Lyle N. Mcmillan Annmarie Komorowski Irakli Mirzashvili Randy Masten Grant Nichols Anna Rymarz Joy R. Stortvedt

Kathleen King-Masten with Ania Bodziacka Advanced Level Russian Award Winners

Advanced Level Paul Becker Marcie Harder Stephanie Hockman Sarah Jewell Adrienne Landry Maureen Morton Callie Stanley Jeremy Wade

Elementary Level Russian Award Winners Prague, the group enjoyed an the program are available at introductory guided tour of the city's http://www.ku.edu/~slavic/prague/prag main landmarks. During the first ue%20intro.htm. evening, both professors hosted a dinner in a local Czech restaurant. STUDENT NEWS Typical days consisted of morning lectures by Czech professors from Adrienne Landry plans next year to Charles University and afternoon finish both her degrees in History and excursions. Evenings provided Slavic. She received a number of opportunities to savor theatrical and awards this year, including Academic musical performances. Students were Excellence for Advanced Russian, also given time for personal induction into Dobro Slovo Honors exploration, shopping, sightseeing, and Society, and the Nelson Scholarship. SERBIAN & CROATIAN research. Maureen Morton received 1st prize

Elementary Level (Pictured above) The itinerary included visits to Prague for Non-Heritage Learners, Category Yana Grigortchouk Castle, Charles Bridge, Old Town and 1, Level 4, in the Third Annual ACTR Kendra Holtzmann Wenceslas Square, Jewish Quarter, National Post-Secondary Russian Andrea Vercellone and Mala Strana. Local and KU Essay Contest!!! Great going, professors accentuated the learning Maureen! Advanced Level experience by incorporating the Eric Nolan plans to continue his John Bidwell cultural and historical relevance of the Greg Christiansen studies at KU for another semester, attractions. The theatrical component maybe two. This spring he received of the program provided students with UKRAINIAN recognition for his excellent work in tickets to performances of La Traviata Ukrainian and was inducted into the Patrick D. Crabb at the State Opera House, Hamlet in International Keys Honors Society. Christopher E. Nolan the National Theater, Don Giovanni in Scott J. Shackelford the Estates Theater, Small October in Kara Smith spent fall semester the tiny by very popular Theater Na studying in Moscow, with the Moscow Zabradli, Laterna Magika's Odysseus, Institute for Advanced Studies and and Mozart's Requiem at the came home with a beautiful scrapbook Municipal Building. After each full of photos and mementos. She program, students and faculty spent fall break in Prague, one of the discussed the performances in cafes most beautiful cities in the world. She and pubs. also visited St. Petersburg, Vladimir, Suzdal, and Sergeiev Posad. She The program concluded with a writes that she is "addicted to delightful evening of dining and travelling" and plans to spend this reflection at the historic U sedmi svabu Ukrainian students: Scott Shackelford, summer travelling through Europe in Mala Strana. Heightening the Christopher Nolan & Patrick Crabb (and perhaps, if money permits, back restaurant's medieval atmosphere was to Russia again) with someone she met a spontaneous exhibition of fire- on the Moscow program. swallowing outside in the falling snow. UNDERGRADUATE NEWS After returning to KU, students Congratulations to Allison Smith who integrated their Prague experiences will be entering graduate school in into research papers and journals. environmental studies at Western Further information and photos about Illinois University next fall!

STUDENTS TAKE CULTURE COURSE TO PRAGUE By Adrienne Harris-Boggess (PhD candidate, Slavic) & Mark Willcoxon (MA, CREES, 2002)

In January, 2002, Professors Edith Clowes and Dennis Christilles (Theater Dept.) introduced a group of KU students to Czech culture and theater. During the Fall, students prepared for their winter journey to Prague by exploring the country's rich history, literature, art, language, and theatrical traditions. Upon arrival in CHAIR'S CORNER

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duties were partially fulfilled by ex tra efforts on the part of Prof. Maia Kipp and Meghan Murphy-Lee (ABD in Slavic linguistics and lan guage pedagogy); nevertheless, his absence was strongly felt, and we eagerly await his return in August of this year.

Last year at the April Honors Recep tion for our students, I kvetched about the lamentable state of lan guage-learning in the academy. As university budgets tightened, lan guage programs began to go on the Professors Andrzej Karcz, Marc Greenberg, and Stephen Parker represent the Slavic Department at chopping block. I also cited a New KU's First Open House. York Times article, published the day before our Reception, which pointed up the critical need for language ex Department's Administrative Spe manifested in expanded possibilities pertise as a matter of national secu cialist, but the heart of our depart for exchange of students and faculty, rity. This pointed to the symbiosis ment. And she is not only the heart as well as joint research and publica that drives the academy: national of our Department, but also the tion projects where common interests priorities set the agenda, writ large, lungs, and I am pleased to say that exist. It is a great honor for KU to be of the goals for higher education. those lungs are healthier since she associated with one of the finest in Less than six months later the na has successfully kicked her smoking stitutions of higher education, not tional priorities changed radically habit as of January 1, 2002. In a very only in Russia but in the world. It and so we are beginning to see the real sense, Donna serves as the lungs goes without saying that we will miss effects of that change in our dis of the Department: she controls the Petr and Lidia when they return course and will soon see it in our only two windows in our Departmen home at the end of this semester, but curriculum. Although I would be the tal wing. Our faculty and students are we are glad that we will also have last person to celebrate the events of urged to be courteous to her, lest she new opportunities to see them as we last September, the silver lining in cut off our air supply! carry out our joint projects. this dark cloud is that the United States has suddenly awakened to the We have been fortunate to have de We are pleased this year to have Pro necessity of looking outward and lightful visitors, Professor Petr Buk- fessor Joseph Conrad back among training young people to understand harkin, and his wife, Lidia Stre- us after his recovery from bypass the rest of the world and to learn its chen, who have, under the auspices surgery. He is back with vigor and languages. What we can celebrate is of Fulbright, provided us with won pumping on all cylinders. a new era in which what we love to derful courses that have helped our do - teach and learn languages and students to expand their horizons. understand other cultures - has be We would like to Prof. Bukharkin presented our own come valued once again. We hope thank Leann Keefe for Prof. Gerald Mikkelson with an and expect that this renewal of inter carrying the folklore honorary doctoral degree from the St. est will mark a renaissance in our program during Joe's Petersburg University, which he was field and a commensurate burgeoning absence. recently awarded in Russia. All of us of our programs. will benefit from the close ties be Last year we said good-bye to two of tween the Bukharkin and Mikkelson our long-time faculty, Professors One of the blessings families, as Peter and Jerry have pre Jadwiga Maurer and Bill March. we can count is that pared a document that will open a With those two retirements, we be we have added a number of areas of cooperation be gan a new era in the non-Russian new member to our tween the KU Slavic Department and offerings of our Department. We are Department, Ms. the Philological Faculty of St. Pe pleased to have been able to hire Donna Waters, who has very tersburg University. The closer ties Prof. Andrzej Karcz (Ph.D., Univer quickly become not just the Slavic between these two entities will be sity of Chicago), whose youth and enthusiasm promise to help us build cial Service Agencies, Mental Health Spring 2002. She also helped to or up our program in West Slavic lan Agencies and the Douglas County ganize and participated in "Devil guages and literatures. Further, we Court this year. I have been working Day at Duke," a one-day academic have been fortunate enough to have on my dissertation on Andrei Bitov's conference on "The Fiend in the Rus harnessed the skill and energy of major novel Pushkin House as the sian Visual and Literary Arts." three instructors, Uros and Zina Museum of the Soviet School Cur Petrovic as well as my wife, Marta riculum. Jennifer Day from the Col The high point of Prof. Carlson's Pirnat-Greenberg, to keep our lege of Wooster and I organized the summer was a visit to the Slav Lands South-Slavic offerings alive. Coupled panel "St. Petersburg in Twentieth- with KU Chancellor Robert E. He- with new summer programs in Po Century Russian Literature" at the menway in June 2001. She escorted land and Croatia, our non-Russian AAASS where I presented a paper the Chancellor to L'viv, Ukraine, and offerings are not only alive, but do "The Sojourn of Mednyi Vsadnik in St. Petersburg, Russia. In Russia she ing very well. the 20th Century." May 2001, I di and the Chancellor were joined by rected the Russian play "Anniver KU SLL Professor William Comer. sary: A Joke in One Act" by Anton Chancellor Hemenway had an oppor Chekhov." tunity to see KU Slavic programs in place and to meet with KU students, partner faculty, and administrators. Congratulations to Evgenia Walton, Michael Johnson, and John Giul- Now back at KU, Prof. Carlson con lian who completed their Ph.D. com tinues as Director of the Center for prehensive exams this last year! Russian and East European Studies. Much of her time has gone to out reach activities this year, including Matt Feeney attended Summer participating in a round table on the 2001 Croatian Language & Culture GRADUATE STUDENT tenth anniversary of the collapse of Institute in Zagreb, Croatia taking NEWS the Soviet Union and organizing a intensive courses in Croatian. major international conference on "Building a Vital U.S.-Ukraine Part nership," co-sponsored by the Su preme Allied European Command Meghan Murphy-Lee went to St. and the U.S. and Kansas National Petersburg in 2001 with the KU pro Guards. Prof. Carlson continues to gram. In December she presented a serve on the Board of AAASS as paper at AATSEEL on the use of Chair of the Council of Institutional email dialogue journals in the Rus Members and to engage in a variety sian classroom. She is planning to of other service activities in and for defend her dissertation this summer. the profession. Most recently she was elected Vice-Chair of the Coun Adrienne Harris-Boggess went to cil of National Resource Center Di Prague twice this year, once to com rectors. Her current research has

plete third-year Czech at the Charles Jon Giullian as the "Wolf " trying to put the briefly stepped out of the Russian University and once with the Prague moves on "Little Red Riding Hood" played by fin-de-siecle to focus on "The Dark group in January. This summer she Marcie Harder. Side of Aleksandr Dugin." will be the group leader for the 2002 St. Petersburg Summer Program. During Spring, 2001, Professor Edith Clowes enjoyed a second se Shannon Doyle received a FLAS to FACULTY NEWS mester on leave, supported by a fel study Polish during 2001-2002. lowship from the National Endow Currently she is studying in Krakow ment for the Humanities. She com and will be back in June. In Febru pleted a first draft of her current book ary she wrote: "Krakow is beautiful. Professor Maria Carlson was in project, "Fiction's Overcoat: Rus I spent a few days in Warsaw, but the vited by Duke University to spend sian Literary Culture and the Ques weather was terrible so I didn't see Spring 2001 as a Visiting Professor tion of Philosophy." In April she very much. It reminds me a lot of of Russian Literature and Culture. attended a conference in Trier, Ger Moscow." There she taught two courses, "Intro many, devoted to the philosophers, duction to Russian Culture" and a Solov'ev and Nietzsche, where she new course, "The Devil in Russian gave a talk on "Vasilii Rozanov als Galina Griffiths, Ph.D. candidate, Literature." Having practiced on philosophischer Nachkommling von writes: "I have done interpreting at appreciative Duke students, she is Solov'ev und Nietzsche." In May the Behavioral Health Network, So now teaching it to KU students in Continued page 8 on Turgenev's Themes and Tech poststrukturalistyczne propozycje" niques," appeared in Russian Lan (Teksty Drugie, Warsaw). The first FACULTY NEWS guage Journal. "Chekhov and Tur- of these articles discusses the history genev" appeared in Publications of of Polish studies at KU, beginning Continued from page7 the Slavic Seminar of the University with the eminent emerita Prof. Jad- of Tubingen. "Male Mythological wiga Maurer, and continues with a Beings in South Slavic Folklore" discussion of student interest in Pol she made a research trip to Moscow came out in Slavic and East Euro ish in the present day both at KU and where she interviewed documentary pean Folklore Bulletin. at American universities in general. filmmakers and worked in literature He also published an essay "Poland" and history archives on the topic, in Encyclopedia of Life Writing "The Look of Russian Philosophy." Professor Marc L. Greenberg was (London, England). Prof. Karcz or Her work on the literary roots of promoted in August 2001 to the rank ganized and presided over two pan Russian philosophy has resulted in a of Full Professor, and he continues to number of talks, one at the fall els: "Issues in Twentieth-Century serve out his sentence as Department AAASS on Berdiaev's autobiogra Polish Literature" at the 2001 AAT- Chair. Recently his reminiscences on phy and one at this spring's Ameri SEEL in New Orleans, LA, and the late Prof. Pavle Ivic were pub can Comparative Literature Associa "Borderlines and Correspondences: lished in a memorial volume to the tion meetings on Shestov and tragic Polish Literature and the Other Arts" great dialectologist in issue 42 (2001) philosophy. at the 2001 AAASS in Crystal City, of Juznoslovenski filolog (Belgrade). VA. During the summer he traveled The rights to the translation of his Fall, 2001, saw a return to teaching to Poland where he participated and book, A Historical Phonology of the and administrative duties. Working took part in discussion at The 2nd Slovene Language (Heidelberg together with Professor Dennis Congress of Polish Studies Abroad, 2000), were purchased by Aristej Christilles of the Theater Depart University of Gdansk. During his Publishing Co. in Maribor, Slovenia, ment, Professor Clowes designed, second trip to Poland in January 2002 which won a grant from the Ministry administered, and taught an innova Prof. Marc L. Greenberg and he es of Culture of the Republic of Slove tive introduction to Czech culture. tablished contacts and met with the nia to have the work translated into The first 18 hours of the course were directors of the Jagiellonian Univer Slovene. The Ministry issued a conducted on campus and involved a sity School of Polish Language and statement that the book was "of na brief introduction to Czech language Culture in Krakow. The purpose of tional importance." Professor and lectures on Czech history, art, the trip was to organize KU Summer Greenberg's article on the etymology architecture, literature, and theater. Polish Study Abroad Program in Po of Common Slavic *ceta will appear The final 27 hours were comprised of land. The trip was a great success, in the next issue of International lectures, lecture tours, theater and and the Polish program, like its Croa Journal of Slavic Linguistics and museum visits in Prague, January 2- tian counterpart, was launched early Poetics (New Haven/Los Angeles). 13,2002. in the spring 2002. He is currently working on a paper on the typology of Slovene word As always, Professor Clowes has prosody for a special Slovene issue Professor Maia Kipp has had a busy been involved with outreach activi of Sprachtypologie und Universa- year working with producers of sev ties, talks at local schools and or lienforschung (Berlin: Akademie eral Russian performances. In No ganizations and the ever-popular Verlag). vember and December 2001, she Russian Day on Campus. Together helped the KU Theatre and Film De with Professors Carlson, Greenberg, Somehow Professor Greenberg man partment produce The Cherry Or and Mikkelson, she has been in ages to keep up with his hobbies. As chard. She did research, gave tech volved with organizing events for the a member of the Mandofest Orches nical advice, lectured, and coached campus celebration of the St. Peters tra he gave a performance on the the actors. November 2001, she was burg tercentenary during the calendar classical guitar April 6, at Law hired to serve as a language coach for year 2003 (see calendar of upcoming rence's very own Liberty Hall. He the Kansas City Symphony Chorus. events). has also recently taken up the ba She worked on two projects: Proko roque lute. fiev's cantata from Aleksander Nev- sky and in April 2002, The past year was a trying one for Shostakovich's 13th Choral Sym Professor Joseph Conrad. On July Professor Andrzej Karcz, assistant phony. The author of the lyrics to 27 he underwent triple by-pass sur professor of Polish Language and this symphony told Professor Kipp gery. On leave during Fall semester Literature, published two articles that he "was surprised to learn they he has been back teaching this Spring recently in Polish journals: "Polo- [the chorus] were not Russian sing semester and enjoying it as always. nistyka na uniwersytecie amerykan- ers." This spring she wrote and pro Professor Conrad saw several articles skim: casus University of Kansas" duced the Russian play, Little Red published in 2001. His article, (Postscriptum, Katowice) and Riding Hood: Postmodern Varia "Chekhov's 'Ionych' as Commentary "Kryzys badan literackich i po- tions (pictured on page 10).

Continued page 9 PhD candidate Michael Johnson pre Instructor for Serbo-Croatian, for the Manual)" in Lviv, Ukraine this year. sented a paper by Professor Kipp on translation of Marc L. Greenberg's This is the first Ukrainian language her experience with Russian plays at book, A Historical Phonology of the textbook for English-speaking stu the last AATSEEL conference. She Slovene Language (2000). The Slo dents to include a large cultural- will also have a book review pub vene-language edition will be pub orientation component. lished in a theatre journal and an en lished by Aristej Publishing Co. later try on a particular Russian theatre in this year. Professor Gerald Mikkelson's Ful- the upcoming Encyclopedia of Rus bright grant has been renewed for a sian History. In addition to his position as Lan second year and he and his family guage Coordinator in the Depart will leave for another ten months in ment, Professor William Comer Russia beginning in September 2002. will begin his second term as Direc His most recent publications are (1) tor of the Ermal Garinger Academic an article titled "Is Humor Translat Resource Center in August 2002. able? The Three Capital K's of During the 2001-02 academic year he Nineteenth-Century Russian Verse: was on sabbatical leave, spending the Krylov, Koltsov, and Kozma Prut- fall semester in St. Petersburg, Rus kov" in Fedorov Readings II: Uni sia, and the spring semester in New versity Translation Studies (St.P.: York in the Hudson River Valley. He Filiilologicheskii fakul'tet Sankt- is currently working on a book- Peterburgskogo gosudarstvennogo length study of Bishop Mikhail universiteta, 2001), pp. 216-22, (2) a Professor Kipp teaching class. (1874--1916), a Russian cleric whose review of David M. Bethea's book, commitment to social justice led him Realizing Metaphors: Alexander from the state Orthodox Church to Pushkin and the Life of the Poet The Center for Teaching Excellence the Old Belief, as he developed his (Madison: University of Wisconsin honored Professor Kipp at a recep own Christian theology and morality Press, 1998), in Modern Language tion on May 9. Two of the students of "Golgotha." The book will treat Review, 91.6, 2001, pp. 284-7, and who nominated her for recognition at Mikhail and his voluminous writings (3) a translation of the introductory the annual Teacher Appreciation on social issues in the context of the article in Gleb Markelov's book Banquet told of the influence Profes diversity of social and political out called Russian Icon Designs: A sor Kipp has had on their education looks in Russian religious life after Compendium (St.P. Ivan Limbach, and expressed their gratitude for her 1905. The text will be rounded out 2001), pp. 5-30. During the aca efforts. with an annotated translation of Mik demic year Mikkelson taught Russian hail's tract "Twelve Letters on the Poetry of the 19th century, Pushkin True Christ." Comer's recent publica and Evgenij Onegin, Biography of a Prof. Stephen Parker spent his first tions include the chapter "Russia's City: St. Petersburg, and Siberia Yes year back in the teaching faculty as History" in Boyle and Gerhart's The terday and Today. He also directed Director of Graduate Studies. With Russian Context: The Culture behind the KU Summer 2002 Russian Study lessened administrative responsibili the Language and his co-authored Abroad Program in St. Petersburg, ties during 2001-2002, he has redi article "How do Dzhon and Dzhein convened the Slavic Graduate Stud rected his energies to teaching, to Read Russian? On-Line Vocabulary ies Colloquium, and served as de mentoring in the University Scholars and its Place in the Reading Process" partmental ambassador to the Center Program and the University Honors in Rifkin and Kagan's The Learning for Teaching Excellence. In Febru Program, and to his research inter and Teaching of Slavic Languages ary, he traveled to Mikhailovskoe in ests. His article, "Nabokov Studies: and Cultures: Towards the 21st Cen Pskov Province to deliver a paper on The State of the Art Revisited," will tury. At the AATSEEL 2001 Confer "English Translations of Pushkin's appear in the volume (now in press), ence Comer presented "Doing With poem 'Prorok'" at a conference on Nabokov at Cornell, edited by out Fathers: The Paradoxes of Fa Pushkin's language. And in April Gavriel Shapiro. In fall 2000, spring ther-Child Relationships in Doctor 2002 he transported five of the de 2001, and fall 2001 he edited and ZhivagoT He is looking forward to partment's students to Tulsa, Okla published numbers 45, 46, and 47 of returning to KU for Fall 2002 semes homa, to the fourth annual meeting the journal, The Nabokovian. He ter and welcomes letters and emails of CARTA (Central Association of has also resumed work on his book- from past students and Russian ma Russian Teachers of America), where length study of Vladimir Nabokov's jors about their current activities and they (and he) presented papers in a personal library, tentatively entitled how studying Russian has made a panel on Russian language and litera In Nabokov's Library. difference in their lives. ture.

The Ministry of Culture of the Re Yaroslava Tsiovkh, visiting Assis public of Slovenia has provided a tant Professor of Ukrainian, has pub grant to Marta Pirnat-Greenberg, lished "Modern Ukrainian with a Focus on Civilization (Language to do so again in the coming aca Who's Afraid of a Little demic year. She is a graduate from CHRONICLE OF Postmodernism? Variations the University of Tirana, Albania, EVENTS on "Red Riding Hood" where she majored in Albanian lan By Michael D Johnson, PhD. guage and literature and minored in Candidate, Slavic Continued from page 3 social work. She also holds a certifi cate from the European University of Members and friends of the KU Viadrina, Germany. Ms. Meniku has Narrative Strategies in Dostoevsky Slavic Department were treated to a taught Albanian to foreigners at the and Tolstoy." A talk to the broader special event Saturday, May 11th, at University of Tirana, published sev Slavic and East European commu the annual Slavic play, as an ener eral articles on Albanian language, nity dealt with: "The Reason Behind getic cast of six presented Professor and has worked in the field of human Tolstoy's Anti-Philosophical Rheto Maia Kipp's original play "Little Red rights in her native country. Her stu ric." Riding Hood: Postmodern Varia dents find her an outstanding teacher. tions" to an SRO audience at the Greg Christiansen, a REES MA can Hashinger Student Theatre. This is Russian Days on Campus: This didate, said "Linda's Albanian class the first time an original production year we welcomed two groups to was wonderful. She not only knows has been mounted (at least in the last campus. On April Fool's Day our her native language extremely well, four years), and the cast (Marica old friends from Shawnee Mission but she also knows how to teach it. Harder as "Little Red," Jon Giullian International Center came to visit Our small class truly benefited from as "The Wolf," Erica Greenfield as with 15 guests from Moscow. Dur Linda's training in Albanian linguis "The Mother," Adrian John Erlinger ing the scheduled Russian Day on tics and from her six years of experi as "The Narrator," Maia Kipp as Campus on April 10 students came ence teaching Albanian to foreigners. "The Grandmother," and Andrew from Johnson County Community On top of teaching as a volunteer, Shernuk as "The Audience Member") College with their professor, Nina Linda was flexible in scheduling the all rose to the occasion. Shkolnik. One private student, John class time, generously offering two Byerley, also visited. The students hours of instruction twice a week Embracing a definition of "postmod toured the Slavic collection at Wat despite her heavy class load. Linda is ernism" as a literary current that en son Library, participated in a Rus a demanding, able teacher and a very compasses many different schools of sian class, and over lunch they likeable, energetic person. I loved criticism, Kipp's "Postmodern Varia played "Ostorozhno!", a Russian going to her class, and would rec tions" subtly asks if any single read Jeopardy game. ommend it to anyone if it is offered ing of a literary work can satisfy again." Continued page 11

On March 26 Visiting Fulbright Pro fessor Petr Bukharkin addressed the Slavic Graduate Studies Collo quium with a presentation on "The Petersburg Text in Russian Cultural History."

Dr. Andrei Babienko from Tomsk State University visited April 30 and May 1 and gave two talks, one on university reform in Tomsk and one on the Siberian ecosystem.

Albanian taught for the first time at KU

During the spring semester 2002, Linda Meniku, who is an MA can didate in the Department of Linguis tics, offered a course in Introduction to Albanian, the first time that the language has been offered at KU. Ms. Meniku, who is attending gradu ate school here under the auspices of a Fulbright Fellowship, taught the course free-of-charge and has offered Cast members from the play, "Little Red Riding Hood: Post Modern Variations

10 serving his second term as President May when the contract ends. I'm of the Wichita Symphony Society and applying to teach both Polish and CHRONICLE OF is active in the Rotary Club of English in various types of EVENTS Wichita (Downtown). His Rotary institutions. Pennsylvania even offers involvement has taken him to St. certification in Polish (to teach in Continued from page 10 Petersburg, Russia to attend a high school) so I am planning on conference on Peace and Friendship, taking the PRAXIS exams this every reader. This answer to this and to Seattle to attend a conference summer. question (a resounding but on expanding Rotary in Russia. He humorously entertaining "NO") and his family have hosted an Gabriel Al-Salem (BA, 1989) writes: provides the thematic impetus for the exchange student from Novgorod, There's no way that I can repay the work, as cast members (most notably and Kurt also assists in hosting KU Slavic department for the positive "The Wolf qua intelligent and delegations from Russia sponsored, in contribution it made in my life. "Little Red Riding Hood" qua part, by Rotary. Masha Kipp can give you a personal feminist) force the Narrator to retell account of how "Russified" my life is, the familiar tale by the Brothers Eric Roedel (BA, 1991)writes: Hello beginning with my home life; I am Grimm in a manner which is from Seattle, Washington. A friend greatly indebted to the department acceptable to the particular character. of mine put my name in Yahoo's and my dear friends there, In a style reminiscent of that used in search engine and came up with a hit particularly Tamerlan Salaty, who the staging of Aleksandr Blok's on the Slavic Lang, and Lit. alumni taught me my first words of Russian. modernist play "Balaganchik," page. I'm just finishing my 3rd year Patrick Carriere's direction breaks the of medical school and will be so-called "fourth wall" between Breven Parsons (BA, 1992) writes: applying to residencies within the audience and cast early in the We moved to Japan in July 2001. I'm next six months or so, probably in production, as cast members going to try to get over to Russia Family Practice. Who knows...I may while we are in Japan for a visit. physically confronted various end up back in Kansas, or Kansas We'll be here three years! audience members during the City. We'd rather stay out here prologue, asking for "documents" because Lisa's family is here and I've and requesting acknowledgement of really grown to love it over the last 10 Congratulations to Jason Merrill Russian and/or English listening and years. I love medicine and I'm glad (PhD., 1997) on his new job teaching speaking comprehension. In addition, that I finally discovered it—I can't Russian at Michigan State University! when a set table unexpectedly broke, think of a more challenging or Carriere, who had been running satisfying career. I actually had a sound, quickly ran onto the stage and couple of Russian patients today, and Ben Admussen (MA, 2001) reports: I replaced it, thereby becoming a part I've found that it works best for me to am soon to be gainfully employed as of the action, much as the character let the interpreter do all the work so a data specialist with ACTR in of the director does in Blok's play. that I can listen in without anyone's Russia. The musical underscore featured knowledge. Unfortunately I've lost a segments of Prokofiev's well-known lot of vocabulary (as you can Stephen M. Dickey (BA, 1989) is opus "Peter and the Wolf," while imagine). Anyway, it's still useful currently Assistant Professor of "Little Red" sang "Who's Afraid of sometimes, even now! Slavic Languages & Literatures at the the Big Bad Wolf during several University of Virginia. He reports scenes to create yet another Kim Sprence (MA, 2001) writes: that during Spring, 2002, he held a wonderful sense of postmodern Since I graduated from KU in Fulbright Fellowship to conduct anachronism. Kipp's play and December, I've been teaching two research in linguistics in Poland, the Carriere's direction both prove that sections of English Composition and Czech Republic, Slovenia, Croatia even given the plethora of critical Research Writing at Washington and and Bosnia. His translation of schools which overwhelm the Jefferson College in Washington, Borislav Pekic's How to Quiet a contemporary literary scholar today, Pennsylvania. It's amazing how Vampire has recently appeared with drama and literature can still be much information I get to use from Northwestern University Press. enjoyable. Kudos to all involved in Dr. Parker's Bibliography and this year's production! Methods course!!!! I might even Laura Wilhelm (PhD, 1994) is still have my students do a bibliographic working with Russian-speaking essay! I'm sure they'll love me for it. immigrants in the City of West I was proud to see that my linguistic Hollywood. She writes that she knowledge was put to good use today receives awards and other types of during our discussion on Robert D. ALUMNI NEWS recognition for her work and takes King's essay from the Atlantic comfort in knowing that she can Monthly, "Should English be the make a positive contribution in these Law?" I was thrilled that it had an troubled times. Her independent Kurt Harper (BA, Russian, 1976 amazingly high Slavic content. As research interests have branched out writes that he is currently practicing much as I love this job, I must move to include pornography in the law in Wichita, Kansas. Kurt is on to something more permanent in

11 Continued page 12 Russian literary tradition, labor The skills that our alumni take with issues, and women's history. She has them and find useful are varied. also been serving as the recording Language skills (translating, 2002 Summer secretary for the Russian Advisory understanding, reading, writing, etc.) Board for the past several months, headed the list with twelve people Study Abroad Programs which helps her keep in touch with remarking on their importance in the WH immigrant population. their lives. Five respondents empha University of St Petersburg sized that learning to function in a cross-cultural environment has been a very valuable tool in their lives. Ukrainian Language & Area Two noted the ability to read Studies in L'viv, Ukraine FRIENDS OF SLAVIC critically and write analytically. Two respondents made special note that learning a difficult language like • Krakow, Poland Russian made learning a second and third language very easy. Russian Trudy Ringer, Russian teacher at skills and cross-cultural communi The Center for International Studies: Zagreb & Dubrovtuk, Croatia cative skills were useful to our is moving to Shawnee Mission alumni both in their work and as a South. We will only have a p.m. session. We will still have bussing, personal hobby. They use them, but with the budget, many programs some everyday and some from time 2003 Winter Institute are cut. We are glad to still be able to to time, in a variety of scenarios from teach Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, and practicing medicine in remote places Theater & The Arts in Prague, of course Russian. It will be a to environmental law to interpreting Czech Republic challenging year. to working in Russia and Eastern Central Europe to personal leisure time. Thank you to all of you who took the time to fill out and send in the questionnaire! HOW A SLAVIC DEGREE HAS HELPED KU SLAVIC ALUMNI

We received 16 responses to the alumni questionnaire that we sent out in December, 2001. The responses ranged over the approximately 30 years that KU Slavic has been in operation. All of the respondents specialized in Russian. They now have a variety of careers in teaching, medicine, law, foreign service, library science, engineering, US Army, and various kinds of program administration. The goals in pursuing the major ranged from meeting language requirements (1), to gaining fluency in Russian (7), to understanding another culture (6), to The Fall Slavic party at the Greenbergs'. Pictured from left to right in the preparation for college or university front row: Leann Keefe, Yasia Tsiovkh, Ksenia Egorova, Kim Sprence, teaching (5), to preparation for work Ania Bodziacka. Standing left to right: Matt Feeney, Marta Pirnat- in Russia (2). 15 respondents felt Greenberg, Alex Tsiovkh, Michael Johnson, Meghan Murphy-Lee and that they achieved their goals during husband, John, and Shannon Doyle. their study at KU.

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13 excellence in Russian language, Polish language, Serbian Croatian PLEASE CONTINUE TO HONOR'S RECEPTION Bosnian language; excellence in SUPPORT YOUR SLAVIC CANDIDS Slavic literature; excellence at the DEPARTMENT! MA level; excellence in service to the Department; excellence in service to the field; excellence in graduate research; best publication of the year. The Slavic Department seeks Awards need not be lavish, though funding. During the past year the they should be meaningful, perhaps Department has ramped up its efforts enough to buy books, computer to gain private funding for a number equipment or software, or other tools of ambitious projects. With these needed to pursue one's studies. We funds we hope to greatly enhance the would be happy to discuss with you educational experience we have to any proposed award endowment that offer by bringing in and supporting would be meaningful to you. top students, rewarding the KU's Slavic Choir entertaining at the 2002 outstanding performance of our Honor's Reception. students, and creating a departmental Priority 3: Furnishing the library/meeting room that is a Department Library handsome and pleasant place to Along with a shift and expansion of work. Sincere thanks go to Kurt its space in Wescoe Hall, the Harper, BA 76, for his advice and Department plans to undergo a support on fundraising matters. facelift to make its physical space fills1 pleasant for study and interaction 3391n ^^^^ among faculty, students and guests. Priority 1: Graduate fellowship(s) About $1800 has already been Historically, the Department of donated to this endeavor, and a Slavic Languages and Literatures at significant number of books have the University of Kansas has been already been donated by Dr. Fan one of the top Ph.D. programs in Parker and others. We are seeking a Slavic in the United States. Its record few smaller donations to cover lllii of Ph.D. placements is outstanding. furnishing and decorating needs. Gordon Anderson, Slavic Librarian, with Recruiting top-quality graduate Irina Bukharkin and friends. students has become an increasingly competitive and financially de Priority 4: Ongoing student manding endeavor. Currently, the activities cost of a stipend to cover out-of-state The Department engages in a number tuition and some living expenses for of activities that are intended to a student can exceed $20,000. foster interest in and enthusiasm for Ideally, donations will be the study of Slavic languages. accumulated in an endowed fund Towards this end, we bring in capable of underwriting all or part of interesting guest lecturers, acquire this expense with its earnings. Such a and show Slavic films, hold Slavic- fund is being created with a number related events, and hold a festive of leadership gifts and other Honors Reception for students in donations. (A donation or bequest in April of each year. Each of these this category can be named according events requires a modest amount of to the donor's wishes.) We have money, approx. $100 - $800, for already heard from leadership donors which we must use privately donated who wish to contribute if our alumni funds. Recently, increased donations will contribute substantially. Please have allowed us to give student contact us for details (see below). awards for excellence of $15 gift certificates to Russian and Polish bookstores in the US, as well as CD Priority 2: Awards for outstanding ROM disks with collected works of students (graduate or undergraduate) South Slavic authors. We hope that

We would like to give awards as an these token gifts will help students Lidia Stretchen, Fulbright Scholar Petr incentive to academic excellence. build their libraries and enjoy a Bukharkin's wife, at the Honor's Possible designations would be: lifetime of exploring Slavic Reception. excellence in Slavic languages; languages and literatures.

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14 Join the KU Friends of Slavic! PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOUR Many thanks to all of you for your generous donations SLAVIC DEPARTMENT! during the 2001--2002 Academic Year.

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15 UPCOMING EVENTS

August 20,2002, Professor Gterald MiMkelson and Professor Bozena Pasik-Dunean (Mathematics) will be giving a presentation on "Teaching in an International Culture" at the KU Teaching Summit 2002, "Making the Most of the Times."

October 4 2002.7:30 p-m,, Lied Center, Grilberg Ballet, Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" in a nontraditional interpretation.

November 23,2002,7:30 p.m., Lied Center, Moscow Boys Choir, a concert of Christmas songs from around the world.

February 5» March 12.2003, KU Outreach Course, "St Petersburg: An Imperial Dream*'

February-April, 2003, Spencer Rare Book Library, "St. Petersburg through Western Eyes," exhibit

February 28,2003,7:30 p,m,, Lied Center/Trio Voronezh; these gifted musicians play Russian classical music on folk instruments.

March 9,2003,2 pm, lied Center, David Finckel, cellist, and Wu Han, pianist; an afternoon of St Petersburg music.

March 26-27.2003, Olga Kern, pianist, 2001 Van Clibum winner.

April 3--5.2003, Central Slavic Conference, Kansas Union On the evening ofApril42003< Maia Kipp will present "An Evening in Old St Petersburg".

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