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Contents Message from the President...... 3 Recent Publications...... 3 Russian at Work...... 4 Belarusica...... 6 Technology and Language Learning...... 6 Ukrainian Issues...... 6 Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Grammar But Were Afraid to Ask...... 7 Graduate Student Forum...... 9 Czech Corner...... 10 Psychology of Language Learning...... 11 AATSEEL Counterparts...... 12 Member News...... 12 Summer Programs...... 13 Employment Opportunities...... 16 Professional Opportunities...... 19
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transparent and convenient. As author- Please do not hesitate to drop me a Message from the ing technology becomes ever more user- line if you have comments on newsletter AATSEEL President friendly, it’s no longer necessary to be a plans, reactions to the contents of the specialist in html to create intellectual newsletter, or suggestions and requests Dear friends and colleagues, content on line. Are you interested in for newsletter content. As spring becomes more and more contributing, or in maintaining part of prevalent, it’s time to channel some of the page? Working with a web site is a that abundant energy into planning pan- great way to make connections in the els and suggesting events for the 2008 profession, build your resume, and be AATSEEL conference in San Francisco. poised to take advantage of new oppor- Though panels may be proposed and tunities in electronic publishing. calls for papers posted through late The various AATSEEL committees July, the deadline for the first round of are doing work in many areas. This year Recent abstract submission is April 15. Posting I am chairing the committee on Mem- Publications calls for papers is one way to make the bership and Outreach, and I invite you to send me or other committee members scholarly and intellectual connections The Recent Publications column in- your comments and suggestions. We that are such a valuable part of our cludes books published in 2007-2008. want to find and contact members who work. Both new Slavists and established Authors and publishers are invited to have lapsed, or other people who should scholars can use the panel declaration submit information about their new be members, and of course to explore process, like the program book and the publications. conference itself, to gather information, and refine ways to serve our varied and keep up with the latest developments gifted membership as well as possible. in the field, meet favorite authors, and Art find the right people for stimulating With best regards, ongoing collaboration. For more infor- Kivelson, V., & Neuberger, J. 2008. Pic- mation about the conference hotel and turing Russia: Explorations in Visual program, see the web page at
Russian at Work: Editor: Rachel Stauffer Interviews with Professionals (University of Virginia) who use russian on the job Editor’s Note: If you have any sugges- “My first study abroad experience of Commerce of New England (US- tions for this column please send them was coming to Russia. In fact, my only RCCNE.org) is an organization that to Rachel Stauffer ([email protected]. other experience outside the US was represents the interests of businesses virginia.edu). a day trip to Canada about four years whose activities bridge New England before. I recall being surprised at how and Russia. This includes a lot of tech Josh Wilson, a native of rural Idaho, clean Canada was, and how it seemed companies, investment companies, law holds a B.A. in history and an M.A. in that people always wanted to talk to firms, etc. For them, I run yet another theater from Idaho State University. He you - random strangers - in restaurants, monthly newsletter that focuses on the has lived and worked in Moscow with gas stations, etc. I remember thinking activities of the member organizations, the School of Russian and Asian Stud- that it was definitely a difference in as well as other business, cultural, lin- ies (SRAS) since 2003, before which he culture. However, I’ve always been guistic, and other issues that might be of had no prior experience with Russia or rather detached from my surroundings, interest to those members. We discuss the Russian language. able to view things and accept them and human resources quite often as that’s only then attempt to work out a reason one of the main challenges of doing When did you begin studying Rus- why things are that way or why people business on two continents.” sian? What other languages do you do what they do. I would say that skill speak? has been the biggest single contributor What is the best part of your job? “I started studying Russian when to my success in living and working in “The best part of my job is defi- I got to Russia four years ago. I had Russia, which is very, very different nitely who I do it for. I found that I was studied Spanish in high school and culturally from America.” a bit of a job-hopper throughout college college and studied, informally, some because I would get bored with routine Latin and Middle English in college. Describe your current job and tasks or because it seemed that my However, despite having studied and location. employers didn’t care about me or the liked these languages, I never really “I’m based in Moscow, Russia. My customer, only about profit. I quit two learned to speak them because I was job is a bit harder to describe, but basi- jobs because I was instructed to lie to never forced to use them. That’s why, cally I’m an editor and administrator. I customers and I hated myself for doing when I decided to study Russian, I knew work primarily for The School of Rus- it. With my current employers, though, I would need to simply go abroad and sian and Asian Studies (SRAS.org) as I really feel they are in business because surround myself with the language in their editor, site developer, and Moscow they want to build good organizations order to really learn to speak it. At least student coordinator (arranging/leading - and secondarily because they want to that’s I felt would work best for my excursions, finding internships, dealing make money doing it. Plus, I’m basi- particular learning style. with issues or questions that come up). cally left alone to create my own edito- Most of my job is spent trying to keep up rial policy and style which means that What was your major in college? with deadlines on our two publications, I’m able to consistently publish what I “I have a BA in history - focused the SRAS Monthly Newsletter (which feel are accurate and truthful documents mainly on Russia and Medieval Europe. has articles and resources of interest to and I’m able to continually grow and I went on to get an MA in theatre history folks interested in Eurasia) and Vestnik, push the publications in new directions, and theory and wrote my thesis on how a scholarly journal devoted to under- which keeps me challenged.” Soviet-era censorship organs affected grad, grad, and post grad scholarship in the stage. I wanted to continue my study Russian and Asian studies). What is the most challenging part of Russian theatre, and I knew that I “In addition to this, I work as editor of your job? would have to gain at least a working and site developer for two organizations “Definitely the most challenging knowledge of Russian to be able to do related to SRAS. Alinga Consulting part of my job is keeping up with dead- serious dissertation research. I decided, Group provides business services in lines. This involves not only formatting therefore, to go to Russia after finishing Russia. For Alinga (ACG.ru), I run a the publications and individual webpag- my MA to learn Russian.” bilingual monthly-ish publication that es online, but also soliciting related ar- focuses mostly on business in Russia ticles which are often written by people How did studying abroad contrib- (accounting, legal issues, taxation, is- who may be experts in their field, but ute to your knowledge of the country sues surrounding foreigners working who may not write professionally and/ and the language? in Russia). The US-Russia Chamber or are often very busy. I have to translate the articles if necessary - or arrange to 4 April 2008 Vol. 51, Issue 2 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER have them translated, so it really is a Americans still tend to believe that often have to request articles or remind team effort to get everything together. Russians are unhappy and are all clam- people about articles they are supposed But guiding that team, as being at the oring to get out of Russia to someplace to write, the handy difference between head of any group of individuals can, free, wealthy and warm. This again, писать (to write) and написать (to write sometimes feels like herding cats.” comes from the movies, which usually to conclusion) is very helpful in my depict Russia as populated almost en- language. However, most of my work What are your goals and plans for tirely by the KGB and heavy snow. The is done in English and I find that the the next few years? truth is that most Russians, especially time I use Russian most is at home. My “I have plans to open other websites those in urban centers, are quite satis- wife is Russian and, although her Eng- for other organizations soon. Hopefully fied with their lives, have no wish to lish is actually quite good, we find that I can keep doing what I’m doing and live outside of Russia, and would either Russian is a much more comfortable just do more of it – maybe even hire an chuckle or scoff at the insinuation they common language for us. So, especially assistant within the next few years.” are not free.” since our recent marriage, I find that my daily vocabulary has rapidly grown What do think is the most common How do you use Russian in your to include such (again, very exciting) misconception that people in the U.S. day-to-day life? What are the words/ words like “тележка” (shopping cart) have about Russia and vice versa? phrases that would be impossible for and “тряпица” (cleaning rag).” “Definitely the most common mis- you to be without? conception that Russians have is that “I speak with coworkers and con- What advice do you have for stu- people in the US are all wealthy and live tributors about articles, and translate dents planning to study or work in in big houses in suburban communities. articles from Russian to English. The Russia? This is largely because that’s mostly articles I deal in that require Russian are “Come with an open mind; come what they see on American TV shows often about business and legal issues, so ready to learn the language. Both are and movies that are broadcasted here. I phrases like Федеральная налоговая essential to success here.” don’t know how many times I’ve heard служба (Federal Tax Service – basically ‘but I saw it in a movie’ when Russians Russia’s IRS) and налоговая проверка mention something that they ‘know’ (tax audit) are some of the exciting about America. terms I come across quite often. As I Faculty-Led Study Tours Organized by The School of Russian and Asian Studies Find out how to grow interest and increase enrollment in your university Russian program by leading students on an exciting and educational tour of Russia. 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Technology & Language Learning
The AATSEEL Newsletter is looking for an editor for Technology & Language Learning to replace Jeannette Owens, who did a fine job of editing this column for the past few years. If you are interested in editing this column or want more information, please contact Betty Lou Leaver, editor ([email protected]), or Anna Jacobson, assistant editor ([email protected]).
Ukrainian Issues Editor: Alla Nedashkivska (University of Alberta)
Alla Nedashkivska is on leave until March 15, 2008. Anyone with contributions for this column should send them to Betty Lou Leaver, editor ([email protected]), or Anna Jacobson, assistant editor ([email protected]).
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Alina Israeli (American University) Everything You Always Wanted Please send questions to: Prof. Alina to know about Russian Grammar Israeli, LFS, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW., Washington but were afraid to ask DC 20016-8045; or via e-mail to: ais- [email protected]
Q1. When invoking the conditional in Russian, one has Let me first address the second point. In English condi- to look for either the aspect of the ‘intended’ consequent ac- tionals, tense and time differ so that the tense in the if-clause tion or an adverbial modifier of time to clarify whether the is time minus one. For example, in order to express future whole scene occurred in the past, present, or future. Please conditional one uses present tense: If it rains tomorrow we correct, if I’m wrong. will not go to the park. In order to express present conditional Я бы позвонил ей, но что-то меня останавливает. ‘I one uses past indefinite: If it rained today we would not be would call her, but something is stopping/preventing me.’ going to the park. In order to express past conditional one Я бы позвонил ей, но что-то меня останавливало. ‘I uses a tense typical for expressing a past action in relationship would have called her, but something was stopping me.’ to another past action: past perfect: Had it rained yesterday Если ничего не будет останавливать меня, то я ей по- we would not have gone to the park. One simply has to keep звоню завтра. ‘If nothing stops me, I’ll call her tomorrow.’ in mind that the structure of Russian conditional is different
A1. I would for the most part agree with your assessment, and therefore avoid using English as a model. except that without the context it is difficult to tell whether This brings us to the real conditional and counterfactual the past tense sentence refers to one moment in time or is a in Russian. Real conditional constructions can have all three repetitive action. tenses and both aspects, and they represent actions that either have happened undoubtedly, happen (or are happening), or
Q2. Here is an example: Что делать, если плохо себя will or can happen from the point of view of the speaker, почувствовали, а нужных медикаментов под рукой не although not every single verb can exhibit such a variety. In оказалось? Читайте 8 советов от медиков на всякий real conditional the tense and the time coincide: пожарный случай. — What would you do if you felt bad Если шел дождь, мы сидели дома. — If it rained we and didn’t have the medicine you needed? There is no “бы” stayed home. in the sentence that seems to require a conditional. I would Если идет дождь, мы обычно сидим дома. — If it rains have it “если бы”, if I’m reading it right. we usually stay home.
A2. No, this sentence does not require a бы. In both examples I have used habitual imperfective. With other verbs we may be able to create a counterpart of actual, A. I think part of the problem stems from a terminologi- which would correspond to Continuous (-ing) tenses, but not cal confusion between the terms conditional mood and con- so with идет дождь. ditional construction. Only some conditional constructions, It is worth looking at Если идет дождь… and why it those that express a hypothetical or counterfactual, unreal cannot mean actual or Present continuous (-ing) action. In meaning are in conditional mood. Those that express real order for the meaning to be actual, the speaker must not know meaning are not in conditional mood. Cubberly in Russian: A whether it is raining at the moment of speech, and there must linguistic introduction (Cambridge UP, 2002) calls the mood be a compelling reason why the speaker does not know. In Hypothetical Conditional, while Timberlake in A Reference order to make this pragmatically plausible, either the entity Grammar of Russian (Cambridge UP, 2004) uses the term must be removed in space: Если и на острове идет дождь, irrealis for both (hypothetical) conditional and subjunctive он не выйдет в море, or the speaker must be unable to see moods. The pervasiveness of the use of бы in Russian is such outside for some reason. In addition, in the latter case he or that grammars often devote more attention to various uses she must have some clue that it might be raining in order of the conditional and subjunctive moods, both of which use to speak of rain in the present tense as a condition of some бы, and devote little attention to real conditional construc- other event: Если этот звук — шум дождя, то мы никуда tions. Such is the case in Wade’s A Comprehensive Russian не поедем. Otherwise, that is if the speaker is perfectly aware Grammar, while Offord in Modern Russian does give a few that it is raining at the moment of speech, he or she would examples of real conditional constructions (pp. 341-342). say: Раз идет дождь, мы никуда не поедем. When dealing with Russian conditionals, one should keep This problem does not arises in the future tense; in fact two important points in mind: 1. There is real conditional future offers a number of possibilities: and hypothetical or counterfactual conditional; 2. English Если пойдет дождь, мы будем сидеть дома. conditionals are very different from Russian with respect to Если будет идти дождь, мы не сможем ходить на tense, hence one can never go by English usage in order to пляж. create a Russian conditional statement.
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The last example is a bit of a stretch, since it is difficult to Compare this with the past form: perceive the если-clause about the rain as a repetitive action; И если пришла беда и ничто не помогло, а наша it is easier to perceive it as a continuous action. ‘If it keeps жизнь столь трудна — помоги себе сам! (moe-zdorovie. raining (on and on) we won’t be able to go to the beach.’ narod.ru/publik/lrast/boligol.htm) — And if trouble has come This same future simple could be used as an extension and nothing helped, and our life is so difficult — take matters of the present circumstances, although some “little words” into your own hands! or discourse words may be needed to make the statement © 2008 by Alina Israeli cohesive: Если так и будет идти дождь, мы никуда не пойдем. Some other types of verbs may offer different combina- World Russian Forum tions of meanings: Если он опаздывал, садились обедать без него. — The 27th annual World Russian Forum will be held May repetitive 19-20, 2008 in Washington, DC. The main goal of this gather- Если огонь горит, значит она в бухте. (Н. Чуковский) ing is to discuss and generate new ideas for the development — actual: ‘If there is a fire, it [the sub] is in the harbor.’ and broad expansion of US - Russia business, political, sci- The counterfactuals refer to a sequence of events that ence, education, and cultural cooperation. Participants are would have taken place under certain circumstances but encouraged to present their specific business or investment did not; the time when the events might have taken place is proposals and discuss their company’s or personal coopera- expressed either by an adverbial construction, as in Q1, or by tion agenda. the tense in the other half of the sentence, provided it is not Among the Forum’s speakers are leading businessmen, a если бы clause. political leaders, scholars, and foreign policy experts.
Q2 exemplifies the situation when we deal with a past The preliminary Forum agenda and registration form perfective whose result carries into the present, as occurs can be found on www.russiahouse.org/wrf. with some verbs even in non-conditional constructions, such For additional information please e-mail to: Russia@ as он устал, мы заблудились, она обиделась, я ошиблась RussiaHouse.org or by phone 202-364-0200 in Washington where the present tense would mean repetitive, not actual or 495-787-7776 in Moscow (-ing) action. Here are some additional examples of such past perfec- tive usage: Если в дом пришла беда — If trouble has come to your house. Если нагрянули гости, а в доме пусто — If guests AATSEEL Needs unexpectedly dropped by and you have no food Если погас свет. — If the lights went out. Newsletter Column It may appear that this is a grammar construction for all things bad. This is actually a good rule of thumb; this usage may not always spell disaster but it is certainly a conduit for Editors & Contributors adversity or advice on how to deal with a particular compli- The AATSEEL Newsletter currently cated situation: Если вы забыли ключи от вашей железной двери и не carries columns about news in the fields of хотите ее взламывать — позвоните нам. Мы используем Belarusica, Czech, Russian and Ukranian альпинистское снаряжение и можем спуститься в квартиру ... (518.ru/znaem/index.php?cat=9) studies. We invite readers to send informa- Если вы захотели купить квартиру, а денег у вас не tion for sharing to the respective column хватает или вообще нет, то можно попытаться оформить банковский кредит. (chemodan.com.ua/subscribe/home_77. editors. html) If you are interested in editing a new Given that these are perfectives, we could have future counterparts, although none of them would carry the over- column or helping a current editor come tone of an undesirable event and would not be likely to enter forward. We are willing to add columns for adversative constructions: Но если придет беда, они докажут, что у них добрая other Slavic languages and covering topics душа и верное сердце. (wow.su/index.php?showtopic=2643 of interest to all. Please contact Betty Lou &view=getlastpost) — But if trouble comes, they will prove that they have a kind soul and a trusted heart. Leaver at [email protected].
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Editor: Nina Wieda Graduate Student Forum Northwestern University
The AATSEEL and the editors of the AATSEEL Newsletter would like to thank that the vocabulary of any approach our colleagues who serve as advisors to the Graduate Student Forum. They coupled with the number of texts we include Marina Balina (Illinois Wesleyan University); Margaret Beissinger have read position us as scholars in a (Princeton University); Thomas Beyer (Middlebury College); Robert Channon privileged relationship, one that can (Purdue University); Halina Filipowicz (University of Wisconsin at Madison); but should not be used to intimidate or Beth Holmgren (Duke University); and Ernest Scatton (State University of New assert the superiority of “our reading” York at Albany). Look for their responses to new questions in future issues of the of a text. AATSEEL Newsletter. Ultimately we want our students Please send your questions to Nina Wieda ([email protected]. and future teachers to read texts with an edu). awareness of the greater complexities and possibilities that they contain, and appreciate the contributions that they become more open to change? I got help and their fellow or future students can Announcement: New Author make to that enhanced reading and inter- on the Board for this from the professor and from my advisor, but I would like to find a pretation of literary texts. If students and We are proud to introduce our few methods because different students their readings are first “embraced,” they new author, Professor Marina Balina. require different approaches. in turn will feel less “helpless.” Who Dr. Balina is Isaac Funk Professor of better than future teachers to remember Russian Studies in the Department Answer: how inadequate they might have felt, of Modern and Classical Languages You are not the only one to find and to promise to never let it happen to and Literatures at Illinois Wesleyan students reluctant to embrace new ideas their students? University. Her research interests and approaches to literature. Reading is focus on literary theory and on the a very individual activity, and most avid Thomas Beyer interrelation between literature and readers and students of literature come Middlebury College politics. She has written extensively with an unstated conviction that read- on contemporary Russian Life Writ- ing is and should be “for pleasure.” For ing, including autobiography, mem- some, any analysis or explanation that oir, and travel literature. We are is not their own threatens the very va- delighted that Professor Balina is able lidity of their own personal experience Sending News to the to join the board of faculty and look and interaction with a text. When we AATSEEL NL forward to her entries. or anyone else calls into question their approach or understanding and appre- News from the membership ciation of a text we risk exactly the type is always welcome. For the most Question: of reaction you describe: resistance and sure form of delivery, it is best to send the information to the editor As a TA for literature classes, I’ve rejection of the new methodology. ([email protected]). We always found that some of my students are re- I have been teaching Russian lit- confirm receipt of information; no sistant to changing the way they think erature in Russian and in translation for confirmation means that we did not about literature. It’s really difficult for over thirty years. I begin each semester receive your missive. them to unlearn certain mental models, with an explanation that distinguishes The kinds of news that we and I think I am beginning to understand what scholars and critics of literature accept include awards, obituaries, why. Knowledge about how to write do, how their tasks differ from the first projects of interest to the member- an essay or approach a literary work reading and encounter with a text, and ship as a whole (or information brings certainty. If the professor intro- that at their best can enhance the read- needed from the membership as duces a relatively complex concept or ing experience for the interested reader. a whole), and summer and winter a radically new way of thinking about But I stress that the first, original and program announcements. literature (say, deconstructive criticism), highly personal reaction to a piece of Additionally, a number of the some students feel helpless because they literature has validity for the individual. column editors accept articles from can’t rely on their current beliefs or Only when the student no longer feels readers. Please check the individual methods to do an adequate job on their threatened or somehow inadequate in a columns for contact information papers. What can I do either to reassure new approach can she or he open up to and specific content needs. my students as they learn or help them new possibilities. Let us also be honest
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the Canadian Plains in the North and society influenced the cultural behavior down to the southern shores of Texas of the Great Plains communities. Czech Corner in the South, roughly the prairies on The political and intellectual history both sides of the 100th parallel. This of Great Plains Czechs has its grassroots Editor: Mila Saskova-Pierce area covers the US States of North and components, such as activities in local (University of Nebraska) South Dakota, Montana, Colorado, theaters, music halls, architectures of Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, churches, community centers, dance Editor's Note: This corner is for teach- Wyoming, New Mexico, and the Ca- halls, and village main streets. Many ers of the Czech language, and I would nadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, of these have documentation that is like to invite them to share their news, and Saskatchewan. written in Czech, and deposited in the views, and experience related to the Czechs started to settle in the Great Czech communities, their libraries and teaching of various kinds of courses Plains in the sixties of the nineteenth archives. These documents need to be dealing with Czech culture, language, century. The biggest number came after assessed and published. and literature. Contributions do not the passage of the Homestead Act and The Great Plains Quarterly plans have to be limited to the United States; when the cheap railroad lands became to devote one issue to the proceedings they can and should include issues of available. Many of the Czech towns of the conference. Czech language and culture instruction were founded by members of settle- throughout the whole world. Contribu- ment clubs founded in New York, Chi- tions to the Czech Corner may be sent cago and other US town with sizeable Julius Fucik Conference to the column editor at mzs@unlserve. Czech immigrant communities. These unl.edu. The conference dedicated to Julius clubs sent exploration parties, who then Fucik, Czech Communist writer and staked their claims and through the victim of Nazis, will take place August UNL Center for Great Czech language press invited others to 21 and 22, on the premises of the Czech Plains Studies will host join them. Nebraska, South Dakota, Academy of Sciences, Narodni 3. Spon- Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas were sored by Revue Vulga.net. For further US Czechs symposium states in which members of these clubs information Frantisek Podhajsky in 2010 settled.
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Editor: Valery Belyanin PSYCHOLOGY OF (Moscow State University & LANGUAGE LEARNING Moscow State Ling. Univ.)
This column is intended to promote a dialogue for teachers of Slavic languages life his knowledge of models of social regarding the psychological aspect of language learning. behavior typical for representatives of Submissions for future editions of this column should be sent electronically to this cultural lingual community will be [email protected] minimal. On the contrary short–term pro- Why Go Abroad That is why the models of social and grams which push students into active therefore language behavior of students exploring the foreign country life, its to Study a Foreign speaking to their instructors are different cultural lingual codes and help them to Language? in both countries. It stunned me to hear set contacts with native speakers could from my student who could barely force give them better ideas about the country Valeriy V. Chastnykh, herself to talk to me before she went to models of social behavior. lecturer of the Center for International Russia not less then 10 questions (like The program “Two cities – two Education of Moscow State “Where are you going to?” and “What universities” designed and organized University, visiting lecturer of Kobe are you going to do there?” ) when I by the author of this article is set up to City University of Foreign Studies accidentally met her on my way down- help foreign students to explore main [email protected] town. Another girl has stopped address- cultural lingual codes and models of so- Studying a foreign language abroad ing me by personal name Valerij-sensei cial behavior of Russian cultural lingual does not only give students a very good and turned to personal pronoun “вы community. It includes four weeks of in- opportunity to see how this language (you)” when asking direct questions, teractive classes at two biggest Russian actually works and improve their lan- e.g.: “What do you like to eat?” instead universities (Moscow State University guage skills. It also creates the unique of “What does Valerij-sensei like to and St. Petersburg State University) chance to obtain new types (models) of eat?”. When a teacher addresses the with a lot of social cultural activities social behavior. whole class with a question those who (excursions, meeting native speakers, It is common knowledge that every had studied in Russia and used to this attending cultural events). cultural lingual community has its spe- are ready to answer without being asked The main philosophy of the program cific models of social behavior which personally. Others just wait until the is to teach the language through culture. distinguish it from other communities. teacher calls them by their names. That is why lessons in a classroom are These models are closely connected However the new models of social connected to and continued by outclass with the native language: on one hand behavior are applied only in the situa- activities (excursions, meetings, etc.). they are expressed by means of this tions when Russian language is spoken This gives a very strong effect. language, on the other – they influence and native speakers of Russian are For example, one of the days at St. the language. involved in the process of communica- Petersburg university was devoted to Students living abroad and studying tion. This means that within the Japa- Feodor Dostoevskiy. After reading the foreign languages mostly unconsciously nese lingual and cultural community texts and discussing them the students absorb new models of social behavior the students’ behavior has been quite could take part in a very interesting when they communicate with native traditional. The students have not lost excursion: they could follow the route speakers. Sometimes these models are their national cultural identity but just of Rodion Raskol’nikov, the main char- completely different and even opposite got acquainted with other types of social acter of “Crime and punishment. One to those which they have adopted in their behavior. of the students wrote afterwards in her native country. So when they come back The process of exploring the diary:” I was very much impressed by to their home countries their behavior models of social behavior and cultural that walk and by the awful gate which I changes. Here are some examples: lingual codes of a foreign cultural lin- had seen. I felt as if I was Raskol’nikov Some of my Japanese students gual community does not automatically going to kill an old woman.” spent a year or more in Russia learning depend on the amount of time spent in The program is four years old, but Russian language. After that I could a foreign country. If a student just lives already about 200 Japanese students not have recognized them. They have in another country and even attends from universities of Tokyo, Osaka and become more open, sociable, and active long-term language classes but does Kobe had a chance to visit Russia and when communicating with other people. not contact with native speakers (or meet its life and culture. For example the relations between pro- limit this contact to small acts of formal fessors and students in Russia do not communication), is not involved in ev- demand as many formalities as in Japan. eryday life of the country and its cultural 11 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 51, Issue 2 April 2008
rope and the world: people, the aware- Member News NOTES FROM ness, communication, the Internet May 14 – 18, 2008 Editor: Keith Meyer-Blasing AATSEEL Thessaloniki, Greece: The Russian (University of Wisconsin) COUNTERPARTS language and culture in mirror transla- tion The AATSEEL Newsletter likes to keep Canadian Association of Slavists its members informed about important The next Congress of the Social Recent Publications events and professional milestones! If Sciences and Humanities Federation Continued you or an AATSEEL member you know of Canada (CFHSS), which includes a Continued from page 3 has recently defended a dissertation, general meeting of the CAS will be held History been hired, received a promotion or May 31 – June 8, 2008 at the University retired, please send the member’s name, of British Columbia, BC. A call for Anon. 2008. Territories of the Russian accomplishment and affiliation to: papers, focusing on the congress theme Federation 2008. London: Rout- Keith Blasing [email protected] “Thinking Beyond Borders” has been ledge. issued, with a deadline of April 30. Kemp-Welch, A. 2008. Poland under Melissa Frazier Receives Book Members of the CAS will be able to Communism: A Cold War History. Award vote for a president, two vice-presidents Cambridge University Press. Romantic Encounters: Writers, and several program committee mem- Kimura, H. 2008. The Kurillian Knot: A Readers and the “Library for Read- bers at the next General Meeting, to be History of Japanese-Russian Border ing” (Stanford UP, 2007) has just been held at the CFHSS. Negotiations. Stanford University awarded the 2007 Jean-Pierre Barricelli Please see the CAS website, http:// Press. Prize for “the year’s best work in Ro- www.ualberta.ca/~csp/cas/index. Pelensky, J. 2008. Studies in Ukrainian manticism studies” by the International html, for details and forms. History (East European Monographs). Conference on Romanticism. East European Monographs. British Association for Slavonic Plokhy, S. 2008. Ukraine and Russia: and Eastern European Studies Representations of the Past. Univer- The British Association for Slavon- sity of Toronto Press. The Biggest ic and Eastern European Studies will Siljak, A. 2008. Angel of Vengeance: Repository of South hold its annual conference at Fitzwil- The “Girl Assassin,” the Governor of liam College, Cambridge from March St. Petersburg, and Russia’s Revolu- Slavic Epic Songs 29 – 31, 2008. A preliminary program tionary World. St. Martin’s Press. for the conference can be found on their The site guslarskepesme.com fea- Smith, A. K. 2008. Recipes for Russia: website: http://fp.paceprojects.f9.co. Food and Nationhood Under the turing 1350 epic songs of famous uk/BASEES2008_programme.htm South Slavic bards is now open. The Tsars. Northern Illinois University base is searchable by collection, title, MAPRYAL Press. and text. Stites, R. 2008. Serfdom, Society, and MAPRYAL’s website (http://www. The number of songs and search the Arts in Imperial Russia: The Plea- mapryal.org) features a report on the options will be rising. sure and the Power. Yale University 11th Congress, which met from Septem- The site is intended for the research- Press. ber 17 – 23 in Varna, Bulgaria. ers and admirers of epic poetry, slavists, Literature & Literary Criticism folklorists. Upcoming conferences include: Beasley-Murray, T. 2008. Mikhail March 20 – 23, 2008 Bakhtin and Walter Benjamin: Ex- Loyan, China: Russian Language perience and Form. Palgrave-Mac- and the teaching of the Russian Lan- Millan. AATSEEL Web site guage in the Information Society Bunimovitch. E. 2007. Contempo- For current online March 30 – April 3, 2008 rary Russian Poetry: An Anthology. information about Vidin, Bulgaria: Meetings on the Dalkey Archive Press. AATSEEL and its activities, Danube. Horizons of cooperation in the Fanger, D. 2008. Gorky’s Tolstoy and visit AATSEEL on the web: world of Russian language. Other Reminiscences: Key Writings May 8 – 11, 2008 By and About Maxim Gorky. Yale http://www.aatseel.org Warsaw, Poland: Russian language University Press. in linguistic and cultural space of Eu- Continued on page 18
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language teaching and learning. Ob- SUMMER LANGUAGE PROGRAMS serve the strategies in action at one of the 15 Language Villages. The course is open to all K-12 second language The AATSEEL Newsletter regularly announces information about summer and educators including ESL educators, col- winter language programs in Slavic and East European languages. We also lege educators with an interest in K-12 announce programs in Russian and East European cultural studies. As of the second language methodologies, and time of publication this fall, however, we had no sepcific information about any pre-service education majors. forthcoming programs. Connecting Content With Language Program directors are encouraged to use these pages not only for display ads, which do attract reader attention, but also for more detailed program descriptions Four-Credit Graduate Course for which are carried in this column as a service item, in other words, free of charge. Teachers of Arabic and Chinese We can also add hypertexted URLs so that readers can have all the information Concordia Language Villages is possible as well as access to your website. the site for a STARTALK professional If you are a program director wishing to share information about your program(s), development program for teachers of please e-mail your information to one of the editors by the deadline for the vari- Arabic and Chinese. Participants will ous issues, typically six weeks in advance of the issue’s publication date. These examine the principles of content-based deadlines can be found on the back cover of any issue of the newsletter or at the instruction and how these principles can AATSEEL website: http://www.aatseel.org. be applied to the Arabic and Chinese language classrooms. The course for Our strong preference is for information to be submitted electronically. How- Arabic teachers is June 22 – July 2 in ever, we do continue, even in this era, to take copysubmitted in paper form. The Bemidji, Minnesota; the course for Chi- address for mailing information to the AATSEEL Newsletter is contained at the nese teachers is August 3 -13 in Bemidji, masthead on page 2. Minnesota. Full tuition scholarships are Summer program information is carried in every issue, beginning in October provided to participants through the of the academic year leading up to the deadline for enrollment in the program, STARTALK program. typically through the April issue of the newsletter. Winter program information is carried in the October and December issues. For information on all these pro- grams: Andrei Sakharov Russian Free Since we are completely independent, Call: 800.222.4750 Extension Academy your personnel will not be inundated 8002 We are pleased to present to you with the “party line”. Email: [email protected] the summer program of the Andrei The cost for the three weeks, which Web: http://clvweb.cord.edu/prweb/ Sakharov Russian Free Academy. The includes room, board, three daily meals, educators/teacher_seminar.asp. 2008 seminar will be held 3-23 August and all lectures and study seminars in a in Lichtenfels, Bavaria, Germany. We picturesque setting, is only 3,130 euros Beloit College offer a total-immersion Russian lan- (approximately $4,660 at the current The Center for Language Studies at guage seminar, meaning all lectures exchange rate). Beloit College offers summer intensive language courses in Arabic, Chinese, and study groups, as well as everything Please see our website www. st before, after, and in between are in Rus- akademie-sakharov.org for our lecture Japanese, and RUSSIAN (1 through sian. Wherever your language skills lie, topics and registration information. Feel 4th-year). Eight- and four-week ses- this course will give you a jump-start free to contact us if you have any further sions available from June 14 through to greater fluency. If you are already questions. August 8. Advantages: personalized fluent or a native speaker, the course instruction, small classes, superb teach- will give you invaluable insight into the Concordia Language Villages ers, twelve semester hours of credit, lan- political, military, economic, historical, Second Language Methodologies for guage tables, extracurricular activities, and cultural situation in Russia. World Language Teachers a pleasant summer in Wisconsin, and Our seminar also provides greater easy access to Madison, Milwaukee, security than a course held in Russia. Four-credit Graduate Course June and Chicago. Rolling admissions from As the West has acquiesced to Putin’s 22 – July2, 2008 January 1, 2008. CLS tuition grant authoritarian regime, thinly veiled as Join language teachers from across ($1,810 (8-week), $460 (4-week)) avail- democracy, it is even more vital that the United States for this ten-day four- able to all qualified applicants through true fighters for democracy be heard. credit graduate course at Concordia April 25, 2008. Please contact us at the Language Villages, Bemidji, Minne- Center for Language Studies, Beloit sota. Learn about and discuss current College, 700 College Street, Beloit WI practices and issues related to second 53511; Phone, 608-363-2277; E-mail, 13 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 51, Issue 2 April 2008 [email protected]; Web site, http://www. Workshop Coordinators at the Summer/ 3) This is a not-for-profit program. summerlanguages.com. Winter camps. No previous teaching Participation fee covers expenses on experience is required. University stu- accommodation and ALL meals, and COSMOPOLITAN Educational dents are eligible to apply as volunteer tuition fee for students as well. If you Center, Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia teachers/workshop coordinators. Teach- come to Russia (Siberia) on your own The Educational Center “COSMO- ing at the camp can also be considered or through a travel agency you will POLITAN” (http://cosmo.qc.nov.net/), as an INTERNSHIP with all necessary spend much more money compared to located in Novosibirsk, the largest city in paperwork and an on-site internship su- what you would pay to participate in our Siberia, Russia, is pleased to announce pervision provided. We are looking for program. Participating in our program that we are accepting applications for people who are energetic, enthusiastic, you won’t need much pocket money, the “LINKING THE PLANET” Interna- open-minded, sociable, enjoy camp you may only need some spending tional Summer Language Camp, that we experiences, are willing to share their money to buy souvenirs and gifts to are going to run in Novosibirsk region knowledge and culture. take back home. All the local services in SIBERIA in the summer of 2008, We also seek people worldwide (airport pick-up, local transportation, and the “SIBERIAN WONDERLAND” (SCHOOLCHILDREN, university excursions) are provided by our school Winter Language Camp that will be run STUDENTS, and ADULTS) to join the without any additional payment. in January 2009. Winter/Summer camp as international 4) You don’t have to be a profes- The Summer camp will be taking students of the RUSSIAN courses of- sional teacher in order to volunteer for place during the summer 2008 in four fered at the camp, and enjoy all the the program. The most important aspect consecutive two-week sessions, with exciting activities scheduled within the is your willingness to participate and participation of local Russian children, program. share your knowledge and culture, as youth and adults, as well as volunteer We have been running these pro- well as your enthusiasm and good will. teachers and international students grams for twelve years already. For Teaching at the camp is not like an aca- from around the globe. Please note that the past years volunteer teachers from demic teaching routine, it’s more like on August 1st Novosibirsk will be the Argentina, Australia, Austria, Canada, fun where emphasis is made on com- centre of the TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE China, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, munication. Our school will provide you providing ready access to the eclipse Germany, Great Britain, Holland, Hong with the daily topical schedule for the track and to the most favourable area Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Ma- classes and will be happy to assist with for viewing it. Viewing the total solar laysia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, lesson planning and teaching materials. eclipse will be an exciting experience of Spain, the United States of America, as University students are eligible to apply the 4th session of our summer camp. well as university students and school as volunteer teachers. You will gain The Winter camp is run from Janu- children from the USA, Great Britain, valuable practical experience, proven ary 3rd until January 12th, 2009, and Germany, Greece and Switzerland have ability and contacts that you can use to is a unique opportunity to celebrate the participated in our summer and winter get a future job. Teaching at the camp coolest festive season in Siberia with language camp programs. can also be considered as an INTERN- lots of exciting events, and experience The major benefits to join our pro- SHIP with all necessary paperwork all the winter fun you have ever dreamed gram are as follows: and an on-site internship supervision of in ten days. 1) We organise an exciting cultural, provided. Both the summer and the winter social and excursion program for inter- 5) International participants have an programs are a great chance for interna- national participants of the camp, which opportunity to attend Russian languages tional participants to learn the Russian is a very enriching experience. You classes every day. Russian classes are language and get a first-hand experience will be involved in interaction with the taught by well-educated native speak- of the Russian culture and life style. The Russian children, youth and adults all ers trained to teach foreigners. Students programs provide a unique cultural op- the time. This is the kind of experience are placed in a group according to their portunity of daily interaction with the you will never get if you go as a tourist. level of Russian. No previous knowl- Russian children, youth and adults. The The camp lives a full cultural and social edge of Russian is required. We will RUSSIAN COURSE is organized for life. In addition to language and culture also be happy to arrange courses on the overseas students and volunteer teachers studies we also offer sports, intellectual Russian culture, history, music, etc., if and includes language studies as well games, quizzes, entertaining activities, required. as learning about the Russian culture, shows, performances, presentations, 6) We are dedicated to providing history and society. parties, discos, etc. a student with the most excellent su- We are looking for native speakers 2) You will gain a first-hand experi- pervision possible. All the students are of English, German, French, Spanish ence of the Russian culture and life style supervised and each group has a group and other languages, who would like to and particularly the Siberian one. They leader who is normally responsible for be VOLUNTEER TEACHERS of their say if you want to know what real Rus- between 10 - 15 students and stays with language and/or Volunteer Creativity sia is like you should go to Siberia. the group 24 hours a day. Everyone can
14 April 2008 Vol. 51, Issue 2 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER expect a warm, supportive and friendly summer or winter vacation! For further --Six week sessions: June 23 - Au- atmosphere along with professional details please email cosmopolitan@ gust 1, 2008 service. Our goal is that a student has rinet.su or [email protected] the most enjoyable and worthwhile Lithuanian 103: Intensive Elemen- experience possible during the stay Indiana University tary Lithuanian, 12 units th with us. We are determined to ensure Indiana University’s 58 Summer Slavic 103E: Intensive Elementary that everyone benefits fully from the Workshop in Slavic, East European, and Estonian, 12 units interaction with other students and the Central Asian Languages will be held Slavic 103L: Intensive Elementary th th staff. The Head of Studies, Psycholo- June 13 - August 8 , 2008, and will Latvian, 12 units gist, the Social Program Coordinator offer intensive first through sixth-year --Eight week sessions: June 23 - and the Program Director are constantly Russian, including cultural program- August 15, 2008 monitoring the program to assure that ming. everyone is enjoying the stay and taking Besides Russian, 18 other lan- Serbian/Croatian 103: Intensive advantage of the many activities offered guages will be offered including Alba- Elementary Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian, st nd by the school. Parents are allowed to nian, Azerbaijani (1 & 2 ), Bosnian/ 12 units the program. Croatian/Serbian, Czech, Georgian --Six week session: June 23 - Au- st nd st 7) You will meet people from other (1 & 2 ), Hungarian, Kazakh (1 & gust 1, 2008 nd countries who are going to participate in 2 ), Macedonian, Mongolian (pending st nd this program and this is a unique experi- funding), Pashto (1 & 2 ), Polish, Ro- Romanian 103: Intensive Elemen- st nd st ence. Many of our former foreign par- manian, Tajik (1 & 2 ), Turkmen (1 tary Romanian, 12 units nd st nd ticipants keep in touch with each other & 2 ), Ukrainian, Uyghur (1 & 2 ), --Six week session: August 4 – st nd after the program and even visit each Uzbek (1 & 2 ) and Reading Yiddish September 12, 2008 other in all the different countries. for Holocaust Research. 8) We also offer excursion pack- ALL students pay IN-STATE TU- For more information about the ages which include trips to Moscow, St. ITION and FLAS and SSRC funding Russian language courses, please con- Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, is available. The following languages tact Anna Kudyma at akudyma@ucla. Lake Baikal, the Altai Mountains, are ACLS-funded and TUITION-FREE edu. TransSiberian Railroad, ‘Welcome to for grads specializing in East European UCLA Russian program: www. Siberia’ program. All the details and studies: Albanian, Bosnian/Croatian/ humnet.ucla.edu/russian. tour descriptions are available at re- Serbian, and Macedonian. Application st quest. deadline for fellowships is March 21 . For more information about the 9) We provide all our foreign par- For more information contact: other courses, please contact Ksenia ticipants with an invitation to obtain a Director Kurnakova at [email protected]. Russian visa and arrange their registra- Ballantine Hall 502 edu. UCLA Slavic Dept.: www.humnet. tion on arrival. Indiana University ucla.edu/humnet/slavic/. • Have you always wanted to add Bloomington, IN 47405 some meaning to an overseas 812-855-2608 For information about registration adventure? [email protected] and housing, see http://www.summer. http://www.indiana. ucla.edu. • Do you want a new, challenging edu/~iuslavic/swseel/. experience? University Of Lublin, Poland • Do you like to meet people from UCLA Summer School Of Polish Language other countries and get your en- Summer courses at UCLA, 2008 And Culture ergy from working towards a goal as part of a team? Russian 10: Intensive Elementary July 7 - August 11, 2008 Russian, 12 units The UWM Program of Slavic Lan- • Are you willing to gain experi- guages announces a 5-week summer ence, improve communication Russian 20: Intensive Intermediate Russian, 12 units study program at the Catholic Univer- abilities, and develop skills that sity in Lublin, Poland. The five credit will help in your future employ- --Eight week sessions: June 23 - August 15, 2008 course (774-280) offers: ment? A course of Polish language, with • Have you ever daydreamed about Russian 4: Intermediate Russian 100 hours of instruction at elementary, gaining insight into the Russian for High School Heritage Speakers of intermediate, and advanced levels, and culture and life in a way no trav- Russian, 5 units additional lectures on literature, his- eler could? Russian 90BW: 20th Century Rus- tory, and arts conducted in English and If ‘yes’ is the answer, our program sian Civilization, 5 units in Polish. is the best way for you to spend your 15 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 51, Issue 2 April 2008
Cultural activities: Polish films, performances of music and folk groups, excursions to Warsaw, Kazimierz, and other places of interest in the Lublin Employment Opportunities area. Additional trip to Cracow (cost Editor's Note: This column prints job advertisements that are sent in by potential $176) and to Białowie, a National Park employers. Information about possible job openings must arrive no later than six ($176) during the course. weeks before the date of the issue. For that reason, employment possibilities with The estimated total cost of the quick turnaround dates are difficult to include. For these situations, readers are program, including tuition (5 UWM encouraged to check out the AATSEEL website, which maintains up-to-date infor- credits), room, meals, and travel in mation on job openings. We also encourage employers to share their job openings Poland is $2,688, plus airfare Chicago with the newsletter where possible. - Warsaw - Chicago. Also available: Program Hub Director For more information: http://mem- Two or three or four-week or five bers.aatseel.org/jobs/job.asp?job_ American Councils for Interna- week course of Polish language, with id=210 20 hours of language per week. 2, 3 or tional Education 4credits, July 7--July 19 or July 26, or Future Leaders Exchange Program Participant Recruiter August 2. The same courses can also be (FLEX), Moscow, Russia SUMMARY: American Councils for Internation- taken from July 28 to August 9, August al Education, Ukraine, Russia, Central 16, August 23 or August 30. The Program Hub Director is the key individual in the Moscow office Asia, Caucasus Two or three or four or five-week SUMMARY: course of intensive Polish language, responsible for oversight of the FLEX program for Central and Southern Rus- The four month Participant Re- with 30 hours of language per week. 2, cruiter position serves as the American 4, 5 or 6 credits. sia. Primary responsibilities include: recruitment and testing of potential Councils program representative in the Two or three or four or five-week region and is responsible for all aspects course of highly intensive Polish lan- program participants; orientation and coordination of logistics for partici- of participant recruitment including: guage, with 35 hours of language per advertising competitions; interviewing week, including individual tutoring. 3, pants; oversight of administrative and finance functions; coordination of candidates; conducting prerequisite 4, 5 or 6 credits. testing; and associated record keeping. For detailed information and ap- alumni events; and liaison with foreign government officials. The position The position requires extensive travel plication call: throughout the country. The Recruiter Professor Michael J. Miko, (414) reports to the Moscow-based Eurasia FLEX Manager and works in conjunc- must also interact with local govern- 229-4313 or write: mental and educational officials at all Department of Foreign Languages tion with Washington-based program managers and the Vice President. levels in disseminating information and Linguistics,University of Wisconsin about the programs and coordinating - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 For more information: http://mem- testing process. The position reports to e-mail: [email protected] the country Program Hub Director and/ www.lrc.uwm.edu/tour/ bers.aatseel.org/jobs/job.asp?job_ id=211 or the Moscow administrative officers. fax (414) 229-2741 The position is a short-term, full-time Research Director position beginning mid-August and ending December 31, 2008. American Councils for Interna- tional Education For more information: http://mem- FLSA STATUS: Exempt bers.aatseel.org/jobs/job.asp?job_ AATSEEL SUMMARY: id=209 The Research Director is respon- Web site sible for coordinating and conducting Lecturer pool for various For current online activities related to in-house program languages information about evaluations, outside evaluation work contracted to American Councils, and UCLA AATSEEL and its activities, research grants held by American Coun- The Department of Slavic Lan- visit AATSEEL on the web: cils. The Research Director position re- guages and Literatures has established ports to Dr. Dan Davidson, President. a lecturer applicant pool from which http://www.aatseel.org it may draw from time to time to fill instructional needs (normally part-
16 April 2008 Vol. 51, Issue 2 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER time) in the following languages and tive approach are required. Collegiality To apply, please email a letter of literatures: Belorussian, Bulgarian, is a must. The successful candidate will interest detailing qualifications and a Czech, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Polish, work with the program coordinator in CV with contact information for at least Romanian, Russian, Serbian/Croatian a team environment to further develop three references to Professor Joe Pes- and Ukrainian. a closely articulated Russian language chio, Coordinator ([email protected] Applications are currently being and culture prog ram. ). Please indicate in your letter whether accepted for the 2008-2009 academic For application procedures and a you are interested in a full-time position, year. Letters of interest, a curriculum complete description, please visit the part-time position, or both. Review of vitae and the names of two potential UA Human Resource Services Web site: applications will begin March 3 and references should be sent to: The Hu- http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/humanre- continue until all positions are filled. manities Administrative Group, UCLA, sources/employment/index.cfm 361 Humanities Bldg., Los Angeles, CA UAA is an Affirmative Action/ Program Officer 90095-7233, Attn: Mark Leong. Equal Opportunity Employer. Women Future Leaders Exchange Program UCLA is an Equal Opportunity/ and Minorities are encouraged to ap- (FLEX), Moscow, Russia Affirmative Action Employer, and the ply. SUMMARY: Program has a strong commitment to the The Moscow-based Program Offi- achievement of excellence and diversity Lecturer positions in Russian cer is responsible for overseas functions among its faculty and staff. language related to the FLEX secondary school University of Wisconsin, Milwau- program including: recruiting and test- Summer Resident Directors kee ing program candidates in Russia; coor- Summer Resident Directors - Olym- The Slavic Languages Program in dinating orientation activities for partic- piada, Vladimir, Russia the Department of Foreign Languages ipants Eurasia-wide; assisting with the Three Resident Directors for the and Linguistics at University of Wis- coordination of program components Olympiada program will accompany a consin Milwaukee (http://www.uwm. concerning students with disabilities; group of high school students to Vladi- edu/Dept/FLL/slavic.html) is accepting and assisting with the return and depar- mir, and/or Moscow, Russia, where they applications for ad hoc lecturer posi- ture travel of participants throughout will participate in a Russian language tions in Russian language for the 08-09 the summer. The position reports to and cultural study program. academic year. These are one-year the Moscow-based Eurasia Program The Olympiada program enables positions with possibility for renewal. Manager and works in conjunction with high school students who have won their Typically, part-time lecturers teach 2 Washington-based program managers local and regional Olympiada competi- sections (8 credits) per semester, and and the Vice President. tions to immerse themselves in Russian full-time lecturers teach 3 sections For more information: http://mem- culture while furthering their knowledge (12 credits) per semester. There are no bers.aatseel.org/jobs/job.asp?job_ and proficiency in the language. This service or other non-teaching duties id=202 year there will be three different types associated with these positions. The of Olympiada programs. compensation is approximately $1000/ Lecturer or Assistant Professor For more information: http://mem- credit. Benefits are available to all staff in Russian Language & bers.aatseel.org/jobs/job.asp?job_ teaching four or more credits. Literature id=206 One or Two-Year Position Minimum qualifications: Instructor in Russian Wellesley College 1. MA in Slavic or Russian, ABD or The Wellesley College Department University of Alaska Anchorage PhD preferred; of Russian seeks candidates for a leave- The Department of Languages at the 2. demonstrated excellence in teaching replacement at the visiting lecturer level University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) for the 2008-2009 academic year, with is seeking a full-time term instructor of Russian to American undergradu- ates; possible extension to the 2009-2010 Russian. Must have native/near native academic year. Candidates will have proficiency in both English and Russian, 3. Russian-specific pedagogical train- a Ph.D., native or native-equivalent demonstrable skills in teaching Russian ing; fluency in Russian and English, and at the college level, experience teaching 4. ability to teach Russian language at experience teaching introductory and at a U.S. institution, willingness to work all levels. intermediate Russian language classes, with the students outside the classroom as well as survey courses in Russian setting, and sensitivity to a diverse stu- Incidental desiderata include: literature. dent population. M.A. or higher in Rus- 1. experience teaching Russian literacy Applications should consist of a sian or related field, documented interest to native/heritage speakers; letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and in second language teaching methods, 2. ability to teach surveys of Russian three letters of recommendation. Please and experience using the communica- literature and culture in translation. submit them to Adam Weiner, Depart- 17 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 51, Issue 2 April 2008 ment of Russian, Wellesley College, 106 Washington-based VP for Field Op- Walker, G., & Simmons, J. S. G. Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481. erations and well as Washingtonbased 2008. University Theses in Russian, The deadline for submission is April program managers. Soviet and East European Studies, 7, 2008. For more information: http://mem- 1907-2006: A Centennial Bibliogra- Wellesley is an EO/AA education bers.aatseel.org/jobs/job.asp?job_ phy of Research in the British Isles. institutional and employer. The College id=200 Modern Humanities Research As- is committed to increasing the diversity sociation. of the College community and the cur- riculum. Candidates who believe they Recent Publications Pedagogy & Textbooks can contribute to that goal are encour- Continued Continued from page 12 Beyer, T. Russian at a Glance. Barrons aged to apply. Educational Series. Feuer, K. B., & Miller, R. F. 2008. Administrative Assistant Position Tolstoy and the Genesis of War and Political Science Administrative Assistant, Vice Peace. Cornell University Press. Russian Thinkers. Presidents, Field and Program Activi- Hetenyi, Zs. In a Maelstrom: A History Berlin, I. 2008. ties, Washington, DC of Russian-Jewish Prose, 1860-1940. Penguin. FLSA STATUS: Non- Exempt Central European University Press. Bittner, S. 2008. The Many Lives of SUMMARY: Katz, E. 2008. Neither With Them Nor Khrushchev’s Thaw: Experience and The primary role of the Adminis- Without Them: The Russian Writer Memory in Moscow’s Arbat. Cornell trative Assistant is to provide admin- and the Jew in the Age of Realism. University Press. istrative support to the Vice Presidents Syracuse University Press. Borzecki, J. 2008. The Soviet-Polish for Field and Program Activities. The McLean. H. 2008. In Quest of Tolstoy. Peace of 1921 and the Creation of Administrative Assistant independently Academic Studies Press. Interwar Europe. Yale University performs a broad range of tasks aimed Phelps, W. L. 2008. Essays on Russian Press. at providing information to and on Novelists. Slusser Press. Daniloff, N. 2008. Of Spies and Spokes- behalf of the Vice Presidents. Further, Rylkova. G. 2008. The Archaeology of men: My Life As a Cold War Cor- the Administrative Assistant provides Anxiety: The Russian Silver Age and respondent. University of Missouri assistance in the overall management its Legacy. University of Pittsburgh Press. of the offices of the Vice Presidents for Press. Fitzpatrick, S. 2008. The Russian Revo- Field and Program Activities. lution. Oxford University Press. The Administrative Assistant re- Military Science Galbreath, D., Lasas, A., Lamoreaux, ports to the Vice Presidents for Field A. 2008. Continuity and Change in Dunn, W. S. 2008. Soviet Blitzkrieg: and Program Activities and works in the Baltic Sea Region: Comparing The Battle for White Russia, 1944 cooperation with other members of Foreign Policies (On the Boundary senior staff and regional directors. (Stackpole Military History Series). of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, & For more information: http://mem- Stackpole. Moral Imagination in the Baltics). bers.aatseel.org/jobs/job.asp?job_ Kobylyanskiy, I. 2008. From Stalingrad Rodopi. id=201 to Pillau: A Red Army Artillery Of- Kemp-Welch A. 2008. Poland under ficer Remembers the Great Patriotic Senior Program Officer Communism: A Cold War History. War. University Press of Kansas. Cambridge University Press. Dushanbe, Tajikistan Page, C. 2008. The Royal Navy and Luthi, L. M. 2008. The Sino-Soviet SUMMARY: the Malta and Russian Convoys, Split: Cold War in the Communist The Senior Program Officer is re- 1941-1942. Routledge. World. Princeton University Press. sponsible for supporting all American Mickiewicz. 2008. Television, Power, Councils for International Education: Miscellaneous and the Public in Russia. Cambridge ACTR/ACCELS programs in Tajiki- Siegelbaum, L. 2008. Cars for Com- University Press. stan. The Senior Program Officer also rades: The Life of the Soviet Automo- assists the Country Director in maintain- Oates, S. 2008. Television, Democracy bile. Cornell University Press. and Elections in Russia. Routledge. ing organizational relations in the host USA International Business Publica- country, managing internal operations, Yafimava, K., Stern, J., & Umland. A. tions. 2008. Russian Medical Services and providing supervision of American 2007. Post-Soviet Russian-Belarus- and Recreational Services Directory Councils programs in country. In this sian Relationships: The Role of Gas capacity, the Senior Program Officer 2008. International Business Publica- Transit Pipeline. Ibidem-Verlag. position works closely with the Country tions. Director and reports to the Regional Director for CAR and works with the
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specific content and curricular goals within a discipline. Conferences & Professional Workshops Opportunities PROPOSAL GUIDELINES June 22 – July 2, 2008 Proposals for 30-minute papers or Teacher Seminars 90-minute panels on any issue relat- Second Language Methodologies Call For Papers ing to CLAC are welcome, although May 15, 2008 for Teachers the following topics are of particular Join language teachers from across Cultures and Languages Across the interest: Curriculum (CLAC) the United States for a ten-day summer Frankly Speaking: Challenges in • Institutional, professional, and graduate course at the Villages. Upon Integrating Languages and Cultures into practical obstacles to CLAC successful completion of the course, four semester hours of graduate credit a Post-Secondary Curriculum • CLAC: in competition or col- October 15-17, 2008 are earned through Concordia College, laboration with foreign language Moorhead, Minnesota. Learn about and FedEx Global Education Center departments? University of North Carolina at discuss current practices and issues re- • Innovative interdepartmental or lated to second language acquisition. Chapel Hill interinstitutional links http://www.unc.edu/clac The course is open to all K-12 The Fall 2008 conference on Cul- • CLAC models for less commonly second language educators including tures and Languages Across the Cur- taught languages or heritage lan- ESL educators, college educators with riculum (CLAC) provides an opportu- guages an interest in K-12 second language methodologies, and pre-service educa- nity for faculty, graduate instructors, • Preparing graduate students and tion majors. and administrators to share expertise in faculty to implement CLAC building and managing post-secondary For more information, please con- • The role of Title VI Centers and tact: CLAC programs. A special focus this other funding agencies year will be on the implications of the Concordia Language Villages May 2007 MLA Foreign Language • CLAC evaluation and assess- Teacher Seminars Report (http://www.mla.org/flreport) on ment 901 Eighth Street South CLAC initiatives nationwide. • Sample teaching materials: syl- Moorhead, Minnesota 56562 labi, classroom activities, lesson 800.222.4750 Ext. 2002 Cultures And Languages Across The plans 218.299.4179 [email protected] Curriculum (CLAC) • The use of technology in CLAC The CLAC movement intends to Summer 2007 - Fall 2009 make global competence a reality for • The implications of national Master of Education in World Lan- students and to create alliances among foreign language standards on guage Instruction educators to share practices and meth- CLAC Combine On-site With Online ods for incorporating an international • Languages for special purposes / Learning dimension in curricula, and, more gen- professional use / service learn- The Master of Education Program erally, to achieve internationalization ing is designed for the working teacher : goals. General principles of CLAC To submit a proposal, please email Summer One, July 5 - 29, takes place include: an submission form (available on the at Concordia Language Villages. Two online courses during the academic year 1. A focus on communication and web at http://www.unc.edu/clac) and a one-page abstract (max. 350 words) to bridge to Summer Two, July 5 – 28, content; at the Villages. The program capstone 2. An emphasis on developing [email protected] by May 15, 2008. Selected papers will be published is a thesis and online seminar during meaningful content-focused language the fall semester of 2009. The total use outside traditional language class- on the CLAC conference website. Submission of a proposal constitutes program includes 34 semester hours of es; instruction. 3. An approach to language use agreement to online publication. This in no way limits the author’s rights to For more information, please con- and cross-cultural skills as a means for tact: the achievement of global intellectual publish the paper elsewhere. For additional information, please Concordia Language Villages synthesis, in which students learn to Teacher Seminars combine and interpret knowledge pro- visit the conference website at http:// www.unc.edu/clac. 901 Eighth Street South duced in other languages and in other Moorhead, Minnesota 56562 cultures. 800.222.4750 Ext. 2002 Within this large framework, CLAC 218.299.4179 can take many forms, depending on [email protected] 19 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 51, Issue 2 April 2008
istic and social science research that Title VIII Combined Research Grants & Fellowships makes use of the library’s large and and Language Training Program: February 15 Annually varied collections. Interdisciplinary, Provides full support for research and The Michael and Emily Lapinski cross-cultural, or multi-lingual research approximately ten hours per week of ad- Scholarship Endowment is particularly welcome. vanced language instruction for three to The Department of Slavic Lan- Among the collections available to nine months in Russia, Central Asia, the guages and Literature at the University researchers are the world’s largest law Southern Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to an- library and outstanding multi-lingual and Moldova. nounce the endowment of undergradu- collections of books and periodicals. Fellowships include round-trip in- ate scholarships and graduate fellow- Special collections of manuscripts, ternational travel, housing, tuition, liv- ships for students of Polish language, maps, music, films, recorded sound, ing stipends, visas, insurance, affiliation literature, and culture at UW-Madison. prints, and photographs are also avail- fees, archive access, research advising, The gift by Leona Lapinski Leute was able. Scholars who have received a and logistical support in the field. $1.25 million. terminal advanced degree within the Open to graduate students, post- The Michael and Emily Lapinski past seven years in the humanities, so- doctoral scholars, and faculty. Funded Scholarship Endowment will pay partial cial sciences, or in a professional field by the U.S. Department of State, Pro- or full tuition for undergraduate and such as architecture or law are eligible gram for the Study of Eastern Europe graduate students of Polish language, to apply. and the Independent States of the literature, and culture at UW-Madison. Exceptions may be made for indi- Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). Ap- Tuition may be used to pay for study viduals without continuous academic plication deadlines: October 1 (Spring abroad in Poland through UW-Madi- careers. Applicants may be U.S. citizens Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall son. or foreign nationals. For applicants and Academic Year Programs.) The annual deadline for applica- whose native language is not English, tions is February 15. Application forms Title VIII Special Initiatives there must be evidence that the applicant Fellowship: Provides grants of up to and instructions for applicants are is fluent in English. online at: http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/ $35,000 for field research on policy- Up to twelve Kluge Fellowships relevant topics in Armenia, Azerbaijan, slavic/Lapinski-Info.htm. For additional will be awarded annually. Fellowships information, please contact Professor Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, are tenable for periods from six to Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbeki- Halina Filipowicz, Chair of the Lapinski eleven months, at a stipend of $4,000 Scholarships and Fellowships Commit- stan. per month. Visit the Library of Congress Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in a tee: [email protected] Web site for complete fellowship pro- The Committee hopes to fund one policy-relevant field and have sufficient gram information and application proce- language-ability to carry out proposed or two graduate students with a full dures Location: USA Deadline: Aug. 15 fellowship (one if out of state, two if in research. Scholars must conduct re- each year. Website: http://www.loc.gov/ search for at least four months in the state) and to give partial or full scholar- loc/kluge/kluge-fellowships.html ships to several undergraduates on an field. Funded by the U.S. Department annual basis. Various closing dates of State, Program for the Study of Title VIII Research Scholar Pro- Eastern Europe and the Independent August 15 Annually gram: Provides full support for three States of the Former Soviet Union (Title Kluge Center Fellowships for to nine-month research trips to Russia, VIII). Application deadlines: October 1 Library of Congress Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus, (Spring Program); January 15 (Summer, Library of Congress Invites Appli- Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. Fall and Academic Year Programs.) cations for Kluge Center Fellowships. Fellowships include round-trip Title VIII Southeast Europe The Library of Congress (http://www. international travel, housing, living sti- loc.gov/) invites qualified scholars to Research and Language Study Pro- pends, visas, insurance, affiliation fees, grams: Provides full support for three to conduct research in the John W. Kluge archive access, research advising, and Center using the Library of Congress nine months of research and/or language logistical support in the field. study in Southeast Europe. Fellow- collections and resources for a period Open to graduate students, post- of up to eleven months. ships include round-trip international doctoral scholars, and faculty. Funded travel, housing, living stipends, visas, The Kluge Center is located in the by the U.S. Department of State, Pro- Jefferson Building of the Library of insurance, tuition, and affiliation fees. gram for the Study of Eastern Europe Funded by the U.S. Department of Congress and provides attractive work and the Independent States of the and discussion space for scholars. Resi- State, Program for the Study of East- Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). Ap- ern Europe and the Independent States dents have easy access to the library’s plication deadlines: October 1 (Spring specialized staff and to the intellectual (Title VIII). Open to graduate students, Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall post-doctoral scholars, and faculty. Ap- community of Washington. The Kluge and Academic Year Programs). Center especially encourages human- plication deadline: October 1 (Spring
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Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall The American Councils Russian permanent residency in their materials. and Academic Year Programs). Language and Area Studies Program Letters of recommendation, with sig- Title VIII Southeast Europe provides intensive Russian language natures, should be sent either by fax or Summer Language Program: Offers instruction in Moscow, St. Petersburg post, all other application materials may international airfare, tuition, insurance, and Vladimir, Russia. be submitted via e-mail or in hard copy. and living stipends to graduate students The Eurasian Regional Language Any materials submitted in hard copy for up to three months of intensive program offers instruction in virtu- should be in clear dark type, printed on language study at major universities ally any of the languages of the former one side only, and without staples. throughout Southeast Europe and the Soviet Union at leading institutions Grant recipients are required to Baltic states. throughout the region. be in residence in Washington, D.C., Open to students at the MA and Fellowship information and appli- for the duration of their grant. Four Ph.D. level, as well as faculty and post- cations are included in regular applica- rounds of competitive selection for doctoral scholars. Funded by the U.S. tion materials for both programs. Ap- Short-Term Grants are held each year. Department of State, Program for the plication deadlines: October 15 (spring Closing dates are December 1, March Study of Eastern Europe and the Inde- semester programs); March 1 (summer 1, June 1, and September 1. Appli- pendent States (Title VIII). Application programs); April 1 (fall semester and cants are notified of the competition deadline: January 15. academic year programs). results roughly seven weeks after the For more information, contact: Out- closing date. U.S. citizens, permanent Summer Russian Language bound Programs, American Councils residents, and non-Americans are eli- Teachers Program: Provides full for International Education: ACTR/ gible for Short-Term Grants, although support for teachers of Russian at the ACCELS, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, funding for non-American applicants university, high school, and secondary NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036; is limited. Approximately one in three school level to study Russian literature, (202) 833-7522, outbound@american- American applicants and one in six language, culture, and second language councils.org. non-American applicants are awarded pedagogy at Moscow State University Kennan Institute Short-Term Short-Term Grants in each of the four for six weeks. Graduate students with a competition rounds. commitment to the teaching profession Grants: The Kennan Institute offers Short-Term Grants to scholars whose The Short-Term Grant Program is are also encouraged to apply. supported by the Program for Research Awards provide round-trip interna- research in the social sciences or hu- manities focuses on the former Soviet and Training on Eastern Europe and the tional airfare from Washington, DC to Independent States of the former Soviet Moscow, Russia; living stipends; full Union (excluding the Baltic States), and who demonstrate a particular need Union (Title VIII) of the U.S. Depart- tuition; housing with Russian host fami- ment of State and the George F. Kennan lies; pre-departure orientation; weekly to utilize the library, archival, and other specialized resources of the Washing- Fund. Continuation of the Short-Term cultural excursions; insurance; and Grant Program in 2006-2007 is contin- visas. Funded by the U.S. Department ton, D.C. area. Policy-relevant research is preferred. Academic participants must gent on future funding. of Education. Application deadline: The Woodrow Wilson Center can March 1. either possess a doctoral degree or be doctoral candidates who have nearly only provide grants to those non-U.S. Scholarships for language study completed their dissertations. For non- citizens who hold a J-1 Visa. Non-U.S. on American Councils programs academics, an equivalent degree of citizens who are located in the United overseas: Graduate students participat- professional achievement is expected. States at the time the Short-Term Grant ing in the American Councils Russian Short-Term Grants provide a sti- is awarded must leave the United States Language and Area Studies program pend of $100 per day. The Kennan in order to be issued a J-1 Visa before or the Eurasian Regional Language Institute cannot provide office space for they can receive their award. J-1 Visas program are eligible for full or partial Short-Term scholars. Travel and accom- cannot be issued to individuals while scholarships from the U.S. Department modation expenses are not directly cov- they are in the U.S. on a different visa. of State, Program for the Study of East- ered by this grant. There is no official For more information, or to ap- ern Europe and the Independent States application form for Short-Term Grants. ply for a Short-Term Grant, please of the former Soviet Union (Title VIII). The applicant is requested to submit a visit www.wilsoncenter.org/kennan, or Undergraduates who intend a career in concise description (700-800 words) of contact: teaching are eligible for full or partial his or her research project, a curriculum Fellowships and Grants, Kennan scholarships from the U.S. Department vitae, a statement on preferred dates of Institute, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, of Education for their participation in residence in Washington, D.C., and two 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Wash- the Russian Language and Area Stud- letters of recommendation specifically ington, D.C. 20004-3027, Telephone: ies Program or the Eurasian Regional in support of the research to be con- (202) 691-4100, Fax: (202) 691-4247, Language program. ducted at the Institute. All applicants Email: [email protected] must note their country of citizenship or 21 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 51, Issue 2 April 2008
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