TheAATSEEL NEWSLETTER American Association of Teachers of Slavic & East European Languages
Contents Message from the President ...... 3 Russian at Work ...... 4 Technology and Language Learning ...... 6 Belarusica ...... 6 Ukrainian Issues ...... 6 Recent Publications ...... 6 Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Grammar But Were Afraid to Ask ...... 7 Czech Corner ...... 9 Graduate Student Forum ...... 11 Psychology of Language Learning ...... 12 Member News ...... 13 Summer Programs ...... 15 Employment Opportunities ...... 18 Professional Opportunities ...... 28
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Message from the I would especially like to invite of December 29: be sure to attend that graduate students attending the confer- meeting for an update on the health and AATSEEL President ence to check out the pre-conference activities of the organization. More de- Job Interviewing Workshop the evening tails on the conference program sched- Dear Friends and Colleagues, of December 27. It will be followed by ule, complete and frequently updated, As the Program Committee puts the President’s Reception for Graduate is on the organization’s web page at finishing touches on the schedule for the Students — information on the location
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RUSSIAN AT WORK: Editor: Rachel Stauffer INTERVIEWS WITH PROFESSIONALS (University of Virginia) WHO USE RUSSIAN ON THE JOB tute in Moscow. Suddenly the largely lit- erary language I knew was a real living Editor’s Note: If you have any sugges- all of them but Russian, but if I screw up language that I could barely understand tions for this column please send them my face in a grimace of fierce concentra- at all. I remember having a headache for to Rachel Stauffer ([email protected]. tion, I can sometimes read a bit. And if months just from concentrating. But I virginia.edu). you drop me in either a Slavic-speaking loved Moscow immediately and wanted or Romance language country, I can Of Ukrainian descent, though originally to stay -- both to improve my Russian, more or less, sort of, almost, to some and to learn and see more. After the pro- from Schenectady, New York, Michele A. extent figure out the gist of things. Or Berdy lives and works in Moscow as a gram was over, I got a job as an editor at least I enjoy the illusion (delusion?) at a Soviet publishing house and stayed freelance writer, translator, and instruc- that I can”. tor. Mickey has lived in Moscow perma- for almost four years”. Q: Did you major in Russian as an Q: What is the best part of your nently since 1992, and off and on since undergraduate? If so, what led you to graduating from Amherst College in job? that decision - was it a specific class or A: “The variety and the fact that 1978 with a B.A. in Russian Language professor, maybe the language itself? and Literature. Prior to working as a “going to the office” means carrying A: “Yes, I was a Russian language a cup of coffee from the kitchen to my freelancer, she held jobs in non-profits, and literature major in college. I think publishing, film, and communication. desk”. my interest started out as family curios- Q: What is the most challenging She was kind enough to take time out ity -- my grandparents came from the of her busy schedule to answer some part of your job? Ukraine but were in a Russian-speak- A: “That same variety -- switch- questions for the “Russian At Work” ing community -- and then got hooked, column via e-mail. ing from job to job over the course of I think mostly through the literature. I the day -- and the constant struggle Q: When did you begin studying wanted to read it in the original”. Russian? What other languages do you with words: finding the ‘right’ way to Q: Did you study abroad in Russia translate a text, finding the ‘right’ way speak? (or anywhere else) as an undergraduate? A: “I had two years of Russian in to describe a church or the history of a If so, how did that experience contribute place. And the fact that almost everyone high school and then four years in col- to your knowledge of the country and lege. I studied French in high school and wants a translation ‘yesterday’”. the language? Q: What are your goals and plans college, ancient Greek in college and a A: “After I graduated from college, bit of Czech as an adult. I’ve forgotten for the next few years? Do you intend I spent a semester at the Pushkin Insti- to stay in Moscow indefinitely?
Slavic & East European A: “I didn’t plan to stay as long as S u m m e r I have -- I always say it was like get- L a n g u a g e ting a job transfer to Peoria and then I n s t i t u t e discovering that 20 years later you’ve put down roots. I don’t have any plans SLIUniversity of Pittsburgh • 2008 to leave, but I think I’d like to spend a 6+4 : PITTSBURGH ~ POLAND, bit more time in the US every year... I’d like to go back to school -- to learn BULGARIA OR SLOVAKIA more systematically what I’ve learned 6 weeks - Pittsburgh — (June 9 - July 18, 2008) in bits and pieces about Russian and 4 weeks - Krakow, Sofia or Modra — (July 21- August 15, 2008) translation”. Intensive Courses on Beginning and Intermediate Levels Q: Now having lived in Russia for several years, what do think is the most Generous scholarships are available for graduate students through SLI & CREES; these programs are FLAS eligible for graduate students common misconception that people in the U.S. have about Russia and vice Application & fellowship deadline March 22. For more information versa? please write or call: A: “Almost all Americans who Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures come to Moscow for the first time are 1417 CL, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 surprised that it is a modern European city, that people are stylishly dressed, (412)624-5906/Fax (412)624-9714 e-mail: [email protected] and that educated people are incredibly http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/sli/ well-educated and cultured. Almost all
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Russians who go to the US for the first -- and then turning off on a side-street at their encampment on the Gallipoli time are surprised that people are so and feeling as if you’ve left the 21st peninsula in Turkey. friendly, that everything is so conve- century”. The cataloging projects are part of nient, and that many people are quite the Library’s multi-phased endeavor religious. I cannot for the life of me You can find Mickey’s column online in to maximize access to the Savine Col- figure out why basic stereotypes are so the English-language newspaper The lection. A 2005 grant of $363,000, also enduring when there is so much infor- Moscow Times (www.moscowtimes.ru). from the Mellon Foundation, helped to mation available. But the misconcep- Called “The Word’s Worth”, it analyzes create the Core Module of the “Russia tions persist”. colloquial Russian expressions from the Beyond Russia Digital Library.” The Q: What advice do you have for perspective of a non-native speaker, and Core Module enables scholars to search students planning to study or work in is unfailing in its wit and insight. and read Savine’s original research Russia? about and annotations to materials in his A: “Come! Be prepared to have a collection. New serial and monograph lot of fun, be constantly surprised, and records will link to the Core Module, learn patience; the country is chang- providing context for researchers who ing quickly, which is both exhilerating Rare Russian encounter records via the Internet or and exasperating. Travel outside the Materials to be OCLC’s WorldCat. big cities. Soak up the culture -- go to Researchers will be able to consult museums, concerts, exhibitions, plays, Cataloged at UNC cataloged Savine materials in UNC’s festivals, and events. Ask questions and Thanks to Grant, Gift Rare Book Collection Reading Room. talk to everyone. Unfortunately, anti- The Library anticipates subsequent Americanism is growing, so be prepared CHAPEL HILL - Two recent projects to catalog the remaining mono- for some pointed questions. And if awards will fund cataloging of rare graphs and process archival materials, you’ll be in Moscow -- expect to spend Russian-language periodicals and books and intends eventually to digitize the a lot of time sitting in traffic jams”. in the Andre Savine Collection at the entire collection. Q: What is the best thing about liv- University of North Carolina at Chapel Savine Collection contact: Nadia ing and working in Moscow? Hill Library. Zilper, Curator of the Andre Savine Col- A: “I have wonderful professional A grant of $218,000 from the An- lection, 919-962-3740 or [email protected] opportunities -- I love writing about drew W. Mellon Foundation will be Russian culture, and most of the transla- used to catalog all 1,616 serials from Links: tions I do are quite interesting and some- the collection. The grant will run Jan. Slavic and East European Collec- times even fun. I also love teaching. It 1, 2008, through June 30, 2010. tions at UNC, including Savine Collec- is incredibly gratifying when you can An additional gift from donors Kay tion http://www.lib.unc.edu/cdd/crs/in- see how you’ve helped someone master and Van Weatherspoon of Charlotte, ternational/slavic/ new skills. I think it is rare to truly enjoy N.C., will be used to catalog approxi- Russia Beyond Russia - Core Mod- what one does for a living, and I’m very mately three-quarters of the monographs ule - Project site http://online.eastview. grateful that I do. Of course, what I like in the Savine Collection. The cataloging com/projects/savine/index.html best about living in Moscow are my project will begin July 1, 2008, and end “Collection of rare Russian materi- personal and professional friendships. June 30, 2011. als, possibly at more than 20,000 items, But I also love the experience of seasons Savine, a book dealer and owner now at UNC” (UNC News Services, -- moving out to the dacha for the sum- of Le Bibliophile Russe bookstore in April 3, 2003) http://www.unc.edu/news/ mer and having a very different kind of Paris until his death in 1999, amassed archives/apr03/russiancoll040303. life for three months -- lolling on the a collection of more than 60,000 items html river bank, taking walks in the woods, documenting the lives of Russians who “UNC to digitize Russian emi- sitting on the terrace with friends...the lived in exile, from the 1917 revolution gration resource, with support from beauty of the city and the countryside. I onward. The Library acquired the Sav- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation” (UNC cannot explain why this is, but there are ine Collection in 2002 with a gift from News Services, Sept. 19, 2005) http:// places in the city that give me endless the Weatherspoons. www.unc.edu/news/archives/sep05/ delight -- little streets on Ivanovskaya UNC’s initial analyses suggest that mellongift091905.htm Gora, tiny churches hidden among the significant portions of the Savine serials state office buildings in Kitay-Gorod, and monographs are held by no other the Boulevard Ring. Conversely -- the library. Some items are thought to be Moscow buzz. I love walking along a unique, such as the handwritten journal main street with all the garish neon, the “Invalid” that White Russian Army hustle and bustle, the cell phones and personnel produced in 1920 and 1921 clamor and sushi bars and whizzing cars
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Technology & BELARUSICA RECENT Language Learning PUBLICATIONS Editor: Curt Woolhiser The AATSEEL Newsletter is look- (Harvard University) The Recent Publications column in- ing for an editor for Technology & The Belarusica column editor is look- cludes books published in 2006-2007. Language Learning to replace Jeannette ing for contributions to this column. Authors and publishers are invited to Owens, who did a fine job of editing this Contributions from North American submit information about their new column for the past few years. If you colleagues are especially appreciated. publications. are interested in editing this column or (Contributions should be no more than Culture want more information, please contact 1-2 pages in length.), deadline 6-8 weeks Betty Lou Leaver, editor (Leaver@aol. in advance of the issue month. For more Blum, D. W. 2007. National identity and com), or Anna Jacobson, assistant editor information, contact Dr. Curt Woolhiser, globalization: Youth, state, and soci- ([email protected]). [email protected]. ety in post-Soviet Russia. Cambridge, The Belarusica column was not UK: Cambridge University Press. ready at the time that this newsletter Ukrainian Issues went to press. We expect it to return Levitt, Marcus C. and Novikov, Tatyana. next issue. Please consider sending a 2007. TIMES OF TROUBLE Violence Editor: Alla Nedashkivska contribution to the Belarusica column in Russian Literature and Culture. (University of Alberta) editor. University of Wisconsin Press.
Alla Nedashkivska is on leave until Khodasevich, Vladislav. 2007. DER- March 15, 2008. Anyone with contribu- Meet Me In Chicago! ZHAVIN A Biography. University of tions for this column should send them AATSEEL CONFERENCE Wisconsin Press to Betty Lou Leaver, editor (Leaver@aol. com), or Anna Jacobson, assistant edi- December 27-30 Continued on page 13 tor ([email protected]). www.aatseel.org
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Alina Israeli EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED (American University) Please send questions to: Prof. Alina TO KNOW ABOUT RUSSIAN GRAMMAR Israeli, LFS, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW., Washington BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK DC 20016-8045; or via e-mail to: [email protected]
Q. How come there are two questions meaning ‘How was and we may use unprefixed verbs. Even if we speak of birds, your trip?’: Как вы доехали? and Как вы съездили? the focus is on the birds: A. The problem here is mainly due to the English trans- Каждую осень птицы летят на юг, а весной они lation. Как вы доехали? is usually asked when the person снова прилетают в наши края. has just arrived, and it is about the trials and tribulations of a one-way trip, be it by train, plane or car. Were there any But when we speak of objects of transitive verbs and problems? In Chekhov’s short story “Мальчики”, the father break the round trip, the focus is still on the person, not on asks Volodya, who has just arrived: the object and we have to use prefixed verbs to indicate the direction and the focal point of the movement: — А мы тебя еще вчера ждали! Хорошо доехал? Благополучно? — And we already expected you Я отвожу ребенка в детский сад, а забирает его yesterday. How was the trip? All right? мой муж. One can also find such questions in letters to someone Он каждое утро приносит матери готовые обеды, who has gone away: а вечером заезжает за посудой. Напиши, как доехали, как устроились. — Write to For regular repetition in one direction, if all the actions us how your trip was, how you got settled. are viewed as a whole, we would use the non-unidirectional Как вы съездили? on the other hand pertains to a round verb: trip and usually refers to the traveler’s experience at the Настоятельница сама водит грузовик, возит на destination. So in the case of a business trip or a vacation, базар продукты монастырского хозяйства - яйца one inquires about the outcome, the events at the place from и брынзу, занимается всеми хозяйственными во- which the interlocutor has just arrived. Perhaps if we were to просами,… translate this question as ‘Tell me about your trip’, we would Clearly she takes the goods one way, unless there are avoid the ambiguity. Similarly, the first question should be unsold items. paraphrased whenever appropriate as ‘How was your flight?’ Unidirectional in this case has the same focal function or ‘How was the ride?’. as perfective within a narrative, making each individual case stand out. For example, Q. In a situation where people were carrying plates of food from the kitchen into the dining room — i.e., going in Он всегда скажет какую–нибудь глупость. — He one direction with a clear goal and leaving the plates at that would always say some stupid thing. destination — I’ve heard two separate native speakers of Rus- Similarly unidirectional make each event individual: sian, on two separate occasions, say something to the effect of “надо тарелки носить.” Why would they use the indeter- Я часто везу подарки из магазина Ив Роше - там minate, rather than the determinate infinitive, “нести”? всё бывает и косметички, сумочки,перчатки... A. In this case, every person would be making several Мы часто ведем детей в сад, чтобы отдохнуть от trips carrying dishes from the kitchen to the dining room, if них хоть пару часов, а у них детей по два десят- it is a big dinner party, or the same person would be making ка. multiple trips in the same direction. Нести would assume only one trip from the kitchen to the dining room table. So, Needless to say, these examples are not very common. for example, when there is a unique item, one would expect to hear “Пора нести торт.” Q. How do you say in Russian: —He drove grandma there. —Why did he drive her Q. Can the verbs вести, нести, везти be used for the there? He wasn’t supposed to drive her there. context of repeated motion in one direction? (Parallel to the A. The main issue with sentences of this type is the time usage of, for example, Я обычно еду на работу на трамвае, of untterance: before the return or after the return. When said a домой иду пешком.) after the return, transitive verbs have an additional problem of A. I don’t think so. When we speak of ourselves or an- whether the object returns or remains at the destination. other person in the same situation, the focus is on that person
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So before the return of the driver with or without the grandmother, one would hear: — Он повез бабушку в поликлинику. — Зачем он ее туда повез? Он не должен был ее туда везти. After the return of both the driver and the grandmother one would hear: — Он возил бабушку в поликлинику. — Зачем он ее туда возил? Он не должен был ее туда возить. If the grandmother remained and the driver returned alone, one would hear: — Он отвез бабушку в больницу. — Зачем он ее туда отвез? Он не должен был ее туда отвозить. © 2007 by Alina Israeli
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Editor: Olga Livshin Graduate Student Forum Northwestern University
The AATSEEL and the editors of the AATSEEL Newsletter would like to thank our the bad joke, to name two), but want- colleagues who serve as advisors to the Graduate Student Forum. They include ing to talk about one’s scholarly place Thomas Beyer (Middlebury College); Robert Channon (Purdue University); in an academic department isn’t one of Halina Filipowicz (University of Wisconsin at Madison); Beth Holmgren (Duke them…at least not for me. I know jobs University); James Levin (George Mason University); and Ernest Scatton (State are hard to come by, but if I were an University of New York at Albany). Look for their responses to new questions in applicant and some interviewer showed future issues of the AATSEEL Newsletter. any sign of irritation as a consequence of Please send your questions to Olga Livshin ([email protected]). my bringing up the subject of the schol- arship of the prospective colleagues and cretion. How do I approach this matter the relationship of my scholarship to Announcement: tactfully? it, I’d give some really serious thought AATSEEL newsletter is to not accepting an offer, if one were Two authors respond to this forthcoming and if I had an alternative. looking for an editor of question. If I didn’t have an alternative and got the Graduate Forum. Ernest Scatton the offer, I’d naturally accept, but I’d be on my guard from day one. As the current editor of the Gradu- There’s no question that a job ap- ate Forum, I have enjoyed working on plicant would be well-advised to learn Halina Filipowicz this column very much. This fall, I will as much as possible prior to going to As I wrote in my earlier contribu- be leaving this position to concentrate an interview, not only about the re- on my dissertation and on another ser- tions to this Forum, being versatile and search interests of those conducting the flexible is always a plus. If I were to vice commitment. I encourage current interview, but also about the relevant graduate students to consider applying answer this particular question from program, its students, and curriculum, the perspective of someone who was for this position. I learned a great deal the program’s general institutional set- from editing this column, and it was a interviewed for academic positions, I ting and the institution itself. The more would say that it is useful to do one’s pleasure to interact with the contribu- you know the better prepared you’ll be. tors. Please contact Betty Lou Leaver at homework more broadly and to famil- How to use this information is obviously iarize oneself with the profile of a de- [email protected] if you are interested. a different matter. My feeling is that the I also want to take a moment to partment to which one is applying. This way it is used depends a great deal on kind of information will go a long way thank the contributors to the Graduate the circumstances that arise during the Forum -- both the board members and to help an applicant tackle a standard interview. For example, if over lunch interview question: how would your those faculty who served as our guest with some members of the department, authors. Their insights into our profes- teaching and research interests contrib- the talk turns to scholarship, I wouldn’t ute to the department’s overall mission? sion and the field and their personal be at all offended or annoyed if the perspectives on the issues raised by stu- This mission is “readable” -- or can be applicant showed familiarity with my inferred -- from a department’s self- dents’ questions are a valuable resource research areas. In fact, if the applicant to our graduate student readers. Many presentation posted on-line, i.e.,from showed no familiarity at all with my information about degree programs questions posed here deal with thorny work, I’d find it difficult not to be put ethical and practical issues, and we are offered; courses taught; language pro- off…not as a matter of vanity, but rather ficiency testing provided; study abroad grateful for the time and thought that our because I’d conclude that the applicant authors spend on these questions, and programs supported; interdisciplinary didn’t care to take the trouble to find initiatives sponsored, etc. Having gath- for the sense of mentorship and com- out what kind of place he or she was munity that their responses produce. ered this information, an applicant may trying to join. And on top of that, if the want to ask herself or himself: how can candidate brought up the question of his Question: I thought that it was a I contribute to what the department is or her scholarly fit in the department, already doing? sign of respect to do your homework I’d be very pleased and positively im- about people who will be interviewing pressed. The fact is, I think this is just you for a job. I am hoping to mention one aspect of the most important issues ways that my research might comple- AATSEEL Conference that arise in hiring: the applicant’s fit December 27-30 ment theirs. But my friends who have in the department. Certainly there are Chicago, Illinois been on the job market tell me that it indiscretions that can be committed by may be interpreted as a sign of indis- interviewees (the one drink too many; www.aatseel.org
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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 talk, real talk won’t work if students regarding the psychological aspect of language learning. have never practiced classroom talk. Submissions for future editions of this column should be sent electronically to Practicing inauthentic conversations in [email protected] the classroom is necessary preparation for authentic conversations. or rarely available internet connections. Prepare questions. For the first WITH RUSSIANS IN The appearance of Voice over Internet time students will have a true informa- RUSSIA: Using Live services such as Skype and ICQ-voice tion gap. But they must be ready to have radically altered – in the view of exploit it. Each student should have Audio Chat in a Basic Godwin-Jones (2005) – destroyed the 10-20 questions ready to ask their Skype U.S. Classroom previous communications structure, guests. and with it, the limits on the classroom Richard M. Robin, Ph.D. Provide some background infor- participation of native speakers who are mation. In order to prepare questions Director Russian Language Program not teachers. students have to know a bit about their Technical Advisor, GW Language As a result Skype has now caught interlocutors: how many people they Сenter, The George Washington the eye of numerous language teachers, will be speaking to and a bit . Teachers University
12 December 2007 Vol. 50, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER sures of oral proficiency are too blunt Cited Literature to distinguish to what extent if any live “Professors and Students Ask Col- Member News electronic conversations bring about leges Not to Hang Up on Skype.” The greater proficiency. However, they are Chronicle of Higher Education, Decem- Editor: Keith Meyer-Blasing clear motivators. Students look forward ber 18, 2006. Accessed at chronicle. to them and prepare for them thorough- com/weekly/v53/i16/16a02801.htm (University of Wisconsin) ly. Few other assignments that students Godwin-Jones, Robert. 2005. “Sky- The AATSEEL Newsletter likes to keep undertake in a Basic Russian classroom pe and podcasting: disruptive technolo- its members informed about important carry the communicative payload that gies for language learning.” Language events and professional milestones! If characterize this kind of exchange. Learning & Technology, 9, 3:9-12. Since the conversations take place you or an AATSEEL member you know in real time, time zone differences are a Cited Websites has recently defended a dissertation, factor. The class at hand meets at 11:00 been hired, received a promotion or Moddle • Moodle - Lang Teach- a.m. Eastern Time, 7:00 p.m. Moscow retired, please send the member’s name, ing - Forums - Speaking Skills (http:// Time. Teachers who want to introduce accomplishment and affiliation to: moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss. such practices for evening classes on Keith Blasing [email protected] php?d=20928) the U.S. East Coast would need to find http://www.Xlingo.com. partners in Siberia and the Far East. The AATSEEL Newsletter would The Mixxer (Dickinson College), On the down side, two attempts to like to recognize the following mem- accessed at http://www.language-ex- set up two separate Skype exchanges as bers for their recent professional mile- changes.org/ independent studies with students at a stones: higher level (ACTFL Intermediate Mid) In June, 2007 Frederick H. White was appointed Associate Dean (Re- produced mixed results. Two third-year Recent Publications Continued students engaging in Skype conversa- search and Graduate Programs), Faculty tions with Russian partners in Russia Continued from page 6 of Arts at Memorial University (New- as part of an independent study project Radetsky, P. 2007. The Soviet image: foundland, Canada), and n September, reported occasional difficulties with the A hundred years of photographs from 2007 Dr. White was tenured and technology and missed chat times. One inside the TASS archives. Chronicle promoted to Associate Professor in the of the students found that his Russian books. Department of German and Russian at conversation partner usually missed Memorial University. Susan McReynolds was promoted chat appointments. American students Robinson, Harlow. 2007. Russians in to associate professor with tenure at might be motivated to chat with Rus- Hollywood, Hollywood’s Russians: sians at the Intermediate Mid level. But Northwestern University. Her book, Biography of an image. Northeast- Redemption and the Merchant God: randomly selected Russians probably ern. need some additional motivation to chat Dostoevsky’s Economy of Salvation independently with Americans at such History and Antisemitism will be published a relatively low level of proficiency. As by Northwestern University Press in Oral Proficiency trainers often say, you Whiting, J. 2007. The Russian Revolu- January 2008. have to be Advanced to have friends. tion, 1917. Mitchell Lane Publish- In September, 2007, Mark Nuckols Clearly though, the future of mod- ers. defended his dissertation, Case Varia- erated classroom exchanges is bright. tion in Czech and Russian: Implications for the Transitivity Hypothesis at The The main obstacle is probably the forest Language of university computer policies that in Ohio State University; he will receive some instances ban Skype and similar Franke, K. 2007. Streetwise Russian. his Ph.D. in December. VoIP computer use on their networks San Francisco: McGraw Hill. Milla Fedorova was hired as as reported recently in The Chronicle tenure-track Assistant Professor of of Higher Education. Margulis, A. 2007. Russian-English Russian Language and Literature in the Slavic Department of Georgetown With those caveats in mine, teach- dictionary of proverbs and sayings. University. ers who are willing to prepare for McFarland & Co. computer mediated conversations after New Books by AATSEEL doing the necessary technological and Mosely, C. 2007. Colloquial Latvian. Members pedagogical groundwork will afford London: Routledge. their students a rewarding and motivat- DERZHAVIN A Biography by ing experience. Vladislav Khodasevich Translated and with an introduction by Angela Continued on page 14 Brintlinger
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Publication Date: December 10, Angela Brintlinger is associate violence against women, anti-Semitism, 2007 ISBN: 978-0-299-22420-2 Cloth, professor of Slavic languages and litera- and terrorism as a tool of revolution. $60.00 344 pages tures at the Ohio State University. She Marcus C. Levitt is associate pro- “Angela Brintlinger’s transposition is the author of Writing a Usable Past: fessor of Slavic languages at the Uni- of Khodasevich’s masterful reading of Russian Literary Culture, 1917–1937 versity of Southern California. Russia’s greatest eighteenth-century and coeditor of Madness and the Mad Tatyana Novikov is associate pro- poet into English gives those who did in Russian Culture. fessor of Russian at the University of not yet have the time to study Russian a Nebraska at Omaha. very rare and profound insight into the TIMES OF TROUBLE Violence This book was published with the very fabric of what Shakespeare might in Russian Literature and Culture Ed- support of the University of Southern have called ‘a Russian eye in a fine ited by Marcus C. Levitt and Tatyana California; the University of Illinois; frenzy rolling’ and Brodsky would un- Novikov the University of California, Davis De- derstand as the ultimate dialogue about Publication Date: December 10, partment of History; Washington and the very ‘stuff’ of poetry.”—Alexander 2007 ISBN: 978-0-299-22430-1 Cloth, Lee University; the University of New Levitsky, Brown University $60.00 336 pages Hampshire Center for the Humanities Russian poet, soldier, and statesman “The first book of its kind to address and College of Liberal Arts; the Depart- Gavriil Derzhavin (1743–1816) lived head-on the problem of violence in ment of Russian and Slavic Studies, during an epoch of momentous change Russian culture.” —Angela Brintlinger, University of Arizona; the Division of in Russia—imperial expansion, peasant Ohio State University Arts and Sciences, Brandeis University; revolts, war with Turkey, and struggle Looking at the country that has and anonymous donors with Napoleon—and he served three added to our vocabulary such color- tsars, including Catherine the Great. ful terms as “purges,” “pogroms,” and Recent Publications Continued “gulag,” this collection investigates the Here in its first English translation is Continued from page 13 the masterful biography of Derzhavin conspicuous marks of violence in Rus- by another acclaimed Russian man of sian history and culture. Russians and Literature non-Russians alike have long debated letters, Vladislav Khodasevich. Der- Benn, A., & Bartlett, R. 2007. Literary zhavin occupied a position at the center the reasons for this endemic violence. Russia: A guide. Overlook Hard- of Russian life, uniting civic service Some have cited Russia’s huge size, cover. with poetic inspiration and creating an unforgiving climate, and exposed oeuvre that at its essence celebrated geographical position as formative in the triumphs of Russia and its rulers, its national character, making invasion Glynn, M. 2007. Vladimir Nabokov: particularly Catherine the Great. His easy and order difficult. Others have Bergsonian and Russian formalist biographer Khodasevich, by contrast, fixed the blame on cultural and reli- influences in his novels. Palgrave left Russia in 1922, unable to abide the gious traditions that spurred internecine Macmillan. increasingly repressive regime of the violence or on despotic rulers or unfor- Soviets. For Khodasevich, whose lyric tunate episodes in the nation’s history, Hokanson, K. 2007. Writing at Russia’s poems were as commonplace in their fo- such as the Mongol invasion, the rule border. Toronto, Ontario: University cus as Derzhavin’s odes were grand, this of Ivan the Terrible, or the “Red Terror” of Toronto Press. biography was in a sense a rediscovery of the revolution. Even in contemporary of a lost and idyllic era, a period when Russia, the specter of violence con- Kharms, D. 2007. Today I wrote noth- it was possible to aspire to the pinnacles tinues, from widespread mistreatment ing: The selected writing of Daniil of artistic achievement while still occu- of women to racial antagonism, the Kharms. Overlook Hardcover. pying a central role in Russian society. product of a frustrated nationalism that manifests itself in such phenomena as Khodasevich writes with humor, intelli- Levitt, M. C., & Levitt,, M. 2007. Times the wars in Chechnya. Times of Trouble gence, and understanding, and his work of troubles: Violence in Russian is the first book in English to explore stands as a monument to the last three literature and culture. Madison, WI: the problem of violence in Russia. centuries of Russian history, lending University of Wisconsin Press. keen insight into Russia’s past as well From a variety of perspectives, essays as its present and future. investigate Russian history as well as depictions of violence in the visual arts Loewen, D. 2007. The most dangerous Vladislav Khodasevich (1886– art: Poetry, politics, and autobiog- 1939), called by Vladimir Nabokov (in and in literature, including the works of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Isaac Babel, raphy after the Russian Revolution. 1939) “the greatest Russian poet that Lexington Books. the twentieth century has yet produced,” Mikhail Lermontov, and Nina Sadur. was also an outstanding memoirist and From the Mongol invasion to the present biographer. day, topics include the gulag, genocide, Continued on page 17
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Indiana University SUMMER LANGUAGE PROGRAMS Bloomington, IN 47405 812-855-2608 [email protected] The AATSEEL Newsletter regularly announces information about summer and http://www.indiana.edu/ winter language programs in Slavic and East European languages. We also ~iuslavic/swseel/. announce programs in Russian and East European cultural studies. As of the University of Pittsburgh time of publication this fall, however, we had no sepcific information about any University of Pittsburgh announc- forthcoming programs. es its summer immersion programs in Program directors are encouraged to use these pages not only for display ads, Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Polish, which do attract reader attention, but also for more detailed program descriptions Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Ukrainian, which are carried in this column as a service item, in other words, free of charge. and Hungarian. The Russian Summer We can also add hypertexted URLs so that readers can have all the information Language Program is an eight-week, 8- possible as well as access to your website. credit intensive language program (June If you are a program director wishing to share information about your program(s), 9-August 1, 2008) in beginning, inter- please e-mail your information to one of the editors by the deadline for the var- mediate, advanced, and fourth-year in- ious issues, typically six weeks in advance of the issue’s publication date. These tensive Russian. Beginning Bulgarian, deadlines can be found on the back cover of any issue of the newsletter or at the Hungarian and Ukrainian; Beginning AATSEEL website: http://www.aatseel.org. and Intermediate Polish, Croatian, Slo- vak, and Serbian; as well as Advanced Our strong preference is for information to be submitted electronically. How- Slovak and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian ever, we do continue, even in this era, to take copysubmitted in paper form. The are six-week intensive programs (June address for mailing information to the AATSEEL Newsletter is contained at the 4-July 13), carrying six credits. All of masthead on page 2. the summer language programs consist Summer program information is carried in every issue, beginning in October of five hours per day of instruction of the academic year leading up to the deadline for enrollment in the program, with native speakers and are profi- typically through the April issue of the newsletter. Winter program information ciency based. Scholarships are available is carried in the October and December issues. (scholarship deadline: March 22, 2008). Graduate students will be considered Beloit College Central Asian Languages will be held for FLAS fellowships which cover The Center for Language Studies at June 13th - August 8th, 2008, and will tuition and provide a stipend. Contact: Beloit College offers summer intensive offer intensive first through sixth-year Summer Language Institute, Dept. of language courses in Arabic, Chinese, Russian, including cultural program- Slavic Languages and Literatures, 1417 Japanese, and RUSSIAN (1st through ming. Cathedral of Learning, University of 4th-year). Eight- and four-week ses- Besides Russian, 18 other languag- Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; (412) sions available from June 14 through es will be offered including Albanian, 624-5906; email: [email protected]; August 8. Advantages: personalized Azerbaijani (1st & 2nd), Bosnian/Croa- http://sli.slavic.pitt.edu. instruction, small classes, superb teach- tian/Serbian, Czech, Georgian (1st & ers, twelve semester hours of credit, lan- 2nd), Hungarian, Kazakh (1st & 2nd), University of Pittsburgh guage tables, extracurricular activities, Macedonian, Mongolian (pending Summer Language Program in Russia a pleasant summer in Wisconsin, and funding), Pashto (1st & 2nd), Polish, Ro- st nd st In Summer of 2008 the University easy access to Madison, Milwaukee, manian, Tajik (1 & 2 ), Turkmen (1 of Pittsburgh will offer a special op- and Chicago. Rolling admissions from & 2nd), Ukrainian, Uyghur (1st & 2nd), st nd portunity to combine five weeks of January 1, 2008. CLS tuition grant Uzbek (1 & 2 ) and Reading Yiddish intensive language study in Pittsburgh ($1,810 (8-week), $460 (4-week)) avail- for Holocaust Research. (June 9-July 11, 2008) with five weeks able to all qualified applicants through ALL students pay IN-STATE TU- of intensive Russian study at Moscow April 25, 2008. Please contact us at the ITION and FLAS and SSRC funding State University in Russia (July 14-Au- Center for Language Studies, Beloit is available. The following languages gust 15). In the “5+5” program, which College, 700 College Street, Beloit WI are ACLS-funded and TUITION-FREE is part of the Russian Summer Institute, 53511; Phone, 608-363-2277; E-mail, for grads specializing in East European beginning through fourth-year students, [email protected]; Web site, http://www. studies: Albanian, Bosnian/Croatian/ and heritage students, will receive summerlanguages.com. Serbian, and Macedonian. Application st instruction and take part in a program deadline for fellowships is March 21 . of cultural excursions in Moscow and Indiana University For more information contact: Indiana University’s 58th Summer in other Russian cities. Students will Director earn ten college credits. Scholarships Workshop in Slavic, East European, and Ballantine Hall 502 15 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 50, Issue 4 December 2007 are available. Program strictly limited opportunity to combine six weeks of University of Pittsburgh to 32 students. The deadline for ap- intensive beginning-level Bulgarian Summer Program in Poland plications is March 22, 2008. Contact: language study in Pittsburgh (June Summer Language Institute, Dept. of 9- July 18, 2008) with four weeks of University of Pittsburgh anounces Slavic Languages and Literatures, 1417 intensive intermediate-level study in its “6+4” program of Polish language in Cathedral of Learning, University of Sofia, Bulgaria (July 21 – August 15). Pittsburgh and in Poland. Students will Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; (412) In the Bulgaria program, students will study beginning or intermediate inten- 624-5906; email: [email protected]; receive instruction and take part in a sive Polish for six weeks in Pittsburgh http://sli.slavic.pitt.edu. program of cultural excursions in Sofia at the University of Pittsburgh’s Sum- and in other Bulgarian cities. Students mer East European Language Institute, University of Pittsburgh will earn ten college credits for particpa- followed by four weeks of instruction Summer Language Program in Russia tion in the Pitt and Bulgaria programs, in Poland. (Students demonstrating ad- for Heritage Speakers and four credits for Bulgaria only. Stu- equate academic preparation can choose to join only the course in Poland.) Based In Summer of 2008, the Univer- dents must be at the intermediate-level to participate in the Bulgaria program in Krakow and taught by instructors sity of Pittsburgh Summer Language trained at the Jagiellonian University, Institute offers a program for Russian without completing the 6-week course in Pittsburgh. Scholarships are avail- the program includes weekend excur- heritage speakers. Participants must be sions in and around Krakow, and a 3-day U.S. citizens or permanent residents and able. The deadline for applications is March 22, 2008. Contact: Summer trip to Warsaw. Informational meet- juniors, seniors or graduate students, ings, gatherings, excursions, and trips who are interested either in K-12 or Language Institute, Dept. of Slavic Lan- guages and Literatures, 1417 Cathedral together with students in Poland are college teaching careers in foreign an integral part of this study program, language or area studies, or in applying of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; (412)624-5906; making it unique among American their international knowledge to other study-in-Poland programs. Together fields such as government, the profes- email: [email protected]; http://sli. slavic.pitt.edu. with the Pittsburgh segment, the courses sions or international development. . carry ten college credits and will be held All seminar participants will receive University of Pittsburgh June 9-July 18, 2008 in Pittsburgh, and intensive advanced Russian language Summer Language Program in July 21-August 15 in Poland. Scholar- training for five weeks at the University Zagreb, Sarajevo and Belgrade for ships are available. The deadline for of Pittsburgh, immediately followed by Heritage Speakers applications is March 22, 2008. Contact: five weeks at Moscow State University. Summer Language Institute, Dept. of The seminar will provide both regular In Summer of 2008 the University Slavic Languages and Literatures, 1417 language instruction and individualized of Pittsburgh will offer a special oppor- Cathedral of Learning, University of tutoring and mentoring to address heri- tunity for heritage speakers to achieve Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; (412) tage speakers’ specific needs across the Advanced Mastery (Professional Com- 624-5906; email: [email protected]; wide range of differences in literacy and petence) in Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian http://sli.slavic.pitt.edu. fluency encountered among such speak- languages. The program includes one ers. The Moscow portion of the seminar week in Pittsburgh and a total of five University of Pittsburgh will utilize local instructors, carefully weeks in Belgrade, Sarajevo and Za- Summer Program in Slovakia designed cultural excursions, and other greb. Students will learn to write, trans- in-country resources to maximize the late, read and interpret in BCS; express University of Pittsburgh anounces expansion of participants’ linguistic and themselves in journalistic, scholarly and its “6+4” program of Slovak language cultural knowledge. Students will earn literary styles; and work with academic in Pittsburgh and in Slovakia. Students ten college credits. The deadline for experts in the region. Dates: June 9-July will study beginning or intermediate applications is March 22, 2008. Contact: 18, 2008. Scholarships are available. intensive Slovak for six weeks in Pitts- Summer Language Institute, Dept. of The deadline for applications is March burgh at the University of Pittsburgh’s Slavic Languages and Literatures, 1417 22, 2008. Contact: Summer Language Summer East European Language Cathedral of Learning, University of Institute, Dept. of Slavic Languages and Institute, followed by four weeks of in- Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; (412) Literatures, 1417 Cathedral of Learning, struction in Slovakia through Comenius 624-5906; email: [email protected]; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, University. . (Students demonstrating http://sli.slavic.pitt.edu. PA 15260; (412) 624-5906; email: adequate academic preparation can [email protected]; http://sli.slavic. choose to join only the course in Slo- University of Pittsburgh pitt.edu. vakia.) Based in Modra, the program Summer Language Program in Bul- includes a trour of Slovakia, includ- garia ing visits to Trencin, Zilina, Martin, the High Tatras, Banska Bystrica, and In Summer of 2008 the Univer- Bratislava amonth others. to Warsaw. sity of Pittsburgh will offer a special 16 December 2007 Vol. 50, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER
Together with the Pittsburgh segment, Cultural activities: Polish films, For detailed information and ap- the courses carry ten college credits performances of music and folk groups, plication call: and will be held June 9-July 18, 2008 excursions to Warsaw, Kazimierz, and Professor Michael J. Miko, (414) in Pittsburgh, and July 21-August 15 in other places of interest in the Lublin 229-4313 or write: Slovakia. Scholarships are available. area. Department of Foreign Languages The deadline for applications is March Additional trip to Cracow (cost and Linguistics,University of Wisconsin 22, 2008. Contact: Summer Language $176) and to Białowie, a National Park - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201 Institute, Dept. of Slavic Languages and ($176) during the course. e-mail: [email protected] Literatures, 1417 Cathedral of Learning, The estimated total cost of the www.lrc.uwm.edu/tour/ University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, program, including tuition (5 UWM fax (414) 229-2741 PA 15260; (412) 624-5906; email: credits), room, meals, and travel in [email protected]; http://sli.slavic. Poland is $2,688, plus airfare Chicago pitt.edu. - Warsaw - Chicago. Recent Publications Continued Also available: University Of Lublin, Poland Two or three or four-week or five Continued from page 14 Summer School Of Polish Language week course of Polish language, with And Culture 20 hours of language per week. 2, 3 or Milner, J. 2007. A slap in the face! 4credits, July 7--July 19 or July 26, or Futurists in Russia. Philip Wilson July 7 - August 11, 2008 Publishers. The UWM Program of Slavic Lan- August 2. The same courses can also be guages announces a 5-week summer taken from July 28 to August 9, August 16, August 23 or August 30. Orwin, D. 2007. Consequences of con- study program at the Catholic Univer- sciousness: Turgenev, Dostoevsky, sity in Lublin, Poland. The five credit Two or three or four or five-week and Tolstoy. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford course (774-280) offers: course of intensive Polish language, University Press. A course of Polish language, with with 30 hours of language per week. 100 hours of instruction at elementary, 2, 4, 5 or 6 credits. intermediate, and advanced levels, and Two or three or four or five-week additional lectures on literature, his- course of highly intensive Polish lan- Continued on page 26 tory, and arts conducted in English and guage, with 35 hours of language per in Polish. week, including individual tutoring. 3, 4, 5 or 6 credits.
Slavic & East European S u m m e r L a n g u a g e I n s t i t u t e SUniversityLI of Pittsburgh • 2008 So, what are you doing next
SIX-WEEK INTENSIVEUUCOURSESMMIN EAST MEMUROPEAN EEEIGHTRR-WEEK INTENSIVE RUSSIAN LANGUAGES (June 9 - July 18, 2008) PROGRAM (June 9 - August 1, 2008) Advanced: BCS [Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian] and Slovak Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, and Fourth- Beginning and Intermediate: Bulgarian, Croatian, Polish, Serbian and Slovak Year Russian Beginning: Hungarian and Ukrainian • Pittsburgh/Moscow 5+5 week program & 5+5 program for Russian New Program for Super Advanced/Heritage Speakers of Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian: 1 week in Heritage Speakers also available Pittsburgh; 5 weeks in Sarajevo, Zagreb & Belgrade Generous scholarships available through CREES-FLAS & SLI Fellowship deadline March 22. For more information please write or call: Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures 1417 CL, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (412)624-5906/Fax (412)624-9714/e-mail: [email protected] Visit our web page at: http://www.pitt.edu/~slavic/sli/
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English to both children and adults and to prepare students for university entrance examination. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES The native speaker will assist with pronunciation, conversation and reading tasks. Grammar instruction is provided Editor's Note: This column prints job advertisements that are sent in by potential by the Russian teachers. employers. Information about possible job openings must arrive no later than six The conditions of work in our weeks before the date of the issue. For that reason, employment possibilities with school are as follows: quick turnaround dates are difficult to include. For these situations, readers are We supply you with the official encouraged to check out the AATSEEL website, which maintains up-to-date infor- invitation from our local authorities mation on job openings. We also encourage employers to share their job openings to get your visa. The salary is not big with the newsletter where possible. (4000 rubles per month) but there is a possibility to have private lessons of Capable, Enthusiastic Romanian • US Citizenship or permission 300 rubles (about $12 per hour) that is Instructors Wanted! from the US government to enough to live in Russia. We provide the work Berlitz Language Center, Boston transportation from the Moscow airport • Has the allure of teaching • Native-fluency in Romanian to Obninsk and back. Also we pay for always pulled at you, but you • BA or equivalent degree/work your housing (except meal). Usually our are currently working in another experience TA lives with a hostess who takes care field? of him. Your schedule will average 3-4 • Reliable, enthusiastic, flexible, teaching hours a day in couple with a • Are you looking for a part-time willing to travel in local area, Russian teacher. Our groups of students position to supplement your and outgoing of different ages are not big (about 4-6 income, but want to enjoy your- If this describes you, please con- students per group). As a rule, Saturdays self at the same time? tact us at the Berlitz Language Center and Sundays are days off. • Are you looking for something in Boston. Please visit our web site at You may contact us at: oesl@mail. where you can express your www.berlitz.us for more information ru. Our Web site: http://oesl.narod.ru creativity and desire to interact about our company. with people? No teaching experience necessary. Resident Director, Russian • Do you enjoy working with Berlitz provides complete training for Flagship Program children and realize the im- our instructors and provides all materi- St. Petersburg portance of exposing them to als. Work schedules are flexible. We The Flagship Resident Director foreign languages and cultures are also seeking instructors to teach our serves as the American Councils rep- at an early age? Berlitz Kids programs. resentative and in-country Program Helping the world communicate • Would you enjoy working in an Director for participants on the Russian begins with you! We look forward to Flagship Program, an intensive lan- international environment with seeing you! colleagues from all over the guage training program at St. Petersburg State University for learners already world, while still in your own Teacher Assistant for OESL backyard? at the advanced level of proficiency in Obninsk Russian. The Flagship Resident Direc- • Are you a parent who would Teacher Assistant for OESL tor represents American Councils in love a part-time position, but (for January-May 2008) his/her actions and words during the need flexibility for your child/ The city of Obninsk (population tenure of appointment. S/he must be children’s schedule? 100,000) is located 60 miles (100 kilo- available to program participants on a • Or are you simply looking to meters) southwest of Moscow. Home daily basis; observe student classes and promote your language and of the worlds first atomic power sta- meet regularly with teachers, adminis- culture through teaching? tion, Obninsk was founded as a scien- trators, and students; and arrange group If you answered yes to any of these tific town in 1956 and continues to be travel and cultural programs. The Flag- questions, why not join the company internationally regarded for its many ship Resident Director must be available that has been helping the world com- scientific research Institutes. to participants during any emergencies municate for almost 130 years? Obninsk English as a Second Lan- that arise and must communicate regu- Berlitz is accepting applications guage School (OESL) was founded larly with the Flagship program staff in for instructors in the Boston metro area 11 years ago by an American, Pete V. Washington, DC. with the following qualifications to fill Wagener, as a joint American-Russian Prior to departure for Russia, the part-time positions, as needed: project to teach general conversational Flagship Resident Director must attend 18 December 2007 Vol. 50, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER both American Councils’ orientation * Demonstrated skills in academic Responsibilities: programs: for resident directors and and personal counseling; interest in * Maintains American Councils for participants. He/she must travel to advanced level language acquisition is organizational relations in the Kyrgyz Russia with the student group at the an advantage in this position Republic with relevant US govern- beginning of the program and return to * Demonstrated skills in general ment offices and institutions (the US Washington, DC with the group at the financial accountability embassy, PAS, USAID, and other US end of the program. To Apply: government agencies); with national The Flagship Resident Director re- Send letter/resume and salary re- government and private institutions ports to the Flagship Program Manager quirements to HR Department, Ameri- (government ministries, agencies and and Program Officers. can Councils, 1776 Massachusetts Ave- offices; national corporations;American Primary Responsibilities Include: nue, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036. Councils’ institutional partners); with * Serve as academic and personal Fax: 202-872-9178 or 202-833-7523; the in-country offices ofAmerican orga- counselor for American Councils pro- email: [email protected]. nizations and foundations; and, with the gram participants; AffirmativeAction / Equal Opportunity international and domestic press; * Serve as a liaison between Ameri- Employer. * Oversees American Councils in- can Councils and the host institute American Councils for Interna- ternal operations in the Kyrgyz Repub- administration to ensure that the aca- tional Education: ACTR/ACCELS is an lic; coordinates the activities of program demic and cultural program proceeds international not-for-profit organization staff; and advises staff on American as agreed; working to advance education, research, Councils policies and employment * Secure medical treatment for and mutual understanding across the matters regarding local national em- students as necessary; United States and the nations of Eastern ployees; * Enforce American Councils rules Europe, Eurasia, and Southeast Europe. * Provides overall supervision of as well as those of the Russian host Its mission is to foster democratic devel- American Councils programs in the institute; opment and civil societies by advanc- Kyrgyz Republic by communicating, as * Communicate regularly with the ing education and research, cultivating needed, with country-based staff mem- American Councils Washington office, leadership, and empowering individu- bers concerning academic, operational, reporting any problems regarding par- als and institutions through learning. and other policy matters as affected by ticipants’ health, academic performance, With a staff of 400 professionals in 17 the region’s political, economic and or behavior, and general group/program countries, American Councils designs, cultural conditions; updates; and within two weeks of pro- implements, and supports innovative * Manages and participates in all as- gram conclusion submit a final report, programs in education, community pects of program recruitment (includes program grades and test scores; outreach, and scholarly research. significant travel throughout the Kyrgyz * Ensure that in-country travel and Republic and extensive interaction with excursion program is arranged as agreed Country Director - Kyrgyz local communities and government and outlined in American Councils Republic structures); materials; * Communicates regularly with, Bishkek and makes recommendations to, the * Manage program finances and The Country Director is responsible Regional Director for Central Asia, the submit monthly expense reports ac- for maintaining American Councils for Washington-based VP for Field Opera- counting for all American Councils International Education: ACTR/AC- tions and other staff on general program program expenditures; CELS organizational relations in the matters, on perceptions of American * Coordinate program logistics, Kyrgyz Republic, overseeing internal Councils programs and on the influence including visits from outside inspectors, operations, and providing overall super- of local conditions on the organization’s and communicate logistical details to vision of American Councils programs programs in the Kyrgyz Republic; DC-based staff. in country. The Country Director coor- * Assists US-, the Kyrgyz Republic, dinates all administrative and program- Qualifications: and other NIS-based program staff in matic tasks in the region including: * M.A. degree or higher in Russian developing new programs and seeking recruiting, advertising, tracking, testing, language or area studies or equivalent; new funding sources for ongoing or pro- assisting interview teams, coordinating * Advanced Russian language skills spective projects; assists in coordinating visa processing and departures of par- --written and oral (minimum ‘Level 3’ the work of American Councils offices ticipants, directing alumni and follow on as defined by OPI http://www.dlielc. in the host country and works to further activities, and managing and accounting org/testing/opi_examinees.htm ) ; external relations there; for office expenses. The Country Direc- * U.S. Citizenship Required; * Assists in coordinating work in tor position, located in Bishkek, reports * Study, work, or extensive travel other regions, as needed; to the Regional Director for Central experience in Russia; * Supervises staff, coordinates de- Asia and works with Washingtonbased * Experience overseeing and guid- velopment of programs, and oversees ing groups; program managers. 19 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 50, Issue 4 December 2007 internal operations of auxiliary centers programs in education, community invites applications for a probationary such as Educational Advising Center, outreach, and scholarly research. appointment leading to a tenure deci- Regional Information and Educational sion position in Russian language and Advising Center, Alumni Center, and Advisor/Assistant Director, literature/culture at the rank of Assis- Language Center; and Student Services tant Professor, beginning August 2008. * Manages all general office ad- Indiana University Minimum Requirements: 1) Ph.D. by ministrative matters such as budgeting, date of appointment. 2) Specialization Position Description finance and negotiating contracts; inter- in Russian Literature/ Culture or Slavic This position supports the work of acting with landlords, etc. Linguistics, 3) Demonstrable experi- the director, staff, and students of the ence in teaching Russian at all levels, 4) Qualifications: Russian and East European Institute Native or near-native fluency in Russian * Fluency in Russian or Kyrgyz; at Indiana University. Major duties and English. Preferred Qualifications: * Bachelor’s degree (graduate de- include counseling students on degree 1) Potential for scholarly distinction, 2) gree preferred) in international educa- requirements, registration, and career Ability to teach interdisciplinary topical tion or development, history, political planning; recruiting students into degree courses, 3) Evidence of teaching excel- science, international business or related and intensive language study programs; lence, 4) Collegiality. area; assisting students in choosing the For best consideration applications * Ability to travel extensively in academic program that best suits their must be received by December 1, 2007. difficult environments; needs; monitoring the job market and The position will remain open until * Professional-level program man- identifying internship opportunities for filled. Please send a signed letter of agement experience; students; and tracking the career paths application, CV, sample course syllabi, * Overseas work/living experience, of program alumni. Duties will also in- and three letters of recommendation preferably in the Kyrgyz Republic; dem- clude supervision of the publication of to Professor Walter Putnam, Search onstrated interest in Central Asia; program information that is distributed Committee Chair, Dept. of Foreign * Supervisory experience; experi- in written form through departmental Languages and Literatures, 229 Ortega ence supervising local national staff brochures, newsletter, and web pages. preferred; Hall, MS 032080, University of New Qualifications * Proven cross-cultural skills and Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131. The Applicants should be able to work ability to interact with various stake- University of New Mexico is an equal effectively with faculty, staff, and stu- holders; and opportunity/affirmative action employer dents. Applicants must have strong oral * Strong written and oral commu- and educator. and written communication skills, be nication skills (English, Russian and/or well-organized, and be computer liter- Kyrgyz). Teacher Assistant for OESL ate. Master’s of Arts is required. Ideal (for January-May 2008) To Apply: candidate will be familiar with current Send letter/resume and salary re- Obninsk issues in Russia, East Central Europe, The city of Obninsk (population quirements to HR Department, Ameri- and Central Asia. Previous study of at can Councils, 1776 Massachusetts Ave- 106,000) is located 60 miles (100 kilo- least one area language required. Previ- meters) southwest of Moscow. Home nue, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036. ous university administrative experience Fax: 202-872-9178 or 202-833-7523; of the world’s first atomic power sta- desirable. Please include a cover letter tion, Obninsk was founded as a scien- email: [email protected]. and resume with your online application AffirmativeAction / Equal Opportunity tific town in 1956 and continues to be and list the contact information for four internationally regarded for its many Employer. references on your resume. If selected American Councils for Interna- scientific research Institutes. for an interview, candidates will be Obninsk English as a Second Lan- tional Education: ACTR/ACCELS is an asked to prepare a mock oral presenta- international not-for-profit organization guage School (OESL) was founded tion for recruitment of students to the 11 years ago by an American, Pete V. working to advance education, research, summer intensive language workshop and mutual understanding across the Wagener, as a joint American-Russian and provide samples of written work. project to teach general conversational United States and the nations of Eastern For more information please con- Europe, Eurasia, and Southeast Europe. English to both children and adults tact Assistant Director Mark Trotter at and to prepare students for university Its mission is to foster democratic devel- [email protected]. opment and civil societies by advanc- entrance examination. The native speaker will assist with ing education and research, cultivating Assistant Professor in Russian leadership, and empowering individu- pronunciation, conversation and reading U of New Mexico, Albuquerque tasks. Grammar instruction is provided als and institutions through learning. The Department of Foreign Lan- With a staff of 400 professionals in 17 by the Russian teachers. guages and Literatures at the Univer- The conditions of work in our countries, American Councils designs, sity of New Mexico in Albuquerque implements, and supports innovative school are as follows. 20 December 2007 Vol. 50, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER
We supply you with the official consultations, public appearances, and * Monitors all recruitment activities invitation from our local authorities meetings with potential and existing to assure timely and proper conduct of to get your visa. The salary is not big partners; competitions; (4000 rubles per month) but there is a * Maintains American Councils * Conducts recruitment, including possibility to have private lessons of organizational relations in Armenia with advertising, lectures, interviews with 300 rubles (about $12 per hour) that is relevant US government offices and finalist candidates, testing, correspon- enough to live in Russia. We provide the institutions (the US embassy/ consul- dence, and meetings with parents, transportation from the Moscow airport ate, PAS, USAID, and other US gov- applicants and finalists, and those not to Obninsk and back. Also we pay for ernment agencies); with the Armenian selected; your housing (except meal). Usually our government and private institutions * Coordinates alumni activity TA lives with a hostess who takes care (government ministries, agencies and planning and delivery of appropriate of him. Your schedule will average 3-4 offices; national corporations;American activities for alumni of all programs, teaching hours a day in couple with a Councils’ institutional partners); with oversees alumni assistants and alumni Russian teacher. Our groups of students the in-country offices ofAmerican orga- fellows, coordinates updates to alumni of different ages are not big (about 5-7 nizations and foundations; and, with the information, submits regular reports on students per group). As a rule, Saturdays international and domestic press; alumni activity; and Sundays are days off. * Communicates regularly with, and * Coordinates appropriate contribu- You may contact us at: oesl@mail. makes recommendations to the Acting tions to recruitment and alumni activi- ru. Our Web site: http://oesl.narod.ru Regional Directors on general program ties from alumni, host-country national matters, on perceptions of American assistants, and Americans; Country Director Armenia Councils administered programs and on * Meets with ministry and US gov- Yerevan the influence of local conditions on ad- ernment officials regularly to provide The Country Director is responsible ministration of programs in Armenia; appropriate information and overview for maintaining American Councils for * Participates actively in develop- of the competition process and alumni International Education: ACTR/AC- ing new programs, seeking new fund- activities; keeps them informed of CELS organizational relations in Ar- ing sources, and enhancing external changes regarding the competition; menia, overseeing internal operations relations. * Coordinates and supervises all lo- in the Yerevan office, and providing Administration and Finance: gistics for events: meeting flights, trans- oversight of student, undergraduate, * Oversees American Councils porting to hotels, organizing support graduate, post-graduate, and teacher internal operations; coordinates the staff, registering participants, providing and professional development exchange activities of program staff; and advises support to dignitaries and guests. programs. Primary responsibilities staff on American Councils policies and Qualifications: include: recruitment and testing of employment matters; * Program administration experi- potential program participants; orien- * Manages all general office ad- tation and coordination of logistics for ence; ministrative matters such as negotiating * Experience in budget manage- participants; oversight of administrative contracts; interacting with landlords, and finance functions; supervision and ment; maintaining proper work environment, * Supervisory experience; experi- delivery of alumni programming; and etc.; liaison with government officials. The ence supervising host-country national * Provides DC office with finance staff preferred; Country Director reports to the Director reports monthly, and budgets every of Program Administration and works * Fluent in regional languages and/ six months; monitors all outgoing and or Russian; with Washingtonbased program manag- incoming funds; ers and field-based program officers. * Experience traveling extensively * Oversees tracking of all applicant under difficult conditions; Responsibilities: and participant files; * Overseas work/living experience, Oversight and Leadership: * Hires for approved positions, pre- preferably in Armenia; demonstrated * Provides overall supervision of pares contracts and maintains files for interest in Armenia and the region; American Councils programs in Ar- host-country national staff, trains and * Cross-cultural skills; menia by communicating, as needed, oversees staff, conducts performance * Strong written and oral commu- with Yerevan-based staff members reviews, monitors proper submission nication skills; concerning academic, operational, and of timesheets. * Bachelor’s degree (graduate de- other policy matters as affected by the Program Administration: gree preferred) -- related to region in: region’s political, economic and cultural * Oversees and assists in organiz- economics, international education or conditions; ing, implementing and reporting on development, history, or related area. * Represents American Councils activities, including recruitment and as related to all programs in individual alumni activities delivered by host country offices; 21 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 50, Issue 4 December 2007
To Apply: staff; dates; Send letter/resume and salary re- * Prepare materials for training * Prepare materials for finalist quirements to HR Department, Ameri- seminars; packets; can Councils, 1776 Massachusetts Ave- * Prepare and submit timesheets * Prepare correspondence with nue, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036. twice a month; candidates, finalists, those not selected, Fax: 202-872-9178 or 202-833-7523; * Oversee and conduct performance and alternates; email: [email protected]. reviews for office staff; Orientation: AffirmativeAction / Equal Opportunity * Monitor outgoing and incoming * Organize and conduct meetings Employer. funds; for all finalists and alternates; American Councils for Interna- * Manage fiscal operations of the * Organize and lead multiple cycles tional Education: ACTR/ACCELS is an office; of 3 day pre-departure orientations for international not-for-profit organization * Provide DC office with finance re- finalists; working to advance education, research, ports and budgets on a monthly basis * Respond to requests and relay and mutual understanding across the * Assist in the development of new information to finalists and alternates; United States and the nations of Eastern organizational and business develop- * Assist in all travel and lodging Europe, Eurasia, and Southeast Europe. ment initiatives logistics: meeting flights; transporting Its mission is to foster democratic devel- Alumni Events: to hotels; organizing meeter greeters; opment and civil societies by advanc- * Appoint and oversee alumni as- * Assist with participant orientation ing education and research, cultivating sistants; registration; leadership, and empowering individu- * Assist in planning, organizing and * Organize parents’ meeting, in- als and institutions through learning. implementing events; cluding contributions from alumni, local With a staff of 400 professionals in 17 * Prepare report on alumni events; assistants, and Americans; countries, American Councils designs, * Monitor recruiters’ alumni activi- * Serve as liaison with ministry implements, and supports innovative ties and USG officials to encourage at- programs in education, community Government Liaison: tendance; outreach, and scholarly research. * Meet with ministry officials Returning Participants: before prog;ram recruitment begins * Maintain contact with parents of Office Director to provide information and overview returning students; Ekaterinburg, Russia of the competition process; keep them * Organize and conduct meeting for The Office Director is the key indi- informed of changes regarding the parents of returning students; vidual in the field office responsible pro- competition; * Purchase travel tickets for return- gram administration. Primary responsi- * Provide ministry officials with ing students; bilities include: recruitment and testing program and competition materials, as of potential program participants; orien- requested; Qualifications: tation and coordination of logistics for * Facilitate meeting with candidates * Program administration experi- participants; oversight of administrative and their parents ence; and finance functions; participation in * Maintain regular communications * Supervisory experience; coordination of alumni events; liaison with US Consulate staff on recruitment, * Fluent in Russian and/or regional with US and Russian government of- processing, participant on-program sup- languages; ficials; and development of initiatives port, and alumni programming. * Experience traveling extensively related to American Councils’ work in Recruitment/Testing: under difficult conditions; the region. The Office Director reports * Assist recruiters in finding recruit- * Experience in budget manage- to the Regional Director for Russia, and ing assistants ; ment; works in conjunction with: Moscow * Prepare contracts for recruiting * BA in relevant field (e.g. Russian administrative officers and Washington- assistants ; language, Russian area studies, educa- based program managers. * Oversee recruitment activities tion, etc.) required; advanced degree to assure the competition is conducted preferred Primary Responsibilities Include properly and in a timely manner; But Are Not Limited To: * Secure advertising and testing To Apply: Administration and Finance Duties: location; Send letter/resume and salary re- * Organize and maintain all partici- * Conduct testing; quirements to HR Department, Ameri- pant document files; * Organize and participate in meet- can Councils, 1776 Massachusetts Ave- * Respond to inquiries and corre- ings with candidates, finalists and their nue, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036. spondence related to all programs; parents; Fax: 202-872-9178 or 202-833-7523; * Assist with recruitment of office * Conduct interviews with candi- email: [email protected].
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AffirmativeAction / Equal Opportunity participation by alumni, local assistants, * Respond to inquiries and cor- Employer. and Americans; respondence; American Councils for Interna- * Serve as liaison with ministry of- * Monitor outgoing and incoming tional Education: ACTR/ACCELS is an ficials to attend; funds; international not-for-profit organization * Assist in the organization and * Provide information for budget working to advance education, research, running of the Training of Trainers for requests and monitor expenses; and mutual understanding across the FLEX pre-departure orientations; United States and the nations of Eastern Visa Interviews Qualifications: Europe, Eurasia, and Southeast Europe. * Assist in data entry for visa pro- * Program administration experi- Its mission is to foster democratic devel- cessing; ence; opment and civil societies by advanc- * Arrange interview times with * Excellent communication skills; ing education and research, cultivating consulate; * Supervisory experience; leadership, and empowering individu- * Arrange participant travel to and * Fluent in Ukrainian and/or Rus- als and institutions through learning. from Kyiv; sian languages; With a staff of 400 professionals in 17 * Accompany student to consulate * Experience traveling under dif- countries, American Councils designs, for interviews; ficult conditions; implements, and supports innovative * Experience in budget manage- Travel programs in education, community ment; * Assist in all travel and lodging outreach, and scholarly research. * BA in relevant field (e.g. Russian logistics: meeting flights; transport- language, Russian area studies, educa- ing to hotels; coordinating participant Program Associate Future tion, etc.) required; travel between home and international * Familiarity with the FLEX pro- Leaders Exchange Program gateway. (FLEX) gram preferred. Recruitment/Testing: Kyiv, Ukraine To Apply: * Assist in recruitment of recruiting The Kyiv-based Program Associate Send letter/resume and salary re- assistants; is responsible for overseas functions quirements to HR Department, Ameri- * Carry out recruitment activities to related to the FLEX program including: can Councils, 1776 Massachusetts Ave- assure that the competition is conducted recruiting qualified candidates for the nue, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036. in a timely and proper fashion; program; arranging and participating Fax: 202-872-9178 or 202-833-7523; * Secure advertising and testing in the interviewing and testing of semi- email: [email protected]. location; finalists; coordinating pre-departure AffirmativeAction / Equal Opportunity * Conduct testing; orientations for finalists; and assisting Employer. * Organize and participate in meet- with logistics for departure and return American Councils for Interna- ings with semifinalists; of finalists. This position provides sup- tional Education: ACTR/ACCELS is an * Conduct interviews with semi- port for FLEX conferences held in Kyiv. international not-for-profit organization finalist; This position reports to Kyiv FLEX working to advance education, research, * Prepare materials for finalists Senior Program Hub Director. This is and mutual understanding across the packets; a limited term, full-time position from United States and the nations of Eastern * Prepare correspondence with ap- January 2008 - December 31, 2008 Europe, Eurasia, and Southeast Europe. plicants; Its mission is to foster democratic devel- Primary Responsibilities Staff Training opment and civil societies by advanc- Include: * Assist in the organization and ing education and research, cultivating running of the FLEX fall and spring leadership, and empowering individu- Orientation: conferences; als and institutions through learning. * Coordinate the organization and With a staff of 400 professionals in 17 conduct of pre-departure orientations On Program Support * Maintain contact with parents of countries, American Councils designs, for all finalists and alternates; implements, and supports innovative * Respond to requests and relay students on program; * Respond to requests from the programs in education, community information to finalists and alternates; outreach, and scholarly research. * Assist in all travel and lodging Washington, DC office to relay informa- logistics: meeting flights; transporting tion to and from parents; to hotels; coordinating travel staff; * Organize and conduct meeting for * Assist with participant orientation parents of returning students; registration; Administration and Finance Duties: * Organize parent meetings for * Organize and maintain participant program participants: meetings include document files;
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Resident Director Anticipated employment dates: late * Advanced Persian, Tajik, and/or Persian and Central Asian Lan- August/early September, 2008 - mid Uzbek skills -- written and oral (mini- guages Flagship Programs/Eurasian June 2009 with possible continuation mum “Level 3” as defined by the ILR Regional Language Program into the following academic year scale); Dushanbe, Tajikistan * Knowledge of Russian is pre- The Dushanbe Resident Direc- Primary Responsibilities ferred; tor serves as the American Councils Include: * Study, work, or extensive travel representative and in-country Program * Serve as academic and personal experience in Central Asia; Director for participants on the Persian advisor for American Councils program * Experience overseeing and guid- Overseas Flagship Program, the Central participants; ing groups; Asian Languages Overseas Flagship * Serve as a liaison between Ameri- * Demonstrated skills in academic Program, and the Eurasian Regional can Councils and the host institute ad- and personal counseling; Language Program. The Flagship ministration to ensure that the academic * Demonstrated skills in general programs are for learners already at program proceeds as agreed; financial accountability; and the advanced level of proficiency in * Coordinate closely with American * Experience teaching or develop- Persian or a Central Asian language, Councils Dushanbe-based staff to ar- ing curricula for Persian, Tajik, and/or and the Eurasian Regional Languages range travel, internships, and classroom Uzbek. Program offers course work for learn- audits for students; More information: Please visit our ers of Persian, Tajik, Uzbek or Dari at * Observe classes; employment section at http://www. the intermediate or advanced level. The * Secure medical treatment for americancouncils.org and read more Dushanbe Resident Director represents students as necessary; about Flagship at http://flagship.ameri- American Councils in his/her actions * Enforce American Councils rules cancouncils.org. and words during the tenure of appoint- and policies; ment. S/he must be available to program * Communicate regularly with To Apply: participants on a daily basis; observe the American Councils Washington Send letter/resume and salary student classes and meet regularly with office, reporting any problems regard- requirements to Dushanbe Resident teachers, administrators, and students; ing participants’ health, academic per- Director Search, American Coun- and arrange group travel and cultural formance, or behavior, and providing cils, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, programs. The Dushanbe Resident Di- general group/program updates; Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036. rector must be available to participants * Within two weeks of program Fax: 202-872-9178 or 202-833-7523; during any emergencies that arise and conclusion submit a final report, pro- www.americancouncils.net email: must communicate regularly with the gram grades and test scores; [email protected]. Af- American Councils Tajikistan Country * Ensure that in-country travel and firmative Action / Equal Opportunity Director and the Flagship and Eurasian excursion program is arranged as agreed Employer. Outbound program staff in Washington, and outlined in American Councils The American Councils for Inter- DC. Applicants with extensive experi- materials; national Education: ACTR/ACCELS ence in curriculum development and/or * Manage program finances and is a private, non-profit educational foreign language teaching may also submit monthly expense reports ac- association and exchange organization be asked to work with the Dushanbe counting for all American Councils devoted to improving education, pro- Academic Coordinator and faculty to program expenditures; fessional training and research within develop curricula, syllabi and advanced- * Coordinate program logistics, and regarding the former Soviet Union level course materials for Persian, Tajik including visits from outside inspectors, (FSU). The American Councils admin- and/or Uzbek. and communicate logistical details to isters academic exchange and training Prior to departure for Tajikistan, the DC-based staff; programs in virtually all fields; provides Dushanbe Resident Director must at- * Depending on experience, the educational advising and academic test- tend two American Councils orientation resident director may be asked to work ing services throughout the FSU; and programs: one for resident directors and with the Academic Coordinator to de- organizes conferences and seminars in one for participants. He/she must travel velop curricula, syllabi, and advanced- the US and abroad for its membership, to Tajikistan with the student group at level course materials for Persian, Tajik, exchange participants, alumni, and the beginning of the program and return and/or Uzbek. professional groups. to Washington, DC with the group at the end of the program. Qualifications: Open Rank in Religion and The Dushanbe Resident Director * Bachelor’s degree or higher in Literature reports to the Flagship and Outbound Persian, Tajik, and/or Uzbek language Notre Dame Program Managers. or area studies or equivalent; The College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame an-
24 December 2007 Vol. 50, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER nounces a tenure-track or tenured Director for participants on the Russian and outlined in American Councils position for a scholar-teacher whose Flagship Program, an intensive lan- materials; work explores religion and literature. guage training program at St. Petersburg * Manage program finances and The position is open with regard to State University for learners already submit monthly expense reports ac- discipline, and the candidate could be at the advanced level of proficiency in counting for all American Councils housed in English, Theology, or any Russian. The Flagship Resident Direc- program expenditures; of the College’s several language and tor represents American Councils in * Coordinate program logistics, literature departments. Candidates his/her actions and words during the including visits from outside inspectors, should send a letter of application and tenure of appointment. S/he must be and communicate logistical details to a CV to Religion and Literature Search available to program participants on a DC-based staff. Committee, 100 O’Shaughnessy Hall, daily basis; observe student classes and University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, meet regularly with teachers, adminis- Qualifications: IN 46556. Review of applications will trators, and students; and arrange group * M.A. degree or higher in Russian begin on November 1, 2007. The pre- travel and cultural programs. The Flag- language or area studies or equivalent; ferred candidate will be sympathetic ship Resident Director must be available * Advanced Russian language to and supportive of the mission of the to participants during any emergencies skills --written and oral (minimum University of Notre Dame, which seeks that arise and must communicate regu- Level 3 as defined by OPI http:// ʻ ʼ a distinctive educational and scholarly larly with the Flagship program staff in www.dlielc.org/testing/opi_examin- excellence founded on its Catholic iden- Washington, DC. Prior to departure for ees.htm ) ; tity. The University is an affirmative Russia, the Flagship Resident Director * U.S. Citizenship Required; action, equal opportunity employer with must attend both American Councils’ * Study, work, or extensive travel a strong commitment to fostering a cul- orientation programs: for resident experience in Russia; turally diverse atmosphere for faculty, directors and for participants. He/she * Experience overseeing and staff, and students. Women and mem- must travel to Russia with the student guiding groups; bers of minority groups are especially group at the beginning of the program * Demonstrated skills in aca- encouraged to apply. The University and return to Washington, DC with the demic and personal counseling; particularly seeks candidates who dem- group at the end of the program. The interest in advanced level language onstrate excellence in both teaching and Flagship Resident Director reports to acquisition is an advantage in this research. Information about the College the Flagship Program Manager and position of Arts and Letters is available at . Program Officers. * Demonstrated skills in general financial accountability Azerbaijani - language experts Primary Responsibilities telecommuting Include: To Apply: Avant Assessment is looking for * Serve as academic and personal Send letter/resume and salary re- native speakers of Azerbaijani to work counselor for American Councils pro- quirements to HR Department, Ameri- as target language experts (TLE) to help gram participants; can Councils, 1776 Massachusetts Ave- create reading and listening assessments * Serve as a liaison between Ameri- nue, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036. for non native speakers on a contractual can Councils and the host institute Fax: 202-872-9178 or 202-833-7523; part-time basis. TLEs will be responsi- administration to ensure that the aca- email: [email protected]. ble for locating and translating authentic demic and cultural program proceeds AffirmativeAction / Equal Opportunity texts, as well as rating them according to as agreed; Employer. the Interagency Language Roundtable * Secure medical treatment for American Councils for Interna- (ILR) scale. TLEs must be self-directed, students as necessary; tional Education: ACTR/ACCELS is an well organized with strong attention * Enforce American Councils rules international not-for-profit organization to detail and able to work from home. as well as those of the Russian host working to advance education, research, The compensation is competitive. To institute; and mutual understanding across the pursue this exciting opportunity, email * Communicate regularly with the United States and the nations of Eastern a resume to: yprefontaine@avantasses American Councils Washington office, Europe, Eurasia, and Southeast Europe. sment.com reporting any problems regarding par- Its mission is to foster democratic devel- ticipants’ health, academic performance, opment and civil societies by advanc- Resident Director or behavior, and general group/program ing education and research, cultivating Russian Flagship Program updates; and within two weeks of pro- leadership, and empowering individu- St. Petersburg, Russia gram conclusion submit a final report, als and institutions through learning. The Flagship Resident Director program grades and test scores; With a staff of 400 professionals in 17 serves as the American Councils rep- * Ensure that in-country travel and countries, American Councils designs, resentative and in-country Program excursion program is arranged as agreed implements, and supports innovative
25 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 50, Issue 4 December 2007 programs in education, community Russian, Spanish) or in ESL. Must have releases; conduct research; maintain outreach, and scholarly research. active research program in one of the files & databases; prepare financial/ex- following fields: global intercultural penditure documents, expense reports, Department Of World communication, language and social and project budgets. Languages And Cultures interaction; global project manage- Requirements: 2 years professional Assistant Professor Of World ment; business communication across experience in a related field; experience Languages And Cultures cultures; language for specific pur- coordinating international and domestic poses; translation and/or interpretation. study tours and meetings; strong com- Iowa State University Near-native proficiency in one of the munication, organizational, analytical Proposed Start Date: AUGUST languages offered by the department. and writing skills. Knowledge of the 16, 2008 Post-secondary teaching experience in nonprofit field and/or USAID grant Appointment Conditions: Tenure a world language or ESL. requirements desired, especially famil- Track, 09 Months, Full Time Preferred Qualifications: Expertise iarity with J-1 visa processing. Russian The Department of World Lan- and experience in teaching intercul- language fluency required. Knowledge guages and Cultures invites applications tural communication and conducting of public energy utility sector very use- for the position of tenure-track Assis- international or cross-cultural training. ful. International and domestic travel tant Professor of world languages and Stand-alone teaching experience. required (approx 25% of time). cultures. The successful applicant will Salary/Wage: Commensurate with Must be extremely proficient in have the ability to teach Intercultural qualifications. Microsoft Office. Must be US citizen Communication in the interdisciplinary Application Deadline: Review of or have US work permit. Please send Program in Communication Studies. applications to begin January 1, 2008. cover letter, resume, and salary his- The Department of World Languag- To guarantee full consideration, ap- tory to Ms. Erin Skootsky, Director, es and Cultures currently offers under- plication must be postmarked by 01- International Programs, NARUC, www. graduate majors and minors in French, 15-2008. naruc.org, email: [email protected]. No German, Russian Studies, and Spanish, Application Instructions: Appli- telephone calls. EOE and minors in Chinese and Latin. A cants should send a cover letter, cur- growing secondary major program in riculum vitae, three letters of reference, Languages and Cultures for Professions Recent Publications Continued representative narrative and statistical Continued from page 17 is available for undergraduates in busi- teaching evaluations, and a writing ness and engineering. The successful sample to: Prof. Dawn Bratsch-Prince, Music candidate will teach five courses per Chair, Intercultural Communication Haas, D. 2007. Symphonic etudes: Por- year including one intercultural com- Search, Department of World Lan- munication course each semester and guages and Cultures, 3102 Pearson traits of Russian operas and ballets. relevant courses in world languages and Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA The Scarecrow Press, Inc. cultures. Reduced teaching load for the 50011 (email: [email protected]). first two years of appointment. Members of under-represented groups Kurtz, M., Rostropovich, M., & Brown, Iowa State University, one of are especially encouraged to apply. Iowa M. H. 2007. Sofia Gubaidulina: A the nation s leading land grant in- ʼ State is an Affirmative Action/Equal biography. Bloomington, IN: Indiana stitutions, is located in Ames, Iowa, Opportunity Employer. University Press. a community of 50,000 ranked nationally for its exceptional quality International Program Officer of life (www.visitames.com). The Political Science Washington, DC university is ranked as one of the top The National Association of Regula- 50 public universities by U.S.News Figes, O. 2007. The whisperers: Private tory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), and World Report and is one of 34 life in Stalin’s Russia. Metropolitan a trade association, seeks a Program Of- public institutions belonging to the Books. ficer for its international energy regula- Association of American Universities tory programs. Salary $40-45K, based (AAU). Learn more about Iowa State McIlroy, A., & Campbell, A. 2007. The on experience, with excellent benefits. at www.iastate.edu. Russian connection: British commu- This position is for 12 months, with the Required Qualifications: Ph.D. re- nism and the Kremlin. Ashgate. possibility of extension dependent on quired in a world language or culture, grant funding. communication studies, applied linguis- Woll. A. 2007. Democracy and myth in Responsibilities: organize interna- tics, sociolinguistics, anthropology, or Russia and Eastern Europe. London: tional exchanges, meetings, study tours, other appropriate field. Minimum of Routledge. conferences (including logistics: travel, a Master’s degree in one of the world hotel, meals, visas, insurance, interpre- languages offered by the department tation, etc.); draft correspondence, press (Arabic, Chinese, French, German, 26 December 2007 Vol. 50, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER
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ESL educators, college educators with or full tuition for undergraduate and PROFESSIONAL an interest in K-12 second language graduate students of Polish language, methodologies, and pre-service educa- literature, and culture at UW-Madison. OPPORTUNITIES tion majors. Tuition may be used to pay for study For more information, please con- abroad in Poland through UW-Madi- Conferences and tact: son. Concordia Language Villages The annual deadline for applica- Workshops Teacher Seminars tions is February 15. Application forms 901 Eighth Street South and instructions for applicants are Upcoming congresses and Moorhead, Minnesota 56562 online at: http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/ conferences from Mapryal: 800.222.4750 Ext. 2002 slavic/Lapinski-Info.htm. For additional XI Конгресс МАПРЯЛ 218.299.4179 information, please contact Professor “МИР РУССКОГО СЛОВА И [email protected] Halina Filipowicz, Chair of the Lapinski РУССКОЕ СЛОВО В МИРЕ» Summer 2007 - Fall 2009 Scholarships and Fellowships Commit- Варна, Болгария, 17-22 сентября Master of Education in World Lan- tee: hfi[email protected] 2007 г. guage Instruction The Committee hopes to fund one For more information, see http:// Combine On-site With Online or two graduate students with a full www.mapryal.org/congressXI/ Learning fellowship (one if out of state, two if in state) and to give partial or full scholar- Международная научная The Master of Education Program is designed for the working teacher : ships to several undergraduates on an конференция Summer One, July 5 - 29, takes place annual basis. MegaLing’2007 Горизонты at Concordia Language Villages. Two August 15 Annually прикладной лингвистики и online courses during the academic year Kluge Center Fellowships for лингвистических технологий. 24-28 bridge to Summer Two, July 5 – 28, at Library of Congress сентября 2007 г. the Villages. The program capstone Library of Congress Invites Appli- Крым (Украина) is a thesis and online seminar during cations for Kluge Center Fellowships. For more information see http:// the fall semester of 2009. The total The Library of Congress (http://www. megaling.crimea.edu/ program includes 34 semester hours of loc.gov/) invites qualified scholars to February, 2008 instruction. conduct research in the John W. Kluge Register for Education Fairs in Rus- For more information, please con- Center using the Library of Congress sia and Armenia tact: collections and resources for a period American Councils is pleased to Concordia Language Villages of up to eleven months. invite US institutions of higher educa- Teacher Seminars The Kluge Center is located in the tion to participate in fairs organized in 901 Eighth Street South Jefferson Building of the Library of cooperation with American Councils Moorhead, Minnesota 56562 Congress and provides attractive work Education USA Advising Centers in 800.222.4750 Ext. 2002 and discussion space for scholars. Resi- Moscow and Yerevan in October, 2007 218.299.4179 dents have easy access to the library’s and February, 2008. [email protected] specialized staff and to the intellectual For more information, see http:// community of Washington. The Kluge www.actr.org/newsDetail.php?news_ Grants and Center especially encourages human- id=MTA3 Fellowships istic and social science research that June 22 – July 2, 2008 makes use of the library’s large and Teacher Seminars February 15 Annually varied collections. Interdisciplinary, Second Language Methodologies The Michael and Emily Lapinski cross-cultural, or multi-lingual research for Teachers Scholarship Endowment is particularly welcome. Join language teachers from across The Department of Slavic Lan- Among the collections available to the United States for a ten-day summer guages and Literature at the University researchers are the world’s largest law graduate course at the Villages. Upon of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to an- library and outstanding multi-lingual successful completion of the course, nounce the endowment of undergradu- collections of books and periodicals. four semester hours of graduate credit ate scholarships and graduate fellow- Special collections of manuscripts, are earned through Concordia College, ships for students of Polish language, maps, music, films, recorded sound, Moorhead, Minnesota. Learn about and literature, and culture at UW-Madison. prints, and photographs are also avail- discuss current practices and issues re- The gift by Leona Lapinski Leute was able. Scholars who have received a lated to second language acquisition. $1.25 million. terminal advanced degree within the The course is open to all K-12 The Michael and Emily Lapinski past seven years in the humanities, so- second language educators including Scholarship Endowment will pay partial cial sciences, or in a professional field 28 December 2007 Vol. 50, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER such as architecture or law are eligible gram for the Study of Eastern Europe Study of Eastern Europe and the Inde- to apply. and the Independent States of the pendent States (Title VIII). Application Exceptions may be made for indi- Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). Ap- deadline: January 15. viduals without continuous academic plication deadlines: October 1 (Spring careers. Applicants may be U.S. citizens Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall Summer Russian Language or foreign nationals. For applicants and Academic Year Programs.) Teachers Program: Provides full whose native language is not English, support for teachers of Russian at the there must be evidence that the applicant Title VIII Special Initiatives university, high school, and secondary is fluent in English. Fellowship: Provides grants of up to school level to study Russian literature, Up to twelve Kluge Fellowships $35,000 for field research on policy- language, culture, and second language will be awarded annually. Fellowships relevant topics in Armenia, Azerbaijan, pedagogy at Moscow State University are tenable for periods from six to Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, for six weeks. Graduate students with a eleven months, at a stipend of $4,000 Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbeki- commitment to the teaching profession per month. Visit the Library of Congress stan. are also encouraged to apply. Web site for complete fellowship pro- Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in a Awards provide round-trip interna- gram information and application pro- policy-relevant field and have sufficient tional airfare from Washington, DC to cedures Location: USA Deadline: Aug. language-ability to carry out proposed Moscow, Russia; living stipends; full 15 each year. Website: http://www.loc. research. Scholars must conduct re- tuition; housing with Russian host fami- gov/loc/kluge/kluge-fellowships.html search for at least four months in the lies; pre-departure orientation; weekly field. Funded by the U.S. Department cultural excursions; insurance; and Various closing dates of State, Program for the Study of visas. Funded by the U.S. Department Title VIII Research Scholar Pro- Eastern Europe and the Independent of Education. Application deadline: gram: Provides full support for three States of the Former Soviet Union (Title March 1. to nine-month research trips to Russia, VIII). Application deadlines: October 1 Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus, (Spring Program); January 15 (Summer, Scholarships for language study Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. Fall and Academic Year Programs.) on American Councils programs Fellowships include round-trip overseas: Graduate students participat- international travel, housing, living sti- Title VIII Southeast Europe ing in the American Councils Russian pends, visas, insurance, affiliation fees, Research and Language Study Pro- Language and Area Studies program archive access, research advising, and grams: Provides full support for three to or the Eurasian Regional Language logistical support in the field. nine months of research and/or language program are eligible for full or partial Open to graduate students, post- study in Southeast Europe. Fellow- scholarships from the U.S. Department doctoral scholars, and faculty. Funded ships include round-trip international of State, Program for the Study of East- by the U.S. Department of State, Pro- travel, housing, living stipends, visas, ern Europe and the Independent States gram for the Study of Eastern Europe insurance, tuition, and affiliation fees. of the former Soviet Union (Title VIII). and the Independent States of the Funded by the U.S. Department of Undergraduates who intend a career in Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). Ap- State, Program for the Study of East- teaching are eligible for full or partial plication deadlines: October 1 (Spring ern Europe and the Independent States scholarships from the U.S. Department Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall (Title VIII). Open to graduate students, of Education for their participation in and Academic Year Programs). post-doctoral scholars, and faculty. Ap- the Russian Language and Area Stud- plication deadline: October 1 (Spring ies Program or the Eurasian Regional Title VIII Combined Research Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall Language program. and Language Training Program: and Academic Year Programs). The American Councils Russian Provides full support for research and Language and Area Studies Program approximately ten hours per week of ad- Title VIII Southeast Europe provides intensive Russian language vanced language instruction for three to Summer Language Program: Offers instruction in Moscow, St. Petersburg nine months in Russia, Central Asia, the international airfare, tuition, insurance, and Vladimir, Russia. Southern Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, and living stipends to graduate students The Eurasian Regional Language and Moldova. for up to three months of intensive program offers instruction in virtu- Fellowships include round-trip in- language study at major universities ally any of the languages of the former ternational travel, housing, tuition, liv- throughout Southeast Europe and the Soviet Union at leading institutions ing stipends, visas, insurance, affiliation Baltic states. throughout the region. fees, archive access, research advising, Open to students at the MA and Fellowship information and appli- and logistical support in the field. Ph.D. level, as well as faculty and post- cations are included in regular applica- Open to graduate students, post- doctoral scholars. Funded by the U.S. tion materials for both programs. Ap- doctoral scholars, and faculty. Funded Department of State, Program for the plication deadlines: October 15 (spring by the U.S. Department of State, Pro- semester programs); March 1 (summer
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