Winter 2017
Newsletter Letter from Chair Katarzyna Dziwirek
Łysak, a former Polish Fulbright Our faculty are working lecturer at UW, came back this hard on their classes and fall to give a lecture based on research. Prof. Galya Diment’s his new book, From Newsreel to article on Nabokov and Epilepsy Posttraumatic Films: Classic appeared in the August issue of Documentaries about the Times Literary Supplement. Auschwitz-Birkenau. The Her article on Chagall's Holocaust theme will be Struggle with Fatherhood continued in February when the appeared in the August issue of department will cosponsor an Tablet. She also wrote an exhibit at the Allen Library introduction for a new entitled They Risked Their translation of Ivan Goncharov's Lives: Poles who saved Jews The Same Old Story, which will during the Holocaust. (More on be published late in 2016. Dear Friends of the Slavic this in the article by Krystyna Department, Untersteiner in this issue.) As far as Slovenian Contents Thankfully, the last six studies are concerned, we months have been fairly received two sizeable donations uneventful, at least as far as the which allowed us to establish a 1-2 Letter from the Chair department was concerned. Our Slovenian Studies Endowment new administrator, Chris Fund. (More on this in the 2 New Administrator
Dawson-Ripley, has settled in article by Dr. Michael Biggins 2-3 UW Polish Studies nicely and the department in this issue.) We also hosted operates as smoothly as ever. two Slovenian scholars: Milena 3-5 Student News We had a number of events Blažić and Vesna Mikolič, who since we came back this fall, gave talks on Slovenian 5 Slovene Studies with particular emphasis on children’s literature and tourism 6 -7 Startalk Program Polish and Slovenian. discourse respectively. On the Polish front, we In October our 7-8 Ukrainian Studies hosted Agata Zubel, a Polish department cosponsored the US composer who was premiere of Pineapple, a film by 9-10 News from You commissioned to write a piece Russian disability activist and 11 Gifts for the Seattle Symphony and filmmaker Vladimir Rudak. Mr. who gave a talk about her Rudak also appeared at a 12 Gift Funds creative process. Dr. Tomasz question and answer panel.
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Prof Gordana Crnković published a chapter in a book on the bass. Please join us as we postwar European novel entitled NEW welcome Chris Dawson-Ripley A Betrayal of Enlightenment: to our department! EU Expansion and the Estonian ADMINISTRATOR Border State. Our Russian -Eloise Boyle language instructor, Valentina Zaitseva applied for and In June the Slavic Department received a Global Business welcomed its new administrator, UW POLISH Center Grant from the UW’s Chris Dawson-Ripley. Chris is a Foster School of Business. The STUDIES graduate of UW, having earned Happy New Year! Szczęśliwego Funds will be used to create an -Krystyna Untersteiner a BA in Political Science and Nowego Roku! online module for Russian History. Before joining the Business language. Yours Slavic Department, Chris A few magical days with Agata truly’s article Smell in Polish: worked in the Physics Zubel, a Polish composer and Lexical Semantics and Cultural Department, and in the UW singer, took place in October. Values just came out in the School of Medicine latest issue of Slavic Linguistics Departments of Anesthesiology Journal. and Neurology. Chris brings his As I mentioned in a recent letter skills as a supervisor and fiscal sent to many of you, in 2018 the specialist to our department Slavic department will celebrate where he’s found a warm its 50th anniversary! We are welcome. busy planning a commemorative conference tentatively entitled Shining a Light on the Other Europe. I want to close by wishing you all a very good New Year: much success in your professional endeavors and much happiness, joy and A lecture hosted by UWPSEC fulfillment in your private lives. on the UW Campus focused on I hope you will stay in touch inspirations, approach to with us in 2017. compositions, and their vocal aspects. Later during the week, All the best, three concerts took place at Chris is enthusiastic about working with the dedicated, Benaroya Hall, including the accomplished faculty and premiere of Ms Zubel’s In the talented graduate students of the Shade of an Unshed Tear, an orchestral work recently Slavic Department. When not at work Chris can be found on the commissioned by the Seattle ice as he is an avid rec-league Symphony, and a performance hockey player and referee. He of Ms. Zubel’s composition also enjoys such pursuits as Chapter 13. reading, cooking and playing
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In November, Tomasz Łysak, Coming Up in 2017 Ph.D., gave a lecture entitled STUDENT NEWS From Newsreel to In early 2017, we will be co- Posttraumatic films – Classic sponsoring an Exhibit and a
Documentaries about Lecture/Panel Discussion: Fall Quarter Colloquim Auschwitz-Birkenau The THEY RISKED THEIR Summary lecture shed light on the LIVES: POLES WHO SAVED -Nathan Marks aesthetic choices and film JEWS DURING THE This autumn quarter there were genres: newsreel, posttraumatic HOLOCAUST at total of three Slavic Graduate film, scientific film, and first Exhibit: February 4 - 27, 2017, Student Colloquia. The first person testimony in Allen Library North Lobby colloquium took place on representations of liberation of (during Library hours) October 14th. The title was the Nazi camp Auschwitz - Lecture/Panel Discussion: “What I did over the summer Birkenau. Dr. Łysak spent AY February 15, 2017, 7:00-8:00 flashback.” At this first 2010/11 at our Slavic at Communications, Room colloquium we discussed our Department as a Fulbright 120 summers, what we did, with panelists Lila Cohen, including research projects, Regional Director of the teaching projects and travels of American Jewish Committee some of the graduate students and Mariusz Brymora, Consul and faculty that were present. General of the Republic of The second colloquium of the Poland in Los Angeles. The autumn quarter took place on discussion will be followed by November 11th. Veronica the official opening of the Muskheli, a PhC in the Exhibit at the Library department of Slavic Languages The event is co-sponsored by: and Literatures gave a talk AJC Seattle,Consulate General entitled “A Post-Soviet Village Scholar co-sponsored by the of Poland in Los Prose Tale: Klyucharyova’s “A UW PSEC. We enjoyed seeing Angeles,Consulate of Poland in Year in Paradise” as a Critique Tomasz back in Seattle after Seattle, University of of Solzhenitsyn’s “Matryona’s such a long time. Washington Jewish Studies and House”.” The talk addressed the University of Washington Polish current concerns about the death Studies Endowment Committee From the fundraising point of of the Russian village, in view, we are very proud to JOIN US: regards to the young author’s announce that our Endowment If you are interested in joining suggestion that the idea of Fund reached $250,000!! our organization, learning about Russian “paradise” needs to be To give to the UW Polish our activities, or subscribing to reevaluated while looking for Studies Funds, go to: Make a our newsletter, please contact us answers in Russian folklore. gift - University of Washington at The third talk of the quarter took nd https://www.washington.edu/giv [email protected] place on the 2 of December. ing/make-a-gift and search with The talk was given by Alison keyword: Polish Knight, an M.A. student in the Department of Slavic
Languages and Literatures. The talk was entitled "On Reading, Empathy, and Why Unlikeable
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Women Still Matter". The talk Election Day, I decided to type of reading to build empathy was on the topic of unlikeable broaden the talk a little to skills. I then addressed that women in literature and even include the real-world although Tolstoy did give Anna film and why they matter and ramifications for dismissing nuance and rounded out, she are very important in a cultural, women that we do not like still died at the end of the novel, social and political context. personally. The students had as many transgressive women in Please see the write up on this read Vladimir Nabokov’s fiction have. We discussed how talk posted below. analysis of Anna Karenina, so I this problem persists, and many included his rules for what novelists (Claire Messud, Rivka makes a good reader, paying Galchen, and Margaret Atwood, special attention to his to name a few) who write denunciation of the idea that a women who are unlikeable are reader should be able to identify questioned as to why they with the protagonist. An would would do that. As important aspect to the Galchen noted, “[T]here’s the distinction to make was that whole tangle of a book’s while characters did not need to popular reception, which be our favorite humans, there is includes mass media and its a difference in not relating to a reporters: Is a character’s character and having a character “likability” being conflated with not read as authentic or the artistic success of a work?” On Reading, Empathy, and believable. Nabokov mentioned and states that this happens Why Unlikeable Women Still that a reader must have much more often with female Matter imagination, which we explored characters as well as those -Alison Knight as an ability to engage with the written by women. We should As one of Professor Diment’s text and to empathize. From the be embracing depictions of TAs for her course on Anna view of Nabokov’s own writing, women, real women with flaws Karenina, I gave a lecture to the it can be seen how one can of all sorts, when we encounter class on the importance of engage with the characters in a them (as well as fully-fledged unlikeable women, which I then story without relating to them- characters from other gave again at our Slavic after all, one must engage with marginalized groups) because graduate student colloquium. Nabokov’s narrator Humbert that will help pave Much that we had looked at Humbert in his novel Lolita and understanding for real people dealt with the position of try to imagine how a scene from these groups as they carve women in the historical context might look objectively, but no out new paths in the real world. during which the novel was reader needs to like or approve written and in which the novel is of Humbert Humbert in order to Slavic Department Major set. However, in discussions do so. As Alaa Al Aswany said Published in The Birch there were, of course, very real of Anna Karenina and Emma Congratulations to current and present reactions to the Bovary, “We do not judge them, EELLC major Anna Wahler- events in the novel and to Anna but to try to understand their Edwards! Anna will be herself, with some dismissing weaknesses and their mistakes. published in this year’s The her and the text because they Literature is not a tool of Birch – a national undergraduate disagreed with her choices. As judgment—it’s a tool for human publication for Slavic, East the day I was scheduled to understanding.” We then talked European and Eurasian studies lecture came the day after about the importance of this housed at Columbia University.
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Spring 2017 will see the More integrated with UW fall In addition to this wealth of publication of a chapter from quarter activities was a three- scholarly offerings, UW also Anna’s novel in progress, Diary week-long visit in October by hosted a day-long Celebration of a Polish Airman. Prof. Milena Mileva Blažić, of Slovene-American Culture on who teaches methods of K-12 Saturday, October 8, featuring instruction of Slovene literature guest speakers Joe Valenčič SLOVENIA & at the University of Ljubljana's (from Cleveland) and Mary SLOVENE AT School of Education. Her Lou Deyak-Volk (from the public talk on Slovene Literary Minnesota Iron Range). A UW Culture in Picture Books varied program of original presented a broad and documentary films produced by -Michael Biggins impressive cross-section of a Valenčič, brief lectures, folk highly sophisticated, smart music and refreshments created UW’s fall 2016 calendar of publishing sector that clearly a virtual panorama of the Slovene studies events was does not underestimate the Slovene American subculture lively, with emphasis on campus intelligence of its young that thrived in mid-20th century visits and public lectures by audience. UW faculty and and is acquiring new life today Slovene specialists from the graduate students made plans to with the post-1991 influx of universities of Prague, Ljubljana collaborate with Prof. Blažić in immigrants from Slovenia. and Koper; a day-long weekend compiling and translating a new During the fall the Department event about Slovene American bi-lingual Slovene-English also established UW's first-ever culture by an expert from the anthology of Slovene crossover endowment to support Slovene second largest Slovene city in literature, consisting of texts studies. Thanks to the the world, Cleveland; the that function equally well for generosity of two major donors establishment of UW’s first juvenile and adult readerships. across country, and with endowment to support Slovene Toward the end of fall quarter, significant contributions from studies; and, underlying it all, Prof. Vesna Mikolič from the local donors, the Boniecka the start of a new 5-quarter University of the Adriatic Endowment for Slovene Studies cycle of accelerated Slovene Littoral (Koper, Slovenia) spent was established with a principal language instruction, two weeks in Seattle, during balance of over $110,000. encompassing beginning (fall which she delivered two When the endowment matures 2016, winter 2017), intriguing public talks – in fall 2017, it will produce intermediate (spring 2017, fall Stereotyping in Tourism funds to help keep the UW- 2017) and advanced (winter Discourse, which explored the University of Ljubljana 2018) language courses. cultural pragmatics that underly Exchange of Scholars in Prof. Alenka Jenšterle-Doležal differing translating strategies operation for many decades to directs the South Slavic and for rendering Slovene or Italian come. Higher fundraising goals Balkan Studies Program at touristic literature in remain for us to achieve in the Charles University in Prague, neighboring languages; and months and years ahead as we where she also teaches courses Language and Interculturality continue our drive to establish in Slovene literature. Though in the Poetry of Tomaž Šalamun, various aspects of Slovene she visited UW during the 2016 involving statistical analysis of studies permanently at UW, but summer-fall interim mainly for the corpus of the work of the Boniecka Endowment is a research purposes, in the course Slovenia's best-known 20th- major success and a cause for of her two-week stay she made century poet. celebration and thanks. time for informal consultations with UW faculty colleagues.
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and several others. This year the in the Puget Sound region. STARTALK UW STARTALK team included Many heritage speakers of Dr. Svetlana Abramova, lead Russian in families of recent SUMMER 2016 instructor for the UW immigrants have a strong grasp
STARTALK student program of Russian. This allowed for the -Anatoliy Klots and an affiliate lecturer in the creation of a course for students Department of Slavic with high language proficiency Every summer for the last six Languages and Literatures, who are able to read and write, years, dozens of high school Anatoliy Klots, program and are interested in improving students filled the classrooms of director, instructor, and a their language skills. The the Language Learning Center doctoral student at the Slavic program gained significant located in Denny Hall, the department, and Dr. Marina popularity in the Russian oldest building at the University Zamarashkina, STEM community. Average enrollment of Washington, to learn about Instructor. was around 20 students but the space and airplanes – in The Russian student number of applications was Russian. In four intensive program, the only such program much higher. The program weeks, they studied the Space in the state of Washington, was allowed students not only to Race, familiarized themselves aimed at heritage speakers who learn something new over the with Russian cosmonauts and are raised in homes where summer, but also to earn Russian is spoken and who are university credits, take language to some degree bilingual in tests, and earn high school English and their heritage world language credits. language. Most of students All classes of the program were came from local high schools. taught exclusively in Russian, Due to a lack of Russian in the using authentic visual materials, Washington state school system, texts, and multimedia. UW students gain formal language STARTALK included not only rocket engineers, learned about proficiency in church and traditional lessons. The program the Solar system and stars, and private schools and with tutors. hosted interviews with local even participated in a cosmic Some students have additional Russian-speaking professionals odyssey that took them to Mars exposure to language while who built successful careers in and back without leaving the visiting Russia, or other Microsoft, Boeing, Philips, and Museum of Flight in Seattle. Russian-speaking countries and other major companies. Students The University of Washington staying in touch with relatives also participated in several Russian Student program, and friends. This created a STEM-related field trips. In Russian in the Sky and Outer diverse classroom with a variety 2016, UW STARTALK took Space, is a part of the of educational backgrounds and them to the Museum of Flight STARTALK (a portmanteau for linguistic experiences. In 2010, and to Alaska Airlines to learn “start talking”) program there were almost 50,000 more about airplanes. While the launched by the National speakers of Russian in the state focus of the program was Security Language Initiative. of Washington making it the teaching Russian through The aim of STARTALK is to fifth most common language. STEM, the UW STARTALK increase the number of citizens The Russian-speaking team thought that it was learning, speaking, and teaching community, having grown by essential to give students an critical foreign languages, such 20,000 in just ten years (2000- opportunity to study subjects of as Arabic, Chinese, Russian, 2010), has a significant presence their choice in addition to the
6 Slavic News Winter 2017 core curriculum dedicated to taken place at the University of National University, was a space exploration and aviation. Washington, including talks, Carnegie Fellow at UW in For example, a Russian history classes, concerts, conferences, 2014-15. On Apr. 15, 2015, he course was taught from 2014 to and film screenings. This took part in a 2016. Other elective projects, section presents some panel on such as linguistics, media highlights. “Ukraine and literacy, and LEGO robotics, Russia: Is There were also included in the UW undergraduate club Any Way program. Apart from the Ukrainian Students United Out?,” along opportunity to learn about (USU) held “Ukrainian Film with Derek Norberg, Executive various subjects, students were Days” in 2015-16. The monthly Director, Russian American engaged in teacher-guided showing of films in the Allen Pacific Partnership, Council for independent research projects. Library Auditorium featured the U.S.-Russia Relations; Jennifer At the end of the program, they classics Shadows of Forgotten Carroll, PhD Candidate in had a chance to present their Ancestors (1965) and Wedding Anthropology at UW; and Scott findings during the conference in Malynovka (1967), and recent Radnitz, Associate Professor in in front of their peers, family films Taras Bulba (2009) and the the Jackson School and Director members, community members, Turkish-Ukrainian film Love me/ of the Ellison Center. and representatives from UW’s Люби мене/ Sev beni (2013). Dr. Svitlana Khutka, Ellison Center for Russian, East In February 2016 USU sociologist from the National European and Central Asian represented Ukraine at the University of Kyiv-Mohyla Studies and Slavic department. FIUTS CulturalFest Academy, presented a talk on For many participants, this was International Expo with a richly Nov. 5, 2015 on “How Ukraine the first time that they employed decorated and informative booth. is Seen in Russia: Public Russian publicly in an academic Opinion setting. As many students said Dynamics.” Dr. during their post-program Khutka was interviews, research and previously a presentations were among the Carnegie most demanding, but also the Fellow at UW most rewarding experience in 2012-13. during the program. To learn more about the Dr. Mykola Riabchuk, senior STARTALK program, visit The UW Slavic Department research fellow at the Institute https://depts.washington.edu/sta and the Ellison Center of Political and Nationalities rtalk/ regularly hold Ukrainian Studies of the studies-related conferences and National presentations. Select Ellison UKRAINIAN Academy of Center presentations are Sciences of STUDIES available as Ukraine, podcasts, including the presented -Laada Bilakiuk following panels and talks: “Examined by War: New Bonds
and Old Cleavages in Post- Dr. Oleksandr Fisun, Professor During the two years since our Maidan Ukrainian Society” on of Political Science at Kharkiv last update, many exciting Oct. 11, 2016. He analyzed Ukrainian Studies events have sociological data to show how
7 Slavic News Winter 2017 political views and geopolitical Russia.Between songs, this relates to the broader social orientations of many Ukrainians Prykhodko invited questions constructs of citizenship and have changed, shaping a new from the audience, morality. Dr. Carroll’s Ukrainian identity that responding with her candid fieldwork period (March 2013- supersedes ethnic, linguistic and views on everything from March 2014) coincided with the other divides. popular culture to current EuroMaidan, and her political issues. The event observation and documentation drew close to 400 people, of the protests fueled her further The University of Washington raising $8470 in charity interest in the study of social collaborates with the Ukrainian funds, divided between upheaval and visual Association of Washington humanitarian aid for victims anthropology. She is currently a State to host community events, of Ukraine’s proxy war with Postdoctoral Fellow at the such as the concert on Saturday, Russia, and support for the Miriam Hospital, a teaching March 21, 2015 by Ukrainian making of a film about affiliate of the Alpert Medical singer Anastasia Prykhodko, as historical justice called “True School at Brown University, part of her Rus’.” Rhode Island. North The UW continued this tradition American with the December 17, 2016 Christi Anne Hofland received Charity concert by Bria Blessing in her Master’s degree in Tour Kane Hall. International Studies in "Songs for December 2015, with a thesis Peace." Graduate Degrees in Ukrainian Studies completed at UW titled: “Institutions of Activism: Museums Dr. Jennifer Carroll received and her PhD in Anthropology in Ukraine’s Prykhodko’s history as a summer 2015, Revolution performer reflects the with a thesis of Dignity.” complex relationship between titled Ms. Hofland Ukraine and Russia. In 2009, “Choosing is now the she was chosen to represent Methadone: director of Russia in the 2009 Managing America Eurovision competition, with Addiction and House in Kyiv, the United the song “Mamo,” which she the Body States’ premier venue for sang in a combination of Politic in cultural programs and outreach Russian and Ukrainian lyrics. Ukraine.” Her events in Ukraine. There she In 2014, she spoke out research was coordinates a wide variety of publicly against Russian- based on interviews and activities, including discussions backed aggression in Ukraine participant observation with on pressing policy issues, and gave concerts in the war- public health advocates, medical speaker series, workshops, torn eastern Ukrainian professionals, and people movie nights, discussion clubs, regions, which led the seeking treatment in art exhibits, and concerts. Ms. Russian media to label her an preventative opiate substitution Hofland has been featured as a enemy. She is among many programs in Ukraine. She cultural ambassador in various other performers who have explored the tensions that exist public events as well as on the spoken out against Russia’s between practitioners and Ukrainian television program involvement in the war have patients in their understandings “Snidanok z 1+1.” consequently been vilified in of addiction and health, and how
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NEWS FROM YOU promoting mutual understanding election" list this year. The Bud Bard (BA 1955, MA 1966) between Japan and the United project has also been exhibited in writes “For a number of years I States of America and thus the US, Canada, and Europe. I got have been active with the Seattle contributing to the strengthening to use my Russian a bit while Sister Cities and continue to serve of friendly relations between showing the work as part of as President of the Seattle Sister Japan and foreign countries, you festivals in Lithuania, Bulgaria, Cities Association. During this are hereby presented this award Croatia, and Serbia, including time I have been actively with the utmost respect. This speaking Russian during an involved with assisting the award was presented on October interview on a Bulgarian national Japanese Consulate in keeping 6, 2016 at the Seattle Sister Cities television news program. During their roster of Japan’s Sister City Reception by the Honorable those festivals, I got the chance to programs with cities in Masahiro Omura, Consul General meet with local photojournalists, Washington State up to date. of Japan in Seattle. The reception, doing portfolio reviews and There are currently 37 such which honors Seattle’s 21 Sister helping them think about getting affiliated cities, with the oldest Cities, was held at Seattle City their work out to larger audiences being the Seattle-Kobe Sister City Hall, hosted by Mayor Ed outside of their countries. The Association, which was founded Murray, and attended by more election basically took over my in 1957 under the then Mayor than 550 individuals. life for the last couple of years, Gordon Clinton, who served from International travel guru Rick but it ended up giving me great June 4, 1956 to April 5, 1960. So Steves was the featured speaker, opportunities to get back to this year the Seattle-Kobe Sister and the evening host was the Eastern Europe a few times.” City Association will celebrate its Emmy Award winning veteran Roy Chan (BA 2002), now an 60th Anniversary. Many events broadcast journalist, Jean Assistant Professor of East Asian will take place as the Association Enersen. Languages and Literatures at and the Japanese Consulate join Scott Brauer (B.A. 2005) now University of Oregon had this to forces in marking this mile stone. lives in Boston where he works as say “In August I returned to St. a freelance photojournalist for Petersburg for the first time since international magazines and I did a study abroad there as a newspapers. “It's been a busy Russian major fifteen years ago. year for me professionally. I The week I spent there was truly covered the presidential election wondrous, and I got to present my as a photographer for publications ongoing research on Chinese including Time, Bloomberg author Ba Jin's translation of Businessweek, Esquire, Le Alexander Herzen's 19th-century Monde, Stern, the New York memoirs, My Past and My Times, the Wall Street Journal, Thoughts. The conference was Mother Jones, the Globe and hosted by the European On July 20th, the 28th year of Mail, and others. It was all part of Association for Chinese Studies, Heisei (2016) I was honored to a project I called ‘This is the and both my Chinese and Russian receive a Certificate of worst party I've ever been to.’ and skills were put to good use. In Commendation from Fumio you can see it on my website at November my book, The Edge of Kishida, Minister for Foreign http://2016.mscottbrauer.com/ A Knowing, finally came out with Affairs of Japan. The award states few of my photos were also the University of Washington “In recognition of your included in Time magazine's Press. In my acknowledgements I distinguished achievements in "Most unforgettable photos of the thank such important teachers
9 Slavic News Winter 2017 like Galya Diment, Gordana Rebecca Manring (MA 1974) doing the polling for Crnkovic, and Willis Konick. In recently participated in the first CNN....). Besides work, I've these uncertain times, I keep busy ever Middle Bengali literature been playing lots of competitive with my teaching and advising retreat-cum-workshop in duplicate bridge, even got to go duties.” Miercurea Ciuc, Transylvania, to this year's Summer Nationals In July 2016, Al and Gray Romania. “My first ever visit to in D.C. (Yeah...D.C. in July, our (Carpenter) Church (BA 1977) eastern Europe. Nothing to do organization (ACBL) knows how moved into their new 40-year-old with my Slavic days except that it to pick a winning time of hacienda on a hill, and started was geographically a lot closer year). My big news? I'm getting another business: grapefruit than West Bengal. Gorgeous married in April to a terrific guy, ranching. Yes, apparently in countryside (we had to drive over Ray Miller, a fellow Husky, a California, one doesn’t “farm” the Carpathians from the bridge bum (er genius), and an citrus; citrus is grown on ranches. Bucharest airport to the small all-around sweetie. My other (Images of herding grapefruit…) town of Miercurea Ciuc), news? I've organized a weekly Appropriately, the business has wonderful produce fresh from the bridge game in the U-District for been named Rancho Iglesias. In fields, and delightful people. The UW students, alumni and anyone December, the co-op that harvests workshop itself was perhaps the else who wants to come play, at the crop delivered the first most inspiring intellectual activity the Church of Christ at 47th and payment to Sr. and Sra. Church: a of my career since graduate Brooklyn. Game time is whopping $22.93. (Hey, you school, spending all day every 6:00. The cost is $6.00 for Slavic fans—EAT MORE day for ten days with 15 other alums and others; students are GRAPEFRUIT!) Rancho Iglesias scholars of Middle Bengali free! Fellow Slavic alums Dave consists of 330 white, pink, Star literature. And we’re going to do Bauman and Kit Adams are often Ruby, and Oro Blanco grapefruit it again next summer!” in attendance. Come join us!” trees, as well as a handful of David Miles,(BA 1974) former Lee Scheingold (Senior Access Valencia oranges, Navel oranges, department administrator says, “I Student) has had an article and mandarins; and one each retired from UW after 41 years, published in the Journal of Meyer lemon, kumquat, and 26 of which I worked in the Poetics Research. persimmon. Most of the trees Slavic Department office. Though http://poeticsresearch.com/article/ were planted when the home was I retired from French and Italian lee-scheingold-the-hills-are-alive- built in 1976—some trees are Studies, a good representation a-review-of-the-novel-2017/ over 25 feet tall. Because the from the Slavic Department came After returning in June from a grove hadn’t been maintained in to my retirement party December Fulbright fellowship in Indonesia, quite a few years, Al and Gray 13 -- Jim Augerot, Eloise Boyle, Clara Summers, class of 2014, have been quite busy pruning, Galya Diment, Kat Dziwirek, and relocated to Washington, DC, skirting, weeding, and generally Shosh Westen among them. I'm where she works as a Legislative enjoying life as grapefruit off starting January for more Assistant for Earthjustice. While ranchers. playing accordion, riding my she hasn't yet figured out how to Carol Davis (MA 1978) has bicycle, and cleaning my incorporate Czech into her job, recently published her 4th poetry basement -- besides seeing more Clara is thrilled to put her passion collection titled Because I of relatives and friends, with for environmental justice to work. Cannot Leave This Body by Carol maybe you among them!” V. Davis, published by Truman “Hi all, Ann (Anya) Romeo here State Univ. Press. As always, (Russian Lang & Lit, Soviet some of the poems relate to Studies, '79). I'm still at my same Russia. This spring she is job (although my company has organizing a trip to St Pete’s for been bought a few times, and members of her current we're now known as ORC university, Santa Monica College. International--best known for
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GIFTS
The following is a list of gifts made to departmental funds since July 1, 2016. Donors to the Friends of Slavic Languages and Literatures Fund: Harlan Cady Adams Heidi Anne Beck Allison Elice Cloud Edmund Lee Cunningham Vinton L. Eberly David R.Grant George W. Grantham Serge Vladimir Gregory Ph.D. Hanns Hasche-Kluender M.D. Stephanie A. Janicek Jeffrey John Jaksich Neal S. Jensen Mary Anne Kruger Bruce W. McKinney Stewart Parker Michael G. Peskura Susanna J. Westen
Donors to the Vadim Pahn Fund: Bruce W. McKinney Mark Evan Kiken Ph.D.
Donors to the Lew R. Micklesen Graduate Fund: Frederick W. McDonald Jane W. Michlesen Dina Vincow
Donors to the Harold M. Swayze Fund: Marian Swayze Edelyi
Donors to the Czech Studies Endowment Fund: Vilma Vojta
Donors to the Polish Studies Endowment Fund: Daniel Christopher Beck John J. Klekotka M.D. Roy W. Koczarski Anna Senczuk Maria J. Shaffer Henry Edward Szymonik Krystyna Anna Untersteiner Susanna J. Westen Antoinette Wills Ph.D.
Donors to the Friends of Polish Studies Fund: Gerard Bentryn Ronald F. DiGiacomo Anne George Ph.D. Mark Andrew Golubiec Grzegorz J. Grabski Ronald Clarke Kinsey Jr. Mark Esther Kos Kirker John J. Klekotka M.D. Zbigniew Konofalski Krystyna Konopka Hanna Krupa Jeanne M. Stypula Christopher John Wheatley Ph.D. Polish Home Ladies Auxiliary
Donors to our newest fund, the Roma Boniecka-Anna Cienciala Endowment for Slovene Studies: Katie Anne Adamson Gloria L. Barello Roma Boniecka James J. Clauss Marija Horoszowski Maria Theresa Velikonja
Donors to the Romanian Studies Fund: American Romanian Cultural Socieity
Donors to the Southeast European Studies Fund: Robert Charles Ewen Ph.D. Mary Sherhart Cheryl Carrie Spasojevic
Donors to the Slavic Institutional Allowance Fund: David R. Grant
Donors to the Friends of Ukrainian Studies Fund: Valeriy Goloborodko Ukrainian Association of WA State
Donors to the Endowed Fund for Ukrainian Studies: Michael G. Peskura Ukrainian Association of WA State Anna Lewak Wight
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GIFTS
The Slavic Department is very grateful to alumni and friends for their generous support. Please help the department continue its efforts by giving generously whenever possible. You may send a check made out to the University of Washington Foundation with one of the funds designated on the memo line of your check. Please send your check and this form to the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Washington, Box 354335, Seattle, WA 98195-4335. If you would like to contribute with your credit card please go the “Support Us” page on our departmental website: https://slavic.washington.edu/support-us
( ) SEEURO Balkan Fund – Ensure the continued teaching of Balkan languages
( ) CZECHS Czech Studies Endowment Fund – Support for students studying Czech
( ) POLISS Friends of Polish Studies Fund – General support for Polish studies
( ) SLADIS Friends of Slavic Languages & Literatures – Gifts may be expended at the discretion of the Chair
( ) SLAVIC Institutional Allowance – General support for the department, including undergraduate and graduate student awards
( ) MICKLE Micklesen Graduate Fund – General support for graduate program
( ) POLDIS Polish Distinguished Speakers Fund – Showcase achievements of Poles by bringing speakers to campus
( ) POLFUL Polish Fulbright Fund – Increase Polish-specific course offerings by bringing Polish Fulbright scholars to the UW
( ) POLEND Polish Studies Endowment Fund – Promote permanence and expansion of program to include more levels of Polish language, history and culture
( ) ROMANI Romanian Studies Fund – Support Romanian Studies, including but not limited to support for a Romanian Fulbright
( ) RBCEND Slovene Studies Endowment Fund – Provide Support for Slovene Studies
( ) SWAYZE Swayze Fellowship Fund – Fellowship support for graduate students
( ) UKRANI Ukrainian Endowment Fund – Provide Ukrainian language and culture instruction
( ) PAHNSC Vadim Pahn Scholarship Fund – Russian language scholarship for undergraduates
( ) VGROSS Vladimir Gross Memorial Endowment Fund
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