TheAATSEEL NEWSLETTER American Association of Teachers of Slavic & East European Languages
Contents Message from the President ...... 3 2005 AATSEEL Awards ...... 4 Russian at Work ...... 6 Special in This Issue: Member News ...... 7 Technology and Language Learning ...... 8 Information about the Recent Publications ...... 8 Everything You Always Wanted to 2005 Annual Meeting Know about Grammar But Were Afraid to Ask ...... 9 Awards ...... 12 2005 AATSEEL Awards Employment Opportunities ...... 16 Summer Language & Book Awards Programs ...... 17 Psychology of Language Learning ...... 20 Graduate Student Forum ...... 21 Belarusica ...... 22 Professional Opportunities ...... 24 2005 AATSEEL Conference Info ...... 28
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Message from the simple click or two of your mouse), I Call for Nominations only want to remind you again to mark AATSEEL President your calendars for 7pm on December for AATSEEL Office 29 when all AATSEEL conference par- AATSEEL will hold elections in Dear Colleagues, ticipants are invited to a gala President’s Reception to be held at the Embassy early 2006 for two Vice Presidents and As you read this newsletter, our a President-Elect. The vice presidents December meeting is fast approaching, of the Russian Federation, hosted by Ambassador Ushakov and co-sponsored will serve a three year term from Janu- and I hope you share with me a feeling ary 1, 2007 through December 31, 2009. of anticipation and energy about our by AATSEEL, ACTR, and the Harriman Institute of Columbia University. The President-Elect will serve from Washington gathering. January 1, 2007 through December Before turning to the business of I also want to urge you all to attend an event that—to put it mildly—often 31, 2008, then assume the presidency our happy near future, I want to say a of the association January 1, 2009 few, more sobering words about next gets overlooked on the AATSEEL program, that is, the annual business through December 31, 2010, before year’s AATSEEL National Convention. serving as Past President January 1, We, of course, all share the concern meeting, which will be held at 10am on December 29, conveniently preceding 2011 through December 31, 2012. All of our nation and the world with the nominees for AATSEEL office must destruction wrought on New Orleans Alexander Schenker’s keynote lecture, which I am sure you will all want to be members of the association. Please by Hurricane Katrina. I am pleased to send nominations to Past-President report, however, that our colleagues attend. The business meeting this year will give you all a chance to meet our Benjamin Rifkin, Chair, AATSEEL and their students—although some of Awards and Elections Committee, by them suffered harrowingly close shaves, incoming new Executive Director, Pa- tricia Zody, and Conference Manager, e-mail to [email protected] by Febru- many are still displaced, and all face the ary 1, 2006. sad task of salvaging their lives, homes, Diana Murphy. and studies from the devastation—ap- Moreover, the business meeting is pear to have escaped unharmed. an excellent opportunity to air and place Letter Moreover, William Brumfield’s up for vote by the membership issues of from the Editor extraordinary archive of photographs “substantial importance,” as the bylaws of Russian architecture housed in his of AATSEEL read. In fact, I urge you Profuse apologies to all of you Tulane office withstood the onslaught all to take a look at the bylaws, which for the delay in getting the December of the elements—like the monuments are posted on the AATSEEL website. Newsletter out by December 1. This is Bill has so eloquently captured on It is in the best interests of any healthy the first time since we have gone elec- film. Sadly, though, we must follow the organization for the rank and file of its tronic that there has been any difficulty MLA in moving our 2006 convention membership to participate actively in its in this respect. However, we received site from New Orleans to Philadelphia. governance. It is therefore imperative some important contributions at the This is certainly a disappointment. We that you all attend the business meeting last minute and felt it important to hold can only hope that our organization will to raise and discuss issues of importance the newsletter long enough to get this able to meet in a rebuilt and revitalized and in order that there be the quorum information into it. New Orleans very soon. necessary to pass any resolution that We are already into preparation of On a happier note, the convention might result from discussion. the February newsletter, and I would this year in Washington, DC promises We have it in our power to shape the remind regular contributors and others to be a memorable event—both from a destiny of our organization in exciting that the deadline is December 15. The scholarly and a social point of view. The new ways at this watershed moment in deadline is important because it does promise of the convention is certainly our organization’s history. I urge you enable us to get the newsletter out on due in part to the venue. Yet none of all to take part. time. I would also note that we can us can have failed to note that the job With best wishes for a joyful holi- now take photographs—color ones, market in our related fields is extraordi- day season, I look forward to seeing you even—and color ads now that we have narily robust this year, which not only all soon. gone electronic. will bring more of our members to the Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy As usual in December, I want to take convention, but bodes well for the future this opportunity to wish all those who of our organization in particular and of celebrate this season a merry Christmas Slavic studies in the United States in or happy Hanukkah. See you at the end general. AATSEEL Annual Meeting of the month, in sha Allah (if Allah is willing), as they say here in Jordan! Since I wrote at some length about Washington, DC the special events to be held at the con- December 27-30 vention in the October newsletter (to which you can now easily refer with a http://www.aatseel.org
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2005 AATSEEL Awards Outstanding Contribution to the Profession: Maria Lekic Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship: Bill Todd Excellence in Teaching at the Secondary Level: Ruth Edelman Excellence in Teaching at the Post-Secondary Level: Maria Carlson Distinguished Service to AATSEEL: Karen Evans-Romaine
2005 AATSEEL Book Awards Best Book in Language Pedagogy: Laura A. Janda and Stephen J. Clancy. 2002. The Case Book for Russian. Bloomington, Ind.: Slavica Publishers. Best Book in Linguistics: Robert D. Greenberg. 2004. Language and Identity in the Balkans: Serbo-Croat and its Disintegration. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Best Book in Literary/Cultural Scholarship: Stephen Lovell. 2003. Summerfolk: A History of the Dacha, 1710-2000. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. Best Translation: Bill Johnston. 2004. Dreams and Stones, by Magdelena Tulli. Archipelago Books. Past AATSEEL Awards Secondary Postsecondary Service to Contribution to Contribution to Year Teaching Teaching AATSEEL Profession Scholarship 1991 John Sheehan Barbara Monahan Zita Dabars J. Thomas Shaw Victor Terras 1992 Henry Ziegler Robert Baker Leon Twarog Charles Gribble Dean Worth 1993 George Morris Irwin Weil Lauren Leighton Irene Thompson Robert Jackson 1994 Will Poole Leonard Polakiewiez Christine Tomei Charles Townsend Rado Lencek 1995 Peter Merrill Christopher Wertz George Gutsche Dan Davidson Marina Ledkovsky 1996 Jane Shuffelton Frank Miller Ray Parrott George Fowler Felix Oinas 1997 Guenther Teschauer Robert Beard John Schillinger Catherine Chvany Vladimir Markov 1998 Marian Walters Alexandra Baker Barry Scherr Richard Brecht Hugh McLean 1999 Joyce Morgan Arlene Forman Don Jarvis Ray Parrott Simon Karlinsky 2000 Kathleen Dillon Anna Lisa Crone Steve Baehr (posthum.) David Birnbaum Robert Belknap 2001 Judith Wobst Thomas Garza Alex Rudd Caryl Emerson 2002 Arthur Lisciandro Emilia P. Hramova Munir Sendich Robert Maguire 2003 Martin Doyle Olga E. Kagan Gerald L. Ervin Irwin Weil David Bethea 2004 Elizabeth Sandstrom Masako Ueda Fidler George Fowler Irene Masing-Delic Alexander Schenker
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Important Conference Announcement!
AATSEEL is pleased to announce a gala President’s Reception this year.
The event will take place at the Embassy of the Russian Federation and will be hosted by Ambassador Ushakov. The reception will be co-sponsored by AATSEEL, ACTR, and the Harriman Institute.
All AATSEEL conference participants are invited.
Date: December 29 — Time: 7:00 pm
JNCL/NCLIS 2005. This bill makes a number of Preparation and Title VII, Graduate improvements in Title VI such as and Postsecondary Improvement Executive Summary increased outreach, greater opportu- Programs listing foreign languages, nities to study abroad, and expands along with reading, math and May-September, 2005 the Institute for International Public science, as “high-need academic • Both the House and Senate Appro- Policy (IIPP). However, H.R. 609 subject areas.” priations Committees have ap- retains a revised and softened, but • The Senate Appropriations bill proved final funding figures for FY nonetheless, expensive and unneces- contains report language that recom- 2006. International Education and sary Advisory Board. mends increased funding be pro- Fulbright-Hays are level-funded at • Of note, H.R. 609 includes foreign vided for a new grant competition $106.8 million. FLAP is zero-fund- languages in Title IV, Financial in FLAP to “school districts with ed by the President and the House Assistance, as an Area of National poverty rates of 15 percent or more, but increased to $25 million in the Need. Under these new provisions, to help the highest-need elementary Senate bill. As usual, numerous foreign language students are eli- schools within such districts estab- small programs of importance to gible for loan forgiveness if they go lish foreign language instruction languages and international educa- to work for the federal government programs.” tion are eliminated by the President or go into elementary or secondary and House, but restored, or even • The National Security Education education teaching. increased by the Senate. (See ap- Program (NSEP) will provide $8 propriations chart.) • The Senate HELP Committee has million for undergraduate scholar- passed its reauthorization of Higher ships and graduate fellowships. Ad- • Funding for NEH has passed both Education, S. 1614, the Higher ditional funding has been appropri- houses and been finalized at $143.1 Education Amendments Act of ated for the Flagship programs, the million, an increase of $4.7million. 2005. This bill also strengthens K-16 Chinese Flagship Initiative, Funding for Education and Cultural outreach, study abroad, IIPP, and and an English Heritage Language Exchange in the State Department makes undergraduates eligible for Speakers Initiative. has been significantly increased in FLAS fellowships. It contains no all three appropriations requests. • S. 1089, the National Foreign Advisory Board for Title VI, but The largest is to $440.2 in the Sen- Language Coordination Act, is be- it does make reference a number ate. ing considered by the Committee of times to reflecting “diverse and on Homeland Security and Gov- • The House of Representatives has balanced perspectives” and generat- ernmental Affairs. This bill estab- extended the current Higher Edu- ing “debate on world regions and lishes a National Foreign Language cation Act for three months. The international affairs.” Coordinator Council to develop Senate is expected to follow suit. • S. 1614 also includes foreign lan- and implement a national foreign • The House Education Committee guages in Title IV, Financial As- language strategy. has passed H.R. 609, the College sistance, as well as Title II, Teacher Access and Opportunity Act of Continued on page 6 5 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 48, Issue 4 December 2005
RUSSIAN AT WORK: Editor: Linda H. Scatton INTERVIEWS WITH PROFESSIONALS (Educational Testing Service) WHO USE RUSSIAN ON THE JOB
Editor’s Note: Special thanks to Anne wich Russian School in the summer students: take a total immersion pro- Eakin Moss of Johns Hopkins University and participating in a CIEE exchange gram and go on an exchange program for suggesting that I contact Liz Massey. program at Leningrad State University. to build facility with spoken Russian.. Please continue to send suggestions of Upon graduation, she received an IIE She keeps up her language skills by lis- former students and colleagues who use grant to do research in Moscow State tening to Russian audiobooks available Russian in the workplace. Contact me University’s Department of Journal- on cassettes and DVDs through www. at: [email protected] ism, where she discovered that what she russianaudiobooks.com/. liked most about journalism was inves- Russian Opened tigating. Soon thereafter, she worked JNCL/NCLIS for World Monitor Television as an Executive Summary Continued Assistant Producer for nightly TV news Doors: An Interview Continued from page 5 presentations. Here, Russian opened with Elizabeth its first door for her: because she knew • The National Security language Massey the language, she was assigned to the Act (H.R. 115) has been referred to Monitor’s Moscow bureau for coverage committee. Rep. Rush Holt contin- How about using Russian language of the failed coup in August 1991 and ues to work on drafting a compan- skills to support law enforcement? the Georgian coup in December 1991. ion omnibus language bill. That’s what Liz Massey does for the When Gorbachev returned to Moscow • Senators Joe Lieberman and Lamar US Postal Service (USPS). Decoding after the failed coup, Liz was asked to Alexander introduced the U.S.- the street Russian of young hackers in do a simultaneous translation, on the China Cultural Engagement Act, S. order to investigate cybercrime is the air, of what turned out to be his final 1117. This $1.29 billion bill has nu- latest twist in Liz’s varied career since official speech. Later during her two merous titles dealing with Chinese she graduated from Columbia in 1988 years in television, she also coordinated language instruction, exchanges, with a degree in Russian Regional Stud- activities on location in St. Petersburg and study abroad opportunities. ies. Because a great deal of cybercrime for the three-hour PBS documentary originates in Russia, the Eastern Bloc, on the Hermitage Museum: A Russian • The Abraham Lincoln Commis- and the countries of the former Soviet Odyssey. sion continues to meet, seek input, Union, her language skills have proven Liz honed her management skills and hold hearings. A report may extremely valuable. As an analyst on by working for the Soros Foundations be forthcoming by the end of the the USPS International Fraud Team, in Belarus (as Founding Executive year. An issue of some contention is Liz reviews online exchanges in Rus- Director of the Belarusian Soros Foun- whether or not the study abroad fel- sian: the language is challenging for dation), Moscow (as Interim Executive lowship should go to the individual its criminal slang and computerese. Director of the International Foundation or the IHE. Organized crime is international, so Cultural Initiative), and New York (as • S. 1376, Teaching Geography is law enforcement must be international Regional Director for five national So- Fundamental was introduced this also, and being able to pick up the phone ros foundations in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, summer by Senator Thad Cochran and call counterparts in other countries Kazakhstan, Georgia and Ukraine). She and five co-sponsors. The bill is a big advantage. She is responsible followed her Soros stints with studies “expands geography literacy among for cultivating and maintaining effec- for a law degree at Stanford. Legal kindergarten through 12th grade tive working relationships with inter- work since then has focused on money students by improving their teach- national law enforcement agencies in laundering, mail and wire fraud, civil ers’ professional development…” Russian-speaking countries, analyzing and criminal forfeiture, export and se- Russian-language evidence, drafting curities violation. • The Defense Department continues court filings, and participating in the de- Liz emphasizes that knowing Rus- to work on implementation of their velopment of team strategy and project sian is an extra skill that others may not Language Transformation Road- management. have. For her law enforcement work, map and the State Department and Of course, Liz didn’t go directly she finds that speaking the language Secretary Rice have made languages from Russian to law enforcement. enables her to establish an atmosphere a major priority throughout opera- She strengthened her Russian as an of trust and comfort with her Russian- tions, management, and training. undergraduate by attending the Nor- speaking counterparts. Her advice to Continued on page 7
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Member News In Memoriam: Editor: Keith Meyer-Blasing Leon I. Twarog (University of Wisconsin) It is with sorrow that we announce the death of Dr. Leon I. Twarog The AATSEEL Newsletter likes to keep (1919–2005) on Monday, October 24, of cancer. its members informed about important Dr. Twarog was the founder and longtime chair (1962–72, 1978–84) events and professional milestones! If of the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures you or an AATSEEL member you know at The Ohio State University. He was also the founder and first director has recently defended a dissertation, (1965–87) of the Center for Slavic and East European Studies. been hired, received a promotion or retired, please send the member’s name, He served as Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (1963– accomplishment and affiliation to: 64), Associate Dean of Faculties for International Programs (1966–70), Keith Blasing and Acting Dean of the College of Humanities (1977–78). [email protected] One of Leon’s lasting and creative contributions to the field of foreign- language curricula was his set of Teletambsi courses: individual study courses supported by telephone mentoring and tutoring by native speak- The AATSEEL Newsletter would ers for students who did not live in areas where class work was available. like to recognize the following These courses pre-dated the appearance of the world-wide web and were a members for their recent forerunner of sorts of today’s web-based learning. Leon spent great effort professional milestones: in obtaining grant moneys from various sources to produce these courses and involved a number of his colleagues from outside Ohio State University Dissertation defenses in writing and reviewing them. Through his creative service, administration, teaching, curriculum Inna Tigountsova defended her doc- development, and scholarship, Dr. Twarog has left an indelible mark on toral dissertation entitled “Dostoevsky the Department, the University, and the field of Slavic and East European and Late Twentieth Century: An Ex- Studies in the U.S. He will be greatly missed, and we send our sincere amination of the Ugly (bezobraznoe)” at condolences to his family. the University of Toronto in April. Dr. Tigountsova currently holds a full-time appointment at the University of Vic- toria, BC. JNCL/NCLIS Executive Summary Continued Elizabeth Sheynzon defended her dissertation, entitled “The quest for Continued from page 6 AATSEEL noumena in Russian literature: Kantian • JNCL/NCLIS participated in confer- trends in Gogol and Bulgakov” in June ences and meetings of AATF, NSEP, Annual 2005 at Northwestern University. NCLRC, CAL, ILR, and CIE, as well as numerous meetings with Meeting congressional staff, government agencies, and other associations. Washington, DC • The Center for Language Studies at 27-30 December 2005 Please be sure to send us BYU and the National Foreign Lan- guage Center (UMD) have joined any AATSEEL Member JNCL/NCLIS and JNCL respec- News so it can be tively. Mark Your included here. • A 12-point policy statement, Lan- Calendar! guages in the National Interest, was finalized and distributed to our For More Information: members, government agencies, http://www.aatseel.org congressional contacts, and other interested and appropriate parties.
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Technology & Editor: Jeanette Owen RECENT Language Learning (Arizona State University) PUBLICATIONS
Editor’s Note: If you have an interest necessary page acquaints them with The Recent Publications column in- in the use of technology in language the most common phrases associated cludes books published in 2003-2005. learning that you want to share, please with the internet. The Moscow State Authors and publishers are invited to send your submission to Jeanette Owen University site, for example, contains submit information about their new by e-mail ([email protected]) or a student’s personal page describing publications. snail-mail (ASU, Dept. of Languages hometown, family, and hobbies that and Literatures, P.O. Box 870202, looks much like what we expect first Culture Tempe, AZ 85287-0202) year students to be able to say. Getting Franklin, Simon. 2005. National Iden- there, though, requires students to read tity in Russian Culture : An Introduc- In this issue, the editor presents through a set of instructions with words tion. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge some simple ways to work with au- such as “homepage” and “links”. Due University Press. thentic material on the web to develop to limits on space for this column, the Gasparov, Boris. 2005. Five Operas basic reading skills and internet literacy author will give only the sparsest of and a Symphony : Word and Music in the target language. While the ex- directions for those interested in the in Russian Culture. New Haven, CT: amples come from Russian web sites, student’s page: Go to www.msu.ru, Yale University Press. the suggestions offered here can easily then click on “Postupajushchim,” then be adapted to fit a variety of languages “studencheskaya zhizn” then “filo- Kaier, Christina, & Naiman, Eric, eds. and learners of differing skill levels. logicheskii fakultet” (under “lichnie 2005. Everyday Life in Early Soviet An introduction to a new site can stranicy studentov”), then “Zhenya” for Russia: Taking the Revolution Inside. start with an analysis of the navigation the Russian text. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University tools, particularly for dense sites like Setting up a series of specific tasks Press. www.rambler.ru. A typical news site (asking for factual questions or for Wigzell, Faith. 2005. Reading Russian such as www.vesti.ru will have a menu opinions about what they have read) Fortunes : Print Culture, Gender offering the basic topics one would allows students to focus on what they and Divination in Russia from 1765. expect to be able to find in a newspaper are able to understand, and steers them Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univer- (politics, business, sports, etc.). By as- away from areas beyond their reading sity Press. signing questions about the way the site level. At the same time, while the web is organized, students gain an overview can give students a rich environment for Economics of the site’s contents, and, often, an learning about the target culture through Raffalovich, Arthur, ed. 2005. Russia: indication about the quality of the site. visual cues (see, for instance, www. Its Trade and Commerce. Elibron This also gives them a chance to figure metro.ru for all sorts of posters, maps, Classics. out what a new vocabulary item might and images of tokens and tickets related Spulbur, Nicholas. 2005. Russia’s mean by following a link to see where to the Moscow metro), structured activi- Economic Transitions : From Late it leads. ties ensure that students do not neglect Tsarism to the New Millennium. Cam- A number of websites are devoted their reading skills. bridge, UK: Cambridge University to themes covered in the typical lan- Through well-supported web surf- Press. guage curriculum. A site on tourism, ing experiences, students can gain such as www.turizm.ru, can be used confidence in their ability to negotiate Environment for discussions of travel, schedules or internet sites in the target language Auer, Matthew. 2005. Restoring Cursed recreation. Some of the more interac- and greater independence in pursu- Earth : Appraising Environmental tive sites (especially those designed for ing learning outside of the traditional Policy Reforms in Eastern Europe and children) can contain useful material classroom. Russia. Rowman & Littlefield. even when a textbook topic seems rather History remote. The Russian Winnie-the-Pooh AATSEEL Annual Meeting Altshuler, Stuart. 2005. From Exodus site, for instance, contains maps labeled to Freedom : The History of the So- in Russian that students can use as the Washington, DC viet Jewry Movement. Rowman & basis for creating dialogues about giv- December 27-30 Littlefield. ing directions (http://winnie-the-pooh. ru/online/maps/). See You There! Continued on page 22 Clear explanations in the target http://www.aatseel.org language directing students to the
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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. One construction in Russian два хорошие урока (Станюко- две хорошие 988 — две хороших 1070 0.9:1 that I am particularly interested in is вич. Серж Птичкин) две плохие 759 — две плохих 122 6:1 the use of “paucal numerals,” that is, два новые замка (Герман Even in contemporary literature and two, three, and four with adjectives and Вартберг. Ливонская хро- on the web we find occasional examples feminine nouns. According to several ника) of nominative adjectives with masculine Russian grammars, the common but nouns. not universal form for these subjects два большие дерева (Л. Тол- В три маленькие иллюмина- is: numeral, adjective (nominative стой. Рубка леса. Рассказ тора видна неярко освещенная plural), noun (genitive singular) such юнкера) внутренность палатки: (М. as три хорошие книги. According to “два светлые мужа” (Н. Ле- Веллер. Маузер Папанина) one source, the nominative plural form сков. Прекрасная Аза) was also used with masculine nouns in This is particularly common in po- In the same work by Lev Tolstoy we the 19th century, such as три хорошие etry: nominative gives an extra syllable find два золотые перстня and мальчика where the modern form for rhyming. would be три хороших мальчика. Is Два пехотных солдата си- Q. In the construction “Как пройти the use of nominative plural adjectives дели в самой пыли на камнях ...” (in the sense of “How do I get to...”) with feminine nouns dying out the same разваленного забора, около I have seen several vague comments way that their use with masculine nouns дороги, и ели арбуз с хлебом. regarding which preposition is appro- did? That is, is the system simplifying (Л. Толстой. Севастополь в priate. so that all subject nouns will take geni- августе 1855 года) Apparently, the expected rules of tive singular adjectives? So it would appear that at least in prepositional use do not hold with this A. You are absolutely right, we do Tolstoy’s idiolect we find the category construction. find examples of nominative plural with of virility (категория лица). В пути (234) gives three examples masculine nouns in the 19th century in Leskov used nominative for both with some general rules, including “Use paucal constructions: masculine and feminine, and reserved в or на + accusative if the destina- the genitive for the neuter noun (al- tion is an open space.” Are these two Комната эта была их спаль- though generalizations are difficult prepositions interchangeable with open нею, и тут же стояли два ма- since we don’t have any more ex- spaces? And by “open spaces” does that ленькие письменные столика. amples): include our conception of open space (Н. Лесков. Островитяне) (площадь) or the broader category of Бот начал под парусами оги- величиною в два больших na-nouns like почта? бать два высокие утеса, раз- корыта (Н. Лесков. Юдоль) Muravyova’s Verbs of Motion in деленные отлогим ущельем. As for the present, we cannot say Russian (1978:195) contradicts В пути (Новиков-Прибой. У дальних that the nominative is dying out for giving “Как пройти к центру города” берегов) the feminine, quite the opposite. While while В пути uses “в центр.” Is there What is interesting is that for the both uses are considered acceptable, any difference in nuance? most part we find inanimate nouns, and nominative dominates. The following Finally, in Mahota’s Russian Mo- only very rarely animates or humans: data represent a Google search (26.III. tion Verbs for Intermediate Students 2005). It is interesting to see that with (86), there is the comment that к implies Два старые матроса усо- different adjectives we get different a general direction while в and на refer вещивали... Бога просили proportions, from 21: 1 to equal parity. to specific destination, such as a streeet вспомнить... (К. Станюкович. However, the trend is obvious: to make or square, with no mention of a distinc- На другой галс) a gender distinction in adjectives. tion of open space. The example “Как два большие желтые пятна две большие 77700 — две больших 6030 13:1 пройти к Историческому музею” doesn’t seem to illustrate “general di- (Куприн. Цирк) две маленькие 16200 — две маленьких 747 21.5:1 rection” any better than “Как пройти два большие букета (Н. Ле- две старые 4120 — две старых 1080 4:1 на площадь Маяковского.” In fact, the сков. Пугало) две новые 101000 — две новых 30400 3:1 opposite seems more natural, with the 9 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 48, Issue 4 December 2005
Museum being a definite place and the looking for the directions to a landmark, ground)’? In other words, the speaker Square a general direction. one would use the preposition К. is next to a sign that announces the None of these address the preposi- subway (underground) but cannot fig- tion used with a person’s house, such Как пройти к Историческому ure out where the entrance is, or if there as “Как пройти...(to your house)” but музею? is an elavator or some underground I assume it would be “к тебе.” Как к тебе проехать? entrance. Asking such a question with prepo- This is exactly the way the preposi- A. You have given us a very nice tion НА could be used either in terms of summary of the issue. As far as the sition В would mean that you are already at the given landmark and are difficult road instructions, as in the case choice of preposition, the basic fact of the first example where the visitor in is that Как пройти does not affect the just inquiring as to how to get in when the entrance is not obvious; this ques- Versaille during the time of Louis XV choice between В and НА: which prepo- was trying to attend an opera presenta- sition was supposed to govern the noun tion can also be used to inquire about the rules regulating entrance: tion, or in terms of gaining access, as in remains in the question. the case of the second one: идти на площадь — как прой- Как пройти в Библиотеку Конгресса? Он [Шевалье] направился к ти на площадь ним и спросил, как пройти идти на кафедру языкознания That is why the question as it is на спектакль. — как пройти на кафедру worded in Offord’s Using Russian (p. 186) is questionable: — Если господину маркизу, языкознания — (его все еще величали этим ехать в центр города — как Скажите, пожалуйста, как титулом), — будет угодно проехать в центр города пройти в метро? — Excuse спуститься по этой и пройти The problem is with buildings and me, how do I get to the under- по галерее направо, в конце landmarks and the choice of В and K ground? ее он увидит три ступени, по (although НА has one use that is also The translation should have been которым нужно подняться; of importance in this sense). If one is ‘how do I get into the subway (under- тогда он повернет налево и
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после того, как пересечет сколько causes common mistakes. Her залы Дианы, Аполлона, Муз contention is that the stress always has The Holberg Prize и Весны, он спустится еще на to fall on the vowel O: До скóльких ты Laureate 2005 шесть ступеней, затем, оста- будешь на работе? До скóльких тебя The Board of Ludvig Holberg’s Me- вив по правую руку зал, где ждать? Prescriptively she may be cor- morial Fund has decided to award the стоит караул, выйдет к лест- rect (although nowhere in dictionaries Holberg International Memorial Prize нице министров и наверняка did I find the genitive form with prepo- for 2005 to Jürgen Habermas. For more встретит там других служи- sition до, and the stress may very well information please see: Holberg Prize телей, которые покажут ему vary depending on preposition or some Laureate 2005
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a check for $2,000 and a certificate, and map of more and less probable read- MLA Awards Aldo And Ram will receive a certificate. ings emerges. Alexandrov teaches us Jeanne Scaglione Prize The prize is one of eighteen awards how Tolstoy’s novel asks to be read: that will be presented on 28 December the literary text itself makes possible for Slavic Literary 2005 during the association’s annual and necessary its multiple and even Studies convention, held this year in Wash- conflicting interpretations. ington, DC. The members of the 2005 Vladimir E. Alexandrov is B. E. New York, NY – 30 November selection committee were Vitaly Cher- Bensinger Professor of Slavic Lan- 2005.—The Modern Language As- netsky (Harvard Univ.) and Mikhail guages and Literatures and chair of the sociation of America today announced Epstein (Emory Univ.), chair. The Slavic Department at Yale University. it is awarding its fifth Aldo and Jeanne committee’s citation for the winning He received his PhD in comparative Scaglione Prize for Studies in Slavic book reads: literature from Princeton University Languages and Literatures to Vladimir Vladimir E. Alexandrov has writ- and has previously been affiliated with E. Alexandrov, professor of Slavic ten a work that is refreshingly original Harvard University and Princeton Uni- languages and literatures at Yale Uni- precisely because it does not insist on its versity. His publications include Andrei versity, for his book Limits to Interpre- originality. Resurrecting the linguistic Bely: The Major Symbolist Fiction and tation: The Meanings of Anna Karenina, and semiotic models of Jakobson and Nabokov’s Otherworld. He also was published by the University of Wiscon- Lotman, foundational figures whom editor of The Garland Companion to sin Press. Harsha Ram, of the Univer- the various “post-” movements have Vladimir Nabokov and has authored sity of California, Berkeley, received unreflexively superseded, Alexandrov numerous journal articles and book honorable mention for his book The lays out a theory-to-praxis model for chapters. He was associate editor of Imperial Sublime: A Russian Poetics of twenty-first-century literary studies that the Russian Review (1982–86) and has Empire, published by the University of is finally a step forward. The range of served on the editorial board of Nabokov Wisconsin Press. The prize is awarded meanings in Anna Karenina is governed Studies and Yale Russian and East Euro- biennially for an outstanding scholarly by what Alexandrov calls “hermeneutic pean Publications. He currently serves work on the linguistics or literatures of indices”—moments in the text that, on the Advisory Council of Slavic and the Slavic languages, including Belarus- without any a priori prodding, draw East European Journal. Alexandrov is sian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Pol- attention to themselves through their the recipient of fellowships from the ish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, metalingual functioning. Gradually, American Council of Learned Societies and Ukrainian. Alexandrov will receive inductively, from “the bottom up,” a
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13 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 48, Issue 4 December 2005 and the National Endowment for the Harsha Ram is associate professor The MLA, the largest and one of Humanities. in the Department of Slavic Languages the oldest American learned societies The committee’s citation for Ram’s and Literatures at the University of Cali- in the humanities (est. 1883), exists to book reads: fornia, Berkeley. He received his PhD advance literary and linguistic studies. Harsha Ram’s The Imperial Sub- from Yale University and was previously The 30,000 members of the associa- lime: A Russian Poetics of Empire is a affiliated with Sarah Lawrence College. tion come from all fifty states and the visionary, innovative study that builds He has published numerous articles District of Columbia, as well as from a bold theoretical argument through and book reviews in such publications Canada, Latin America, Europe, Asia, thoughtful close readings and a solidly as Russian Review, Slavic Review, and and Africa. PMLA, the association’s researched literary-historical narrative. the Moscow-based Novoe Literaturnoe flagship journal of literary scholarship, If the establishment of empire and the obozrenie. Ram is currently a member has published distinguished scholarly birth of modern poetry nearly coincided of the PMLA editorial board and on articles for over one hundred years. in Russia, Ram asks, to what extent was the executive committee of the MLA’s Approximately 9,500 members of the the evolution of modern Russian poetry discussion group on Slavic Literatures MLA and its allied and affiliate organi- a response to and an effect of the impe- and Cultures. His research and teaching zations attend the association’s annual rial state? Reinscribing eighteenth-cen- interests include Russian and compara- convention each December. The MLA is tury Russian poetry into contemporary tive Romanticism and modernism and a constituent of the American Council of critical debates, Ram’s book engages the Russian and European avant-garde. Learned Societies and the International in a productive dialogue with colonial He is currently working on a book- Federation for Modern Languages and discourse analysis and cultural critique length study of the interaction between Literatures. of imperialism, and provocatively re- Russian and Georgian poets, intellectu- The Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione interprets the discourse on the sublime. als and artists during the revolutionary Prize for Studies in Slavic Languages Presenting its bold argument with and early Soviet periods (1915–30), that and Literatures was presented for the elegant lucidity, this volume emerges will raise questions about the relations first time in 1995. That year’s winner as a groundbreaking exploration of the among modernism, local and imported was Robert Maguire, of Columbia Uni- relation between literature and empire modernities, center-periphery rela- versity; honorable mention was given to in Russian cultural history. tions, nationalism, and revolutionary Monika Greenleaf, of Stanford Univer- socialism. sity. In 1997 the award went to Alex-
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All courses strongly emphasize the Awards provide round-trip interna- Title VIII South-East European development of speaking, listening, tional airfare from Washington, DC to Language and Research Programs: reading, and writing skills in Modern Moscow, Russia; living stipends; full offers instruction at leading institutions Standard Russian within the context of tuition; housing with Russian host fami- in Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bul- a systematic and structured approach lies; pre-departure orientation; weekly garia, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, to the mastery of Russian grammar and cultural excursions; insurance; and and Serbia-Montenegro. vocabulary. visas. Funded by the U.S. Department Open to graduate students, Ph.D Financial aid is available to quali- of Education. Application deadline: candidates, faculty, and scholars with fied applications.Assistance awards are March 1. at least basic proficiency in the target based on academic merit and demon- Russian Language and Area language. Graduate students are eligible strated need; priority for assistance is Studies Program: The American Coun- for U.S. Department of State, Program given to advanced-level students and cils for International Education: ACTR/ for the Study of Eastern Europe and the to teachers of Russian. Determination ACCELS has administered intensive Independent States (Title VIII) funding. of acceptance into the summer Russian Russian language study programs in Program features include round-trip language program is made on a Rolling immersion settings for American under- international travel, housing, visas, Admissions basis, except for those ap- graduates and graduate students since insurance, tuition, and university affili- plying for financial aid. 1976, serving more than three thousand ation. Application deadline for Summer: The deadline for turning in ap- students and faculty. January 15. plications is April 1. All decisions on financial aid will be made by April
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15. A letter of acceptance is routinely Indiana University Monterey Institute of International mailed within four weeks after receipt Indiana University’s 56th Summer Studies of an application for those who are not Workshop in Slavic, East European, Preparing to travel, study or work applying for financial aid. and Central Asian Languages will be in Russia? Take part in an intensive For more information, contact held June 16th - August 11th, 2006, Russian language study experience [email protected]. and will offer intensive first through this summer at the Monterey Institute sixth-year Russian, including cultural of International Studies in beautiful Dubravushka (Oak Grove) School programming. Monterey, California. Summer 2006 High School Begin- Besides Russian, 20 other languag- We offer an intensive eight-week ning and Intermediate Russian Lan- es will be offered including Albanian, Russian language program at the be- guage and Literature Program. Azeri (1st & 2nd), Bosnian/Croatian/ ginning, intermediate and advanced Dubravushka is a prestigious pri- Serbian, Czech, Estonian (1st & 2nd), levels. In-class language study is vate school located just outside Moscow Georgian (1st & 2nd), Hungarian, Ka- complemented by cultural activities and whose summer program for Russian zakh (1st & 2nd), Latvian, Lithuanian opportunities to practice the language children is always over subscribed. (1st & 2nd), Pashto, Polish, Romanian, outside of class. We bring together mo- However, it saves a limited number of Slovene, Tajik (1st & 2nd), Tatar, Turk- tivated students and skilled native-level places for international students. Avail- men (1st & 2nd), Uyghur (1st & 2nd), instructors in an intensive, small class able in week long increments during Uzbek (1st & 2nd) and Yiddish. environment that proves to be quite rig- June and July for about $250 per week. ALL students pay IN-STATE TU- orous and demanding, yet most effective Includes room and board, language in- ITION and FLAS and SSRC funding for language acquisition. struction, airport pick up and drop off. is available. The following languages Make the most of your summer- The school can almost guarantee are ACLS-funded and TUITION-FREE study at MIIS! Also offered: Arabic, high school teachers of Russian that for grads specializing in East European Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japa- their students who attend, once back studies: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Es- nese, Korean, and Spanish. Contact us home, will be continuing their study of tonian, Latvian, Lithuanian (1st level at 831-647-4115 or [email protected] for Russian! only), Romanian and Slovene. Applica- more information. See www.dubravushka.ru or phone tion deadline for fellowships is March 941-351-1596 for additional info. 24th. University of California at For more information contact: Los Angeles Georgetown University Director, Ballantine Hall 502, Indiana University of California Los Ange- Georgetown University will offer University, Bloomington, IN 47405, les is planning 1st and 2d year Russian, the following Russian courses in Sum- 812-855-2608, [email protected]; an intensive eight week course, it meets mer 2006: 1. RUSS-111, Second-Level http://www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/sw- five days a week four hours a day, and Russian I (June 6 – July 8). Text: V seel/. there is a tutor after class. puti, second edition. 2. RUSS-112, The Intensive basic course in the Second-Level Russian II (July 11 – Au- Middlebury College Russian language focuses on commu- gust 12). Text: Same. 3. HUMW-011, The Middlebury College Russian nication with attention to grammati- Tolstoy/Dostoevsky: Love/Pain (June School offers seven levels of intensive cal accuracy. The class also works on 6 – July 8). undergraduate language instruction in reading, listening, and writing. Video Summer students may take both its 9-week program and 6-week gradu- is used throughout the course. Students language courses or either one sepa- ate courses in language, literature, and work with an experienced instructor and rately. Applicants for RUSS-111 must civilization. have one-on-one tutoring with a native have completed two semesters of col- For further information and ap- speaker of Russian. lege Russian with at least four contact plications contact Margot Bowden, The Intensive Intermediate Russian hours per week. HUMW-011 is an Coordinator, Russian School, Freeman focuses on furthering competency in undergraduate literature/writing course International Center, Middlebury Col- standard contemporary Russian. Ad- taught entirely in English. For more lege, Middlebury, VT 05753, telephone ditional emphasis on reading and writ- information, contact David Andrews, 802-443-5533, or bowden@middlebury. ing skills. Exposure to Russian culture chair, at [email protected], or edu, or Russian School Director Karen through literature, films and other activi- (202)-687-5951. Evans-Romaine, Ohio University, at ties. Students work with an experienced Applications are through the [email protected]. Information and instructor and have one-on-one tutoring Georgetown Summer School, with applications are also available at the with a native speaker of Russian. forms and complete instructions on line: Middlebury Russian School website: For more information, contact http://summerschool.georgetown.edu http://www.middlebury.edu/ls/russian. Olga Kagan, Ph.D., Director, Lan- Consideration of applications begins in guage Resource Center, Coordina- January; apply early for financial aid. tor, Russian Language Program,Tel.
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(310) 825-2947, Fax: (310) 206-5263, AATSEEL-Wisconsin Amy Singleton Adams, College of E-mail: [email protected]; the Holy Cross [email protected]; Mailing address Report, Fall 2005 Not By Bread Alone: Sacramental- 2207 Hershey, UCLA, Los Angeles, ity in the Work of Maksim Gor’kii CA 90095-1502; http://www.humnet. The annual conference of the Wis- ucla.edu/flr; http://www.humnet.ucla. consin chapter of AATSEEL opened Matthew McGarry, University of edu/russian; http://www.heritagelan- with a keynote address in the afternoon Wisconsin-Madison guages.org of Friday, October 15, followed by con- The Quest to Understand the Act: ference panels on Saturday, October 16. Bakhtin and the Concept of Polyph- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee The opening keynote lecture was given ony Annual Summer Study-Tour at by a distinguished speaker, Professor Catholic University Lublin, Poland emeritus Daniel Weissbort (University Panel III: Post-war Soviet • July 8-August 14, 2006 of Iowa), founding editor of the journal Modern Poetry in Translation, whose Literature, Film and Culture • Estimate cost $2,207 plus spoke on “Ted Hughes Translating Chair: Laura Little, University of round-trip airfare (Chicago- Pushkin’s ‘The Prophet.’” Wisconsin-Madison Warsaw) Saturday’s conference panels of- Secretary: Paul Richard, University • Accommodations and all meals fered a strong lineup of papers on topics of Wisconsin-Madison in Poland ranging from nineteenth century prose Jennifer Tishler, University of Wis- • Lectures, language classes, to twentieth century film: consin-Madison performances Panel I: Nineteenth Century Ethics and Aesthetics in the Cre- • 5 UWM credits Russian Literature and its ation of Bond and Stirlitz • Five weeks in historic Lublin, Legacy with a course of Polish language Nina Familiant, University of Wis- (100 hours), at beginning, in- Chair: Matt Walker, University of consin-Madison termediate and advanced levels Wisconsin-Madison Soviet Literature and Soviet His- Secretary: Viktoriya Kononova, tory in the Geneva Spirit: a Peaceful • Lectures, films and cultural University of Wisconsin-Madison performances Coexistence? • Excursions to Warsaw, Kazimi- Amanda Murphy, University of Michele Hanley, University of erz and other places of interest Wisconsin-Madison Colorado • Optional tree-day trips to Cra- Compassion as Grace Incarnate: The Mother and the Soldier: Femi- cow (cost $120) and Białowieża Sonia Marmeladova’s Iconic Role in nine Representations in Soviet Films Forest ($100) Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment during the Great Patriotic War, 1941- 1945 Also available: two, three, four- Molly Thomasy, University of Wis- week as well as intensive and highly consin-Madison intensive two, three, four and five-week All the presentations generated Pushkin and Chekhov: Exploring lively and productive discussion. The language courses the Onegin Myth in Chekhov’s Ionych This study tour is led by Dr. Michael annual winner of the J. Thomas Shaw prize for the best paper by a graduate Mikoś, Professor of Polish language Victoria Thorstensson, University and literature and leader of 25 study student was Victoria Thorstensson for of Wisconsin-Madison her paper, “Echoes of Pushkin’s Journey tours to Poland. Echoes of Pushkin’s Journey to For detailed information contact: to Arzrum in Mandelstam’s Journey to Arzrum in Mandelstam’s Journey to Armenia.” Prof. Michael J. Mikoś Armenia Dept of Foreign Languages and Lin- Respectfully submitted, guistics/Slavic Languages Panel II: Soviet Literature and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Keith Blasing, P.O. Box 413 Literary Theory Chair, AATSEEL-Wisconsin 2005, Milwaukee, WI 53201-0413 Chair: Gretchen Aiyangar, Univer- University of Wisconsin-Madison (414) 229-4948 [email protected] sity of Wisconsin-Madison (414) 229-2741 FAX Secretary: Molly Thomasy, Univer- sity of Wisconsin-Madison Send information on your language programs to the AATSEEL Newsletter editors!
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PSYCHOLOGY Editor: Valery Belyanin OF (Moscow State University & LANGUAGE LEARNING Moscow State Ling. Univ.)
This column is intended to promote a What other explanations are there are biologically incapable of acquiring dialogue for teachers of Slavic lan- for declines in L2 acquisition as we age, a second language. guages regarding the psychological other than the biological account? There aspect of language learning. are several possibilities (Bialystok & References Submissions for future editions of this Hakuta, 1994). Younger and older learn- Bialystok, E., & Hakuta, K. (1994). In column should be sent electronically ers differ in cognitive development and other words: The science and psy- to [email protected]. may bring somewhat different cognitive chology of second-language acquisi- strategies to bear on the task of second- tion. New York: Basic Books. language acquisition. In addition, the Hakuta, K., Bialystok, E., & Wiley, E. Is There Really a sheer amount of practice that children (2003). Critical evidence: A test of Critical Period for and adults of different ages get in learn- the critical-period hypothesis for ing a second language might have a second-language acquisition. Psy- Second Language significant effect here. So, biology is chological Science, 14, 31-38. Acquisition? not the only answer. Snow, C. E., & Hoefnagel-Hohle, M. There are some studies that find (1978). The critical period for lan- David W. Carroll that older individuals actually acquire guage acquisition. Child Develop- Professor of Psychology L2 more rapidly than younger learners. ment, 49, 1114-1128. University of Wisconsin-Superior Snow and Hoefnagel-Hohle (1978) studied English-speaking families that email: [email protected] moved to Holland for one year and AATSEEL Newsletter: Although most children acquire were learning Dutch. The interesting language easily, many of us struggle to innovation in this study is that Snow Why Electronic? acquire a second language in adulthood. and Hoefnagel-Hohle tested all family Based on a decision at the 2004 One explanation of this phenomenon is members several times during the year. AATSEEL Board Meeting, the AAT- the critical period hypothesis. Accord- This levels the playing field by looking SEEL Newsletter has gone elec- ing to this hypothesis, there is a period at how different family members of tronic. early in life in which we are especially different ages react when immersed in Those members of AATSEEL prepared to acquire a language. Critical a new language. The investigators found who received their copies of the period advocates suggest that neurologi- that adolescents did best, followed by newsletter by e-distribution received cal changes lead to a decline in L2 abil- adults, followed by children. them on the first of the newsletter ity; most commonly, these changes are There may be something of a tor- month whereas other members have assumed to occur near puberty. toise and hare effect here. Older learners had to wait as much as six weeks If this hypothesis is correct, then we seem to do better initially but they reach for the printed version to reach their should see sharp drops in L2 acquisition a plateau; younger learners eventually doors. This is because the printing following puberty. Recent research, catch up and pass them. As Bialystok process is quite cumbersome: make however, suggests otherwise. Hakuta, and Hakuta (1994, p. 86) put it, “the plates, make dylux, send proof, get Bialystok, and Wiley (2003) examined adult learning a second language be- okay to print, print, adhere addresses data from the 1990 U. S. Census from haves just like a child learning a second sort by zip, bundle, and hand over to 2.3 million immigrants with Spanish language: he walks like a duck and talks the USPS, which then goes through a and Chinese language backgrounds. like a duck, the only major difference slow process of delivering: bulk mail Hakuta and colleagues examined self- being that, on average, he does not travels only whenever there is space reported language proficiency.Although waddle as far.” Apparently, there is no available. there was a strong decline in proficiency one simple answer to the question of With the e-newsletter, you will as the age of arrival increased from age and L2—it depends upon how we always have access to your newsletter birth to about sixty years of age, there measure L2 proficiency. before the information is outdated! were no sharp breaks at puberty or any The best we can say at the present And if you belong to the group of other age. Rather, the decline over age time is that although young children people who must be able to read on was gradual. Thus, this study failed to generally acquire L2 more easily than paper, you can always print out the find evidence in support of the critical- older children and adults, there is no newsletter. period hypothesis. convincing evidence that older learners
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Graduate Student Forum Seeking Editor: Olga Livshin Q: If you had to name one skill that AATSEEL you learned in graduate school and that Chapters Northwestern University proved particularly useful later in your career, what would it be? Are you a member of an active The AATSEEL and the editors of the regional, state, or local AATSEEL AATSEEL Newsletter would like to A: (Halina Filipowicz): Making chapter? If so, the AATSEEL Ex- thank our colleagues who serve as time to explore a scholarly discipline ecutive Director would like to hear advisors to the Graduate Student outside my main field. Granted, course- from your group so that we can Forum. They include Thomas Beyer work in the second field is usually part compile a list of active chapters, in- (Middlebury College); Robert Chan- of the requirements for a Ph.D. minor. cluding their contact information. non (Purdue University); Joan Che- What I have in mind, though, is a more And here’s another good rea- valier (Brandeis University); Halina thorough intellectual engagement that son to let us hear from you: Para- Filipowicz (University of Wisconsin would continue after a Ph.D. disserta- graph 3c of the AATSEEL Bylaws at Madison); Beth Holmgren (Uni- tion is written, defended, and deposited. states, “The charter of a chapter versity of North Carolina at Chapel This cultivation of another field goes a shall be automatically suspended Hill); James Levin (George Mason long way to help avoid routine habits of if a chapter fails to remain active, University); Benjamin Rifkin (Uni- thought and to welcome new ideas and that is, if it fails to hold at least versity of Wisconsin at Madison); alternative points of view. one meeting a year and forward Ernest Scatton (State University of minutes of such meeting or meet- New York at Albany), and Irwin Weil AATSEEL Annual Meeting ings to the Executive Director and (Northwestern University). Look for Washington, DC to the Editor of the Association’s their responses to new questions in December 27-30 Newsletter by December 15 of any future issues of the AATSEEL News- given year.” letter. The Place To Be! C o n t a c t A AT S E E L a t : [email protected] http://www.aatseel.org
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 SLIUniversity of Pittsburgh • 2006 PITTSBURGH/ MOSCOW 5 weeks - Pittsburgh — (June 5 - July 7, 2006) 5 weeks - Moscow — (July 8 - August 11, 2006) Intensive Courses in Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, and Fourth-Year Russian � 10 credit hrs. � In 2006 & 2007: Heritage Speakers Program Pitt/Moscow Funded by Fulbright-Hays � Generous scholarships also available from SSRC, CREES & SLI � Application and fellowship deadline March 22. For information 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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Editor: Curt Woolhiser Coates, Ruth. 2005. Christianity in Bakhtin: God and the Exiled Author. BELARUSICA (Harvard University) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. never lost hope for positive changes The Belarusica column editor is look- Crampton, R. J. 2005. A Concise His- ing for contributions to this column. in his country’s future. I feel a certain tory of Bulgaria. Cambridge, UK: Contributions from North American correlation between our destinies and Cambridge University Press. colleagues are especially appreciated. I regret that he was not lucky enough (Contributions should be no more than to experience changes, unlike those of Curtin, Jeremiah. 2005. The Mongols in 1-2 pages in length.), deadline 6-8 weeks us in Czechoslovakia, Poland, or Hun- Russia. Elibron Classics. in advance of the issue month. For more gary.” -- Vaclav Havel Flynn, Ramsey. 2005. Cry from the information, contact Dr. Curt Woolhiser, Deep: The Sinking of the Kursk, the [email protected]. “This timely biography is essential Submarine Disaster That Riveted reading.” -- Arnold McMillin, professor the World and Put the New Russia New Publications in of Russian Literature, University Col- to the Ultimate Test. NY: Harper lege London Paperbacks. Belarusian Studies Jack, Andrew. 2005. Inside Putin’s Rus- Zina J. Gimpelevich is associate sia. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Vasil Bykau: His Life and Works professor, Department of Germanic and Press. Zina J.Gimpelevich Slavic Studies, University of Waterloo, Gaddis, John Lews. 2005. The Cold McGill-Queen’s University Ontario. War: A New History. Penguin Press Press, 2005 HC. Gladstone, William Ewart. 2005. The Soviet Union banned many of Belarusian-Language Vasil Bykau’s novels, which often focus Bulgarian Horrors and Russia in on the agonizing moral dilemmas faced Media under Threat Turkistan : With Other Tracts. Elibron by young officers during the horrors of in Belarus Classics. war. Considered the best modern Be- Kiaer, Christina. 2005. Imagine No larusian writer and the last Eastern Eu- The independent Belarusian-lan- Possessions: The Socialist Objects of ropean literary dissident, Bykau (1924- guage newspaper “Nasha Niva” has Russian Constructivism. Cambridge, 2003) is referred to as the “conscience recently been removed from the sub- MA: MIT Press. of a nation” for leading an intellectual scription catalogs of Belposhta, the Politkovskaya, Anna. 2005. Putin’s crusade against Lukashenka’s totalitar- Belarusian state periodical distribution Russia: Life in a Failing Democracy. ian regime. In exile from Belarus for monopoly. This move is connected to Metropolitan Books. several years, he was given refuge by an ongoing clampdown on indepen- Ra’anan, Uri. 2005. Flawed Succession: Vaclav Havel in Czechoslovakia. He has dent media in Belarus, which has had a Russia’s Power Transfer Crises. Lex- been nominated for the Nobel Prize by disproportionate effect on Belarusian- ington Books. Havel, Czeslaw Milosz, and PEN. language periodicals. In order to survive Shamiloglu, Uli. 2005. The Muslims in In the first English biography of without the distribution services provid- Russia (for children). Mason Crest his life and work, Zina Gimpelevich ed by Belposhta, the newspaper needs Publishers. describes the conditions under which additional subscribers. Individuals or Stites, Richard. 2005. Serfdom, Society, Bykau lived in the former USSR and institutions interested in subscribing are and the Arts in Imperial Russia: The provides a literary and political history asked to send inquiries to the following Pleasure and the Power. New Haven, of Belarus from 1918-2003. Based on e-mail address: [email protected]. CT: Yale University Press. interviews that she conducted with Vinogradov, V. K., Pogoni, J. F., & Bykau, she illuminates his life as an Teptzov, N. V. 2005. Hitlers Death: artist and a defender of human rights. Russias Last Great Secret from the She also provides literary criticism of Recent Publications Continued Files of the KGB. Chaucer Press. Bykau’s work, including The Ordeal Continued from page 8 and Pack of Wolves, and discusses the Language and Linguistics psychological realism of his early nov- Bain, Robert Nisbeth. 2005. The Daugh- Baker, Don P. 2005. Russian-English els and his interest in existentialism. ter of Peter the Great : A history of Dictionary for Couples in Love : All Russian diplomacy and of the Russian the words you need to express love in Review quotes court under the Empress Elizabeth the Russian language. iUniverse. “I hold Vasil Bykau in high regard Petrovna, 1741-1762. Elibron Clas- as an opponent to totalitarian regimes sics. Continued on page 27 in Belarus. During our encounter he
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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 SLIUniversity of Pittsburgh • 2006 6+46+4 :: PITTSBURGHPITTSBURGH -- POLANDPOLAND OROR BULGARIABULGARIA 6 weeks - Pittsburgh — (June 5 - July 14, 2006) 4 weeks - Lodz, Poland or Sofia, Bulgaria — (July 17 - August 11, 2006)* Intensive Courses on the Beginning and Intermediate Levels * Students demonstrating adequate academic preparation may join the course abroad � Generous scholarships available for graduate students through CREES & ACLS
� Application and fellowship deadline March 22. For information 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/
Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages at Indiana University June 16 - August 11, 2006 RUSSIAN - 1st through 6th year - 4- and 8-week courses available EAST EUROPEAN and BALTIC - 1st year Albanian, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Czech, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Slovene and Yiddish - 1st and 2nd year Estonian; 2nd year Lithuanian (pending funding) - The following languages are ACLS-funded and TUITION-FREE for graduate students specializing in any field related to these languages: Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, and Slovene CENTRAL ASIAN and GEORGIAN - 1st and 2nd year Azeri, Georgian, Kazakh, Tajik, Turkmen, Uyghur, and Uzbek - 1st year Pashto; 1st year Tatar (pending funding) FLAS and SSRC Fellowships are available Application Deadline for Fellowships March 24, 2006 IN-STATE TUITION for all Languages More information is available at: http://www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/swseel/ Or write to: Director, SWSEEL, BH 502, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 Tel. (812) 855-2608 · FAX (812) 855-2107 · e-mail: [email protected]
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paper proposals for its 38th National will hear about their proposals by mid- PROFESSIONAL Convention to be held in Washington, September. DC, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, Please include your name, univer- OPPORTUNITIES November 16-19, 2006. To submit a sity affiliation (if any), and mailing ad- proposal, please go to www.aaass.org, dress. Send your proposal to: Benjamin Calls for Papers and click on the “Members Only/Reg- Jens Department of Slavic Languages istered Users Site.” If you have not and Literatures University of Wisconsin December 20, 2005 registered before or cannot remember 1220 Linden Dr. Madison, WI 53706 Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference of your password, use the system prompts fax: 608.265.2814 [email protected] the AAASS and your password and id number You are invited to submit propos- will be e-mailed to you. You may also als for individual papers or complete Conferences and download from our Web site a PDF panels for the 29th annual meeting of file which contains the complete set of Workshops the Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference of forms and submit it by mail. (We do the AAASS. This year the conference not accept e-mailed or faxed propos- December 27-30, 2005 will be hosted by Fordham University als.) The deadline for individual paper Modern Language Association at its Lincoln Center campus in New submissions is December 6, 2005. The Convention York City on Saturday, April 1, 2006. deadline for panel/roundtable proposals The MLA Conference will take Panels and papers are welcome on any and meeting room requests is January place The MLA’s 121st annual conven- appropriately scholarly aspect of Slavic 13, 2006. Questions may be directed tion will be held in Washington, DC. and East European Studies. Proposals to Wendy Walker, AAASS Convention Most English sessions and the exhibits should include the paper’s title, a brief Coordinator, via email to walker@fas. are in the Marriott Wardman Park. Most abstract, and any requests for techni- harvard.edu. foreign language sessions are in the cal support such as VCR, projector, or Washington Hilton. The Job Informa- August 31, 2006 overhead projector. The deadline for tion Center and the child care center are 2006 AATSEEL-Wisconsin proposals is DECEMBER 20, 2005. in the Omni Shoreham. Conference We particularly encourage graduate More information can be found at Benjamin Jens and John Holm, students to participate in the confer- the MLA website: www.mla.org/con- co-chairs of the AATSEEL-Wisconsin ence, which is characterized by a warm vention. atmosphere and friendly discussion, conference, invite abstracts on any as- and would like to remind you that the pect of Slavic literatures and cultures March 31-April 2, 2006 MASC makes a juried award of $200 (including film) and on issues in the CARTA/CSC Conference every year for the best graduate paper learning and teaching of Slavic lan- First joint CARTA (Central Asso- presented at the conference. The win- guages and literatures. Papers that cross ciation of Russian Teachers of Amer- ning paper is then entered in the national disciplines, take creative risks, and draw ica)/CSC (Central Slavic Conference) AAASS competition, where rewards are on contemporary critical theory are conference more significant. especially encouraged. Dates: March 31-April 2. Please send proposals by e-mail to The conference will be held at the Place: Doubletree Hotel, Tulsa, Dr. Mary Theis at
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ciency in reading and writing in foreign Eastern Europe and the Independent maps, music, films, recorded sound, languages, with some attention as well States of the Former Soviet Union (Title prints, and photographs are also avail- to the issue of speaking, listening and VIII). Online applications and suppor- able. Scholars who have received a cultural competancy It is an outgrowth ting materials are now available on the terminal advanced degree within the of a CCCC (NCTE) grant to study the SSRC website at www.ssrc.org/fellows- past seven years in the humanities, so- acquisition of high-level writing skills. hips/eurasia. The electronic application cial sciences, or in a professional field Reading skills will be included, as well, submission deadline is January 24, 2006 such as architecture or law are eligible in the conference. at 9:00 p.m. to apply. The conference organizers will Teaching Fellowships provide sup- Exceptions may be made for indi- provide transportation within Jordan, port for faculty members wishing to cr- viduals without continuous academic establish low-cost lodging and air trans- eate and implement significantly revised careers. Applicants may be U.S. citizens portation, and arrange for pre-confer- or wholly new university courses. or foreign nationals. For applicants ence and post-conference tours. Additional information may be whose native language is not English, Jordan has many attractions to of- found at: http://www.ssrc.org/fellow- there must be evidence that the applicant fer: Dead Sea swimming and health ships/eurasia/, and questions may be is fluent in English. improvement, diving in the Red Sea addressed to the Eurasia Program Staff: Up to twelve Kluge Fellowships at Aqaba, visiting the ancient cit- [email protected]. Please periodically will be awarded annually. Fellowships ies of Petra and Jerasch, viewing the check our website for additional inform- are tenable for periods from six to “promised land” from Mount Nebo, ation, including details and application eleven months, at a stipend of $4,000 and much more. Plan to come! Plan to materials for annual dissertation deve- per month. Visit the Library of Congress participate! lopment workshop, training seminars, Web site for complete fellowship pro- For more information, see the institutional grants, and other events. gram information and application pro- Coalition of Distinguished Language Eurasia Program Fellowships, So- cedures Location: USA Deadline: Aug. Centers’ website: www.distinguished- cial Science Research Council, 810 15 each year. Website: http://www.loc. languagecenters.org or contact Dr. Betty Seventh Ave 31st Floor, New York, gov/loc/kluge/kluge-fellowships.html Lou Leaver, [email protected]. NY 10019, Phone: 212-377-2700/Fax: Various closing dates April 27-30, 2006 212-377-2727 Title VIII Research Scholar Pro- National Council of Less Commonly August 15 Annually gram: Provides full support for three Taught Languages Kluge Center Fellowships for to nine-month research trips to Russia, Ninth National Conference Library of Congress Central Asia, the Southern Caucasus, The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Library of Congress Invites Appli- Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. National Council of Less Commonly cations for Kluge Center Fellowships. Fellowships include round-trip Taught Languages (NCOLCTL) is The Library of Congress (http://www. international travel, housing, living sti- scheduled for April 28-30, 2006, in loc.gov/) invites qualified scholars to pends, visas, insurance, affiliation fees, Madison, WI (with a pre-conference conduct research in the John W. Kluge archive access, research advising, and workshop scheduled for April 27th). Center using the Library of Congress logistical support in the field. collections and resources for a period Open to graduate students, post- Grants and of up to eleven months. doctoral scholars, and faculty. Funded The Kluge Center is located in the by the U.S. Department of State, Pro- Fellowships Jefferson Building of the Library of Co gram for the Study of Eastern Europe ngress and provides attractive work and and the Independent States of the January 24, 2006 discussion space for scholars. Residents Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). Ap- SSRC Eurasia Program have easy access to the library’s special- plication deadlines: October 1 (Spring 2006 Teaching Fellowships Compe- ized staff and to the intellectual commu- Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall tition nity of Washington. The Kluge Center and Academic Year Programs). The Eurasia Program of the Social especially encourages humanistic and Science Research Council (SSRC) is social science research that makes use Title VIII Combined Research currently offering teaching fellowships of the library’s large and varied collec- and Language Training Program: for the 2006-2007 academic year in tions. Interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, Provides full support for research and the New States of Eurasia, the Soviet or multi-lingual research is particularly approximately ten hours per week of ad- Union, and/or the Russian Empire, welcome. vanced language instruction for three to regardless of the applicant’s discipline Among the collections available to nine months in Russia, Central Asia, the within the social sciences or humani- researchers are the world’s largest law Southern Caucasus, Ukraine, Belarus, ties. These fellowships are funded by library and outstanding multi-lingual and Moldova. the U.S. Department of State under the collections of books and periodicals. Fellowships include round-trip in- Program for Research and Training on Special collections of manuscripts, ternational travel, housing, tuition, liv-
25 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER Vol. 48, Issue 4 December 2005 ing stipends, visas, insurance, affiliation throughout Southeast Europe and the ally any of the languages of the former fees, archive access, research advising, Baltic states. Soviet Union at leading institutions and logistical support in the field. Open to students at the MA and throughout the region. Open to graduate students, post- Ph.D. level, as well as faculty and post- Fellowship information and appli- doctoral scholars, and faculty. Funded doctoral scholars. Funded by the U.S. cations are included in regular applica- by the U.S. Department of State, Pro- Department of State, Program for the tion materials for both programs. Ap- gram for the Study of Eastern Europe Study of Eastern Europe and the Inde- plication deadlines: October 15 (spring and the Independent States of the pendent States (Title VIII). Application semester programs); March 1 (summer Former Soviet Union (Title VIII). Ap- deadline: January 15. programs); April 1 (fall semester and plication deadlines: October 1 (Spring academic year programs). Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall Summer Russian Language For more information, contact: Out- and Academic Year Programs.) Teachers Program: Provides full bound Programs, American Councils support for teachers of Russian at the for International Education: ACTR/AC- Title VIII Special Initiatives university, high school, and secondary CELS, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, Fellowship: Provides grants of up to school level to study Russian literature, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036; $35,000 for field research on policy- language, culture, and second language (202) 833-7522, outbound@americanc relevant topics in Armenia, Azerbaijan, pedagogy at Moscow State University ouncils.org. Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, for six weeks. Graduate students with a Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbeki- commitment to the teaching profession Kennan Institute Short-Term stan. are also encouraged to apply. Grants: The Kennan Institute offers Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in a Awards provide round-trip inter- Short-Term Grants to scholars whose policy-relevant field and have sufficient national airfare from Washington, DC research in the social sciences or hu- language-ability to carry out proposed to Moscow, Russia; living stipends; manities focuses on the former Soviet research. Scholars must conduct re- full tuition; housing with Russian host Union (excluding the Baltic States), search for at least four months in the families; pre-departure orientation; and who demonstrate a particular need field. Funded by the U.S. Department weekly cultural excursions; insurance; to utilize the library, archival, and other of State, Program for the Study of and visas. specialized resources of the Washing- Eastern Europe and the Independent Tentative program dates are June ton, D.C. area. Policy-relevant research States of the Former Soviet Union (Title 17 to August 4. Funded by the U.S. is preferred. Academic participants must VIII). Application deadlines: October 1 Department of Education. Application either possess a doctoral degree or be (Spring Program); January 15 (Summer, deadline: March 1. doctoral candidates who have nearly Fall and Academic Year Programs.) completed their dissertations. For non- Scholarships for language study academics, an equivalent degree of Title VIII Southeast Europe on American Councils programs professional achievement is expected. Research and Language Study Pro- overseas: Graduate students participat- Short-Term Grants provide a sti- grams: Provides full support for three to ing in the American Councils Russian pend of $100 per day. The Kennan nine months of research and/or language Language and Area Studies program Institute cannot provide office space for study in Southeast Europe. Fellow- or the Eurasian Regional Language Short-Term scholars. Travel and accom- ships include round-trip international program are eligible for full or partial modation expenses are not directly cov- travel, housing, living stipends, visas, scholarships from the U.S. Department ered by this grant. There is no official insurance, tuition, and affiliation fees. of State, Program for the Study of East- application form for Short-Term Grants. Funded by the U.S. Department of ern Europe and the Independent States The applicant is requested to submit a State, Program for the Study of East- of the former Soviet Union (Title VIII). concise description (700-800 words) of ern Europe and the Independent States Undergraduates who intend a career in his or her research project, a curriculum (Title VIII). Open to graduate students, teaching are eligible for full or partial vitae, a statement on preferred dates post-doctoral scholars, and faculty. Ap- scholarships from the U.S. Department of residence in Washington, D.C., and plication deadline: October 1 (Spring of Education for their participation in two letters of recommendation specifi- Program); January 15 (Summer, Fall the Russian Language and Area Stud- cally in support of the research to be and Academic Year Programs). ies Program or the Eurasian Regional conducted at the Institute. All applicants Language program. must note their country of citizenship or Title VIII Southeast Europe The American Councils Russian permanent residency in their materials. Summer Language Program: Offers Language and Area Studies Program Letters of recommendation, with sig- international airfare, tuition, insurance, provides intensive Russian language natures, should be sent either by fax or and living stipends to graduate students instruction in Moscow, St. Petersburg post, all other application materials may for up to three months of intensive and Vladimir, Russia. be submitted via e-mail or in hard copy. language study at major universities The Eurasian Regional Language Any materials submitted in hard copy program offers instruction in virtu- 26 December 2005 Vol. 48, Issue 4 AATSEEL NEWSLETTER should be in clear dark type, printed on Recent Publications Continued one side only, and without staples. PLAN TO ATTEND Grant recipients are required to Continued from page 22 be in residence in Washington, D.C., Bethin, Christina. 2005. Slavic Prosody AATSEEL 2005 for the duration of their grant. Four : Language Change and Phonological Dear Colleague, rounds of competitive selection for Short-Term Grants are held each year. Theory. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge I am delighted to welcome you to Closing dates are December 1, March University Press. this year’s AATSEEL convention in 1, June 1, and September 1. Appli- Bialy, Adam. 2005. Polish Psychologi- Washington, DC. This year we will cants are notified of the competition cal Verbs at the Lexicon-syntax Inter- enjoy our conference in the nation’s results roughly seven weeks after the face in Cross-linguistic Perspective. capital, at the JW Marriott Hotel, just closing date. U.S. citizens, permanent Peter Lang Publishing. blocks from the White House and the residents, and non-Americans are eli- Brown, Nicholas. 2005. Russian: An Washington Metro, connecting you gible for Short-Term Grants, although Essential Grammar. London: Rout- easily to most parts of the city. funding for non-American applicants ledge. We have an excellent set of is limited. Approximately one in three Chew, Peter. 2005. A Computational panels, thanks to the Program Com- American applicants and one in six Phonology of Russian. E-Book (Ama- mittee chaired by William Comer, non-American applicants are awarded zon). along with sessions sponsored by Short-Term Grants in each of the four Korth, Britta. 2005. Language Atti- our sister organization ACTR, and competition rounds. tudes Towards Kyrgyz And Russian: opportunities to attend events at the The Short-Term Grant Program is Discourse, Education And Policy in MLA. We are especially pleased to supported by the Program for Research Post-soviet-kyrgyzstan. Peter Lang announce that Alexander Schenker of and Training on Eastern Europe and the Publishing. Yale University, winner of the 2004 Independent States of the former Soviet Soffer, Morry. 2005. Russian Business AATSEEL Award for Outstanding Union (Title VIII) of the U.S. Depart- Dictionary. Schreiber Publishing. Contribution to Scholarship, will be ment of State and the George F. Kennan presenting the keynote address this Fund. Continuation of the Short-Term year: “What Are Slavs, Slavists and Grant Program in 2006-2007 is contin- Eastern Europe? The Linguistic and gent on future funding. Cultural Boundaries of AATSEEL.” The Woodrow Wilson Center can Sending News to the The keynote is scheduled for Decem- only provide grants to those non-U.S. AATSEEL NL ber 29 at 11:00, following the annual citizens who hold a J-1 Visa. Non-U.S. business meeting. citizens who are located in the United News from the membership States at the time the Short-Term Grant is always welcome. For the most ACTR and AATSEEL are pleased to announce that the annual is awarded must leave the United States sure form of delivery, it is best to in order to be issued a J-1 Visa before president’s reception will be held send the information to the editor at the Embassy of the Russian Fed- they can receive their award. J-1 Visas (Leaver@AOL. com). We always cannot be issued to individuals while eration and hosted by Ambassador they are in the U.S. on a different visa. confirm receipt of information; no Ushakov For more information, or to ap- confirmation means that we did not Our annual conference is the ply for a Short-Term Grant, please receive your missive. place for Slavists to share with one visit www.wilsoncenter.org/kennan, or The kinds of news that we another. I urge you to come and join contact: accept include awards, obituaries, (or rejoin) the ongoing conversations about our research, teaching, and Fellowships and Grants, Kennan projects of interest to the member- Institute, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, service, to meet new colleagues and 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Wash- ship as a whole (or information reconnect with old friends. No other ington, D.C. 20004-3027, Telephone: needed from the membership as conference provides us with a focus (202) 691-4100, Fax: (202) 691-4247, a whole), and summer and winter on Slavic literatures, linguistics, and Email: [email protected] program announcements. pedagogy. Additionally, a number of the Register soon and come to AAT- AATSEEL Annual Meeting column editors accept articles from SEEL 2005 in Washington, DC.. Washington, DC readers. Please check the individual Sincerely, Catharine Nepomnyashchy December 27-30 columns for contact information and specific content needs. President, AATSEEL http://www.aatseel.org
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American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages Washington, DC ~ December 28–30, 2005 WELCOME TO AATSEEL 2005! Here is information about registering for the conference, transportation, housing, and the program. If any questions remain unanswered after you have read this information, please contact us: Kathleen E. Dillon; Executive Director, AATSEEL; P.O. Box 7039; Berkeley CA 94707-2306 USA Office phone/fax/messages: 510.526.6614; Email: [email protected]; AATSEEL home page: www.aatseel.org PROGRAM OUTLINE (Subject to change. Please visit the program website for updated information.) December 27 December 30 AATSEEL Program Committee (5-7 p.m.) AATSEEL Executive Council (7-10 a.m.) AATSEEL Executive Council (7-10 p.m.) Conference panels Conference Registration (5-7 p.m.) Exhibits (9 a.m.—noon) December 28 AATSEEL Program Committee (12-1 p.m.) Conference Registration (7:30 a.m.—7 p.m.) • Scores of panels will offer hundreds of papers and Slava/Olympiada Breakfast (8—10 a.m.) presentations on language, literature, linguistics, Conference panels Exhibits (9 a.m.—4:30 p.m.) technology and pedagogy. ACTR Board Meeting (5-7 p.m.) • Some 400 of the most active and professional schol- December 29 ars in Slavic from the USA, Canada, and a number Conference Registration (7:30 a.m.—5 p.m.) of other countries will attend. Conference panels • Gratis interviewing facilities will be available. Please Exhibits (9 a.m.—4:30 p.m.) AATSEEL Business Meeting 10 a.m. contact the Executive Director for details. Keynote Address: 11:00 • The exhibit hall will feature companies offering ACTR General Membership Meeting (5:15 p.m.-6:30 p.m.) the newest and best in scholarly books, textbooks, AATSEEL President’s Reception/Awards held jointly with audiovisual aids, study abroad and summer intensive ACTR & Harriman Institute at Russian Embassy (7 p.m.) programs, and more. HOTEL JW Marriott, 1331Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20004; phone 202-393-2000. ROOM RATES: $119 single/double occupancy. Hotel room rates are subject to applicable state and local taxes (currently 14%). FACILITIES: Ideally located on Pennsylvania Avenue’s Federal corridor, just blocks from the White House, this beautiful and contem- porary Washington DC hotel offers a celebrated address near the Convention Center, Capitol Hill, the city’s best monuments and museums, renowned restaurants, and cultural venues. For complete information and a virtual video tour, see http://marriott.com. RESERVATION DEADLINE: Reservations must be made by Friday, 25 November and must be guaranteed with a major credit card. RESERVATION PROCEDURE: Call the JW Marriott directly at 202-393-2000 or 800-228-9290 and register at the AATSEEL rates. TRAVEL: United Airlines is the Official Airline for travel to AATSEEL in Washington, DC when you or your travel agent call United’s toll free number 1-800-521-4041 and refer to the Meeting ID Number 531CH. The 10% discount off the unrestricted mid week coach fares is available when purchased 30 days in advance of your travel date. Less than 30 days, a 5% discount will apply. Dedicated reservationists are on duty 7 days a week, 8:00AM to 10:00PM EST. Book early to take advantage of promotional fares that give you the greatest discount. Mileage Plus members receive full credit for all miles flown to AATSEEL 2005. CONFERENCE REGISTRATION: Registration is required of all attendees. Current AATSEEL members qualify for reduced conference registration (see registration form, below). Preregistration by 30 September is required of conference presenters; preregistra- tion for others closes 30 November. All conference presenters must be current AATSEEL members. You may preregister online at www. aatseel.org. CANCELLATION, REFUND POLICY: Preregistration refunds will be made for written cancellations received up to the applicable preregistration deadline (September 30 for program participants, November 30 for all others), less a $10 processing fee. After that date no refunds will be made. MLA COURTESY RATES: MLA/AATSEEL will again offer each other’s registrants courtesy registration rates of $40 for students and $65 for non-students. AATSEEL registrants attending MLA conference functions may show their AATSEEL registration badge at the MLA conference desk to secure these rates. THE AATSEEL Newsletter will carry the preliminary conference program. You may also check the AATSEEL Web Site for details.
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