Slavic Newsletter 2006

UW-Madison

Department Languages Newsletter Slavic and Literatures

Volume 7 Summer 2006 Letter from the Chair, David Bethea This has been another exciting Culture: Katarzyna Borzecki and year for the Department of Slavic Margaret Rosen, and one of the Languages at UW-Madison. We new and generous Michael and had 13 Russian majors graduate in Emily Lapinski Scholarship: May (Eric Leikin, Benjamin Yolanda Stypula. Rujuta Parikh Dashevsky, Monica Basche, Valerie received the J. Thomas Shaw Prize Karnauskas, Alisha Kirchoff, Edward for Undergraduate Excellence in Gutnik, Noah Buckley-Farlee, Scott Russian, and Zach Kelly won the Carter, Tatiana Dickey, Jason Kuhn, Slavic Department Prize for Benjamin Lawent, Cassie Strompolis, Outstanding Progress in Russian. and Anastasia Vener), 3 in December Zach Kelly along with his class- (Jennifer Ede, Sarah Hickey, and mate in third-year Russian, Randall Christine Klemens), and one Klang, received honorable mention planning on an August graduation in the Seventh Annual ACTR (Rujuta Parikh). We also had 3 National Post-Secondary Russian graduates in Polish in December Essay Contest. Our Czech program (Katarzyna Borzecki, Monika is also growing in size and quality, Rutkowski, and Paulina with three winners this year of the fellowships respectively, while Anna, Michalewicz), and one in May (John November Fund Prize for Outstand- Vika, Matt, and Betsy held either Hagen). Please, all of you, keep in ing Undergraduate Achievement in TAships or PAships. touch! As these students leave us Czech: Kristin Aiello, Justin Navratil, Our continuing graduate for bigger and better, we are pleased and Amanda Volbert. Congratula- students have also not been to be able to report that we now tions to you all! inactive. Laura Little won a coveted have a total of 58 Russian majors Turning to our graduate Letters and Science Teaching Fellow and 11 Polish majors, with 19 (16 in program, we welcomed in a robust award for 2006; Vika Thorstensson Russian, 3 in Polish) declaring just class of seven new students in the was the recipient of the J. Thomas this year. Fall: Naomi Bethel (Grinnell), Anna Shaw Prize at our fall AATSEEL And you needn’t be Guigauri (University of Toronto), conference (October 14-15, 2005) for impressed by the numbers alone; we Viktoriya Kononova (Moscow State her outstanding paper on the have plenty of awards to announce. University), Matthew McGarry Letter from David Bethea cont’d on p. 2 Ten undergraduates are accepted (University of Kansas), Betsy Mulet into the ACTR program for study (University of Illinois, Chicago), Jane IN THIS ISSUE abroad, with Andrew Kushner Pickell (Barnard College), and Paul (currently 3rd year) receiving a highly Richard (Louisiana State University, Alumni News...... 11 competitive national NSEP award to Middlebury College). It has been a Awards...... 6 fund his study, and Garret Fitzpatrick pleasure to have these new students Faculty News...... 12 (2nd year) as an NSEP alternate. We in class and to see how well they Graduate Student News...... 3 had two recipients of the Edmund I. have integrated themselves into the Letter from David Bethea...... 1 Zawacki Award for Outstanding program. Of these students, Naomi, AATSEEL-WI News...... 10 Achievement in the Study of the Jane and Paul were recipients of Polish Language, Literature, and FLAS and Lapinski/Gasiorowska 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 parallels between Pushkin’s “Journey to Beissinger published an article on “Romani 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Armenia”; John Holm was a FLAS fellowship Romania” in Folklorica: Journal of the Slavic 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 holder for the current academic year; and Matt and East European Folklore Association.

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123456789012345678901 Walker and Erik McDonald received disserta- David Bethea was pleased beyond words to see

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123456789012345678901 tion fellowships from the Graduate School in the ten-year saga of the Pushkin Handbook

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123456789012345678901 the 2005-06 and 2006-07 competitions, respec- finally concluded with its publication in March

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 tively. And just recently we learned that 2006. David Danaher, who has been one of our 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Marina Antic is the recipient of a Title VIII best teachers and departmental contributors, 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 grant to pursue dissertation research next year won a Fulbright grant to teach and do research in 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, while Ben Jens the Czech Republic in spring 2006 (he was also 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 will go on a Title VIII language grant to on a well-deserved sabbatical in fall 2005). David

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123456789012345678901 Belgrad to perfect his Serbian. Finally, Matt continues to publish in the areas of cognitive

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123456789012345678901 Walker will spend 10 months in Russia on a linguistics, metaphor studies, and the life and

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123456789012345678901 Fulbright. work of Vaclav Havel. Alexander Dolinin added

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 continues to enjoy a strong tradition of teacher acclaimed Pushkinist and Nabokov scholar: his 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 training and classroom performance. Continu- long study of Pushkin’s Andzhelo (with the 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 ing grads who taught first-year Russian latter’s roots in Shakespeare’s Measure for 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 included Ben Jens, Laura Little, Keith Meyer- Measure) appeared in a Festschrift for Caryl

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123456789012345678901 Blasing, Emily Shaw, and Matt Walker, while Emerson, while a piece he published in the Times

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123456789012345678901 second-year was taught by Laura Little, Literary Supplement made a splash by identify-

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123456789012345678901 Amanda Murphy, and Molly Thomasy. Ben ing for the first time the real-life model for

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Jens, Brian Johnson, Molly Peeney, and Vika Nabokov’s Lolita/Dolly Haze (Sally Horner). The 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Thorstensson taught Comm B sections of our roles of graduate advisor and Wisconsin 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 large nineteenth- and twentieth-century AATSEEL faculty sponsor were again ably 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 literature-in-translation survey courses. handled by Halina Filipowicz, who also added 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 During the spring semester 2006 Vika luster to our international academic reputation by

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123456789012345678901 Thorstensson also conducted an advanced co-editing (and contributing to) Polonistyka po

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123456789012345678901 language course for fellow grads under the amerykansku: Badania nad literatura polska w

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123456789012345678901 auspices of CREECA. The RAILS project Ameryce Polnocnej (1990-2005). As always,

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 inaugurated by Ben Rifkin continued with the Halina has been especially generous to and 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 help of Nina Familiant and Shannon Spasova. supportive of our former graduate student 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Marina Antic taught Serbian and Croatian and Polonists, several of whose pieces appear in this 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Antonella Caloro taught Italian, while Kat same volume. As those of us who know her 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Scollins was a project assistant supported by have come to expect, Judith Kornblatt managed

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123456789012345678901 CREECA. Special kudos go to Anna Tumarkin, to juggle numerous balls in the air without

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123456789012345678901 who was our faculty associate for the academic dropping any of them: she held a prestigious

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123456789012345678901 year: Anna did a superb job helping Judith fellowship at the UW Institute for Research in

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Kornblatt with the running of the language the Humanities in spring 2005; delivered several 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 program and also assisted as our undergradu- scholarly papers in distinguished venues while 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 ate advisor. continuing to publish articles and book chapters 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 We are especially pleased to an- on Vladimir Solovyov and Babel; and, along with 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 nounce that this past semester one of our a dizzying array of other duties, served as Acting

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123456789012345678901 senior grads, Clint Walker, successfully Language Program Director and Chair of the

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123456789012345678901 defended his dissertation on “Metaphors of Department and Associate Dean for Humanities

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123456789012345678901 Transformation” in Modern Russian literature, in the Graduate School. Whew! In addition to

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 while two others, Amanda Murphy and Vika teaching her popular “Russian/Soviet Life and 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Thorstensson, passed with flying colors their Culture” courses Galina Lapina has recently been 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 prelims – molodtsy! working on (and now publishing) articles and 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 2005-2006 has also seen our faculty active 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Letter from David Bethea cont’d on p. 4 123456789012345678901 and visible in a number of areas. Margaret

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123456789012345678901 Amanda Murphy and Vika Thorstensson Journey to Arzrum in Mandelshtam’s Journey 123456789012345678903 1 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 successfully survived their prelims this year. to Armenia”. 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 Antonella Caloro, Erik McDonald, Betsy Mulet Among others, the following students all 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 and Jane Pickell each received FLAS grants for presented papers at other national and 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 the summer. Molly Thomasy received an Aca- 123456789012345678901 regional conferences: Marina Antic, Keith 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 demic Year FLAS for next year. Marina Antic and 123456789012345678901 Meyer-Blasing, Nina Familiant, Brian 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 Ben Jens each received a Title VIII Language 123456789012345678901 Johnson, Laura Little, Matt McGarry, Molly 123456789012345678901

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Fellowship to research and study in the former Thomasy, Vika Thorstensson and Matt 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Yugoslavia next year. Laura Little won the 2006 Walker. 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 L&S Teaching Fellowship. Matt Walker received Summer Work and Study 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 a Fulbright Fellowship for next year. 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 This year, as every year, the UW- 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

Conferences 123456789012345678901 Madison’s Slavic department’s presence will 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 be felt at the Middlebury Summer Language 123456789012345678901 Five graduate students presented papers at 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 the AATSEEL-WI conference in October of 2005. Program. Shannon Spasova, Brian Johnson, 123456789012345678901

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Nina Familiant read “Soviet Literature and Soviet and Laura Little will be teaching there. Jane 123456789012345678901

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History in the Geneva Spirit: a Peaceful Coexist- Pickell, Naomi Bethel and Betsy Mulet will 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 ence?”. Matt McGarry presented “The Quest to be attending Middlebury as students. Naomi 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 Understand the Act: Bakhtin and the Concept of is also spending the first half of the summer 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 improving her Serbo-Croatian language skills 123456789012345678901 Polyphony”. Amanda Murphy gave “Compas- 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 in Croatia. Amanda Murphy will be working 123456789012345678901 sion as Grace Incarnate: Sonia Marmeladova’s 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 as Resident Director for the ACTR Teacher 123456789012345678901 Iconic Role in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punish- 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 ment”. Molly Thomasy read “Pushkin and Training Program at Moscow State and 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 Chekhov: Exploring the Onegin Myth in Antonella Caloro will be there as a student. 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 Chekhov’s Ionych”. And Vika Thorstensson Matt McGarry will be teaching Russian in the 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 received the J. Thomas Shaw AATSEEL-Wiscon- summer program at Beloit. 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 sin Prize for her paper “Echoes of Pushkin’s 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

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reading and writing in the foreign language. 123456789012345678901 by Molly Thomasy 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

This format challenged students to express 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 More than twenty-five students from UW’s 123456789012345678901 themselves clearly in the foreign language 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 Russian 203 and 204 classes wrote letters to 123456789012345678901 while still allowing them to express more 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Russian pen pals this year as part of a project 123456789012345678901 complex ideas in their native language. 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 designed to give students an opportunity to use 123456789012345678901 Participating UW students were asked to 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 their Russian language skills for authentic reflect on their experience at the end of the 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 communication. The project, begun last year by 123456789012345678901

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Slavic department graduate student Molly 123456789012345678901 the project. Most students were thrilled to be 123456789012345678901

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Thomasy, matched second-year Russian stu- 123456789012345678901 able to use their Russian skills to communi- 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 dents from UW with Russian learners of English 123456789012345678901 cate with a native Russian person living in 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 at the Delta InterContact language school in 123456789012345678901 Russia, and several felt that their Russian 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Tver’, Russia. Both Russian and American 123456789012345678901 improved as a result of the correspondence. 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 learners wrote at least two letters per semester, 123456789012345678901 Sophomore Heidi Kaufman wrote, “Being able 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 sharing information about their native cities and to talk to a real person who lives there made 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 student and family life, to politics, to favorite 123456789012345678901 thought.” 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 books, music and movie stars. Letters were 123456789012345678901 While the content of the letters was a 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Letter from David Bethea cont’t from p.2

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123456789012345678901 Department is well integrated into CREECA 123456789012345678901 translations related to the experiences of the 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 activities. Finally, we would be remiss not to 123456789012345678901 nineteenth-century American writer Bayard 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 mention our beloved Departmental Administra- 123456789012345678901 Taylor in Russia. Especially productive over 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678904 1 tors Jean Hennessey and Lori Hubbard; not only 123456789012345678901 the past year has been Toma Longinovic: not 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 would it be difficult to imagine anything of 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 only did he serve on the time-consuming (and 123456789012345678901 substance getting done in the department 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 psychologically demanding) Humanities 123456789012345678901 without them – it would be just plain sad to think 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 of the place in their absence. With their humor, 123456789012345678901 Committee of the Visual Culture initiative, he 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 kindness, and practical knowledge, they create a 123456789012345678901 published his book Vampires Like Us: Writing 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 warm working environment for students, grads, 123456789012345678901 Down ‘the serbs’ as well as numerous articles 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 and faculty alike. Thank you, Jean and Lori! 123456789012345678901 and reviews, and he piloted a class on vam- 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Like all universities and Slavic depart- 123456789012345678901 pires (!) that filled up to the registration limit in 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 ments everywhere, our university and our Slavic 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 only two days. The ever generous Andrew 123456789012345678901 department are experiencing a period of substan- 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 Reynolds did yeoman service on the depart- 123456789012345678901 tial change. Even though change can sometimes 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 make us uncomfortable, we embrace it and try to 123456789012345678901 and saw into print his superb article on 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 make the most of it. As the sea captain once said, 123456789012345678901 Brodsky’s poem “August” ( Slavic Review, 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 you can’t change the wind but you can adjust 123456789012345678901 summer 2005); in addition, his celebrated 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 your sails. We sense that our students and 123456789012345678901 translation of (and introduction and commen- 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 graduate students are generally pleased with our 123456789012345678901 taries to) Victor Erofeyev’s Life with an Idiot 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 courses, our accessibility, our general knowledge 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Last but not least, Yuri Shcheglov has, with his

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123456789012345678901 listening and trying. We thank alumni who have 123456789012345678901 great storehouse of knowledge, continued to 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 chosen to stay in touch and we urge those who 123456789012345678901 compile and oversee the preliminary examina- 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 have “disappeared” to reappear. We “old-timers” 123456789012345678901 tions for our pre-dissertators while publishing 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 are aware of generational shifts in the field and 123456789012345678901 prolifically on topics as varied as Derzhavin, 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 the aches and pains of transition, but with regard 123456789012345678901 the art of scholarly commentary, Aksenov, 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 to the department here in Madison there is 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 Pushkin, Chekhov, Tiutchev, Zoshchenko, the 123456789012345678901 always much more bringing us together than 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 legacy of M.L. Gasparov, Kantemir, and Il’f and 123456789012345678901 pulling us apart. We thank everyone for their 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 year. Vsego khoroshego, and let us hear from 123456789012345678901 we have been blessed this past year with some 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 you soon! 123456789012345678901 excellent help from newcomers in temporary 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 posts. Michal Okhlot filled in admirably in 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 various Polish courses for the absent Ewa 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 —David Bethea 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 Miernowska, who was on leave in France and

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123456789012345678901 Poland. We thank Michal for a job well done

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123456789012345678901 as we welcome back Ewa in the fall. Likewise,

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Ludmila Rao took over smoothly our current 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 David Danaher. And as already mentioned, 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Marina Antic helped out with Serbian and 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Beissinger. Our energetic former Ph.D. Jennifer

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a scene from 123456789012345678901 a good time for our meetings that satisfied all. 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Mayakovsky’s The 123456789012345678901 Also, it is challenging to accommodate 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Bedbug in the 123456789012345678901 different levels of language competency. 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 beginning, our 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

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Semester of 2006 again, and we are looking 123456789012345678901 from the 1418 Van Hise” (filled with elaborate 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 forward to continuing working with CREECA. 123456789012345678901 participle constructions), Emily Shaw’s presenta- 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 It goes without saying that a lot depends on 123456789012345678901 tion on the evil spirits in Russia, Laura Little’s 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 your initiative and dedication. Please, take 123456789012345678901 presentation on the Russian radio programs, the 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 time to fill out the End of Semester Survey and 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 viewing of a documentary program Namedni: Our 123456789012345678901 watch for our updates. Please send your 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

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opinions and suggestions to Anna Tumarkin 123456789012345678901 appreciated the dedication of CREECA’s Noah 123456789012345678901

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([email protected]) or Vika Thorstensson 123456789012345678901 Buckley, who, for a long time, remained our only 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Slavic Department Awards

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123456789012345678901 Polish Awards

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123456789012345678906 1 Yolanda Stypula, a Polish major, is 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 the winner of the Michael and Emily 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Lapinski Scholarship in Polish Studies.

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123456789012345678901 This scholarship will provide Yolanda

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123456789012345678901 2006-2007 at UW-Madison. The Lapinski

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Endowment was made possible by the 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 extraordinary generosity of Leona 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Lapinski Leute. The gift honors her 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 parents, Michael and Emily Lapinski. 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 With the generous support of Mrs.

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123456789012345678901 Helen Zawacki, we were able to honor

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123456789012345678901 two students. The 2006 winners of the

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Polish language, literature, and culture Yolanda Stypula and Professor Kornblatt 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 are Katarzyna Borzecki and Margaret 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 in the ACTR Russian Essay Contest and he 123456789012345678901 Rosen. This prestigious award was 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 became a member of the Dobro Slovo National

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123456789012345678901 Honor Society. Also inducted into Dobro Slovo

123456789012345678901 memory of the late Professor Edmund I.

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123456789012345678901 at this year’s ceremony were Kyle Hayes, 123456789012345678901 Zawacki who taught in the Slavic

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123456789012345678901 Richard Maes, Kristin Wiseman and Randall 123456789012345678901 Department at UW-Madison from 1939 to

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Klang who in addition also received an honor- 123456789012345678901 1978 and served as the department chair 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 able mention in the ACTR Russian Essay 123456789012345678901 from 1939 to 1960. We extend our thanks 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Contest. 123456789012345678901 to Mrs. Zawacki for sponsoring these 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Monica Basche won the top $5000.00 award 123456789012345678901 awards. 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 from the Benjamin Gilman International Scholar-

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123456789012345678901 Russian Awards ship which she applied toward studying in St.

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123456789012345678901 Petersburg this past spring.

123456789012345678901 Russian major, Zachary Kelly, was

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123456789012345678901 Rachel Sawyer, a fourth-year student and a 123456789012345678901 honored several times at this year’s ceremony.

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Russian Language and Civilization major, was 123456789012345678901 He received the Slavic Department Prize for

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 awarded the first annual Alice D. Mortenson 123456789012345678901 Outstanding Progress, an honorable mention 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 ship in Russian History.

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123456789012345678901 The J. Thomas

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Shaw Prize for Prize for 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Undergraduate Excel- 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 lence went to Rujuta 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Parikh. Michelle 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Jordan received an IAP 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Pritzker Pucker Award for

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 year-long study in 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Russia. 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Matt McGarry may 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 have started a new 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Vika Thorstensson, Professor Emeritus J. Thomas Shaw and Rujuta Parikh

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 awarding two of his students, Tyler Henderson 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 and Cecilia Leugers, with certificates for 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 Outstanding Accomplishment in Russian 102. 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

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the Teaching Assistantship Award: Marina Antic, 123456789012345678901

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Czech Awards 123456789012345678901

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Kristin Elizabeth Aiello, Justin Fors Volbert 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 and Yolanda Stypula received November Fund 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

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Serbo-Croatian Awards 123456789012345678901

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Graduate students Ben Jens and Marina Antic 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 both received Title VIII Language Fellowships to 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Anna Guigauri and Naomi Bethel as Dobchinsky and 123456789012345678901 study in the former Yugoslavia next year. 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Alisha Kirchoff, Christine Klemens, Jason 123456789012345678901 Graduates 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 Kuhn, Benjamin Lawent, Eric Leikin, Paulina 123456789012345678901 Congratulations to the following students 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 Michalewicz, Rujuta Parikh, Monica 123456789012345678901 who received Undergraduate Degrees in Slavic 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 Rutkowski, Cassie Strompolis, and Anastasia 123456789012345678901 Languages and Literature in 2006: Monica 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Vener. 123456789012345678901 Basche, Katarzyna Borzecki, Noah Buckley- 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 Farley, Scott Carter, Benjamin Dashevsky, The Department’s only Ph.D. degree this 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 Tatiana Dickey, Jennifer Ede, Edward Gutnik, year was conferred on Clint Walker in the 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

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John Hagen, Sarah Hickey, Valerie Karnauskas, 123456789012345678901

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Naomi Bethel, 123456789012345678901

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film “Roki”. 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Life in the Emeritus

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 by Gary Rosenshield 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 I have been asked to

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 write a few words about 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 my activities as a retired 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 person. As some of you 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 thirty-four years. Nowadays I spend a lot more

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 playing music, and attending concerts. I am 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 also finishing up my second year of classes in 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 ancient Greek. In conjunction with a course I 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 writing a paper on “Acontius and Cydippe,” a

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123456789012345678901 work of Callimachus, a prominent Alexandrian

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123456789012345678901 poet of the third century BCE. This summer I

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123456789012345678901 hope to visit Delos, the island on which the

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 How is that for an excuse to go to Greece? I 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 still regularly attend conferences and give 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 papers. My book on Dostoevky and the law 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 (Western Law, Russian Justice: Dostoevsky,

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123456789012345678901 the Jury Trial, and the Law) came out last

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123456789012345678901 July. And now I am finishing up a book on the

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 stereotype, one might say ) in Gogol, 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Turgenev, and Dostoevsky. It will be along 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 the lines of an article I wrote on the subver- Support graduate conference 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 sive role of Shylock in The Merchant of

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123456789012345678901 Venice. I still referee articles and books, and

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123456789012345678901 do book reviews. I have one dissertator. I am

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123456789012345678901 Last year, a generous gift from John G.

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123456789012345678901 Hanus of Fairborn, Ohio has allowed the 123456789012345678901 have an article coming out in SEEJ sometime 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Department to establish a fund in support of 123456789012345678901 this year on the representation of religion in 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Dostoevsky’s Notes from the House of the graduate student conference travel.The first 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Dead. I still wish I had more time each day, grants were given for travel to conferences 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 but I can’t complain, life in the slow lane in fall 2005-06. We would like to be able to

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 ain’t bad. continue this support. 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Gary Rosenshield 123456789012345678901 Please consider contributing to the Slavic 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Emeritus 123456789012345678901 Department to help us maintain this fund or 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 to support the teaching of Russian, Polish,

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Czech, or Serbo-Croatian languages and 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 literatures.

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 (See the back page of the newsletter for a 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 contribution form.)

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Notes From an Undergrad 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 by Zachary Kelly 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

appeal to me the most are the literature 123456789012345678901

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classes with Russian emphasis. The true 123456789012345678901

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I, like a good chunk of freshmen, came to 123456789012345678909 1 satisfaction of those classes is when I can sit 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

UW-Madison with some clue of what I wanted to 123456789012345678901 and read “The Overcoat” by Gogol, but the 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

do, perhaps Business School would be nice, or 123456789012345678901 title is actually “Shinel” and the text is 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

Education – I could become a teacher… but what 123456789012345678901 completely in Russian. Having started 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 would I teach? When registering for classes at 123456789012345678901 Russian on this campus at the age of 18 and 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 SOAR, I took a wide range of classes but the one 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

being able to sit and read a great work of 123456789012345678901 that stuck out the most was first semester 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

Russian Literature at 21 is, for me at least, 123456789012345678901 Russian. The main question was – why? My 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

comparable to doing triple integrals and 123456789012345678901

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answer: I wanted to learn a language with a 123456789012345678901 actually understanding it. 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

different alphabet and that’s what I did. And in 123456789012345678901 At this point my goals are coming 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

between choosing every L&S major possible, that 123456789012345678901 true – I am learning a second language, the 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

is what I am still doing, and this is what I love. 123456789012345678901 language has a different alphabet, and the 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 My first-semester Russian class was not 123456789012345678901 people I get to interact with I wouldn’t trade 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 as easy as learning Spanish was in high school. I 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

for the world. I also found something I love – 123456789012345678901 got down the idea of “ya” and “menya zovut…,” 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

Russian Literature – and I cannot wait to 123456789012345678901 but when the TA said, “And here’s the preposi- 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

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tional case,” I was thrown for a loop. What is a 123456789012345678901 Without the support of the UW-Madison 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

case? There’re six?! We have to memorize them?! 123456789012345678901 Slavic Department this would not be able to 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

These were a few of the thoughts that came into 123456789012345678901 come true. I’d still be a ten-year-old watching 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

my head and probably everyone else’s around me. 123456789012345678901 the Olympics and pretending to speak 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Then second semester was on its way and I 123456789012345678901 Russian with my friends, because the 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 wasn’t sure what I was going to do. Do I con- 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

Russians were the best – no doubt about it. 123456789012345678901 tinue with Russian? A kid from the Honors 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

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some TA named Kat. I tossed the idea around, 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 people I have ever met and had as a teacher at the 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

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Major Declaration Week came along I wanted to 123456789012345678901

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claim my hold on something that I truly enjoyed. 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Throughout the two semesters I had her as a TA, 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 she played us songs, ingrained the genitive 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

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requirements of the Russian Language and 123456789012345678901

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Literature Major, I feel myself reaching farther and 123456789012345678901

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farther to challenge myself within the department 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 and I have received only encouragement from the 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 people who work there. The number one thing 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 they always tell me is “Go to Russia,” and 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 someday I will, but until that day comes I have to 123456789012345678901 Zach Kelly 123456789012345678901

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make do with what they offer. The classes that 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 AATSEEL- WISCONSIN News

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 2005 Conference Report 123456789012345678901

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1234567890123456789010 1 123456789012345678901 The 2005 AATSEEL-WI Conference was held in Madison on October 14 and 15. Professor

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Emeritus Daniel Weissbort presented the keynote lecture entitled “Ted Hughes Translating 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Pushkin’s ‘The Prophet.’ The department was pleased to have past PhD, Amy Singleton Adams, 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 who is now at the College of the Holy Cross read her paper titled, “Not by Bread Alone: 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Sacramentality in the Work of Maksim Gor’kii.” The J. Thomas Shaw Prize for Outstanding 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Graduate Student Paper was awarded to Viktoria Thorstensson for her paper “Echoes of Pushkin’s

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123456789012345678901 ‘Journey to Arzrum’ in Mandelstam’s ‘Journey to Armenia’.”

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Call for papers for the 2006 AATSEEL- 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Wisconsin Conference

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Abstracts for twenty-minute papers on any aspect of Slavic literatures 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 and cultures (including film) and on issues in the learning and 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 teaching of Slavic languages and literatures are invited for the annual

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123456789012345678901 conference of the Wisconsin chapter of AATSEEL (the American

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123456789012345678901 Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages).

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123456789012345678901 Comparative topics and interdisciplinary approaches are welcome. The

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123456789012345678901 colleagues, and articles on various topics. In

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 in Slavic Studies (AAASS). In June I will be cally intrepid can view the syllabi (in English) and 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Janneke van de Stadt, Molly Thomasy, and culture. Professor Filipowicz has also published

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123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 special thanks. Other scholarly projects and Anna Schugt Terlecka. She is particularly 123456789012345678901

123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 keeping Mr. Bethea busy are his “creative pleased with her essay on Jerzy Grotowski, which 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Ottawa, Canada. This research project brings Michal Oklot taught all levels of Polish this 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 drama scholars, trauma specialists, and political course for CREECA called “Survey of Eastern 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Lidka Rao, a nave of Czech, spent the past 123456789012345678901 defense in the Department of Hebrew and Semitic 123456789012345678901

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123456789012345678901 Toma Longinovic is in Croatia this summer 123456789012345678901 Jennifer 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 teaching a course called “European Border 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901 Tishler 123456789012345678901 Cultures: The Case of Istria.” In the Spring he 123456789012345678901 123456789012345678901

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