REEIfication

NEWS FROM THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY RUSSIAN AND EAST EUROPEAN INSTITUTE

David L. Ransel, Director Neil Gipson, Editor Vol. 30, No. 2 April 2006

Director’s Notebook by David L. Ransel The usual jam-packed sched- in the United States. ule of REEI-sponsored spring se- We were delighted to host our mester on-campus and outreach first McCloskey Fellow, Jelena Sa- activities has expanded greatly vanovic, a law student from Banja now that our new partner, the Luka in Bosnia-Herzegovina. European Union Center of Excel- She spent most of the semester in lence, is operating at full capacity. Bloomington studying our local Features In addition to the Roundtable on government offices and collect- Director’s Notebook 1 Post-Communism, the Russian ing material on communication History Workshop, and several between Bloomington youth and WFIU’s Ukrainian Media 4 Exchange Program other events and speakers hosted city and county administrators and by REEI this semester, we have political leaders. As she serves on worked closely with the EU Center central and local government News (which the Germanist Fritz Bre- youth advisory boards in Bosnia, ithaupt and I direct) in hosting a she hopes to be able to implement Third Annual Slavic Career 2 Hungarian diplomat, András Kós, there some of the ideas she has Night and an EU law specialist, Chris- learned during her Bloomington Recent Graduates 2 tina Fountoulakis of the Univer- stay. Savanovic also traveled to Hungarian Diplomat Speaks on 3 sity of Basel. At the same time, Washington, DC, during spring Balkan Peacekeeping and EU’s we have been cooperating with break to participate in the work Future other partners in activities that of the National Democratic Insti- “Impossible Theater” Visits 5 enrich the intellectual life of our tute, which contributes financially Bloomington students and faculty. The Polish to the McCloskey Fellow program Commemorating Hungarian 6 Studies Center presented leading and cooperates in hosting visiting Revolution’s 50th Anniversary literary scholars from Jagellonian scholars. Jelena Savanovic is Indiana Roundtable on Post- 7 University, a play by Marek Cho- a young woman of great intel- Communism daczynski, the director of The ligence, poise, and compassion. Welcome IREX Visiting 8 Impossible Theater from Warsaw, She left a positive impression on Researcher Poland, and a conference celebrat- everyone she met here and gave IU Participants at 2006 9 ing the origins of the Solidarity an enormous boost to the McClo- Midwest Slavic Conference Movement. We also joined with skey Fellow program. As funding Byrnes Memorial Contributions 9 Jewish Studies in sponsoring a grows, we hope to see many more Conference on “Uprooted Jewish such encounters of young Balkan Faculty News 10 Writers,” which featured presen- scholars traveling to Indiana and Mellon Endowment Awards 12 tations by important young and young IU scholars traveling to the Alumni News 13 mature writers who were born in Balkans. Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, A new scholarship program Student News 15 and Hungary and who now reside continued on page 11 2 Russian and East European Institute REEIfication, April 2006 3

INSTITUTE STAFF David L. Ransel, Director REEI Hosts Third Annual Slavic & East Euro- Denise Gardiner, Assistant Director/Outreach Coordinator pean Career Night Lance Erickson, Advisor/Assistant On March 6th more than thirty students joined REEI faculty, staff Director for Student Services and alumni for the third annual Slavic & East European Career Night. Jessica Hamilton, Admin. Secretary The evening featured professional advice on opportunities available for GRADUATE ASSISTANTS graduates with Slavic and East European skills, suggestions on how to Neil Gipson, Publications Editor build a resume and get the most out of internships during a student’s Meagan Call, World Wide studies, alumni advice on career searches and building a career, tips on Web Administrator networking and more. Denise Mishiwiec, Library Asst. Jeffrey Holdeman, the Slavic Language Coordinator, opened the Josh Bloom, Slavica Asst. evening by providing an overview of opportunities available to students. Richard Bakewell, Outreach Asst. He emphasized the continuing demand for language and area studies CONTACT INFORMATION knowledge across the employment spectrum. He offered suggestions on Russian and East European Institute how to improve the odds of finding the perfect job, including starting the Ballantine Hall 565 research process early, casting a wide net for opportunities, and staying Indiana University in touch with a variety of personal contacts. Bloomington, IN 47405-6615 Stephanie Hockman, a joint degree student at REEI and SPEA, Phone: (812) 855-7309 Fax: (812) 855-6411 talked about her summer internship experiences and her own successful Email: [email protected] job search. Stephanie emphasized the steps that students can take well www.indiana.edu/~reeiweb/ before they begin their formal job searches, including regular attendance at language tables, matching coursework to job goals, and finding intern- IU Awards for REEI Alumni ships that will build relevant professional skills. She also noted how 1994 Irene Meister easily language and area studies can be combined with other degrees such College Distinguished Alumni as public administration, law or business to gain a competitive advantage 1998 Stephen Cohen College Distinguished Alumni continued on page 8 1999 James F. Collins Honorary Doctorate 2004 Richard Miles Distinguished Alumni Service Congratulations to Recent Graduates

REEI Awards REEI Undergraduate minors DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI Joseph Baird graduated in December with a BA in Slavic Languages 1998 Alexander Rabinowitch and Literatures. 1988 Charles Gati 1995 Gale Stokes Megan Campbell graduated in December with a BA in Journalism. 2000 Helena Goscilo 2002 Howard I. Aronson Kyle Campbell graduated in December with a BA in Math. 2002 William Hopkins Theresa Frey graduated in December with a BA in History. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE 1988 Theofanis Stavrou Matthew Murray graduated in December with a BA in History and 1988 Robert F. Byrnes Political Science and Economics. 1989 Karen Niggle 1996 Robert W. Campbell Peter Namyslowski graduated in December with a BA in Slavic Lan- 1997 Charles Jelavich guages and Literatures and Psychology. 1997 Janet Rabinowitch Adam Pate graduated in December with a BA in Slavic Languages and 2000 William B. Edgerton Literatures. 2 Russian and East European Institute REEIfication, April 2006 3

INSTITUTE STAFF David L. Ransel, Director Hungarian Diplomat Discusses Balkan Peacekeeping and Future Denise Gardiner, Assistant of the European Union Director/Outreach Coordinator by Brant Beyer Lance Erickson, Advisor/Assistant Director for Student Services András Kós has seen Europe’s positions are becoming harder to tion process. Jessica Hamilton, Admin. Secretary politics up close and personal. manage with the addition of new Finally, Kós touched on the Kós currently serves as Envoy members. EU’s greatest success story, its re- GRADUATE ASSISTANTS Extraordinary and Accredited Kós then moved on to the EU’s cent and continuing enlargement. Neil Gipson, Publications Editor Meagan Call, World Wide Minister, Permanent Representa- most recent upheaval, the defeat of While he believed that the May Web Administrator tion of Hungary to the European referendums on the EU’s Constitu- 2004 “big bang” when ten coun- Denise Mishiwiec, Library Asst. Union in Brussels, and he previ- tion in France and the Netherlands. tries joined the EU was too large Josh Bloom, Slavica Asst. ously worked on EU legislation He attributed the failure of these and done for political reasons, Kós Richard Bakewell, Outreach Asst. and UN peacekeeping missions referendums to the increasing gap said that the 2004 enlargement did CONTACT INFORMATION in the Balkans. Kós visited not create the EU’s current prob- Russian and East European Institute the IU Bloomington campus in lems. Instead, these EU problems Ballantine Hall 565 February to describe some of his already existed. Regarding the Indiana University experiences on the frontlines of continuing enlargement, Kós ar- Bloomington, IN 47405-6615 Europe’s most contentious issues. gued in favor of admitting Croatia Phone: (812) 855-7309 His lectures were sponsored by as an EU member but opposed Fax: (812) 855-6411 Horizons of Knowledge with accession for Turkey. If Turkey Email: [email protected] www.indiana.edu/~reeiweb/ the Russian and East European joined the EU, he asked rhetori- Institute, Inner Asian and Uralic cally, “then where does Europe IU Awards for REEI Alumni National Resource Center, and end?” Kós said that the EU has 1994 Irene Meister the European Union Center of reached the point of “enlargement College Distinguished Alumni Excellence. fatigue” and it will be very dif- 1998 Stephen Cohen On February 21st, Kós spoke ficult for additional countries to College Distinguished Alumni on "The EU in 2006: A New join the EU. Also, there will not 1999 James F. Collins Honorary Doctorate Member's Perspective." He first be a “United States of Europe” 2004 Richard Miles talked about his experiences as András Kós described his work on any time soon. Distinguished Alumni Service part of the staff for the European the EU’s Committee of Permanent On February 23rd, Kós gave Union’s Committee of Permanent Representatives and his peace- a lecture titled "Could the UN REEI Awards Representatives (COREPER), keeping work in Croatia be Successful in the Balkans? DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI where national permanent staffs The UN Peacekeeping Mission 1998 Alexander Rabinowitch regularly meet to examine in Eastern Slavonia (UNTAES): between the EU, national govern- 1988 Charles Gati proposed EU legislation. Kós An Insider's View." The presen- 1995 Gale Stokes ments, and the people. This defeat observed that since COREPER tation focused on his time as a 2000 Helena Goscilo has led to a period of reflection is concerned only with national Deputy Head of Field Office for 2002 Howard I. Aronson which he believes will continue interests, domestic politics trump Civil Affairs of the United Na- 2002 William Hopkins until politicians are once again European values. Despite all of tions Transitional Administration DISTINGUISHED SERVICE prepared to attempt deeper inte- 1988 Theofanis Stavrou the discussion about “new” vs. in Eastern Slavonia (UNTAES) in gration. Kós does not believe the 1988 Robert F. Byrnes “old” Europe, he has never seen Beli Manastir, Croatia from 1996 EU will attempt to implement the 1989 Karen Niggle this division while he has worked to 1998. Constitution through piecemeal 1996 Robert W. Campbell on COREPER. Instead, there are Kós began his lecture by not- 1997 Charles Jelavich efforts that would result in the ad hoc alliances depending on the ing that before taking up his duties 1997 Janet Rabinowitch main constitutional themes being issue at hand, and these conflicting 2000 William B. Edgerton implemented without the ratifica- continued on page 14 4 Russian and East European Institute REEIfication, April 2006 5

Bloomington Radio Station Conducts Exchange with Ukrainian Media by Neil Gipson and Christina Kuzmych For more than fifty years, newscasts of the region and the visit Radio Mix in person. Says WFIU has anchored the broadcast world, and talk programs. The Kuzmych, “We had a bit of an ad- media in Bloomington, Indiana. station broadcasts in both Ukrai- vantage in that I speak Ukrainian Now IU’s public radio station is nian and Russian. Radio Mix was as my first language, so getting by taking its show on the road—more founded in 1994, while WFIU be- was not that difficult. Although than five thousand miles of road, gan broadcasting from the Indiana Russian is predominant in the in fact, to southeastern . University campus in 1950. Dnipropetrovs’k area and all of In January Bloomington’s WFIU first learned of the eastern Ukraine, quite a few people public radio station, WFIU, was program in September of last are conversant in Ukrainian.” In selected as one of three American year. A similar program had been addition, Kuzmych points out that media outlets to participate in “the two languages have much the Ukrainian Media Partner- in common, so if you speak ship Program. The purpose of slowly, you can find common the program is to help Ukrainian understanding.” media enhance professional The WFIU representatives journalism skills and contrib- spent five days conducting ute to the development of the intensive discussions, presen- independent Ukrainian media. tations, and exchanges. IREX Senior staff from WFIU traveled provided two interpreters for the to Ukraine to share their expe- English portions of the presenta- rience with local counterparts, tions. The visitors shared their and Ukrainian media members WFIU and Radio Mix personnel outside experience on the structure and will visit WFIU in the coming the Radio Mix studios. From left: Svitlana operation of a U.S. radio news months. Buko, IREX Representative and Coordina- department, marketing strate- tor; Christina Kuzmych, WFIU Station Begun in 2002 and admin- Manager; Vyacheslav Ibryayev, Radio Mix gies for regional radio, and istered by the International Re- Operations/Program Director; Cary Boyce, new technology directions in search and Exchanges Board WFIU Operations Director; Yulia Churakova, U.S. radio. They also focused (IREX), the Media Partnership Translator. on developing workable public Program is funded by the Me- relations models and music pro- dia Development Fund of the U.S. conducted for print journalists gramming. Embassy in Ukraine. Additional through the Bloomington Her- The WFIU staff found the funding is provided by the local ald-Times, so WFIU had already Ukrainian radio station to be media outlets in Ukraine. seen how the exchange works and up-to-date on most technology Three Ukrainian stations how it benefits both sets of part- but somewhat hampered in their were selected to take part in the ners. The station applied and was physical surroundings. Radio program. WFIU partnered with selected to participate in January Mix operates out of a beautiful Radio Mix, a commercial broad- of 2006. old residence in the middle of caster from Dnipropetrovs’k that In late February, a group that Dnipropetrovs’k that “has seen covers a region with 2.5 million included WFIU’s Station Man- better times,” according to Kuz- potential listeners. Radio Mix in- ager, Christina Kuzmych, and mych. A move to more modern cludes music and entertainment, Operations Director Cary Boyce traveled to Dnipropetrovs’k to continued on page 14 4 Russian and East European Institute REEIfication, April 2006 5

“Impossible Theater” Visits Bloomington by Joseph Crescente

In 1947 the Communist Party perform “Balaam, or the Problem tor. No artistic manifesto guides of Poland issued a directive stat- of Objective Guilt.” It is one of the group. Instead Chodaczynski ing that puppets were for children, eighteen episodes from a work elaborates, “We are united against and that puppet theaters were to be the Impossible Theater has been ideology. It’s a program without a subordinated to the Department of performing lately. It is based on program!” Education and not to the Depart- tales from the Old Testament and While the first performances ment of Culture. That didn’t sit was written by Oxford Professor were paid for by the group them- well with Marek B. Chodaczynski, Leszek Kolakowski in 1957. selves, the Impossible Theater who founded the Union of the Im- The puppets were small and now relies on grants from the possible Theater in Bialystok Polish Ministry of Culture in 1986. and other organizations. Ad- Chodaczynski and a group ditionally, any prize money of fellow students in Bialystok won at festivals gets put founded the Group 3 + 3 and back into the theater. The Company, Poland’s first pup- group has recently performed pet theater for adults. Its first in Warsaw, Helsinki, Riazan, piece was named the Impos- Istanbul and Paris. sible Drama and the group In addition to working later adopted the idea as its with puppets, the Impossible moniker. In response to a Theater organizes art exhibits question concerning the “im- and concerts. They are well possibleness” of his theater, known for putting on classical Chodaczynski replied, “In music concerts in meadows at puppet theater, something is sunset, with the performers in possible (that is) not in real tuxedos and croaking frogs at theater.” their feet. In the spirit of his group’s Marek Chodaczynski places puppets as part of an Chodaczynski firmly be- minimalist approach, Cho- “Impossible Theater” production. lieves that there are benefits daczynski visited IU’s Polish to using puppets over live Studies Center at 1217 E. Atwater delicate, especially when con- actors. Puppets “act more on the Street on Friday March 3, to give trasted with Chodaczynski’s large imagination. It is a theater of the a performance. He was invited physique and lengthy and graying imagination.” But, he admits, even by IU professor Justyna Beinek, beard and hair. All of the puppets today “people are not used to pup- whom he has known for many are handcrafted specifically for pet theater for adults.” But adults, years. This was his first visit to each scene and each play. After he maintains, “for mental health the Midwest, although he is well the brief performance, the crowd reasons need puppets.” acquainted with both coasts. His ascended up the stairs for an inti- For more information visit: mother lives in Los Angeles. mate talk with Chodaczynski, who www.uniateatrniemozliwy.art.pl About forty students and mem- spoke through interpreters. bers of the community crowded The Impossible Theater is Joseph Crescente is an MA stu- into the dimly lit basement of the currently housed in Warsaw, and dent at REEI. Center to watch Chodaczynski Chodaczynski serves as the direc- 6 Russian and East European Institute REEIfication, April 2006 7

IU Conference Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Hungarian Revolution by Andrew Burton On March 4-5 of 2006, the regards to the Hungarian reaction discussed details of the Soviet eco- György Ránki Hungarian Chair of to political repression, Professor nomic take-over of Hungary that Indiana University’s Department Gábor Gyáni of the Hungarian led to the Revolution. While Péter of Central Eurasian Studies hosted Academy of Sciences’ Institute Kenéz of University of California its annual spring conference. This for Historical Science remarked Santa Cruz and Mark Kramer of year’s event, co-sponsored by the that “Stalinist power was digging Harvard University presented on Russian and East European In- its own grave by limiting social the Soviet reaction to the Revolu- stitute, commemorated the Hun- freedoms.” tion, David Holloway of Stanford garian Revolution of 1956. The Due to a recent accident, the and Günther Bischof of Univer- György Ránki Visiting Hungarian keynote speaker, Béla Király, was sity of New Orleans addressed Chair Professor, László Borhi, in- unable to attend the conference in the U.S. side of the international vited some of the most esteemed Bloomington. However, he sent reaction. Indiana University’s scholars of Hungarian history his presentation, titled “The Ten Professor Szegedy-Maszák and from universities and research Truths of the Hungarian Revolu- IU alum Thomas Cooper dis- institutes in Hungary and the tion and War of Independence of cussed literature relating to 1956. United States. Keynote speaker 1956,” on a DVD. Király dis- János Rainer of the 1956 Institute Béla Király, Commander in Chief cussed the revolts against Stalinist spoke on the intersecting lives of of the Hungarian National Guard regimes in East Germany (1953) Hungarian leaders Imre Nagy, the (1956), noted: “[This conference] and Poland (1956) that preceded acting Prime Minister during the is the very first significant event the Hungarian Revolution. He days of the Revolution, and János anywhere in the world commemo- said the Hungarian population Kádár, whom the Soviet military rating the 50th anniversary of the initially mobilized for peaceful placed at the head of the Hungar- Revolution. It opens the series of change. The Revolution only ian government after Nagy’s re- commemorative events to take turned violent when the Soviet moval. Andrew Ludanyi of Ohio place throughout this year.” military attacked the protesters. It Northern University discussed His Excellency András Simo- was a revolution of the youth. In the devastating consequences nyi, Ambassador to the U.S. from the years following 1956, the ma- of the 1956 Revolution for the the Republic of Hungary, gave jority of those executed for partici- large Hungarian population in the opening remarks for the confer- pation in the uprising were under Transylvanian region of Romania. ence, stating: “Few Hungarians the age of twenty-five. Although János Ritter, using new sources my age have not been touched by the Revolution was put down by detailing the military factors of the the Revolution…. My first memo- the Soviet military, Király noted revolution, assessed the achieve- ries [from the age of 4] were about that it was successful in express- ments of the young Hungarian those days in October, 1956.” ing the people’s disapproval and freedom fighters against the ag- Following the ambassador’s re- distrust of the communist system. gressive Soviet army. marks, Professor István Deák of He said that the “final victory of In the closing address of Columbia University addressed the Revolution of 1956 occurred the conference titled “Captive the revolutionary tradition in Hun- on October 23, 1989.” Minds and Scapegoats in Stalin- gary, explaining the earlier historic Other presenters spoke on a ist Hungary,” Attila Pók from the precedent of Hungarians revolting wide range of issues relating to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences’ against repressive regimes. With 1956 Revolution. Professor Borhi continued on page 11 6 Russian and East European Institute REEIfication, April 2006 7

Indiana Roundtable on Post-Communism

More than forty people gath- “methodological necessity of can say” in public spaces. IU ered in the Indiana Memorial incorporating time into the study Professor of Sociology Thomas Union on March 30 for the annual of public space.” Bodnar evoked Gieryn approached the topic of Indiana Roundtable on Post-Com- commercialization in public spac- public space from a different per- munism. This year’s Roundtable es with her response, noting dis- spective. He focused on scientific focused attention on the topic of tinctions between more formalized laboratories as “placeless places,” “Public Spaces.” According to IU public spaces such as shopping describing them as “docking sta- History Professor Maria Bucur, malls and less formal—even “un- tions” with homogenous designs this year’s chair, the theme grew ruly”—street stalls and markets. to permit easy exchange of sci- out of the conference on gender Lemon raised several theoretical entific information regardless of and post-communism that was issues through the examples of the their locations. held here last spring. Moscow Metro, post-Soviet trade After the commentators spoke, IU Assistant Profes- each guest responded sor of Anthropology Sarah briefly, and then the floor Phillips began this year’s was open for discussion. discussion in advance of In true “round table” fash- the conference with her ion, a lively conversation written “provocation.” ensued. The discussion Phillips centered the debate continued the next morn- on “the heavy symbolism ing with a faculty-graduate of public spaces and the student seminar. The two- centrality of such places to day gathering stimulated the transformation of social- IU Sociology Professor Thomas Gieryn discusses public thoughtful interdisciplin- cultural practices and public spaces at the Indiana Roundtable on Post-Communism ary exchanges, and the policies.” as IU Assistant Professor of Anthropology Sarah Phillips organizers look forward In response to the provo- (left) and Judit Bodnar of the Central European Univer- to continuing the series cation, three guest speakers sity look on. in the spring of 2007. were invited to write brief The Roundtable was case studies to stimulate fur- organized and supported in Western goods, and the Russian ther discussion at the Roundtable. by the Russian and East Euro- State Theatrical Academy. This year’s respondents included pean Institute, the Inner Asian Professor Bucur convened Deborah Davis, Professor of So- and Uralic National Resource the Roundtable and introduced ciology at Yale University; Judit Center, the Center for the Study two commentators to broaden the Bodnar, Assistant Professor of So- of Global Change, the East Asian multidisciplinary and comparative ciology and Social Anthropology Studies Center, the Department of perspective of the panel. Jeffrey at the Central European Univer- Anthropology, the Department of Wasserstrom, IU Professor of His- sity; and Alaina Lemon, Associate Sociology, the Department of East tory, discussed a change in forms Professor of Anthropology at the Asian Languages and Cultures, of expression in public spaces in University of Michigan. In her and the Office of International China. He described a shift away response Davis highlighted the Programs. from “what you must say in pub- example of China and cited the lic” toward “limits on what you 8 Russian and East European Institute REEIfication, April 2006 9

Career Night the advantages of living and work- as well as the extensive network continued from page 2 ing in Washington and overseas. of alumni that area studies gradu- Caroline Dowd-Higgins ates can call upon to learn about in the job market. from the IU Career Development opportunities in a wide range of REEI alumna Annisa Wa- Center provided an overview industries. nat followed with a discussion of of the job resources available Said senior Anthropology her experience finding a job and through the University and in- major Ashley Noel, “For me, the developing professional skills. formation on how to prepare for REEI Career Night was informa- Annisa worked for the National a job search. She was followed tive as well as interesting. I was Democratic Institute (NDI) in by Lance Erickson, REEI’s Assis- able to network with people I Washington, DC for several years, tant Director for Student Services, would not have met otherwise, and and she provided an insider’s view who described the region-specific I gained a lot of valuable contacts on the hiring processes for the non- resources available through REEI. and knowledge.” profit sector in general and at NDI He highlighted the electronic re- in particular. She also described sources that the institute provides

Welcome IREX Visiting Researcher Visiting researcher Leonid December of 2006. society connections between Karabeshkin arrived at the Rus- In Russia Karabeshkin’s cen- Russia and Estonia, Latvia and sian and East European Institute tral affiliation is with the Center of Lithuania. The group has con- on March 20th. An expert in Rus- Integration Research and Projects ducted exchange programs for sian international relations, Kara- Russian journalists to visit gov- beshkin will be in Bloomington ernment agencies, civil society for just over two months as part organizations and others in the of the IREX program “US-Russia Baltic countries, as well as to bring Experts Forum 2006.” He is part- journalists from those countries to nered with IU Associate Professor Russia. Dina Spechler (Political Science) Karabeshkin also teaches at on this program. the Euro University, a private Karabeshkin recently de- university of about a thousand fended his PhD dissertation on students in Tallinn, Estonia. He the roles that Kaliningrad plays teaches courses in the history of in relations between Russia, the international relations, political European Union and EU-appli- geography and others. cant countries. During his visit to Karabeshkin is the founder of Bloomington, Karabeshkin plans IREX visiting researcher Leonid Kara- the Baltic Club of St. Petersburg, to conduct research on the Rus- beshkin will investigate Russian policy a non-governmental organiza- toward the European Union and NATO. sian response to EU enlargement tion that creates opportunities for and also the expansion of NATO. young people from Russia and Karabeshkin and Spechler will (CIRP). This non-governmental the Baltic countries to cooperate co-author a white paper on the organization is housed at St. on international projects. topic, to be presented jointly at Petersburg University, where its a final conference in Moscow in members work to improve civil 8 Russian and East European Institute REEIfication, April 2006 9

IU Participants at the 2006 Midwest Slavic Conference

The conference, sponsored by The Ohio State University Center for Slavic and East European Studies and the Midwest Slavic Association, was held in Columbus, Ohio, March 2-4, 2006.

Faculty Presenter: in the 1980s.” Jeffrey Holdeman (Slavic): “Surnames of the Rus- Miriam Shrager (Slavic): “The Linguistics and sian Old Believers of the Eastern United States: who, Poetics of Russian Proverbs.” what, when, where, why.” M. Benjamin Thorne (History): “The Reified Jew: The Hebraic Conversion of Mihail Sebastian during Student Presenters: World War II Romania.” Matthew Konieczny (History): “The Politics of Susan Williams (History): “Oriental Journeys in Principle: An Intellectual History of the Polish Post- a Modern Key: Travelers Encounter the ‘Other’ in Communist Constitutional Debates.” Interwar Romania.” Autumn Martin (History): “The Final Triumph of the West: Fantasy and the Commodification of Visiting Scholar Presenter: Women from the Former in Internet Lidija Cvikic (Slavic): “Native-like Competence Marriage Broker Websites.” in Croatian as a Second Language—Spurs and Ob- Anna Muller (History): “Power and Powerlessness: stacles in Its Achievement.” Masculinities of Polish Anticommunist Dissidents

The Robert F. Byrnes Memorial Fellowship Fund: Supporting Academic Excellence Today and Tomorrow ______2005-06 Contributors

We would like to thank all of those who con- Eleanor Byrnes and her children are the prin- tributed to the Robert F. Byrnes Memorial gradu- cipal contributors, but many others are helping ate student fellowship fund. This fund is named out as well. The following individuals have in honor of Robert F. Byrnes, a founder, and for donated to the fund since October 2005: Joseph many years the director, of REEI. Bob Byrnes Augustyn, Benjamin and Helen Benford, Eric believed strongly in the importance of prepar- and Yulia Boyle, Patricia and E. Willis Brooks, ing qualified area specialists. Students of REEI John and Kristine Bushnell, Matei Calinescu, continue to benefit from the legacy of Byrnes’ Robert and Laura Campbell, Anna Cienciala, leadership while the nation as a whole benefits Zita Dabars, Charles and Kathleen Frazee, Jes- from the number of REEI graduates employed sica Hamilton, Robin Huntington, Sarah Kent, in government and non-governmental organiza- Sharon and David Mason, Norma Noonan, David tions involved in humanitarian, educational, and and Therese Ransel, Christine Rydel and Edward aid missions in Russia, Eastern Europe, and the Cole, Elizabeth Taylor, Rolf and Norma Theen, Newly Independent States. Paul Vivian, and Louis Wagner. 10 Russian and East European Institute REEIfication, April 2006 11

Faculty News

David Albright (REEI Visiting European Union Politics, vol. 7, Scholar) taught a mini-course on Owen Johnson (Journalism) no. 1, 2006. "International Security in the 21st published “Media Legislation & Century" at University in Media Policy in Slovakia: EU Marci Shore (History) published January 2006. The course was part Accession & the Second Wave Caviar and Ashes: A Warsaw Gen- of a project on "European Security of Reform” with coauthor An- eration's Life and Death in Marx- and Europeanization.” The IU Eu- drej Kolkay in Media Research: ism, 1918-1968 (Yale University ropean Union Center assisted the Croatian Journal for Journalism Press, 2006). She also gave a pa- Center of International Studies at & the Media, vol. 11, no. 2, 2005. per titled “‘Nagość wprawiona w in obtaining a Johnson was also elected to serve a trzepot I kołys’: The Polish Avant- grant from the Soros Foundation two year term on the Bloomington Garde and East European Moder- to support the project. Faculty Council. nity” at the University of Toronto in February at the Conference In Jack Bielasiak (Political Science) Sarah Phillips (Anthropology) Search of (Creative) Diversity: presented a paper titled “Regime published “Teaching Anthropol- New Perspectives in Polish Liter- Diversity and Institutional Engi- ogy and Cultural History” in ary and Cultural Studies Abroad. neering: Design and Reform of Antropologicheskii forum (in She gave a lecture on “Jews in the Electoral Systems in Post-Com- Russian) vol. 30, 2005 and “Folk Polish Lands and Poland: Making munism” at the Annual Meeting Medicine Rituals in Rural Western Choices and Responding to Mo- of the Western Political Science Ukraine: Babky-Sheptukhi” in Et- dernity” for the Jewish Genealogi- Association, in Albuquerque, New nichna Istoria Narodiv Evropy (in cal Society of Greater Washington Mexico on March 18, 2006. Ukrainian) vol. 20, 2005. in Bethesda, Maryland in March.

Mark Hooker (REEI Visiting William Pridemore (Criminal Martin Spechler (Economics) Scholar) gave a lecture at the De- Justice) published "Patterns of presented a paper titled "Au- fense Language Institute (DLI) in alcohol-related mortality in Rus- thoritarian Politics and Economic Monterey, California in March. In sia" in Journal of Drug Issues, Reform in Central Asia" at the June he will attend the Lustrum vol. 35, pages 229-247 (2006) conference of the Association for of the Dutch Tolkien Society. His and "Democratization and politi- the Study of Nationalities at Co- new book, A Tolkienian Mathomi- cal change as threats to collective lumbia University on March 24, um, uses the Dutch, German, Rus- sentiments: Testing Durkheim in 2006. At that conference he also sian, Czech and Polish translations Russia" in Annals of the American participated in a round table on of The Lord of the Rings as analytic Academy of Political and Social "Energy of Nationalism and Na- tools for a discussion of Tolkien's Science, no. 605 (2006). tionalism of Energy." In February, works. The book will be available Spechler lectured on "Economics by June. In August, Hooker will and Security in Central Asia" at present a paper describing eight Robert Rohrschneider (Politi- a conference of the National Bu- "Russian Hobbit Knock-offs" at cal Science) published “Political reau for Asian Research in Wash- MythCon XXXVII, the premier Parties, Public Opinion and Eu- ington, DC. This project is joint North American conference on ropean Integration in Post-Com- with Dina R. Spechler (Political J.R.R. Tolkien. munist Countries: the State of the Science). Art” with Stephen Whitefield in continued on page 15 10 Russian and East European Institute REEIfication, April 2006 11

Director’s Notebook tired Murlin Croucher is nearing a faculty of sixty language-quali- continued from page 1 completion, and we expect to have fied area specialists, plus twenty- a new bibliographer in the Wells five comparativists who work on for undergraduates in Slavic lan- Library by September. The De- problems of our world region and guages studies begins this year, partment of Slavic Languages and contribute to our efforts. We and thanks to the generosity of John Literatures is hiring a specialist to our students are enormously for- and Elizabeth Armstrong. The teach advanced Russian language tunate to be able to work and learn scholarship will support from and beginning Ukrainian. with such a marvelously learned 1-3 entering freshman students Next year, Professor Maria and talented group. But I also want who commit to study of Russian Bucur will be serving as interim to stress how much our programs or another Slavic language. The director of REEI while I am on owe to our senior staff at the REEI: donors are the parents of Daniel sabbatical leave. Maria is the Denise Gardiner, Lance Erickson, Armstrong, a much beloved IU John W. Hill Associate Professor and Jessica Hamilton. They work PhD in Slavic language and lin- of History at IU and a specialist with unmatched dedication and a guistics, who also served on the on the social, cultural, and gender deep commitment to the success of faculty of the IU Department of history of East Central Europe and each of our students. The staff not Slavic Languages and Literatures. the Balkans. She is the author of only guides the students through He died of cancer just as his career Eugenics and Modernization in the maze of degree requirements was taking off. The scholarship is Interwar Romania (University of but also helps them to find attrac- administered by REEI and is the Pittsburgh Press, 2002) and co- tive internships, grant opportuni- first of its kind at Indiana Univer- editor of Staging the Past: The ties and jobs. They understand sity. Politics of Commemoration in that the success of each individual I can report that we are making Habsburg Central Europe, 1848 student is a key to the success of good progress on the three search- to the Present (Purdue University the entire program. In addition, es this year for additional faculty Press, 2001). In addition to teach- the staff supports the faculty with to teach in REEI programs. The ing history, she currently serves as teaching resources, publicizing of search for a specialist on Russian associate editor of the American events and the summer language politics is already complete and Historical Review. The REEI pro- workshop, support for confer- will bring to the IU Department grams will be in good hands. ences, travel, course development, of Political Science in the fall Re- At each closing reception of and much more. Denise, Lance, gina Smyth, currently an assistant the year, I like to remind every- and Jessica are a big part of our professor at Penn State University. one that the faculty is the key to ability to maintain our position The search for a Slavic bibliog- all our programs at IU in Russian as a top center for study of our rapher to replace the recently re- and East European studies. Few, region. They make a fundamental if any, other universities can boast contribution to our success.

50th Anniversary Confer- with the strongest minds, but with capacity during both days of the ence the weakest stomachs.” symposium. continued from page 6 The conference successfully All presentations from the brought together top scholars for conference will be published in Institute for Historical Science enlightening presentations and the next issue of the journal Hun- reiterated that the events of 1956 discussions on various details of garian Studies. in Hungary resulted from the re- the 1956 Revolution. The confer- pressive, Stalinist policies of the ence room at the Kelley School of Andrew Burton is an MA student post-war decade. He stated: “The Business Graduate and Executive at REEI. dissidents [of 1956] were not those Education Center was filled to 12 Russian and East European Institute REEIfication, April 2006 13

Mellon Endowment Awards Faculty thropological Association national convention in Wash- ington, DC, where she participated in a poster session Maria Bucur (History) received a Grant-in-Aid of in- titled “Monuments of the Collective: Memory, Identity ternational travel to Amsterdam, Netherlands, where she and Monuments in Post-Soviet East Europe.” delivered her paper “Gender, Religion, and Collective Memory in 20th Century Eastern Europe” at the 9th Inter- Meagan Call (REEI/SPEA) received a Grant-in-Aid of national Congress of Southeastern European Studies. Research to support her travel to Romania this summer to serve as an intern at the U.S. embassy. Aurelian Craiutu (Political Science) received a Grant- in-Aid of Research to defer a portion of the copyright Joseph Crescente (REEI) received a Grant-in-Aid of and publication expenses associated with publication of Research to support his travel to Russia this summer to the Romanian translation of his book Liberalism Under complete research for his master’s essay on the musical Siege. genre of Russian shanson. Steven Franks (Slavic) received a Grant-in-Aid of in- Andrew Hinnant (REEI/SPEA) received a Grant-in-Aid ternational travel to support his research, teaching and of Research to support his travel to Poland this summer lecturing in Zagreb, Croatia in April and May. to complete an internship with the U.S. State Department at the U.S. embassy. Lynn Hooker (CEUS) received a Grant-in-Aid for in- ternational travel to the Bartok’s Orbit conference at the Lina Khawaldah (Slavic) received a Grant-in-Aid of Institute for Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Travel to Conferences to support her participation in the Sciences in Budapest where she will deliver her paper American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern “Bartok and Discourses of ‘Hungarian Music’ in Early European Languages Conference where she presented her Hungarian Musicology.” paper “The City Re-Framed: Revisiting Dobuzhinsky’s City Portraits.” Jean Robinson (Political Science) received a Grant- in-Aid of Research to defer a portion of the cost of Mimoza Rista-Dema (TESOL/Applied Linguistics) indexing her forthcoming book Living Gender After received a Grant-in-Aid of Travel to Conferences to Communism. support her participation in the 15th Biennial Balkan South Slavic Studies Conference at the University of Roman Zlotin (Geography) received a Grant-in-Aid of California, Berkeley, where she will present her paper Research to support his travel and research in Russia in “Information Structure and Word Order in Albanian and May. Macedonian.” Students Adriana Varga (Comparative Literature) received a Ilze Akerbergs (Folklore) received a Grant-in-Aid of Grant-in-Aid of Travel to Conferences to support her Travel to Conferences to support her participation in the participation in the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies confer- Comparative Literature Association March 23-26 at ence in Washington, DC, where she will present her paper Princeton University. “Using Life Stories as a Political Tool: Reclaiming the Deanna Wooley (History) received a Grant-in-Aid of Past in Latvia and Empowering Society in Brazil.” Travel to Conferences to support her participation in the Brant Beyer (REEI) received a Grant-in-Aid of Research American Association for the Advancement of Slavic to support his travel to Hungary this summer to serve as Studies national convention in Salt Lake City, where she an intern at the U.S. embassy. presented her paper “Remembering the Great November Heidi Bludau (Anthropology) received a Grant-in-Aid of Revolution: Student Revolutionaries and the First Anni- Travel to support her participation in the American An- versary of November 17 in Czechoslovakia.” 12 Russian and East European Institute REEIfication, April 2006 13

Alumni News

Joseph Baird (BA Slavic 2005) is Central European University in University of Maryland. founder and owner of Mastercraft Budapest, American University in Jonathan Grant (MA History Custom Homes in Bloomington, and the joint IU-Institute and CEUS/REEI certificate 1990) Indiana. of Economics EMBA program in is Associate Professor of Modern Martin Blackwell (PhD History/ Zagreb, Croatia. He and his wife Russian History at Florida State REEI minor 2005) reviewed four Katherine Dolan (MA Political University. He received a Florida works in Kritika, vol. 7, no. 1, Science/REEI certificate 1966) State University award as Out- 2006 including A Biography of No would like to be in contact with standing Graduate Faculty Mentor Place: From Ethnic Borderland to REEI alumni in Riga or Prague. in 2005. His book Rulers, Guns Soviet Heartland, “Velyka Vitchyz- Daniel Drugge (BA History and and Money: The Global Arms niana Viina”: Spohady ta rozdumy Political Science/REEI minor Trade in the Age of Imperialism, ochevydtsia, Oti dva roky...: U 2004) earned his Master of Sci- 1860-1914 has been accepted for Kyievi pry nimtsiakh, and Har- ence degree in political theory at publication by Harvard University vest of Despair: Life and Death the London School of Economics. Press for publication in 2007. in Ukraine under Nazi Rule. He currently teaches math, social Eve Greenfield(MA REEI 2001) Che Clark (MA REEI 2005) has science and gym at Katolska is an immigration specialist at JP been promoted to International Skolan av Notre Dame, an el- Morgan Chase & Co. in Chicago, Project Manager with Weaver ementary school in Gothenburg, IL. She also volunteers as the Popcorn. He will relocate to Sofia, Sweden. Russian Dinner Coordinator for Bulgaria in May, and later he may Robert Fradkin (PhD Slavic the monthly gatherings of the transfer to St. Petersburg, Russia. Linguistics/Semitic minor 1985) Chicago Council on Foreign John Cox (PhD History 1994) is after 20 years as professor of Rus- Relations. She invites interested Associate Professor and Chair of sian and Hebrew has completed students and alumni to visit the History at Wheeling Jesuit Univer- the coursework to re-qualify as dinners. More information is sity. He lectured on “The Alba- a high school Russian and Latin available at www.ccrf.org. nian Experience of Communism teacher. He is now Adjunct Pro- Jacquelyn Henderson (MA/MPA in the Fiction of Ismail Kadare” fessor of Classics at the University REEI/SPEA 2005) passed the in February at the East European of Maryland, College Park and a Russian language exam for the Studies forum at the Woodrow teacher of Latin, Russian and Foreign Service in February. She Wilson International Center for French at Atholton High School has recently accepted a job with Scholars in Washington, DC. in Columbia, Maryland. the State of Indiana as a vocational Edwin Dolan (MA Economics/ Charles Gati (PhD Political rehabilitation counselor at Voca- REEI certificate 1966) will be Science/REEI minor 1965) gave tional Rehabilitation Services in Visiting Professor of Economics at a lecture titled “Nikita Khrushchev Marion, IN. the Stockholm School of Econom- and the End of the Soviet Bloc: Maria Cohen Koney (BA Slavic/ ics in Riga, Latvia from September The Impact of the Secret Speech REEI minor 2001) earned the title on East Central Europe” on of 2006 and at the University of st of Senior Professional of Human Economics in Prague, Czech Re- March 1 at the Kennan Institute Resources in June, 2005. She is public from November of 2006. of the Woodrow Wilson Center in working as a Human Resources Since 2002 he has held a series Washington, DC. He was joined Assistant at Liquid Transport by Vladimir Tismaneanu of the of visiting professorships at the continued on page 15 14 Russian and East European Institute REEIfication, April 2006 15

Hungarian Diplomat WFIU The IREX Ukraine Media continued from page 3 continued from page 4 Partnership Program will continue through the remainder of 2006. In with UNTAES, he had served as a quarters is planned. July, three Radio Mix administra- member of Hungary’s delegation The station has a contempo- tors will come to Bloomington for to the United Nations in New York rary operation, targeted at young two weeks to observe WFIU and during the period when Hungary and upcoming audiences, and it the broadcast environment. In held a seat on the Security Coun- has been very successful. The November, three employees from cil. This post had put him in a station is independently owned Radio Mix’s news department will unique position to witness the and seems to be prospering. Radio arrive to observe how the WFIU UN’s response to the war in the Mix does not have a public broad- news department is structured Former Yugoslavia. casting counterpart, since public and watch U.S. radio journalists In this lecture, Kós described radio as it is practiced in the U.S. in action. several flaws in the UN missions has not yet begun to develop in For some of the Radio Mix in the former Yugoslavia. Prior to Ukraine. representatives, these visits will UNTAES’s involvement, missions As an independently owned be their introduction to the U.S. did not have clear and enforceable station, Radio Mix would be con- Several issues have emerged as mandates, which meant that they sidered a purely "commercial" key themes for their visits. The could not enforce the peace or operation in the U.S. However, Ukrainians are interested in how deal with irregular forces. Also, its mission and tone differ from news gathering is done, such as by negotiating a cease fire between most of its American counterparts. the number of reporters, types of Croatia and Yugoslavia while the Being in the middle of constant assignments and balance among Yugoslav forces were still on Cro- political upheaval, the station local, national and international atian territory, the UN legitimized is heavily involved in reporting news. They are also curious about Yugoslav territorial gains. local and national political news. press freedom issues and the role By contrast, UNTAES suc- Kuzmych says that, “in many that public radio plays in Ameri- ceeded in more fully enforcing respects, Radio Mix's journalistic can journalism. Other topics to its mandate. It had clear authority zeal is somewhat akin to National be addressed include the use of to peacefully reintegrate Croatian Public Radio, while its business technology, community outreach Serbs back into Eastern Slavonia. operation more closely resembles and fundraising. UNTAES thus dealt with the that of a commercial station.” The WFIU staff hopes that by return of Serb refugees to their Kuzmych and Boyce report providing a firsthand look at how homes in Eastern Slavonia and that while the station devotes Americans live and how Ameri- also helped to create local govern- much time to entertaining mu- can public media operates, their ments acceptable to both the Serb sic, its emphasis on news and Ukrainian visitors will gain some and Croatian populations in the information is very strong. In the useful insights. Says Kuzmych, region. While implementing this wake of the Orange Revolution, “We certainly learned a lot about mandate was difficult, UNTAES Ukrainians continue to pay close Ukrainian media from our five ultimately succeeded, and Kós attention to politics, and they take days in Dnipropetrovs’k.” concluded that the lessons learned their news seriously. At the time from UNTAES could be applied of the WFIU visit, Ukrainian Par- Neil Gipson is a joint degree in Kosovo and UN peacekeeping liamentary elections were coming student at REEI and SPEA. missions around the world. up, and over 40 candidates were Christina Kuzmych is Station vying for positions. Radio Mix Manager at WFIU. Brant Beyer is an MA student at was hard pressed to find air time REEI. to cover such a large number of contenders. 14 Russian and East European Institute REEIfication, April 2006 15

Student News

Richard Bakewell (REEI/SPEA) in Bucharest, Romania. She was has begun training in Ukraine as has accepted a position in the Gov- awarded a SPEA International a Peace Corps volunteer. ernment Accountability Office Study Grant in support of her (GAO) in Washington, DC. He internship. In August, she will Mira Rosenthal (PhD Com- will work in the two year Profes- take an intensive Serbian course parative Literature) presented sional Development Program. in Bosnia and travel in the former “(Re)translating the O’Harisci Yugoslavia. into English” at the University of Patrick Burlingame (REEI/BUS) Toronto’s international conference was recently awarded a $1000 Richard Fitzmaurice (REEI/ In Search of (Creative) Diversity: MA/MBA scholarship from the SPEA) will intern with the Inter- New Perspectives in Polish Liter- Indiana University Center for national Affairs and Trade team ary and Cultural Studies Abroad. International Business Education of the Government Accountabil- She also presented “The New Research. He will also fill the ity Office (GAO) this summer in York School and Contemporary role of Head of State for Slove- Washington, DC. Polish Poetry” at the Associa- nia at the Model European Union tion of Writers and Writing Pro- Conference in Indianapolis, IN on Stephanie Hockman (REEI/ grams 2006 Annual Conference April 13-15. SPEA) was named as a finalist in Austin, Texas. Her poetry has in the Presidential Management recently appeared or is forthcom- Meagan Call (REEI/SPEA) will Fellowship program. ing in The Notre Dame Review, intern this summer in the public Ploughshares, and The American affairs section at the US embassy Jennifer Hylton (REEI/SPEA) Poetry Review.

Faculty News Alumni News Revises Soviet Structuring Myths” continued from page 10 continued from page 13 in Russian Review, vol. 65, no. 2, 2006.

Corp. in Indianapolis, IN. Willard Sunderland (PhD His- tory 1997) published “The Cau- Christina Zarifopol-Illias (Slav- Carl Lamb (JD Law/REEI cer- casian Tangle” in Kritika, vol. 7, ic) took part in a panel discussion tificate 1981) is an attorney at Carl no. 1, 2006. with the President and Vice-Presi- Lamb Associates in Bloomington. dent of the Romanian Cultural In- He is involved in several youth Barry Zulauf (PhD Political Sci- stitute at the Embassy of Romania sports activities and is the founder ence 1984) has been named as the in Washington, DC on March 3. of the award-winning Indiana Heat first acting Chief of the Office of She also chaired a conference Sports (www.indianaheat.com). National Security Intelligence of session “On Norman Manea’s the Drug Enforcement Adminis- Aaron Liptak (MA REEI/MPA The Hooligan’s Return” at a con- tration. Zulauf designed the office SPEA 2005) was named as a ference on “The Writer Uprooted: and engineered its designation as finalist in the 2006 Presidential A Conference on Contemporary a member of the United States Management Fellows program. Jewish Exile Literature” on the Intelligence Community by the Indiana University Bloomington Elena Monastireva-Andsell (PhD Attorney General and the Direc- campus on March 22. Slavic 2002) published “Redress- tor of National Intelligence on ing the Commissar: Thaw Cinema February 6, 2006. 16 Russian and East European Institute

New Course Offerings for Fall 2006

SLAV U-101 Elementary Ukrainian (5 credits)

SLAV Q-101/Q-501 Elementary Macedonian (5/3 credits)

SLAV S-320 Advanced Mastery Training in South Slavic Languages: Translation and Reading (3 credits) Students will have the opportunity to expand their translating and reading skills in a primary South Slavic language and achieve basic reading and trans- lating proficiency in the other South Slavic languages. All students must have passed two years of college-level instruction in one South Slavic language; professionals and heritage speakers may be exempted from this requirement.

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