Volume 17 Annual Fee for Mail Subscriptions: Date January, 1989 OSEEN is published once per month during the academic year, September to May. Issues appear on the third Monday of each month. In order for information to be included it must be received no later than the first Monday of the month preceeding the event to be published. our telephone number is (614) 292- 8770. **************************************************************** COMING EVENTS Jan. 26 (Thurs.): Slavic Department Colloquium: George Kalbouss, " Following Tolstoy's Map of the Battle of Borodino in War and Peace, " and Masha Belyavski-Frank, "On Some Problems of Tense in Serbo-Croatian, " 300 Cunz Hall, 3:00-5:00 P.M. Feb. 8 (Wed. ): Brown Bag Discussion: Gordon D. Livermore, Jr., "The Demise of Socialist Realism, " 260 cunz Hall, 12:00-1:30 P.M. Feb. 16 (Thurs. ): Russian T�a, 300 cunz Hall, 3:00-5:00 P. M. Feb. 23 (Thurs.): Slavic Department Colloquium: Danuta Zamojska-Hutchins, "The Magic of Love and the Frailty of Human Flesh in the Poetry of Maria Pawlikowska-Ja-Snorzewka and Anna Akhmatova, " and Kenneth E. Naylor, "Lan­ guage and Nationalism." Mar� 1 (Wed. ): Brown Bag Discussion: George E. Hudson, "Changes in Soviet National Security Policy under Gorbachev, " 2 60 Cunz Hall, 12:00-1:30 P.M. Mar. 12 (Sun. ): The Ohio Olympiada of Spoken Russian will be held at osu from 12 noon unil 4:00 P.M. (For information, call Henry Ziegler at 513-771-8470.) Apr. 15 ( Sat.) : CSEES and Mershon Cen ter Conference: "Reform or Revolution? Nationalism in Eastern Europe" (see details below). **********************************�***************************** HATJ:OHA1ISM CONFERENCE ATOSU A distinguished group of specialists from the United States and Canada has been assembled for the April conference on "Reform or Revolution? Nationalism in Eastern Europe" .co-sponsored by CSEES and the Mershon Center. The conference will be held on Saturday, April 15th, from 9: 00 A.M. to 4: 30 P. M., in the Memorial Room (Room 222) of the Ohio Union. The conference is open to the public; faculty and students from other institutions as well as members of the general public are cordially invited. The morning session, devoted to nationality problems in par­ ticular republics of the USSR, will feature presentations by Tonu Parming of the University of Toronto (Estonia) , Alfred Erich Senn of the University of Wisconsin (Lithuania), Juliette Stapanian of Emory University (Armenia) , and Roman szporluk of the University of Michigan (Ukraine) . Panelists in the afternoon session will address questions of nationalism in various countries of Eastern Europe outside the USSR. They are: Jiri Hochman of the Ohio state University (Czechoslovakia) , Dan Nelson of the University of Kentucky (Poland and Romania) , Dennison Rusinow of the University of Pittsburgh (Yugoslavia), and Bennett Kovrig of the University of Toronto (Hungary) . For further information about the conference contact either the CSEES office or one of the conference organizers--Carole Rogel (292-2674) , Frank Silbajoris (292-6733) , or Kenneth Naylor (292- 0436) . **************************************************************** NEW M.A. PROGRAM ENROLLS FIRST STUDENTS Karen Coggins (B.A., University of Dayton) and Brenda Cornett (B. A. , University of Kentucky) are the first students to complete their enrollment in the new Master of Arts Program in Slavic and East European studies, administered by the Center. Both have transferred from a traditional departmental program at osu to the interdisciplinary Center program, in which students combine competence in a Slavic or East European language with related work in at least four University departments. Each student and his or her advisor plans a coherent set of courses according to the student's interests. Applications are also coming in from students not currently at osu, so that the admission of incoming students should begin later this year. **************************************************************** 2 ·-·------- BEW- BOOKS FR.OJI THE DSll PRESS The Spring, 1989, list of the Ohio State University Press includes five significant new titles in the Slavic and East European field : Lucian Blaga, Poems, translated and introduced by Andrei Codrescu, afterword by Marcel-Cornis Pop (June, 1989; $18.95) . The Eyesight of Wasps: Poems by Osip Mandelshtam, translated by James Greene ( April, 1989; $18. 95) . Judith Mayne, Kino and the Woman Question: Feminism and Soviet Silent Film (May, 1989; $22. 50) . Stevan K. Pavlowitch, The Improbable Survivor: Yuaoslavia and Its Problems. 1918-1988 (Feb. , 1989; $25. 00) . H. Gordon Skilling , Samizdat and an Indeoendent Societv in Central and Eastern Europe (March, 1989; $30. 00) Books may be ordered from The Ohio State University Press, 180 Pressey Hall, 1070 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1002 (telephone 614-292-6930) . **************************************************************** CINCINNATI TEACHER HONORED BY USSR Congratulations to Henry Ziegler, teacher of Russian at Cincinnati Princeton High School, who recently was awarded the Pushkin Medal by Soviet authorities for excellence in Russian language teaching . Ziegler began Princeton ' s Russian program in 1964. He is only the second American to receive the annual award in its 28-year history. *************************************************************** OHIO WESLEYAN CONFERENCE ON SOCIALISM The Philosophy Department of the Ohio Wesleyan University is pleased to announce its first annual Conference on the Philoso­ phy, History, and Politics of Socialism, to be held at Phillips Hall on Saturday, March 25, 1989. The conference is organized by Professors Daniel Anderson , Chairperson of the Philosophy Department of Ohio Wesleyan, his colleague Loyd Easton, and Louis Patras, History, Kent State University, Stark Campus. Papers for the conference may be on any topic concerning social­ ism, and of about twenty-minute duration. Participants should send titles of their papers and a brief vita to Louis Patras , 3 -tC..aarnmn:pN:UHs;-,,.----t6�0'1"10t110� ------ --- ----�ent stata_University, - stark Prank Ave-. N .W., Canton, Ohio 44720, by Jan. 25, 1989. There will be a luncheon for participants and guests. The luncheon speaker is Dr. James P. Scanlan, Professor of Philosophy and Director of Slavic and Eastern European Studies, The Ohio state University. His talk is entitled "Perestroika and Marxism." The cost of the luncheon is $5. Please send a check or money order for this to Louis Patras, at the above address, also by Jan. 25, 1989. The check or money order should be made out to the Ohio Wesleyan University. There is no registration fee and free parking will be provided. Maps will be furnished. *************************************************************** STUDY AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES Summer East European Language Study at the University of Pittsburgh. From June 18 through August 12, 1989, the "official" AAASS East European Summer Language Institute will be held at the University of Pittsburgh. Languages to be taught at the intro­ ductory level are Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, and Slovenian. In addition, intermediate instruction will be available in Polish and Serbo-Croatian. All courses will be intensive, with classes meeting every weekday for five hours. Total cost (tuition, fees, room, and board) will be $1900. This includes eight credits from the u. of Pittsburgh, all enrollment and credit transfer fees, and cultural programs held in connection with the Institute. Scholarships are avail­ able. For further information call or write Margaret Kolodziej, Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (412-648-7407). The Third NEB Summer Institute in Russian Language and CUIture will be held at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania from June 25 through July 22, 1989. The Institute is organized by the Center for Russian Language and Culture of Friends School, Baltimore, in cooperation with the Russian Language Institute of Bryn Mawr College and is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The program this summer will allow 25 teachers of Russian from high schools and small colleges as well as student teachers to immerse themelves in all aspects of Russian language, culture, and civilization. The NEH grant provides the par­ ticipants with instruction, travel expenses, room and board, and teaching materials as well as an $800 stipend. For further 4 - -- - i-nformatien--eontact Zi:ta_D�Dabars #-Friends�chool, Baltimore, MD 21210 (301-435-2800, ext. 3257) . The deadline for - completea ____ ___ --- applications is March 25, 1989. �ummer study in the USSR. Two new opportunities for summer study in the USSR in. 1989 are available through the Council on International Educational Exchange--a Russian language and area study program at Kalinin State University and a program of Russian language study for science students at Novosibirsk State University. The application deadline for both programs is February 25, 1989. Additional information may be obtained from the Center office or from the CIEE, 205 E. 42nd st. , New York, NY 10017 (212-661-1414). *************************************************************** EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Randolph-Macon Woman's College. The German Studies Department is seeking an Instructor or Assistant Professor for a two-year renewable teaching position in German and Russian. Ph. D. preferred, commitment to excellence in teaching required. Near­ native fluency in both languages