Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage Volume 16 December 2004 The Ohio State THE HILANDAR RESEARCH LIBRARY Columbus University THE RESOURCE CENTER FOR MEDIEVAL SLAVIC STUDIES Ohio Library Renovations To Affect HRL/RCMSS Services to Continue As Usual The renovation of the William Oxley of approximately the Thompson Memorial (“Main”) Library will same size as the two affect the Hilandar Research Library (HRL) rooms we now have in and the Resource Center for Medieval the Main Library. We are Slavic Studies (RCMSS) for the next sev- grateful to the Admin- eral years and well into the future. Our ser- istration of the OSU Li- vice to the community of medieval Slavic braries for accommodat- scholars, researchers, and students, how- ing HRL’s special needs, ever, will proceed with minimal disruption. which include on-site In summer 2005, the HRL and RCMSS teaching. It is our inten- are scheduled to move from their current tion to continue our location on the second floor of the OSU various activities and Main Library to temporary quarters at 650 services with only a Ackerman Road, approximately 3 miles brief interruption while from the OSU main campus. The majority packing and unpacking Architect’s Rendering: Southwest View of the Future Renovated of the other offices and reading rooms of take place. The moving William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library the Main Library will also be housed in process is currently the “ABB” building. HRL and RCMSS will scheduled to take place next summer. We HRL/RCMSS AND THE FUTURE occupy a secure location on the second will remain in the ABB building for ap- Upon our return (circa 2008), the HRL floor of the ABB Ackerman Road building proximately three years. We look forward and RCMSS will become part of a new, ex- to providing our new address, as well as panded special collections’ complex par- INSIDE FEATURES additional details, in our next issue. tially occupying the first two floors of the Main Library. This complex will include Director’s Desk - Page 2 space for HRL and RCMSS and three other special collections of the OSU Libraries RCMSS Advisory Council Profile - Halina Regrettably, due to the necessary (OSUL): Rare Books and Manuscripts, the Stephan, Director, OSU Center for Slavic and preparations and timing of the move, William Charvat Collection of American East European Studies. Page 3 Fiction (second largest such collection in Mons Athos Minor - Zheravna, Bulgaria the 2005 Medieval Slavic North America), and the “Jerome Lawrence conference summary and photos. Page 4 Summer Institute and Robert E. Lee” Theatre Research In- HRL News Notes - Pages 5-7 has been cancelled. stitute Library. The prominent location of a common special collections reading room HRL Journal - Page 7 We apologize for any inconvenience and permanent exhibit areas will benefit fu- MSSI Alumni Update - Pages 8-9 this may cause. ture users of these four OSUL special col- lections. Other OSUL special collections will Recent Bibliography - Page 10 continue to be housed in their current lo- Gifts in Kind, Donors - Page 11 cations in other OSU library buildings. continued on Page 7 2 Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage December 2004 Director’s Desk Dr. Predrag Matejic While meetings background and history of the formation cated to “Mount Athos Minor.” Both to plan the moves of the HRL/RCMSS. The RCMSS OSU Ad- M.A. Johnson and I presented papers for the next four visory Council therefore approved an in- and, at the invitation of the conference years have taken vitation to Dr. Miroljub Jokovic´ of Serbia- organizers, made a joint presentation on time over the past Montenegro to review the archives of the the history and activities of the HRL and months, our regu- former Hilandar Research Project (HRP) RCMSS. We saw numerous friends from lar activities have and interview several scholars and admin- our 5th International Hilandar Confer- continued. We istrators involved in the early history of ence in Raška, Serbia (2002). have again been the HRP and the subsequent establish- In October, I was privileged to be one fortunate to host ment of the HRL and RCMSS. Dr. Jokovic´ of twelve speakers at the Third Annual several scholars, has prepared a brief history based on Colloquium of Holy Trinity Orthodox Semi- including Jennifer these archival documents and OSU’s oral nary (Jordanville, NY): The Trinity-Sergius Spock (Eastern Kentucky Univ.), David history program, as well as additional in- Lavra in Russian History and Culture. Goldfrank (Georgetown Univ.), Robert formation found in HRL/RCMSS publi- There, in addition to touring the beautiful Romanchuk (Florida State Univ. in Talla- cations and other sources. Nataša Kaurin- complex of the monastery and seminary, hassee), and Irina Barclay (Appalachian Karaˇca, RCMSS graduate research asso- I was able to present new information on State Univ.). In addition, a brief visit was ciate, is currently translating the text into a text of the Life of St. Sergius found in made in May by John V. A. Fine, Jr., the English. The goal is to publish this archi- Hilandar manuscript #485. Again, I was third speaker in our inaugural 2003-2004 val history simultaneously in English and happy to see still more colleagues from Byzantino-Slavic Lecture Series. Professor Serbo-Croatian editions in 2005. our 5th International Hilandar Conference. Fine was accompanied by two of his gradu- Earlier this year, my father, the Very Just before the Jordanville conference, I ate students, Ian Mladjov and Dimitrios Rev. Dr. Mateja Matejic, and I accepted spent a pleasant day in discussions with Krallis, from the Univ. of Michigan. Will- the invitation of the Serbian Heritage Edward Kasinec, Curator, Slavic and Bal- iam Veder and Emilia Guergova of Chi- Women’s Society of Windsor, Canada, to tic Division, New York Public Library. cago, as well as Svetlana Kuiumdzhieva address a fund-raising event organized of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, to assist in the reconstruction of Hilandar also made brief visits. Monastery on Mount Athos. We were For those who may wish to help us and the The 2004-2005 Byzantino-Slavic Lecture asked to discuss the tragedy of the OSU Libraries in funding our renovation Series “Archaeology and the Medieval monastery’s March 4th fire and its impact campaign, please see the back page of this Balkans,” has already begun. Florin Curta, on Eastern Orthodoxy and world culture, issue. professor of medieval history and archae- as well as to give an account of our own ology at the Univ. of Florida in Gainsville, preservation activities at the HRL. The fire delivered a fascinating lecture entitled and its aftermath were also the subject of CYRILLIC MANUSCRIPT “The Making of the Slavs in Greece: the a conversation in September between me Setton-Charanis Controversy Revisited.” and the Bishop of Ziˇˇ ca. Bishop Hrisostom, HERITAGE Dr. Curta focused on certain archaeologi- former librarian at Hilandar Monastery, cal finds in the Balkans and what they im- made clear that it will be years before the Director: PREDRAG MATEJIC Assistant Curator: M.A. JOHNSON ply about the migration and incursion of monastery is repaired and restored. Managing Editor: HELENE SENECAL the Slavs into that area during the 6th-7th My September trip to Serbia, prima- centuries. Professor Timothy Gregory of Media Consultant: LORRAINE ABRAHAM rily Belgrade, was intended to show our Contributing Editor: the OSU History department and of Dum- continued willingness to cooperate and Nataša Kaurin-Karaˇca barton Oaks will present the second lec- collaborate on scholarly activities related ture of this series during the winter. to Hilandar Monastery and the preser- Hilandar Research Library While Russian Fulbright scholar Yulia vation of the Cyrillic manuscript heritage. Resource Center for Artamonova left in early September, late As such, numerous conversations were Medieval Slavic Studies September saw the arrival of Nina Voutova, held with administrators of the Serbian The Ohio State University Fulbright scholar from Bulgaria. As Deputy National Library, including its new direc- 225/227 Main Library Director of the Bulgarian National Library, tor, Sreten Ugriˇcic´. Later that month, I was 1858 Neil Avenue Mall Dr. Voutova will also use this opportunity pleased to welcome a delegation from the Columbus, Ohio 43210-1286 to discuss broader cooperative issues be- National Library in Columbus. While still tween the OSU Libraries and the National in Serbia, I also spoke with Milan Jakˇsic´, Telephone: 614-292-0634 Library in Sofia. Dr. Voutova is accompa- director of the Archives in Panˇcevo, and Fax: 614-292-7859 nied by her daughter, Petya Atanasova. Slobodan Mileusnic´, Curator, Museum of E-mail: [email protected] On our own various travels to different the Serbian Orthodox Church. Website address: countries, we have often been faced with Prior to my trip to Serbia, I attended a www.cmrs.osu.edu/rcmss/ the realization that few people know the conference in Zheravna, Bulgaria, dedi- December 2004 Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage 3 RCMSS OSU ADVISORY COUNCIL PROFILE By Halina Stephan Shortly after being named Director of cultural heritage as it is cultivated and pre- from socialist realist journalist to émigré the Center for Slavic and East European served at The Ohio State University. dissident playwright. Among the more Studies (CSEES), I joined the RCMSS In those moments, I always think of absurd scenes associated with Mrozek, OSU Advisory Board. I came to The Ohio Leon Twarog, a person of incredible vi- I recall my visit with him on his ranch State University four years ago and, as a sion and determination, who established under a Mexican volcano, when I tried to professor in Slavic and East European not only the OSU Slavic Department, the convince him and his wife that his return Languages and Literatures, I was imme- Slavic Center, and the Slavic Library col- to Krakow would be good both for him lection, but also had the foresight and per- and for the Polish literary scene.