[aaus-list] Fwd: [SEELANGS] Workshop in Crimea: July 17-29

[Natalia Pylypiuk]

FYI: Colleagues, I draw your attention to the sentence below:
**The very contrast between the two existing “national” schools: a)
teaching about Russia in the United States and b) teaching about  
Russia in
Russia itself - will guarantee high-powered debates that will stimulate
further research and discussion.**  The workshop takes place in  
Ukraine...

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Ben Rifkin <brifkin at TEMPLE.EDU>
> Date: March 13, 2009 1:48:08 PM MDT (CA)
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Workshop in Crimea: July 17-29
> Reply-To: "SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and  
> Literatures list" <SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu>
>
> Temple University, the Carnegie Corporation, and The Russkii Mir  
> Foundation
> are pleased to sponsor a workshop in Crimea from July 17-29, 2009:
>
> Teaching Russian Culture in the Global Context
>
> This pioneering workshiop will take place on July 17-29 in Crimea,  
> Ukraine
> (changes in time and location may occur and will be announced). The  
> duration
> of the program is twelve days.
>
> The faculty of the program will include leading historians,  
> linguists, and
> specialists in Russian culture from Russia and the United States.
>
> The participants of the program are junior faculty from Russia,  
> America, and
> other post-Soviet states. At the program, aside from lectures,  
> seminars, and
> roundtables, there will be time and space for exchange and interaction
> between American, Russian, and other scholars-teachers.
>
> This program is entirely novel and original. Until now, different  
> groups of
> specialists: historians of Russia, specialists in linguistics, and  
> experts
> in culture and literature - worked and taught separately from one  
> another.
> And, despite long-standing contacts, numerous exchange programs, and  
> various
> “summer institutes,” there have been no comparative workshops of the  
> kind
> proposed here. The main goals of the program are:
>
> •    Discuss in comparative perspective how to teach Russian language,
> culture, and history in Russian and non-Russian (especially American  
> i.e.
> quintessentially “Western”) environments.
>
> •    Discuss and develop comprehensive educational strategies that  
> would
> focus on teaching Russian language, culture, and history.
>
> The program/workshop will fill this gap between several different
> disciplines and professional groups dealing with Russian history,  
> culture,
> and language. A range of issues from linguistics, translation, and  
> cultural
> communication, to history and social science will be discussed not  
> for their
> own sake, but in connection to the challenges that Russian and  
> American
> professors face in their respective countries when they try to  
> increase and
> broaden the interests of 21st century students in Russia’s cultural
> heritage. The very contrast between the two existing “national”  
> schools: a)
> teaching about Russia in the United States and b) teaching about  
> Russia in
> Russia itself - will guarantee high-powered debates that will  
> stimulate
> further research and discussion.
>
> The workshop will help the next generation of American professors of  
> Russian
> history and language to be better informed of the issues, values,  
> and ideas
> that inform and inspire the teaching of Russian culture at Russian
> universities.
>
> Applications for admission to the program will be accepted until May  
> 1,
> 2009. Applicants will be informed of the admissions decision by the  
> end of
> May.
>
> Those admitted for participation in the program will be provided  
> room and
> board in Crimea for the duration of the workshop and will be  
> reimbursed for
> their transportation expenses in full or up to a certain maximum  
> after the
> workshop is over. (Transportation reimbursement level will be  
> specified in
> notification of admission.)
>
> To apply:  Go to
>
> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=MR3t0Sus0fLXzG_2bdH6SeTQ_3d_3d
>
> For more information or questions, contact:
>
> Benjamin Rifkin, Professor of Russian, Temple University brifkin at temple.edu
> Vladislav Zubok, Professor of History, Temple University zubok at temple.edu
>
>
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