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The Havighurst Centerfor Russian & Post-Soviet Studies
Newsletter
This year...
Cold War Culture
Fall 2007
In this issue:
Letter from DirectorUpcoming EventsPast EventsFaculty/Staff NewsStudent/Alumni NewsLibrary NewsFunding Opportunities
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WearepleasedtowelcometoMiamiandtheHavighurstCentertheCentralEurasianStudiesSociety(CESS).PreviouslyhousedatHarvardandconsistingofover1500membersworldwide,CESSoperatesawebsite(www.cess.muohio.edu),alistserve,ajournalandanannualconference,thisyearattheUniversityofWashingtoninSeattle,andnextatGeorgetownUniversityinWashingtonDC.CESS’spresenceoncampuswillcontinueourfocusonintegratingRussian,Eurasian,EastAsianandMiddleEasternStudiesthatwestartedwithourSilkRoadfocusin2004. AspartoftheSilkRoadfocus,wearelookingforwardtowelcomingoncampustheIlkhomTheatrecompanyfromUzbekistan.Theywillbeoncampusforaweek-longresidencyandperformanceinApril.TheyremainthemosteminentindependenttheatrecompanyinCentralAsia,havingbeenestablishedduringtheGorbachevperiodbyeminentdirectorMarkWeil,whowastragicallymurderedundersuspiciouscircumstancesinTashkentjustbeforetheopeningoftheirnewseason.Theirworkexplorestheintersectionalitybetweengenderandsexualidentity;religiousexpressioninIslamicsocieties;andtherelationshipbetweenrepressivestatesandsociety.Welookforwardtoworkingwiththemwhentheycome.Thiswillbetheironlymid-Westperformanceontheirtour. ThisfallalsomarksthebeginningofanothertwoyearfocusattheHavighurstCenter,thisoneonColdWarculture. AlmosttwentyyearshavepassedsincetheendoftheColdWar.Thisgeopolitical cleavage which defined the second half of the 20th century was not only a period of fierce competition between two military superpowers, but it also engendered specific ways of thinking, feeling and acting for millions of people onbothsidesoftheIronCurtain.Ontheonehand,themilitaryrivalryhadpromotedthevisionthatcaststheworldintocompetingbinariesofgoodandevil.Ontheotherhand,itgeneratedpopularresistanceandsubversionoftheofficial propaganda, creating anti-war movements, counter-cultural trends in music,theaterandart,therebycreatingaspaceforalternativethinking. The Havighurst Center will consider these cultural reflections of the ColdWareraaswellastheremnantsoftheColdWarcultureandthinkingtodayaspartofitsfocusontheColdWarbeginningFall2007.TheAnnualYoungResearchersConference,theColloquiaSeriesandvariousinvitedguestlecturersthroughouttheyearwillconsidersuchtopicsaspopularresistanceandmaintainingpersonalautonomyunderrepressivepoliticalregimes,responsestopoliticalritualsandpropaganda,everydaylifeundertheColdWar,thereinvention of history and building memories of the Cold War, the reflections of theColdWarthinkingandpracticesintoday’sworld.Moreinformationabouttheseeventsisavailableinthisnewsletterandonlineatwww.muohio.edu/havighurstcenter. Alsowearepleasedtowelcomenewfacultyandpost-doctoralfellowstotheCenter.Dr.DanielPriorjoinsusasanAssistantProfessorinHistoryandtheExecutiveDirectoroftheCentralEurasianStudiesSociety.Hewillbeteaching
DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
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newcoursesonNomadisminCentralAsia.Dr.NeringaKlumbyteisanewpost-doctoralfellowintheCenterwithanappointmentinInternationalStudies.Inthespring,Dr.KlumbytewillbeteachingnewcoursesonEthnicity,NationalismandConflict. Thisfall,IwasfortunatetobepartofasmallgroupofacademicsandjournalistswhovisitedRussiaattheinvitationoftheRussiannewsagencytomeetwithpartyleadersandwithPresidentPutin.AfteraweekofmeetinginMoscowandKazan,thisgroup,calledtheValdaiInternationalDiscussionClub, was flown to Sochi on Friday September 14 fora4hourlunchanddiscussionwithPutin.HemetusinthepresidentialresidenceinSochionthehillsoverlookingtheBlackSea,wherethe2014WinterOlympicswillbeset.Theconversationwasfrank,andhewasaskedaboutelectiontampering,abouthisplanstostepaside(ornot)andaboutchargesofcronyismandcorruptionofthetopelite.ThefulltextisavailableontheKremlinwebsiteathttp://kremlin.ru/eng/speeches/2007/09/14/1801_type82917type84779_144106.shtml My impression of him was certainly of someone with great confidence, veryawareofhispower,verycarefulinchoosinghisformulationofwordssoasnottooutrightsaysomethingthatwasnottrue,andindeedquiteimpressive.Also athletic, controlled, and indeed a fitting tribute to the KGB system that producedhim.YetyoucouldalsounderstandwhyRussianswhohavebeen
ill-servedbypoorleadershipforalongtimewouldrallytohissupport.TheelectionstotheParliamentinDecemberandthePresidencyinMarchpromisetobeveryinteresting,evenifnothighlydemocratic.ThereismoreinformationaboutthetripontheCenter’swebsite,andanyoneinterestedinamoreindepthanalysisiswelcometocometoalectureI’mgivingonNovember9attheMiamiUniversityArtMuseumfrom10am-noon.
MEETINGS WITH PARTY LEADERS: (L TO R) YAVLINKSY, ZYUGANOV, ZHIRONOVSKY, MOROZOV
Sochi’s Black Sea coast
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FALL EVENTSFALL 2007 COLLOQUIA SERIES POL440/540,Prof.VenelinGanev,PoliticalScience
The Cold War: Politics And Culture Behind The Iron CurtainSeptember17 MilaGaneva(MiamiUniversity) Going to the Movies in Cold War BerlinSeptember24 AlexeyYurchak(Berkeley) Necro-utopia: The Politics of Indistinction and the Aesthetics of the Non-SovietOctober1 PaulHollander(UniversityofMassachusetts) Recollections of Life in Communist HungaryOctober8 JeremySuri(UniversityofWisconsin,Madison) 1968 and its Aftermath for Eastern Europe and the Cold WarOctober29 MichaelUrban(UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz) Blues and the Collapse of CommunismNovember5 JanKubik(RutgersUniversity) Symbolic politics: mobilization and demobilization in communism and post-communismNovember12 VenelinI.Ganev(MiamiUniversity) Hard Rock in Late CommunismDecember3 PadraicKenney(IndianaUniversity) The Crowd in 1989: Origins and Meaning
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September 9Sholem Aleichem’s Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories JewishBookDiscussionaspartoftheSeries“AMindofHerOwn:FathersandDaughtersinaChangingWorld.”
September 24Rob Gifford, NPR Foreign Correspondent, London. “China Road”SponsoredbytheCenterforAmericanandWorldCultures,theDepartmentofJournalism,andtheRichardT.FarmerSchoolofBusiness.
Institute for Learning in Retirement Lecture Series on Cold War ThiscoursewillprovideoverviewsofSovietandAmericancultureduringtheColdWar, followed by more specific information about culture in the Soviet Union andsatellitecountries.Lecturesinclude“TheColdWarandItsConsequencesinAmerica,”byDr.AllanWinkler;“WarmthintheColdWar:Love,Laughter,andPersonalRelationsintheSovietUnion,”byDr.RobertThurston;“ReadingtheColdWar:ApocalypseandRedemption,”byDr.BenjaminM.Sutcliffe;“TheBlackMarketforHardRockintheSovietSatelliteCountries,”byDr.VenelinGanev;“WhatistheFutureforRussia,andPutin,”byKarenDawisha;and“GoingtotheMoviesinColdWarBerlin,”byDr.MilaGaneva.
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INTERNATIONAL YOUNG RESEARCHERS CONFERENCE
OCTOBER 25-27Dream Factory Of
Communism: Culture, Practices
And The Memory Of The Cold War
AlmosttwentyyearshavepassedfollowingtheendoftheColdWar.Thisgeopolitical cleavage defining the second half of the 20th century was not only a period of fierce competition between superpowers, but it also engendered specific ways of thinking, feeling and acting. Conference papers will address suchtopicsaspopularresistanceandmaintainingpersonalautonomyunderrepressivepoliticalregimes,responsestopoliticalritualsandpropaganda,thehistory and memories of the Cold War, and the reflections of Cold War thinking andpracticesintoday’sworld.
ParticipantsincludeRosaMagnusdottir,UniversityofIceland;KimberlyElmanZarecor,IowaStateUniversity;DavidTompkins,UniversityofTennessee;AndreyShcherbenok,ColumbiaUniversity;WilliamDeJong-Lambert,CUNY;AdamSeipp,TexasA&MUniversity;SvetlanaVassileva-Karagyozova,UniversityofKansas;OlgaLivshin,NorthwesternUniversity;KatherineHirschfeld,UniversityofOklahoma;LarisaHoney,CUNY;AnnaParetskaya,NewSchoolforSocialResearch;DianaMincyte,UniversityofIllinois-Urbana;MonicaCiobanu,SUNY-Plattsburgh;NeringaKlumbyte,MiamiUniversity;YelizavetaSkryzhevska,MiamiUniversity.Organizers:GulnazSharafutdinova(POL/ITS)andNeringaKlumbyte(ITS).
Keynote Speakers:Thursday,October25,ArtMuseum,5:30pm,KateBrown,Universityof
Maryland,BaltimoreSocialism at Ground Zero: Plutonium Cities and the Cold War
Security State
Friday,October26,40IrvinHall,5:00pm,HarlowRobinson,NortheasternUniversity
Sidekicks and Stereotypes: Russians and their Image in the Movies
Saturday,October27,MiamiInn,A/BRoom,12:00pm,MichaelUrban,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruz
‘I Never Really Had a Political Career’: Russian Politicians and the Denial of Politics
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MIAMI UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM EXHIBITS/EVENTSAn Eye on the Middle EastFallexhibitionsattheMiamiUniversityArtMuseumfocusonMiddleEasternartinatraditionalandcontemporarycontext.FeaturingCentralAsian“bling”fromtheFrancisMcClurecollectionofMiddleEasternjewelry,PersianandMughalpaintingsfromthe16th-19thcenturies,andthewidelytalked-aboutAfghaniWarRugsofthe20thand21stcentury.
ThefollowingexhibitsrunfromSeptember 7 - December 15Jewels of Central Asia
Of Poems, Of Legends: Persian and Mughal PaintingsTanks, Helicopters, Guns and Grenades: Afghan War Rugs of the 1980s-2007
Magic Carpet RideSelections: From Turkey to Pakistan
FALL EVENTS
April 26IlkhomTheatreofUzbekistanperformsEcstasy with the PomegranateChoreographybyDavidRousséve;MarkWeil,directorGates-AbegglenTheatre,CenterforthePerformingArts,7:30p.m.
InUzbekistan,therewerenodancesforwomenuntilthe1920s.TheBochaBoys,whosedanceswereverymuchapartofcourtlifefromancienttimes,playedauniquepartintheevolutionofthecountry’shistoricalculture.Thisepicdancetheaterworkisinspiredbytheearly20th-centuryiconographicpaintingsoftheBochaBoysbyanexiledRussianwhofellinlovewiththeBochaBoys,convertedtoIslamandchangedhisnametoUstoMumin.Thiscompellingmulti-mediaproductionperformedinRussianwithEnglishsurtitlesbringstolifethetumultuousperiodofthetransitionbetweentheruleoftheImperialRussiaandSovietRussiainTurkistan.
SPRING EVENTS
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IskusstvokinoKinovedcheskiezapiskiKinokoloKrytykaSlavicaGandensiaVozdukhFilologicheskienaukiAustralianSlavonicandEastEuropeanStudiesObshchestvennyenaukiisovremennost’Vostochnaiakollektsiia
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ModernGreekStudiesYearbookCanadianSlavonicPapersJournalofUkrainianStudiesHarvardUkrainianStudiesAnthropologyofEastEuropeReviewStVladimir’sTheologicalQuarterlyArkhitekturnyivestnik
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LIBRARY COLLECTIONSKingLibrarycontinuestoexpanditsholdingsofRussian-relatedjournals.ThefollowingjournalsbecameavailableatKingLibrarybeginningin2007:
CAMPUS NEWSCENTRAL EURASIAN STUDIES SOCIETY AT MIAMI TheHavighurstCenterisproudtoannouncethattheSecretariatoftheCentralEurasianStudiesSociety(CESS)hasmovedtoMiamiUniversityfrom Harvard University for the next five years. Daniel Prior, who joins Miami UniversityasanAssistantProfessorofHistory,willserveastheExecutiveDirectorofCESSduringitsresidencyatMiami. CESS is a private, non-political, non-profit organization of scholars who are interested in the study of Central Eurasia, defined broadly as the region which includesTurkic,Mongolian,Iranian,Caucasian,Tibetanandotherpeoples,anditshistory,languages,cultures,andmodernstatesandsocieties.TheSociety’spurposeistopromotehighstandardsofresearchandteaching,andtofostercommunicationamongscholarsthroughmeetingsandpublications.Sinceitsfoundingin2000CESShasgrowntohavemorethan1,500membersallovertheworld.TheFirstRegionalConferenceofCESSthatwilltakeplaceinSpring2008inKyrgyzstanisanexampleofCESS’sinterestinpromotingengagementandparticipationbyscholarsintheregion. CESSholdsanAnnualConferenceandcoordinatespanelsatvariousconferencesrelevanttoCentralEurasianstudies.TheEighthCESSAnnualConferencewillbeheldinSeattle,WashingtonOctober18-21,2007.TheeventwillbeheldattheUniversityofWashington,hostedbytheEllisonCenterforRussian,EastEuropeanandCentralAsianStudies.Over200paperswillbepresentedatthisyear’sconference. TheSocietyalsoworkstopromotethepublicationofpeer-reviewedscholarship and other information essential to the building of the field. Toward thatgoal,CESSpublishesthebiannualjournalCentral Eurasian Studies Review(availableonlineatwww.cesr-cess.org).CESSmembersarealsoentitledto$40subscriptionstoCentral Asian Survey byspecialarrangementwithTaylor&Francispublishers.Formoreinformationvisitwww.cess.muohio.edu.
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CURRICULUMRUSSIAN, EAST EUROPEAN & EURASIAN STUDIESSPRING 2008 COURSESATH306 Peoples&CulturesofRussia(Larson)AMS302 U.S.&theWorld:ColdWar&theNewImperialism(Stevens)ARC405.3/505.3 RussianArt&ArchitectureII(Sokolina)ART480I IconasReligiousExperience(Casper)FRE/GER/RUS212/HST211 SecularJewishCulture:EnlightenmenttoZionism(Rose)GEO408/508 GeographyoftheSilkRoad(Toops)HST/POL/RUS/REL254 IntroductiontoRussian&EurasianStudies(Prior)HST324 EurasianNomads&History(Prior)HST470G/POL440/540 HavighurstColloquium(Norris)ITS301 InterculturalRelations(Klumbyte)ITS 325 Ethnicity, Nationalism & Conflict (Klumbyte)ITS402O TransitiontoDemocracy(Sharafutdinova)POL332 Post-SovietRussianPolitics(Dawisha)POL334 PoliticsofEasternEurope(Ganev)RUS102 BeginnersRussian(Ziolkowski)RUS202 IntermediateRussian(Chernetsky)RUS/ENG253 JewsinRussianLiterature(Sutcliffe)RUS252A Cultures&IdentitiesofEasternEurope(Chernetsky)RUS/ENG255 RussianLiteratureinEnglishTranslation(Sutcliffe)RUS272 EastEuropeanLiterature&Film(Chernetsky)RUS311 ReadingsinRussian(Mitchell)REL235 ReligionsofRussia&Eurasia(Kenworthy)RUS302 AdvancedRussian(Mitchell)THE280B Drama&PerformanceontheSilkRoad(Blanning)
The Havighurst Center responds to Russia’s call....
WelcometoAudreyElizabethCouture(picturedleftwithmomVeta),bornOctober4,2007andRafaelSteinbuks(picturedrightwithmomGulnazSharafutdinova),bornOctober2,2007.
FACULTY/STAFF NEWS
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Additions to the Havighurst Center...Neringa Klumbyte, Havighurst Center Postdoctoral Fellow in International Studies
NeringaKlumbyte(Ph.D.,2006,UniversityofPittsburgh)receivedherPh.D.inanthropology.Herinterestsincludethestudyofnationalismandethnicityinpost-socialistEastEurope,theEasternenlargemetoftheEuropeanUnion,problemsofethnographicrepresentations,andthehistoricalandpoliticalanthropologyofthestate.Dr.Klumbytehaspublishedpapersonnarrativesandsymbolsofearlypost-socialistnationalisminLithuania,ethnography,andnationbuilding.
Daniel Prior, Assistant Professor in History and Executive Director, Central Eurasian Studies Society
DanielPrior(Ph.D.,2002,IndianaUniversity)joinstheMiamiUniversityfacultyasanAssistantProfessorinHistoryandExecutiveDirectoroftheCentralEurasianStudiesSociety,whichmovedtoMiamiUniversityfromHarvardUniversityinSummer2007.Dr.PriorteachesCentralAsianandworldhistoryandresearchesthehistory,cultures,andfolkloreofCentralAsia,mainlyofTurkicnomadicpeoples.Hiscurrentresearchproject,forwhichhewasawardedanNEHFellowship,isahistoryofthenorthernKirghizchieftains(manaps)in
thenineteenthandtwentiethcenturies.Heistheauthorof“TheSemeteyofKenjeKara:AKirghizepicperformanceonphonograph”(Wiesbaden:OttoHarrassowitz,2006),andnumerousarticlesandreviews.Dr.PriortaughtpreviouslyatOhioStateUniversityandIndianaUniversity,andwasheadofthelibraryoftheResearchInstituteforInnerAsianStudiesatIndianaUniversity.HehaslivedinChina,Japan,andforthreeandahalfyearsinKirghizstan,beforeandafteritsindependencefromtheSovietUnion.
Michael Rouland, Assistant Director of Havighurst Center and Visiting Assistant Professor in History
MichaelRouland(Ph.D.2005,GeorgetownUniversity)willbeservingasAssistantDirectoroftheHavighurstCenterforRussianandPost-SovietStudies.Hisdissertation,“MusicandtheMakingoftheKazakNation,1920-1936,”considerstheSovietpolicyofrootingbothsocialistandnationalistmessagesinpublicperformancecultureaspartofamodernizationcampaigntopromotenationalism,aconstructednationalvision,andanationalstateinKazakstan.Hisinterestsincludefilmic, literary, and musical expressions of Central Asian
identityandhehasauthoredseveralarticlesonthesethemes.HeiscurrentlyeditingacollectionofarticlesontheperformativeaspectsofEurasianidentityaswellasavolumeonthehistoryofCentralAsiancinema.
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Fred W. Boebel IV, Miami senior, describes participating in the Novgorod Language Study and Havighurst Summer Workshop.(FredisanInternationalStudiesmajorwithminorsinFrenchandRussian,EasternEuropean,andEastAsianStudies)
“Becareful,thisisRussia”,orsotheLeninimpersonatortoldourHavighursttripgrouponRedSquareinMoscow.TheadvicewouldhavebeenbettergivenwhenIsteppedofftheplanesixweeksprior. IlandedinSt.PetersburgwiththeNovgorodIntensiveRussianLanguagetriponMay21st.Soonafterwelanded,Iandtwootherenterprisingindividualsdecidedtogoseethecityduringthebeautifulwhitenights.Armedwithonlya
vagueideaofwherethenearestmetrostationwasandsomerecentlyexchangedrubles,wesetout.Anhourlater,wewerewalkingupNevskyprospect,seeingthefabulousfaçadesofthechurches,hotels,shops,andformerpalacesthatlinedthestreet,aswellasthecanalsthatwindeverywhichwaythroughthecity,makingSt.PetersburgtrulytheVeniceoftheNorth.
AftertwodaysinSt.Petersburg,weboardedabusforNovgorodwhereweweretostayforfourweekswithhostfamiliesandlearn(inmycaseforthefirst time) Russian at the state university. Upon our arrival, we were warmly welcomedbyourhostfamilies.ThenextdaywerushedstraightintointensiveRussian.Thelanguageprogramiswhatitsaysitis,intense.However,coupledwitheverydayusage,onecanpickitupratherquickly.Asidefromclasses,wetooktripsaroundtown,seeingthesites.HalfwaythroughourprogramwetookthetraintoMoscowwherewesawthesitesofthecity.WereturnedtoNovgorodand finished our classes and then back to St. Petersburg. I was put on the Neva ExpresstraintoMoscowtomeetthesecondgroupfromtheHavighurstCenter’ssummerprogram. DuringtheHavighurstRussiaSummerWorkshop,weexploredindepthbothpoliticalandculturalsiteswithinthecontextofhowthepastispackagedinthepost-SovietpresentinRussia.Dr.NorrisandDr.SutcliffeledusandprovideduswithhoursofstimulatingconversationaboutanyRussiantopicwecouldthinkof.WehadseveralmeetingswithverywellknownRussians:YegorGaidar,the first post-Soviet Prime Minister, Karen Shakhnazarov, a movie director and head of Russia’s largest film studio, Mosfilm, and Aleksei Balabanov, a movie director at Russia’s second largest film studio, Lenfilm. IhadanabsolutelywonderfulanduniqueexperienceinRussia.IwouldhighlyrecommendtoanystudentinterestedinRussianstudiestotakebothtrips.Reflecting upon my experiences this summer in Russia, I couldn’t imagine taking onetripwithouttheother.
STUDENT NEWS9
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“I Have a Degree in Russian Studies…now what?” Alumni update from Katie Bibish, 2006 graduate with honors degrees in Political Science and History. Myflirtationwithfame.“PresidentGorbachev,Ihaveafollow-upquestion.”I stated with faux confidence. (Was I really speaking to the leader of what Reagan termed the“evilempire”!!??)MyquestionwashowtheSovietUniondealtwiththeatrocitiesoftheStalinistlegacy.IcouldseethecoveroftheNewYorkTimes,“ChrisMatthews,moveover,GorbachevhitbyhardballfromMiamiUniversitystudent.”Fromthatpointforward,Russiawasonmyradar. Russian Promises. AMaster’sprogramatatEuropeanUniversityinSt.Petersburgkeptmebusy,butIneededmyCityBarmoney(pleasenotethatthisistheonly bar in St. Petersburg where English is mandatory and they have wi-fi). I did what all ex-patsinRussiado:teachEnglish.IdabbledinRussiansportslikeballroomdancingandsoccer,celebratedRussianholidays,whichforsomereasonoccurredevery3-4weeks,excluding the “Russian- Shuts-Down” for the first half of January. Inmysparetime,Ithought“WhatIamgoingtodonext?”CouldIteachEnglishinRussiaforacoupleyears?No.Thewatercontainsparasites,thebabushkasbarkordersatyouandthemetroleavesyoufeelinglikeashowerisnecessary.Fortunately,anopportunitypresenteditselfintheformofanemailfrommyformeremployer.IeagerlyreadaproposalaboutaccompanyingmyU.S.Representative,MarcyKaptur,thatsummerinUkraine.IalmostforgotIsatinafreezingcoldhostelinEstonia.IwasgoingtoKiev! Kiev or Bust. UkrainianPresidentVictorYushchenkohostedareceptionattendedbytheParliamentarianDelegatesduringthe16thannualOSCEParliamentaryDelegation.CongresswomanKapturhadafullagendatoaccompanyourmutualhighspirits.Iaccompaniedhertoherancestralvillage,BurtynintheKhelmenskyOblast,to
assessitsdevelopment.CongresswomanKapturhasdevoted much of her time, energy and financial support overthelast30yearstothisregion.WorkingextensivelythroughtheCatholicorganization,Caritas-Spes,CongresswomanKapturnotedtheaccomplishmentsofthisvillage:afunctioninghumanitariancenter,thegraduationof8studentsfromOstrohAcademy,andambitiousplansbyvolunteersandvillagersforcontinuous-regionalgrowth.CongresswomanKapturandIvoyagedtotheancientcityofKamianets-Podilsky,
asouth-westernUkrainiancitywithTurkish,Russianand Polish influences. With the director of the Center ofHistoryandCivicEducationofNovaDobaandCongresswoman Kaptur, I saw first-hand how successful youngUkrainianscanbewheneducatedabouttheircivicresponsibility.Inaddition,wemetwithBishopStanislavShyrokoradyuk,directororCaritas-Spes,todiscusshumanitarianaidetoUkrainianfamiliesandtheestablishmentofself-sustainingbusinesses. This American Life. UponmyreturntotheUS, Ms. Kaptur offered me a position in her Toledo District Office. I continue to work on developmentprojectsinEasternEurope,andalsolocalcommunitydevelopment.IrealizeifIhadn’tpursuedmystudiesinRussia,Iwouldn’thavehadthischance.Now,ifonlyIcouldhavetheearofPutin–whoknowswhereI’dendup…hopefully,notintheGulag!
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11 STUDY ABROAD IN RUSSIA &CENTRAL EUROPE
Language Program in Novgorod, May 22-June 24, 2008ThisprogramatNovgorodStateUniversityincludestoursandexcursionstoMoscowandSt.Petersburg.NopreviousknowledgeofRussianrequired.StudentsmaychoosetoparticipateineitheroneorbothoftheRussiaworkshops.Living arrangements:StudentslivewithRussianfamilies.Credit:6hoursofundergraduatecredit;4hoursofgraduatecredit.Cost:$3500(includesairfarefromNYtoSt.Petersburgandreturn),plusMiamiUniversitytuition.Pricessubjecttoslightchange.Group Leader:Prof.IrinaGoncharenko-Rose.Foradditionalinformationandapplicationpleasevisit:http://montgomery.cas.muohio.edu/greal/study-abroad/novgorod,[email protected].
Havighurst Russian Summer Workshop, June 23-July 14, 2008This workshop will be taught in English. Through guest lecturers, field trips, and meetings with important cultural figures, students will become acquainted withthewaysthatpolitics,history,literature,andculturecollide.StudentsmaychoosetoparticipateineitheroneorbothoftheRussiaworkshops.Living arrangements:hotelsCredit:6hoursofgraduateorundergraduatecreditCosts:Approximately$3200,plusMiamiUniversitytuitionandairfare.Includesroomandsomemeals,Russianvisa,excursions,instruction,touringinMoscowandSt.Petersburg.Pricessubjecttochange.Group Leader:Prof.BenjaminSutcliffe.Contactformoreinformationatsutclibm@muohio.eduorcall529-1822.
Central Europe Program, June 20-July 31, 2008ThisprogramwillofferclassesinthecitiesofOlomoucandPrague,withweekendtripstoBudapestandCracow,aswellasopenweekendsforstudentstotakesmallertripsontheirown.Living arrangements:DormitoriesandhotelsCredit:upto9hoursofPoliticalScience,History,orEurasianStudiesundergraduatecreditCost:Approximately$3,500,plusairfareandMiamiUniversitytuition.Thispriceincludestravelwithintheprogram(buses,trains,etc),somemeals,room,excursions,andsightseeing.Pricessubjecttochange.Group Leader:[email protected],or529-2334.
ScholarshipsareavailableforMiamistudentsfromtheHavighurstCenterandthe Continuing Education Office. Each program will be cancelled if it fails to reachaminimumof10students.
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12 RECOMMENDED PROGRAMS IN RUSSIA AND EASTERN EUROPE
The following are programs affiliated with Miami University. Choosing an affiliated program means the credits transfer more easily, and federal financial aidusedatMiamicanbeusedtopayforthestudyabroadprogram.SomeprogramsallowtheuseofMiamischolarshipsforstudyabroad,andmanyofferseparatescholarshipopportunities.Toseeallrecommendedprograms,visitmuohio.edu/internationalprograms/programs.php.Palacky University ExchangeStudyCentralEuropeanStudiesinEnglishforasemesterorayearinOlomouc,CzechRepublic.TuitionispayabletoMiamiandMiamischolarshipscanbeused.RoomandboardispaidtoPalackyUniversity.(kpes2.upol.cz/cesp)
American Councils of Teachers of RussianACTRoffersanumberofsummer,semesterandyear-longprogramsforlanguageandareastudiesinMoscow,St.Petersburg,Vladimirandothercities.PriorstudyofRussianlanguageisneededforcertainprograms.Scholarshipsandfinancial aid are available from ACTR. (americancouncils.org)
American Institute for Foreign StudyStudyRussianlanguage,culture,historyandliteratureforthesummer,semesteroryearinSt.Petersburg.NopriorknowledgeoftheRussianlanguageneeded.ScholarshipsareavailablefromAIFS.(aifsabroad.com)
Council for International Educational ExchangeSemester,academicyearandcalendaryearprogramsareofferedinHungary,CzechRepublic,RussiaandPoland.Coursesincludedlanguagestudies,business,politicalscienceandculture.ScholarshipsareavailablefromCIEE.(ciee.org)
International Student Exchange ProgramOffersstudyofavarietyofsubjectsinBulgaria,CzechRepublic,Estonia,LatviaandPoland.TuitionispayabletoMiamiandMiamischolarshipscanbeused.(www.isep.org)
Central European University (Budapest)Thisprogram,throughBardCollegeinNewYork,offersundergraduatesthechancetoearnupto8creditsthatcancounttowardaMAprograminvariousconcentrationsatCEU.SeveralMiamigradshavepursuedMAsatCEU.CreditsreceivedaretransferabletoyourMiamiprogram.Scholarshipsareavailable.(ceu.bard.edu)
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PAST EVENTS13
SPRING 2007Spring semester 2007 marked the final semester of the Center’s two year focus ontheSilkRoad,inadditiontothecontinuedpracticeofbringingamultitudeofguestspeakerstocampustospeakontopicsrelatedtoRussian,EastEuropeanandEurasianStudies.
Havighurst Colloquia Series,Russia’sEmpirefrom1550-2000,organizedbyProfessorSteveNorris.
JanuaryVolodymyr Dubovyk,OdessaUniversity,Russia’s Interest in Ukraine,organizedbyProf.VitalyChernetskyWorld Premiere of Tchaikovsky’s Concerto for Flute and OrchestrafeaturingtheOxfordChamberOrchestra,organizedbyProf.RicardoAverbach
FebruaryVelijko Vujacic,OberlinCollege,Russian & Serbian Nationalism in the Context of Soviet & Yugoslav Disintigration,organizedbyProf.VenelinGanevProkofiev’sCinderella,presentedbytheStateBalletofRussia.Alexander Kwasniewski,formerPresidentofPoland,sponsoredbytheFarmerSchoolofBuisness,theHavighurstCenterandtheHonoraryConsulateoftheRepublicofPolandCincinnatiSymphonyOrchestrapresentingValery Gergiev
MarchJeffrey Veidlinger,IndianaUniversity,Jewish Public Culture in the Late Russian Empire,organizedbyProf.Sven-ErikRoseZifa Auezova,Exec.Director,BILIM-CentralAsia,Sufism, Islamic Philosophy & Popular Islam in Central Asia,organizedbyMichaelRoulandandNathanLightCathy Frierson,UniversityofNewHampshire,Are Russians Really Flunking the Stalin Test?,organizedbyProf.StephenNorris
AprilJournalism Symposium: Russian Journalism Under FireMichael Bernhard,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity,Legacies of Dictatorship and the Strength of Civil Society,organizedbyProf.VenelinGanevMarian Schwartz,TranslatorofRussianLiterature,Russian Literature: A Translator’s Perspective,organizedbyProf.VitalyChernetskyGolden Dragon Acrobats“Silk Road on the Slant Walk” FestivalAurelian Craiutu,IndianaUniversity,Tocqueville as a Social Scientist: An Overview of Scholarly Debates with a Glance at Postcommunist Politics,organizedbyProf.VenelinGanev
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14 FUNDING OPPORTUNITIESHAVIGHURST CENTER GRANT TheHavigurstCenterannouncesthenextroundofcompetitionforgrantassistancethroughtheHavighurstCenterFund.TheCenter’sfocusbeginningFall2007isCold War Culture; proposals that focus specifically on the Cold War periodareencouraged.ThepurposeoftheHavighurstFundistoprovidefullorpartialsupportforprojectsundertakenbyfull-time faculty and stafffromallMiami campuses in all fields that focus on Russia, Eastern Europe, and/or Eurasia. InitiativesthatpromotewiderfacultyandstudentawarenessoftheregionandthatseektodeepenMiami’sprogrammaticinvolvementinthisareaarepreferred. Thosewhowishtobeconsideredforfundingshouldsubmitone original and 9 copiesoftheirapplicationbyFebruary 1forFallEventsandOctober 1forSpring/SummerEvents,totheHavighurstCenter,116HarrisonHall,MiamiUniversity,Oxford,OH45056. ProposalsarereviewedbytheHavighurstAdvisoryCommittee,comprisedoffacultypeerswhowillsubmittheirrecommendationstotheProvostforapproval.AllapplicantsareencouragedtocontactKarenDawisha,DirectoroftheHavighurstCenter,todiscusstheirproposalsbeforesubmittingthem,[email protected].
POST-DOCTORAL OPPORTUNITIES PostdoctoralfellowshipsareawardedannuallybytheHavighurstCenter.FellowshipsaregiveninallareasofacademicstudyrelatedtoRussiaandotherpostSovietcountries,includinghistory,politics,music,culture,art,architecture,religion,literature,anddailylife. Thefellowshipsaredesignedforjuniorscholarsofexceptionalpromise.Successfulcandidateswillhavetheopportunitytopursuetheirresearchagendaforacalendaryearwiththesupportofacompetitivesalaryandupto$2,000forresearchsupport. Fellowshipsareforoneyear,butmayberenewedforasecondyear.Fellowsnormally are expected to teach four 15 week courses in the field of their primary researchinterestperyearandtoassistindevelopingHavighurstprogramsintheareaoftheirinterest.FellowsmusthavetheirPh.D.(orKandidatnauk)inhandbythebeginningoftheirfellowship,andthosewithoutnativeabilityinEnglishmusthaveademonstratedcapabilitytolectureinEnglish.Fellowshipsareopentoapplicantsfromallcountries.TheareasthattheCenterisinterestedinwillchangeannually,andcandidatesareencouragedtocontactthecenterdirectlybeforemakinganapplication. Candidatesshouldsendtheircurriculumvitae,aonepagedescriptionoftheirresearchproposal,adescriptionofeachofthecoursestheywouldliketoteach,andthreelettersofreference––inEnglish––toTheHavighurstCenter,FellowshipProgram,HarrisonHall,MiamiUniversity,Oxford,Ohio,45056.Forbestconsideration,applicationsshouldbereceivedbyNovember1tobeconsideredforthefollowingacademicyear.Queriesmaybeaddressedtohavighurstcenter@muohio.edu.MiamiUniversityisanequalopportunityemployerandapplicationsfromfemaleandminorityscholarsarestronglyencouraged.
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