Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 11:40:47 -0500
From: Lynda Park <[log in to unmask]>
The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is hosting the Summer
Research Laboratory on Russia and Eastern Europe, June 12-Aug. 4,
2000. We would like to call you attention to the line-up of
programs, which we believe is particularly exciting this summer. You
can still apply to for free housing awards, if you are a US citizen
or permanent resident. However, we ask that you apply at least three
weeks before your arrival. For complete information on the Summer Lab
and application, check the web at:
http://www.uiuc.edu/unit/reec/srl.htm
2000 SUMMER RESEARCH LAB PROGRAMS
(For the complete schedule of the Summer Lab programming, check
web:
http://www.uiuc.edu/unit/reec/srl2000_programs.htm)
Annual Summer Symposium: “Gender and Cinema in Russia and Eastern
Europe” Saturday, June 24, 10:00 - 3:30p.m.
Presenters:
Susan Larsen (University of California, San Diego), “Melodramatic
Masculinity and National Identity in Mikhalkov’s Burnt by the Sun”
Yana Hashamova (Union College), “To Have Or To Be: Gender Roles
Revisited” Herbert Eagle (University of Michigan), “Women's
Anger/Women's Strengths: Vera Chytilova’s and Roman Vavra’s Responses
to Gender Stereotypes” Dina Iordanova (University of Leicester, UK),
“Russian and East European Women in Migration: Cinematic Discourse on
Diaspora and Politics of Representation”
The symposium is free and open to the public, although
pre-registration is requested. For further information and
registration forms, please contact: Russian and East European Center
at (217) 333-1244; e-mail: [log in to unmask]
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Research Workshop for Graduate Students, June 26 – July 21
While this workshop would be particularly useful for graduate students
getting ready to conduct their dissertation research, the workshop is
free and open to the public. For the complete schedule of the
workshop, check web:
http://www.uiuc.edu/unit/reec/srl2000_programs.htm#grad_workshop
Taking part in the workshop are leading librarians and archivist from
the region, who will be available for one-on-one consultations:
Vladimir Kozlov
Deputy Director, State Archives of the Russian Federation
(GARF)
Moscow, Russia
In residence: July 4 - July 15
Elena Shchelkova
Librarian, Tula Oblast Scientific Library,
Tula, Russia
June 27 - July 19
Barbara Bulat
Reference Librarian, Jagiellonian University Library
Cracow, Poland
June 18 - July 21
Leila Gibradze
Automation Department, National Library of Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia
June 12 - Aug. 4
Marina Pluzhenskaia
Head, Library Automation Department, Yaroslavl’ Regional
Scientific Library
Yaroslavl, Russia
June 12 - Aug. 4
Besiki Stvilia
Senior System Librarian, National Library of Georgia, and
President, Association of Information Specialists, Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia
June 12 - Aug. 4
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Mortenson Center Roundtable Discussions
Roundtable on Current Conditions in Russian and East European
Libraries
Moderator: Robert Burger
Participants: Elena Shchelkova, Barbara Bulat, Leila Gibradze, Marina
Pluzhenskaia, & Besiki Stvilia
Thursday, June 29, 3:00-4:30pm
Roundtable on Current Conditions in Libraries and Archives in Russia
and Eastern Europe
Moderator: Marianna Tax Choldin
Participants: Vladimir Kozlov, Elena Shchelkova, Barbara Bulat, Leila
Gibradze, Marina Pluzhenskaia, & Besiki Stvilia
Thursday, July 13, 3:00-4:30pm
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Summer Lab Brown-Bag Lectures
June 13 Marshall Poe (Government and Society, University of
Limerick, Ireland)
“The Status Revolution in the Seventeenth-Century Russian
Court”
June 20 Edythe Haber (Modern Languages, University of
Massachussetts, Boston)
“Fashioning Life: Nadezhda Teffi and Women’s Humor”
June 27 Judith McKinney (Economics, Hobart & William Smith
Colleges)
"Consequences of Transition on Women and Children in
Russia"
Wed., July 5 Vladimir Kozlov (Deputy Director, GARF, Russia),
“Deviant Mob as ‘Decision Maker’ in Khrushchev's and
Brezhnev’s Russia”
July 11 Vladimir Kozlov (Deputy Director, GARF, Russia)
“Seduction(kramola) as a Pattern of State Repression in
the Soviet Union, 1950s - 1970s”
July 18 Landreth Freeman (Economics, Randolph-Macon Women's College)
“Barter in Russia: Theory and Economic Evidence”
July 25 Jason Sharman (Political Science, American University in
Bulgaria)
“Who Pays for Entering Europe? Bulgaria and Romania’s path
to European Union Accession”
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Lynda Y. Park
Assistant Director
Russian and East European Center
104 International Studies Building
910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-6022; fax (217) 333-1582
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http://www.uiuc.edu/unit/reec
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