Ohic) Slavic & East European Newsletter Published for the Slavic Studies Community in the State of Ohio by the Center for Slavic and East European Studies

The Ohio State University, 303 Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio43210-1219

Wednesday, February 10:

LECTIJRE: Dr. Peter G. Laki, Program Annotator, The Cleveland Orchestra, "From Lights Flickering to Sounds Tinkling: Some Remarks on Shostakovich's Fifteenth Symphony," Seminar Room, Music Dance Library, 4:00 p.m.

Tuesday, February 16: PANEL DISCUSSION: CSEES faculty members , Drs.

Judith Kullberg (Political Science), Yuri Medvedkov (Geography) , Allan Wildman (History & CSEES), and Kimberly Zisk (Political Science), io discuss "Current Developments in the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union," Room 122, Oxley Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 17:

BROWN BAG DISCUSSION: Dr. Olga Medvedkov ,

Department of Geography, Wittenberg University, "The Disintegration of the Soviet Union: A Geo­graphical Perspective," Room 122, Oxley Hall, 12:00 noon.

Thursday, February 18: RUSSIAN TEA, Featuring a performance by the OSU Russian Choir, Room 300, Cunz Hall, 3:00 p . m.

Wednesday, March 3: BROWN BAG DISCUSSION: Dr. Kimberly M. Zisk, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, "Organization Theory and the Soviet Transformation : The Example of Military and Defense Industry Reform," Room TBA, Oxley Hall, 12:00 noon.

Wednesday, March 3: LECTIJRE: Dr. Malcolm Brown, Professor of Musicology, Indiana University, "Persistent Myths in Russian Music Biography," Seminar Room, Dance Music Library, 4:00 p.m.

Wednesday, April 7:

LECTIJRE: Dr. Roland Wiley, Professor of Musicol­ogy, University of Michigan, "The Original Produc-

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Theater, Sullivan Hall, 4:30 p.m.

( People in the News ) DR. ALAN BEYERCHEN, Associate Professor, Department of History, publishC?d "Clausewitz, Non-Linearity, and the Unpredictability of War," in International Security, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Winter 1992/93), pp. 59-90.

DR. CAROLE FINK, Professor, Department of History, published ''Marc Bloch: The Historian as Patriot," in History of European Ideas, Vol. 15, Nos. 4-6 (1992), pp. 839-44.

DR. JOHN QUIGLEY, Professor, College of

Law, published "The Romanist Character of Soviet Law," in The Emancipation of Soviet Law, ed. F.F.M. Feldbrugge, (Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992), pp. 27-49.

DR. LEON TWAROG, Professor Emeritus, Department of Slavic and East European Lan­guages and Literatures, was presented the Joe Malik Service A ward at the 51 st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages in New York.

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FLAS Fellowships,_ ............. ..... ..... .... ... 2

Calls for Papers ............ . ..... .. .. -............. 2

New Center Videotape ·········-········ ....... 2

Camp Horizon ....................................... 2

Summer Language Study •••.••••••..••.•••••• 2

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� FLAS Fellowship Applications Available� The Center for Slavic and East European Studies is pleased to announce that applications for 1993-94 Academic-Year and Summer 1993 FLAS Fellowships are now available. If you are a graduate student on the CSEES mailing list who is interested in the Felowship and have not received application materi­als by January 30, please contact Maryann Keisel at the Center offic-e (303 Oxley Hall; tel. 292-8770). Application deadlines are: March 1, 1993 for AY 1993-94; and March 15, 1993 for Summer 1993.

The OSU Council of Graduate Students has an­nounced the 1993 Graduate Research Forum. The Forum is designed to recognize outstanding graduate scholarship and to provide OSU graduate students with an opportunity to share their research with the academic community. The Forum is open to all OSU graduate students enrolled in the Graduate School during Spring Quarter, 1993. Interested students

should submit (1) a registration form; and (2) a 250-

500 word abstract to: CGS, 055 Jones Graduate Tower, 101 Curl Drive, Campus. Submission dead­line is January 27, 1993. For more information,

contact Michael D. Lappi, COS Office, 292-4380.

Nationalities Papers invites submissions of articles and book reviews from graduate students for a special issue devoted solely to Ukrainian studies. Deadline: June l,

1993. Contact: Rohen De Lossa or Bohdan Pyskir, Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies, 1583 Massachusetts

Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138; (617) 495-3692; fax: (617) 495-8097

The Peoosylvania Geow;rapher invites submissions for its spring/summer 1993 issue, devoted to Eastern Europe. contact : William B. Kory, Editor, The Pennsylvania

Johnstown, Joshnstown, PA 15904; (814) 269-2994

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The Indiana University Linguistics club announces the

publication of new biannual refereed journal, The Journal

of Slavjc Linwistics. Number l was devoted to issues of Slavic morphosyntax; Number 2 will be unrestricted. Contact: George Fowler (Dept. of Slavic Languages, Ballantine 502) or Steven Franks (Dept. of Linguistic , Memorial 322), Indiana U., Bloomington, IN 47405.

(New CSEES Videoiape ) CSEES has recently added a new title to its film and video-cassette library. Russia For Sale is an award-winning documentary which tells the stories of three Russians, a St. Petersburg steel worker, a Moscow police chief, and an entrepre­neur, against the backdrop of the break-up of the USSR. To reserve items from the CSEES collec­tion, contact Maryann Keisel at (614) 292-8770. There is no charge for films or tapes picked up at the Center. Educational institutions wishing to

use these resources are invited to place orders. Thanks to Title-VI funding, CSEES is able to cover shipping charges to off-campus educa­tional instirutions. The borrowing instirution is required to pay only rerurn charges (guaranteed post) to CSEES.

( Camp Horizon ] The Department of Slavic and East European Lan­guages and Literatures will hold its annual retreat

"Lager' Gorizont" April 23-25 at Pilgrim Hills near

Mt. Vernon. Students of Russian are invited to attend. For more information, contact: Gail Lewis, Department of Slavic and East European Languages

and Literatures, 232 Cunz Hall; 292-8770.

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Indiana University will hold its 43rd Summer

18-Aug. 13. The program offers the equivalent of a

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full year's Russian (1st to 6th year) , plus introductory Polish , Bulgarian, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, and Roma­

nian. Courses in Second-year Polish and Czech,

introductory Azeri, Estonian, Georgian , Hungarian, Kazakh, Slovak, and first-and second year Uzbek, are

contingent on funding. Pre-workshop language tour, May 7-June 18, includes four weeks of Russian lan­

guage study in St. Petersburg and travel to Moscow,

Kiev, Baku, and Prague . Contact: D irector SWEEL ' '

502 Ballantine Hall, Indiana U., Bloom ington , IN 47405; (812) 844-2608. Deadlines: March 6 for Russian, May 1 for non-Russian fel lowship applica­tions, May 24 for all others.

The OSU Graduate School will sponsor two work­shops for prospective Ohio State Fulbright appli­cants:

Student Workshop, Fulbright Grants for Graduate

Study and Research Abroad will give OSU students, both graduate and advanced undergraduate, an opportunity to meet with OSU Fulbright participants who will share their experiences and comment on the application and review process from the student's perspective. General information on the Fulbright program will be provided. The workshops will be held February 19, 3:00-5:00 p.m. in Room 101A, Oxley Hall.

Faculty Workshop, Fulbright Scholar Program and

the Fulbright-Hayes Program/or Modern Foreign

Languages and Area Stutlies for OSU faculty and staff. Professors Eve Levin (History) and Lee Becker (Journalism) will talk and answer questions about their Fulbright experiences in Russia and Germany respectively. The workshop will be held February 17, 3:00-5:00 p.m. in Room lOlA, Oxley Hall

For information on the workshops, contact: Dr. James M. Siddens, University Fulbright Adviser, Graduate School, 247 University Hall, 230 N. Oval Mall; 292-603 1.

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•· . Stu.dy a.nd Research Opportunities

International Research and Exchanges Board has

announced two opportunities for support for research in Central and Eastern Europe:

Research Residences in the lJaltics and Euraisa. These residences are designed to enable American scholars to: complete independent research projects,

network with American scholars on-site, improve indigenous language competency, and report on the current status of research institutions and the schol­

arly community of the state or region of residence. Period of stay is 9- 12 months, beginning no earlier that September 1993 and no later than March 1994. U.S. citizens or permanent residents with Ph.D. (or equivalent) who propose a research project in the

humanities or social sciences are invited to apply .

Projects must encompass one or more of the follow­

ing states/regions: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and the Caucasian, Ural, Siberian and Far East regions of the Russian Federa­tion. Application deadline is February 15, 1993. For application materials, contact: IR.EX, 1616 H St. NW, Washington, DC 20006; tel. (202) 628-8188,

fax: (202) 628-8 189.

Support/or Special Projects in the Study of Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia is offered to schol­

ars with collaborative research projects in the study

of Central and Eastern Europe, Mongolia, and the

successor states of the USSR. Countries of focus are

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia­Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic,

Estonia, Georgia, the former German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kygyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland,

Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,

• · Yugoslavia _

Proposals from all disciplines and the social sciences

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are welcome. App lications consist of three copies of

the following: 1) I-page executive summary of project, 2) narrative (15 double-spaced pages or less)

which describes the project in detail, 3) c. v. of

project organizer(s), and 4) detailed, itemized budget.

Send applications and inquires to: Special Projects,

IREX, 1616 H st., NW, Washington, DC 20006; tel: (202) 628-8188, fax: (202) 628-8189.

The National Endowment for the Humanities and

the Center of Ru§ian Language and Culture have announced the 5th NEH/CORLAC Summer Institute

in Russian Language and Culture. The Institute will be held in conjunction with the Russian Language Institute at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Penn­

sylvania from June 27 to July 24, 1993. The purpose

of the Institute is to strengthen and promote the study of Russian language and culture in American class­rooms by providing teachers with immersion instruc­tion as well as materials and methods for classroom use . Participants are provided with a $1,000 stipend,

room and board, travel expenses, and teaching materials. Priority in selection is given to full- and part-time teachers of Russian on the pre-college level and to teachers from small colleges (OSU graduate students have attended in the past). For information

and application, contact: NEH/CORLAC Institute, Friends School, 5114 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21210; tel. (410) 532-3257, fax: (410) 532-3202.

American Council of Teachers of RtWian (ACIR) announces the following research and training opportuni­

ties for 1993-1994:

-Research Scholar Program (2-10 months) for advanced graduate students and faculty to conduct research at most institutions of higher learning throughout the CIS. Title VIII funding may be available for eligible scholars in the social sciences. Deadline: February 1, 1993 (placements

between September 1 and December 30, 1993).

-Combined Research and Training Program for graduate students and scholars to conduct in-country research and receive advanced-level training in the non-Russian

--languages of 'East Central Europe and Eurasia. Two to

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ten-month placements at most universities in the region. Intermediate-level proficiency in target language is required. Deadline: February 15, 1993.

-Annual Summer Exchange of Language Teachers. Full fellowship support for approx. 20 US teachers. Strong preference given to full-time high school teachers. Dead­line: April 1, 1993. Contact: ACTR, Russian and Eur­asian Programs, 1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Ste. 300, Washington, DC 20036; (202) 833-7522.

Hokkaido University's Slavic Research Center an­nounces the seventeenth round of its Foreign Visiting Fellowship Program for 1994-95. Competition is open to foreign scholars interested in spending 9-10 months at the Center (June to March). Deadline : March 31, 1993. Contact : Head, Foreign Visiting Fellowship Program. Slavic Research Qr., Hokkaido U., Kita-9,Nishi-7, Kita­ku, Sapporo 060, Japan; tel. Oll-716-2111, ext. 3156; direct: 011-726-8782.

Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies offers opportunities for scholars and specialists to conduct research on Russian and Soviet studies in Washington. DC. Research proposals examining neglected or underde­veloped disciplines or topics in Russian and Soviet studies are particularly welcome.

-Short-Term Grants (up to one month) provide a stipend of $80 per day to scholars at any level needing to use

research resources in the Washington, DC area. Appli­cants in the final stages of dissertation work are encour­

aged to apply . Oosing dates for short-tenn grants: March 1 and June 1, 1993.

-Internships for graduate students. Interns provide research assistance for resident scholars. A good com­

mand of Russian is expected .

For information and application materials, contact:

Kennan Institute, 370 L'Enfant Promenade, SW, Ste. 704. Washington, DC 20024; (202) 287-3400.

University of Pittsburgh's Center for Russian and Ea�t Euro ean

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maximum $2,500 matching funds, to business and eco-

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nomics faculty from American colleges and universities

engaged in research on the economic transformations of Russia and Eastern Europe. Contact: Bob Donnorwnmo ,

REES Associate Director, 4Gl2 Forbes Quadrangle, Univ. of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA; (412) 648-7403.

The Slavic and East European Collection of the OSU Main Library is seeking a full-time student with Russian language skill to assist in various capacities.

The position which is available now requires 10 hours per week and pays $4.75 per hour. Interested students should contact Kristina Starkus or Tania Pednekar at the Slavic Library, Room 31i, Main Library, 292-8958.

University of Georgia invites nominations and applications for researchers to participate in a long­

term project on nonproliferation export controls in the states of the former USSR. Requirements: PhD or equivalent experience, Russian and/or other relevant language, and strong commitment to high quality research. Appointments are for one year, subject to renewal. Possible starting date, March 1,

1993. Send applications (c.v., three letters of refer­ence, graduate transcripts, and writing sample) and nominations by February 12, 1993 to: Gary Bertsch, Co-Director, Ctr. for East-West Trade Policy, 204

Baldwin Hall, U. of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-

1615; (706) 542-2985; fax: (706) 543-4421. AA/ EOE.

The University of Windsor Department of Qassical and Modern Languages invites applications for a tenure-track position in German/Russian at the rank of Assistant Professor. Applicants should have near­native fluency in German, Russian and English.

Applications, including c. v. and the names and addresses of three referees, should be sent to: The Head, Classical and Modern Languages, University

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of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4; fax: (519) 973-7050. Review of applications will begin Febru­ary 28, 1993.

Groves International, Corporation is seeking candidates for two commercial trade representative positions in the Czech Republic . One position is permanent, the other is a summer internship. Suc­cessful candidates will be stationed in Prague. Du­ties include direct contact negotiation with private industry and maintenance of government and special interest contacts. Candidates should have a bach­elors degree in a related field, ability to communicate effectively in Czech, sales and negotiating skills, and experience in dealing with people of the region. Send resume including salary requirements to: Groves International, Corp. 10700 Montgomery Rd.

Suite 229, Cincinnati, OH 54242.

February 19-20. 1993. Women and Patronage in Arts of the Renaissance hosted by the Ohio State University Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies to be held at Holiday Inn on Lane, 328 West Lane Ave. Preregistration fees: $7 -students; $15 for faculty (includes ticket for Friday evening concert). For infonnation, contact: Susanne R. Wolf, Conference Coordina­tor, CMRS, (614) 292-7495.

March 18-20. 1993. 31st Annual Conference or the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies (AAASS Regional Affiliate). Atlanta. Contact: Thomas Owen, History Department. Louisi· ana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA 70803; (504) 388-4501.

March 20. 1993. Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference (AAASS Regional Affiliate} at the University of Delaware, Newark. For information, contact: Donald Barry, Exec. Sec.· Treasurer,

MASC, Dept of Government, Maginnes Hall 302, Lehigh . ., Bethlehem, PA 18015.

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March 25-27. 1993. 6th Biennial Conrerence on East Central

Europe, Russia and the Former Soviet Union, Univ. of South Florida. Contact: Laszlo Deme, New College, USF, Sarasota. FL 34243-2197; (813)359-4380.

March 25-28. 1993. Conrerence on the Teaching or Foreign

Languages in Des Moines, Iowa. For information, contact Jody Thrush, CSC Executive Dir., 3550 Anderson St., Madison, WI 53704: (608) 246-6573.

April 3. 1993. New England Slavic Association (AAASS Regional Affiliate) at Providence College, Rhode Island. For Information, contact: Patrici3 .E{erphy, NESA Program Chair. Dept. of HiStocy: Box N. Brown Univ., Providence, RI 02912.

April 9-10. 1993. Emerging Legislatures in Eastern Europe

and the Former USSR at Emory University. For information, contact: Terry Sabonis-Chafee, Center for Soviet, Post-Soviet. and East European Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322; (404) 727-6582.

April 2 1-24. 1993. Rocky Mountain Association for Slavic Studies (AAASS Regional Affiliate) annual meeting, Corpus Christi, TX. Gunther Schaarschmidt, Dept. of Slavonic Studies, Univ. of Victoria, P.O. Box 3045, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, V8W 3P4; (604) 721-7506; fax: (604) 721-8653.

April 30-May 1.1993. Call for Papers . The Mayakovsky Centennial : 1893-1993 held at Lehman College, New York.

. One-page abstracts are due by December 18, 1992. Papers are

due by February 19, 1993. Send absttacts and papefS to: The Mayakovsky Symposium Committee, Lehman College, CUNY. Shuster Hall 102 , Bronx, NY 10468.

April 30-Mav 2. 1993. Call for Papers and Panels. Midwest Slavic Conference (AAASS Regional Aff'diate) at Michigan State Univ. For information, contact: Directors, 1993 MSC, c/o Munir Sendich, Dir. , Russian & East European Studies Center, 1078, International Studies & Programs, Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824.

Ma,v 13-15. 1993. Call/or Papers. 8th International Confer­ence on Non-Slavic Languages; and MAY 16. 1993: Confer­ence on the Cultures of Caucasia at Univ. of Chicago. Topics: linguistic aspects of languages presently or historically spoken on the territories of the successor states of the USSR. Send one-page abstracts to: Howard Aronson or Bill Darden. NSL-8, Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Univ. of Chicago, 1 130 E. 59th., Chicago, IL 60637; (312) 702-8033, fax: (3 12) 702-9861.

May 24-29. 1993. An International Scholarly Conference will be held in Moscow entitled Russian Literature in the Context of the Development of World Literature. Organizers include:

gress of Compatriots. A fee of $100, paid by February 1. covers room and board. For information. contact: (7-095) 939-19-85 or fax: (7-095) 205-45-81.

June 4-6. 1993. Conference of the Canadian Association of Slavists in Ottawa. Topics include historical, social science. environmental, literary, and linguistic themes related to East Central Europe and the successor states of the USSR. For infonnation, contact: Joan DeBardeleben, Dir .• Inst. of Soviet & East European Studies, Carlton Univ., Ott.. KlS 586. Canada.

June 4-6. 1993. International interdisciplinary conference on "Russian Religious Philosophy" at the Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison. Forinfonnation, 1:ontact: Judith Kornblatt, Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures, 720 Van Hise Hall, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706.

June 7-10. Cal/for Papers. International conference on "Privatization and Socioeconomic Policy in Central and Eastern Europe" in Crakow, Poland. Send proposals to: Joseph F. Quinn, Dept. of Economics, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167; (617) 552-3670, fax: (617) 552-8828.

June 23-30. 1993. 19th New Hampshire Symposium. Conway, NH. "The GDR Revisited: A Critical Evaluation of the GDR within the Context of the Present." Contact: W. Christoph Schmauch, World Fellowship Ctr., Conway, NH 038181(603)356-5208; fax: (603) 356-5252.

July 4-9. 1993. The 2nd International Congress of Roma­nian Studies in Iasi, Romania. For information, contact: Paul E. Michelson, Society for Romanian Studies, Huntington College, Huntington, IN 46750; (219) 356-6000. fax: (219) 356-9448.

October 7-9. 1993. Interdisciplinary Conference on Slavic Cultures in Commemoration of the Centenary of the Death of Piotr Dicb Tchaikovskii (1840-93) at Hofstra Univ., Hempstead, NY. For information, contact: Natalie Datlof. Dir .•

Hofstra Cultural Ctr., Hofstra Univ., Hempstead, NY 11550-1090; (516) 463-5669, fax: (516) 564-4297.

October 29-30. 1993. Call for Papers. The 17th Annual Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Youngstown State University. Send proposals for workshops (2 hours), or presentations (30 or 50 minutes). by March 15. 1993, to: Foreign Language Conference, Depart­ment of Foreign Languages, Youngstown State University. Youngstown, OH 44555.

November 19-22. 1993. The 25th National Convention of the AAASS hosted by the Western Slavic Association, in Honolulu, Hawaii at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Special theme: "Eurasia Reconfigured" but proposals on all topics are welcome.

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- or 1terature, The International Association of Three Continents: A Tale of Migration" at Tel Aviv Univ .. Teachers of Russian Language and Literature, and The Con- Israel. For information, contact: Paul Ritterband. Ctr. for

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Jewish Studies, Box 465, Graduate Ctr., 33 W. 42 St., New York, NY 10036-8099; (212) 642-2180.

SCJ>tember 1994. The 7th Congress of the International Association for Southeast European Studies (AIESEE) will be held in Athens or Rhodes, Greece. For infonnation, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: U.S. National Committee of AIESEE, c/o Department of Slavic Languages. CB#3165 Dey Hall. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. NC 27599-3165.

November 17-20. 1994. The 26th National Convention of the

AAASS, hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference, at the Wyndam Franklin Plaza Hotel in Philadelphia, PA.

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