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Fall 2007

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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

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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

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.

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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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

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.

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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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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,contactgonchai@muohio.eduorcall529-2526.

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:Prof.VenelinGanev.Contactformoreinformationatganevvi@muohio.edu,or529-2334.

ScholarshipsareavailableforMiamistudentsfromtheHavighurstCenterandthe Continuing Education Office. Each program will be cancelled if it fails to reachaminimumof10students.

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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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

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,atDAWISHKL@muohio.edu.

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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