June 02, 2009
History Takes Place: European Memorial Sites, 09/07-18/2009, Warsaw
The deadline for applications is 18 June 2009.
Since 2003 and at different central locations, the ZEIT-Stiftung has invited up to 20 young historians and scholars of cultural studies (primarily Ph.D. students) to attend academic seminars exploring the „spectrum of Central and Eastern Europe“ (H. v. Keyserlingk). These major sites and their regions are perceived as lieux de mémoire. Participants explore historical traces in local topographies, in architecture and monuments. The city itself is studied as a historical source - „History Takes Place“.
From 7 to 18 September 2009 the Summer School "History Takes Place: European Memorial Sites" will be held in Warsaw. This year, Prof. Dr. Werner Benecke (European University Viadrina at Frankfurt/Oder) will serve as the academic director. The project will also be sponsored by the Gerda Henkel Stiftung and organised in cooperation with the German Historical Institute in Warsaw.
Further information can be found under www.history-takes-place.de or requested by email: hofmann@zeit-stiftung.de.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you very much for your help and consideration!
Dr. des. Anna Hofmann
Projektleiterin
Förderbereich Wissenschaft und Forschung
ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius
Feldbrunnenstraße 56
20148 Hamburg
Tel.: 040-41336-785
Fax: 040-41336-777
E-Mail: hofmann@zeit-stiftung.de
http://www.zeit-stiftung.de
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May 29, 2009
Free Georgian distance course (U. Malmö)
I'm passing along an appeal from Manana Kock-Kobaidze manana.kock.kobaidze@mah.se, who teaches Georgian language distance
learning courses at Malmö University in Sweden. Georgian I, which is usually taught every semester, is threatened with closure in fall 2009: the University has raised the minimum enrollment from 25 to 35. If Georgian I is cancelled this fall, there is a risk that
it will be cancelled for further semesters too.
I have taken Georgian I and can recommend this course highly to anyone looking for a solid and manageable introduction to Georgian, and to those who are working through more comprehensive textbooks (e.g., Aronson's or Hewitt's) that are challenging to self-study. The course is well thought out in its material (logically ordered themes, limited grammar information) and the means of teaching it (a combination of on-line self-check and teacher-corrected exercises). It is taught entirely on-line, and Dr. Kock-Kobaidze is very accessible and responsive, through e-mail and optional Skype sessions. The course is also *FREE* (once enrolled, one must wife-transfer a small fee, SEK200 or about US$26, to join the Malmö Student Union), and a nice way to meet other learners from around the world.
The deadline for so-called late application is 28 August.
The official site of the course is http://www.edu.mah.se/IM202E/
There is a link to the application at this site.
Information about the course and a link to the
application are also found
here:
http://webzone.imer.mah.se/projects/georgianV04/INTRO/index_Georgian.html
http://webzone.imer.mah.se/projects/georgianV04/INTRO/apply.html
Please email Dr. Kock-Kobaidze with any questions:
manana.kock.kobaidze@mah.se
Robert Romanchuk
Associate Professor of Slavic Florida State University Department of Modern Languages 362 Diffenbaugh Tallahassee FL 32306-1540
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May 01, 2009
Summer Certificate Program
The Honorary Consulate General of Russia in Colorado and Deb Palmieri Russia Institute are presenting a summer certificate program for seniors and graduate students interested in doing business with Russia.
The program is based in Denver, Colorado, and has two sessions running from June 15-21, 2009 and August 17-23, 2009. The goal of the program is to provide a hands-on, practical experience for students interested in Russia. Students will:
• Learn about business in Russia
• Study the Russian economy and political system
• Study success strategies and case studies
• Learn career-building strategies and how to gain employment in this field
We would like to make this opportunity available to your students. There are limited spaces available.
The program is organized and led by Dr. Deborah A. Palmieri, a leading expert on business with Russia.
For more information, please visit www.DebPalmieriRussia.com, and click on summer programs.
If you have any questions, please call at 303-831-9181, or email Info@DebPalmieriRussia.com.
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March 10, 2009
Indiana University's 59th Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European, and Central Asian Languages
Indiana University’s 59th Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European, and Central Asian Languages
June19th - August 14th, 2009
Bloomington, Indiana
For more information, visit the SWSEEL website:
www.indiana.edu/~iuslavic/swseel/
Or email: SWSEEL@indiana.edu
-Priority applications (for funding purposes) due March 20
-Apply through the SWSEEL website
-All students pay in-state tuition.
-Over 20 hours of weekly instruction
-Complete 1 full academic year of language study in 8 weeks!
-FLAS fellowships and other funding available (see website)
Languages and Levels Offered in 2009:
Azerbaijani 1-2
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian* 1
Czech 1
Georgian 1-2
Hungarian 1
Kazakh 1-2
Macedonian* 1
Mongolian 1
Pashto 1
Romanian* 1
Polish 1
Russian 1-6
Slovene 1
Tajik 1-2
Turkmen 1-2
Uyghur 1-2
Uzbek 1-2
Ukrainian 1
(*These languages are ACLS-funded and tuition-free for grad students specializing in any field related to Eastern Europe)
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February 24, 2009
Albanian Summer Institute - Ohio State University
Where: The Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) and Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo
When: July 20 - August 7, 2009 (Columbus), with optional 2-week extension from August 16 - 30 (Prishtina)
What: Two 3-credit classes at OSU — East European Languages & Literatures 671.30 (Introduction to Albanian Linguistics) and East European Languages & Literatures 671.40 (Conversational Albanian) — followed (optionally) by attendance at the Summer Seminar in Albanian Language, History, and Culture, run by the University of Prishtina in Prishtina, Kosovo. Academic credit for the Prishtina Seminar, if desired, can be arranged through The Ohio State University.
Who (Faculty): E Eur LL 671.40 will be taught by Matthew Curtis, MA/ABD in Balkan Linguistics at The Ohio State University; E Eur LL 671.30 will be taught by Professor Brian D. Joseph, a specialist in Balkan and Albanian historical linguistics. The Prishtina Seminar will be taught by faculty in the Albanian Department of the University of Prishtina.
Who (Participants): The Summer Albanian Institute is open to all interested parties, including both current OSU students (undergraduate or graduate) and anyone outside of OSU (whether students, faculty, or nonacademics) — regular OSU tuition charges (resident or nonresident, as the case may be) apply for the 671.30/671.40 courses. Note that OSU students with a fee waiver can apply it towards these courses, and students from CIC institutions should be eligible for CIC visiting student status and are urged to explore this possibility with their local campus CIC office; nonstudents or non-CIC students can take the class for undergraduate credit by enrolling through OSU’s Continuing Education program, which involves completing a simple application form (the “Superform”) on-line (www.continuinged.ohio-state.edu/who.html) and paying a $40 application fee (by check or money order only); outsiders wishing to take the class for graduate credit should consult http://gradadmissions.osu.edu/nondegree.html.
There is NO tuition for the Prishtina Seminar and the University of Prishtina will provide (free of charge) room and board for all participants (by arrangement, all participants in the OSU Institute will be automatically admitted to the Prishtina Seminar). Participants in the Prishtina portion will thus be responsible only for their own travel costs to and from Kosovo and any incidental expenses while there. It is hoped that some grants-in-aid will be available towards either OSU tuition or Kosovo travel costs.
Students must contact Laurie Ogburn (ogburn.4@osu.edu) concerning mandatory supplemental health insurance coverage for the overseas portion of the program.
Note that if you are a US citizen and do not already have a passport, you must apply for one immediately (OSU students can do so at the Campus Post Office on W. 18th St.); see also http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html). An existing passport will need to be valid through March 1, 2010 to be usable for the Kosovo program.
Why: Albanian is a fascinating language, spoken largely in six countries in the eastern Mediterranean region (Albania, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Montenegro) and connected to a heritage and culture that is rich, even if relatively unknown in the West. Students taking part in the OSU portion will have three weeks of an intensive introduction to conversational Albanian coupled with an appreciation for the structure, history, and dialectology of the language through the Albanian linguistics class, and all of this will be reinforced during the on-site Summer Seminar in Prishtina. The overall goal is to offer participants a solid foundation in Albanian that they can build on afterwards for research in a variety of fields (Indo-European linguistics, Balkan linguistics, political science, history, etc.) and for service opportunities in the region.
What to do: If you are interested in participating, please contact Brian Joseph as soon as possible, and indicate also if you are interested in the Kosovo portion of the program. All applications will need to be finalized by MAY 1 for preferred consideration (it may be harder to accommodate applicants after that date). Those from within OSU involve simply an expression of interest (why you want to take the classes and a paragraph on your background) sent to joseph.1@osu.edu, along with registration for the course(s) in the usual way through the Office of the Registrar. Applicants from outside of OSU who want to take the class(es) for undergraduate credit must adhere to the policies and procedures of the Office of Continuing Education (see above, and consult www.continuinged.ohio-state.edu/who.html), while those wanting to take the class(es) for graduate credit must adhere to the policies and procedures of the Graduate School (see above, and consult http://gradadmissions.osu.edu/nondegree.html).
Questions? Please contact Brian Joseph with any questions or for more information (joseph.1@osu.edu).
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February 13, 2009
SUMMER Institute: Developing a Research Base for the Heritage Field, 06/22-26/2009, IL
The National Heritage Language Resource Center is accepting applications for the Third Heritage Language Summer Institute:
Institute Dates: June 22-26, 2009 Location: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Directed by: Professor Maria Polinsky (Harvard)
Application Deadline: March 15, 2009
The National Heritage Language Resource Center invites applications to participate in the 3rd Summer Heritage Language Research Institute.
This year's institute will focus on the implications of research for classroom instruction. Each participant will design a small classroom research project during the course of the institute and carry it out during the fall 2009 term.
Applications are invited from faculty in languages, linguistics, and education. Graduate students are encouraged to apply, and some financial assistance may be available for them.
To file an application, go to: http://library.international.ucla.edu/apply/Decisions will be announced in early April.
Materials from earlier NHLRC research institutes can be found at http://www.international.ucla.edu/languages/nhlrc/projects/article.asp?parentid=68141
Susan Bauckus
UCLA Center for World Languages
www.international.ucla.edu
Heritage Language Journal
www.heritagelanguages.org
Language Materials Project
www.lmp.ucla.edu
LA Language World
www.lalamag.ucla.edu
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February 06, 2009
Summer Study: Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe: Culture, Society, Politics, 05/20-06/-4/2009, Krakow
Fellowships for Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute in European Studies, May 20 - June 4, 2009
"Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe: Culture, Society, Politics"
The DAAD Center for German & European Studies at the University of Minnesota invites applications to the 9th Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute in European Studies (TASI). The Institute will bring together 12 German or other European, and 12 North American graduate students for an intensive two-week seminar in Krakow, Poland. Cooperating partners are the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management and the Institute of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University. The 2009 topic is "." The Institute will be taught by a multi-disciplinary team of faculty: Francis Harvey (Geography; University of Minnesota), Tom Wolfe (History; University of Minnesota) and Annamaria Orla-Bukowska (Sociology; Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland). The Institute is intended for advanced graduate students from all recognized institutions of higher education. All selected students will receive full fellowships. Application deadline: March 15, 2009.
Full details and application materials at
http://www.cges.umn.edu/fellowships/tasi.htm
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February 02, 2009
Summer School on Human Rights, 06/20-27/2009, Warsaw
Deadline: February 21, 2009
http://www.hfhrpol.waw.pl/news196-en.html
0th International Summer School on Human Rights We are pleased to inform that the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights is organizing the 20th International Summer School on Human Rights. The School will be held in Warsaw-Miedzeszyn, Poland, between 20 and 27 June 2009. The School is intended for human rights activists, university teachers and representatives of institutions from all levels of public administration dealing with human rights issues from Central, Eastern European and CIS countries and is limited only to those who have not yet participated in our Summer or Winter Schools.
The program is open to university graduates or final-year university students. Our program combines lectures and workshops on the historical and philosophical background of human rights, domestic and international systems of human rights protection as well as the applicability of rights of primary importance (see programme attached). The lectures will be given by renowned professors, university teachers and experts in the field of human rights and international law. English and Russian are the working languages of our Summer School. The ability to communicate freely in one of the above is required.
The programme and application form are in the attachment. Participants (65 people in total) will be chosen by a selection committee on a competitive basis. Out of 65 participants, 30 can attend the School free of charge (organizers will cover accommodation in double rooms and meals during the course). The other 35 people may
participate in the School under the condition that they cover expenses themselves (please see the application form).
Lectures and workshops, translation of classes, educational materials, medicalinsurance while on the territory of Poland are free of charge to all participants provided that they attend all classes. Travel costs, visa expenses, accommodation and meals during travel will not be covered. Participants may try to obtain a grant from the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights for the partial reimbursement of travel costs to Poland, if necessary. Should you be interested in our offer, please submit an application pack consisting of: an application form a one-page curriculum vitae a letter of reference from your organization/employer Please send the application pack by e-mail to 20summer@hfhrpol.waw.pl, or by post to:
Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
11 Zgoda str.
00‑018 Warsaw, POLAND
The closing date for Summer School applications is 21 February 2009. Only complete applications containing all required information will be eligible for admission. Both successful and unsuccessful applicants will be notified by 8 May 2009.
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January 09, 2009
Dissertation development workshop: Russia/Eurasia in World Context, 05/1-3/2009, Princeton
APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 22, 2009
All materials should be submitted electronically to eurasia@ssrc.org
Russia/Eurasia in World Context: A Dialogue with European Studies
http://programs.ssrc.org/eurasia/Title8_Dissertation_Workshops/Princeton_09/
May 1-3, 2009
Co-sponsored by Princeton University’s Institute for International and
Regional Studies (PIIRS) and Russian and Eurasian Studies Program
THE EURASIA PROGRAM of the Social Science Research Council, in partnership with Princeton University’s Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) and Russian and Eurasian Studies Program, invites applications for a three-day dissertation development workshop that crosses area studies boundaries, encourages interdisciplinarity, and explores continuities, connections and contrasts across the Eurasian and European regions. The geographic and conceptual overlap between Eurasia and Europe invites questions about the very definitions of the regions themselves and the institutions and identities that comprise them.
The workshop will investigate commonalities, as well as differences and pitfalls, in research agendas and frameworks, and develop new questions through juxtapositions of the two intersecting regions. Topics would range from interpretive categories (empire, nation, the state, power, gender, ethnicity, modernism, modernity, authoritarianism, democracy) to transnational processes (development, trade, governance, private corporations, corruption, water, oil, migration, environment, health, disease, terrorism, science, information technology, languages, diasporas, cultural exchange, war).
Discussions will focus on what does, or does not, link Russia/Eurasia with Europe, the historical relationships between the regions, and the ways these regions are constructed in scholarly and public discussions.
Funding is provided by the United States Department of State, Program for Research and Training for Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (Title VIII) and by Princeton University Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) and its Russian and Eurasian Studies Program.
INSTRUCTIONS & ELIGIBILITY
All students who are currently enrolled in an accredited PhD program and working at some stage on their dissertation projects may apply. Applicant’s work must relate in whole or in part to the regions of Eurasia and/or Europe, in their current or historical context. Proposals that deal in whole or in part with one or more of the following countries/ regions are particularly encouraged: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
All applicants are required to submit the following:
• A five page, double spaced summary of the dissertation project, highlighting the dissertation’s relationship to the themes and objectives of the workshop
• A 500-word abstract of the project
• One letter of academic recommendation from the applicant’s primary advisor or other relevant individual
• Curriculum Vitae
All materials should be submitted electronically to eurasia@ssrc.org
With the exception of the letter of recommendation, where the original should be mailed to the SSRC, attn: Eurasia Program and received by the January 22,2009 deadline.
Please address all inquiries and correspondence to:
Social Science Research Council, Eurasia Program
810 Seventh Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 377-2700 x 437; Fax: (212) 377-2727
E-mail: Eurasia@ssrc.org
Award decisions will be announced in early February 2009. If selected, participants will be required to submit a 15-25 page dissertation chapter or writing sample and a 1,500-2,000 word essay outlining the project which is aimed for a generalist/non-specialist audience. Selected participants will receive detailed information as to the requirements for the writing sample, which will be due in advance of the workshop. The five page application statements, writing samples and CVs will be pre-circulated among all conference participants.
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December 10, 2008
summer study: CULTURAL ECONOMICS: The Value of Culture, Netherlands
Deadline: April 20st 2009
SUMMER PROGRAM in CULTURAL ECONOMICS: The Value of Culture
Academia Vitae and Erasmus University in the Netherlands are pleased to introduce an excellent international summer program in cultural economics: Value of Culture.
This course examines the relationships between culture and economics. It explores the tension between the world of economics and the world of the arts, the practices of cultural entrepreneurship, the challenge of financing precious works, the functioning of the art market, international cultural policies, the important role of creativity in the modern economy, and the economics of cultural heritage.
This is a Master's level course open to:
- Students who intend to focus on cultural economics and related issues
- Lecturers and researchers involved in cultural management, policies, and studies
- Professionals working for or with private and public cultural institutions
- Curious people who would like to know more about the subject and how it affects their lives.
Students will take part in debates on recent thought in the economics of the arts and cultural entrepreneurship, and learn from actual cases in the world of the arts and culture. They will be surrounded by prominent cultural entrepreneurs in the charming, historical town of Deventer, situated between the cultural and economic meccas of Amsterdam and Berlin. The course will include meetings with successful cultural entrepreneurs. Students with little or no economic background will be able to take a seminar on basic economic principles (at a level sufficient to pursue the Master of Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship at Erasmus University).
The application deadline is April 20st 2009. For further information please visit our website http://www.academiavitae.nl/summer/index.php
or contact the Admission Office at petrova[ at ]academiavitae.nl
Lyudmila Petrova
Academia Vitae
Papenstraat 26
7411 ND Deventer, The Netherlands
0031 570-641225
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Summer study: Jack Miller Center Summer Institute, VA
Jack Miller Center Summer Institute
The Jack Miller Center is beginning the planning for our annual summer institutes and we are seeking qualified participants for this year’s programs.
For those of you not familiar with the Miller Summer Institutes, each year we bring together dozens of our country's most promising young scholars in the humanities and social sciences for two weeks of seminars, lectures and workshops, led by many of our country's leading academics. We provide travel arrangements, food, lodging, and each participant receives a generous honorarium after completing the program.
For more information:
http://jackmillercenter.org/news/templates/?a=62&z=6
Luke Perez
Programs Officer
Jack Miller Center
Email: lperez@gojmc.org
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December 09, 2008
Dissertation Workshop: Resources in Eurasia, Georgetown
January 19, 2009 deadline
CFA- Dissertation Workshop: Resources in Eurasia, SSRC Eurasia Program
Dissertation Development Workshop
Resources in Eurasia:
Wealth, Scarcity, or Curse?
April 16-18, 2009
Georgetown University's Center for Eurasian,
Russian and East European Studies (CERES)
THE EURASIA PROGRAM of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
invites proposals for a dissertation development workshop focusing on
resources-ranging from oil and natural gas, to water and land, to
science and industry, to human health and education and beyond-in
Eurasia. Graduate students at any stage of the dissertation process
(from proposal to write-up) and from any disciplinary or
interdisciplinary program in the humanities or social sciences are
eligible to apply. We particularly encourage applicants who propose
fresh theoretical perspectives and methodologies, and whose work
speaks to a wide scholarly audience.
Eurasia is widely considered to be rich in a variety of resources:
natural, technological, and human. Scholars across disciplines are
asking theoretically-grounded, potentially policy relevant questions
about the existence, histories, politics, impact, and future
trajectories of resource exploration, development, and exploitation
across the region. Sociologists and public health specialists, for
example, lament the degradation of human capital and the impact of
"brain drain" during the transition years. Anthropologists and
geographers study the meanings and impacts of various kinds of natural resources for local communities who may or may not benefit from their presence. Political scientists and scholars of international relations examine the impact of cross-border disputes over the harvesting and transportation of resources. Historians consider the impact of resource consumption in the context of economic, political and social movements. Economists debate whether Russia is afflicted with a resource "curse."
What are the historical, cultural, political, social, geographic,
technological, and economic factors that determine how and when
various kinds of resources are extracted, developed, traded, and used? How are resources implicated in the cultural practices and social relations that shape institutions? How are relations within and between states and sub-national groups affected by conflicts over
control of resources? How is the future of the region as a whole, and
of various groups in the region, likely to be affected by the ways in
which resources are developed and allocated? How have scholars
constructed the meanings and impacts of resource scarcity and
availability throughout the region?
Instructions & Eligibility
Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents who are
currently enrolled in an accredited PhD program and working at some
stage on their dissertation projects. Regions and countries currently
supported by the program include Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, the Russian Federation,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, and the applicant's
work must relate as a whole or in part to one or more of these regions in their current or historical context. All applicants are required to submit the following:
* A five page, double spaced summary of the dissertation project,
highlighting the dissertation's relationship to the themes and
objectives of the workshop
* A 500-word abstract of the project
* One letter of academic recommendation from the applicant's primary
advisor or other relevant individual
* Curriculum Vitae
All materials should be submitted electronically to eurasia@ssrc.org
with the exception of the letter of recommendation, where the original should be mailed to the SSRC, attn: Eurasia Program and received by the January 19, 2009 deadline.
Alisha Kirchoff
Eurasia Program Coordinator
The Social Science Research Council
810 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10019
phone: +1(212)377-2700 ext: 437
fax: +1 (212)377-2727
email: kirchoff@ssrc.org
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November 19, 2008
PROG. INFO.- China's Northern Frontier: Onsite Seminar, July14-Aug. 5, 2009
Registration deadline 1/1/2009
PROG. INFO.- China's Northern Frontier: Onsite Seminar, July 14-Aug. 5, 2009
With support from Yale University Council on East Asian Studies,
Beijing University and Silkroad Foundation have organized for summer
2009 a special field study program of China's northern frontier.
Border or Frontier Studies have attracted the attention of scholars
who focus both on China and on Inner Asia. The border region not only
marks the limits of the political and military power of ancient China, but was also the area within which cultural contact took place between Inner Asia and China proper. It was here in the border region that nomadic peoples accumulated the power which enabled them to move into China proper and establish their new dynasties. Therefore, along the borders in northern and northwestern China there are numerous ancient sites, including architecture, tombs, fortresses,petroglyphs, and Buddhist caves, many of them strikingly well preserved.
This field program will travel and cover four provinces - Gansu,
Ninxia, Inner Mongolia, and Liaoning. With the help of local
archaeologists, this program will start from Lanzhou and travel along
the border to Shenyang, visiting more than thirty sites in three
weeks. In addition to the program director, Professor Luo Xin from
Beijing University, the invited speakers include Albert Dien, Mimi
Yiengpruksawan, Nancy Steinhardt, François Louis from the United
States, and Zheng Binglin, Zhang Defang, Luo Feng, Wei Zhong, Tian
Likun, and Tala from China.
The goal of the program is to examine the importance of this border
area in China, and promote the development of border studies through
an understanding of the new links between archaeological data and
Chinese written sources.
The official language of the program is English.
Registration
The online registration should be submitted to the Silkroad Foundation
by 1/1/2009. The full nonrefundable payment is due by 3/31/2009.Maximum of thirty participants will be accepted.
To register, please visit Silkroad Foundation website:
http://www.silkroad foundation. Org
Contacts
Program Director
Professor Luo Xin, Beijing University
Email: luoxin@pku.edu.cn
Silkroad Foundation
Email: frontierseminar@silkroadfoundation.org
List of Lectures
Zheng Binglin (Lanzhou University): The Historical Landmarks of the
Gansu Corridor
Zhang Defang (the Archaeological Institute of Gansu Province): An
introduction to the Han woodslips in Gansu Province
Luo Xin (Peking University): The Changing Frontier: Between the Great
Wall and the Mongolian Gobi
Luo Feng (The Archaeological Institute of Ningxia Province): Guyuan:
The Stories Told by the Non-Chinese Tombs
Wei Zhong (Guyuan Museum): The Historical Sites in Guyuan and the New
Archaeological Discoveries
Albert Dien (Stanford University): The Life and Career of a Sabao, The Case of Shijun
Tala (The Archaeological Institute of Inner Mongolia): Recent
Archaeological Discoveries Relating to Frontier Studies in Inner Mongolia
Albert Dien (Stanford University): Chinese Trade Goods among the Xiongnu
Nancy Steinhardt (University of Pennsylvania): Ten Liao Tombs and Why
They Are Important
François Louis (The Bard Graduate Center): Khitan Burials:
Perpetuating Dynastic Power
Tian Likun (The Archaeological Institute of Liaoning Province):
Chaoyang, the Key Frontier City for Peoples of Northeast China
Albert Dien (Stanford University): Ethnicity and Self-Identity: The
Murong Dynasties of the Northeast
Nancy Steinhardt (University of Pennsylvania): Liao Pagodas: Sources and Legacy
François Louis (The Bard Graduate Center): The Liao Dynasty's Crafts Industry
Schedule
7/14 Check in in Lanzhou. Overnight in Lanzhou
7/15 Lecture. Overnight in Lanzhou
7/16 Gansu Museum. Bus to Tianshui, Nanguosi, Overnight in Tianshui
7/17 Maijishan Caves. Fuximiao. Overnight in Tianshui
7/18 Bus to Guyuan in Ningxia. Xumishan Caves, Overnight in Guyuan
7/19 Lecture day. Overnight in Guyuan
7/20 Bus to Yinchuan. Ningxia Museum. Overnight in Yinchuan
7/21 Xixia Imperial Tombs and Helanshan petroglyphs. Overning in Yinchuan
7/22 Bus to Baotou in Inner Mogolia. Wudangzhao. Overnight in Baotou
7/23 Bus to Huhhot. Dazhaosi and Huayanjingta.Overnight in Huhhot
7/24 Lecture day. Overnight in Huhhot
7/25 Museum. TBD. Overnight in Huhhot
7/26 Bus to Zhangjiakou in Hebei. Xuanhua Liao Tomb. Overnight in Zhangjiakou
7/27 Bus to Chengde. Overnight in Chengde. Puningsi. Overnight in Chengde
7/28 After visiting the Putuo Tample. Bus to Chifen. Damingta.
Overnight in Chifeng
7/29 Shangjing Ruin, Liao Caves and Liao Taizu Tomb. Overnight in Chifeng
7/30 Chifeng Museum, Bus to Chaoyang, Overnight in Chaoyang
7/31 Lecture day. Overnight in Chaoyang
8/1 North & south Pogodas. Fenghuangshan Ruin. Overnight in Chaoyang
8/2 Bus to Jinzho. Chongxingsi and Fengguosi. Overnight in Jinzhou.
8/3 Bus to Shenyang. Shenyang Palace. Overnight in Shenyang
8/4 Bus to Tonghua in Jilin Province. Koguryo Tombs. Overnight in Tonghua
8/5 Bus to Shenyang. Jingguangshelita. Overnight in Shenyang
Seminar Fee
The comprehensive seminar fee is $2740 for single and $2000 for double.
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October 14, 2008
Russsian Service Learning in Action Network
*Looking for ways to improve you Russian Language Skills or your knowledge of Russian history, literature or culture?
* Looking for ways to engage in community srevice?
*Woul you like to study/intern in Russia but cannot fit it into your academic schedule?
*Would you like to get credit for your volunteer service?
We have the course for you!!
Work with AA area Russian speakers in one of the following areas (all proficiency levels of Russian accommodated; some assignments require only English):
*Translate/interpret at legal, government and medical appointements
*Serve as a patient advocate
*Be a language exchange partner
*Lead one-on-one computer tutoring sessions
*Lead a current events/ movie discussion group
*Provide compainionship, help with chores for seniors
*Give Russian culture, history and language presentations in English schools
*Translate mail and other documents
*Lead an exercise program and walks for seniors
*Assist with food distribution
*Be an English tutor for children and adults
*Assist seniors on trips to concerts
*Help with holiday programs and gift delivery
*Tutor kids adopted from Russia
And many more opportuinities...
Help us gauge student interest and pre-register for the November informational meeting by filling out a short on-line survey at:
https://lessons.ummu.umich.edu/2k/ruslan_student_survey/survey_001
For more information contact:
Alina Makin
resco@umich.edu
(734) 647-4376
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