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April 8, 2016
Instructor Dotton and her class "The Other Kazakhstan" report that their Abai poetry reading with fellow students from Nazarbayev University on April 6 was a huge success. Professor Albrecht Kressen (German Studies) attended the event and commented…
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March 30, 2016
Students in 195A: Kazakhstan - The Heart of Eurasia celebrated Nauriz with dancing, food, and presentations.
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March 23, 2016
Students from first-, second-, and third-year Russian joined together to organize University of Arizona's Maslenitsa festival on March 23, 2016. A popular holiday throughout Slavic lands, Maslenitsa celebrates the end of winter and marks the…
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March 2, 2016
Congratulations to Aleksey Novikov who won the award for best poster at this year's Second Language Acquisition & Teaching (SLAT) Interdisciplinary Roundtable! Aleksey's presentation, entitled "Pedagogical Perspectives on Russian Aspect: Corpus…
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Feb. 29, 2016
Students and faculty of the UA's Russian and Slavic Studies Department were invited by the Phoenix Suns to participate in Russian Heritage Night at Talking Stick Arena on Feb. 25. A group of 40 traveled to Phoenix, attended the game, and thereafter…
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Dec. 18, 2015
Congratulations to Aleksey Novikov, who gave a heartfelt speech on the importance of the Humanities at Commencement on December 18, 2015. Calling all graduates to "be ambassadors for the humanities around the globe," Aleksey touched on the…
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Nov. 23, 2015
On November 11, 2015 students in RSSS 195A: The Other Kazakhstan held a lively debate on several issues concerning recent political events. Judges of the debate included Professor John Leafgren (Russian and Slavic Studies), Ms. Barbara Chinworth (…
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Oct. 27, 2015
On October 26, 2015 participants in RSSS 195A : The Other Kazakhstan Skyped with students at South Kazakhstan Institute of Pedagogy. Although seperated by a time difference of eleven hours, the students in Shymkent, Kazakhstan and Tucson, Arizona…
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Oct. 14, 2015
A musician and former music teacher, Ex-Chair of the Tucson Almaty Sister Cities Committee (TASCC), Mrs. Barbara Chinworth has helped organize and execute imp/rtanT vhsits between American musicians to Kazakhstan, and Kazakhstani musicians to Tucson…
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April 29, 2015
RSSS offers courses in Pre-session, Summer I and Summer II.
Summer Pre-Session (May 18 – June 1):
RSSS 315 – Werewolves and Vampires: Slavic Folklore in our Culture
9:00-11:50, M-F, Psych 304, Teresa Polowy
Summer Session I (June 8 – July 9):
RSSS…