Dr. Colleen Lucey wins AATSEEL Best First Book Prize for her book Love for Sale: Representing Prostitution in Imperial Russia

Feb. 20, 2023
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Congratulations to Dr. Colleen Lucey for winning American Association of Teacher of Slavic and East European Languages Best First Book Prize for her book Love for Sale: Representing Prostitution in Imperial Russia.

"Colleen Lucey’s intriguing monograph offers new perspectives on Imperial Russia’s debates over prostitution and the cultural products that depicted the sexually transgressive women of St. Petersburg. Viewed within the context of economies of exchange, this book begins with state-regulated prostitution and charts various types of transactional sex until the first years of the twentieth century (1840s to 1905). Whether the fallen woman, the brothel worker, the demimondaine, the dowerless bride or the kept woman, Love for Sale: Representing Prostitution in Imperial Russia convincingly interrogates a variety of sexual commerce and sundry types of erotic behavior. St. Petersburg acts as the central location of both sexual fulfillment and deviant perversion; the epicenter of sexual licentiousness. Lucey takes this wonderful study beyond the walls of the brothel and the city streets to examine how prostitution was perceived to threaten the sanctity of marriage, disrupt the traditional roles of wife and mother, and prompt a distrust of female entrepreneurs. Drawing on both literary texts and visual sources, Love for Sale captures how the commodification of love was part of the larger disruption of Russian bourgeois society during a period of rapid modernization and Westernization."

AATSEEL website https://www.aatseel.org/about/prizes/recent-recipients/book-prize-winne…

Graduate Students / Faculty Mixer

When
5 p.m., Nov. 30, 2022

The Department of Russian & Slavic Studies will host a mixer for their graduate students and faculty on December 1st at 5pm at No Anchovies. They will discuss the work, studies and research the department was involved with this semester. An agenda will be distributed before the event.

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Film Screening: Documentary on Ukraine

When
5 p.m., Nov. 17, 2022

FREE FILM SCREENING 

Join the Slavic and Eurasian Studies Club for a free film screening of the award winning documentary, Winter of Fire: The Fight for Freedom (Evgeny Afineevsky, 2015). Winter on Fire examines the unrest in Ukraine during 2013 and 2014, as student demonstrations supporting European integration grew into a revolution calling for the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich. (IMDB) 

Friday, November 18

4:30-6:30 PM 

ILC Room 130 

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Careers in Translation

When
5 p.m., Nov. 1, 2022

WHEN: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 from 12:00 - 1:30 pm

WHERE: OPTI 422

WHAT: Come hear 2 seasoned professionals discuss their academic and professional experiences in translation. Learn how to leverage your language and communication skills on a global competitive market.

WHO: Elisabeth Jaquette, Executive Director of the American Literary Translators Association.
          Ellen-Elias-Bursac, Interim President of the American Translators Association

 

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Arizona-in-Kazakhstan Summer Program Information Session I

When
5 p.m., Nov. 2, 2022

WHAT:  Arizona-in-Kazakhstan Summer Program Information Session I

WHEN: Friday, November 3, 2022 at 4:00 pm

WHERE: Modern Languages Building, Room 306

Join us if you are interested in learning more about the application process for Arizona-in-Kazakhstan, a summer study abroad program in Russian and Eurasian Studies our Department is offering in Astana, Kazakhstan's capital, next year. Speakers: Liudmila Klimanova (Arizona-in-Kazakhstan Director), Sabrina Sterbis (Study Abroad Program Coordinator). 

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Careers in Translation

When
5 p.m., Oct. 17, 2022

Join us if you are interested in learning how to use your language skills in a future profession!
Speakers: Elisabeth Jaquette, Executive Director of the American Literary Translators Association and Ellen Elias-Bursac, Interim President of the American Translators Association.

WHEN: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 from 12:00 - 1:30 pm

WHERE: OPTI 422 (Meinel Optical Sciences Building)

 

For more information contact Dr. Colleen Lucy at luceyc@arizona.edu

 

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October 11th at 5:30: Russian Degrees at Work: Career in Diplomacy and the U.S. Department of State

When
5 p.m., Oct. 10, 2022

Mark your calendars for our next event- October 11th at 5:30 MST/AZ! Join our guest speaker - UA alumna and current Foreign Service officer Kristine Marsh - who will share information about career opportunities in diplomacy and the U.S. Department of State for RSSS majors and minors.
Join via Zoom: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/84706953253

 

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RSSS Guest Lecture Series -Dr. Michnik's Talk on The View from Poland: The War in Ukraine

When
5 p.m. – 4:59 p.m., Oct. 3 – 4, 2022

FEATURING: Dr. Michnik is a Visiting Scholar at the UA Department of Russian and Slavic Studies. Dr. Michnik comes to us from Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland), where he works as an Assistant Professor of International Relations and Security Studies. In addition to his experience as a foreign and security policy analyst, Dr. Michnik has a variety of scholarly interests, including the geopolitics of Central and Eastern Europe, Poland's foreign policy, NATO-Russia relations, and regional security in the Middle East.

TOPIC: The View from Poland: The War in Ukraine

Poland has played host to far more Ukrainian refugees than any other country in the European Union; Poland has also been a key transit country during the war for people, supplies, equipment, aid, etc., between Europe and Ukraine. The Department of Russian and Slavic Studies invites you to a discussion of Poland's experience as a front-line state with Visiting Scholar Dr. Wojciech Michnik. Learn more about the rippling effects of the war in Ukraine and how Poland's response to the war reflects its history and its crucial role in European security relationships.

DATE: Tuesday, October 4, 2022

TIME: 5:30-6:30 pm

LOCATION: Meinel Optical Sciences, Room 410

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Russian and Slavic Studies Departments Hosts Monster Party on the Mall: October 31st, 11am-1pm

When
5 p.m., Oct. 30, 2022

When? October 31st, 11:00am-1:00pm

Where? UA Mall, B1 (in front of the Bookstore)

The Department of Russian and Slavic Studies is excited to host a Halloween celebration - The Monster  Party - on the UA mall! All UA students are welcome to participate;  dress as your favorite Halloween creature and bring your carved pumpkin to win prizes!

•    Free food, drinks, and Russian candy. Bring a picnic blanket to enjoy our October weather on the mall.
•    Costume and carved pumpkin contests (around 12:00 pm). Slavic themes get you more points with the jury!
•    Dance, games, project displays, Russian folk stories, and more!

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Dept. of Russian & Slavic Studies Welcome Back!

When
5 p.m., Aug. 22, 2022

WHEN: Wednesday, September 7th, 9:00 am - 10:30 am

WHERE: Learning Services Building courtyard,
                1512 E. First Street

WHAT: Meet new friends, greet old buddies, chat with faculty, drink coffee, and eat goodies.

 

This is a student and retention event.