In Search of Fright: Tales of Monsters, Ghosts & the Undead

When
5 p.m., Oct. 26, 2021
Where
UA Poetry Center, Dorothy Rubel Room, 1508 E. Helen St.

The dark recesses of human imagination have always been haunted by scary and shadowy figures. Zombies, vampires and ghastly spirits emerge in story and legend, across different cultures and times, representing fear of the unknown. But they also become forbidden thrills, taboos that indulge our sense of mystery and danger. Why do we seek out the spine-tingling, the eerie, and the uncanny? What do they tell us about ourselves and our world? And what happens to monsters when they go Hollywood?

 

College of Humanities Faculty Panelists:

Joela Jacobs, Assistant Professor, German Studies

Colleen Lucey, Assistant Professor, Russian & Slavic Studies

Lucy Swanson, Assistant Professor, French & Italian

Eddy White, Associate Professor of Practice, Public & Applied Humanities

Musical accompaniment by Suzanne Thompson, Assistant Professor of Practice, Russian & Slavic Studies

 

* Live Stream will be available. 

Congratulations RSSS Major Megan Dasha Rumble on acceptance to UC3 Program!

Aug. 24, 2021

The Department of Russian and Slavic Studies congratulates RSSS Major Megan Dasha Rumble on her acceptance to the University Climate Change Coalition (UC3) Collaborative Sustainability Fellowship Program: https://environment.arizona.edu/uc3-opportunities

 “Fellows accepted into the program will be paired with a team of community and university mentors to develop and implement place-based projects that engage the campus and surrounding communities in developing solutions related to sustainability, environment, and/or climate action. Additionally, Fellows will engage in training coordinated by UC3 to develop skills related to building collaborative solutions to a range of problems.”

Congratulations, Dasha!

 

End-of-the-year Celebration and Russian Art Challenge Grand Finale: April 28th at 5:30 PM

When
5 p.m., April 27, 2021

At 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28, the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies will hold our end-of-the year celebration and Russian Art Challenge.  We have our finalists for the Challenge!  We will celebrate the end of this academic year and enjoy art recreations and interpretations by our talented students.  All students and faculty are welcome to "bring" family and friends!  Don't be shy!  See the Zoom link on the attached flyer.

Let's get together and celebrate your achievements and triumphs over a very challenging year.

Click on this Zoom link to join: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/81940975134

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Russian Art Challenge: Call for Photo Submissions

March 15, 2021

If you are taking any RSSS classes as an undergraduate or a graduate student, you can enter our first ever Russian Art Challenge contest with a grand finale scheduled on April 28th at 5:30 p.m. The deadline for photo submissions is April 20th.  For more information about submission guidelines, see the attached flyer.

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Celebrate International Women's Day with UA Russian Club Film Discussion and Trivia

When
5 p.m., March 7, 2021

 UA Russian Club invites everyone to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th at 5:30. This event will include  trivia about the women of Russia and a discussion of the film Kokoko. For more details, please see the attached flyer.

To join this event, please click on this Zoom link: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/86529445203

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Join us for lecture, "African-Americans in Stalin's Soviet Union" with Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon on Feb 26, 11AM (MST)

When
5 p.m., Feb. 25, 2021

Join the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies as we celebrate Black History Month with a lecture from historian Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon on Feb. 26, 11-12PM (held via Zoom: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/85409825173)

“No Jim Crow on the Trains of the Soviet Union”: African-Americans in Stalin’s Soviet Union 

Scores of African Americans moved to the Soviet Union to better their economic standing and improve their quality of life. The experiences of these individuals shed light on how the juxtaposition of the Soviet attempt to mold a new society and the region’s relative inexperience with black people offered African American visitors a unique opportunity to explore modes of black identity. What did it mean to be black in a land that, according to official doctrine, had no racism or white supremacy? In this lecture, Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon explores these questions and offers new insights on Soviet engagement with African Americans.

About the Speaker:

Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon is a first-year doctoral student in the history department at the University of Pennsylvania. Her doctoral research examines the intersections between African American and African experiences in the Soviet Union and Soviet understandings of race and nationality.

For more information contact Prof. Colleen Lucey: luceyc@arizona.edu 

Russian Program Ranks Fourth

Jan. 15, 2021

The University of Arizona Russian program ranks fourth in North America for graduating majors in Russian Studies.

 

According to an annual survey of enrollments, the UA ranks behind the University of Chicago, University of Texas at Austin, and William & Mary. The Survey of Enrollments in Russian Language Classes in North American Higher Education is an annual report from Study, Research, and Custom Programs Abroad (SRAS), an organization promoting the study of Eurasia and study abroad to Eurasia.

 

The ranking comes at a time of rising enrollments for the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies, going from 37 majors in 2016 to 56 majors in 2019.

 

“Interest in Russian language and culture has been rising, partly because of geopolitics, but there’s also important global knowledge to be gained by learning Russian,” says John Leafgren, head of the department. “Our combination of a forward-thinking curriculum and a rich history of Russian studies makes the University of Arizona one of the leading institutions in North America.”

 

With a close community of faculty and students, the department offers courses in in Russian language at all levels, as well as a wide array of popular courses that allow students to explore modern and historic Russian and Eastern European societies and cultures through literature, folklore, film, music, religion, theatre, sports, health, identity and foodways. Study abroad options are also available through the department.

 

“The study of Russian language is challenging and exciting, and the United States needs more specialists who are proficient in Russian,” says Lecturer Veronika Williams. “Our graduates enjoy fulfilling careers in government, the educational sector, international business and education.”

 

The University of Arizona was ahead of its peers in creating a Russian program, offering classes through the Department of German and Russian starting in 1961, then offering a bachelor’s degree starting in 1963 and a master’s degree starting in 1968. In 1970, the program became an independent Department of Russian.

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