Join the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies celebrate the end of the Fall 2018 Semester! 

Meet other students interested in Russian and hear about upcoming study abroad opportunities in Russia and Kazakhstan. 

When: Monday, Dec. 3, 2018   4:30-6:30PM 

Where: Student Union, San Pedro Room

Light refreshments will be served. 

Join us for the symposium “The Power of the Powerless: A 1968 Retrospective.” This event brings together scholars from multiple disciplines and perspectives on the 50th anniversary of the important global events of 1968. The one-day symposium is book-ended by keynote talks by Dr. David Danaher and Dr. Julian Bourg (see below). In conjunction with the symposium three hosted film screenings will be held at 7:00pm at the Loft Cinema in Tucson on November 2: Daisies (Czechoslovakia, 1966), November 6: In the Intense Now (Brazil, 2017), and November 7: Something in the Air (France, 2012). All events are free and open to the public. 

For a complete list of presentations, see attached symposium schedule. 

This event is made possible thanks to the University of Arizona’s College of Humanities, the Dept. of French & Italian, and the Dept. of Russian & Slavic Studies.

Keynote speakers:

Dr. David Danaher, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Author of Reading Vaclav Havel (University of Toronto Press, 2015). Dr. David Danaher's research interests include pedagogy, literature, and linguistics with reference to both Russian and Czech. His most recent book, Reading Vaclav Havel, examines the contemporary relevance of the Czech playwright, dissident, and “non-political” politician Václav Havel, who is considered one of the most influential intellectuals of our time. Among his current research projects is a book on the lessons to be drawn from the 1989 revolutions in Eastern Europe.

Dr. Julian Bourg, Boston College

Author of From Revolution to Ethics (McGill-Queen’s Press, 2007). Dr. Julian Bourg’s interests include 19th- and 20th-century European intellectual history, the history of terrorism, modernism and post-modernism, and biopower. His first book, From Revolution to Ethics, examined the revival of the theme of ethics among French intellectuals in the wake of the student and worker revolts of May 1968. Among his current research projects is a book on the history of the relationship between terror and democracy since the eighteenth century.

Join us for our 2018 Fall Film Series! Films are in Russian with English subtitles. 

All screenings take place in ILC 130

Monday, Sept. 24 5:30PM -- Legend No. 17 (2013)

A Russian biographical sports film of the ice hockey legend Valerii Kharlamov. The modern film depicts the USSR's triumphant--and unexpected--win against the Canadian hockey team in 1972. 

Monday, Oct. 22 5:30PM -- Night Watch (2010)

The first modern "blockbuster" in Russian cinema, Night Watch is a fantasy thriller with vampires and witches participating in an eternal struggle between good and evil. Don't miss this cult classic!

Monday, Nov 19 5:30PM -- Six Degrees of Celebration (2010)

Perfect for the holiday season, this comedy takes place on New Year's Eve and weaves together the stories of seemingly unconnected individuals. 

Join the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies for the Spring 2018 Awards Ceremony! 

Is Russia meddling in US politics and threatening political stability around the globe? 
A variety of commentators and politicians point to Russian involvement in everything from computer hacking to assassinations. Rountable participants will provide deeper understanding of these issues in the context of Vladmir Putin's recent reelection. 
Join us for a roundtable discussion with specialists on Russia and the former Soviet Union.

Roundtable Participants: 
Professor John P. Willerton (Department of Political Science), Professor Douglas Weiner (Department of History), Professor Suzanne Thompson (Department of Russian and Slavic Studies)

This event is FREE and open to the public. 

Sponsored By the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies 

Hosted by the Department of East Asian Studies 

The departments of East Asian Studies and Russian and Slavic Studies are proud to have Roy Chan, Assistant professor at the University of Oregon, Department of Languages and Literatures, speak upon  conceptions of intelligentisa through Chinese Literature. Having survived considerable persecution during the Cultural Revolution, Ba Jin (1904-2005) emerged back on the Chinese literary scene in 1979 with a translation of the first part of 19^th century Russian writer Alexander Herzen’s memoirs, Byloe i dumy (My Past and Thoughts, in Chinese, Wangshi yu suixiang). Herzen had long been a considerable influence on Ba Jin, and for decades Ba Jin had endeavored to translate his memoirs. After completing the first volume of translation, Ba Jin traveled to France where he met with Herzen’s descendants, and visited his grave in Nice. Ba Jin recorded these experiences in a number of writings. This talk seeks to understand how Ba Jin’s engagement with Herzen attempted to transplant certain conceptions of intelligentsia identity through his own aesthetic and ethical activity; like the Russian intelligentsia that so inspired Ba Jin, he also sought to meld life, literature, and history. Historic events and personal dramas transmute into aesthetic expression, which in turn spurs new actions and events in an infinite loop. Translation in this instance is conceived broadly: not simply as a literary activity, but also as an ethical activity that incorporated both personal and revolutionary mourning.

Roy Chan received his Ph.D. (2009) in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Berkeley, and also holds a B.A. (2002) in Russian and Comparative Literature from the University of Washington. Prior to coming to Oregon, he taught at the College of William and Mary, and was a Harvard University Fairbank Center An Wang Postdoctoral Fellow in Chinese Studies. 

https://eas.arizona.edu/event/sweeping-tomb-nice-revolutionary-mourning…