Survey of contemporary Russian literature. (In Russia)

Conversational situations likely to be encountered in the target culture.

This course will examine a variety of seminal human rights in the Eurasian region. We will consider what are international human rights and how international human rights are integrated into the various states of the region, focus on the historical background and socio-cultural underpinnings of various states in the region when approaching human rights (especially of minorities and other communities) and then focus on specific issues including LGBTQ+, minority and linguistic rights, feminism in the region, and other important rights. We will then also consider how the international human rights system might (or is, at times) employed to uphold the various rights discussed, with a view to incorporating the variety of approaches and perceptions accorded to rights and to different groups by states and controlling factions.

A variable topics course taught in English or Russian (depending on subject material).

Survey of cultural monuments in Moscow and St. Petersburg. (In Russia)

Survey of cultural monuments in Moscow and St. Petersburg. (In Russia)

Survey of Russian pronunciation for native speakers of English. (In Russia)

Survey of Russian pronunciation for native speakers of English. (In Russia)

[Taught alternate years beginning Fall 2007]. Historical survey of Russian literature since 1900 designed to acquaint students with literary terminology and facilitate comprehension of lectures in Russian.

[Taught alternate years beginning Fall 2007] Historical survey of Russian literature of the 19th Century designed to acquaint students with literary terminology and facilitate comprehension of lectures in Russian.