New Courses
Slavic Department faculty will offer several new courses in 2013-2014:
Slavic 158. Gogol’s Short Fiction
William Mills Todd III
Half course (fall term). Th., 2–4.
Slavic 172. Experiment and Innovation in Eastern European Theatre
Magda Romanska
Half course (spring term). M., 3–5.
Slavic 190. Literature and Dissent in Eastern Europe: Modernism in an Age of Crisis and Oppression
George G. Grabowicz
Half course (spring term). M., 1–3.
Slavic 230. Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Prague: A Cultural History
Jonathan H. Bolton
Half course (fall term). Tu., Th., 10–11:30.
Russian Bt. Intermediate Russian through Authentic Texts (Russian through Bulgakov)
Farida Tcherkassova
Full course. M., W., F., at 10, and speaking practice Tu, Th, at 10.
Russian 115. Advanced Russian for Academic Professional Communication
Natalia Pokrovsky
Half course (spring term). Hours to be arranged.
Societies of the World 52. The Phoenix and the Firebird: Russia in Global Perspective
Julie A. Buckler and Kelly A. O’Neill-Uzgiris
Half course (spring term). Tu., Th., 10:00 - 11:30 with a third section hour to be arranged.
Literature 142. Narrative Theories of Prose and Film
Justin Weir
Half course (fall term). Th., 1–3.
History 2275hf. Subjectivities and Identities in Russia and Eurasia: Seminar
Terry D. Martin and Stephanie Sandler
Half course (throughout the year). Th., 2–4.
New Courses Offered in 2014-2015
We are pleased to announce the following new courses offered in the department or by our faculty in 2014-2015:
Prof. Svetlana Boym
Comparative Literature 270. Urban Imaginary and Visual Culture (fall)
Comparative Literature 221. Literature, Philosophy, Pedagogy: Love and Freedom (spring)
Humanities 51 (formerly Humanities 21). Major Themes in the Humanities: Love and Freedom (spring)
Prof. Julie Buckler
Slavic 270hf. Mapping Cultural Space: Sites, Systems & Practices across Eurasia (full year course)
Humanities 11c. Frameworks: The Art of Reading (spring)
Prof. George Grabowicz
Slavic 167. Revolutionary Ukraine: Between the Russian Revolution and the Euromaidan of 2014 (fall)
Prof. Daria Khitrova
Slavic 185. 18th-Century Russian Literature: Seminar (fall)
Freshman Seminar 39x. Watch Her Step: Ballet Past and Present (fall)
Slavic 140. 20th-Century Culture on Page, Stage and Screen (spring)
Prof. Jessie Labov (The Ohio State University)
Slavic 160. Intersection of Polish and Jewish Culture (spring)
Prof. Stephanie Sandler
Slavic 253. Reading Contemporary Russia (Graduate Seminar in Undergraduate Education) (spring)
Prof. Justin Weir
Slavic 252. Rereading Russian Intellectual History (spring)
Prof. Boris Wolfson (Amherst College)
Slavic 184. The Catastrophic Imagination: Russian Literature in the Age of Revolution (fall)