Course Brochure Spring 2000 Produced by the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to assist students with Spring 2000 registration by providing a condensed list of courses offered in various departments relating to Slavic and East European Studies. This brochure is a preliminary listing of courses to be offered. It is not an official publication of the University Registrar's Office, which the authority for resolution of any discrepancies or errors contained in this brochure.
Undergraduate Major in Russian and East European Area Studies
The Curriculum in Russian and East European Studies helps students gain an understanding of the languages, histories, cultures and institutions of the Russian and East European area. The program is administered by the UNC Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies and draws on the resources of several departments to provide a range of perspectives on the region and its peoples. The Curriculum is intended to prepare students for careers in the federal government, journalism, teaching, and graduate work in the various disciplines.
Core Requirements for the Major
· History 30 and 31
· Four semesters of Russian or another East European language
· SLAV 30, an introductory survey course
· RUES 60, an interdisciplinary seminar
· One to three courses in Slavic language and literature, with at least one literature
· One to three courses in Russian and East European history
· One to three courses from among the following: Art 112, Classical Archaeology 51, Classic 118, Economics 67, 168, Political Science 55, 57, 121
Interested students should contact Robert Jenkins (rjenkins@email.unc.edu) to discuss specific requirements and opportunities.
Slavic Languages and Literatures Majors and Minors
The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures offers programs leading to the BA in Slavic Languages through courses in languages, literature, and linguistics. Majors and minors in Russian Language and Literature and Slavic and East European Linguistics provide preparatory training for government employment, business, journalism, and teaching, as well as graduate study in a range of disciplines. Five semesters of Russian language (RUSS 1, 2, 3, 4, & 21) provide a core foundation for all Slavic Department majors and minors.
Undergraduate Major in Russian Language and Literature
Students should complete RUSS 22, 31, 32, 111 & 50, plus three electives chosen from among the literature and language courses offered by the department, two of which should be at the 100 level, with no more than one course in literature in translation.
Minor in Russian Language
Students should complete RUSS 22, 31, 32 & 111.
Undergraduate Major in Slavic and East European Linguistics
Students should complete RUSS 22, 31, 32 and 101, plus two semesters of another language from East Central Europe, the Balkans, or former Soviet Union. In addition, Linguistics 30, a course in Slavic linguistics, and another course at the 100 level in the department should be completed.
Minor in Russian and East European Literature in Translation
Students should complete five courses in literature in translation, with at least three being at the 100 level. Contact the Slavic Department Undergraduate Advisor, Christopher Putney, for more specific requirements and opportunities in these majors and minors. All majors can be completed with honors. A minimum overall GPA of 3.2 and a major GPA of 3.5 are required for eligibility. For more information on the requirements for honors, please contact the appropriate Undergraduate Advisor.
Master of Arts in Russian/East European Studies
The MA R/EES is primarily a pre-professional degree for career advancement of persons in international trade, cultural exchange, nongovernmental organizations, foreign policy, government service, and the military. The program integrates language study, area studies, and development of technical and academic expertise. Students choose (1) a country or regional area of focus and engage in two years of language study; (2) a set of relevant area studies courses (e.g., history, political science, literature); and (3) an academic disciplinary or professional concentration.
Requirements for the MA include the following:
· Thirty semester hours;
· Four core courses:
HIST 204D Contemporary History of Russia and Eastern Europe
RUES 210 Core Colloquium, a discussion of guest lectures
RUES 230 Identities and Transitions, social science perspectives on the region
RUES 393 Thesis;
· Enrollment in language study each semester. Russian is available every semester and Czech, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian are taught in alternating two-year sequences;
· A thesis related to the chosen country or region and academic or professional concentration. Students must undertake original research using their selected language for the thesis and make a final oral presentation.
For more information contact Robert M. Jenkins (rjenkins@email.unc.edu).
New Courses/Courses of Special Interest for Spring 2000
RUSS 125 African-American Literary Ties to Russia. TR 9:30AM-10:45AM Ahern, K.M.
This course conducts an intriguing two-way comparison, analyzing, on the one hand, African-American literary responses to the Soviet social experiment and its consequences for relations between the races and, on the other, Russian literary responses to the treatment of African-Americans in the United States.
RUSS 179 Tolstoy. TR 2:00PM-3:15PM Debreczeny, P.
Main focus will be two major novels, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, but a few shorter works from early and late periods of Tolstoy's career included. Course is in English, but Russian majors and graduate students are expected to read at least some of the text in the original.
RUSS 179 Tolstoy
TR 2:00PM-3:15PM Debreczeny, P.
RUSS 191 Teaching Methods
F 12:00PM-12:50PM Magomedova
RUSS 208 Russian Stylistics
TBA Magomedova, E.
RUSS 260 Russian Lit 18th Century
MW 3:00PM-4:15PM Putney, C.
Russian & East European Studies
RUES 060 Topics in Slavic Civilization
TR 9:30AM-10:45AM Jenkins, R.
RUES 210 Core Colloquium
TBA Jenkins, R.
RUES 310 Graduate Seminar in Russian and East European Studies: Nationalism in Eastern Europe.
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM Harsanyi, N.
SLAV 044 Slavic Reading
TBA Staff
Permission of Department required
SLAV 075 Languages & Nationalism
MW 3:00PM-4:15PM Greenberg, R.
Focuses on language, identity and nationalism in contemporary societies. Topics: minority language controversies in the US and Western Europe; ethnic nationalism in Yugoslavia and the former Soviet Union.
SLAV 098 Honors Reading
TBA Staff
SLAV 125 Topics in Slav Lit
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM Vuletic, I.
Section Title: E. European Lit. Criticism
Survey of twentieth century Slavic literary criticism. Readings include Russian formalists, Bakhtin and his circle, Czech Structuralists, Soviet semiotics. Special emphasis on impact that East European literary criticism had on later development of West European and American literary criticism. Readings in English for non- majors.
SLAV 240 Reading Course
Sec 003: TBA Feinberg, L.E.
Sec 004: TBA Levine, M.G.
Sec 008: TBA Janda, L.A.
Sec 013: TBA Vuletic, I.
Classics
CLAS 045 Women of Byzantium
TR 12:30PM-1:45PM Connor, C.
A study of women's roles and influence in the Late Ancient and Byzantine world of the 4th to the 14th century, based primarily on literature and art. Satisfies the General College Western & non-Western Comparative Perspective Requirement.
Czech
CZCH 102 Elementary Czech
MWF 9:00AM-9:50AM Janda, L.A.
Economics
ECON 168 Soviet/Post Soviet Economic Systems
TR 8:00AM-9:15AM Rosefielde, S.
History
HIST 031 Russia 1861-Present
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM Brooks, E.W.
HIST 061 Women Russian/Soviet History
TR 9:30AM-10:45AM Raleigh, D.J.
HIST 186A Russian Revolution
TR 2:00PM-3:15PM Raleigh, D.J.
HIST 190 East Europe Since WWII
MWF 2:00PM-2:50PM Jolluck, K.
Macedonian
MACD 104 Intermediate Macedonian. TBA.
Polish
PLSH 104 Intermediate Polish
TR 12:30PM-1:45PM Staff
Political Science
POLI 055-001 Soviet/Post Soviet Politics
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM Schwartz, J.J.
POLI 057-001 Politics of East/Central Europe
TR 8:00AM-9:15AM Hicks, B.
POLI 095-001 Undergraduate Seminar: Women After Communism: Politics, Policy and Plight
TR 2:00PM-3:15PM Hicks, B.
Russian
RUSS 001 Elementary Russian
Sec 001: MWF 8:00AM-8:50AM Staff
Recitation: R 11:00AM-11:50AM Staff
RUSS 002 Elementary Russian
Sec 001: MWF 8:00AM-8:50AM Staff
Sec 002: MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM Magomedova, E.
Sec 003: MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM Staff
Sec 004: MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM Staff
Recitation
Sec 601: R 8:00AM-8:50AM Staff
Sec 602: R 9:30AM-10:20AM Staff
Sec 603: R 2:00PM-2:50PM Staff
Sec 604: W 12:00PM-12:50PM Staff
Sec 605: W 4:00PM-4:50PM
RUSS 044 Selected Readings
TBA Staff
RUSS 098 Honors Reading
TBA Staff
Prerequisite: RUSS 97
RUSS 112 Advanced Russ Conv/Comp
MWF 2:00PM-2:50PM Magomedova
RUSS 122 Practicum
TBA Staff
RUSS 125 African-American Literary Ties to Russia
TR 9:30AM-10:45AM Ahern, K.M.
RUSS 135 Literature & Music in Russia
MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM Feinberg, Exploring use Russian composers have made of literary works and motifs, as well as the response of Russian writers to musical compositions and composers, and to music as an art form.
An introduction to the post-WWII literature of Eastern Europe--Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Serbian and Slovene. Special emphasis on the questions of memory, witnessing, historical and individual identity in literature. Readings in English.
SLAV 030 Intro to Slavic Civilization
10:00AM-10:50AM Putney, C.
Introduction to the essentials of Slavic cultures, including religion, literature, history, art, cinema, folklore, geography, and music. Course materials include films, slides and recordings, GC non-western comparative perspective and cultural requirement.
Courses in Russian and East European Studies
SLAV 029H Honors: East European Literature
TR 12:30PM-1:45PM Vuletic, I.
RUES 210 Core Colloquium. TBA Jenkins, R.
Required for students in the MA in Russian/East European Studies program. A series of follow-up discussions of lectures sponsored by the Center based upon bibliographies suggested by the speakers.
RUES 310 Graduate Seminar in Russian and East European Studies: Nationalism in Eastern Europe
TR 11:00AM-12:15PM Harsanyi, N.
This seminar will begin with a review of the chief contemporary theories of nationalism and a discussion of their relevance to the area of focus. After examining the ideologies of national identity that ultimately led to the formation of the nation-states in Eastern Europe chiefly at the end of World War I, the nationalist policies that characterized these states throughout the twentieth century will be considered comparatively, and in relation with such ideological doctrines as fascism and communism. Finally, we will discus the challenge that post-communist nationalism poses to these countries' efforts of building democratic societies and their integration to Euro-Atlantic structures.
SLAV 006M 1st Year SEM: Doctor's Stories. TR 11:00AM-12:15AM Holmgren, B.
This seminar will explore how the professional and personal experience of being a doctor has been represented by writers, screenwriters, actors and doctors through the examination of diaries, memoirs, fiction, films, and TV series.
SLAV 125 Topics in Slavic Literature. TR 11:00AM-12:15PM Vuletic, I.
Section Title: E. European Lit. Criticism
Survey of twentieth century Slavic literary criticism. Readings include Russian formalists, Bakhtin and his circle, Czech Structuralists, Soviet semiotics. Special emphasis on impact that East European literary criticism had on later development of West European and American literary criticism. Readings in English for non-majors.
RUSS 004 Intermediate Russian
Sec 001: MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM Staff Sec 002: MWF 8:00AM-8:50AM Staff
RUSS 012 Intermediate Russian Conversation
TR 3:30PM-4:20PM Staff
RUSS 022 Russian Conversation
MWF 12:00PM-12:50PM Staff
RUSS 032 Advanced Russian Grammar
MWF 1:00PM-1:50PM Feinberg, L.E.
RUSS 003 Intermediate Russian
MWF 8:00AM-8:50AM Staff
RUES 060 Topics in Slavic Civilization: Crisis and Change in Russian and Eastern Europe
TR 9:30AM-10:45AM Jenkins, R.
Draws on historical, political, economic, and sociological perspectives to analyze social, cultural, and institutional change. Required for majors in Russian and East European Studies, but open to all students. Course will make extensive use of internet resources.
Serbian
SERB 102 Elementary Serbo-Croatian
MWF 1:00PM-1:50PM Greenberg, R.
Slavic
SLAV 006M 1st Year SEM: Doctor's Stories
TR 11:00AM-12:15AM Holmgren, B.
UNC Slavic Studies Faculty and Staff
Anderle, Joseph. Professor Emeritus of History. Eastern Europe, chiefly since 1815. 962-2184.
Baron, Samuel. Alumni Distinguished Professor of History, Emeritus. shbaron@email.unc.edu. 962-2115
Brooks, E. Willis. Gordon and Bowman Gray Associate Professor of History. 19th century Russia: social/administrative history. ewbrooks@email.unc.edu. 962-5043.
Connor, Carolyn. Associate Professor of Classics. Byzantine studies. clconnor@email.unc.edu 962-7919.
Davis, Edward. Slavic Cataloger. emdavis@email.unc.edu. 962-0160.
Debreczeny, Paul. Alumni Distinguished Professor of Russian Literature, Emeritus. 19th century and comparative literature. pdebrecz@email.unc.edu. 962-1178.
Feinberg, Lawrence. Associate Professor of Slavic Linguistics. Slavic linguistics, morphology, poetics. Director of Graduate Studies. lfeinber@email.unc.edu. 962-7552.
Greenberg, Robert. Associate Professor of Slavic Languages. Balkan/South Slavic and synchronic linguistics, dialectology. rdgreenb@email.unc.edu. 962-7550.
Griffiths, David. Professor of History. 18th century Russia, social and intellectual history, Marxism. griffith@email.unc.edu. 962-5057.
Harsanyi, Nicolae. Administrative Director for Outreach, Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies. niki@ga.unc.edu. 962-0901.
Hicks, Barbara. Assistant Professor of Political Science. Comparative politics, Eastern Europe. bhicks@email.unc.edu. 962-0441.
Holmgren, Beth. Chair of Slavic Department. Professor of Russian and Polish Literature. 20th century, Russian and Polish literature; feminist theory; Polish. holmgren@email.unc.edu. 962-7554.
Jenkins, Robert. Administrative Director for Curricula, UNC-CH Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies. Social and political change in Central Europe, nonprofit organizations, higher education. rjenkins@email.unc.edu. 962-0901.
Jolluck, Katherine. Assistant Professor of History. 20th century Eastern Europe; World War II; East European Women and War. jolluck@email.unc.edu. 962-6618.
Janda, Laura. Professor of Slavic Linguistics. Director of UNC-CH Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies. Russian/West Slavic and cognitive linguistics; Czech. lajanda@email.unc.edu. 962-7549.
Levine, Madeline. Kenan Professor of Slavic Literatures; Russian and Polish literature, literature of the Holocaust; Polish. mglevine@email.unc.edu. 962-7553.
Magomedova, Eleonora. Lecturer of Slavic Languages. Russian language, pedagogy, 20th century Russian literature. emagomed@email.unc.edu. 962-7551.
Mihailovich, Vasa. Professor of Soviet, Russian and Serbian Literature, Emeritus. vdmihail@unc.edu. 962-1023.
Putney, Christopher. Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages. Director of Undergraduate Studies. Medieval, 18th and 19th century Russian literature. crputney@email.unc.edu. 962-7548.
Raleigh, Donald J. Pardue Professor of History. 20th century Russian and Soviet history. djr@email.unc.edu. 962-8077.
Rosefielde, Steven. Professor of Economics. Comparative economic systems. stevenr@email.unc.edu. 966-5371.
Rupen, Robert. Emeritus Professor of Political Science. 962-0417.
Schwartz, Joel. Professor of Political Science. Soviet politics and American social policy. jjschwar@email.unc.edu. 962-3041.
Vuletic, Ivana. Assistant Professor of South Slavic Literatures. South Slavic, 19th and 20th century Russian literature, Serbo-Croatian. ivuletic@email.unc.edu. 962-7556.
Zilper, Nadia. Slavic Bibliographer, Davis Library Collection Development Department. nadia_zilper@unc.edu. 962-3740.