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Colorful and vibrant language distinguishes the oeuvre of Nikolai Leskov, “the most Russian of Russian writers” in the assessment of D. S. Mirsky and many others. This presentation addresses the language of Leskov’s oeuvre from various perspectives: connections with Leskov’s biography, critical reception, and, with reference to Leskov’s“The Sealed Angel,” its principal features and dialectical inconsistencies.
Ani Abrahamyan is a PhD student in Russian Literature at the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures. Her research focuses on nineteenth-century Russian literature and the work of Nikolai Leskov, especially the strengths and limitations in his embodiment of underrepresented and marginalized groups.
Dr. Vera Kuklina, Research Professor, Department of Geography, George Washington University
While the impact of large infrastructural projects on Siberia’s people and environment has increasingly been gaining attention, important issues related to local infrastructures are less known. Taking the Evenki village Vershina Khandy as an example, Vera Kuklina’s research explores the relationship between different scales of local indigenous communities, extractive industries, and the state. With the introduction of infrastructural development and new transportation technologies, some traditional routes are being used as a base for public road construction, while others are being replaced by new elements: geological clear-cuts, forestry roads, and service roads, and as such, are informally used by motorized vehicles. These informal roads continue to serve as mediators between the village and large-scale infrastructural projects (e.g., the Baikal-Amur Mainline during the Soviet period, and more recently the Power of Siberia gas pipeline construction). The analysis and observations in this talk are based on materials gathered during summer 2019 field work, which included interviews with local leaders, hunters, and fishermen; travelling by different transportation modes; and participation in local subsistence activities.
Besides her post at GWU, Vera Kuklina is also Senior Research Associate at the V.B. Sochava Institute of Geography of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences. Her research interests include urbanization of indigenous people, traditional land use, socio-ecological systems, cultural geographies of infrastructure and remoteness.
Visiting environmental journalist Angelina Davydova speaks about environmental problems and challenges in Russia, the policies to tackle them, and the civil society initiatives and movements that have grown to face them.
Davydova is currently based at UC Davis as a Humphrey Fellow. She was a past Reuters Foundation fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University (2006) and head of the German-Russian Office of Environmental Information (www.rnei.de). Since 2008 Davydova has been an observer of the UN Climate negotiation process (UNFCCC) and regularly publishes her work in Russian and international media (including the Thomson Reuters Foundation, The Conversation, Open Democracy, and Science Magazine). Davydova is also the curator of a two-year media training program, “Water Stories,” which features stories dedicated to water issues in Central Asia.
Stephen F. Cohen and Alexander Rabinowitch Reflect on Six (plus!) Decades of Scholarly and Personal Engagement with Russia
Open Panel Discussion. Stephen Cohen and Alexander Rabinowitch interviewed by their wives: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Janet Rabinowitch.
Stephen F. Cohen and Alexander Rabinowitch Reflect on Six (plus!) Decades of Scholarly and Personal Engagement with Russia
Open Panel Discussion. Stephen Cohen and Alexander Rabinowitch interviewed by their wives: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Janet Rabinowitch.
Folklorists and anthropologists have explored children's preoccupation with supernatural entities for decades, and the development of the internet has given rise to online video formats for supernatural practices that are popular among children in Russia and beyond. Drawing on ethnographic research in Russian children's summer camps and online digital ethnography, this talk addresses children's supernatural beliefs, play, and imagination.
A doctoral candidate in anthropology at the European University in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Angelina Kozlovskaia has presented her research at conferences in Russia as well as India, Australia, Finland, Belgium, and Estonia. During Spring 2019 she is a visiting scholar with the Russian and East European Institute and the Russian Studies Workshop.
The current paradigm of political science suggests that authoritarian regimes suppress freedoms of speech and press as significant threats to autocratic survival. However, evidence now suggests that autocratic
governments can exploit such ostensibly democratic institutions in new and surprising ways. Among the most salient examples are Russia and China where media outlets (even the freest ones) figure in the autocratic toolbox, a phenomenon that lends credence to the idea of self-development of non-democratic regimes.
Valerii Nechai is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Applied Political Science at the Higher School of
Economics in Moscow. His research addresses the interaction of media and politics.
Technological, communicative, political, and commercial challenges in the contemporary media sphere are
transforming journalism. This talk addresses the impact of those challenges on perceptions of the journalistic
profession among Russian journalists themselves.
Marina Berezhnaia chairs the Department of TV and Radio Journalism in the School of Journalism and Mass
Communications at Saint Petersburg State University (SPbSU). She has published textbooks in journalism and scholarly articles on journalistic ethics and the treatment of social issues in the media. Prior to joining the
SPbSU, she pursued an active career in publishing and telejournalism.
The Sample: In this episode, Abbie takes us back to the 1920s, and we hunker down in the Book Nook, "a randy temple smelling of socks, wet slickers, vanilla flavoring, face powder, and unread books," as described by Hoagy Carmichael.
Cover photo: “Book Nook Commencement,” Indiana University Archives Exhibits, accessed February 15, 2019, collections.libraries.indiana.edu/iubarchi…show/627.
The Sample: Costume design is an important element to bringing a story to life. It brings out the personality of characters and lets the audience immerse themselves into a whole new world. This week we had the chance to explore the process of designing a costume, from a sketch to a final wearable garment for the stage.
Jan Matti Dollbaum, PhD student at the Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen, Germany.
Alexey Navalny is the most prominent opposition figure in Russia today. By combining street actions with digital technologies, he challenged regime advantages and attracted significant support, especially among young people. During his 2017/18 presidential campaign, Navalny’s team built a country-wide organization to strengthen local civil society and support further opposition action. I will present original survey and interview data that paint a comprehensive picture of his supporters. These data provide a new way to address the implications of Navalny’s actions for the future.
Jan Matti Dollbaum is currently finalizing his PhD thesis at the Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen, Germany. His dissertation compares trajectories of protest institutionalization in four Russian regions. Jan’s work has appeared in Communist and Post-Communist Studies and Social Movement Studies, among others.
This series of annual symposia, sponsored jointly by the East Asian Studies Center, Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center, and the Russian and East European Institute, is the successor to the joint symposium series, "China, Russia, and the World." These symposia will examine the myriad connections that link the Eurasian space. The symposium took place on Friday, March 29, 2019 at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies.
Presented at this symposium:
"Displacements in Mongolia in Times of Crisis" by Morris Rossabi, Queens College, CUNY
"PTSD Land: The Emotional Geography of Ukraine's Displaced" by Greta Uehling, University of Michigan
"Scenario without Winners: Displacement Caused by Environmental Disasters in Kyrgyzstan" by Emil Nasritdinov, American University of Central Asia
with Marianne Kamp, IU CEUS as moderator and discussant.
This series of annual symposia, sponsored jointly by the East Asian Studies Center, Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center, and the Russian and East European Institute, is the successor to the joint symposium series, "China, Russia, and the World." These symposia will examine the myriad connections that link the Eurasian space. The symposium took place on Friday, March 29, 2019 at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. Presented at this symposium: "Displacements in Mongolia in Times of Crisis" by Morris Rossabi, Queens College, CUNY "PTSD Land: The Emotional Geography of Ukraine's Displaced" by Greta Uehling, University of Michigan "Scenario without Winners: Displacement Caused by Environmental Disasters in Kyrgyzstan" by Emil Nasritdinov, American University of Central Asia with Marianne Kamp, IU CEUS as moderator and discussant.
This series of annual symposia, sponsored jointly by the East Asian Studies Center, Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center, and the Russian and East European Institute, is the successor to the joint symposium series, "China, Russia, and the World." These symposia will examine the myriad connections that link the Eurasian space. The symposium took place on Friday, March 29, 2019 at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. Presented at this symposium: "Displacements in Mongolia in Times of Crisis" by Morris Rossabi, Queens College, CUNY "PTSD Land: The Emotional Geography of Ukraine's Displaced" by Greta Uehling, University of Michigan "Scenario without Winners: Displacement Caused by Environmental Disasters in Kyrgyzstan" by Emil Nasritdinov, American University of Central Asia with Marianne Kamp, IU CEUS as moderator and discussant.
This series of annual symposia, sponsored jointly by the East Asian Studies Center, Inner Asian & Uralic National Resource Center, and the Russian and East European Institute, is the successor to the joint symposium series, "China, Russia, and the World." These symposia will examine the myriad connections that link the Eurasian space. The symposium took place on Friday, March 29, 2019 at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies. Presented at this symposium: "Displacements in Mongolia in Times of Crisis" by Morris Rossabi, Queens College, CUNY "PTSD Land: The Emotional Geography of Ukraine's Displaced" by Greta Uehling, University of Michigan "Scenario without Winners: Displacement Caused by Environmental Disasters in Kyrgyzstan" by Emil Nasritdinov, American University of Central Asia with Marianne Kamp, IU CEUS as moderator and discussant.
The Sample: At long last it's starting to feel like fall in Bloomington, and we couldn't be happier. This week we pay homage to the sights, sounds, and smells of the season. Listen with headphones for a better experience!
The Sample: It's that time in the semester where papers start piling up. In this week's episode, we had the chance to sit down with the tutors from The Writing Tutorial Services. They shared advice on how to improve your writing skills and how to work through writer's block.
Alexis Witt, Institute for Digital Arts & Humanities
Summary:
As part of my PhD dissertation in Musicology,I am building a network graph (visualized using Gephi) of Russian émigré and traveling performers who toured the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. By visualizing these relationships in a graph, I more clearly define the extent to which these people are related while presenting these relationships in a way that is more useful and illustrative than prose text. The relationships that exist between the people in my study fall into six types: artistic (when individuals collaborate together for a performance or other creative enterprise), patron (when one individual is providing money or influence in support of another with no expectation of reciprocation), professional (when an individual is employed by another individual), family (marriages, family relationships), educational (teacher-student relationships), and personal (mutual acquaintances exclusive of artistic or professional endeavors). The graph frames a more nuanced reading of particular nodes in the artistic networks of New York City in the 1920s.
Rafat Ali came to study new media at IU in the heat of the dot-com boom. By the time he graduated, the bubble had burst. Yet, Ali managed to enter and excel in digital media, founding paidContent, ContentNext and Skift. In this episode, he talks with Dean Shanahan about how he did it.
Alisa Clapp-Itnyre, Jessica Raposo, Chris Robinson, Madeleine Demetriades
Summary:
Bands of Mercy songs: songs for animal-welfare children’s organizations of the late 19th century in America and England.
2019 Victorian Song-Camp Singers (all children’s voices used with parental permission):
Caleigh Koechlein
Grace Stewart**
Melody Stewart
Mikayla Petersheim*
Caleigh Collins*
Molly Fuller
Matilda Fuller
Cecelia Hargrove
Topanga Stingley
Lea Ramsey
Hailey Day
Taytem Rivera
Harleigh Raduenz
Karaline Byers #
Alice Couch
Lucy Couch
*member of 2015 and/or 2017 Victorian camps!
Co-Directors: Alisa Clapp-Itnyre, Jessica Raposo
Pianist: Madeleine Demetriades
Sound Engineer: Chris Robinson
Costumer: Sharon Walker
Location: Central United Methodist Church, Richmond, IN
The two academic disciplines linguistics and literary studies are often part of one common study program, but they differ in many respects: Their object of study, the methods they use, the type of knowledge they aim to generate, and also the presentation of their work in academic writing. I explore these differences by examining a corpus of German PhD theses from the two disciplines.
The focus of this talk will be twofold: First, I will discuss how we can identify differences between corpora in a data-driven way, i. e. with only few theoretical assumptions. While many data-driven approaches rely on surface-based frequencies of words and sequences of words, I argue for the additional use of syntactic annotations for this purpose. Second, I will present and contextualize the differences between academic texts in linguistics and literary studies that can be detected in this way. I conclude by reflecting more generally on how the results of a data-driven analysis can be integrated into existing theories.
This short webinar provides an overview of the Summary Tables page of the NSSE website. The various types of tables (frequencies, means, Engagement Indicator, and HIP) are explained, as well as the selected subgroups (sex, related-major category, and Carnegie classification). Additional information on Topical Modules, profiles, Canadian results, and archived information is also presented.
Emmy-winning environmental photographer James Balog shares with Dean Shanahan harrowing stories of mountaineering and the keys to creating new narratives about the environment. Balog is the founder of the Extreme Ice Survey and the Earth Vision Institute, and his latest film, "The Human Element," explores how humanity affects and is affected by earth, air, fire and water. He has spoken at the White House, in the U.S. Congress, at NASA, and is widely known for his popular TED talk "Time-Lapse Proof of Extreme Ice Loss."
Bass, Jennifer, Sanders, Stephanie, Shanahan, James
Summary:
Hundreds of same-sex couples throughout the state share one of two anniversaries: June 25 and 26, 2014. In this episode, makers of IU's "Just Married" podcast, Jennifer Bass and Stephanie Sanders, talk about why these two days in June matter, the history and laws surrounding marriage equality in the U.S., and how they're sharing the love stories of same-sex Hoosiers on their journeys into marriage.
Bob Gonyea, Kevin Fosnacht, Polly Graham, Kyle Fassett
Summary:
Institutions that participated in the 2018 NSSE/ACUHO-I Housing Study are invited to join this free webinar to walk through the new reports, ask questions of the researchers, and hear a brief summary of findings from the study. Feel free to include others from your institution – especially those from campus housing. NSSE webinars are live and interactive, providing participants the opportunity to ask questions via polls and text chat. The webinar will be recorded and posted on the NSSE website for those who are unable to participate.
Alternative forms of dissertations and theses are hot topics in higher education, but what is it really like to write one? Join Mary Borgo Ton, a Ph.D. candidate in British Literature, for a behind-the-scenes look at her dissertation which takes the form of a Scalar-powered website. The dissertation explores the global history of Victorian screen culture through virtual reality, 3D models, and interactive maps. As she reflects on the design process, she’ll introduce writing techniques that have helped her pivot to a wide range of forms and identify local resources for training, tools, and equipment.
Brain, Matt, Hou, Yingkun, Pincus, Robert, García de Cortázar-Atauri, Iñaki, Shanahan, James, Miles, Emily
Summary:
As climate changes, so do pieces of culture. Pieces like car ownership, outdoor sports, and the drinks we share. This is the second episode in our beverage series, and it's all about wine. We start at a vineyard and winery in California, take a look at the growing wine industry in China, go back to 2003's Europe, and finally return to the present day with challenges and opportunities in resilience.
3:30 - Matt Brain of Chamisal Vineyards in San Luis Obispo, California
13:15 - Yingkun Hou of Southern Illinois University Carbondale
23:15 - Robert Pincus of University of Colorado Boulder
30:30 - Iñaki García de Cortázar-Atauri of the National Institute of Agronomic Research in Avignon, France
Brian M. Watson and Michael Morrone of Kelly Business School discuss the Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Open Access and its implications.
Jim Bright's legacy in journalism and public relations spans 36 years and many countries.
Bright worked for Ford Motor Company for 24 years, retiring as global executive director of public affairs in 2006, and taught more than 400 IU journalism students from 2006-10.
After graduating from IU in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in journalism, Bright worked as a reporter at the Jeffersonville (Indiana) Evening News and the Louisville Courier-Journal.
In 1978, he began his career at Ford, traveling the southeast region writing an employee newsletter.
He left Ford for four years to work in internal communications for Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia.
Bright rejoined Ford in 1984. During the next 20 years, he led a PR blitz promoting the company and its products in the Southwestern U.S.; led the launch of new products, including Mustang and the F-Series pickup truck; served as co-leader of Ford's centennial celebration; and guided the company through communication crises, including product recalls, a plant explosion and a plane crash that killed four Ford executives.
From 2000-01, Bright served as deputy general manager, corporate communications, at Mazda's World Headquarters in Hiroshima, where he was the first non-Japanese member of its PR team. The team laid the communications groundwork for the largest launch of new products in the company's history.
As global executive director of public affairs, he led Ford's PR team in North America and overseas. At the request of chairman and CEO Bill Ford, he created and led the Ford Volunteer Corps, an effort to mobilize Ford employee and retiree volunteers to address needs of tsunami survivors in Thailand and India, hurricane survivors in the U.S. Gulf Coast region and nonprofits in Detroit and other communities where Ford has a presence.
After retiring from Ford, Bright taught for four years at the IU School of Journalism as the Ralph Winslow visiting professor. He created an International Public Relations course and, during spring breaks, accompanied students to Tokyo, where they met with journalists and PR professionals.
IU students selected Bright for the 2009 Student Choice Award. In 2010, he was named to the New Albany (Indiana) High School Hall of Fame.
Bright is a past president of the Bloomington Press Club. He and his wife, Anne, have supported dozens of IU international students through Bloomington Worldwide Friendship. They also volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Bright is active in Rotary International, a worldwide service organization, and serves as chair of his Rotary District's Global Scholarship program, which provides $40,000 annually for an Indiana graduate to study at any university outside the U.S. He has served as president of Bloomington Rotary and as governor of Rotary's Southern Indiana District.
Valuing his professional and teaching relationships, he writes newsletters to his former IU students and to Ford Public Affairs retirees.
"It's a real honor to be selected for this award," Bright said. "IU has been a big part of my life, and IU has always felt like family."
The Amazon catches fire every year, but 2019 is different. Eduardo Brondizio, an expert on rural and urban populations and landscapes in the Amazon, knows why. In this bonus episode, he explains the political trajectory that brought a group of land-grabbers and farmers to coordinate a day of coordinated fires — the same trajectory that's now bringing indigenous groups, researchers and people across the globe to push back.
