Courses

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Spring 2022- Slavic Department Courses

Courses in Polish

Spring 2022 Polish Courses
Course Name	Day & Time	Instructor
PLSH-002: First-Level Polish II	MWF 12:00–12:50 PM	Iwona Sadowska
PLSH-102: Second-Level Polish II	MWF 9:00–9:50 AM	Iwona Sadowska

Courses in Russian

Spring 2022 Courses Taught in Russian
Course Name	Day & Time	Instructor
RUSS 011: First-Level Russian I	MTWRF 2:00 PM + F 1:00 PM	Svetlana Moser and Iwona Sadowska
RUSS 012: First-Level Russian II	MTWRF 11:00 AM + F 12:00 PM MTWRF 3:00 PM + F 2:00 PM	Elena Boudovskaia and Anna Pechnikova Svetlana Moser and Iwona Sadowska
RUSS 111: Second-Level Russian I	MTWRF 10:00 AM + F 11:00 AM	Elena Boudovskaia and Anna Pechnikova
RUSS 112: Second-Level Russian II	MTWRF 12:00 PM + F 11:00 AM	Elena Boudovskaia and Jill Neuendorf
RUSS 211: Third-Level Russian I	MTWRF 2:00 PM + F 3:00 PM MW 12:30–1:45 PM	Olga Meerson
RUSS 214: Russia(n) in Context (A continuation of RUSS-213). This course focuses on developing students’ oral and reading proficiency and intercultural competence. It incorporates a review of grammar covered in the first two levels. A variety of materials, including selections from Russian literature and contemporary press, as well as films and TV broadcasts will be employed to introduce topics of discussion and enhance the students’ ability to converse on daily topics and debate cultural, political and social issues in Russian life today.	TR 3:30–4:45 PM	Jill Neuendorf
RUSS 356: Russian Through Culture This course develops students’ Russian language skills by reading, watching, analyzing, and discussing authentic cultural documents. We will read great (short) works of literature in the original Russian, watch classic Russian and Soviet films, analyze contemporary cultural trends and historical movements, and even annotate a few recent Russian music videos. Students will not only sharpen their reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills in Russian, they will engage with a broad survey of important Russian culture. They will develop the intercultural sensitivity and understanding they need for careers or further study in Russia or the Russophone world.	TR 12:30–1:45	Bradley Gorski
RUSS 358: The Russian Internet This course will study Russian Internet as a unique phenomenon with its own cultural status, history, ethical codes, and even grammatical rules. Students will get acquainted with the major literary and scholarly magazines, fiction and non-fiction libraries, and collections of films and music. They will learn to navigate Russian sites and identify reliable information sources. We will discuss the issues of intellectual property and censorship on the Internet, and study the peculiarities of Russian social networks, Internet memes and myths. The course is taught in Russian and expects students to do substantial research of Russian web space. (HALC)	MW 3:30–4:45	Milla Fedorova
RUSS 398: Professional Russian II Designed for graduate students in CERES and MSFS who will be using Russian in their professional lives, this course aims to enhance the participants’ command of the language in both the oral and written forms. The course will focus on the preparation, delivery and discussion of oral presentations and written essays on topics related to the students’ professional interests. Topics will range from international relations, politics and economics to Russian literature and popular culture.	MW 5:00–6:15 PM	Elena Boudovskai
RUSS 495: Sixth-Level Russian The goal of this course is to develop participants’ professional command of Russian speech in oral and written forms. Special attention will be paid to the grammatical and lexical precision of the ideas and opinions on sophisticated professional topics. The focus is of this course is on the preparation, delivery, and discussion of oral presentations and written essays on topics related to participants’ professional interests. Topics will range from the fields of international relations, economics and politics, to Russian and Soviet culture and literature.	TR 5:00–6:15 PM	Jill Neuendorf

Courses in English

Spring 2022 Courses Taught in English
Course Name	Day & Time	Instructor
RUSS 116: Russia A-Z II This one-credit course is a survey of major topics in Russian culture from its beginnings to the present. It will acquaint students with various issues and fields of inquiry in Russian language, literature, linguistics and culture and help provide the necessary background for further study, both in the U.S. and in the Russian Federation. It is also intended as an introductory course for interested students with little or no background in these subject areas. The course will be team-taught by members of the Department of Slavic Languages and will be primarily in lecture format. In the final three classes of the semester, a professor will be reporting on his or her individual research. All lectures and readings are in English. (No prerequisites. Students need not have taken Russia A to Z I.)	R 2:00–2:50 PM	Irina Denischenko, Milla Fedorova, Bradley Gorski, Olga Meerson
RUSS 411: Russian Literature Fights Xenophobia The course will address various ways the poetics of Russian Fiction address prejudices—head on. First, they are put in the foreground as the motifs in the plots—e.g., motifs of racism or othering/ de-othering the Other in Russia’s Imperial Islamic invasions and government of territories; the motif of objectifying prisoners or women, or pre-assigning gender roles and functions in family/society, or that of religious sects and schismatics in Russia, the latter motif, including anti-Semitism, although it involves aspects of racism and cultural / linguistic Xenophobia as well. (HALC, DIV-Global)	MW 2:00–3:15 PM	Olga Meerson
WGST 351: Women & Resistance in Russia What is the nature of resistance? How can resistance be distinguished from civil disobedience, dissent, and revolt? Does female resistance differ from masculinist paradigms of opposition to power? Structured in reverse chronological order, this course first considers Putin-era manifestations of women’s resistance in Russia, including performance art, journalism, and political activism. We then investigate the genealogy of these contemporary protests in underground activism of the late Soviet period, in women’s involvement in WWII, and in the Bolshevik sexual revolution of the 1920s. Next, we turn to figures of resistance in pre-Revolutionary Russia, from female terrorists to medieval saints. Students engage with a broad range of cultural artifacts, including historical texts, literature, zines, journalistic work, visual art, film, in an effort to create historical narratives in light of missing sources. The final project invites students to grapple with issues raised in this course by curating a museum exhibit. No knowledge of Russian required. (DIV-Global)	TR 3:30–4:45 PM	Irina Denischenko