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Exhibition of “Solidarity” Photos Comes to Madison
Phenomenon of ‘Solidarity’ at UW-Madison’s Memorial Library July 3-24
From July 3-July 24, 2012 a unique exhibition of historical images documenting the Solidarity movement in Poland will be on display in the main lobby of Memorial Library on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
The Phenomenon of ‘Solidarity’: Pictures from the History of Poland 1980-1981, organized by the Institute of National Remembrance in Warsaw, Poland, commemorates the 30th anniversary of the founding of the movement and highlights formative moments in its history, such as the strikes of August 1980 and the enforcement of Martial Law in December of 1981.
Since summer 2011, the traveling exhibition has been shown at universities, government institutions, and foundations throughout the US and Canada. Madison, Wisconsin will be its final North American stop before it returns to Poland in August 2012. The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Polish Heritage Club - Madison are sponsoring the Madison showing.
The photographs offer a new perspective on the path leading to the creation of the Solidarity Trade Union, and provide an insight into the Union’s relations with the communist regime, as well as the prevailing social sentiment towards the movement amidst pivotal political, social, and economic developments in Poland.
“The exhibition in Madison on the Solidarity movement is very timely,” notes CREECA director Yoshiko M. Herrera. “The recent mass protests and government turnovers in the Middle East have been compared to 1989 in Eastern Europe, and one of the leading political movements taking a stand against authoritarianism and the erosion of civil liberties in Russia today calls itself “Solidarnost’,” taking its name directly from the Solidarity movement in Poland. The Phenomenon of ‘Solidarity’ will undoubtedly enrich our understanding not only of Poland’s extraordinary history and society but also of other important unfolding events around the world.”
In connection with the exhibition, on Monday, July 16, at 5:00 p.m. in room 126 of the UW-Madison Memorial Library, Neal Pease, Professor of History at UW-Milwaukee, will give a public lecture: “Polish Solidarity, a Retrospective: The Workers’ Revolution that Toppled the ‘Workers’ State.’” At this event, members of the Polish Heritage Club (PHC) who were eyewitnesses to the Solidarity movement will also share their recollections of that tumultuous era. A light reception, sponsored by the PHC, will follow the lecture and discussion.
The Phenomenon of Solidarity: Pictures from the History of Poland, 1980-1981 will be on display in the main lobby of Memorial Library from July 3rd through July 24th. Admission is free, and visitors to the University of Wisconsin-Madison may acquire a library day pass on site. For information on accessing the exhibition and the many other opportunities provided at Memorial Library, please visit the library’s website: memorial.library.wisc.edu or call 608-262-3193.
More information about the Polish Heritage Club – Madison is available on its Web site: http://www.phcwi-madison.org/
For more information on this and other CREECA events, please call 608-262-3379 or send an email to info@creeca.wisc.edu.
REECAS Graduate Certificate: Requirements Changes
Requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies (REECAS) have been revised. The REECAS graduate certificate serves the needs of MA and PhD students who wish to demonstrate their knowledge of this diverse and highly important area. Students who complete the Graduate Certificate in REECAS will receive this designation on their UW-Madison transcript.
To receive a certificate, a student must take 12 graduate-level credits of required REECAS courses distributed over three programs. Of these required courses, one must be a seminar in which a research paper is written on a topic approved by the major professor. The student must demonstrate a working knowledge of one language of Eastern Europe, Russia, or Eurasia (generally understood as two years' of university-level language study) will be expected to write the seminar paper utilizing original source material in the target language(s).
http://www.creeca.wisc.edu/graduate_certificate.html
For the new flyer detailing the certificate: click here
For more information, or to declare the certificate, please contact Jennifer Tishler, the graduate advisor in REECAS (jtishler@creeca.wisc.edu).
Information Session: Undergraduate Russian Flagship Program
4:00-5:00pm, Tuesday, February 21, 2012
1418 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Drive
The UW-Madison Russian Flagship Program is an innovative undergraduate program to offer highly-motivated students in any major the opportunity to reach a professional level of competence (ACTFL Superior/ILR 3) in Russian. Scholarships are available to support overseas and intensive summer study. For more information: www.russianflagship.wisc.edu
Students who are interested in applying to the program, or would just like to learn about it, are invited to attend the information session, or to contact Karen Evans-Romaine, Russian Flagship director (evansromaine@wisc.edu) or Dianna Murphy, Russian Flagship associate director(diannamurphy@wisc.edu).
Upcoming application deadlines:
March 15, 2012 (Fall 2012 admission)
October 15, 2012 (Spring 2013 admission)
The UW-Madison Russian Flagship is a collaborative initiative of the UW-Madison Department of Slavic Languages and Literature and the Language Institute, with the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia, and the Doctoral Program in Second Language Acquisition. The program is supported by the Language Flagship of the Defense Language and National Security Education Office (DLNSEO) in the U.S. Department of Defense.
Intensive Summer Russian with the UW-Madison Slavic Department
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Slavic Languages and Literature is pleased to announce that it will offer Intensive Second and Third Year Russian in Summer 2012:
Dates: June 18-August 10, 2012 Times: 8:50-10:45 am, 12:05-2:10 pm, Monday-Friday
Tuition and fees for the 8-credit course in the Summer 2012:
Wisconsin resident: $2,419.26
Non-resident: $6,356.70
Minnesota resident: $3,183.78
Slavic 117 and Slavic 118: Intensive Second Year Russian (8 credits) The goals of this intermediate-level course include review and expansion of the grammar and vocabulary presented in First Year Russian and further development of students' reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Classroom instruction includes speaking exercises, grammar drills, numerous writing assignments, and listening and reading exercises. In addition, students learn more about Russian culture, history, traditions, and daily life routines. After successfully completing this course, students are eligible to enroll in Third Year Russian courses (SL 275 or SL 279) and to participate in the UW-Madison study abroad program in Russia. This intensive course will cover the entire curriculum of Second Year Russian in one eight-week session and will consist of two two-hour blocks of classes each day (Monday-Friday, 8:50-10:45 and 12:05-2:10). Students must be concurrently enrolled in Slavic 117 and Slavic 118 for a total of eight credits.
Slavic 279: Intensive Third Year Russian (8 credits) The goals of this course are to improve students' reading fluency and writing skills. We will focus on the use of complex syntax and undertake a thorough review of Russian grammar, which will be presented and practiced using the textbook Grammatika v kontekste. In addition, grammatical forms will be contextualized by authentic texts, films, and songs. This intensive course will cover the entire curriculum of Third Year Russian (Slavic 275-276) in one eight-week session and will consist of two two-hour blocks of classes each day (Monday-Friday, 8:50-10:45 and 12:05-2:10). After completing this class students are eligible to enroll in
Slavic 321: Fourth Year Russian I. Students with prior experience in Russian from outside of post-secondary educational settings should contact Dr. Anna Tumarkin in advance for a placement test.
The National Theatre of London's
The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
On July 16th and 18th Sundance Cinemas broadcasted a production of Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard performed by the National Theatre of London.
Following both presentations, Manon van de Water, theatre professor at UW-Madison, led a question-and-answer discussion session.
For more information about this event, please visit The Cherry Orchard page.
Yugoslavia Symposium
MA Workshop Photo Gallery
Day in the Baltics 2011 Photo Gallery
CREECA’s 2011 Wisconsin Film Festival Guide
March 9, 2011 -
The Wisconsin Film Festival began in 1999, and has grown into the largest campus-based film festival in the United States, averaging 200 films and 34,000 attendees each spring. It is a project of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arts Institute, with dozens of campus and community partners. The Wisconsin Film Festival is a public outreach program of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arts Institute.
- WI Film Festival Official Site
- CREECA WI Film Festival Guide
CESSI Application Available
January 24, 2011 - The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) and the Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are proud to announce the inaugural session of the Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI).
Instruction in intensive first- and second-year Kazakh and Uyghur, intensive first-year Uzbek, and intensive second-year Tajik will be offered this year. CESSI 2011 will also feature lectures (in English) on Central Eurasian history and culture and a rich program of cultural events and field trips related to the countries of Central Eurasia. CESSI 2011 will run from June 13-August 5.
Information and application materials are available on the CESSI Web site: www.creeca.wisc.edu/cessi
The priority deadline for admission and the fee remission grant is March 15, 2011. The application deadline for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships at UW-Madison is February 15, 2011, www.flas.wisc.edu
CESSI is a joint initiative of 22 U.S. Department of Education-funded National Resource Centers at 12 U.S. universities, along with Nazarbayev University (Astana, Kazakhstan).
For further information about CESSI 2011, please contact Nancy Heingartner, CESSI program coordinator, cessi@creeca.wisc.edu, 608-262-3379.
Please follow the link to apply:
Russian Film Series
January 24, 2011
Фестиваль русского кинофильма/
Russian Film Series
Spring 2011
254 Van Hise Hall
Итальянец/The Italian (2005) 4:00-6:00pm, среда, 26 января/Wednesday, January 26
Адмирал/Admiral (2008)4:00-6:00pm, среда, 9 марта/Wednesday, March 9
Баллада о солдате/Ballad of a Soldier (1959) 4:00-6:00, среда, 27 апреля/Wednesday, April 27
Все фильмы показываются с английскими субтитрами и вступительным словом Желтоуховой Снежаны. Показ всех фильмов состоится в аудитории 254, Van Hise Hall. All films are shown with English subtitles and with an introduction by Snezhana Zheltoukhova.
Sponsored by the Russian Flagship Center. All are welcome!
Russian Language Floor
January 05, 2011 - The new Russian House/Русский дом, a Russian-language floor in the International Learning Community in Adams Hall, is now accepting applications for the 2011-2012 academic year from incoming UW-Madison students only. (The application deadline for current UW-Madison students was December 17, 2010.)
Students who will be entering UW-Madison in fall 2011 have until April 8, 2011 to apply to live in Russkii dom. Please visit the following site for more information: Russian House/Русский дом
CREECA LAUNCHES FUNDING, JOBS SITE
January 03, 2011 - CREECA is pleased to announce the launch of our Jobs and Funding site! This site, will serve as a resource for students, alumni, community members, and others who are seeking jobs, internships, volunteer opportunities, scholarships and fellowships, as well as professional development resources relating to Russia, Eastern and Central Europe, and Central Asia.
The site is intended to complement CREECA's main funding page, which offers an annotated list of funding resources both at the UW-Madison campus and beyond.
In contrast to our main funding page, the CREECA Jobs and Funding Resources Blog is where timely announcements with upcoming deadlines are posted, categorized, and archived.
Please Visit: CREECA JOBS & FUNDING
Andrei Codrescu Photo Gallery
Poet, Novelist, Essayist, and Lecturer Andrei Codrescu Speaks at UW-Madison
October 5, 2010 - UW-Madison’s Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) welcomed popular NPR essayist, commentator, poet, and lecturer, Andrei Codrescu, on Monday October 4. Mr. Codrescu gave a free, public lecture at the Wisconsin Union Theater about the value of language and the complicated nature of translation.
BALSSI students create Lithuanian-language blog
July 7, 2010 - BALSSI students in intensive intermediate Lithuanian, taught by Aurelija Tamosiunaite, are creating a Lithuanian blog that features recipes, short poems, and the students' thoughts on studying this challenging and rewarding language. Check out their entries at http://balssi.blogas.lt/.
WIOC K-12 Teacher Course on International Folk & Fairy Tales
February 3, 2011 - The Wisconsin International Outreach Consortium, WIOC, is pleased to be offering a ten-hour professional development course entitled, "Folk and Fairy Tales from around the World" in spring 2011. The course will meet for two hours each on five consecutive Tuesdays starting on February 15th and ending on March 15th. The first meeting will provide an overview of international folk and fairy tales by a librarian with extensive experience in international folk literature. Each of the following weeks will be dedicated to the folk and fairy tales of East Asia, Europe, India, or Russia. UW-Madison faculty, graduate students, and staff will provide lectures and lead discussions. A final project, consisting of a class-ready lesson plan, will be due at the end of the course. Participants will earn one UW-Madison graduate credit for successful completion of this course. For an event flier click here. For a registration form click here. With questions, please contact Nancy Heingartner, CREECA Outreach Coordinator, outreach@creeca.wisc.edu, (608) 262-3379.
FLAS Applications
November 24, 2010 - The competition for summer 2011 and academic year 2011-2012 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships is now open. Application deadline: February 15, 2011. Please visit flas.wisc.edu and read the FLAS flier for more information.
BALSSI students create Lithuanian-language blog
July 7, 2010 - BALSSI students in intensive intermediate Lithuanian, taught by Aurelija Tamosiunaite, are creating a Lithuanian blog that features recipes, short poems, and the students' thoughts on studying this challenging and rewarding language. Check out their entries at http://balssi.blogas.lt/.
Summer program offers intensive study of Baltic area languages
June 10, 2010 (UW-Madison News) - This summer, students from across the United States will come to Madison for eight weeks of intensive study of the languages of the Baltic countries: Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian ... Read the full press release at UW-Madison News.
Spring/summer newsletter now available
June 8, 2010 - The CREECA spring/summer 2010 newsletter is now available in print and web versions. Read the newsletter online in the CREECA newsletter archive.
"After Chernobyl" photo exhibit available online
June 8, 2010 - Former UW-Madison staff photographer Michael Forster Rothbart spent a year in Chernobyl photographing and interviewing Ukrainians who still live in the villages near the 1986 nuclear disaster. A link to the Web site presenting his photos and commentary is now included on CREECA's Web Resources page.
CREECA funds purchase of English-language digest of Soviet and Russian press
May 18, 2010 - Through financial support from CREECA, the UW-Madison Libraries have purchased access to the complete backfile of The Current Digest of the (Post-)Soviet Press, an English-language collection of Soviet/Russian news digests from 1949 to 2006. Access to these new primary source materials is available only to UW-Madison students, staff, and faculty, as well as guest users working on UW-Madison Libraries computer terminals.
Graduate and undergraduate REECAS approved classes are posted
April 6, 2010 - Click on Courses within the Students menu to see which courses will be offered in fall 2010.
UW-Madison receives grant to create Russian Flagship Center
March 22, 2010 - UW-Madison has received nearly $1 million to increase Russian language-learning opportunities. To find out more about the new center and CREECA's participation in this effort, please see coverage by UW-Madison News and The Badger Herald. For more information about participating in the program, please see the Russian Flagship Center Web site at http://www.russianflagship.wisc.edu/.
