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2015-2016Newsletter
UCSanDiegoRussian,EastEuropean,andEurasianStudies
REEESATUCSANDIEGO
VladimirVoinovichVisitsSan
Diego’sRussianClubatUCSD
OnDecember19,thelegendaryRussianwriterVladimirVoinovich
spokeatUCSD.Voinovich,whowasbrought
tocampusbytheSanDiegoRussianClub
“EuropeanStaffAssociation”,presentedhis
worksandaddressedRussia’scurrent
political
climatein
alively
Q&Aafter
theevent,
which
drew
members
ofthelocal
RussiancommunityaswellasUCSD
facultyandstudents.Picturedwith
VoinovichisUCSDundergraduate
LiaSignaevskaia.TheAssociation
organizedseveralotherRussianlanguageeventsbothonandoff
campus,includingabook
presentationbyEllaandMikhail
Romm,aconcertofSanDiego-basedRussianlanguagesingersongwriters,andanupcomingconcertbyTimurShaov(May8).
LetterfromtheDirector
UCSDScholarsResearch
RevolutionsandTheirAftermaths
The“Revolutions
andTheir
Aftermaths”
WorkingGroupat
theUCSD
Humanities
Centeremphasizes
studiesof
Revolutions
throughoutthe
world,bothintheformerSovietUnionandelsewhere.
Thegroupdiscussesrecentpublicationsandshowcases
theresearchoffacultyandgraduatestudentsacross
disciplines.Thisyear’smeetingshaveincludeda
discussionofthewritingsoftherecentNobellaureate
inLiterature,SvetlanaAlexievich(pictured),anevent
sponsoredjointlywiththeUCSD“Kruzhok”.Professor
AmeliaGlaserpresentedonliteraryrepresentationsof
the1648CossackUprisinginUkraine.IntheWinter,
UCSDalumnusProfessorElenaAronova(UCSB)
spokeonColdWardatascience;ProfessorMaxParra
(UCSD,Literature)onliteratureandphotographyof
theMexicanRevolution;andProfessorMarciShore
(Yale)onUkraine’sEuromaidan.ThegroupsSpring
Quartereventsincludedco-sponsoring,withProfessor
BabakRahimi,asymposiumonthe1979Iranian
Revolution.
DearFriendsoftheREEESProgram,
The2015-16academicyearstartedwithgratifyingnewsforscholarsofRussiaandEasternEuropewhen
writerandjournalistSvetlanaAlexievich,wasawardedtheNobelPrizeinLiterature.AtUCSD,wehave
workedtointegrateinnovativecontemporarywritersandartistslikeAlexievichintoourundergraduate
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curriculumbyexpandingourmajorandminortoincludeabroaderrangeofcoursesandmore
contemporarytopics.Ourprogram,foundeddecadesagotostudytheSovietUnion,iscurrently
restructuringitsrequirementstoallowstudentsmoreflexibilityinstudyingthebroaderregionand
languagesofEasternEuropeandEurasia.
Thisyear,UCSD’sRussianclubhasseenanewsurgeinactivity.ProfessorRebeccaWellsandRussianlanguage
TeachingAssistantTeresaKuruchave,togetherwithalargegroupofUCSDundergraduates,heldregularfilm
screenings,artisticevenings,andcelebrationsoncampus.OurnewundergraduatepeeradvisorSavannah
Hansenhasofferedguidancetonewmajorsandminors.Manyofourrecentgraduatesarepursuinggraduate
studyorembarkingoncareersinrelatedareas.Thisspring,wewelcomedournewcoordinator,Mitzy
Martinez(pictured).Mitzyhasover10yearsofexperienceinhighereducationandhasworkedatbothUCSD
andUCRiverside.SheenjoysworkingwithstudentsandwatchingdocumentariesabouttheRussianEmpire.
Finally,wearepleasedtointroduceourREEESlogo!ThiscomesthankstotheeffortsofCyndiDillonandHelenOlow,the
ManagementServicesOfficer(MSO)oftheUCSD’sInstituteforArtsandHumanities,whichwillbringtogethermanyofUCSD’sarea
studiesandinterdisciplinaryprograms.Thisnewcenterwillsupportseveralprograms,includingREEES,makingcoursesandpublic
eventsmoreaccessibletostudentsandothermembersoftheUCSDcommunity.Iwanttoextendmyheartfeltthankstothe
communitymemberswhohavesupportedREEESatUCSDthroughdonationsandyourpresenceatourevents,toourwonderfulpast
programcoordinatorSallyHargateandournewcoordinatorMitzyMartinez,andtoourfacultyandstudents,whoseintellectual
curiosityfuelsourprogram.Thanksgo,inparticular,toTeresaKurucforherworkonthisnewsletter.
Sincerely,
AmeliaGlaser
UCSanDiegoRussian,EastEuropean,andEurasianStudies
2015-2016Newsletter
REEESGraduateStudentActivitiesandAccomplishments
WecurrentlyhaveseveralPh.DstudentsacrossdisciplineswhoareaffiliatedwiththeREEESprogram.Olga
Lazitsky(Communication),TeresaKuruc(Literature),andKevinHart(Literature)presentedtheir
researchattheCaliforniaSlaviccolloquiumatStanfordUniversityinAprilof2015,accompaniedbyProf.
NataliaRoudakova.BothKurucandLazitskypresentedpapersatUSCinAprilof2016,aswell.Lazitsky’s
presentationsexaminethegenealogyofrecenttensionsbetweenRussiaandtheUSasthey’representedin
themedia.Kuruc’spapersaddressthefunctionofpersonalmemoirinthecontextofcollectivenational
movementsoftheinterwarperiodinEasternEurope.Hart’sworkarguesforreadingNabokovasanautotranslator.UCSDwillbehostingthecolloquiuminSpring,2018.Hartisofferinganupper-divisionseminarinEnglishandRussian
languageworksofVladimirNabokovinSpringof2016.EricaFontana(Anthropology),alongwithco-author
MonikaŻychlińskaoftheUniversityofWarsaw,recentlypublishedthearticle"MusealGamesandEmotional
Truths:CreatingPolishNationalIdentityattheWarsawRisingMuseum,"intheMay2015issueofEastEuropean
PoliticsandSocietiesandCultures.ThearticlediscussestherangeofmeaningsthattheWarsawRisingMuseum
hastakenonamongmuseumprofessionals,inpopularandacademicmedia,andforvisitors.
REEESAlumniMakeStridesintheField
ElenaAronova(Ph.D.History,2012)beganatenure-track
facultypositionatUCSBthisWinterintheHistoryoftheLife
Sciences.LastSpring,shetaughtattheGraduateSchoolofEast
andSoutheastEuropeanStudiesandattheLudwig-MaximiliansUniversität.München.Sheiscurrentlycompletingabooktitled
ScienceandtheCulturalColdWar:ThinkingScienceonthe
OppositeSidesoftheIronCurtain,andresearchingasecondbook
projectonthepoliticsandpracticesofenvironmentalarchives
inthe1950s-1970s.Herrecentarticlesinclude“BigScienceand
‘BigScienceStudies’intheUnitedStatesandtheSovietUnionduringtheCold
War,”InScienceandTechnologyintheGlobalColdWar,eds.NaomiOreskesand
JohnKrige(TheMITPress,2014):393-430.“EnvironmentalMonitoringinthe
Making:FromSurveyingNature’sResourcestoMonitoringNature’s
Change,”HistoricalSocialResearch40(2015).
UndergraduatePeerAdvisor
SavannahHansenisafifth
yearREEESmajorwhofellin
lovewiththeRussianlanguage
andtheREEESprograminher
veryfirstcourses.Shehopes
toencouragestudentsto
enrollinREEESbysharingherenthusiasmfor
thecoursesandtheprofessors.Inhertimeas
apeeradvisor,Savannahhasusedher
knowledgeoftheREEESprogramtohelp
fellowstudentsnavigatetheprogram’s
requirementsandanswertheirquestions
aboutmajoringinREEES.
RussianandDisabilityStudiesMergeinIWASNEVERALONE
Dr.CassandraHartblay(CoLEDPostdoctoralResearcher,Dept.ofCommunication,UCSD)received
a2016-2017FISPgranttopursuethedevelopmentandproductionofaperformanceethnography
projectthatlinksRussianStudies,DisabilityStudies,Theatre,andQualitativeResearch.Theproject
bringsadocumentaryplaybasedonethnographicinterviewswithadultswithdisabilitiesinRussia
toUCSD.Dr.HartblayconductedtheinterviewsinpersoninRussianduringfieldworkin2012-2014,
thentranslatedandadaptedtheplayscriptbasedoninterviewtranscripts.InJanuary,Dr.Hartblay
sharedexcerptsfromadraftoftheplayscriptwiththeUCSDcommunityinatablereading
presentedaspartoftheStudioforEthnographicDesignPerformanceEthnographyLabseries.In
February,theplaywasworkshoppedandpresentedasastagedreadingatUNC-CH(Dr.Hartblay's
PhDinstitution),includingtalkbacksessionswiththecastandwithapanelofscholars.Staytunedfornewsaboutafallproductionof
theplay,IWASNEVERALONE(https://cassandrahartblay.com/i-was-never-alone/),onOctober6-9,2016,atUCSD,andavisitfrom
Russiantheateranddisabilityadvocacycolleagues.
UCSDandUCBScholarsDiscuss“CominternAesthetics”atUCHRI
Beginningin1919,the“ThirdInternational”wasatransnationalpoliticalendeavorthat
aimedtospreadcommunismworldwide.Thisenormousendeavorincludedartand
literature,aswellasapoliticalagenda.ProfessorAmeliaGlaser(Literature)and
ProfessorStevenLee(UCBerkeley)collaborativelyconvenedaconferenceatUC
BerkeleyinApril2015ontheaestheticsoftheComintern.Theeventgatheredscholars
fromtheUSandbeyond,includingUCSD’sProfessorLuisMartinCabrera
(LiteraturesinSpanish)todiscusstheliteraryandartisticeffectsoftheCommunist
International.GlaserandLeearecurrentlyeditingascholarlyvolumeonthetopic,and
tothatend,ledaworkshoponthetopicattheUCHumanitiesResearchInstitutein
IrvineinJanuary2016foragroupofgraduatestudents.UCSD’sTeresaKurucwas
amongthoseparticipatingintheweeklongworkshop.
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UCSanDiegoRussian,EastEuropean,andEurasianStudies
TheUCSDRussianClubCombines
LanguageStudywithSocialEvents
Thestudentsin
UCSD’sRussianClub
areactiveinthe
campuscommunity!
Thisfall,theyhosted
Russiancuisineand
movienights,andin
thewinter,theystartedanewquarterlytradition–Kapustnik–at
whichtheysingRussiansongs,recitepoems,andperformskitsin
celebrationoftheirlanguagelearning.Also,students,faculty,and
othersupportersrepresentedtheRussianClubasanofficialteamin
theTriton5KinApril.TheRussianClubhostsaweeklyconversation
tableonTuesdaysfrom4-6pm.AllRussophiles,nomatteryour
languageproficiency,areencouragedtoattend!Formore
information,contactRussianlanguageinstructor,RebeccaWells,at
[email protected],TeresaKuruc,at
[email protected],joinourFacebookgroup"UCSDRussianParty"
tofindoutabouteventtimesandlocationsandtostayintouch.
(https://www.facebook.com/groups/ucsdrussianparty/)
2015-2016Newsletter
TimothySnyderLectureson
BlackEarth:TheHolocaust
asHistoryandWarning
Awardwinninghistorian
TimothySnyder(Hossum
ProfessorofHistory,Yale)
visitedUCSDonMarch2and
discussedhismostrecent
acclaimedpublication,Black
Earth:TheHolocaustasHistory
andWarning,whichisa
rethinkingofhowandwhythe
HolocausttookplaceinEastern
Europe.Snyderistheauthoroffivebookson
Europeanhistory,includingBloodlands:Europe
betweenHitlerandStalin.Thetalk,sponsored
jointlybyHistory,EuropeanStudies,JewishStudies,
andtheHolocaustLivingHistoryWorkshop,drewa
largecrowdofUCSDfaculty,students,and
communitymembers.
TheUCSDTheaterandDanceDepartmentrecentlyproduced
Chekhov’sfinalplay,TheCherryOrchard,atUCSD.MFAcandidate
inTheaterMandyNussbaum(MFATheaterandDance,2016)
wastheproductionstagemanageroftheplay,whichfeaturedUCSDMastersstudentsinTheaterand
Dance.ThisoutstandingadaptationofChekhov’stimelessplayaboutpropertyandfamilyshowedthe
relevanceoftheturnofthecenturytopictocontemporaryCalifornia.Thewell-lovedstorypresents
themesofculturalfutilityinthecontextofturnofthecenturyRussiaandreflectssocialchangesand
forcesatworkaroundtheglobeinthatperiod.(PhotobyJimCarmody.)
ChekhovatUCSD
TheSanDiegoRussianSchoolOffersVolunteerPositionsforUCSDStudents
Since1998,theSanDiegoRussianSchool(SDRS–www.sdrussianschool.com)haswelcomedK-12kidsfromalloverSanDiegoCounty
forSundayclassesinRussiangrammar,literature,history,andarts.Theprogressithasmadein2015,inpartnershipwithREEES,has
allowedtheschooltoservemorestudentsinnewways.Thisspring,theschooladdedtwoelectivesthathelpedemphasizeproblem
solving--mathandprogramming,bothtaughtinRussian.Theschool’ssubjectscomplementmatheducationindayschool,andbuild
self-confidenceandreadinesstomeetfuturechallengesinhighschool,college,andprofessionalwork.Inadditiontoregularclasses,
SDRShasstartedaspeakerseriescalled“InsightintoProfessions.”Severaltimesayear,professionalsfromtheRussian-speaking
communitygivepresentationsabouttheirworkandhobbies.Thisyearstudentshavelistenedtolecturesaboutarchitecture,filmmaking,
andteaching.InMarch2015,SDRSstudentsheldareal-timeSkypeteleconferencingsessionwithRussianstudentslivinginKostroma.
ThoughSDRSstudentsandstudentsinRussiahavedifferentschoolsystemsanddifferentafter-schoolactivities,theyfoundalotin
common,especiallyfavoritebooks(theHarryPotterseriesisthecrowdfavoriteamongbothgroupsofstudents).
ThisyearUCSDRussianlanguageundergraduateAliciaRorabaugh,
throughtheUCSDAcademicInternshipProgram,workedwiththestudents
tobetterunderstandthecollegeapplicationprocess.Aliciagaveatalkon
howtoprepareforcollegeandonthealternativesto4-yearcollege
education.AliciaalsoworkedonarelatedprojectwithScrippsInstitute
scientistElenaYulaeva,“GlobalForestLink”.SponsoredbytheWorld
ResourcesInstitute,theprojectaimedatconnectingRussianandU.S.high
schoolstudentsthroughdiscussionofenvironmentalproblemsintheir
communities.Studentscollectedphotosfromneighborhoodforests,
comparedthemwithsatelliteimages,andanalyzedtheirfindingsduring
real-timeSkypemeetings.SaysYulaeva,“Weareveryhappywiththe
growthofSDRSandarelookingforwardtonewcollaborationswith
REEES.”
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FacultyResearchandPublicationHighlights
2015-2016Newsletter
2015-2016COURSE
LIST
ProfessorJesseDriscoll(Political
FALL2015
Science)hasjustpublishedWarlordsand
CoalitionPoliticsinPost-SovietStates
COMM163–Conceptsof
(CambridgeStudiesinComparative
Politics).ProfessorRobertEdelman
Freedom
(History)isaleaderoftheGlobalHistory
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ofSportintheColdWarProject,aCold
WarInternationalHistoryProject
inHebrewLiterature
sponsoredbytheWilsonCenterand
NationalEndowmentfortheHumanities.ThecrossLTRU1A,2A,104A–FirstLdisciplinarycollaborationinvolvesover70scholarsfrom
OGO
YearthroughAdvanced
multipledisciplinesandcountries.Itwillculminateinpresentationsthatare
availablethroughtheDigitalArchiveoftheColdWarInternationalHistory
RussianLanguage
Elements
Project,aswellasintwoscholarlyvolumes.ProfessorAmelia
Glaser(Literature)publishedaneditedvolume,Storiesof
LTRU199–Independent
Khmelnytsky:CompetingLegaciesofa
UC San Diego SEAL
StudyinRussianLiterature
UkrainianCossack(StanfordUniversityPress,
2015).ProfessorMarthaLampland
The UCSD SEAL is to be reproduced without alteration or modification. The UCSD SEAL may be used
(Sociology)ispublishingTheValueofLabor:
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TheScienceofCommodificationinHungary,
WINTER2016
1920-1956(UniversityofChicagoPress,
forthcominginSummerof2016).Professor
LTRU1B,2B,104B–FirstNataliaRoudakova(Communication)hasa
YearthroughAdvanced
bookforthcomingwithCambridgeUP.Thisstudyofpost-Soviet
RussianLanguage
journalismisprovisionallytitledLosingPravda:Journalismand
theCrisisofTruth-SeekinginRussia.ProfessorEmeritusPeterGourevitch
(SchoolofGlobalPolicyandStrategy)hasgiventalksonhisfamilyhistoryat
COMM104E–Comparative
variousvenuesoncampus.Thetalks"FleeingHitlerandStalintoAmerica:
MediaSystems:Europe
IlluminatingHistorywithFamilyStories”exploresthetrajectoryofhisfamily,
withfourMenshevikgrandparents,startinginTsaristRussia,throughthe
HIEU178–Colloquiumon
revolution,toBerlinin1923,thentoParisin1933,andthentotheUSin1940.
PostwarUSSR1945-1991
Notallfamilymembersmadeitthatfar,assomewerekilledintheStalinyears
andothersbytheNazis.Histalksdrawuponstoriesheheardasachild,
LTRU123–Dostoevsky
documentshe
foundinvarious
sources,andhis
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