SWSEEL 2007 Calendar of Events

SWSEEL Calendar of Events

In addition to excellent language instruction, the Summer Workshop provides a rich and diverse cultural program. Students may sing in a choir, participate in poetry and drama clubs, as well as attend films and lectures.

Events Listed on this schedule are subject to change. For the most updated information on cultural events in the Summer Workshop, please refer to This Week in SWSEEL, which your instructor will pass out each Monday morning. Some non-SWSEEL events are included on this schedule for your information.

Recommended: Link to IU Events Calendar to look up SWSEEL events by date in an interactive calendar format. (Please note: due to limited space, cooking demonstrations are not open to the public nor included on the IU Events Calendar.)

Index of Abbreviations:

BH = Ballantine Hall
ED = Education Building
IMU = Indiana Memorial Union
MUSIC = Music Building (Sweeny Hall), corner of Third and Jordan
HPER = Health/Physical Education/Recreation Building
SRSC= Student Recreational Sports Center
TBA = To be announced
TH = Theatre and Drama Center, corner of Jordan and 7th Streets
WH = Woodburn Hall

All events begin at 7:00 PM and all films have English subtitles, unless otherwise specified.

Date	Activity
Saturday, 14 June	PEASANT DISCO Returns! Buskirk-Chumley (114 E. Kirkwood Ave.), 10:00PM- 2:00am; 18 to dance, 21 to drink / $5 cover change
Monday, 16 June	Lecture: I. Lytvynchuk, “How Russians, Ukrainians, and Americans Understand Happiness” (in Russian), ED 1120
Tuesday, 17 June	Lecture: Gene Coyle, “What Does a Real CIA Officer Do?”, ED 1120
Wednesday, 18 June	Lecture: Andrew Durkin, “The Origins of Slavic Writing”, ED 1210 Lecture: Sadiq Muhammad, "The Socio-cultural aspects of Pakistani Pashtun Pop Music", ED 1120 Lecture: Mark Roseman, “Glimpses in the Blinding Light: Nazi Perpetrators Seen Through the Eyes of Their Victims”, 7:30 p.m., Swain Hall East 105
Thursday, 19 June	Lecture: Malik Hodjaev, “Pop Culture in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan ”, ED 1120 Lecture: Mark Trotter, “A Guide to Learning Foreign Languages”, ED 1210
Friday, 20 June	Slavica Book Sale, 12:00 – 2:30pm, Free Pizza, BH 008 Lecture: Eka Tchkoidze, “Medieval Georgian Culture”, ED 1120 Movie Night: The Cave of the Yellow Dog(Mongolian), BH 340
Saturday, 21 June	Bloomington Event: “Taste of Bloomington,” at Showers Commons (7th & Morton Streets), 3-11pm, admission $6; for more information: http://www.visitbloomington.com/docs/microsites/tasteposter08.pdf
Monday, 23 June	Lecture: O. Yastrebova, "Higher Education and Student Life in Contemporary Russia (in Russian), ED 1120
Tuesday, 24 June	Russian Event: Meeting with Russian-speaking visitors in Wilkie Quad Movie Night: Kuresh olmeydu (Uyghur), Documentary film about the famous composer, musician and poet, Kuresh Kosen, ED 1120 Slavic Choir: BH 109, 5:00PM. If you would like to join this club, please contact Larisa Privalskaya (lprivals@indiana.edu). Russian Folk Tales Club: BH 005, 5:00PM. If you would to join this club, please contact Lenka Pankova (pankova@pitt.edu).
Wednesday, 25 June	Lecture: H. Srpova, “Czech Advertising: The Decisive Factor”, ED 1210 Lecture: Avi Patt, “A Coat of Many Colors: Jewish Life & Culture in Europe”, 7:30 PM, Swain Hall East 105 Movie Night: Cuckoo (Russian), ED 1120 Russian Drama Club: BH 005, 5:00PM. If you would like to join this club, please contact Evgenia Mikhailova (evgenia.mikhaylova@gmail.com)
Thursday, 26 June	Lecture: W. Fierman, "Language Policy in Independent Central Asia and Azerbaijan", ED 1120 Russian Poetry Club: BH 103, 5:00PM. If you would like to join this club, please contact Veronika Trotter (veboikov@indiana.edu)
Friday, 27 June	Movie Night: Dev bilan Pakana (Uzbek), BH 340
Sunday, 29 June	Pool and Pizza Party! IU Outdoor Pool, 7:00PM– 9:00 PM
Monday, 30 June	Lecture: Brian Flora, “The U.S. Department of State: Preparing Yourself for a Career in the Foreign Service”, Please Note: This event begins at 5:00pm. Pizza will be served. ED 1120 Lecture: A. Smirnova, “The Church in Old Church Slavonic: Slavic Literacy in a Historical Context” (in Russian), ED 1210
Tuesday, 1 July	Lina’s Birthday! Lecture: Zaure Batayeva, “Kazakh Language in Media”, ED 1120 Lecture: Lidija Cvikic, "Welcome to the Croatian Coast", ED 1210
Wednesday, 2 July	Lecture: Mimoza Rista-Dema, "Controversial Attitudes towards Standard Albanian", ED 1210 Lecture: Judah Cohen, “The Holocaust in American Musical Theater”, 7:30PM, Swain Hall East 105 Lecture with video clips: Mark Yoffe, "Russian Rock" (in Russian), 6:00PM, ED 1120 Movie Night: The Italian (Russian), ED 1120 Cooking Demonstration: Tserenchunt Legden (Mongolian), Tsuiwan: Mongolian Stir fry noodles, HPER 007, 2:30pm. Classes: Mongolian I, Pashto I, Turkmen I, Azeri II, Uzbek II
Thursday, 3 July	Lecture: Mark Yoffe, "Vampires!", ED 1120 Lecture: Bill Johnston, "Bittersweet Truths of Translation: Adventures of a Translator of Polish Literature", ED 1250 Movie Night: Kek (Revenge), a Kazakh-Turkmen story of love and revenge. Presented by Fatima Moldashova. BH 340
Friday, 4 July	* No Classes * 4th of July Picnic at Lake Lemon, 11:00am, Details TBA
Monday, 7 July	Lecture: E. Mikhailova, “Reshuffling Gender Roles” (in Russian), ED 1120 Lecture: Dejan Gegovski, "Macedonian and Macedonian Dialects in the Balkan and Slavic Context", ED1210
Tuesday, 8 July	Lecture: L. Pankova, “Russian Fairy Tales”, ED 1120 Lecture: Mahire Yakup, “Uyghur Baby Showers”, ED 1210
Wednesday, 9 July	Lecture: C. Illias, “Romania Today”, ED 1210 Lecture: Karen Auerbach, "Review of Material in Yiddish on Early Post-war Resettlement", 7:30 p.m., Swain Hall East 105 Movie Night: The Wedding (Russian), ED 1120
Thursday, 10 July	Panel Presentation: Martin Spechler and Kassym Maulevnov, "Kazakhstan: The Challenges of Prosperity", ED 1120
Friday, 11 July	Mongolian Naadam Celebration: Lower Cascades Park-Waterfall Shelter (across from the playground), 4:00PM While food will be provided, please bring food to share and your beverages to drink. Bloomington Event: Lotus World Music Festival brings a concert by Slavic Soul Party!, a funky, Balkan-inspired, nine-piece brass band from New York City. Third Street Park, 7-8:30 pm, free
Monday, 14 July	Lecture: Nigora Azimova, “Language Education in Uzbekistan”, ED 1210 Lecture: Konstantin Kustanovich, "The Russian's Rendezvous with America: A Collectivist View of an Individualistic Society" (in Russian), ED 1120 Hungarian Movie: The Witness, BH 238, 12:30PM
Tuesday, 15 July	Lecture: Jacob Smith, "American Council's Study Aboard Opportunities in Eurasia", 2:00PM, ED 1120 Lecture: Abdulfattoh Shafiev, “Tajik Weblogs and Blogs”, ED 1120 Movie Night: Gori Vatra (Fuse) (Bosnia), BH 003, 5:00PM Russian Choir, Part II, BH 109, 5:00PM
Wednesday, 16 July	Lecture: Nina Warnke, "Shylock on the Yiddish Stage: Negotiating a Controversial Role", 7:30 p.m., Swain Hall East 105 Lecture: Chris Atwood, "Inner Asia? Central Asia? Central Eurasia? What Exactly are They?", ED 1210 Movie Night: Ostrov (The Island) (Russian), ED 1120 Cooking Demonstration: Hungarian Guliash & Crepes with Cottage Cheese Filling, Valeria Varga (Hungarian), HPER 007, 2:30pm. Classes: Hungarian I & II, Azeri I, Tajik I, Kazakh II
Thursday, 17 July	Lecture: S. Melnik, "Ukrainian-Russian bilingualism in contemporary Ukraine", ED 1210 Lecture/Photo Exhibit: E. Mikhailova, "Uzbekistan through the Lens", BH 013
Friday, 18 July	SWSEEL Soccer Game, Dunn Meadow (Southeast corner of Indiana and 7th), 1:30PM
Saturday, 19 July	Central Asian Concert: Silk Road Bayram, 6:00PM, First Presbyterian Church, 221 E. 6th St at Lincoln St.
Sunday, 20 July	Movie Night: The Way I Spent the End of the World (Brant's favorite Romanian movie), Bear's Place (1316 E Third St.), 4:45PM
Monday, 21 July	Lecture: E. Nikolaeva, “Modern Russian Cinema” (in Russian), ED 1120 Lecture: Nasrullo Khodjaerov, "Tajiki on the Internet", ED 1210 Movie: Hungarian Film TBA, BH 241, 12:30PM
Tuesday, 22 July	Lecture & Concert: L. Privalskaya, "Russian Bards" (in Russian), ED 1120 Lecture: T. Legden, "Mongolian Nomadic Customs, Hospitality", ED 1210
Wednesday, 23 July	Lecture: Rakhmon Inomkhojaev (Pashto), “Historical Buildings of Afghanistan”, ED 1210 Lecture: Barry Trachtenberg, “Mapping Jewish Knowledge: Yiddish Scholarship, the Holocaust, and Di algemeyne entsiklopedye”, 7:30 p.m., Swain Hall East 105 Movie Night: Tycoon (Russian), ED 1120 Movie Night: The Way I Spent the End of the World (Brant's favorite Romanian movie), Bear's Place (1316 E Third St.), 7:30PM Cooking Demonstration: Plov, Malik Hodjaev (Uzbek), HPER 007, 2:30pm. Classes: Uzbek I & II, Turkmen I, Kazakh I, Uyghur I & II
Thursday, 24 July	Lecture: Peter Nemes, “Hungarian Literature in a European Context”, ED 1210 Lecture: Nana Danelia, "Linguistic Changes in Post-Soviet Georgia", ED 1120 Concert: Alina Simone (singing in Russian)-a Ukrainian-born, Boston raised songwriter pays tribute to one of Russia's underground punk icons, Yanka Dyagileva. Waldron Arts Center: Rose Firebay (122 S Walnut St.), 8:00PM, $5 cover
Friday, 25 July	Lecture: Trista Newyear, “Mongolian Cinematic History”, BH 340 PeaSaNT dIscO!!! Party like a second-rate Russian rock star while enjoying Mediterranean beats mixed with Slavic grooves and Balkan bombast. Uncle Fester's (430 E. Kirkwood), 10:00PM, $5 cover, 21 and over
Sunday, 27 July	Lecture: Fatima Moldashova, "A Brief Lecture on the Kazakh Dish Manti", with food samples, BH 004, 7:00PM. Classes invited: Kazakh I & II, Tajik I & II, Uzbek I, Hungarian.
Monday, 28 July	Lecture: V. Trotter, “The Russian New Year in Cartoons” (in Russian), ED 1120 Cooking Demonstration: Gulnisa Nazarova (Uyghur)-Sambosa, Benjamin Banneker Community Center (transportation to and from Wilkie Quad will be provided), 7pm. Classes: Uyghur I & II, Tajik II, Turkmen II, Pashto I
Tuesday, 29 July	Lecture: Amandurdy Amandurdyev, “Turkmen Bilingual Education”, ED 1120 Lecture: Dodona Kiziria, "Semiotics of Place Names in Georgia", ED 1210
Wednesday, 30 July	Movie Night: Piter FM (Russian), ED 1120
Thursday, 31 July	Lecture: Vafa Yunusova, “Azerbaijan: Land of Fire” (a PowerPoint Presentation on Azeri history & architecture), ED 1120
Friday, 1 August	Russian Closing Ceremonies and Concert, MUSIC 015
Saturday, 2 August	Central Asian and East European Closing Ceremonies and Concert, MUSIC 015, 2:00 PM SWSEEL 5K Run, IU Cross Country Course (directions forthcoming), 8:30AM
Monday, 4 August	Lecture: N. Kazakova, Topic TBA (in Russian), ED 1120 Lecture: Bogdan Rakic, "Islam in the Balkans", ED 1210 Lecture: Shahyar Daneshgar, "A Snapshot of Azeribaijan in 2008", ED 1250
Tuesday, 5 August	Saparova & Malacinski: Turkmen Rug Display, ED 1120
Wednesday, 6 August	Movie Night: The Return (Russian), ED 1120
Thursday, 7 August	Lecture: Gulnisa Nazarova, “Uyghur Traditional Food”, ED 1120
Friday, 8 August	*Classes end*