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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

A map of IU can be found at www.iub.edu/~iubmap/

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***
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