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SWSEEL 2009 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
TBA = To be announced

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, 20 June
Bulgarian Folk Dance Workshop, 3-5:30pm, HPER 169

Interactive Concert of Bulgarian Folk Music, 7-8pm, IMU Frangipani Room

Taste of Bloomington, Showers Common, 7th & Morton St., admission $6 plus $3 or less for most food items, 3-11pm. Details at Taste of Bloomington website.
Monday, 22 June
Lecture: E. Mikhailova, “Gender Roles in Russia” (in Russian), ED 1120
Tuesday, 23 June
Lecture: Andrew Durkin, “The Origins of Slavic Writing,” ED 1210

Lecture: William Fierman (Central Eurasian), “Language Policy and Identity in Independent Central Asia and Azerbaijan,” ED 1120
Wednesday, 24 June
Cooking Demonstration: Gulnisa Nazarova (Uyghur), 12:30pm, BH 147. (Note that due to space limitations, this event is open only to students in Uyghur I & II and Pashto I.)

Lecture: Mark Trotter, “A Guide to Learning Foreign Languages,” ED 1120
Thursday, 25 June Lecture: Gene Coyle, “What Does a Real CIA Officer Do?” ED 1120
Friday, 26 June
Slavica Book Sale, 12:00-2:30pm, BH 008. Free pizza will be served.

Film: Sholpannin kunasi (Sholpan's sin), introduced by Fatima Moldashova (Kazakh), BH 340
Saturday, 27 June
Peasant Disco, 10pm, Uncle Fester’s (430 E Kirkwood Ave). $5 cover, must be 21 to enter.
Monday, 29 June
Lecture: O. Yastrebova, “Universities in Russia and Educational Reform” (in Russian), ED 1120
Tuesday, 30 June
Lecture: Aida Huseynova, “Azerbaijani Jazz,” ED 1120

Lecture: Mark Hooker, “Slavic Translations of JRR Tolkien,” ED 1210
Wednesday, 01 July
Lina’s Birthday!

Cooking Demonstration: Fatima Moldashova (Kazakh), 12:30pm, BH 147. (Note that due to space limitations, this event is open only to students in Kazakh I and Tajik I & II.)

Film: Ivan Vasil’evich Changes Professions (Russian), ED 1120

Thursday, 02 July
Lecture: Roman Zlotin, “Past and Future of the Aral Sea Basin: Environmental, Social and Political Issues,” ED 1120

Film: Czech Dream (Czech), ED 1210
Friday, 03 July
Independence Day recess (classes do not meet)

Film: Weeping Camel, introduced by Tserenchunt Legden (Mongolian), BH 340
Saturday, 04 July 4th of July SWSEEL Picnic at Lake Lemon, details TBA
Monday, 06 July
Lecture: A. Sharogradskaya, “The Russian Press: The Last Bastion of Democracy” (in Russian), ED 1120

Lecture: Mahire Yakup, “Meshrep: A Young Men’s Social Party,” ED 1210
Tuesday, 07 July
Lecture and Demonstration: Svitlana Melnyk, “Pysanky: Ukrainian Easter Eggs,” ED 1250

Lecture: Nasiba Mirpochoeva, “Tajik traditions and their origins: a glimpse of ancient history and culture,” ED 1210

Film: Pogoda na jutro (The Forecast for Tomorrow) (Polish), Film Title TBA, ED 1120

Wednesday, 08 July
Cooking Demonstration: Tserenchunt Legden (Mongolian), 12:30pm, BH 147. (Note that due to space limitations, this event is open only to students in Mongolian I and Uzbek I & II.)

Film: Ostrov (Russian), ED 1120
Thursday, 09 July
Lecture: P. Jurgec, “Two Types of Long Distance Alternations in Slovenian,” ED 1210

Lecture: Malik Hodjaev, “The Gateway to Central Asia: Uzbekistan,” ED 1120
Friday, 10 July
Film: Angel on the Right, introduced by Nasiba Mirpochoeva (Tajik), BH 340
Sunday, 12 July Mongolian Naadam Celebration, Lower Cascades Park, Waterfall shelter, Old Highway 37, 2pm. Hot dogs and plates, napkins, silverware, etc. will be provided by The Mongolia Society.  Please bring food to share and your beverages to drink.  There will be Mongolian food and games to play. Please RSVP.
Monday, 13 July
Lecture: K. Nikolaeva, “Modern Russian Cinema” (in Russian), ED 1120
Tuesday, 14 July
Lecture: Justyna Beinek, “Polish Cinema,” ED 1120

Lecture: Tserenchunt Legden, “Mongolian Nomadic Traditions: Food and Hospitality,” ED 1210
Wednesday, 15 July
Cooking Demonstration: Rakhmonkhoja Inomkhojaev (Afghan), 12:30pm, BH 147. (Note that due to space limitations, this event is open only to students in Pashto I, Hungarian I.)

Lecture: O. Vangelov, “Macedonian in the Context of Linguistic Pluralism,” ED 1210

Film: Cuckoo (Russian), ED 1120
Thursday, 16 July
Lecture: L. Cvikic, Title TBA, ED 1210

Lecture: Fatima Moldashova, “Nomads to Nationalist: A brief introduction to Kazakh national consciousness,” ED 1120
Friday, 17 July
Film: My Beautiful Jinjiimaa, introduced by Tserenchunt Legden (Mongolian), BH 340
Monday, 20 July
Lecture and Performance: L. Privalskaya, “Russian Bards” (in Russian), ED 1120

Lecture: Nigora Azimova, “Language Education in Uzbekistan,” ED 1210
Tuesday, 21 July
Film: (Macedonian), Details TBD

Lecture: Vafa Yunusova, “Azerbaijan: The Harmony of the Present and the Past,” ED 1120

Poetry Reading: J. Kurowska, reading of poems in Polish and in translation, ED 1210
Wednesday, 22 July
Cooking Demonstration: Nasiba Mirpochoeva (Tajik), 12:30pm, BH 147. (Note that due to space limitations, this event is open only to students in Tajik I & II and Turkmen I.)

Film: The Italian (Russian), ED 1120

Lecture: Bogdan Rakic, “The Current Political Situation in Serbia,” ED 1210
Thursday, 23 July
Lecture: M. Cap-Bun, “Romania Today,” ED 1210

Lecture: Shahyar Daneshgar, “Cultural Politeness, Behavioral Etiquette and Gender Equality or Inequality in the Turco-Iranian Languages,” ED 1120
Friday, 24 July
Film: O'tgan Kunlar (Bygone days), introduced by Nigora Azimova (Uzbek), BH 340
Monday, 27 July
Lecture: Veronika Trotter, “The Russian New Year in Cartoons” (in Russian), ED 1120

Cooking Demonstration: Valeria Varga (Hungarian), 12:30pm, BH 147. (Note that due to space limitations, this event is open only to students in Hungarian I and Uyghur I & II.)

Lecture: Abdulfattoh Shafiev. “Tajikistan in Pictures,” ED 1210
Tuesday, 28 July
Lecture: Peter Nemes, “A Brief Introduction to Hungarian Literature,” ED 1210

Lecture: Gene Coyle, “A Brief History of Soviet Spy and Crime Novels, ” ED 1120
Wednesday, 29 July
 Cooking Demonstration: Ejegyz Saparova (Turkmen), 12:30pm, BH 147. (Note that due to space limitations, this event is open only to students in Turkmen I and Azeri I & II.) 

Presentation: Nicole Emerson, National Clandestine Services, ED 1210

Film: Piter FM (Russian), ED 1120
Thursday, 30 July
Lecture: C. Hilchey, “Czech Diglossia, or What it Means to Speak like a Real Praguer,” ED 1210

Lecture: Rakhmonkhoja Inomkhojaev, “Khushal Khan Khattak: An Afghan classical poet and fighter for freedom,” ED 1120
Friday, 31 July
Lecture: Shahyar Danshegar, “Musical Traditions of the Silk Road People,” BH 005
Monday, 03 August
Lecture: M. Joffe, “Russian Rock,” ED 1120

Cooking Demonstration: Vafa Yunusova (Azeri), 12:30pm, BH 147. (Note that due to space limitations, this event is open only to students in Azeri I & II and Kazakh I.)
Tuesday, 04 August
Lecture: Dodona Kiziria, "Russia vs. Georgia," ED 1120

Lecture: Gulnisa Nazarova, “What can Uyghur names tell us?” ED 1210

Lecture: M. Joffe, “Vampires!,” ED 1250
Wednesday, 05 August
Cooking Demonstration: Malik Hodjaev (Uzbek). 12:30pm, BH 147. (Note that due to space limitations, this event is open only to students in Uzbek I & II and Mongolian I.)

Film: Irony of Fate (Russian), ED 1120
Thursday, 06 August Lecture: George Malacinski and Ejegyz Saparova, Turkmen Rug Demonstration, ED 1120

Film (Documentary): The Mystery of Pokhlebkin’s Death (Russian), ED 1120. Introduced by Professor Ronald Feldstein (IU Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures).
Friday, 07 August
Film: The Crazy (Sarang), introduced by Gulnisa Nazarova (Uyghur), BH 340

Russian Closing Concert, MUSIC 015
Saturday, 08 August
Silk Road Bayram Festival, 6-9pm, First Presbyterian Church, 221 E. 6th St. $5 in advance, $7 at the door. More information at: www.silkroadensemble.com
Sunday, 09 August
East European and Central Asian Closing Concert, 2:00pm, MUSIC 015
Monday, 10 August
Lecture: Y. Aloshycheva, “Propaganda and Soviet Posters” (in Russian), ED 1120
Tuesday, 11 August
Lecture: Gardner Bovingdon, “Urumchi’s Hot July,” ED 1120

Film: Irony of Fate II (Russian), ED 1210

 

 
   

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