Slavic and East European Languages
Master Classes
AATSEEL announces two innovative Master Classes, led by renowned scholars who will provide AATSEEL members with an intensive introduction and overview of the seminar leader’s area of expertise.
The two 2009 Master Classes are led by Caryl Emerson (Princeton; AATSEEL president) and William Mills Todd (Harvard). Professor Emerson’s seminar will focus on contemporary approaches to cultural theorist M.M. Bakhtin and how they can be usefully deployed to read a work of literature; Prof. Todd will lead participants through his pioneering work on the 19th-c. Russian novel.
Master Class I: Tools for Teaching the post-Boom Bakhtin — as Philosopher, Carnivalist, Post-Modernist, Formalist, and ‘Dialogic Classic’ Prof. Caryl Emerson (A. Watson Armour III University Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures; Professor, Comparative Literature; Chair, Slavic Department at Princeton University; AATSEEL President. This seminar will focus on contemporary approaches to cultural theorist M.M. Bakhtin and how they can be usefully deployed to read a work of literature. |
Master Class II: Approaching the Nineteenth-Century Novel as Art Form, Enterprise, and Institution Prof. William Mills Todd III (Harvard College Professor; Harry Tuchman Levin Professor of Literature; Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University) This seminar will lead participants through Prof. Bill Todd’s pioneering work on the 19th-c. Russian novel. |
Master Classes are limited to 15 participants, who must be current members of AATSEEL and preregistered for the 2009 conference. Participants will receive a list of recommended readings (not to exceed 30 pages), as well as study questions, in mid September.
To register: Email Alexander Burry at burry.7@osu.edu. Be sure to indicate in your email:
1) that you are a current member of AATSEEL,
2) that you have preregistered for the 2009 AATSEEL Conference in Philadelphia (online pre-registration opens on September 1).
3) which Master Class you would like to attend.
The AATSEEL Executive Council will continue Master Classes at the following AATSEEL Conference in Los Angeles on January 6-9, 2011, when Prof. Boris Gasparov (Columbia) leads a seminar on semiotics and its applications in the present day. The Executive Council welcomes suggestions for future topics and leaders. Suggestions or questions should be directed to Julie Cassiday at Julie.A.Cassiday@williams.edu.
Workshops
AATSEEL is very pleased to announce the following workshops at the 2009 Conference for a limited number of AATSEEL members who pre-register.
Workshop I: Intensity of Engagement Prof. Benjamin Rifkin (Dean, School of Culture and Society, The College of New Jersey; Past President of AATSEEL) Organized by: Viktoria Driagina-Hasko, University of Georgia |
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Workshop II: Translation Workshop Prof. Sibelan Forrester (Professor of Russian, Swarthmore College; Past President of AATSEEL) Organized by: Sibelan Forrester, (610) 328-8162 (office) |
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To register for a workshop: Email Alexander Burry at burry.7@osu.edu. Be sure to indicate in your email:
1) that you are a current member of AATSEEL,
2) that you have preregistered for the 2009 AATSEEL Conference in Philadelphia (online pre-registration opens on September 1).
3) which Workshop you would like to attend.
Coffee and Conversation With Leading Scholars
Informal morning conversations at the AATSEEL Conference with leading Slavists Vladimir Alexandrov, Yale University; Caryl Emerson, Princeton University; Gary Saul Morson, Northwestern University; Stephanie Sandler, Harvard University. Registrat.ion is not necessary. See the printed Conference Program for dates and times
Maintained by Dianna Murphy.