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Vol. XI, No. 4

Published for the Slavic Studies Community in the State of Ohio by the Center for Slavic and

East European Studies, The Ohio State University, 230 West 17th Avenue

George Demko & Miriam Schwartz Co-Editors

OHIO SL AV I C CALENDAR

"How The Soviet Union is Governed," Dr. Jan Adams·and Dr. Miriam Miriam Schwartz, Moderator. TV Channel 3, all the cable systems in Columbus. 7:30 AM.

Other viewing times: Dec. 10 - 6:00 AM Dec. 12 - 11:00 PM Dec. 13 - 11:00 PM Dec. 16 - 9:30 AM Dec. 18 - 10:00 PM

WOSU (820 AM ) Radio Series - "The German General Staff and The final Solution," Dr. Jurgen forster,_West Germany, and Dr. Williamson Murray, The Ohio State Uniyersity. 1:30 PM.

WOSU (820) Radio Series - "Romanian Studies•" Dr. Radu Flb rescu, Boston College. 1:30 PM.

WOSU (820) Radio Series - "The Nuclear freeze," Dr. Williamson Murray, and Kenneth Watman, The Ohio State University. 1:30 PM.

NEWS ITEMS

Russian/Soviet Historian Named President of Oberlin College. S. Frederick Starr, a Soviet affairs specialist and former vice president for academic affairs at Tulane University, was named the 12th president of Oberlin College

Starr, 42, currently a scholar in residence at The Historic New Orleans Collection, a private historical archive, and professor of history and architecture at Tulane, suceeds the late Emil C. Denenberg who died Jan. 16 after serving as president since 1975.

Starr, a Cincinnati native, graduated from Walnut Hills High School. He

earned a bachelor's degree in ancient history from Yale in 1962, a master's degree in Slavic languages and literature from Cambridge University's King's College in 1964 and a doctorate in history from Princeton in 1968.

Starr founded the Kennan Institute for Advanced Soviet Studies at the

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Smithsonian Institution and was assistant director of the Wilson Center from

1974·to 1979.

Heiducii end Junior Haiducii Thrive at Ohio State. The very successful Haiducii folk dance group at OSU was expanded this year with the formation of a children ' s group, the Junior Ha iducii , coached by Betsy Distelhorst. The "new recruits" number six. Over the last year the senior Haiducii continued their strenuous program of activities. A highlight was their annual performance at St. Mary's Romanian Orthodox Church in Cleveland, a program especially dedicated to fr. and Mr s. Hategan --- long-time suppo rters of the group who ret ired from active pastoral work this year .

Slavic Languages:Taught by Phone. This January, The Ohio State University

will become the first university in the nation to teach foreign languages by telephone .

1 The system will be a major breakthrough in langua ge education, said L eon

Twarog, chairman of the OSU Department of Slavic Languages and originator of the idea.

The first languages offered under the program will be Russian and Polish.

Students will use conventional textbooks and language lesson tapes but will rely on a specially designed workbook inst ead of a classroom teacher. A Polish/Russian Learning Center in OSU's Cunz Hall will be equipped with a separate telephone line for each language .

for more information contact the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures, OSU, (614) 422-6733.

Committee on Refuseniks Formed. A concerned committee of Academics and Scientists for Soviet Refuseniks has been organized in Columbus, Ohio with the goal of publicizing the plight of Soviet citizens who have applied to emigrate from the USSR and have been refused visas. Many R efusen iks face severe harassment including loss of position , loss of academic degrees and personal abuse. The Committee is preparing brochur es and related materials about Refuseniks, organizing letter writing campaigns and "adopting" individual Refuseniks to communicate with. for information, write Committee for Soviet Refuseniks, c/o G. J. Demko , The Ohio State University, Departmen t of Geography, 109D Administration Building, 190 North Oval Mall, Columbus, Ohio 43210.

Russian Translator Listing In Progress . Russian House Translation Services is currently compiling a comprehensive list of interpreters working in the English and Russian languages . Upon its completion in January of 1983, the list will be made available to all traditional users of Russian language translation services, as well as to translation and int erpretation agencies, and other interested parties. There is no charge for being listed. Interpreters who would like to be included in the list may send a resume and other information to Ar1drei G. falaleyev, Russ ian House Translation Services, P. O. Box 1829, Monterey, CA 93942. Phone (408) 649-6132. (AATSEEL)

Professor Rodica Botoman of the Ohio St ate University has been nominated for presiden t of the Society for Romanian Studies for the term , 1982-1984. Our congratulations for an honor well deserved.

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Call for Scholarly Contributions. Slavic and Soviet Series, a twice-yearly

English language journal on Soviet and East European affairs published by the

Russian and East Europe�n Research Center of Tel Aviv University invites

�ontributions from researchers abroad. Address inquiries and articles to th� Editors, Slavic and Soviet Series, Russian and East European Research Center,

Tel Aviv U niversity, Ramat Aviv, Israel.

The RuSsian Question I

N AN APTLY FOCUSED gesture of concern, immediate suburbs. You can, literally, count on the Averell Harriman is about to make a very large fingers of one hand those that offer Russian: Robin­

improvement in the endoY.ment of Columbia Uni- son Secondary near Fairfax, South Lakes in Res'ton, versity's Russian Institute. Like others who know T. C. Williams in Alexandria, Bethesda-Chevy something about the subject, Gov. Harriman-who Chase, and \Vilson in Washington. was ambassrdor to Moscow during World War II- In the early 19i0s, Fairfax County routinely of­is dismayed by the state of neglect into which Soviet f ered Russian in all of its high schools. The reason studies have fallen in this country over the past two for discontinuing it has little to do with budget cuts. decades. Numbers of students and amounts of As one official explains, it was simply a lack of in-

. money have both fallen sharply. It is precisely for terest among the students-and that explanation is these reasons that the Senate is now considering the echoed throughout the area. Does that not strike Soviet-bloc research and training ac:, a bill designed you as extraordinary? If competence in Russian is to support, with a federal endowment, tl.e same regarded as dispensable in this city of diplomats, larger purpo�es that Gov. Harriman has in mind . - military officer�, journalists and travelers, where

The Harriman gift and the proposed federal fund would you expect it to be adequately supported? could hardly be more valuable to the country. But Russian instruction survives in e\,.en those five hlgh they raise another disquieting question: if there's schools, you can safely assume, only becau-;e energetic been neglect at the highest levels of the academic and gifted teachers actively recruit students and, in world, what about the preparation available to in- the face of general public indifference, persuade them terested youngsters �arlier in their education? A that compt;tence in languages is necessary. command of the Russian language is the essential The new plans for funding graduate studies in tool in this field. In the American educational sys- Soviet affairs can make an important difference. tern, when does the future Soviet specialist start But the level at which graduate students work will ·

learning the language? always be influenced by the preparation,_or lack of There are 82 high schools in Washington and its it, available to them many years earlier.

(Washington Post 10/15/82)

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Intelligence Research Specialist, GS-0132-11. Must have the ability to translate one of the following languages: Russian, German, Polish, Czech, Bulga rian , Romanian, Serbo-Croation with the ability to read and speak fluently in the language of R3/C3. Deadline: 12/30/83. Contact: w. Thomas Dickerson, Chief, Recruitment and Placement Div., Civilian Personnel Office, Fort Bragg, NC.

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PUBLICATIONS, MATERIALS, AND INFORMATION SOURCES Of INTEREST

A New Periodical. A new journal, Obozrenie (The Review) is being published by "Russkaja Mysl" of Paris. This Russian language publication, edited by Aleksandr Nekrich, is described as an analytical magazine of Russian thought w{th no party affiliation, and published six times a year. Issue number one,

October, 1982 features an essay by Adam Ularn on "Western Intellectuals and

Soviet Reality" and a set of articles on the theme "Strengths and Weaknesses of the Soviet System."

Eastern European. Agricultural Review Available. Eastern Europe: Review of Agriculture in 1981 and Outlook for 1982. East Europe-USSR Branch, International Economics Division, Economic Research Service. Supplement 3 to WAS 27. Approved by the World Agricultural Outlook Board. ( This is the last time this yearly report will be available free of charge. Order from Economics. Research Service Publications, Room 0054, South Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C. 20250.) (RSEEA)

The Canadian Review o_f Studtes in Nationalism is a multidisciplinary journal devoted to all aspects of nationalism. CRSN welcomes the submission of manuscripts on all aspects of nationalism. All manuscripts should be sent in duplicate to the Editor, CRSN/RCEN, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, P.E.I. The Editors are also interested in hearing from potential book reviewers and participants about their bibliographic work.

Cassette Albun•s _Qf_Rus?i�.n New T_�stam�1t_f\v"'li.J.a\?J.�· A 24 cassette 8lbum of

the NAw Testament in the Russian langua�e ls available, for a donetion of $60, from the Slavic Gospel Associ.".l.tion, Inc., Box 11221 Wheaton, IL 60187.

Russian Culture and Civilization Slides Available. Lauren Leighton is making available color slides appropriate for culture and civilization courses for duplication. Minimum of 1,000 slides at $.50 each, over 1,000 at $.20 each. for list and additional information write Prof. Leighton, Slavic Languages and Literature Department, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60680. (AATSEEL)

East European and Slavic Folklq_!.��N8wslett_er Changes Editor. The East European and Slavic Folklore '1ewd·�U�L \-d.i. l hava a new editor - Margy McClain. All queries should be addressed to her, 3755 North Magnolia, Chicago, IL 60613.

Petlice Bibli.ography. The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, in conjunction with the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Toronto, is compiling a bibliography of ell extant Petlic� (Padlock) publications, with the financial assistance of the Ford Foundation. These "samizdat" items have been produced since 1973 under the direction of Jiri Gruse and others, to allow writers banned from publication by the present Czechoslovak government to have their works read and distributed. The list of writers publ i s hed in this series i'lcludes the eminent philosopher Jan Patocka; poets Miroslav Cervenka, Jan Skacel, and Jan Vladislav; essayist and critic Vaclav Cerny; dramatist Bohumil Hrabal; and other contemporary literati, such as Karel Pecka, Vaclav Havel, Pavel Kohout, Eva Kanturkova, and Karel Sidon. The Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library will shortly be communicating with libraries regarding their holdings of this kind of material; but anyone knowing of small or private collections is invited to write to Mrs. Luba Hussel, the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, Toronto, C a nada M5S 1A5. (AATSEEL)

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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS & CONFERENCES

December 27-30. 1982. Symposium & Annual Me et ing of the American Association for the Study of Hungarian History within the meetings of the American Historical Association, Washington D.C. Contact Edsel W. Stroup, P.O. Box 4738, Cleveland, OH 44126.

February 18-19, 1�83. Turgenev Centennial Symposium, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Contact N. G. Zekulin, Dept. of Germanic and Slavic Studies, Univ. of Calgary.

April 21-23, 1981. VIIIth Convention of the American Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences (ARA). Prof. Maria Manoliu-Manea (Univ. of California-Davis, Sproul Hall 503, Davis, CA 95616) announces that the VIIIth ARA Convention will be hosted by UC-Davis, April 21-23, 1983. Persons interested in tentative program panels as well as in presenting a poper on Romanian culture, science, history, and so forth should write to the Davis address above. The theme of the meeting: The Romanian Nation and the Western World. The deadline for paper proposals: February 18, 1983. In addition to the plenary and regular sessions, there will be numerous other activities, including an Ionesco play, an Enescu concert, and an art exhibit.

April 22-23, 1983. Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. You are invited to participate in the University of Kentucky 1983 Foreign Language Conference, which is planning to have several sections devoted to Slavic and East European languages, literature, and linguistics. These are scheduled to occur on Friday, April 22, 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM and Saturday, April 23, 9:00 AM. Scholars interested in reading papers are invited to submit a proposal or an abstract or, preferably, the entire text of their paper to Boris Sorokin, Dept. of Slavic & Oriental Languages, POT 1105, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0027 by December 15, 1982.

April 27-..2.Q_,_ 1982. The 1983 Annual Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Assoication for Slavic Studies will be held in Albuquerque, NM in conjunction with the Western Social Science Association's Silver Anniversary Convention. Program proposals should be submitted by November 15 to: Milan J. Reban, Dept. of Political Science, North Texas State Uniersity, Denton , TX 76203.

May 6-8, 1983. The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Mid w est Slavic Conference will be held at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago. All persons interested in organizing panels or presenting papers should contact : Prof. P. Craig Smith, Northeastern Illinois Univ., 5500 N. St. Louis, Chicago, IL 60625 .

� 1983. Colloquium on "Siberia: Colonization, Development and Perspectives (1582-1982)," sponsored by the National Center for Scientific Research, Laboratory of Slavistics, 9 Rue Michelet, 75006, Paris, France.

October 22-26, 198 3 . The Fifteenth Annual National Convention of the

AAASS, hosted by the Central Slavic Conference, will take place at the Radisson-Muehlebach Hotel, Kansas City, MO. Proposals for complete panels or for individual papers should be sent by January 1, 1983 to the Program Committee

Chairperson: Prof. William C. Fletcher, Director, Soviet and East European

Studies, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045. (Please note that all American participants must be AAASS members and all participants must register at the convention.

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October 21-22, 1983. The Society for Romanian Studies will meet at the AAASS meeting in Kansas City. Contact Prof. R. Frucht, Northwest Missouri State.

October 26-30, 1983. The.East European and Slavic Folklore group will meet during the annual meeting of t;ie American Folklore Society, in Nashville, Tennessee. Contact Greta Sivenson, 121 1/2 Yhird Ave., W.s P.O. Box 94, Washbury, WI 54891.

October 29, 1983. The Seventh Annual Conference for Foreign Language Teachers will be held at Youngstown State University. The Committee is soliciting proposals for either workshops (2 1/2 hours), or other prese�tations (50 or 30 minutes) on topics related to the teaching of foreign languages at the high school or college levels.

The deadline for proposals is March 15, 1983. Send proposals or inquiries to: Conference for Foreign La�guage Teachers, Department of Foreign l.anguages, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 44555.

September 11- l 7, 19�4._ Fifth Intemat:irma-1 Coni:;rens of South East Et,ropean Studies, Berigra::J, Yugoslavia. Americsn contact: Eric Harnp, Center for Internatio1)r-'L �jtudies, 5£128 Un.i.versity Ave., Chicacio, IL 60C37.

_Q_r:'.-t.Q.!?er �0--Nov_i:��::r 2, 198 5. Call for Papers. The Third \for ld Cong:r:�'ss for Soviet and East European Studies will be held at the Sheraton Washington Hotel, W&shington, D.C. Proposals for papers or sessions should be sent to the Program Committee Chairperson: Prof. Donald Treadgold, Dept. of History, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 981?5.

J98r. Th L-· tt (' f" .... �".) ·· � ( '"' I � ·t" l � . � . � _.:..:._ . ..:;_._ :c> •. >J.X � ... on:�::ess o· 1·i1�r'n11"'L .ne nL:err;u .1ona A�.:soc12.:1o;i 01

le3f;ht�:t·s of tha r�u:;,:.;i_sn ;_.J(;,JUf..!�8 & F�US£;5.t"'ri i_ i�:i.�.r·�t� . .r;�·(�) ·,\.:i.1..j. bt-: �·lcl�-1 in :�udd.f)C��!. in 1986. The general theme will be "scholarly traditions and nevi directions in the teaching of Russian language and literature." For further information write to the American Vice President of MAPRIAL, Professor Dan Davidson, Russian Dept., Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010.

LANGUAGE TRAINING AND RESEARCH FFLLOH�ltIPS 1\MJ GRANTS

Summer Researct:i Fellowships if!._Bussian and Eat;t [urorie.§!]__Stt�Ji_e'.3._ The Russian and East European Institute at Indiana University will award fellowships for research on the IU-Bloomington campus during summer 1983 (May-August). A limited number of felloviships are available; the maximum award is $2,500.

Grants will be made to persons holding a doctoral degree or having equfv3lent scientific or scholarly experience. The Institute welcomes Rpplications from specialists in business, government, and academia, as well as frou those presently without professional affiliation. Persons w:10 lack regular and convenient access to a major research library are especially encouraged to apply.

Candidates are asked to submit a description of their proposed research. Proposals should indicate the. significance of the investigation, its relevance to other vrnrk on the L);Jic, and the particular benefits ·.vhich would accrue

through research in residence at IU. When applicable, ca(1didatus should mention the advantages of personal consultation with Institute faculty members, the particular strengtl1s of the university library's Slavic collection, and the presence of other relevant facilities on the Bloomin9ton cnrnpus 1't'hich contribute to the success of the project. The proposal shold include a detailed budget which itemizes tr3vel, living, nnd rcsedrch expenses.

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Candidates should also provide a current curriculum vitae ( including the app licant ' s foreign language corapetence ) , a note indicating whether applications to alternative o.rganizationa are...being_.made for the same project,. and_tba name_s __ _

and addresses of two qualified individuals who would be willing to comment on the proposal ( letters of recommendation need not be so licited) .

Deadline for application: January 15, 1983. for further information please contact: Richart Sutton, Russian and East European In stitute, Ballantine Hall 565, Indiana Univ., Bloomi09ton, IN 47405. Telephone: (812) 335-7309.

AfS US-Soviet Teachers' Exchange. The US-Soviet Teachers' Exchange Progrm offers a 10-week opportuni t y to teach English to Soviet students in Soviet schools, secondary thru c ol lege level, September thru November 1983. Russian languag e ability desirable. for more information write Charity Turner, AfS, 313 E. 43rd St., New York, NY 10017. ( AATSEEL )

New Study Opportunity in England. Spring Semester, february-May 1983. l Religion in Communist Lands. Course options will, it is hoped, include the availability of language tuition. Arrangements will also be made for individual travel to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe when possible. Accommodation: Students will be provided with accommodation locally. fee: $4,000 per semester ( course fee and accommodation). for full details and appl ication, write to: Michael R owe, Keston College, Keston, Kent , BR26BA, England. ( Information only is available from: SSRC, P.O. Box 2310, Orange, CA 92669, (714) 639-2180 - Alan Scarfe ) .

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Summer Student Research Internship Prog�am

for graduate students in the field of Soviet or East European Affairs. The six

�nternships are for an 8-week period to be spent in Munich, Germ any at the

,{f£/RL research facilities. Included are round-trip air travel, 40 marks per

day, and living accommodations. Deadline for receipt of application is March 1,

1983. for details write to: Mr. Richard Wiest, 1201 Conn. Ave., N.W.,

Washington, DC 20036 .2.!:. Oettingenstrasse 67, D-800 Munich 22, West Germany.

The National Academy of Sciences solicits applications from American

scientists at the doctoral level who wish to v isit Hungary (in fact, to any of

the East European countries) for up to 12 months during calendar year 1984, for

research under the provisions of the scientific exchange agreement between the

two countries. The deadline for appl i cation is March 1, 1983. for further

information write to the National Academy of Sciences, Commission on I nt ernational Relations, 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washi ngton , DC 20418.

Rockefeller foundation International Relation Fellowships are offered for

research in international relations to be conducted outside the scholar's own

country for a period of not more than two years. Fellowships are open· to young

scholars who have compl et ed their academic or professional training. Women and

applicants from developing countries are espec i ally encouraged to apply.

Application deadline is Jan. 15, 1983, 1133, Avenue of the Americans, New York,

NY 10036.

Grants and Award Deadlines

Agency Program Deadline

IREX* Special Collaborative Activities & New Jan. 31, .1983 Exchanges Grants

IREX Summer Exchange of Russian Languages Jan. 15, 1983 Teachers with USSR

ford Foundation/Columbia Univ. - International Jan. 31,1933 Security Studies Program

RFE/RL**** Summe r Student Internship P rogr am for Mar. 1, 1983 Graduate Students

CIES*** Fulbright Scholars in Residence Visiting/Mar. 1, 1983 Lecturer Program E. Europe/Ussr

Nat. Academy of Sciences - Hungarian Research Ex- Mar. 1, 1983 change Program

CIES Special Fulbright Program "Awards for May 1983 Writers ." (Senior U.S. writers to

spend 1-3 monts in Yugoslavia

*IREX - International Research and Exchanges Board, 655 Third Ave., New York, NY 10017

***CIES - Council for International Exchange of Scholars, 11 DuPont Circle, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036

****RfE/RL - Radio Free Europe/Radio L iberty , 1201 Conn. Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036

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Int�..;:!:iational ll.ss..!?arch and. St.�1di_es Proqrnm Announced. The Deµartment of Ed1Jcation has announced a deadline of 1/7/83 for its International Research and Studies Program. The objective of the prCJgram is to improve foreign langucige and area studies training through support of research and studies, experimentation, and development of specialized instructional materials. For FY 83 priority will be given to applicants to conduct research: l) which supports the t�aining of specialists in foreign languages and international studeis; ?) which results in increased understanding of foreign language skills acquisition or foreign language teaching; 3) that improves foreign language skills measurement or tes t ing, or that produces specific testing materials; 4) in the use of computers and technology to teach foreig� lang11agea; and 5) to develop

instructional materials for teaching, at the advancAd lev�l, foreign :enguages not widely taught. Approximately 4 awards avaraging $36,0QO will be funded.

To all our readers from all of us at The Ohio State Center for Slavic and East European Studies - Best Wishes for the Holiday Season!