University of Manitoba Russian Students' Association

01/23/2018

--- General meeting update ---
всем привет!

-On Wednesday (January 24th), we will be having a Russian movie night at 5:00 p.m. with pizza and snacks. Hope to see you all there!
- Timm will be making the arrangements for a bake sale in the near future.
-The date of the February bake sale will be decided later.
-The next RSA meeting will be on January 24th at 10:30 a.m.

Co-Presidents

01/18/2018

Good evening everyone!

We will be having an RSA meeting on Friday (January 19th) at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will take place in 101C Tier. We will be discussing future events for the semester. Hope to see you all there!

12/15/2017

Faculty of Arts -University of Manitoba
DEPARTMENT OF GERMAN AND SLAVIC STUDIES

RUSN 2410
Russian Literature after Stalin
(taught in the English translation)

3 credits hours
3 January – 6 April 2018
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday: 1:30-2:20 p.m. -- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE 377
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Elena Baraban
Office: Fletcher Argue 325
Telephone: (204) 474-9735
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 11.30 - 12.20 a.m. and by appointment.
E-mail: [email protected]

11/09/2017

--- General meeting ---
всем привет!

- Our bake sale will take place in Fletcher Argue Hallway from 10:40 am until 2:30 pm next Wednesday, November 15th.
- We need more volunteers to bring baked goods!
- Timm will provide the brownies and maybe some hot chocolate.
-Liza will bring cupcakes. Rachel will make some Rice Krispies. Albero will bring the cookies.
- Liza will bring and return the cash box to UMSU.
- Weston is reserving the table for the sale.
- Other event dates are still to be determined.
- Our next meeting will take place on Friday, November 17th at 12:00 pm in 101C Tier at the Fort Garry Campus.
With any and all questions, feel free to simply message the page!

Co-Presidents

11/08/2017

Good evening everyone!
There will be a Russian Students' Association meeting tomorrow at 12:30. The meeting will be held in 101C Tier. If you attend, we will be discussing bake sales and future RSA events.

11/03/2017

Good Afternoon товарищи!
Does anyone have a Голоса 2 textbook that they would he willing to lend for the year or sell?

Please let us know!

Спасибо большое наши товарищи.

09/27/2017

University of Manitoba
Russian Revolution @ 100 Years
Symposium Program
=Tier 409=
Thursday, 19 October 2017
1 p.m.- 1:20 p.m. – opening remarks by Jeffery Taylor (Dean of the Faculty of Arts) and Myroslav Shkandrij (Acting Head of the German and Slavic Studies, U Manitoba)

1:20-3:00 – Histories of the Revolution
Elena Baraban, (German and Slavic Studies, U Manitoba) The Revolution and Its Impact
Mariya Melentyeva, (History, University of Alberta) The Imperial Government and Its Politics of Nationalities during the Elections to the Third Duma in 1907.
Myroslav Shkandrij, (German and Slavic Studies Department, U Manitoba) Bolshevik Historians on the Ukrainian Revolution in the 1920s.

3:00-3:15 – coffee break

3:15-4:30 – Culture of the Russian Revolution
Kirsten Tarves, (German and Slavic Studies Department, U Manitoba) Continuity and Change: Silver Age, Revolution, and Mikhail Bulgakov.
Tatiana Galetcaia, (Department of Education, U Manitoba) The Russian Revolution Through the Eyes of Women-Avant-Guard Painters (Lyubov Popova and Natalia Goncharova).
Stephan Tkaczyk, (U Manitoba) Vertov’s Case for Womankind: A Study of the Film Man with a Movie Camera.

4:30-4:45 – break (pizza & soft drinks served)

4:45-5:45 p.m. – Film Screening and Film Discussion by the Russian Student Association. Moderator: Elizaveta Katykhina (Co-President, RSA)
Part One, “Freedom and Hope,” from the Documentary Film The Russian Revolution in Color (2006) dir. & produced by Ian Lilley, 40 min.

6:00-7:00 – Reception, 409 Tier

Friday, 20 October 2017
9:30-10:20 – RUSN 3200 presents
Viktoria Sushko, The Economic Situation before Revolution of 1917: The Reason for the Upsurge.
Yelena Zagidullina, Driven by Revolution: Russian Composers in October 1917.

10:30-11:20 – RUSN 1300 presents
Geography of the Russian Revolution and the Civil War.
Revolution Speaks: The Revolution’s Impact on the Russian Language.

11:20-12:30 - lunch break

12:40-3:00 – Social and Cultural Histories of the Revolution
Aileen Friesen, (Conrad Grebel University College, U Winnipeg) Mennonite Identity Politics and the Russian Revolution.
Riley Dodds and Mamie Kroeker-Tom, (RUSN 1410) Inessa Armand and Alexandra Kollontai: Women and the Revolution
Esther Heim, (German and Slavic Studies Department, U Manitoba) Alexandra Kollontai’s “Glass of Water” Theory from a Contemporary Angle
Liliia Tuigunova and Enola Valiev, (RUSN 1410) Russian Love Poetry in the 1910s-1920s.
Brielle Dorais-Fleming, (Faculty of Music, U Manitoba) Russian Musical Life during the Revolution in 1917.
Svetlana Gharagyozyan, (Faculty of Music, U Manitoba) Igor Stravinsky and the Revolution of 1917.

3:00-3:15 – closing remarks.

09/27/2017

Hello Everyone!
On September 27th we will be having a movie day at 3 pm. This will take place in 101C Tier and pizza and snacks will be provided!

08/31/2017

LOVE IN RUSSIAN CULTURE
IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION

FALL TERM - M/W/F 1:30 - 2:20

Course Code: RUSN 1410
Instructor: Dr. Elena Baraban

An introduction to the discourse of love in Russian culture from the
Middle Ages to the present. The course explores different meanings of
love (spiritual, erotic, romantic, same-s*x, familial) in Russian culture by
means of examining a variety of portrayals of the interactions of love, s*x,
religion, and politics in literature and other cultural forms. The course is
designed for students who have little or no prior knowledge of Russian
culture. Language of instruction: English.

Course attributes:
Humanities,
University 1 Course,
Written English Requirement,
Central & East European Studies

07/27/2017

For anyone who is interested in becoming a Russian TA:
https://umanitoba.hua.hrsmart.com/ats/js_job_details.php?reqid=20454

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED Completion of academic studies and experience which have resulted in an expertise specifically appropriate to assisting in the instruction of the course(s) assigned. An empathetic approach to the instructional needs and concerns of students. Effective skills in the En...