Conference on the Soviet Union

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The following is an announcement for an upcoming conference on the Soviet
Empire, to be held on APRIL 8. For more information, please contact one of
the organizers,
Corinna Snyder. E-Mail address - cas20@columbia.edu - phone (212)
222-2577. Thanks.

The Soviet Cultural Studies Group
of the Department of Anthropology, Columbia University
presents the fourth annual

SYMPOSIUM ON CULTURAL STUDIES OF THE SOVIET EMPIRE
sponsored by
The Harriman Institute, Columbia University

Friday, April 8, 1994

501 Schermerhorn Hall
Columbia University

SOVIET CULTURAL STUDIES SYMPOSIUM

April 8-9, 1994
Schedule of Events

Friday, April 8, 1994
9:30 - 11:30 DISCURSIVE DYNAMICS
Alexei Iourtchak, Duke University
"Quick" Cultural Production: Language and Culture of Recent Russian
Immigrants in New York

Laada Bilaniuk, University of Michigan
Standards and Surzhyky: Language Ideology in Ukraine

Emil Draitser, Hunter College, CUNY
Russian Bawdy Chastushkas: An Interpretation and Analysis

Respondents:
Nancy Ries, Colgate University
Boris Gasparov, Columbia University

11:30 - 11:45 BREAK

11:45 - 1:30 SYMBOLIZING THE PRIMITIVE AND THE CIVIL
Petra Rethmann, McGill University
Bleak Symbols? An Anthropological Inquiry into the Process of
Symbolization in Northern Kamchatka

George Faraday, Duke University
Civilizing the 'New Russians'

Respondents:
Bruce Grant, Swarthmore College
Igor Krupnik, Smithsonian Institute

1:30 - 3:00 LUNCH


3:00-5:00 SPACES AND POLITICS OF IDENTITY
Henry Huttenbach, City College, CUNY
A Problem of Post-Soviet Russian Identity: Where is Russia?

Corinna Snyder, Columbia University
Vilnius Reclaimed

Cathy Wanner, Columbia University
The New Empire of Signs: Changes in the Urban Landscape of Post-Soviet
Society

Respondent:
Michael Taussig, Columbia University

5:00 - 6:00 RECEPTION - Anthropology Lounge, 4th floor, Schermerhorn
Hall.

6:00-8:00 PERFORMANCE/STAGE AND SCREEN

Alaina Lemon, University of Chicago
Tan Bakhtale!

Hilda Eitzen, Columbia University
Passing Visions: Kazakhstan in Epic Transition

Respondent:
Elaine Charnov, American Museum of Natural History

Saturday, April 9, 1994
10:00 - 11:00 Breakfast in the Anthropology Lounge

11-12:30 WORK IN PROGESS: OPEN DISCUSSION
Carol Glover, American University
Gender Ideologies and Economic Decision-Making within the Russian Household

All Participants
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