Prof. Kenneth Nalibow
421 Waterman
Office hrs.:  FALL 09 -  Mon/Wed. 10:00-11:10; T. 10-11 and  or by app't..
PHONE: 6-1474; H: 864 4881
E-mail - kenneth.nalibow
 
 
       Required Texts

         New York Times - We will discuss current news about Russia and Eastern Europe from the New York Times.  Graded work will come from this source.
                Since the UVM Residence Hall Association makes approximately 200 FREE copies of the paper available, it will be up to you to locate and read
                the paper.  Anyone not living in a location where there are free copies may order home/apartment delivery or on-line subscriptions.-
                Call 888-NYT-COLL (698-2655) and mention media code SVT-S1X. 
         Michael Kort, The Soviet Colossus: History and Aftermath, M. E. Sharpe, 6th edition, 2006. ISBN #  0-7656-1455-3
        Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground,  Vintage Books.  ISBN 067973452X  (Pevear / Volokhonsky translation.)
        The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol, Vintage; ISBN# 0-375-706151-1 (Pevear / Volokhonsky translation.)       

         Recoomended to all with any writing questions - Alfred Rosa, Paul Eschholtz, THE WRITER'S POCKET HANDBOOK, Allyn and Bacon Publ.,
                    ISBN# 0-201-78478-5.

       On the WEB

       Salient and updated material for this course, such as the latest homework assignments,
       will appear on the web at Professor Kenneth Nalibow’s Home Page.  The web site
                                              address is:        http://www.uvm.edu/~knalibow/
        Since the web site is an index for all of my courses, click on AIS-91 – Today's Russia:  90 Years in the Making
  

     Course Goals

• To introduce the student to the rich intricacies of Russian culture
• To study the course of current news in Russia via newspapers and downloaded,  simultaneously translated news headlines from Russia, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech  Republic.
• To listen to excerpts from the rich archives of 19th and 20th century Russian music 
• To become acquainted with major trends in Russian art, especially the "Itinerant" movement. 
• To become familiar with the makeup of the Russian family, its settings and differences from the American family.
• To study the basic ethnic make-up of Russia in order to better understand a number of historical and current political problems. 
• To outline Russian and Soviet history as a vehicle for understanding how the past and present problems are interrelated.
• To conclude the course with a solid understanding of Russia, its culture and its peoples.

        Grading

        Numerous short-writing assignments on selected topics                       60%
       Term Project (selected in consultation with instructor)                          20%
       Attendance, preparedness and participation                                           20%

      Attendance  

            It goes without saying that attendance is obligatory. Consistent attendance guarantees a
        keen understanding of a course and its materials. The opposite is also true; failing
       consistently to attend a course usually causes great consternation and often results in term
       failure.

    Absence for Religious Holidays
    Religious Holidays:  Students have the right to practice the religion of their choice. Each semester students should submit in writing to their
      instructors by the end of the second full week of classes their documented religious holiday schedule for the semester. Faculty must permit students
      who miss work for the purpose of religious observance to make up this work.