Calendar of Events

In addition to excellent language instruction, the Summer Workshop provides a rich and diverse cultural program. Students may sing in a choir, participate in poetry and drama clubs, as well as attend films and lectures.

Events Listed on this schedule are subject to change. Some non-SWSEEL events are included on this schedule for your information.

Recommended: Link to IU Events Calendar to look up SWSEEL events by date in an interactive calendar format. (Please note: due to limited space, cooking demonstrations are not open to the public nor included on the IU Events Calendar.)

IU Building Codes:

BH = Ballantine Hall
ED = Education Building
HPER = Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Building;
IMU = Indiana Memorial Union
JH = Jordan Hall
SRSC = Student Recreational Sports Center
SW = Swain Hall West
TBC = To Be Confirmed
TV = Radio-Television Center
WH = Woodburn Hall
WY = Wylie Hall

A map of IU can be found at IU Campus Map

All events begin at 6:30 pm and all films have English subtitles, unless otherwise specified.

SWSEEL 2011 Preliminary Calendar of Events

Date	Activity
Monday, 20 June	Language Tables for Russian, Wright Quad, 12:00-1:30 pm Title VIII Meeting, 5:00 pm, BH 340 Akram Khabibullaev, “Library Resources for Central Eurasian Studies”, 6:30pm, Wells Library, Room E174 Lecture (in Russian): Iryna Basovets “зыковые средства деавторизации высказывания в англо- и белорусскоязычных научных и публицистичесих текстах / Linguistic Means of Sentence Deauthorization in English and Belarusian Academic and Newspaper Texts”, 6:30 pm, ED 1120
Tuesday, 21 June	Language Tables for Arabic, Wright Quad, 12:00-1:30 pm Russian Literary Circle, led by Yelena Zotova, Armstrong Library, BH 505, 5:00 pm SWSEEL Informal Soccer, 4:30-6:00 pm, Dunn Meadow, 7th and Indiana Ave. (on the north side of the IMU building) SWSEEL Choir Meeting, led by Yelena Polyanskaya, 5:15-6:15 pm, BH 317 Strategic Language and Cultures Seminar: Gene Coyle, "What Does a Real CIA Spy Do in Foreign Countries?", 6.30pm, ED 1120 Film (Arabic): 6:30pm, ED 1225
Wednesday, 22 June	Language Tables for Russian, Wright Quad, 12:00-1:30 pm Central Eurasian Research Exchange/Roundtable, facilitated by Nicholas Kontovas (Indiana University), 12:00-1:30 pm, BH 018 Project GO Strategic Language and Cultures Luncheon with Gene Coyle (Indiana University) (Project GO participants only), "How Do the CIA and the Military Work Together?”, 1:00 – 2:30 pm, Willkie Library Lecture: “The Concept of Chinese Nation in Xinjiang before 1949,” Ondřej Klimeš (Oriental Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic), 6:30pm, ED 1225 Film (Russian): 6:30 pm, ED 1120
Thursday, 23 June	Language Tables for Arabic, Wright Quad, 12:00-1:30 pm Film (in English): “Desert of Forbidden Art” (2009), 7:00 pm, at the IU Cinema; Special SWSEEL-sponsored event. Free tickets reserved at the IU Cinema ticket office for all SWSEEL students with a valid Campus ID card (one per card). The ticket office will open an hour before the showing, at 6:00 pm. More details on the film can be found at: IU Cinema
Friday, 24 June	Slavica Publishers Book Sale: 12:00-2:00 pm, BH 008 (Ballantine> coffee lounge). Free pizza will be served. All workshop students, faculty and staff welcome! REEI Teacher Workshop, led by Laurie Iudin-Nelson (Luther College): “Music in the Foreign Language Curriculum”, 2:00-5:00 pm, BH 003 Lecture/AV Presentation: “Uzbekistan: Gateway to Central Asia,” Malik Hodjaev (Indiana University), 6:30 pm, TV 251
Saturday, 25 June	REEI Teacher Workshop, led by Laurie Iudin-Nelson (Luther College): “Music in the Foreign Language Curriculum”, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm, BH 003 Peasant Disco (international dance party) at Rachael’s Café, 10:00 pm: All ages welcome, $3 cover charge, (non-IU event)
Sunday, 26 June	Workshop: “Balalaika Basics” with Laurie Iudin-Nelson (Luther College), 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm, followed by a sing-along from 6:30-8:00 pm, Willkie Library
Monday, 27 June	Language Tables for Russian, Wright Quad, 12:00-1:30 pm Weekly Seminar: "Russian Language and Culture through Fairy Tales", led by Olga Thomason, 5:00 pm, BH 235 Workshop: “Islamic Calligraphy Methods and Practice”, Josh Berer (Indiana University), 6:30 pm ED 1225 Lecture (in Russian): “Вильям Похлебкин: Уникальная личность 20-го века / William Pokhlebkin: An Extraordinary Figure of the 20th Century”, Ron Feldstein (Indiana University), 6.30pm, ED 1120
Tuesday, 28 June	Language Tables for Arabic, Wright Quad, 12:00-1:30 pm Russian Literary Circle, led by Yelena Zotova, 5:00 pm, BH 235 SWSEEL Choir Meeting, led by Yelena Polyanskaya, 5:15-6:15 pm, BH 317 Lecture: “‘East-West’ Fusion in Jazz and Popular Music of Central Asia,” Dr. Aida Huseynova (Indiana University), 6:30 pm, BH 317 Lecture: "The Future of Communism: Trends in the Study of Eastern Europe Since 1945", Padraic Kenney (Indiana University), 6.30pm, ED 1225 Film (Arabic), 6:30 pm, ED 1120
Wednesday, 29 June	Language Tables for Russian, Wright Quad, 12:00-1:30 pm Central Eurasian Research Exchange/Roundtable, with guest speaker Wendell Schwab, (Indiana University): “Challenges of Academic research in Central Asia”, 12:00-1:30 pm, BH 018 Strategic Languages and Cultures Seminar: Annisa Wanat, 6:30 pm, ED 1225 (TBC) Film (Russian), 6:30 pm, ED 1120
Thursday, 30 June	Language Tables for Arabic, Wright Quad, 12:00-1:30 pm Project GO Strategic Language and Cultures Luncheon with Annisa Wanat (Project GO participants only), 1:00 – 2:30 pm, Woodburn Hall 200 SWSEEL Informal Soccer, 4:30-6:00 pm, Dunn Meadow, 7th and Indiana Ave. (on the north side of the IMU building) Lecture: “Aral Sea,” (Title TBC) Philip Micklin (Western Michigan University), 6:30 pm, ED 1225 Lecture: "Icons, Black Boxes, and Golden Arches: Iconic Images in Russian Culture and What Happens to Them", Sara Stefani (Indiana University), 6:30pm, ED 1120
Friday, 01 July	Film (Mongolian), 6:30pm, TV 251
Monday, 04 July	Fourth of July Picnic: Lunch at 2:00 pm at the Woodlawn Shelter in Bryan Park
Tuesday, 05 July	Language Tables for Arabic, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad Russian Literary Circle, led by Yelena Zotova, 5:00 pm, BH 235 Lecture: “Comparing Tatar and Russian Marriage Traditions,” Dilyara Sharifullina (Kazan State University), 6:30 pm, ED 1225 Film (Arabic), 6:30 pm, ED 1120 Russian Music Radio Hour with Michael Gabe, 9:00-10:00 pm, WIUX 99.1FM (Live Stream)
Wednesday, 06 July	Language Tables for Russian, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad Central Eurasian Research Exchange/Roundtable, 12:30 pm, BH 018 (SWSEEL students only) Film (Russian), 6:30 pm, ED 1120 Lecture: “Navruz in Afghan Culture,” Rahmon Inomkhojayev (Indiana University), 6:30pm, ED 1225
Thursday , 07 July	Language Tables for Arabic, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad SWSEEL Informal Soccer, 4:30-6:00 pm, Dunn Meadow, 7th and Indiana Ave. (on the north side of the IMU building) Pysanky (Ukrainian Easter Egg Painting) with Olena Chernyshenko, 6:00 pm, BH 004 Lecture: “Understanding Kazakh Culture and Art: Kazakh Felt Rugs (sirmakh)”, Fatima Moldashova (Indiana University), 6:30 pm, ED 1225
Friday, 08 July	SLS Workshop (for language instructors only): “Building Listening and Speaking Fluency” (Beatrix Burghardt & Tara Zahler) 1:30-3:30 pm, BH 003 Shahyar Daneshgar, “Musical Cultures of the Silk Road People: Differences and Similarities,” 6:30pm, BH 347
Sunday, 10 July	The Mongolia Society and Permanent International Altaistic Conference (PIAC); SWSEEL students are welcome at open sessions. More information is available at The Mongolia Society
Monday, 11 July	Language Tables for Russian, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad The Mongolia Society and Permanent International Altaistic Conference (PIAC); SWSEEL students are welcome at open sessions. More information is available at The Mongolia Society Weekly Seminar: "Russian Language and Culture through Fairy Tales", led by Olga Thomason, 5:00 pm, BH 235 Lecture: “Adventures in Literary Translation”, Bill Johnston (Indiana University), 6:30pm, ED 1120 Lecture (in Russian): "Рассказы Рида Грачева из цикла «Ничей брат» / The Stories of Rid Grachev from the Cycle Nobody’s Brother”, Nina Perlina (Indiana University), 6.30 pm, ED 1225 Film (Yiddish): 6:30 pm, Polish Studies Center
Tuesday, 12 July	Language Tables for Arabic, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad The Mongolia Society and Permanent International Altaistic Conference (PIAC); SWSEEL students are welcome at open sessions. More information is available at The Mongolia Society. Russian Literary Circle, led by Yelena Zotova, 5:00 pm, BH 235 SWSEEL Choir Meeting, led by Yelena Polyanskaya, 5:15-6:15 pm, BH 317 Lecture: “The Public Be Damned? Sale of Commonly Enjoyed Environmental and National Heritage Sites to Private Developers”, David Ransel (Indiana University), 6.30pm, ED 1120 Lecture: “Uzbek Hip-Hop,” Nigora Azimova (Indiana University), 6:30 pm, ED 1225 Film (Arabic): 6:30 pm, BH 005 Russian Music Radio Hour with Michael Gabe, 9:00-10:00 pm, WIUX 99.1FM (Live Stream)
Wednesday, 13 July	Language Tables for Russian, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad The Mongolia Society and Permanent International Altaistic Conference (PIAC); SWSEEL students are welcome at open sessions. More information is available at The Mongolia Society Film (Russian): 6:30 pm, ED 1120 The 19th Annual Silk Road Bayram (Festival): “Dance and music of the Turkic World of the Silk Road Cultures”, Alumni Hall (Cultural Fair opens at 6:30 pm; Concert 7:00-10:00 pm; includes a fashion show); free admission
Thursday, 14 July	Language Tables for Arabic, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad SWSEEL Informal Soccer, 4:45-6:00 pm, Woodlawn Soccer Pitch, Woodlawn Avenue next to HPER Building The Mongolia Society and Permanent International Altaistic Conference (PIAC); SWSEEL students are welcome at open sessions. More information is available at The Mongolia Society Strategic Language and Cultures Seminar: “Iraq: A Trilogy”, Zaineb Istrabadi (Indiana University), 6:30 pm, ED 1120 Polish-English Poetry Reading with Joanna Kurowska (SWSEEL), 6:30 pm, Polish Studies Center
Friday, 15 July	Central Eurasian Research Exchange/Roundtable (SWSEEL students only), 12:30 pm, BH 221 SLS Workshop (for language instructors only): “Self Access Learning: Extensive Listening and Extensive Reading” (Doreen Ewert, Rebecca Mahan & Gail Pontius) 1:30-3:30 pm, BH 003 Film (Kazakh), 6:30 pm, TV 251
Saturday, 16 July	SWSEEL Running Club, 8:00 am (meeting on the steps in front of the SRSC)
Monday, 18 July	Language Tables for Russian, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad Weekly Seminar: "Russian Language and Culture through Fairy Tales", led by Olga Thomason, 5:00 pm, BH 235 Lecture (in Russian): “Русская интеллигенция 19 века: история и культура / The Russian Intelligentsia in the 19th Century: History and Culture”, Tatiana Saburova (Omsk State Pedagogical University), 6.30pm, TV 251 East European Folk Dance Workshop: Jewish and Moldovan, led by Asya Vaisman, 6:30 pm, Georgian Room, IMU
Tuesday, 19 July	Language Tables for Arabic, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad Russian Literary Circle, led by Yelena Zotova, 5:00 pm, BH 235 SWSEEL Choir Meeting, led by Yelena Polyanskaya, 5:15-6:15 pm, BH 317 Lecture: “What (if Anything) is Central (Eur)asia, and Why Does It Matter?”, Christopher Atwood (Indiana University), 6:30 pm, TV 251 Lecture: "Selected Readings from 20th Century Czech Poetry", Bronislava Volkova (Indiana University), 6:30 pm, BH 005 Film (Arabic): 6:30 pm, Basement Lounge, Willkie South Tower Russian Music Radio Hour with Michael Gabe, 9:00-10:00 pm, WIUX 99.1FM
Wednesday, 20 July	Language Tables for Russian, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad Czech Dinner & A Movie, 6:30 pm, Polish Studies Center Lecture: “Customs and Traditions of Modern Tajikistan,” Komiljon Sharipov (Khujand State University), 6:30 pm, BH 005 Film (Russian): 6:30 pm, TV 251
Thursday, 21 July	Language Tables for Arabic, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad SWSEEL Informal Soccer, 4:45-6:00 pm, HPER Soccer Pitch, Woodlawn Avenue Strategic Languages and Cultures Seminar: "Language and the Government Career", Blake Puckett, 6:30 pm, TV 251 Lecture: Marija Krupoves, “Slavic Connections in Yiddish Song”, 6.30 pm, BH 005
Friday, 22 July	Central Eurasian Research Exchange/Roundtable (SWSEEL students only), 12:30 pm, BH 221 SLS Workshop (for language instructors only): “Using Portfolios for Outcomes-Based Assessment (Rubrics)” (Doreen Ewert & Anne Marie Guerrettaz), 1:30-3:30 pm, BH 003 Film (Hungarian), 6:30 pm, TV 251 Film (Tajik), 6:30 pm, Basement Lounge, Willkie South Tower
Saturday, 23 July	SWSEEL Running Club, 8:00 am (meeting on the steps in front of the SRSC)
Sunday, 24 July	Central Eurasian Food Sampling, 12:30-2:30 pm, Indiana University Club President’s Room (this event is open only to Central Eurasian Language Students); Afghan: Rahman Arman Hungarian: Valeria Varga Mongolian: Tserenchunt Legden Tajik: Nasiba Mirpochoeva Uyghur: Gulnisa Nazarova Mongolian: Erdenebat Jamaa
Monday, 25 July	Language Tables for Russian, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad Weekly Seminar: "Russian Language and Culture through Fairy Tales", led by Olga Thomason, 5:00 pm, BH 235 Lecture (in Russian): “Язык политиков и политическая реальность / The Language of Politicians and Political Reality”, Anna Sharogradskaya (Regional Press Institute), 6:30 pm, ED 1120
Tuesday, 26 July	Language Tables for Arabic, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad NSA Information Session with Jennifer Fernandes, 4:00-5:30 pm, Career Development Center (625 N. Jordan Avenue) Russian Literary Circle, led by Yelena Zotova, 5:00 pm, BH 235 SWSEEL Choir Meeting, led by Yelena Polyanskaya, 5:15-6:15 pm, BH 317 Lecture: Jeff Veidlinger, “In the Shadow of the Shtetl: Jewish Lives in Ukraine”, 6:30 pm, ED 1120 Lecture: "Afghan women & Children in Society," Behnaz Zamani (Indiana University), 6:30 pm ED 1225 Film (Arabic), 6:30 pm, BH 005 Russian Music Radio Hour with Michael Gabe, 9:00-10:00 pm, WIUX 99.1FM Live stream here
Wednesday, 27 July	Language Tables for Russian, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad SWSEEL Central Asian Mini-Conference Panel: "Kazakhs and Kazakhstan", 4:00-5:30 pm, BH 005 Film (Russian): 6:30 pm, ED 1120 Lecture: “Musical Instrument Design: Culture, Form, and Function”, Jason Rubino (Indiana University), 6:30 pm, ED 1225
Thursday, 28 July	Language Tables for Arabic, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad SWSEEL Informal Soccer, 4:45-6:00 pm, HPER Soccer Pitch, Woodlawn Avenue Lecture/Demonstration: "Turkish Coffee: Preparation and Fortune-telling," Bilgen Erdem (Bogazici University), 6:30 pm, BH 004 Lecture: Marija Krupoves, “Stateless Cultures of Eastern Europe: Yiddish, Karaim, Tatar, Roma, Russian Old Believers”, 6.30 pm, BH 005
Friday, 29 July	Central Eurasian Research Exchange/Roundtable (SWSEEL students only), 12:30 pm, BH 221
Saturday, 30 July	SWSEEL Running Club, 8:00 am (meeting on the steps in front of the SRSC)
Sunday, 31 July	Russian Zakuski Tasting, 3:00-5:00 pm, BH 008
Monday, 01 August	Language Tables for Russian, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad Weekly Seminar: "Russian Language and Culture through Fairy Tales", led by Olga Thomason, 5:00 pm, BH 235 Film (Yiddish): 6:30 pm, Polish Studies Center Lecture (in Russian): Русскоязычные студенты и преподавание русского языка как «семейного» / Russian Heritage Language Students and Teaching Russian as a Heritage Language”, Olga Kagan (UCLA), 6.30pm, ED 1120 Lecture: Bilal Maanaki, “The State of Theater in the Arab World”, 6:30 pm, ED 1225
Tuesday, 02 August	Language Tables for Arabic, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad Russian Literary Circle, led by Yelena Zotova, 5:00 pm, BH 235 SWSEEL Choir Meeting, led by Yelena Polyanskaya, 5:15-6:15 pm, BH 317 Strategic Languages and Cultures Seminar: “In the Tracks of Tamerlane: Wandering through Central Asia Courtesy of the US Government”, Dan Burghart, 6:30pm, ED 1225 Demonstration: "Turkmen Rugs," George Malacinski (Indiana University), 6:30 pm, ED 1120 Film (Arabic), 6:30 pm, BH 005 Russian Music Radio Hour with Michael Gabe, 9:00-10:00 pm, WIUX 99.1FM (Listen to live stream online)
Wednesday, 03 August	Language Tables for Russian, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad Project GO Strategic Language and Cultures Luncheon with Dr. Dan Burghart (Project GO participants only), 1:00-2:30 pm, WH 200 SWSEEL Central Asian Mini-Conference Panel: “Historical Representation”, 4:00-5:30 pm, BH 005 Lecture: “"Life as an Analyst in the CIA"”, Michael Speckhard (Senior Analyst, Office of Russian and European Analysis, CIA), 6:30 pm, BH 109 Film (Russian): 6:30 pm, ED 1120
Thursday, 04 August	Language Tables for Arabic, 12:00-1:30 pm, Wright Quad SWSEEL Informal Soccer, 4:45-6:00 pm, HPER Soccer Pitch, Woodlawn Avenue Lecture: "Monuments of Hungarian Literature", Peter Nemes (Indiana University), 6:30 pm, ED 1225 Lecture: “Polish Animation for Children”, Justyna Beinek (Indiana University), 6:30 pm, ED 1120
Friday, 05 August	Central Eurasian Research Exchange/Roundtable (SWSEEL students only), 12:30 pm, BH 221 Lecture: "Macedonian in the Balkan Multilingual Environment”, Elena Petroska (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University), 1:00 pm, BH 003 Film (Turkish), 6:30 pm, TV 251
Saturday, 06 August	SWSEEL Running Club, 8:00 am (meeting on the steps in front of the SRSC) Women's Central Eurasia Network: Organizational meeting with bagels and coffee, 2:00-3:00 pm, Bloomington Bagel Company (113 North Dunn Street)
Sunday, 07 August	SWSEEL Final Concert, 2:00-5:00pm, MU 015 (Sweeney Hall)
Wednesday, 10 August	Russian Post-Test
Saturday, 13 August	Willkie residents’ move-out deadline, 10:00 am

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