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GENERAL INFORMATION
Based in St. Petersburg, the home of famous scientists and writers like Mendeleev, Pavlov, Dostoevsky, Blok, Zoshchenko, and Zamiatin, students will have the opportunity to come to know the city from a variety of cultural, intellectual, and social perspectives.
The program offers an excellent opportunity to study the rich Russian culture, civilization, and language of Tolstoy, Chekhov, Dostoyevsky, and Pushkin. Offered in cooperation with St. Petersburg State University, the program is available in both fall and spring. A summer program is available as well.
The academic program consists of four intensive courses in Russian language, culture, history, and media taught by Russian faculty from St. Petersburg State University, one of Russia’s oldest and preeminent universities. Classes are held in the University’s Center for Russian Language and Culture, which is housed in the historic Smolny Institute (see photo above).
COURSES
Russian 115 (CCI, FL): Russian Language Studies in St. Petersburg. Russian grammar, composition and textual analysis. Explicit analysis of historical and contemporary cultural representations and texts in language, literature and the verbal arts. (One course credit)
Russian 131 (ALP, CCI): Language, Culture, and Myth: The Slavic Proverb. The sources of the Slavic proverb, the proverb as microtext of national stereotypes, and its function in modern literature and culture. West, South, and East Slavic proverbs contrasted with other Indo-European language families. Theoretical aspects include explications of the relationship of language and culture and problems of translation. (One course credit)
Russian 135A (CCI, EI, FL, SS): Contemporary Russian Media.
Study of Russian language, stylistics, and culture through journals and newspapers; work will include TV and print research outside of class. (One course credit)
History 100J (CCI, CZ): Perestroika in 19th and 20th Century Russia. Focuses on the era from the fall of Kiev to the reign of Catherine the Great and the developments in 19th- and 20th-century Russia. Taught in Russian. (One course credit)
Advanced level students who stay for a second semester may also enroll in regular classes at St. Petersburg University.
Students in a wide range of disciplines and majors (history, political science, sociology, religion, for example), as well as Russian majors, will find this program especially interesting and useful.
A faculty member of St. Petersburg State University serves as resident director of the program and is available for assistance at any time. The university provides an array of services to students.
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