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Schlak
Timothy M. Schlak
Curriculum Vitae
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
1417 Cathedral of Learning
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Telephone: (412) 624-5906
FAX: (412) 624-9714
Email:
Education
· Master’s Degree in Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh. 2005
· Center for Foreign Languages, Sofia, Bulgaria. Intermediate Bulgarian. 2004.
· University of Pittsburgh, Summer Language Institute. Elementary Bulgarian. 2004.
· Bachelor’s Degree in Russian Area Studies, Wittenberg University. Graduated with Departmental Distinction. 2001.
· Middlebury Russian School, Fourth-Year Russian. 2001.
· Moscow State University, ACTR Business Russian Program. 2000.
Publications
· Three entries. Routledge Encyclopedia of Russian Culture. Forthcoming.
· “Carnival and Bodies of Death in Nina Sadur’s ‘Krasnyi paradiz’.” The Oeuvre of Nina Sadur. Forthcoming. 15 pages.
Translations
· Trofimova, Elena. “Women’s Literature in Search of Gender Constructs.” 2005. 15 pages. Forthcoming.
Book Reviews
· Finke, Michael C. Seeing Chekhov: Life & Art. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 2005. 1/10 page. Aug 2005. CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.
· Kuzmin, Mikhail. Mikhail Kuzmin: Selected Writings. Eds. and trans. Michael A. Green and Stanislav A. Shvabrin. Cranbury, NJ: Associated UP, 2005. 1/10 page. June 2005. CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.
· Gerstein, Emma. Moscow Memories: Memories of Anna Akhmatova, Osip Mandelstam, and Literary Russian under Stalin. 2004. Ed. and trans. John Crowfoot. 1/10 page. Jan 2005. CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.
· Ledgin, Stephanie. Homegrown Music: Discovering Bluegrass. 2004. 1/10 page. Nov 2005. CHOICE.
Conference Papers
· “Between Muscovy and Russia: the Hagiographic and Vernacular in Avvakum’s Zhitie.” Midwest AATSEEL Slavic Conference. Columbus, OH. March 3-5, 2005.
· “Culture as Consciousness: Uncultured, Unconscious American Imperialists.” Cultural Studies Common Seminar. Pittsburgh, PA. April 25, 2005.
· “Carnival and Bodies of Death in Nina Sadur’s ‘Krasnyi Paradiz’.” The Oeuvre of Nina Sadur. University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA. February 7-9. 2004.
· “Mediations of Space in Darezhan Omirbaev’s Kairat and Kadiogramma.” Graduate Organization of the Study of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (GOSECA). Pittsburgh, PA. February 27-29, 2005.
Conference Panels and Conference Organization
· Panel co-organizer. Graduate Student Mini-Conference on Stalinist Culture 2005. Pittsburgh, PA. Dec. 13, 2005.
· Panel co-organizer. Graduate Student Panel of the Russian Film Symposium 2005. “Frenzy and Folly: Madness in Russian Cinema.” Pittsburgh, PA. May 3, 2005.
· Panel chair. “Irony and Ideology.” AAASS. Boston, MA. December 4-7, 2004.
· Second Annual Graduate Student Conference Planning Committee Member. 2004-2005.
· Volunteer, University of Pittsburgh, “Modernity and Contemporanaeity.” Nov. 4-6. 2004.
· Panel organizer. “Internal and External Influences: Nation and Identity in Kazakh and Kyrgyz Film.” AAASS. Salt Lake City, UT. November 4-6, 2005.
Guest Lectures
· “Alochol and Narcotics in Russian.” Fourth-year Russian language. University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA. October 15, 2004.
· “Alcohol and Narcotics in Russian.” Third-year Russian language. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. October 15, 2004.
· “Kazakh Film: the Mediation of Space by Institutions in Darezhan Omirbaev’s Kairat and Kardiogramma.” Russian and East European Studies (REES) Lecture Series. University of Pittsburgh. April 2, 2004.
· “Introduction to Verbal Aspect.” Elementary Russian 1. University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA. October 16, 2003.
· “Introduction to the Genitive Case.” Elementary Russian 1. University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA. October 14, 2003.
Grants
· Summer 2005. REES small grant.
· Summer 2004. FLAS Award for study of Bulgarian.
Academic Teaching Experience
· Vampire: Blood and Empire, (Self-Standing Course), University of Pittsburgh. 2005.
· Elementary Russian 2, (Self-Standing Course), University of Pittsburgh. 2005.
· Second-Year Russian, (Self-Standing Course), University of Pittsburgh. 2004.
· Vampire: Blood and Empire, (Self-Standing Course), University of Pittsburgh. 2004.
· Elementary Russian 2, Teaching Assistant, University of Pittsburgh. 2004.
· Elementary Russian 1, Teaching Assistant, University of Pittsburgh. 2003.
Community Teaching Experience
· English as a Second Language Teacher. Springfield, OH. 1999.
Professional Activities
· Graduate Student Organization Departmental Representative, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh. 2004-05.
Professional Experience
· Russia Initiative: General Board of Global Ministries of the United Methodist Church, Program Associate. New York, NY. 2002-2003.
· Peacework Volunteer Organization, Program Assistant. Blacksburg, VA. 2001.
Languages
· Advanced speaking, reading, writing, and listening in Russian.
· Intermediate speaking, reading, writing, and listening in Bulgarian.
· Advanced reading, listening in French.