Date: 25-30 January, 2012
Place: Istanbul, Turkey
Working language: English, Russian
Spring session of the ReSET Soviet in Everyday Life was conducted on 25-30 January, 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey. The session was organized by the Aigine Cultural Research Center together with the Program on Central Asia and Causacus of the Harvard University. The project is supported by the Higher Education Program of the Open Society Intstitute.
25 January
Arrivals
26 January
09:15-09:30 Welcome and overview, G. Aitpaeva
09:30-11:30 Teaching working group discussion: finalizing the modular course on the Soviet in everyday life, O. Smolyak and J. Schoeberlein
11:30-12:15 Teaching demonstration: Issues of Teaching the Soviet Past (part 1), J. Schoeberlein
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Teaching demonstration: Issues of Teaching the Soviet Past (part 2), J. Schoeberlein
14:30-15:30 Pedagogy roundtable: proposal to experiment with the development of “cases” in teaching, L. Adams and O. Smolyak
Free time – dinner on your own
27 January
09:15-10:45 Professional development seminar: the culture of critique in academic writing, L. Adams, S. Oushakine
11:00-12:00 Roundtable: publishing in English vs. Russian journals, L. Adams, S. Oushakine, G. Orlova
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 Bishkek group seminar: applying De Certeau to everyday life in Kyrgyzstan, G. Aitpaeva and A. Kojobekova
Free time – dinner on your own
28 January
09:15-12:00 Seminar 3: French approaches to Discourse Analysis and methods for teaching them to undergraduate students, G. Orlova
12:30-1:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 The ‘Cultural/Civilizational Turn’ in Post-Soviet Identity Building, Jutta Scherrer
16:00-17:00 Open discussion forum: program evaluation and participant feedback
Free time – dinner on your own
29 January
09:15-12:00 Writing workshop: Kesküla, Isakov, Féaux (English) Adams
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:30 Publishing working group: plans, selection criteria, and feedback, J. Feaux and L. Adams
14:30-15:30 Intersession activities: reading groups, G. Aitpaeva
15:30-16:30 Open time to discuss unresolved issues or continue reading group discussions
19:00-21:00 Group dinner out
30 January
Departures
