{"id":3417,"date":"2014-02-18T18:46:38","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T00:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/?p=3417"},"modified":"2014-02-18T18:46:38","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T00:46:38","slug":"visiting-russian-professor-offers-series-of-public-lectures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2014\/visiting-russian-professor-offers-series-of-public-lectures\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Russian professor offers series of public lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\">Visiting Russian professor Dr. Elena Kovaleva will be giving the first of her six public lectures for the semester at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at Southern Arkansas University.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\">Kovaleva\u2019s presentation, \u201cSochi: the Story of Russian Olympics from Moscow 1980 to Sochi 2014,\u201d will be held in Wilson Hall, room 303. Members of the public and University community are invited to attend.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\">The remaining public lectures will similarly be held in Wilson 303, at 6:30 p.m., as per the following:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday, March 5 \u2013 \u201cSome Symbols of the Great Russian Empire\u201d<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\">Wednesday, March 19 \u2013 \u201cRomanov Royal Dynasty through the History of Russia\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\">Wednesday, April 2 \u2013 \u201cBest Attractions of the Russian Capital: the Moscow Kremlin\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\">Wednesday, April 16 \u2013 \u201cBest Attractions of the Russian Capital: the Tretyakov Picture Gallery\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\">Wednesday, April 30 \u2013 \u201cRussian Traditions in Cinema\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5em;\">Kovaleva is head of the Department of Translation and Translation Studies and a professor of foreign languages at Moscow State Pedagogical University.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\">The exchange program between SAU and Moscow Pedagogical State University began in 1993. It was pioneered by retired professor of history David Sixbey, who was an enthusiast of Russian culture.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\">The program provides opportunities for student exchanges as well as mutual professor visits, according to Dr. Svetlana Paulson, SAU associate professor of history. Russian professors like Kovaleva teach Russian classes at SAU as well as offer public lectures. SAU professors also travel to Moscow. The most recent trip was in 2013 when Dr. Paul Babbitt offered political science classes there.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visiting Russian professor Dr. Elena Kovaleva will be giving the first of her six public lectures for the semester at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at Southern Arkansas University. Kovaleva\u2019s presentation, \u201cSochi: the Story of Russian Olympics from Moscow 1980 to Sochi 2014,\u201d will be held in Wilson Hall, room 303. 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