13TH ANNUAL
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE ON SLAVIC AND EAST/CENTRAL EUROPEAN STUDIES
MAY 1, 2010
UCLA
08:30am – 09:00am Coffee and Refreshments (Humanities A65)
09:00am – 09:10am Opening Remarks
Prof. Roman Koropeckyj, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, UCLA
09:15am – 10:20am Session 1
Panel 1A: ETHNIC AND NATIONAL IDENTITY (Humanities A65)
Chair: Naya Lekht
Jeffrey Hayman, UCLA “The Development of National Consciousness in the Polish Peasantry”
Yevgeniya Teyfukova, UCSB/UCLA “Socio-economic Conditions of the Bukharian Jews in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union: A Comparative Analysis”
Christos Potamianos, UCSB “Greeks and Macedonians: The Feverish Pursuit of Designer Historic Personalities”
Panel 1B: SOCIETY AND POWER (Humanities A26)
Chair: Jamie Wharton
Erika Nauman and Miguel Liberato, UCSB “The Iron Curtain of Silence: The Transformation of Homosexuality in the Former Soviet States”
Elis Neys, UCSB “Vodka in Russian and Western Culture: From Practical Applications to Media Portrayal”
Anna Weatherly, UCLA “Alcohol in Russia: Human Factor behind the Social Phenomenon of Drinking”
10:20am – 10:30am BREAK
10:30am – 11:45am Session 2
Panel 2A: EASTERN EUROPEAN STUDIES (Humanities A65)
Chair: Sanja Lacan
Milica Cosic, UCSB “Sanction Effectiveness: A Case Study on the Former Yugoslavia”
Ioana Ciolac, UCLA “The Confused Generation—A Look into Romania’s Inter-war Past”
Kate Stimac, UCLA “Economic Liberalization for Balkan States: Progress or Imperialism?”
Johana Fiserova, UCLA “Variety of Toleration: Relation of Czechs to Other Ethnic Groups in the Czech Republic”
Panel 2B: STATE OF AFFAIRS IN CIS (Humanities A26)
Chair: Sasha Razor
Anthony Vasquez, CSLB “Internet in Belarus: Hopes and Realities”
Alyssa Haerle, UCLA “Analyzing Dmitry Medvedev’s Use of the Internet”
Nadine Dorsht, UCLA “Russia’s Role in Transcaucasia: Consequences of Soviet Policy after the Fall of Communism”
Mariya Bunenko, UCLA “Russia and Ukraine: It’s Complicated”
11:45am – 12:45pm LUNCH
12:45pm – 02:00pm Session 3
Panel 3A: RUSSIAN CINEMA (Humanities A65)
Chair: Naomi Caffee
Sydney Heller, UCLA “Russian Masculinity: An Exploration Into How Russian Blockbusters Shaped the View of Masculinity in the Past Two Decades”
Fiona Hay, UCLA “The Portrayal of Women in Russian Cinema Today: Some Preliminary Theories”
Maryia Krivoruchko, UCLA “Winnie the Pooh” and “Винни–Пух” – An Animated Comparison”
Panel 3B: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (Humanities A26)
Chair: Avram Lyon
Anna Gruzman, UCSD “Enlightened Translators”
Coral Marshall, UCSD “Dostoevsky’s Egoism of Tyranny in Petrushevskaya’s ‘Our Circle”
Matt Leewood, UCSB “How Would You Say That in Russian”
Karen McIlhargey, UCLA “A Mere Exposure”
02:00pm – 02:10pm BREAK
02:10pm – 03:15pm Session 4
Panel 4A: ART AND SCIENCE (Humanities A65)
Chair: Yunping Feng
Ben Dye, UCI “Demolished Houses, Clear Skies: Process and Product as Ideological Instruments on the 1930s Moscow Metro”
Matthew Honea, UCSB “The Early Soviet Space Program: “Onward into Space!”
Allen Wang, UCSD “Pursuing the “Mazurka” in Society, Literature and Music”
Panel 4B: RELIGION AND EXPERIENCE (Humanities A26)
Chair: Krystyna Shamova
Victor Deng, UCSD “Russia’s Religious Independence”
Irina Yakubin and Mariya Gershkovich, UCLA “Paganism and Christianity in Russia- How Christianity Adapted to Local Traditions”
Anna Zvansky, UCLA “Russians in America: 1741-1914”
03:20pm Closing Remarks & Presentation of Certificates
Larry McLellan, Germanic, Slavic & Semitic Studies (UCSB)