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SUMMARY:Aiming for Superior: A Memorial Conference Honoring the Legacy of Olga E. Kagan
DESCRIPTION:A Memorial Conference Honoring the Legacy of Olga Kagan \nFriday\, May 31\, 2019\n9:00 AM – 5:30 PM\nUCLA Faculty Center – Hacienda Room \nThe UCLA Center for World Languages\, the Department of Slavic\, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures\, and the Division of the Humanities invite you to a conference celebrating the legacy of Professor Olga E. Kagan. The all-day conference will bring together scholars from UCLA and around the country who worked closely with her\, to present on topics that are representative of her extraordinary career on heritage language teaching and second language acquisition. \nPlease RSVP here.\n  \nConference Program \nAiming for Superior\nA Memorial Conference Honoring the Legacy of Olga E. Kagan\nUCLA Faculty Center\, Hacienda Room\, May 31\, 2019 \n9:00 – 9:15 Welcomes and Introductions \nDavid Schaberg\, Dean\, Division of the Humanities \nRonald Vroon\, Chair\, Dept. of Slavic\, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures \nPeter Cowe\, Director\, Center for World Languages \nChris Erickson\, Senior Associate Vice Provost\, International Institute \n9:15 – 9:45 Keynote Address \nSamuel Eisen\, Director\, The Language Flagship and NSEP Director of Programs \nPerspectives on Multilingualism for Overseas Language Immersion and Government Service \n9:45 – 11:00 Panel One: Heritage Pedagogy \nMaria Carreira\, California State University\, Long Beach \nEngineering the Field of Heritage Languages: Olga Kagan’s Trailblazing Roads\, Bridges\, and Canals \nAndrew Lynch\, University of Miami \nPerspectives on the Past and Present of Heritage Language Studies \nMaria Polinsky\, University of Maryland \nOlga Kagan: A Pioneering Legacy (Video) \n11:00 – 11:15 Break \n11:15 – 12:30 Panel Two: Russian L2 Pedagogy \nDan Davidson\, Bryn Mawr College\, American Councils \nExploring the Relationship between L2 Proficiency and Intercultural Development in the Overseas Immersion Learning Environment \nWilliam Comer\, Portland State University \nA Deeper Look at Shekhtman’s “Islands”: Fluency and Restructuring in Learning Russian \nJennifer Bown\, Brigham Young University \nDeveloping a Self-Directed Russian for Professional Purposes Course \n12:30 – 1:30 Lunch \n1:30 – 2:45 Panel Three: Russian Pedagogy and the Flagship Program \nSandra Freels\, Portland State University \nBusiness as Unusual: Aiming for Superior in the Russian Language Flagship” \nMaria Lekić\, University of Maryland\, American Councils \nTransformative Learning: The Way of Flagship \nKaren Evans-Romaine\, University of Wisconsin\, Madison \nLooking Back\, Looking Forward: Learning from the Russian Flagship (video) \n2:45 – 3:00 Break \n3:00 – 4:15 Panel Four: Moving Forward: The Next Generation \nNetta Avineri\, Middlebury Institute of International Studies\, Monterey \nSociolinguistic and Intercultural Abundance: A Social Justice Approach \nAnna Ice\, University of California\, Los Angeles \nRaising Bilingual-Biliterate Children in a Monolingual Context: The Impact of Family and Supplementary Education \nEkaterina Moore\, University of Southern California \nAffect in a Russian Heritage Language Classroom \n4:15 – 4:30 Break \n4:30 – 5:30 Panel Five: Reflections \nKathleen Dillon\, University of California\, Davis \nThe Empowerment of Language Inheritance: Fulfilling Olga Kagan’s Dream and Vision \nBenjamin Rifkin\, Hofstra University (Video) \nOlga Kagan and Pedagogy of the Heart \nShushan Karapetian\, University of California\, Los Angeles (Video) \nTribute to a Mentor \nBoris Dralyuk\, University of California\, Los Angeles; Los Angeles Review of Books \nAutumnal People: Learning from Olga \nMax Boot\, Washington Post \nA Tribute
URL:https://slavic.ucla.edu/event/aiming-for-superior-a-memorial-conference-honoring-the-legacy-of-olga-e-kagan/
LOCATION:UCLA Faculty Center\, 480 Charles E Young Dr East\, Los Angeles\, 90095
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