online courses being offered by a new nonprofit initiative, Borderlines Open School for Advanced Cross-Cultural Studies. These courses are open to anyone with interest in the topic, including the general public, undergraduate/graduate students, and teachers and professors.
Below are just a few of the online courses offered in Winter/Spring 2021 that may be of particular interest to members of SEELANGS. Most courses are seminar-style, and are capped at 20 students.
Science Fiction with Deep Philosophical Issues (from Eastern Europe and Russia)
Instructor: Sibelan Forrester
Sundays 3–5pm ET, January 10–31, 2021
https://borderlinesopenschool.org/courses/p/sf
Poetry Translation Masterclass: Theory, Problems, Practice
Instructor: Rebecca Ruth Gould
Fridays 5–7pm ET, January 15–February 5, 2021
https://borderlinesopenschool.org/courses/p/translation
Leo Tolstoy’s Late Fiction: Temptation and Renunciation
Instructor: Elizabeth F. Geballe
Sundays 6–8pm ET, January 17–February 7, 2021
https://borderlinesopenschool.org/courses/p/tolstoy
Queer Reawakening in Russian Literature
Instructor: Vitaly Chernetsky
Tuesdays 7:30–9:30pm ET, February 2–23, 2021
https://borderlinesopenschool.org/courses/p/queerreawakening
A Jew among Cossacks: Red Cavalry and Isaac Babel’s Complicated Identities
Instructor: Rebecca Stanton
Mondays 7–9pm ET, February 8–March 1, 2021
https://borderlinesopenschool.org/courses/p/babel
Russia’s Philosophical Filmmakers
Instructor: Alyssa DeBlasio
Wednesdays 6:30–8:30pm ET, February 24–March 24, 2021
https://borderlinesopenschool.org/courses/p/russias-philosophical-filmmakers
Created in the Dark: Culture During the Siege of Leningrad
Instructor: Polina Barskova
Thursdays 6:30–8:30pm ET, March 4–25, 2021
https://borderlinesopenschool.org/courses/p/siege
Race and Racialization in Central and Southeast European Film
Instructor: Sunnie Rucker-Chang
Fridays 12–2pm ET, April 9–30, 2021
https://borderlinesopenschool.org/courses/p/cseefilm
To learn more about our courses and this new initiative, please see our About page and our FAQs.