“Men can and Women cannot”?1 Revealing the Secrets behind the Private Woman in the Public Sphere

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Matthew D. Embley and Dr. Robert McFarland, Germanic and Slavic Languages Flanerie is the art of taking a walk, observing the movements and spaces of the city. By writing about cityscapes, urban realms, and the condition of society, flaneurs are able to describe the uniqueness of the metropolis and give life to the modern city—they […]

Digitizing and Analyzing the Works of Hermine Cloeter: Increasing Accessibility of Writings and Exploring a New Version of Vienna

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Kelli D. Barbour and Dr. Robert B. McFarland, Germanic and Slavic Languages While there are many well-known German-speaking/writing male authors and high availability to their texts, the same does not follow for German-speaking/writing women. Scholarships access to texts by women, especially at the beginning of and before the twentieth century, is minimal. Seeing the need […]

THE CONSUMPTION AND ADOPTION OF A GLAMORIZED VERSION OF AMERICAN “POP CULTURE” VIA THE TELEVISION BY ADOLESCENTS IN UKRAINE

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Tyler D. Thompson and Dr. David Hart, Germanic & Slavic Languages The jumping off point for my research was in Kiev, Ukraine, where I had served a two year LDS mission two years previous. As I deplaned in Borispol (15 minutes outside of Kiev) I found myself almost giddy in anticipation of savoring a bowl […]

RESULTS OF RESEARCH OF ENGLISH WORDS RECENTLY BORROWED INTO MODERN RUSSIAN

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Brian K. Stimmler and David K. Hart, Germanic and Slavic Languages My original intent was to research Russian dialects by means of English words recently borrowed into the Russian language. I was going to visit various cities and villages of Russia, ascertain to what degree key words had penetrated the local dialect, and record the […]

Discovering Russian Research: Digitizing Local and Family Historical Documents

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Kathryn Pope Blomberg and Professor Thom Edlund, HBLL-Cataloging As a student of Family History Research with Russian language skills, I have become very interested in learning the process of research for the areas that have been controlled by either the Czars or the USSR. Thus, I decided to go on an internship to a Russian speaking […]

Ann Tizia Leitich: New Voice, New Woman Packaging America for Vienna

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Brooke M. Wright and Dr. Robert McFarland, Germanic and Slavic Languages Throughout history, the literary works of female authors have been marginalized and many such works have been lost. The German and Slavic Languages department at Brigham Young University has devoted a great amount of time and energy to rediscovering and studying the art and […]

LANGUAGE FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES AT BYU — BUSINESS RUSSIAN

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David V. Shurtleff and Dr. David K. Hart, Germanic and Slavic Languages Business language courses were taught at American universities as early as the 1920’s but did not gain widespread acceptance until the 1980’s. A major reason for the growth of Language for Special Purposes (LSP) was the report of the President’s Commission on Foreign […]