Summer Opportunity Announced
Russian Field School
30 May - 30 June 2012
Moscow and the Komi Republic, Russia
Application deadline: Friday, 24 February 2012
For further information, including application instructions, please
click the link under 'Russian Field School 2012' at:
http://www.unbc.ca/anthropology/.
For questions, please contact:
Michel Bouchard
Email: Michel [at] unbc.ca
The Department of Anthropology at the University of Northern British
Columbia and the Komi Republic's Syktyvkar State University announce the
availability of an ethnographic field school for summer 2012. Open to
all undergraduate students, the instruction will take place 30 May - 30
June 2012 in Moscow and the Komi Republic, Russia.
The field school has been organized in concert with proven
collaborators, both academic and community partners, in the Komi
Republic. It will consist of three courses for a total of nine credits
and will involve five days of intensive coursework prior to traveling to
Russia. There is one mandatory course, ANTH 298-3, Introduction to
Fieldwork. The others will be chosen from the following list:
- ANTH 214-3, Anthropology of Europe
- ANTH 305-3, Circumpolar Ethnography
- NORS 311-3, Lands and Environments of the Circumpolar North 1
- NORS 321-3, People and: Cultures of the Circumpolar World 1
- POLS 298-3, The Russian North: Society and Politics
- INTS 200-3, Contemporary Russia
Departing from Moscow, students will spend 30 days traveling past the
Arctic Circle to the reindeer herding camps of the Russian tundra.
Between these two locales, students will observe and learn in greater
detail the social, cultural, and environmental challenges facing the
populations of that region. Required readings will vary depending on
which optional courses are selected.
Costs for the field school include nine tuition credits (approximately
$1,388.79 for Canadian residents), a $2,650 fee to cover the students'
direct expenses in Russia (all meals, travel, and accommodations), a
flight to Moscow, and traveler health insurance.
Application deadline: Friday, 24 February 2012.
For further information, including application instructions, please
click the link under 'Russian Field School 2012' at:
http://www.unbc.ca/anthropology/.
For questions, please contact:
Michel Bouchard
Email: Michel [at] unbc.ca