Chekh It Out is your all-purpose interactive guide to Anton Chekhov’s play The Three Sisters.

The text of this play is loaded with links, polls, puns, translation and language notes, photos and videos, all designed to add context and value to your reading experience. We advise you to read through the play at least once before using the site, since discussion questions and intra-textual references may spoil the ending for you.

 

People Rachel Woods Samantha Parry Luke Schanz-Garbassi Thomas R. Beyer, Jr., CV Starr Professor of Russian & East European Studies

Related Links http://chekhitout.wordpress.com

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Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina is a website created by Grace Benz, Ali Hentges, Robert Silverstein.  It presents Leo Tolstoy quotations and images + video clips from various  motion picture adaptations of his book Anna Karenina.

 

People Grace Benz Ali Hentges Robert Silverstein Thomas R. Beyer, Jr., CV Starr Professor of Russian & East European Studies

Related Links http://annakareninatolstoy.tumblr.com

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Interviewing the Crime and Punishment Characters, a video by Tess Clark, John Montroy, and Eli Mauksch.

The purpose of this video and project was to enhance the reader’s understanding and experience of Crime and Punishment by bringing to life the main characters of Dostoevsky’s novel. We attempted to convey main ideals, personalities, and mannerisms of each of the characters through a more modern lens.

People Tess Clark John Montroy Eli Mauksch Thomas R. Beyer, Jr., CV Starr Professor of Russian & East European Studies

Related Links  This video on Youtube

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The Dead Souls Demystified project (podcasts, blog, and video) was put together by three students of Professor Thomas Beyer’s Golden Age of Russian Literature course at Middlebury College.  Sam Finkelman contributed the analytical and historical blogposts about “Dead Souls” and the surrounding criticisms and contexts; Nicole Morse filmed the RSAnimate video and compiled the formatted the sound clips; Maddie Li aided in video graphics, WordPress site compilation, and information about Gogol’s life for a podcast.

People Sam Finkelman Nicole Morse Maddie Li Thomas R. Beyer, Jr., CV Starr Professor of Russian & East European Studies

Related Links http://www.deadsoulsdemystified.wordpress.com

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Welcome to the Pushkin Zone, a blog dedicated to discussing Alexander Pushkin’s famous works. We have created this blog to free students from the tyranny of the classroom and provide an alternate and interactive method for Russian Literature appreciators to learn and discuss Alexander Pushkin and his works.

People Michael Dola, 2015 Jamey Huffnagle, 2015 Tyler Durr, 2015 Thomas R. Beyer, Jr., CV Starr Professor of Russian & East European Studies

Related Links http://www.pushkinzone.wordpress.com

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“Life Stories of Middlebury College” is a multi-phase initiative intended to gather people’s experiences while at the college, particularly reflections that highlight issues of diversity. In her interview, Armelle Crouzieres-Ingenthron discusses the freedom she gained from learning new languages, teaching French and English in Switzerland, the importance of being the first in her family to graduate from college, the difference in suburban life between France and Boston, why leaving your own country makes you more aware of your status in society, overcoming the aloofness of peers and forming friendships with international professionals at Middlebury, learning from a student who hated France, and the advantages of raising bi-lingual children.

People Armelle Crouzieres-Ingenthron Professor of French Susan Burch Associate Professor of American Studies; Director, CCSRE; Head of Life Stories project

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Last January fifteen intrepid graduate students (aka Team Monterey 4) traveled to the Bajo Lempa region of El Salvador to tackle agricultural, water access, and conservation issues. Visit the Equipo Monterey blog to explore their adventures searching for illicit turtle eggs at the local markets, or designing workshops for food producers to share knowledge and potential growth strategies.

People Adele Negro Program Directory and Language Faculty Lucy Jodlowska Communications and Outreach Coordinator Robert Taggart Logistics Coordinator Amy Holste Fundraising and Development Coordinator Ryan Gonzalez Recruitment and Applications Coordinator

Related Links La Coordinadora – Asociación Mangle Foundation for Self-Sufficiency of Central America MIIS Press Release

Downloads Memorandum of Understanding between La Coordinadora – Asociación Mangle (LC-AM) and MIIS El Salvador: January 2010 gallery Team Monterey 3 YouTube Channel