Evgeny Dengub will be teaching the advanced level of Russia at the Russian Summer School in Middlebury College in the summer of 2007.  In spring ’07 Evgeny taught a course on Russian culture (in English) at Temple University.

Irinia Dubinia has accepted the position of lecturer in Russia and director of the Russian Language Program at Brandeis University.  Irina will teach all levels of Russian.  As director of the Russian Language Program she will also manage outreach to the community, supervise student activities in Russian language and culture, run the Russian club, among other duties.  In 2006-07 Irina co-taught two courses in Russian at West Chester University in PA.

Ben Anderson is studying Byzantine literature at the Institut für Byzantinistik,    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich. He reports that his Greek and German improve daily and that he has had the chance to travel quite a bit, mostly in south Germany, Austria, and North Italy. Benjamin holds a Graduate Study Scholarship from German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).  When he returns to the U.S. in the fall of ’07 Ben will begin work on his dissertation on medieval star maps, in particular, depictions of the cosmos in the early medieval successor states. His dissertation is being directed by Prof. Dale Kinney.