http://www.syndicatemizzou.org Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:49:00 GMT en-us 40 Center for eResearch Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/images/logo.png 384 80 http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen01.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen01.m4v A language requirement in college caught Langen at a crossroads where he decided to give Russian a try. He soon discovered that he enjoyed studying the language and decided to major in Russian history and literature, a combination that allowed him to make connections between a scholarly field and other things he cared about. 3 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:37:05 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen02.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen02.m4v Langen highlights three major reasons to study Russian literature and humanities more deeply than for simple enjoyment. 3 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:37:46 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen03.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen03.m4v Langen describes the rewards of two collaborative projects: _Eight Twentieth-Century Russian Plays_ (2000) is an anthology of Russian plays that he translated and edited with Justin Weir. He also worked with his brother, Jesse Langen, examining how the music by Russian composer Dmitry Shostakovich drew upon the poems of Alexander Blok. 3 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:38:42 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen04.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen04.m4v Langen’s most recent project, _The Stony Dance: Unity and Gesture in Andrey Bely’s_ Petersburg (2005. 3 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:39:37 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen05.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen05.m4v Langen is gearing up for his next research project that will focus on late nineteenth-century Russian intellectual history. “These people thought of literary studies as something you could do scientifically,” Langen explains, and he plans to begin by exploring “the rules for responsible, scholarly discourse.” 3 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:40:44 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen06.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen06.m4v Teaching a general course on Russian civilization has helped Langen’s research process by allowing him to connect literary studies to other aspects of Russian life. 3 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:41:36 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen07.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/langen/ipod/Langen07.m4v Being part of a small but thriving Russian Program, within the Department of German and Russian Studies, is an enriching experience that allows professors and students a great deal of one-on-one contact. 3 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:42:20 GMT