Workshop Organizers: 

Dr. Timothy K. Blauvet (Ilia State University and American Councils) 

Dr. Naira Sahakyan (The American University of Armenia)

June 15th | 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., CST

June 16th | 9:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m., CST 

In recent years, there has been soul searching in ethnography about the challenges of “researching multilingually,” including calls for more reflection and openness about language learning and language competencies for fieldwork. In this workshop, participants will be invited to explore a range of questions related to language acquisition, technological assistance in conducting language-based research, the distortions of interpretation and translation, and more in order to gain a greater familiarity with the intersection of language learning and field research in Eurasian studies. 

This workshop is funded by the Title VIII program and is part of this year’s Summer Research Laboratory (SRL) in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which is co-hosted by the Russian East European, and Eurasian Center (REEEC) and the Slavic Reference Service (SRS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For questions about the Summer Research Laboratory, funding, and information on other workshops, please visit https://reeec.illinois.edu/research/summer-research-laboratory.