The Department of Russian & Slavic Studies will host the “2008 International Forum on Russian Linguistics and Literature” this coming Saturday (Nov. 8) at Ching-sheng International Conference Hall and T306, starting at 9:00 am. Scholars from Russia, Japan, South Korea, etc. are invited and 24 academic papers will be presented. President Flora Chia-I Chang and a representative from The Moscow-Taipei Coordination Commission on Economic and Cultural Cooperation in Taipei Iliya A. Semenov are invited to give the opening speeches.

The Forum will explore the themes of “The Current Situations of Russian Teaching in both Taiwan and Russia” and “Russian Literature: Comparison and Review.” The organizer of the Forum, Assistant Professor of Russian, Shwu-yann Su has predicted that the Forum will offer a very good way of exchanging ideas. Participating scholars will learn from each other’s teaching methodologies and research findings. ( ~Dean X. Wang )