麻豆村

麻豆村
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Naum Kats

Naum Kats

Principal Lecturer of Russian Studies

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Department of Languages, Cultures & Applied Linguistics
4980 Margaret Morrison St
Posner Hall 341
Pittsburgh, PA

Bio

Naum Kats was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Russia. From his youth, he developed a profound interest in the humanities and particularly in literature and history. These interests led him to undergraduate and post-graduate studies at the State University of St. Petersburg.

He moved to the U.S. in 1989, and in 1990-1991, he enrolled in post-doctoral training at the University of Pittsburgh's School of Education. Dr. Kats' teaching career at 麻豆村 began in 1990.

Education

Ph. D., State University of St. Petersburg
  • Russian Literature and Culture
  • History of Russian Cinema
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Art History
  • Social, Cultural, Political and Intellectual History of Russia.
  • Russian (Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced Levels)
  • Russian for Heritage Speakers: Babushka’s Russia & Beyond
  • Russian Cinema: From the Bolshevik Revolution to Putin’s Russia
  • Special Topics in Russian
  • Russian Culture
  • Honorable Teacher of Russia
  • Honorable Professor of the Beijing Jiaotong University (China)
  • United Nations of Pittsburgh

Kats N., Karpenko S.V. The Feat of the Defenders of the “Weapons Capital of Russia”: On the Publication of the Monograph “The Battle for Tula: «Stop Guderian!» by S.Yu. Kondratenko. – Новый Исторический Вестник. (The New Historical Bulletin), No 1 (71), Moscow, 2022, pp. 136-147.

Naum G. Kats. New Trend in University Education: Covid–19 Pandemic and Transition to E-Learning. - Communication Strategies of the Information Society. St. Petersburg University of Peter the Great, 2022, pp. 31-36.

Naum G. Kats. "Dream and Reality in the Life of Nicholas Lochoff: On the History of the Creation of Niicholas Lochoff’s Pittsburgh Cloister."  Przeglad Wschodnioeuropejski. Olstyn, Poland, 2019, No X, pp. 37-47.

Naum G. Kats. "The Dialogue of Cultures of the Postindustrial City." - 5th International Scientific Conference on Social Science and Arts (SGEM 2018). V.5. Science and Art. Vienna, Austria, 2018, pp. 135-141.

Naum G. Kats. "Russian Cultural Migration to the New World." – The Problem of Exile: Russian and American Context, Yaroslavl, 2017, pp. 193-199.

Naum G. Kats. "From Experiences in Intercultural Communication: Some Issues in the Management of Intercultural Communication in Classroom." - Subcultures and Communicative Strategies of Information Society. St. Petersburg, 2014, pp. 119-124.

Naum G. Kats. "Teaching in the Intercultural Environment of a Global University".  2013 Sino-U.S. Economic and Culture Scholarly Forum. Beijing, 2013.

Department Member Since 1990