Room S354, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Roman Timenchik, Professor Emeritus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Moderator: Daria Khitrova, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Emigrate or stay in Russia? The question so central to Russian intellectual discussions nowadays is, in a sense, a recurrence of a dilemma poised poignantly in Anna Akhmatova’s poetry one hundred years ago. More than once did mutual relationships between Akhmatova and Russian émigré community reach a dramatic peak. The talk explores several “inner...