Note: This event is postponed until further notice.

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 emigration” scenarios as manifested in Akhmatova’s oeuvre as well as in the lives and works of her contemporaries.

This talk will be conducted in Russian. Refreshments will be provided.

Co-sponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.

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