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Vladimir Nabokov and Russian Literary Traditions

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Alexander Dolinin, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison Moderator: Daria Khitrova, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures It would be hard to find a major Russian writer of the 20th...

Reading Sterne in Stalin's Russia

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Petr Budrin, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Queen Mary University Moderator: Daria Khitrova, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures This talk discusses the 1920s and 1930s as a critical juncture in...

Russian-Speaking Latvians at the Borders of Global History

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Kevin Platt, Professor of Russian and East European Studies, University of Pennsylvania Moderator: Stephanie Sandler, Ernest E. Monrad Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures In December 1989, in...

Film Screening: The Master and Margarita

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The Master and Margarita is an adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s classic satire of Stalinist-era Soviet dictatorship. Released in Russia in January 2024, the film has drawn large audiences and been attacked by pro-Putin Russian nationalist propagandists...

Lunchtime Conversation with Michael Lockshin

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Please join us for a lunchtime conversation with The Master and Margarita Director Michael Lockshin. The Master and Margarita is an adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s classic satire of Stalinist-era Soviet dictatorship. Released in Russia in January 2024...

Film Screening: 'Akhmatova's Orphans. Disassembly'

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Image: Yuri Leving Yuri Leving, Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Princeton University Moderator: Daria Khitrova, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures “Akhmatova's Orphans...