Literature and Culture Seminars

Victor Martinovich, Associate Professor, Dept. of Humanities and Arts, European Humanities Universities (EHU) Moderator: Jenya Mironava, Preceptor, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University What will happen if we combine oral histories with...

Yasha Klots, Assistant Professor, Hunter College Moderator: Daria Khitrova, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Throughout the Soviet century, tamizdat (literally, “published over there,” or...

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...

Marijeta Bozovic, Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Yale University Moderator: Aleksandra Kremer, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Contemporary poetry around the...

Ania Aizman, Assistant Professor, University of Chicago Moderator: Stephanie Sandler, Ernest E. Monrad Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures The Russian war on Ukraine transformed––splintered and...

Tamara Hundorova , Professor and Principal Research Scholar, Institute of Literature, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Visiting Scholar and Lecturer, Princeton University; Associate, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute This lecture deals with the...

Mikhail Shishkin, Writer Moderator: Stephanie Sandler, Ernest E. Monrad Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Mikhail Shishkin will discuss his new book of essays, My Russia: War or Peace, as well as...

Anastasiya Osipova, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado-Boulder Moderator: Stephanie Sandler, Ernest E. Monrad Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures On April 14, 2021, the Moscow offices of...

Maxim Osipov, Writer Moderator: Julie Buckler, Samuel Hazzard Cross Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Maxim Osipov will read from his new book Kilometer 101 and...

Olena Haleta, Visiting Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Moderator: Jonathan Bolton, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Travelogues written by Ukrainian traveler, camera...