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2009-10
For the next Faculty Research Roundtable,
Evgenii Bershtein, Associate Professor of Russian, and Matt Kendall, senior Russian major, will present on their Lankford-funded project:
"Sex, Decadence, and Exploitation: Sergei Eisenstein between Oscar Wilde and Karl Marx."
Wednesday, November 18, 5:00-6:30 pm, in Eliot 103.
Light refreshments will be served.
Open to the members of the Reed community.
The Reed Russian departments present the public lecture
"Bergelson, Benjamin, and Berlin: Justice Deferred"
by Harriet Murav
Thursday, October 29 at 5:30 p.m., at Biology 19
Harriet Murav is professor of Slavic languages and literatures and comparative literature at the University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign. She has a Ph.D. from Stanford University and is the author of Holy Foolishness: Dostoevsky's Novels & the Poetics of Cultural Critique, the award-winning Russia's Legal Fictions, and Identity Theft: The Jew in Imperial Russia and the Case of Avraam Uri Kovner. She is currently working on a new book, Music from a Speeding Train: Russian Jewish and Soviet Yiddish Literature of the 20th Century.
The Reed Russian and history departments present the public lecture
"'When I Served the Post as a Coachman': Circulation and Empire in Russia's 18th Century"
by John Randolph
Monday, September 21 at 4:30 PM, at Eliot 314.
John Randolph is Associate Professor of History and Conrad Humanities scholar at the University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign. He has the Ph.D. from UC, Berkeley and is the author of *The House in the Garden: The Bakunin Family and the Romance of Russian Idealism* (Cornell UP, 2007). His book won a number of awards: the 2008 Lincoln Prize given by the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies; the 2008 AATSEEL prize for Best Book in Literary/Cultural Studies; Honorable Mention for the Vucinich Prize given by the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies.
The event is free and open to the public.
2008-2009
Lena Lencek has published a new book in collaboration with Piero Brunello, Professor of Social History at the University of Venice in Italy.
HOW TO WRITE LIKE CHEKHOV. ADVICE AND INSPIRATION, STRAIGHT FROM HIS OWN LETTERS AND WORK. Ed. and introduced by Piero Brunello and Lena Lencek, Translated from the Russian and Italian by Lena Lencek. De Capo Press, 2008.
Some book mentions in media:
Review in Metro Spirit
"An insightful, practical outline of Chekhov's literary approach. Following Lenček's intelligent introduction, advice is helpfully broken down by topic... Both Chekhov's correspondence and his excerpts prove interesting and illustrative... Including a 'who's who' of Chekhov's pen pals and suggestion for further reading, this is a useful and smart guide for writers of all kinds." --Publishers Weekly, starred online review.
Mention in OPRAH [PDF 448k]
Guest Lecturers
Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 4:30 PM, Eliot 314 CANCELLED
Public Lecture: John MacKay, Professor of Slavic Languages & Literatures and chair of the Film Studies Program Yale University
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