In this presentation, Karina Simonson will provide an overview of her postdoctoral book project, starting with a daring initial research idea, discussing its aims and tasks, facing an unexpectedly vast amount of primary material, and dealing with the current political challenges of working with the Soviet period sources.
Professor Jane Costlow will provide an overview of environmental and Slavic studies as they intersect. She will speak in particular to contributions humanities disciplines, including Slavic studies, might make to the evolving discourse in environmental studies.
Natasha Lance Rogoff, in conversation with Alexandra Vacroux, will discuss her new book, Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia.
The seminar discusses attempts after 1945 by a new generation of artists to come to terms with the extreme repression of Jewish culture and Jewish life under Soviet and Nazi rule.
