All the Russias in today’s Huffington Post!
The Russian government has gotten back into the story business. This is bad news for people who like to tell stories of their own, but good news for people who like to tell the same old stories. It...
View ArticleStephen Norris discusses Boris Efimov and Soviet cartoons
On October 10, 2014, the Jordan Center welcomed Stephen Norris, a professor of history at the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami University of Ohio, to speak about his book...
View ArticleDay 1 – Two-day workshop starts new conversations on Russia`s Races
On February 26, 2015, the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia hosted a two-day workshop on the topic of racial categorizations in Russia. The event, titled Russia’s Races: Meanings and...
View ArticleDay 2 – Two-day workshop starts new conversations on Russia`s Races
On February 27, 2015 the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia hosted the second part of its two-day workshop Russia’s Races: Meanings and Practices of Race in Imperial Russia and the...
View ArticleIrina Sandomirskaja discusses cultural significance of Russian icon in Soviet...
On March 13, 2015, the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia welcomed Irina Sandomirskaja, Professor of Cultural Studies at Södertörn University, to present a paper entitled “Originating...
View ArticleJordan Center hosts North East Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian Conference
On March 21, 2015, the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia hosted the 36th Annual Meeting of the North East Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian Conference. Roughly fifty participants came...
View ArticleRussell Valentino unravels mystery behind Woman in the Window
On April 3, 2015, the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia welcomed Russell Valentino – professor and chair of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures at Indiana University – to...
View ArticleNancy Condee discusses the politics of seizure in Russian culture today
On September 25, 2015, the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia welcomed Professor Nancy Condee for its 2015 Distinguished Lecture. Condee, who teaches Slavic and film studies and serves...
View ArticleSoviet Cold War Imagination
On April 15, 2016 please join us for “Soviet Cold War Imagination,” a lecture by Evgeny Dobrenko from University of Sheffield. Similarly to how Soviet art was a reflection and extrapolation of...
View ArticleMaria Vinogradova: Guns on Film in Soviet Culture
On September 29th, Maria Vinogradova, a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Pratt Institute, came to discuss and impart her expertise surrounding the role of guns on film in the culture of the Soviet...
View Article