Events at the Amherst Center for Russian Culture

Ilya Kukulin, "Soviet Underground Literature and the Quest for Cultural Legitimacy"
Fri, Mar 31, 2023
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Webster Hall, 202
In the 1970s and 1980s, many Soviet unofficial (underground) writers communicated regularly with their friends who had emi
...Kaiama Glover, "Haiti and the Fictions of History"
Thu, Apr 13, 2023
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Webster Hall, 202
The Amherst College French Department welcomes Prof. Kaiama Glover (Ann Whitney Olin Professor of French and African Studi
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Samantha Berkhead, The Moscow Times: 'Bear With It, My Beauty': Gender Imbalance and Toxic Masculinity in Wartime Russia
Mon, Apr 17, 2023
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Webster Hall, 202
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has accelerated the country's years-long crackdown on freedoms and rights. Nowhere is this mo
...Book Launch: Luke Parker, "Nabokov Noir: Cinematic Culture and the Art of Exile"
Mon, Apr 24, 2023
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Webster Hall, 202
A discussion of Professor Luke Parker's new book, Nabokov Noir: Cinematic Culture and the Art of Exile, with Roman Utkin (
...Alina Parker, "Post-Soviet Nation Building"
Wed, Apr 26, 2023
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Webster Hall, 202
Parker will be speaking on the national question in the Soviet Union and its successor states .
Alina Parker is a D
...Pavel Golubev, "Same-Sex Desire in the Diaries of Konstantin Somov"
Mon, May 1, 2023
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Webster Hall, 202