Slavic Literature & Culture Forum

The Slavic Literature and Culture Forum meets regularly throughout the year to hear presentations by outside speakers, faculty and graduate students, discuss topics of ongoing interest in Russian and East European culture, as well as address larger questions and concerns about going into a career in Slavic Studies.

If you are interested in participating in the Forum, please contact Robert Mulcahy (President) or Jennifer Suchland (Faculty Advisor).

Here is the schedule for the Fall 2012 Semester:

September 7          Mike Furman, DSEELC PhD student speaking
 

September 28        Ceilidh Orr, DSEELC PhD student speaking
 

October 5               Discussion of Charms of the Cynical Reason (2011) by Mark Lipovetsky
 

October 19             Oulanoff lecture by Mark Liederman (Lipovetsky) *
 

November 9           György Túry, visiting Fulbright scholar speaking
 

November 30         Dusty Wilmes, DSEELC PhD student speaking  

*4pm in the Barbie Tootle room of the Ohio State Union

Past highlights have included:

Angela Brintlinger (DSEELC Faculty), "Writing Fiction in Wartime: Ivan Bunin," February 23, 2012.

Helena Goscilo (DSEELC Faculty), "Russian Tattoos: A Talk with Helena Goscilo," May 24, 2011.

Roman Romanchuk (Florida State U), "“Four Ways to Write a Perverse Symptom: Stratagems and strategies of Gogol’s Mirogorod,” November 29, 2010.

S. Ceilidh Orr (DSEELC PhD Candidate), "Stealing the Scene: Crime as Confession in Robert Bresson's Pickpocket," June 4, 2010.

Frederick White (Memorial University), "The Role of the Critic in the Consecration of Leonid Andreev," February 19, 2010.

Ryan Walker (DSEELC PhD Candidate), ""The Modern Hero in Night Watch: Comparisons of Novel and Film," December 4, 2009.

Jenny Suchland (DSEELC Faculty), "The Making of 'Natasha' and the International Politics of Sex Trafficking," Nov 20, 2009.