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Department Alumna Publishes Book

Slavic Department Alumna Elizabeth Blake has published a new book with New York University Press, Dostoevsky and the Catholic Underground. 

While Dostoevsky's relation to religion is well-…
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Dusty Wilmes awarded A&H Graduate Research Small Grant

Congratulations to Dusty Wilmes who has been awarded a 2013-2014 Arts & Humanities Graduate Research Small Grant of $500.00.  This award will defray costs associated with conducting…

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Gregory Ormiston awarded Grant

Congratulations to Greg Ormiston who has been awarded a 2013-2014 Arts & Humanities Graduate Research Small Grant which will defray costs associated with presenting his work at the American…

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Katya Rouzina awarded Grant

Congratulations to Katya Rouzina who has been awarded a 2013-2014 Arts & Humanities Graduate Research Small Grant.  This award will defray costs associated with presenting her work at the…

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Dusty Wilmes wins Presidential Fellowship

Congratulations to Dusty Wilmes for receiving a Presidential Fellowship. This fellowship recognizes outstanding scholarship and research ability and provides recipients the opportunity to devote…

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David McVey defends dissertation

Congratulations to David McVey for successfully defending his dissertation, "Man Enough: Multiple Masculinities in the Films of Pavel Lungin?"

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Kapustnik!

Thanks to everyone for helping to make another successful Kapustnik!

The winners were:

1st Prize: Dusty Wilmes' Russian 4101 class

2nd Prize: Lejla Bijal's BCS class

3rd…

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A&S Book Cover Awards

The following books were awarded a 2013 Arts & Sciences Book Cover Award:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chekhov for the 21st…

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Michael Furman gives talk

 

Once the Bolsheviks vanquished the Whites in the Russian civil war, they began to turn their attention to the so-called societal ills within their ranks: illiteracy, religion and…