Presented By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)
THE IMPORTANCE OF MISREADING RUSSIA
Benjamin Paloff, U of M Professor
Benjamin Paloff is the author of Lost in the Shadow of the Word (Space, Time, and
Freedom in Interwar Eastern Europe) (Northwestern University Press, forthcoming). He has twice received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and has been a fellow of the U.S. Fulbright Programs and the Stanford Humanities Center.
This lecture will survey major trends in the last two centuries of Russian literature and culture, and we will do so by considering how viewing Russia, albeit from afar, continues to have a decisive impact on politics, science, and the arts in
Western Europe and North America. We will examine some especially colorful examples of Russian sources inspiring, complicating and occasionally subverting the best of Western intentions.
This is the third in a six-lecture series. The subject is Russia – Unriddled. The next lecture will be October 13 entitled Russia as a Dissatisfied Power.
Freedom in Interwar Eastern Europe) (Northwestern University Press, forthcoming). He has twice received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and has been a fellow of the U.S. Fulbright Programs and the Stanford Humanities Center.
This lecture will survey major trends in the last two centuries of Russian literature and culture, and we will do so by considering how viewing Russia, albeit from afar, continues to have a decisive impact on politics, science, and the arts in
Western Europe and North America. We will examine some especially colorful examples of Russian sources inspiring, complicating and occasionally subverting the best of Western intentions.
This is the third in a six-lecture series. The subject is Russia – Unriddled. The next lecture will be October 13 entitled Russia as a Dissatisfied Power.
Cost
- $10 for an individual lecture, payable at the door, checks preferred. $30 for six-lecture series, plus OLLI membership ($20).
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