Russia and the West

Russia and the “West” have attracted, repelled, and haunted each other as cultural, ideological or geopolitical specters since the Middle Ages.  This symposium provides an interdisciplinary engagement of the Russian relationship to the “West”—in its European and later Euro-American incarnation—as a product of this long and complicated set of encounters and confrontations.  Featured scholars will engage the methods of literary and cultural studies, historical inquiry, and policy analysis, to offer insight and answer questions on the conundrum of Russian-“Western” cultural dialogues, transnational interactions, and contemporary policy implications. 

Moderated by Dr. Mary Neuburger (UT-Austin) and Ted Reinert (Transatlantic Academy).

With papers presented by: 

• Dr. Nelli Babayan, Transatlantic Academy 
• Dr. Kate Brown, University of Maryland
• Dr. Choi Chatterjee, California State University
• Dr. Ilya Kukulin, Washington and Lee University
• Dr. Keith Livers, The University of Texas at Austin
• Dr. Marie Mendras, Transatlantic Academy 
• Dr. Julia Mickenberg, The University of Texas at Austin
• Dr. Michael Pesenson, The University of Texas at Austin
• Dr. Ulrich Speck, Transatlantic Academy 

Advance registration is requested but not required. 

For the schedule and more information visit: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/slavic/events/event.php?id=40457