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Gay Propaganda: Coming Soon to a Book Store Near You
The publication of Gay Propaganda is set to February next year, making it a provocative response to the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Heroes and Zeros: Ded Moroz and Yuri Olesha
Who's your hero: Yuri Olesha, Ded Moroz, or Tyler Durden?
Creating an Identity Discourse: The Ways of the Word
On Friday, February 15, the Jordan Center once again had the honor of hosting associate professor and historian Anna Krylova, this time for a colloquium on her newest research project:...
“Film Ruins”: The Contingent Nature of Filmatic Authenticity
On Friday, March 1, Emma Hamilton, PhD student in Comparative Literature visited the Jordan Center Colloquium Series where she presented her ongoing dissertation project on films and ruins. Hamilton is...
Moving Ideas, Static Systems?
In cooperation with the Hagop Kevorkian Center, the Jordan Center recently hosted another symposium in our ongoing Diasporas Series. On Thursday, March 14, the theme was “The Movement of Ideas,”...
Spaces of Movement: Moving Away from the State or Moving the State
It was a lively and diverse symposium that took place on Friday, March 15, when the Jordan Center in cooperation with the Hagop Kevorkian Center brought together four prolific scholars...
“In Search of the Present Tense”: Soviet Factography and Collectivism
Sergei Tretyakov, perhaps the most prominent figure in the Soviet factographic movement, was the main hero during Devin Fore’s talk at the Jordan Center on Friday, April 5. Visiting from...
Lost Opportunities and Newfound Possibilities: Awaiting a New Cold War or a New Generation
On Tuesday, April 9, the Jordan Center had the great honor of hosting some of the most distinguished experts of Russian-American relations, as Ambassador Jack Matlock, Senator Bill Bradley, Mr....
Day One of “Hegel to Russia and Back”: Master, Slave, Falling Stones and Russian Hegelians
April 12 marked the opening of the two-day conference “Hegel to Russia and Back,” sponsored by the Humanities Initiative, CUNY, and the Jordan Center. The very first panel, “Wrestling with...
Day Two of “Hegel to Russia and Back”: Hegel Meets Marx, Lukacs, Soviet Art, and Kojève
On Saturday, April 13, day two of the conference “Hegel to Russia and Back,” sponsored by the Humanities Initiative, CUNY and the Jordan Center, took place at NYU. Again brilliant...
“Russian New York: The New Review”: Free Creativity, Free Thought!
On Monday, April 15, the Jordan Center hosted a movie night featuring the documentary “Russian New York: The New Review,” as part of the celebration of Russian-American History Month in...
“The Russian Avant-Garde Goes Underground”
On Saturday, April 20, the Poets House hosted a panel discussion on the Russian Avant-Garde, co-sponsored by the Jordan Center. The panel consisted of Anthony Anemone, Polina Barskova, Ainsley Morse,...
Making the Contingent Visible: Vertov and Kino-Pravda
On Friday, May 3, the Jordan Center had the honor of hosting Professor John MacKay (Yale University) for a presentation on his forthcoming book Dziga Vertov: Life and Work. MacKay...
Of Mice and Men: Why Animal Studies Matter
On Monday, May 6, the Jordan Center hosted the last event in this semester’s diasporas series. While our previous sessions have focused on human interaction in both politics, history, and...
Change is coming to All The Russias
I am stepping away from most of my editorial duties for the blog
Open Letter on the Termination of Russian Studies Faculty at Ohio University
Like you, we are wholeheartedly invested in the survival and recovery of higher education in the United States amid the COVID-19 pandemic. That recovery depends on the will of universities...