Join us for a series of lectures by NYU Professor Eliot Borenstein about the joys and sorrows of Russian and Soviet television advertising. These informal lectures are geared towards students, scholars, and anyone who might be interested in the topic. And yes, we take requests. The series will run weekly on Fridays.
Lecture Five - "Bank Imperial": The Great Man Theory of History and Finance
Why isn't Count Suvorov eating anything? What does Genghis Khan think is man's greatest pleasure? And what on earth does this have to do with banking?
Watch the event recording on YouTube here.
![Nikolay Rosenfeld, Illustration for The Enchanted Wanderer (1932)
Image source: N.S. Leskov, Ocharovanny strannik. Illustrations and design by N.B. Rosenfeld. Moscow; Leningrad: Academia, 1932.
[Н.С. Лесков, "Очарованный странник", иллюстрации и оформление Н.Б. Розенфельда, Москва, Ленинград: Academia, 1932].](/img/asset/aW1hZ2VzL3NjcmVlbnNob3QtMjAyNS0wMS0wNy1hdC0xMi4xOS41Ny5wbmc=/screenshot-2025-01-07-at-12.19.57.png?w=1024&h=1319.0508474576&fit=crop&q=85&s=8a8550857aeb6b6058f49b46dc4a24fe)