Slavics Without Borders is an interdisciplinary, inter-university graduate student colloquium established in 2012. Its goal is to provide a forum where graduate students can receive feedback on work-in-progress, and to foster an intellectual community of peers where students can develop contacts and professional connections. Meetings are held six times throughout the academic year and are hosted by the various participating institutions, including Columbia University, New York University, Princeton University, Rutgers University, and the University of Pennsylvania.
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·Ivetta Sergeeva
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Impact of Discrimination on Integration of Emigrants From the Aggressor Country (with Ivetta Sergeeva)
Using results from a large scale panel survey of Russian migrants, this talk will discuss the effect of discrimination on the assimilation intentions of Russian migrants, focusing on language learning as a key indicator.
·Jillian Porter
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Ecologies of the Lenin Line (with Jillian Porter)
Exploring visual and verbal figurations of the Lenin line in light of Vladimir Vernadsky’s theoretical formulation of the “biosphere,” Porter shows how the ur-queue of Soviet Communism spawned surprisingly heterodox answers to the questions of how time moves and how cultures shape and are shaped by natural forces.