Living as a Central Asian in Urban Russia in the Aftermath of the Crocus City Hall Attacks
Dr. Mariana Irby draws from long-term ethnographic fieldwork among Tajik migrant communities in Russia to explore how the aftermath of these attacks have shaped her interlocutors' perception of their place in Russia as racial minorities.
Living as a Central Asian in Urban Russia in the Aftermath of the Crocus City Hall Attacks
Dr. Mariana Irby draws from long-term ethnographic fieldwork among Tajik migrant communities in Russia to explore how the aftermath of these attacks have shaped her interlocutors' perception of their place in Russia as racial minorities.
Caught in the Imperial Trap: Nikolay Leskov’s The Enchanted Wanderer and Russia’s Colonial Ambitions
An adept storyteller given to literary experimentation, Leskov is famous for his skaz artistry and highly stylized prose that playfully engages with a mixture of archaic genres.
Bukovina: Crossroads of “Culture” in Eastern Europe (with Cristina Florea)
In this talk, Cristina Florea offers a preview of her forthcoming book, Bukovina: The Life and Death of an East European Borderland, which traces how Bukovina became a testing ground for competing visions of governance from the late 18th century to the post-World War II era.
![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)
