Yuri Corrigan’s Lecture at the Russian History Museum
Associate Director Yuri Corrigan (WLL) gave a lecture at the Russian History Museum. The talk was titled “Chekhov and the Culture Wars of His Time” is part of the Russian History Museum’s online lecture series. It was presented on October 10, 2026. In this lecture, “Chekhov and the Culture Wars of His Time,” Corrigan explores […]
Daniel Abramson’s Recent Talk at the Mies van der Rohe Foundation
Associate Director Daniel Abramson (CAS AH) recently gave a talk in Barcelona on obsolescence at the Mies van der Rohe Foundation, in the replica of the architect’s famous 1929 exhibition pavilion. The lecture series was described as “[a] reflection on architectural heritage and the current challenges of preservation, conservation and sustainability. Organised by the Fundació […]
Daniel Abramson: Recent Publications
Associate Director Daniel Abramson (CAS AH)’s essay entitled “Concrete Obsolesence” was published in After Concrete: Rethinking the Dynamics of a Material (Birkhäuser, 2026). The volume is edited by Lucia Allais, Michael Faciejew, and Forrest Meggers. Contributors include Sigrid Adriaenssens, Lucia Allais, Ueli M. Angst, On Barak, and others. Abramson’s essay “Albany at the Crossroads of […]
Yuri Corrigan’s New Book: Chekhov’s Antidotes
Associate Director Yuri Corrigan (WLL) recently published Chekhov’s Antidotes: Prescriptions for an Age of Unrest with Stanford University Press. The book is “[a] rousing tour through Chekhov’s stories and plays, with lessons for managing troubling times” (SUP). Chekhov’s Antidotes was reviewed in the Los Angeles Review of Books, where it was described as “dazzling” and “remarkable” by Raymond […]
Juliet Floyd speaks at Bletchley Park at the 90th anniversary of Alan Turing’s “On Computable Numbers”
Director Floyd addressed the 90th anniversary conference at Bletchley Park, co-sponsored by the London Mathematical Society and the National Computing Museum at Bletchley Park. You can access the conference program here.