Talk on Russian Street Art
Join WLL’s Galina Paquette at Global House as she gives a talk about Russian street art! The talk will be delivered in English and Russian, and snacks will be provided. Make sure to register at http://www.linktr.ee/globalhousebu and bring your BU ID to access the building.
Screening of Babushkas of Chernobyl (03/05)
TOMORROW: To mark the two-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Professors Corrigan (Russian literature), Peri (history), Litvin (Arabic and comparative literature), and I (Kogel) will host a screening of The Babushkas of Chernobyl on Tuesday, March 5th 4:30-6:00. In true babushkas fashion, we will provide some Ukrainian snacks. About the film: In the radioactive Dead Zone surrounding Chernobyl’s Reactor No. 4, […]
Babushkas of Chernobyl (10/2)
Join us for a screening of The Babushkas of Chernobyl (2015) and in-person Q&A with director Holly Morris, in conversation with Prof. Tatyana Bronstein, Department of Film & Television, followed by a first look at a 2023 follow-up film. In the radioactive Dead Zone surrounding Chernobyl’s Reactor No. 4, a defiant community of women […]
Russian Riddles Event (11/11)
Join the Russian language community this Friday to learn more about the history of Russian riddles, and try some out on your own!
Language of the Month: Russian!
BU’s Educational Resource Center highlighted the Russian language program as the language of the month in their latest issue. Click the link below the see the full publication! Russian Language of the Month
Exploring Russian
The Russian language club met every Wednesday throughout the fall semester to discuss a variety of topics. Headed by the Russian FLTA, Sasha, students explored subjects such as traditional Russian holidays, folktales, cuisine, and music. Students were also given the opportunity to have detailed conversations with students studying at Moscow university. See below for more […]
LR443 Compare Neutrality in Russian and American Reporting
Comparing Neutrality in Russian and American Reporting in LR 443: Contemporary Russian Culture, for students Joseph Wahl and Mazime Gavronsky, Russian media was a particularly interesting topic. For a graded semester-long project, the two decided to create their own media compass that included both Russian and American new sources. The Digication e-portfolio platform makes it […]
WLL Reads The Brothers Karamazov
In preparation for our one-day symposium, “The Worlds of the Brothers Karamazov,” on 7 April, 2018, we’re planning to read Dostoevsky’s novel as a department. This will be our second annual Big Fat Books symposium, and it follows on the heels of last year’s illustrious “Worlds of the Tale of Genji”. Some of us have read […]
Students Enjoy Cafe St. Petersburg in Newton, MA
On November 20th, Russian FLTA, MAria Komarova, was joined by a group of students (pictured above) for a lunch outing at Cafe St. Petersburg in Newton, MA. The students, enrolled in LR 211 had lunch together, they ordered their meals in Russian and had a great time together. They ate borsch, pastry puff pirozhki and […]
Russian Voices Film Series
During the fall of 2013, our focus at the Center for the Study of Europe is on Russia. The Russian Voices Film Series is intended to complement the forthcoming Russian Voices Symposium and Philosophical Cabaret. The poets, musicians, and filmmakers featured in the series are each, in their own way, engaged in re-thinking oppositions such […]