How Catherine Became “the Great” An online lecture by Dr. Hilde Hoogenboom Catherine the Great is in the air again. A four-part BBC series on HBO stars Helen Mirren and covers her reign. A ten-part series on Hulu called The Great, now with a second [...]
Saint Prince Vladimir the Great: History, Liturgy, Myth An online lecture by Dr. Sean Griffin Saint Prince Vladimir the Great of Kyiv oversaw the mass baptism of Rus in the year 988. But where did the stories about Saint Vladimir and the conversion to Christianity [...]
Pictures in Thread: Late Imperial Russia and Needlework An online lecture by Dr. Andrea Rusnock Needlework played a key role in nineteenth century Russian culture and art across all social classes, from the peasantry to the urban elite. Women plied their needles to create and [...]
Pavlovsk Park Long Ago and Forever: Scouting as a Factor in 20th Century Russian Self-Identity An online lecture by Dr. Elizabeth Zelensky This talk will discuss the relationship between liberalism, scouting, and childhood in both late Imperial Russia and among the Russian diaspora from 1920-1991. [...]
The Tsar and the President: Alexander II and Abraham Lincoln An online lecture by Marilyn Swezey Tsar Alexander II and President Lincoln both profoundly influenced the destinies of their respective nations. What were relations like between the autocratic ruler of a centuries-old empire and the [...]
The Afterlife of Fabergé: Fauxbergé and More An online lecture by Dr. Karen Kettering Over a century after the firm of Fabergé was forced to shutter its business, its name is known worldwide and continues to attract thousands of visitors to museum exhibitions, auctions, and [...]
Russian Folklore: Words Transformed Over Centuries An online lecture by Dr. Sibelan Forrester Russian folklore is naturally intertwined with the environment, history, and politics of Russia and the Soviet Union, and then Russia again, beginning as shared oral stories and wisdom of all layers of [...]
Forgotten Tales of California: The Russian-American Company and Fort Ross An online lecture by Robin Joy Wellman Chartered under Emperor Paul I, the Russian-American Company was a state-sponsored fur trading venture that established colonies in Alaska and California. In 1812, a company outpost called Colony [...]
Declensions of the Sublime: 200 Years of Russian Art - and Its Incessant Vagaries An online lecture by Dr. Joachim Pissarro Essays on Russian art tend to focus either on the 19th century and the pre-revolutionary period, or on the revolutionary Russian Avant-Garde. Very seldom [...]
Sergei Rachmaninoff Re-Envisioned for the Twenty-First Century An online lecture by Dr. Valeria Z. Nollan Professor Valeria Z. Nollan will present a lecture based on Sergei Rachmaninoff: Cross Rhythms of the Soul (Lexington Books / Rowman & Littlefield, 2022), her recently published biography of the [...]