Monthly Archives: February 2015

Boris Akunin’s “The Death of Achilles”

Posted on February 27, 2015 by havighurstcenter

“Erast Petrovich turned away in embarrassment, thinking that women were incomparably better than men—more loyal, more sincere, with greater integrity. Naturally, that is, if they truly loved” (156). What is it about women, particularly Ekaterina Alexandrovna Golovina and Wanda, that … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Comments Off on Boris Akunin’s “The Death of Achilles”

Worlds Apart: Forsaken Italians and Lost Bananas

Posted on February 26, 2015 by havighurstcenter

While speaking on her book, Snow in May, Kseniya Melnik offered real-life contexts for the first story in the collection, “Love, Italian Style, or in Line for Bananas.” The discussion in part illuminated the conflicts between Tanya’s potential rendezvous with … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Comments Off on Worlds Apart: Forsaken Italians and Lost Bananas

Democracy, History, and Memory: An Insider’s Perspective on the Romanian Truth Commission

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Stephen Norris

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Vladimir Tismaneanu is Professor of Politics and Director of the Center for the Study of Post-Communist Societies at the University of Maryland. He was the Chair and Coordinator of the Presidential Commission for the Analysis of the Communist Dictatorship in … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Comments Off on Democracy, History, and Memory: An Insider’s Perspective on the Romanian Truth Commission

Public Secrets and the Rise of the U.S. Security State

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Stephen Norris

This gallery contains 1 photo.

Tim Melley is Professor of Literature and Director of the Humanities Center at Miami University. His research interests include U.S. literary and cultural history since 1950, Cold War studies, postmodernism, and fiction writing. He is the author of The Covert … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Comments Off on Public Secrets and the Rise of the U.S. Security State

Kseniya Melnik, “Strawberry Lipstick”

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Stephen Norris

Read a short story by Kseniya Melnik, who visited Miami University on February 9, here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10832161/Short-story-Strawberry-Lipstick-by-Kseniya-Melnik.html

Posted in Havighurst Lecturers | Comments Off on Kseniya Melnik, “Strawberry Lipstick”

Out of the Shadows

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Stephen Norris

This gallery contains 2 photos.

By Lauren Bauman Russia has always remained a mysterious giant in my mind, cloaked in the shadows of an unknown world defined only by the American media and a bitter history. One of the reasons I took Intro to Russian … Continue reading →

More Galleries | Comments Off on Out of the Shadows