Monthly Archives: December 2016

REVOLUTIONARY SOURCES, PART I: PROPAGANDA. “The Peasant Woman and the Transformation of Soviet Propaganda: 1917-1930.”

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By Ben Cushing Note:  this is the ninth of several articles posted to The New Contemporary that feature writing from this Fall’s Havighurst Colloquium, “Russia in War and Revolution.”  Each student in the class had to select an object from the Andre … Continue reading

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REVOLUTIONARY SOURCES, PART V: PORTRAITS. “Annenkov’s Meyerhold.”

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By Leigh Winstead Note:  this is the eighth of several articles posted to The New Contemporary that feature writing from this Fall’s Havighurst Colloquium, “Russia in War and Revolution.”  Each student in the class had to select an object from the Andre … Continue reading

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REVOLUTIONARY SOURCES, PART IV: MUSIC AND REVOLUTION. “A Letter from Stravinsky: Nostalgia, Emigration, and Identity.”

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By Alec Vivian. GV 1786.A54 S58 1921 Stravinsky, Igor. “A Letter from Igor Stravinsky.” Program notes for The Sleeping Princess. Russian Ballet. Leon Bakst. Leicester Square, London W.: Alhambra Theatre, 1921. Note:  this is the seventh of several articles posted … Continue reading

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REVOLUTIONARY SOURCES, PART III: CHILDREN’S BOOKS. “Red Army Parade.”

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    By Grant Collins Note:  this is the sixth of several articles posted to The New Contemporary that feature writing from this Fall’s Havighurst Colloquium, “Russia in War and Revolution.”  Each student in the class had to select an object from … Continue reading

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REVOLUTIONARY SOURCES, PART I: PROPAGANDA. “Vladimir Mayakovsky’s ‘How Many Millions of the Hungry?–10!'”

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By Max Jelen Note:  this is the fifth of several articles posted to The New Contemporary that feature writing from this Fall’s Havighurst Colloquium, “Russia in War and Revolution.”  Each student in the class had to select an object from the Andre … Continue reading

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REVOLUTIONARY SOURCES, PART III: CHILDREN’S BOOKS. “Artistic Baggage in Early Soviet Children’s Literature.”

By Isabelle Schenkel Note:  this is the fourth of several articles posted to The New Contemporary that feature writing from this Fall’s Havighurst Colloquium, “Russia in War and Revolution.”  Each student in the class had to select an object from the Andre … Continue reading

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