Monthly Archives: November 2018

Masha Gessen on the “Language of Lies”

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By Helen McHenry This past Tuesday, November 6, the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies ended its fall lecture series with a joint event between the Humanities Center and the Department of Journalism, Film, and Media. Masha Gessen, an … Continue reading

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Facing Down Falsehood: Masha Gessen on Covering Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

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Masha Gessen’s New Yorker profile picture. By August Hagemann On Tuesday November 6th, 2018, Miami University’s Humanities Center, along with the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies and the department of Journalism, Film, and Media hosted journalist and activist Masha Gessen.  … Continue reading

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The Warsaw Security Forum: An Inside View

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  By Emily Tatum At the end of October, with the support of the Political Science Department, I traveled to Poland to attend the Warsaw Security Forum. The Warsaw Security Forum has emerged as a leading foreign policy and international … Continue reading

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Processing Loss: Emigres in Transition

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Teffi in Paris. By Emily Erdmann Havighurst Center Colloquium students recently welcomed Dr. Polina Barskova, an associate professor of Russian literature at Hampshire College, for a discussion on “The Theme of a City in the Poetry of Russian Emigration.” Through … Continue reading

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