Category Archives: Lecture Reviews

By Diana Mikitin Oxford, OH:  Wednesday April 22, 2015 By now, it is clear to everyone that Russia’s government is corrupt. Russia’s Corruption Perception Index rank is 136 out of 175 countries, among the lowest for a well-developed and wealthy … Continue reading →

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By Paul Fredrick OXFORD, OH- On March 18, University of Michigan Professor Ronald Suny spoke to students and faculty at Miami University about his recently published book, “They Can Live in the Desert but Nowhere Else”: A History of the … Continue reading →

By Young Choi On March 14th, the Miami University Symphony Orchestra gave a free concert to the public in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Miami University Orchestra.  The concert, particularly Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 1, celebrated the importance of … Continue reading →

By Nick Cosentino That Russian literary figures throughout history have played major roles in shaping public discourse is a now pretty well-established notion. Indeed the permanence of such figures as Tolstoy and Dostoevsky is due in large part to the … Continue reading →

By Beau Samples OXORD, OH – On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 Elena Baraban, from the University of Manitoba, spoke on “The Death of Achilles as Nostalgia for a Hero” at Miami University’s Spring Havighurst Colloquium Series. She focused on the … Continue reading →

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 →