Category Archives: Lecture Reviews

Student reviews of guest lectures

Caryl Emerson: Between Fantasy and Terror

Posted on February 7, 2022 by Stephen Norris

By Joseph Sweetser-Puckett Dr. Caryl Emerson, Armour Professor Emeritus of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University, visited Miami University on Wednesday, November 3, for a lecture synthesizing her half-century of work on Mikhail Bakhtin and Fyodor Dostoevsky. Over the … Continue reading →

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Going Against the Grain: Dispelling the Myth of Dostoevsky’s Anti-Darwinism

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Stephen Norris

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By Brady Knox On Monday, November 15, 2021 Dr. Brendan Mooney gave the final lecture in the fall colloquium series “Dostoevsky at 200” sponsored by the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies. In his fascinating lecture, “Going against the … Continue reading →

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The Utility of Fantasy and Practice in Reading Dostoevsky

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Stephen Norris

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By Craig Verniest  On Wednesday, November 3, 2021, the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies welcomed guest lecturer Dr. Caryl Emerson, as part of its Fall Colloquia series “Dostoevsky at 200.” Emerson, emeritus professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures … Continue reading →

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Notes from Dostoevsky: The Underground, Spirituality, and Personhood

Posted on December 13, 2021 by Stephen Norris

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By Craig Verniest             On Monday, November 8, the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies welcomed guest lecturer Dr. Susan McReynolds for its latest installment in the Fall Colloquia “Dostoevsky at 200” series. Dr. McReynolds is an associate professor … Continue reading →

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From Partisan Warfare to Memory Battlefields: A Lecture by Dr. Dovilė Budrytė

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Stephen Norris

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By Selin Misirlioglu One country. Two women fighters. On opposite sides, but united in their relation to memorializing history and commemorating war. One was a Holocaust survivor, another spent years in the Gulag.      On October 14th, 2021, Dr. Dovilė … Continue reading →

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Dostoevsky’s Incarnational Realism

Posted on October 12, 2021 by Stephen Norris

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By Joseph Puckett Dr. Paul Contino, Professor of Great Books at Pepperdine University, joined Miami’s academic community on Monday, October 4, for a lecture based on his new book, Dostoevsky’s Incarnational Realism. Contino’s lecture was the second in this year’s … Continue reading →

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