International Conference   Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as Writer, Myth-Maker and Public Figure June 14-16, 2007 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 314 Illini Union 1401 W. Green St., Urbana Free and open to the public.
Program • Participants •  Lodging  • Travel • Organizers • Sponsors • Media Coverage • Contact
Keynote Address   Mrs. Natalya Solzhenitsyn "Another Time, Another Burden: Solzhenitsyn after His Return to Russia" [webcast]   Thursday, June 14 6:30pm 314 Illini Union
Conference Participants   Mrs. Natalya Solzhenitsyn (keynote speaker) Ignat Solzhenitsyn Stephan Solzhenitsyn   Patricia Burak, Director, Slutzker Center for International Services, Syracuse University Edward Ericson, Professor Emeritus, English Department, Calvin College Michael Finke, Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Illinois Mikhail Golubkov, Professor, Philological Faculty, Moscow State University Evgeniia Ivanova, Senior Fellow, Maxim Gorky Institute of World Literature, Moscow Alexis Klimoff, Head and Professor, Russian Department, Vassar College Victor Levenstein, GULag survivor; retired mining engineer, Columbus, Ohio Nadezhda Levitskaia, Bibliographer, Russian Social Fund Daniel Mahoney, Professor, Department of Politics, Assumption College Harriet Murav, Head and Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Illinois Michael Nicholson, Fellow in Russian and Dean of University College, Oxford University Georges Nivat, Professeur Honoraire, Université de Genève James Pontuso, Patterson Professor of Political Science, Hampden-Sydney College Liudmila Saraskina, Fellow, State Institute of Art Study, Moscow Svetlana Sheshunova, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, International University, Dubna Pavel Spiwakowky, Associate Professor, Department of Russian Literature, A. S. Pushkin State Institute of the Russian Language, Moscow Mark Steinberg, Professor, Department of History, University of Illinois; Editor, Slavic Review Richard Tempest, Associate Professor and Acting Head, Depart of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Illinois Aleksandr Urmanov, Professor, Department of Russian Literature, Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University   The Ralph and Ruth Fisher Forum is held in conjunction with the Summer Research Laboratory on Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia.  The conference is made possible by Mary and Hal Zirin's generous gift to the Ralph and Ruth Fisher Endowment Fund in honor of Professor Ralph Fisher and his wife Ruth. Ralph Fisher is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Illinois and founder of the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center and the Summer Research Lab. Faculty Organizer Richard Tempest, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Illinois   Organizer Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, University of Illinois   Cosponsors Ralph and Ruth Fisher Endowment Fund International Programs and Studies College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures Foreign Languages Building (School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics)     For more information on the conference, please contact: Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center University of Illinois 217.333.1244 or reec@uiuc.edu     top

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