Events in UCIS

Friday, November 7

5:00 pm Presentation
Book Launch — Silhouettes of Russian Writers by Yuli Aikhenvald
Location:
4130 Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
Center for Russian East European and Eurasian Studies along with Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures
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Join CMU Associate Professor of Russian Studies Tatyana Gershkovich for the launch of this new book, translated and edited with Stephen H. Backwell, and recently published by Academic Studies Press!

Yuli Aikhenvald was one of the most popular and influential Russian literary critics of the early 1900s. His major book, Silhouettes of Russian Writers, went through six ever-expanding editions. A major presence in Vladimir Nabokov’s early career, Aikhenvald has since been neglected by other writers and critics. This collection translates several of Aikhenvald’s key essays, making him available to English-speaking readers for the first time.

5:00 pm Student Club Activity/Lecture Series / Brown Bag
Pre-Colonial African Traditions: An Exploration of African Indigenous Knowledge
Location:
Room 5602 Posvar Hall
Sponsored by:
Center for African Studies along with Department of Africana Studies and African Graduate Student Union
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Pre-Colonial African Traditions: An Exploration of African Indigenous Knowledge lecture on precolonial African cultures by Dr. Eric Kwadwo Beeko from the Department of Africana Studies for students, faculty, and staff.