Written by Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed, PhD student in Slavic and East European Languages & Cultures О чём расскажет город? (Краткий обзор лекции О. Н. Запорожец «Новая волна урбанизации в России: высотное строительство, цифровые технологии и изменяющаяся социальность больших городов», семинар «О России по-русски», 29 октября 2018). Города строятся, развиваются, модернизируются, стареют, исчезают с географических карт, возникаю… Read more »
Tag: History
Report from the Summer Language Workshop
Written by Alyssa Rodriguez, PhD student in the Department of History at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. In my current studies, I seek to understand more of the Russian mentality during the Brezhnev era, and how mentality shifted through a study of the self. I have begun my study by looking through… Read more »
“Creating the Image of Russia: Language, Ideology, and Political Propaganda in Eighteenth Century Europe” with Vladislav Rjeoutski
Written by Megan Burnham, graduate student in REEI. It’s an open secret that Russia is flooding the information space with propaganda to manipulate the image of itself and other nations. Close followers of RT, one of Russia’s international broadcasting arms, have noted the outlet’s attempts to stir provocations since its inaugural debut in 2005. RT’s scope has grown… Read more »