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Category: Forum of Ideas

Conference Program: Celebrating Gary Saul Morson: Humanistic Traditions in Russian Thought and Literature

Please see the following conference program: Celebrating Gary Saul Morson: Humanistic Traditions in Russian Thought and Literature Northwestern University Research Initiative in Russian Philosophy, Literature, and Religious Thought Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Friday, April 19 8:30–9:45 Breakfast and Registration (Harris Hall 108, Leopold Room) 9:45–10:15 Welcome Remarks by Provost Kathleen Hagerty, Dean Adrian

Conference Program: LEV KARSAVIN: THE WAY OF THE RUSSIAN PHILOSOPHER IN LITHUANIA

Lev Karsavin

Please see the following conference program: “KRAKOW MEETINGS” IN VILNIUS LEV KARSAVIN: THE WAY OF THE RUSSIAN PHILOSOPHER IN LITHUANIA FRIDAY March 1, 2024 Opening of the Conference  9.30 Sr. Teresa Obolevitch, The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Head of the Organizing Committee Karina & Andrey Chernyak, NGO “Dialogues of Cultures”, Vilnius 

Emerging from the Underground

Abraham Manievich, Early Spring 1913

  The following post by Austin Benedetto, an undergraduate student at Northwestern University, is the first in a new series of posts highlighting exemplary work by undergraduates with interests in Russian Philosophy and Religious Thought. The NURPRT Forum welcomes any undergraduate student to submit academic writing related to these fields to be considered for publication.  Walk into any

War and Peace: Orthodox Icons and Putin’s Politics of the Sacred

Smolensk Dionisius Theotokos

The following article, written by Amy Singleton Adams, was first published in Slavic Review Vol. 82 Issue 2, and is republished here with the permission of the author. In Lev Tolstoi’s War and Peace, the icon of the Smolensk Mother of God is carried behind the army as protectress and patriot. Soldiers run to bow to the icon

Humans and Horses in Crime and Punishment

Franz Marc, Horse Asleep 1913

The following post by Nicoleta Strugari, an undergraduate student at Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu, Romania, continues the new series of posts highlighting exemplary work by undergraduates with interests in Russian Philosophy and Religious Thought. The NURPRT Forum welcomes any undergraduate student to submit academic writing related to these fields to be considered for publication.    “Papa,