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
A Quick Guide to ASEEES 2023 Digital Conference NURPRT Panels: Please find below a guide to panels in which members of our Initiative are participating for the Virtual Conference being held October 19 – 20, 2023. If any panels are missing please contact Peter Winsky (winskypg@gmail.com) and he will add them to the guide. To
This is an interview with Professor Mikhail Epstein on his latest book The Russian Anti-World: Politics on the Verge of Apocalypse. It was conducted on May 18, 2023 by Peter Gregory Winsky. Mikhail’s book can be purchased here, and all proceeds go to aiding Ukrainian refugees. Mikhail N. Epstein is a cultural and literary
Versions of this paper were presented at the following international symposiums: Russian Literature, Philosophy, and Religious Thought in a Time of Catastrophe, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP), Lisbon, Portugal, March 2023, and Russian Literature and Philosophical Thought: Religion, Nationalism and Dissidence, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil, November 2022. Written by Randall Poole: In
The following article was written and presented as in-class lectures two years ago, during the height of the pandemic lockdowns, by Peter Winsky. It is published here, for the first time. As the pandemic wears on, we have begun to enter into a new routine of day-to-day life. With a tangible threat to our and