The following post by Daniel Schrader-Dobris, a graduating senior philosophy student at USC planning on pursuing an advanced degree in cognitive science or the philosophy and history of science, is the sixth in the series of posts highlighting exemplary work by undergraduates with interests in Russian Philosophy, Literature, and Religious Thought. The NURPRT Forum welcomes any
This paper by Dr. Elizabeth Blake was presented at the Krakow Conferences of Russian Philosophy: Nicolas Berdyaev and Russian Philosophy in the West in Krakow, 2024. As a prisoner, Nikolai Berdyaev, like Fedor Dostoevsky before him and Mikhail Bakhtin after him, was protected by his status as a member of the intelligentsia from the violence
This paper by Randall A. Poole was presented at the Northwestern University Research Initiative in Russian Philosophy, Literature, and Religious Thought Conference celebrating Gary Saul Morson in April 2024. I began to study Saul Morson’s work in the early 1990s, when I was a graduate student at the University of Notre Dame. His 1993 essay, “Prosaic Bakhtin:
These Theses by Mikhail Epstein, translated from Russian by Jonathan Sutton, originally appeared in: Rebuilding the Profession: Comparative Literature, Intercultural Studies and the Humanities in the Age of Globalization. Dorothy Figueira (ed.). Series: Reflections on (In)Humanity, Vol. 10. Göttingen (Germany): Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2020), 191–205. The first draft of these Theses, originally written in Moscow
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