2nd ANNUAL CONSTRUCTIVIST CRITICISM WORKSHOP

2nd ANNUAL CONSTRUCTIVIST CRITICISM WORKSHOP
 
3:00-3:40
Alex Maxwell, Slavic Languages and Literature PhD Candidate, University of Virginia
“‘Filosofiia po poniatiiam’: Examining Prison Slang as a Literary Device in Viktor
Pelevin's Chapaev i Pustota"
—Discussant: Pavel Khazanov, Assistant Professor of Russian and East European
Languages and Literature, Rutgers University
 
3:40-4:20
Alexandra Jakubczak, History PhD Student, Columbia University
“Protecting the Jewish Daughters: Women, Mobility, and Social Control in Eastern Europe,
1880-1914”
—Discussant: Benjamin Nathans, Associate Professor of History, University of
Pennsylvania
 
4:20-4:30: BREAK
 
4:30-5:10
Michael Brinley, History PhD Student, University of Pennsylvania
“Preserving Moscow for the Communist Future: The Role of Historic Landmarks in Socialist
Urban Society, 1966-1974”
—Discussant: Veronica Aplenc, Program Manager/Adjunct Assistant Professor, University
of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
 
5:10-5:50
Véronique Mickisch, History PhD Student, New York University
“The Theoretical Debates on the Peasant Question in the USSR, 1926-1928”
—Discussant: Rudra Sil, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Huntsman
Program in International Studies and Business, University of Pennsylvania
 
If you wish to receive copies of the papers, please email sfink@sas.upenn.edu