Events

The conference brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars and artists to re-examine the story of the Russian avant-garde. The panels, talks and screenings will treat seminal and lesser-known works from a wide range of media, including literature, the visual arts, architecture, dance, film, and theater. Key issues to be explored will be the formation of the historical avant-garde; its appropriation by both official and dissident culture; influence on contemporary Russian culture; avant-garde theory; and the Russian avant-garde's dissemination abroad. By examining the seemingly paradoxical "traditions" of the avant-garde, we hope to raise broader questions about art practice and the cu! ltural heritage of the twentieth century.

Keynote Speakers: Boris Groys (NYU) & Svetlana Boym (Harvard).

Participants: Arnold Aronson (Columbia), John Bowlt (USC), Devin Fore (Princeton), Boris Gasparov (Columbia), Nina Gourianova (Northwestern), Tim Harte (Bryn Mawr), Valentina Izmirlieva (Columbia), Dragan Kujundzic (U of Florida), Mark Lipovetsky (U of Colorado at Boulder), Ronald Meyer (Columbia), Nicoletta Misler (Istituto Universitario Orientale), Catharine Nepomnyashchy (Columbia), Eugene Ostashevsky (NYU), Harsha Ram (Berkeley), Masha Salazkina (Concordia), Yuri Shevchuk (Columbia), Nariman Skakov (Stanford), Tatiana Smoliarova (Columbia), Rebecca Stanton (Columbia), Malynne Sternstein (U of Chicago), Cristina Vatulescu (NYU), Matvei Yankelevich (Ugly Duckling Presse).

This event is free and open to the public. No reservations required. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Conference schedule available here: http://www.harrimaninstitute.org/events/conferences.html