Scholar of Russian poetry, photography, cultural history, film & theatre studies (she/her) book: SNAPSHOTS OF THE SOUL published in 2021 by Cornell UP
Lexington, KY
Joined September 2016
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Excited to report that my @CornellPress book on Russian photo-poetics will be available open access starting in 2024 thanks to a generous @NEHgov Fellowships Open Book Program grant neh.gov/blog/announcing-new-…
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Amazing opportunity to see HAPPENING, the film based on Annie Ernaux’s semi-autobiographical novel, this week at the Kentucky Theatre. Part of the One World Film Festival on “Global Cinematic Perspectives on Reproductive Lives” kentuckytheatre.org/one-worl…
One World Film Festival on Global Reproductive Lives in Lexington KY kentuckytheatre.org/one-worl…
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Thank you @ccpsworldlang for the opportunity to speak with K-12 teachers about integrating STEM and sustainability topics into WL curriculum. Thanks to Jorge Mendez Seijas, his colleagues at Harvard, and mine at @AssocChairMCL for sharing ideas, material, and inspiration.
Thank you to @mtblasing and @mllehajji for the awesome PD yesterday for CCPS World Languages teachers! We are ready to begin incorporating STEM topics and Integrated Performance Assessments into our curriculum and practice.
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Recording of this important @HURI_Harvard event “The War in Ukraine: What Can Scholars Do?” with @steven_seegel @ksvarnon @JohnVsetecka @peasantpedant available here youtu.be/Yrud9niwCGA
Important panel - July 15!
Taras Fedirko @peasantpedant (@StAndrewsAnthro)
@steven_seegel (@UTCREEES)
@ksvarnon (@PennHistory)
@JohnVsetecka (@MSU_HistoryDept)
will discuss their activities in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Details: huri.harvard.edu/event/husi-…
ALT Event poster: The War in Ukraine: What Can Scholars Do? with Taras Fedirko, Steven Seegel, Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon, and John Vsetecka. July 15, 2022. 1:15-2:45pm EDT. Part of the Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute Public Event Series (online).
It’s here! We can’t wait to read this new graphic novel from @okie_elliott
Excited to see three Wisconsin Slavic alumni books from @CornellPress nominated for the @AATSEEL_Tweets awards for best first book and best book in literary/cultural studies. Go Badgers!📚@thejosevergara @LuceyColleen @mtblasing @UWMadGNS @UWCREECA aatseel.org/about/prizes/#No…
what to make of the trust / reaching blindly, truss to trellis / certain they’ll be someone / something / there to hold / grasping ever with foolish faith / for a place / to cling / to climb
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Turns out if you actually water the snapdragons they keep budding out (growing these for the first time, inspired my memories of my grandpa’s garden)
Received my signed copy of CITY SPIES: FORBIDDEN CITY by @JamesPonti this week. It was such a pleasure consulting on parts of the Moscow chapters, and my kids and I are eager to jump in. If you don’t know this middle grade series, check it out! jamesponti.com/city-spies
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Today at 2pm EST @NYUJordanCenter and on Zoom!
Tomorrow @ 2 pm ET @mtblasing will give a talk on her new book, "Snapshots of the Soul: Photo-Poetic Encounters in Modern Russian Culture" @CornellPress! Join us, in person for NYU affiliates, Zoom for everyone else. jordanrussiacenter.org/event…
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this gorgeous 1930s mirror selfie and much more in tomorrow’s @NYUJordanCenter lecture on photo-poetics. Join us!
Tomorrow @ 2 pm ET @mtblasing will give a talk on her new book, "Snapshots of the Soul: Photo-Poetic Encounters in Modern Russian Culture" @CornellPress! Join us, in person for NYU affiliates, Zoom for everyone else. jordanrussiacenter.org/event…
I’ll be speaking about my @CornellPress book on Russian photo-poetic writing this Friday at 2:00pm EST on zoom and at @NYUJordanCenter jordanrussiacenter.org/event…
Join me tomorrow 3/31 online with Berkeley’s @iseees 1-2pm EST to learn who’s in this photo and how photography shaped the Russian poetic imagination @CornellPress events.berkeley.edu/index.ph…
Lecturing on 20th c Russian photo-poetics tomorrow for UC Berkeley’s @iseees 1-2pm EST, register for virtual session at this link events.berkeley.edu/index.ph…
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We’ll be discussing how to integrate STEM topics into the Russian language classroom on Friday 1:30-3:30, join us! 🇷🇺🔬🔭🦠🧫@AATSEEL_Tweets
