Lecture by Dr. Jane Costlow and Reception
April 20, 4:30 – 6:30pm
Dr. Jane Costlow is the Clark A. Griffith Professor of Environmental Studies at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, explores the subject of nature imaginaries in Soviet literature and visual culture.
Professor Costlow is fascinated by how writers, artists, and filmmakers use their talents in representing place – whether to protest environmental injustice or reveal the amazing beauties of the natural world. She has published a major study of the forest in 19th-century Russian culture; co-edited a volume of essays on non-human animals in Russian culture and history; and written about Russian women writers. Together with colleagues in Finland, she is completing two edited volumes on the cultural meanings of water, both in Russia and across cultures. Professor Costlow teaches courses that focus on meanings of nature and senses of place in a diverse array of cultures and historical periods, as well as a course that explores disaster narratives – from Katrina and Chernobyl, to the “slow catastrophe” of climate change.
This program is free and open to the public.
Address: Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.
Celebrating the 10th Russian American History Month in New York State
The main objective of "Russian-American History Month" is to provide learning opportunities for the general public, especially students in schools and universities, that will draw attention to the history of Russian Americans and the productive role they have played and continue to play, in the history of the United States.
Media sponsor of April 2021- The tenth Russian American History Month in NY State
Donate to RA Month
Please support Russian-American History Month.
Russian-American History Month 