The Fifth Wave: Contemporary Russian Culture and Exile
The Fifth Wave: Contemporary Russian Culture and Exile
We welcome you to "The Fifth Wave: Contemporary Russian Culture in Exile," a scholarly symposium in honor of Maxim Osipov's residency at UMD as part of the Maya Brin Residency Program. This symposium features specialists on contemporary Russian culture from a range of disciplines. The topics to be discussed include Russian culture under Putinism, negotiating Russophone identities in exile, and the current "fifth wave" of emigrants who fled Russia in the wake of its brutal and ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Schedule
9:30am–10:00am
Breakfast and welcome
10:00am–12:30pm
Session 1 – Post-Soviet Russian Culture
- Discussant: Nancy Condee (University of Pittsburgh)
- Sean Griffin (University of Notre Dame)
“Putin’s Holy War of the Fatherland: Sacred Memory and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine” - Holly Myers (University of Delaware)
“A Nightingale’s Obsession with Afghanistan: Alexander Prokhanov and His Recurring Dream of Empire
and Violence” - Bradley Gorski (Georgetown University)
“Literary Autarky and Ressentiment under Putin” - Maya Vinokour (New York University)
“Media Culture of the Russian 1990s"
12:30pm–1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm–3:30pm
Session 2 – Roundtable: Russian Emigration: The Fifth Wave in Context
- Maxim Osipov (editor-in-chief, Fifth Wave magazine)
- Mikhail Epstein (Emory University)
- Fabrizio Fenghi (Brown University)
- Lioudmila Fedorova (Georgetown University)
3:30pm
Concluding remarks
- Boris Dralyuk (University of Tulsa)
We welcome you to "The Fifth Wave: Contemporary Russian Culture in Exile," a scholarly symposium in honor of Maxim Osipov's residency at UMD as part of the Maya Brin Residency Program. This symposium features specialists on contemporary Russian culture from a range of disciplines. The topics to be discussed include Russian culture under Putinism, negotiating Russophone identities in exile, and the current "fifth wave" of emigrants who fled Russia in the wake of its brutal and ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Schedule
9:30am–10:00am
Breakfast and welcome
10:00am–12:30pm
Session 1 – Post-Soviet Russian Culture
- Discussant: Nancy Condee (University of Pittsburgh)
- Sean Griffin (University of Notre Dame)
“Putin’s Holy War of the Fatherland: Sacred Memory and the Russian Invasion of Ukraine” - Holly Myers (University of Delaware)
“A Nightingale’s Obsession with Afghanistan: Alexander Prokhanov and His Recurring Dream of Empire
and Violence” - Bradley Gorski (Georgetown University)
“Literary Autarky and Ressentiment under Putin” - Maya Vinokour (New York University)
“Media Culture of the Russian 1990s"
12:30pm–1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm–3:30pm
Session 2 – Roundtable: Russian Emigration: The Fifth Wave in Context
- Maxim Osipov (editor-in-chief, Fifth Wave magazine)
- Mikhail Epstein (Emory University)
- Fabrizio Fenghi (Brown University)
- Lioudmila Fedorova (Georgetown University)
3:30pm
Concluding remarks
- Boris Dralyuk (University of Tulsa)
