Tag Archives: Slavic and Eastern Languages Dept
Moscow memories
Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies Maxim D. Shrayer, who came to the United States from the Soviet Union in 1987, recalls a spring day in Moscow more than 30 years ago, a friendship, and a longing to be … Continue reading
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Franck Salameh
Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies Franck Salameh gave a book talk at the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies at Tufts University’s Fletcher School on his latest work, Charles Corm: An Intellectual Biography of a Twentieth-Century Lebanese “Young Phoenician” (Lexington Books, 2015). Present at the book … Continue reading
Lebanese nationalist Charles Corm
In the new book, Charles Corm: An Intellectual Biography of a Twentieth-Century Lebanese “Young Phoenician” (Lexington Books, 2015), Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies Franck Salameh writes about Lebanese writer and businessman Charles Corm, an influential figure in the nationalism movement that led to Lebanon’s independence. Salameh delves … Continue reading
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Tagged Lebanon, Middle East, Slavic and Eastern Languages Dept
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Symposium in honor of Dinner with Stalin
A Boston College symposium will mark the translation and publication of the new book Dinner with Stalin and Other Stories, edited and co-translated by Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies Maxim D. Shrayer, and written by his father David … Continue reading
Dinner with Stalin
Boston College Professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies Maxim D. Shrayer has edited and co-translated Dinner with Stalin and Other Stories (Syracuse University Press, 2014), a book written by his father, David Shrayer-Petrov. According to the publisher, these 14 stories by … Continue reading
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The Russian novel in Brazil
University of São Paolo Professor Bruno Gomide, a leading Brazilian expert on Russian literature and culture and a translator of Russian writers into Portuguese, will present “The Russian Novel in Brazil,” based on his study DA ESTEPE À CAATINGA: O Romance Russo … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, Portugese, Russia, Slavic and Eastern Languages Dept
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A story of emigration
Author Maxim D. Shrayer, a Boston College professor of Russian and English, is the subject of a feature story in the Cape Cod Chronicle, which focuses on his emigration from Russia to America–the subject of his memoir Waiting for America.
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Thinkers on language
Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics, by BC Professor of Linguistics Margaret Thomas, explores how 50 of the most influential figures in the field have asked and responded to classic questions about the language. What was the first language, … Continue reading
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Tagged linguistics, Slavic and Eastern Languages Dept
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Women and post-war Bosnia
Boston College Professor of Slavic and Eastern Languages Cynthia Simmons published “Women Engaged/Engaged Art in Postwar Bosnia: Reconciliation, Recovery, and Civil Society” in The Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies, a scholarly paper series published by the … Continue reading
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