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Shaping the 21st Century: Focus on Russia
The following events are being offered as part of the Focus on Russia Program throughout the spring 2008 quarter:
Program of Events
Tech Faculty Concert Series -V
March 7, 2008
“From Russia with Love;” Music by Russian Composers Performed by Louisiana Tech Music Faculty, Stone Theater; 7:30pm
School of Art Gallery Show: Russian Icons of the 18th-20th Centuries
March 11-April 3, 2008 Biedenharn Russian Icons in School of Art Gallery
Lecture on Icons by Dr. Saul Zalesch, 4:30 pm on March 11
Followed by Opening Reception, 5:00-6:30pm
School of Art Main Gallery 9:00am-4:00pm Monday-Thursday
Film Screening by Tech Foreign Film
March 13, 2008
Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin, GTM 105; 7:00pm
Distinguished Speaker Series #1
March 18, 2008
“Why Russia Matters: History, Culture, Identity, and the 21 st Century”
Dr. Maria Carlson: Professor and Associate Chair, Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures, Honorary Professor of History, University of Kansas
Howard Auditorium; 10:15am-11:45am
LTCA Musical Performance:
March 18, 2008
LTCA Performance of the Moscow String Quartet
Howard Auditorium; 7:30pm
Film Screening by Tech Foreign Film:
March 25, 2008
Eldar Ryazanov’s The Irony of Fate
GTM 105; 7:00pm
Public History Exhibition at the Lincoln Parish Library
March 26-April 17, 2008
A Glimpse of Russian Heritage
Opening Reception on March 26 @ 5:00 pm
Lincoln Parish Library
Historical Happenings Lecture (Lincoln Parish Library):
March 26, 2008
Dr. Laurie Stoff: Assistant Professor, Louisiana Tech University, History Department
“ Russia’s Revolutionary Nature?”
Lincoln Parish Library; 6:00pm
Distinguished Speaker Series #2
April 3, 2008
“ Russia Moving Forward; Looking Back”
Dr. Mark Von Hagen: Professor and Chair, Department of History, Arizona State University Howard Auditorium; 10:15am-12:00am
International Days Food and Cultural Festival
April 8, 2008
Centennial Plaza
Sponsored by the International Student Association
Film Screening by Tech Foreign Films:
April 14, 2008
Andrei Tarkovsky’s "My Name Is Ivan" ("Ivan's Childhood")
GTM 105; 7:00pm
Exhibition: Early 20th Century Russian Movie Posters
April 14-May 16, 2008
Tolliver Hall
Opening Reception and Discussion
Tolliver Hall; 4:00pm
Tech Foreign Film Speaker:
April 15, 2008
Dr. Denise Youngblood, Professor of History, University of Vermont
Wyly Tower Auditorium; 10:15-11:45 am
Distinguished Speaker Series #3
April 25, 2008
“ Russia’s 15 th Failed Perestroika: How the Russian Economy got Nowhere, Where it is Now, and Who took it There”
Dr. Mohamed A. El-Hodiri: Professor of Economics, University of Kansas, Former Director of Transitions Studies Program, Advisor to the Russian Government in Financial Restructuring from 1993-1998)
Howard Auditorium; 10:15-11:45am LECTURE CANCELLED
College of Applied and Natural Sciences Invited Lecturer:
April 29, 2008
"Control and Loss of Control: Health and Healthcare in Russia"
Ms. Shona Schonning, Eurasian Harm Reduction Network
Wyly Tower, 10:15-11:45am
Film Screening by Tech Foreign Film:
May 1, 2008
Alexei Balabanov’s "Brother"
GTM 105; 7:00pm
College of Business Invited Lecturer:
May 2, 2008
Dr. Mitch Griffin, Associate Professor of Marketing,
Bradley University’s Foster College of Business and Fulbright to Samara, Russia
Wyly Tower Auditorium, 10:15-11:45 am
Louisiana Tech Choirs Concert:
May 5, 2008
The full Louisiana Tech Choirs and an accompanying orchestra to perform the Polovtsian Dances (in English Translation) from the Opera "Prince Igor" by Alexander Borodin
Howard Auditorium; 7:30 pm
Distinguished Speaker Series #4:
May 8, 2008
“Travels with the Russian Army”
Dr. Bruce Menning: Professor, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth
Howard Auditorium; 10:15-11:45am
Roundtable Discussion: Soviet Russia and the Cold War
May 8, 2008
Panelists: Dr. Bruce Menning, Dr. Kenneth Rea, Dr. Laurie Stoff, Dr. Brian Etheridge
Wyly Tower; 6:00pm
Other events not scheduled but concurrent:
Concurrent Honors Class: History 495: Russian Society and Culture (Dr. Laurie Stoff)
Trip to Russia with Dr. Laurie Stoff
All events on the Louisiana Tech University campus are free and open to the public with the exception of an admission fee for the LTCA Performance of the Moscow String Quartet
Sponsors:
Office of Academic Affairs, College of Liberal Arts, College of Applied and Natural Sciences, College of Business, School of Art, School of Architecture, Department of History, McGinty Trust, Department of Journalism, Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, LTCA, Tech Foreign Films, Student Government Association, Louisiana Tech Concert Choir, International Student Association, and Lincoln Parish Library
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