April 26, 2021

Russian Studies Undergraduate Research Symposium

In April 2021 RUSI students and faculty actively participated in the virtual Russian Studies Undergraduate Research Symposium organized by RUSI program (THCAS).

2nd RUssian Studies Research Undergrad Symposium

The interdisciplinary program in Russian Studies, Departments of Foreign Languages & Literatures, History, Political Sciences, and the Thomas Harriot College of Arts & Sciences

Monday | 4-26-2021 | WebEx | 4:00-5:20pm

Interdisciplinary research presentations:

  • Sky Chernauskas, “A Gender Analysis of the Historiographies of Catherine the Great”
  • MaKenna Johnston, “City as A Space: Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment”
  • Tysen Stephenson, “The Russian Vor and Stalin’s Gulag: Breeding Generational Russian Organized Crime Groups”
  • Jared Egan, “Mechanisms of Putin’s Power: Memory Politics and Re-Sovietization”

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Elena Murenina, Dr. Justin Wilmes, Dr. Richard Hernandez

Join us for virtual symposium via WebEx

For more info: Dr. Elena Murenina at mureninae@ecu.edu