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Saturday, April 23, 2016 - 10:00am to 4:00pm

The ARCH Building

Room 108

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13th Undergraduate Research Conference of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

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The ARCH, 3601 Locust Walk, Room 108, Saturday, April 23, 2016

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Conference Program

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10:00. Conference Opening, Coffee & Tea & DonutsÌý

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10:15–11:15.Ìý 19Th-Century ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ Literature: From Pushkin’s Reflexive Narration to Tolstoy’s Moral Teaching

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Katherine Senter, “Narrating Narration: Pushkin on the Purpose of Fictionâ€

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Laura Christians, “Moral Teaching and Teaching Morality: Divergent Perspectives on the Role of Educators in Moral Reform in Late Imperial Russiaâ€

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11:15 – 11:30. Coffee BreakÌý

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11:30-12:30.Ìý 20th-Century ºìÐÓÖ±²¥ Literature: The Soviet Experience

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Syra Ortiz-Blanes, “Identity and the Village Eccentrics in Vasily Shukshin’s Short Storiesâ€

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Jeremy Golant, “The Gulag: Solzhenitsyn and My Dedushka Isaakâ€

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12:30–1:15. Lunch Break (Bazaar Style)

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1:15–2:00. Keynote Lecture

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Jessica Ferro (Graduate Fellow, University of St. Thomas, Penn alumna)

“O Cursed Night: Smerdyakov’s Nativity and Lizaveta’s Hortus ConclususÌý Gone Awryâ€

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2:00 – 2:10. Coffee BreakÌý

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2:10–3:40.Ìý East Central European Politics and Economies

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Richard Wess, “From Government Social Agency to Private Enterprise: How Restructuring and Privatizing Naftogaz Can Save the Ukrainian Stateâ€

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Edgar Palomino, “Coming of Age-Polish Foreign Policy since 1990â€

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Hannah Kereszturi, “Democracy in Danger: Studying Hungary’s democratic reversal through the lens of EU accessionâ€

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3:40 – 4:00. Tea and Cake: End of the Year Celebration

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Slavic_Bazaar_2016_abstracts.pdf

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