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2008: Uses of the Past

Uses of the Past听

Friday, April 25, 2008听

9:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Max Kade Center, 3401 Walnut Street, Room 329A

SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM听

9:30 鈥� 10:00 am WELCOME BREAKFAST

Session I, 10:00 am 鈥� 12:00 pm

Chair: Julia Verkholantsev (University of Pennsylvania)

Serhii Plokhii (Harvard University)
鈥淩enegotiating the Past: Hadiach Agreement (1658) in the History of the Rus.鈥�

Olenka Z. Pevny (University of Richmond)
鈥淚deology, Identity, and the Interpretation of Medieval Monuments in Ukraine鈥�

Edward L. Keenan (Harvard University)
鈥淭he Uses of the Past: the East Slavic Case鈥�

Discussant: Benjamin Nathans (University of Pennsylvania)

12:00 鈥� 1:30 pm LUNCH BREAK

Session II, 1:30 鈥� 3:30 pm

Chair: Ilya Vinitsky (University of Pennsylvania)

Donald Ostrowski (Harvard University)
鈥淭he Shifting Present and Written Images of the Mongols鈥�

Cherie Woodworth (Yale University)
鈥淒efective Narratives and the Mother-in-Law Problem or History and Genealogy: Personal and Political in 15th-Century Muscovy鈥� 听 听 听Diagrams

Kevin M. F. Platt (University of Pennsylvania)
鈥淎llegory鈥檚 Half-life: The Specter of Stalin鈥檚 Ivan in Contemporary Russia鈥�

Discussant: Robert Ousterhout (University of Pennsylvania)

3:30 鈥� 4:00 pm COFFEE BREAK

Session III, 4:00 鈥� 6:00 pm

Chair: Vladislav Todorov (University of Pennsylvania)

Stephen M. Norris (Miami University)
鈥淭errorism Then and Now: Karen Shakhnazarov鈥檚 Rider Called Death (2003) and the
Contemporary Historical Film鈥�

Kathleen E. Smith (Georgetown University and George Washington University)
鈥淪pinning the Secret Speech: Propagandists and the Stalinist Past in 1956.鈥�

Serguei A. Oushakine (Princeton University)
鈥淎 Confused Story of Confusion: Narrating History in 红杏直播 War Songs鈥�

Discussant: Peter Holquist (University of Pennsylvania)

6:00 鈥� 7:00 pm RECEPTION