12:00–12:10. Conference Opening (Refreshments)

12:10–1:40. SESSION 1. 19TH-CENTURY RUSSIAN LITERATURE

Lermontov on Gender: The Ironic Byronic Role in Patriarchal Society
Alina Tulloch

Chernyshevsky and Dostoevsky
Gennady Erlikhman

Levin and his Peasants: the Complexity of Gentry-Serf Relations in Anna Karenina
Sarah Arkebauer

1:40–2:20. Lunch, Conference Reception, Russian Essay Contest Award Celebration

2:20–2:30. Russian Essay Contest Award Ceremony

2:20–3:00. KEYNOTE LECTURE

Reporting Continuity and Change: Soviet Journalists in the Khrushchev Era
Mary Catherine French

3:00–3:10. Coffee Break

3:10–4:10. SESSION 2. LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH-CENTURY POLITICS AND ART

Radicalization of Late Nineteenth-Century Russian Proletariat
Ali Gьndьz

Inside One's Mind: Pavel Filonov's Heads and the Renaissance Tradition
Christine Weller

4:10–4:20. Coffee Break

4:20–5:20. SESSION 3. LATE 20TH AND 21ST-CENTURY POLITICS AND ECONOMY

Soviet Jewish Samizdat: United or Divided?
Sarabeth Zielonka

Rise of the Bear? The Extent of Russian Revisionism as Applied to Oil and Gas Machinations
Julie Steinberg

5:20–5:40. Conference Closing (Refreshments)