9:30–10:40. SESSION 1. TOLSTOEVSKY
Unearthing Dostoevsky's Use of John 12:24 in the Brothers Karamazov
Kathryn Brossa
Devil, Nature and nature
Maxwell Bolno
Tolstoy's Sonata: The Author's Conception of Art
Kevin McNulty
10:40–10:50 --- Break 10:50–12:00.
SESSION 2. LIFE AND DEATH À LA CHEKHOV AND DOSTOEVSKY
T.B. or Not to Be? Two Visions of Consumption in Dostoevsky's Artistic Martyrology
Jacqueline Yue
"Let's go to bed": Reactions to the Process of Dying in "A Boring Story" and "Gusev"
Jessica Bawgus
"Skazka," "The Bet," and the Chekhovian Problematic
Laura Christians
12:00–12:45 --- Lunch
12:45–1:30. KEYNOTE LECTURE
Victoria Thorstensson (Visiting Fellow, Penn)
The Inkwell of the Russian Messenger: Katkov's Editorial Politics, the Perils of Serialization, and the Problem of Textual Parallels Between Fyodor Dostoevsky's Demons and Nikolai Leskov's At Daggers Drawn (1870-1872)
1:30–2:00 --- Break
2:00–3:30. SESSION 3. RUSSIAN SOCIETY IN THE MIRROR OF TIME
A Tale of Two Moscows
Daniel Lipsman
Building a Soviet Religion Joshua Spector Searching for the Right Nail: Trauma and Survival in Tarkovsky's Ivan's Childhood
Amalia Lund
In Defense of Sovereignty: An Analysis of Russian Voting Behavior in the United Nations Security Council (1995–2012)
Brian Mund
3:30–4:30 --- Award Presentation Ceremony and Reception
