Russian Studies
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James von Geldern, Professor, German and Russian Studies, Macalester College |
von Geldern, an expert on Soviet mass culture and early Soviet cinema, can talk about the recent radioactive poisoning death of former spy Alexander Litvinenko. He has researched various aspects of popular culture ranging from books and comics to songs and movies. He has also discussed changes in the former Soviet Union on television and radio news programs. von Geldern is the author of Bolshevik Festivals, 1917–1920 and two anthologies, Mass Culture in Soviet Russia and Entertaining Tsarist Russia. He has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to produce a digital source book on Soviet history. |
B.A., Tufts University, 1980; M.A., Brown University, 1981; Ph.D., Brown University, 1987
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Barbara Laskin, Media Relations, Macalester College |
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