@amewington.bsky.social
Russian lit prof. at Davidson College. Author: A Voltaire for Russia (Northwestern UP), Russian Women Writers of the Eighteenth & Early Nineteenth Centuries (ITER-Toronto). Current: women, friendship, 18th-century Russia. #standwithUkraine
Thank you to Riva Evstifeeva for welcoming me at the Bibliothèque russe Tourguenev. A fascinating history, dating back to the 1860s, & intertwined w/ revolutionary & feminist history & various waves of emigration. And, since today is Pushkin's bday, here she is w/ наше всё! tourguenev.fr/francais/
June 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Thank you to Riva Evstifeeva for welcoming me at the Bibliothèque russe Tourguenev. A fascinating history, dating back to the 1860s, & intertwined w/ revolutionary & feminist history & various waves of emigration. And, since today is Pushkin's bday, here she is w/ наше всё! tourguenev.fr/francais/
My sign for today's local protest: Not very creative, bit hopefully clear. I can't wait to check in this evening and see photos from around the country.
May 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My sign for today's local protest: Not very creative, bit hopefully clear. I can't wait to check in this evening and see photos from around the country.
Any #UNC folks out there seeking housing: Lovely 2-bdr apt; walking distance to campus, private garage w/brand new washer & dryer, central A/C, giant covered porch. My son lived here for almost 2 years; only left because he moved out of the country. www.louisebeckproperties.com/view/603_Cot...
April 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Any #UNC folks out there seeking housing: Lovely 2-bdr apt; walking distance to campus, private garage w/brand new washer & dryer, central A/C, giant covered porch. My son lived here for almost 2 years; only left because he moved out of the country. www.louisebeckproperties.com/view/603_Cot...
Yes! I have the poster from that play framed and hanging front & center in my office!
March 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Yes! I have the poster from that play framed and hanging front & center in my office!
We're visiting our younger son who is on his JYA in Tübingen, Germany. "Glory to Ukraine" freshly written near a church and "This is no longer the time of kings," from a Hölderlin play at his "tower" museum. The messages seemed fitting: Up with Ukraine and down with wanna-be kings like Trump!
March 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We're visiting our younger son who is on his JYA in Tübingen, Germany. "Glory to Ukraine" freshly written near a church and "This is no longer the time of kings," from a Hölderlin play at his "tower" museum. The messages seemed fitting: Up with Ukraine and down with wanna-be kings like Trump!
Prepping for my Anna Karenina seminar (Moodle & syllabus done!), I happened upon this Anna Karenina children's board book?! How is this real? Via Internet Archive: archive.org/details/anna...
January 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Prepping for my Anna Karenina seminar (Moodle & syllabus done!), I happened upon this Anna Karenina children's board book?! How is this real? Via Internet Archive: archive.org/details/anna...
From our Oct 29 event with Elena Kostyuchenko. I highly recommend her book. Don't be put off by the title. Elena has been an independent journalist and activist against the Putin regime for many years and offers an unflinching, often heartbreaking, look at her homeland over the past few decades.
November 15, 2024 at 6:06 PM
From our Oct 29 event with Elena Kostyuchenko. I highly recommend her book. Don't be put off by the title. Elena has been an independent journalist and activist against the Putin regime for many years and offers an unflinching, often heartbreaking, look at her homeland over the past few decades.
This Thursday, November 14, Ukrainian photographer Ira Lupu, who spent the past three summers in wartime Ukraine, will discuss her new exhibit at Davidson College, "Ukraine — Sleeping Disorder." www.davidson.edu/events/ukrai...
November 10, 2024 at 3:21 PM
This Thursday, November 14, Ukrainian photographer Ira Lupu, who spent the past three summers in wartime Ukraine, will discuss her new exhibit at Davidson College, "Ukraine — Sleeping Disorder." www.davidson.edu/events/ukrai...
I thought I couldn’t be shocked by Trump anymore, but turns out I can. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02...
February 11, 2024 at 12:53 PM
I thought I couldn’t be shocked by Trump anymore, but turns out I can. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02...
I finally took the plunge and deactivated my Twitter account (@RUSDavidson). Please send suggestions on accounts to follow here in English, Russian, or French, for Russia (literature, history, film, politics), analysis/reporting on Russia's war against Ukraine, and all things 18th century.
December 18, 2023 at 1:34 PM
I finally took the plunge and deactivated my Twitter account (@RUSDavidson). Please send suggestions on accounts to follow here in English, Russian, or French, for Russia (literature, history, film, politics), analysis/reporting on Russia's war against Ukraine, and all things 18th century.