“Russian Artists in the Arctic: Contemporary Literary and Visual Perspectives” with Jane Costlow

Monday, October 22, 2018 | 4:30 PM
Beam Classroom, Kresge Visual Arts Center

Jane T. Costlow, Clark A. Griffith Professor of Environmental Studies at Bates College, will present the second talk in the “Russian Environment: Nature and Culture” fall lecture series. How are contemporary Russian artists and writers representing the country’s far north? This lecture examines the work of photographers, artists, and nonfiction writers addressing arctic landscapes and climate change within the distinctive context of Russia’s cultural and political history. Professor Costlow is a scholar of Russian literature who has published widely on Russian representations of the natural world, focusing on topics from the northern forest to drought and famine. She is currently working on an anthology of translated texts about Russian nature.

Free and open to the public.

Sponsored by the Department of Russian and the Environmental Studies Program, with the generous support of a loyal Bowdoin family.