Orthodoxy & Identity in Post-Atheist Russia, March 31

[Margo Rosen]

The Harriman Institute of Columbia University presents a
multi-disciplinary conference

Orthodoxy and Identity in Post-Atheist Russia


Friday, March 31, 2006
10am-5pm
Graduate Lounge, Philosophy Hall, Columbia University
Contact ne99 at columbia.edu for further details and registration
information

10:00am—Welcome and Introductory Remarks, Catharine
Theimer-Nepomnyashchy, Director, Harriman Institute

Panel I: Orthodox Culture in Contemporary Russia
10:15-12:00

Chair: Peter Bouteneff, Professor of Dogmatic Theology, St.
Vladimir’s
Orthodox Seminary

"The Orthodox Hedgehog: A Literary Perspective on Religion in Russia
Today"
Sophia Kishkovsky, Journalist, Moscow

“The Practice of Confession in Modern Russia”
Nadieszda Kizenko, Department of History, SUNY Albany

"The Challenge of Icons: Orthodox Visual Culture and Contemporary
Russian Society"
Vera Shevzov, Department of Religion, Smith College

Discussant: Fr. Michael Meerson, Christ the Savior Russian Orthodox
Church, New York City

Panel II: Orthodoxy and Democracy: Attitudes and Views Within the
Russian Orthodox Church
1:30-3:15

Chair: Natalia Ermolaev, Department of Slavic Languages &
Literatures,
Columbia University

“Orthodox Faith and Civic Life in Russia”
Christopher Marsh, Department of Political Science, Baylor
University

"The Russian Orthodox Church and the Political Orientations of the
Post-Soviet Generation"
Irina Papkov, Department of Government, Georgetown University

Discussant: Peter Juviler, Center for Human Rights, Columbia
University

Panel III: The Orthodox Church and Russian Politics
3:30-5:00

Chair: Gordon Bardos, Harriman Institute, Columbia University

“Religion and Politics Under the Putin Administration: Accommodation
and Confrontation within "Managed Pluralism’”
James W. Warhola, Department of Political Science, University of
Maine

“The Succession Crisis”
Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Executive Editor of The National Interest

Discussant: Peter Quimby, Princeton University

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Natalia Ermolaev
Department of Slavic Languages
Columbia University
708 Hamilton Hall
1130 Amsterdam Avenue
MC 2839
New York, NY 10027

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