Undergraduate Luke Fidler Receives $200 Vestnik Jury Award

[Josh Wilson]

Vestnik is accepting submissions for its next issue (and next Jury Award)
until June 7th under extended deadlines! 

More info: http://www.sras.org/vestnik 

*For Official Release*

Luke Fidler Receives $200 Jury Award 
from Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies

The School of Russian and Asian Studies congratulates Luke Fidler as the
recipient of the $200 Jury Prize from Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and
Asian Studies for our 9th issue.

Vestnik encourages students to study any subject related to the countries of
the former Soviet Union. Vestnik also encourages students to develop
original ideas on their subject matter and to back those ideas with solid
arguments and evidence drawn from original research.

In his work entitled "The Conscript and the Commander: The Pictorial
Tradition in Sokurov’s Confession," Mr. Fidler examines in concise detail
how techniques from painting and creative cinematography helped to turn a
Russian documentary of military life in post-Soviet Russia into a
captivating artistic film. Drawing from several established methodologies,
and using concrete examples from the film, he describes the complex thought
and matrix of influences that created this particular piece of art and how
cinematography can hold the viewer's interest through an otherwise
unorthodox (plotless) film.  

The Vestnik Editorial Board applauds Luke Fidler, currently an undergraduate
at Reed College (USA), for describing complex material in a concise and
accessible manner.

The board also thanks the other contributors of this ninth issue of 
Vestnik, including Jeremy Bervoets, Ekaterina Hansen, Travis Vincent, and
Samantha Danfora and Caitlin Jebens, for their hard work in working with the
board and each other to revise and improve their papers to create this issue
of Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies.


Josh Wilson
Assistant Director
The School of Russian and Asian Studies
Editor in Chief
Vestnik, The Journal of Russian and Asian Studies
SRAS.org 
jwilson at sras.org

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