My Perestroika: campus visit

[Raisa Sidenova]

For those in the Connecticut area, Robin will be at Yale on October 27.

October 27, 2011

4 p.m. Master's Tea with Robin Hessman

  Pierson Master's House
  231 Park Street

6:30 p.m. Screening MY PERESTROIKA
followed by a Q&A with Robin Hessman
LC 317, 63 High Street

Best,

Raisa


Quoting Dianna Murphy <diannamurphy at wisc.edu>:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I am glad to hear of the interest in "My Perestroika"!  I hope that 
> many of you will come to a screening of the film at the 2012 AATSEEL 
> Conference. Robin will be offering a special discounted rate on 
> copies of the DVD for AATSEEL members and conference participants.
>
> Information about this film screening, as well as other special 
> events at the 2012 AATSEEL Conference, is online at: 
> www.aatseel.org/program/special-events/
>
> "My Perestroika" was shown at the Wisconsin Film Festival in Madison 
> last year, to a sold-out audience.  We brought a group of Russian 
> students; the response was terrific.
>
> Best regards,
> Dianna
>
>
> On 10/21/11 10:34 AM, Clowes, Edith W wrote:
>> I'd like to second Amanda's pitch for Robin Hessman. She visited KU as part
>> of our August conference on "Identity and Community after the Cold War Era."
>> She did a magnificent and lengthy Q&A following the screening of "My
>> Perestroika" with 150+ people in attendance.
>>
>>
>> Edith W. Clowes,
>> Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
>> http://www2.ku.edu/~slavic/
>> Director, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
>> http://www.crees.ku.edu
>> University of Kansas
>> Lawrence, KS  66045
>>
>> Have a look: "Russia on the Edge: Imagined Geographies and 
>> Post-Soviet Identity"
>> http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/author/?fa=ShowAuthor&Person_ID=265
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: SEELANGS: Slavic&  East European Languages and Literatures 
>> list [SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] on behalf of Ewington, Amanda 
>> [amewington at DAVIDSON.EDU]
>> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 10:10 AM
>> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
>> Subject: [SEELANGS] My Perestroika: campus visit
>>
>> Yesterday we had a campus visit by filmmaker Robin Hessman to screen 
>> her documentary "My Perestroika" and it went so well that I wanted 
>> to encourage others to do the same.  In addition to visiting a class 
>> and having lunch with students, she conducted a wonderful Q&A about 
>> the film after an evening screening.   Robin was a truly engaging 
>> speaker.  If you haven't seen the film yet, try to catch a screening 
>> or get it for your library!
>>
>> You can see a trailer for the film here: www.myperestroika.com
>>
>> Amanda
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> Amanda Ewington, Ph.D.
>> Associate Professor of Russian, Department Chair
>> Davidson College
>> Russian Department
>> Box 6936
>> Davidson, NC 28035-6936
>> www.davidson.edu/russian
>> www.ecrsa.org
>> Tel 704-894-2397
>> Fax 704-894-2782
>>
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