NYU establishes the Jordan Family Center for the Advanced Study of Russia

[David Powelstock]

How exciting! It's so nice, especially these days, to hear of growth instead
of cuts. Congratulations to you all at NYU, and may your new center
flourish!

Cheers,
David

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David Powelstock
Assoc. Prof. of Russian and Comparative Literature
Chair, Comparative Literature
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 02453



On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Anne L Lounsbery <anne.lounsbery at nyu.edu>wrote:

> New York University's Department of Russian & Slavic Studies is pleased to
> announce the establishment of the Jordan Family Center for the Advanced
> Study of Russia, thanks to a generous gift from Boris and Elizabeth
> Jordan.
>
> The Center's goals are to promote awareness and understanding of Russia
> past, present, and future, in all its disciplinary and cultural
> manifestations. The Center will bring together faculty from across the
> schools of NYU, as well as foster engagement with specialists and leaders
> from outside the University. As a unit of the Faculty of Arts and
> Sciences, the Center will function under the auspices of the Department of
> Russian & Slavic Studies while also benefiting from an advisory board made
> up of leading figures in Russian affairs.
>
> In the Fall of 2012, the Center's inaugural year will be marked with a
> lecture series and symposium, details of which will be announced soon.
>
>
>
> Anne Lounsbery
> Associate Professor of Russian Literature
> Director of Graduate Study
> Department of Russian & Slavic Studies
> New York University
> 13-19 University Place, 2nd floor
> New York, NY 10003
>
> (212) 998-8674
>
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