Belomor book talk in San Francisco

[Julie Draskoczy]

Announcing the following event for Bay Area Slavists:

Belomor: A book presentation by Julie Draskoczy
Thursday, April 24th 
The Jewish Community Library of San Francisco
1835 Ellis St. 
7 - 8:30 PM 
Stalin's White Sea Canal, or Belomor, remains one of the Soviet Union’s most infamous Gulag construction projects. Thousands of prisoners labored in freezing conditions with primitive tools to finish the canal in a mere twenty months from 1931-1933; alongside the locks, the prisoners were supposedly rebuilding their lives.

Draskoczy's new book, Belomor: Criminality and Creativity in Stalin's Gulag, offers a glimpse into the prisoners' daily experiences at Belomor by examining never-before-published archival materials. The talk will highlight Odessa, the Jewish "City of Thieves," by looking at the criminal song "Music Is Playing in the Moldavanka.” This analysis illuminates the intersection of criminality, creativity, and ideology that was emblematic of the Belomor experience. A book signing will follow the talk. 

Julie Draskoczy received her PhD in Russian literature from the University of Pittsburgh in 2010 and has taught Russian history and culture at the University of Pittsburgh, Stanford University, and Patten University in San Quentin prison. She currently teaches Soviet history and literature at the Jewish Community High School of the Bay.

Co-presented by the Jewish Community High School of the Bay and the Kritzer/Ross Emigre Program at the JCCSF in conjunction with New Life newspaper.

On Saturday, April 12, 2014 7:04 AM, Angela Brintlinger <brintlinger.3 at OSU.EDU> wrote:
 
Origins, the e-magazine from Ohio State that gives "current events in historical perspective," has a new podcast on Crimea featuring Sergei Zhuk, Myroslava Mudrak and Nick Breyfogle. Very useful, especially for students and the general public. See http://origins.osu.edu/historytalk/fate-crimea-future-ukraine-part-i.

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