Events / Boston College

Why and How the Russians Teach Literature

Monday, November 16, 2026 at 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM

Where

Boston College, Devlin Hall, 101
140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 (Newton)

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Lecture

A lecture by Prof. Dr. Boris Lanin. A leading historian of Russian and East European utopian and dystopian literature, Boris Lanin shaped how literature was taught in Russian schools until Putin’s regime banned his textbooks and forced him to emigrate. He is now a university professor at Adam Mickie

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