First Nevada Conference on Soviet Culture* November 23, 1992 Introduction. 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Opening Statement Dmitri N. Shalin, Conference Director, UNLV Welcome to Conference Participants Robert Maxson, President, UNLV Panel I. Political and Civic Culture 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Political Culture: Dispensing with the Communist Legacy Vladimir Shlapentokh, Michigan State University Civic Culture: Public Opinion and the Resurgence of Civic Culture Yuri Levada, National Center for Public Opinion Research in Moscow Discussant Robert Tucker, Princeton University Panel II. Economic and Labor Culture 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Entrepreneurial Culture: Privatizing the Soviet Economy Anthony Jones, Northeastern University Labor Culture: Work Ethics under Perestroika Vladimir Magun, Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences Discussant Edward Beliaev, Columbia University Lunch Break. 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Panel III. Moral and Pedagogical Culture 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Moral Culture: Public Morality and Private Responsibility Igor Kon, Institute of Ethnography, Russian Academy of Sciences Pedagogical Culture: Reschooling Soviet Society Margarita Zhamkochian, Moscow Independent University Discussant Jerry Pankhurst, Wittenberg University Panel IV. Psychological and Everyday Culture 3:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Psychological Culture: Ambivalence and Resistance to Social Change Alexander Etkind, Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences Everyday Culture: From Communal Living to Private Life Svetlana Boym, Harvard University Discussant Bruce Mazlish, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reception for the Conference Participants and Guests UNLV, Engineering Center Lobby, 6:00 p.m. November 24, 1992 Panel V. Historical and Intellectual Culture 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. The God that Failed: Revolution in Russia and Eastern Europe Bruce Mazlish, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Intellectual Culture: The End of Russian Intelligentsia Dmitri N. Shalin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Discussant Eugene Halton, Notre Dame University Panel VI. Literary and Artistic Culture 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Literary Culture: "New Soviet Man" in the Mirror of Literature Maurice Friedberg, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana Artistic Culture: The Trial by Freedom Daniil B. Dondurei, Moscow Institute of Cinema Art Discussant Boris Paramonov, Radio Liberty Reception for Russian Scholars Residence of Lonnie Hammargren, Member, UNLV Board of Regents, 6:00 p.m. *The Conference is held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4255 Paradise R., Las Vegas, NV 9109. Call 702-369-4400 for reservations. Conference participation is free. An optional $95 fee covers a luncheon, dinner reception, and day trip to the Grand Canyon. For more information write to Dr. Dmitri Shalin, Sociology Department, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154-5033, email: shalin@nevada.edu. Web Links Russian Culture at the Croassroads: an Introduction Russian Culture at the Crossroads: Paradoxes of Postcommunist Consciousness UNLV Center for Democratic Culture Russian Culture and Intelligentsia Project Second Nevada Conference on Russian Culture Thrd Nevada Conference on Russian Culture Fourth Nevada Conference on Russian Art and Culture Cold War Art Samples