Fourth Nevada Conference on Russian Culture
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Center for Democratic Culture


November 17-19, 2018
Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas
Meeting Room Gallery D


November 17, 2018

Introduction. 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Opening Statement and Welcome to Conference Participants
Dmitri Shalin, Director, Center for Democratic Culture, University of Nevada, Las Vegas


Session 1. 10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
The Intelligentsia in the Age of Counterperestroika – Limits of a Reasonable Compromise

Moderator:  Paul Werth, Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mikhail Fishman, Journalist and TV Host
Natalia Ivanova, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Znamya Magazine
Leonid Gozman, Director, Perspective Foundation
Andrei Piontkovsky, Free Russia Foundation, Visiting Fellow at Hudson Institute
Ilya Zaslavskiy, Kleptocracy Initiative, Hudson Institute, and Free Russia Foundation


Lunch Break. 12 noon - 1:30 p.m.


Session 2. 2:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Intelligentsia and Emigration – Personal Risks and Opportunities

Moderator:  Aleksander Genis, Broadcaster, American Hour, Radio Liberty
 
Pavel Litvinov, Human Rights Activist
Vladimir Paperny, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles 
Serge Iourienen, Writer, Publisher, Former Editor of Radio Liberty
Liudmila Ulitskaya, Independent Writer and Public Intellectual


Session 3. 4:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Everyday Life and Values of Russian Intelligentsia – 110 years after publication of "Landmarks"

Mark Lipovetsky, University of Colorado, Boulder

Pavel Litvinov, Human Rights Activist
Igor Klyukanov, Professor of Communications Studies, Eastern Washington University
Gasan Gusejnov, National Research University, Higher School of Economics
Dmitri Shalin, Center for Democratic Culture, University of Nevada, Las Vegas


Reception for Conference Participants
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.


Session 4. 7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Poetry Reading – Connecting the Past, Present, and Future

Moderator:  Igor Klyukanov, Professor of Communications Studies, Eastern Washington University

Vera Pavlova, Poet and Musician
Boris Grebenshchikov, Poet and Musician
TImur Shaov, Poet and Musician


November 18, 2018


Session 5. 10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Irony as a Weapon of Intelligentsia – Cynicism and Postmodernism

Moderator:  Dmitri Shalin, Professor and Director, Center for Democratic Culture, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Mark Lipovetsky, University of Colorado, Boulder
Aleksander Genis, Broadcaster, American Hour, Radio Liberty
Mikhail Epstein, Professor of Cultural Theory and Russian Literature, Emory University 
Gasan Gusejnov, National Research University, Higher School of Economics


Lunch Break. 12 noon - 1:30 p.m.


Session 6. 1:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Autobiography as the Self-consciousness of an Era – Biography and Biocritique

Moderator:  Dmitri Shalin, Professor and Director, Center for Democratic Culture, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Liudmila Ulitskaya, Independent Writer and Public Intellectual
Mikhail Epstein, Professor of Cultural Theory and Russian Literature, Emory University
Vladimir Paperny, Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
Alexander Zholkovsky, Professor, University of Southern California
Natalia Ivanova, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Znamya Magazine


Session 7. 4:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
The Future of Russian Intelligentsia – Professionals and Public Intellectuals

Moderator: Lev Gudkov, Director, Levada Center

Lev Gudkov, Director, Levada Center
Leonid Gozman, Director, Perspective Foundation
Pavel Litvinov, Human Rights Activist
Gasan Gusejnov, National Research University, Higher School of Economics


Dinner Break
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.


Session 8. 7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
The Russian Rock Scene Revisited – Musical Memoir

Boris Grebenshchikov, Poet and Musician, Moscow


November 19, 2018


Day Trip to Grand Canyon (West Rim)
9:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.


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Web links

First Nevada Conference on Russian Culture 
Second Nevada Conference on Russian Culture 
Third Nevada Conference on Russian Culture 
Fourth Nevada Conference Papers
Fourth Nevada Conferfence Audio-Visual Materials
CDC Russian Culture and Intelligentsia Project
Russian Culture at the Crossroads: An Introduction 
UNLV Center for Democratic Culture