History

“The Soviet Century: 100 Years of the Russian Revolution.”
Soviet posters on exhibit Monday, September 18 through Sunday, September 24 during the 2017 Clifford Symposium. 

“The Soviet Century: 100 Years of the Russian Revolution.”
Soviet posters on exhibit Monday, September 18 through Sunday, September 24 during the 2017 Clifford Symposium. 

“The Soviet Century: 100 Years of the Russian Revolution.”
Soviet posters on exhibit Monday, September 18 through Sunday, September 24 during the 2017 Clifford Symposium. 

“The Soviet Century: 100 Years of the Russian Revolution.”
Soviet posters on exhibit Monday, September 18 through Sunday, September 24 during the 2017 Clifford Symposium. 

“The Soviet Century: 100 Years of the Russian Revolution.”
Soviet posters on exhibit Monday, September 18 through Sunday, September 24 during the 2017 Clifford Symposium. 

“The Soviet Century: 100 Years of the Russian Revolution.”
Soviet posters on exhibit Monday, September 18 through Sunday, September 24 during the 2017 Clifford Symposium. 

Discussion by former participants of the Middlebury School in the Soviet Union and dinner at Stolovaya No 6 (Atwater Dining Hall).

Lecture and recital featuring Matthew Bengtson (University of Michigan) and Rebecca Mitchell (Middlebury College).

Join us for light refreshments and the chance to view this installation of highlights from the Museum’s holdings of Russian art, including photographs, luxury items by the firm of Faberge and a recently acquired Soviet poster.  Brief remarks at 6:30.

Discussions of the Revolution and its manifestations in Russian music and literature.
Michael Katz (Middlebury College), “Visions of Terror: Boris Savinkov and the Russian
Revolution”
Matthew Bengtson (University of Michigan), “Music and Revolution”
Steven Richmond (Johns Hopkins University), “Soviet Censorship of Literature and the Arts, 1917-
1936”
Discussants: Tim Portice (Middlebury College); Matthew Walker (Middlebury College)