{"id":4670,"date":"2025-06-18T04:56:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dostoevskydev.wpengine.com\/2025\/06\/18\/dostoevsky-student-research-forum-jan-9-10-2025-schedule-and-recordings\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T04:56:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:56:38","slug":"dostoevsky-student-research-forum-jan-9-10-2025-schedule-and-recordings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dostoevsky.org\/society\/dostoevsky-student-research-forum-jan-9-10-2025-schedule-and-recordings\/","title":{"rendered":"Dostoevsky Student Research Forum (Jan 9-10, 2025) \u2013 Schedule and Recordings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The North American Dostoevsky Society stands with all the people of Ukraine, Russia, and the rest of the world who condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine.\u00a0<\/em>Our statement can be read here<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Following the success of our\u00a02021<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a02022<\/a>\u00a0Graduate Research Forum events, the North American Dostoevsky Society is delighted to announce the schedule for our upcoming 2-day\u00a02025 Student Research Forum on Dostoevsky<\/strong>\u00a0event. This year we are adding a new Undergraduate Research Forum! <\/p>\n

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The Graduate Research Forum<\/strong> will take place virtually on Thurs, Jan 9 2025<\/strong>. See the schedule below:<\/p>\n

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Panel 1: Dostoevsky and Others<\/strong> (11am-1pm EST\/4pm-6pm GMT\/8am-10am PST)<\/p>\n

Chair<\/span>: Dr. Sarah Hudspith (University of Leeds)<\/p>\n

Presenter 1<\/span>: Donna Sanders (Columbia University) \u2013 \u201cWealth as a Barrier to Active Love in \u2018A Gentle Creature’\u201d<\/p>\n

Presenter 2<\/span>: Anna Tropnikova (Yale University) \u2013 \u201cA Transgression of Hands: Kurosawa\u2019s Adaptation of Dostoevsky\u2019s Idiot<\/em>\u201d (winner of the 2024 NADS Graduate Essay Prize!<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Presenter 3<\/span>: Daniel Schwartz (Brandeis University) \u2013 \u201cIs There <\/em>an Underground Man?: Depsychologized Interiority in Dostoevsky and Wittgenstein\u201d<\/p>\n

Presenter 4<\/span>: Kelly Gallagher (The Ohio State University) \u2013 \u201cPerverse Confessions in Poe\u2019s Tales and Dostoevsky\u2019s Notes from Underground<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Panel 2: From Crime and Punishment <\/em>to The Brothers Karamazov <\/em><\/strong>(1:15-3:15pm EST\/6:15-8:15pm GMT\/10:15am-12:15pm PST)<\/p>\n

Chair<\/span>: Dr. Kate Holland (University of Toronto)<\/p>\n

Presenter 1<\/span>: Nikolai Smirnov (Brown University) \u2013 \u201cThe Significance of Internal Ideas and External Ideals for Character Development in Fyodor Dostoevsky\u2019s The Brothers Karamazov.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Presenter 2<\/span>: Liza Shershneva (University of Toronto) \u2013 \u201cDisillusionment in Post-reform Justice: Literary and Public Discourse in Crime and Punishment<\/em> and The Brothers Karamazov<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n

Presenter 3<\/span>: Alina Fiorella (Independent Scholar) \u2013 \u201cThe Grand Inquisitor\u2019s Russian Double: Father Zosima Beyond Dostoevskii\u2019s Authorial Intent\u201d (honorable mention in the 2024 NADS Graduate Essay Contest!<\/em>)<\/p>\n

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The Undergraduate Research Forum<\/strong> will take place virtually on Fri, Jan 10 2025<\/strong>. See the schedule below:<\/p>\n

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Panel 1: The Brothers Karamazov<\/em><\/strong> (12-1:45pm EST\/5-6:45pm GMT\/9-10:45am PST)<\/p>\n

Chair<\/span>: Dr. Katya Jordan (Brigham Young University)<\/p>\n

Presenter 1<\/span>: Shudi Yang (Fudan University) \u2013 \u201cWell, go, love Ivan!: Ivan Karamazov unveiled and the \u2018Pro and Contra\u2019 Debate revisited\u201d<\/p>\n

Presenter 2<\/span>: Oscar Pavlove (University of Kansas) \u2013 \u201c\u041a\u0438\u043d\u043e \u0414\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0435\u0432\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u2013 Poetic Documentary\u201d<\/p>\n

Presenter 3<\/span>: Camille Collins (Colgate University) \u2013 \u201cRepresentation of Russian National Identity in Dostoevsky\u2019s Notes from Underground<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n

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Panel 2: Injustice, Blame and Redemption in Dostoevsky\u2019s Novels<\/strong> (2-3:45pm EST\/7-8:45pm GMT\/11am-12:45pm PST)<\/p>\n

Chair<\/span>: Dr. Kate Holland (University of Toronto)<\/p>\n

Presenter 1<\/span>: Natalie Alderton (Pepperdine University, alumna) \u2013 \u201cThe Redemptive Gaze in Dostoevsky\u2019s The Brothers Karamazov\u201d<\/em> (winner of the 2024 NADS Undergraduate Essay Prize!<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Presenter 2<\/span>: Emma Shobe (Brigham Young University) \u2013 \u201cThe Burden of Blame: Premarital Sex in Dostoevsky\u2019s Works\u201d<\/p>\n

Presenter 3<\/span>: Aidan Ward (The New School) \u2013 \u201cIllegitimacy, Immaturity, and Intellectual Injustice: The Plight of Adolescence in Dostoevsky\u2019s Late Novels\u201d<\/p>\n

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Please come and support wonderful student work on Dostoevsky! We look forward to seeing you there!<\/p>\n

With thanks to Kate Holland, Sarah Hudspith, and Katya Jordan for their work organizing the event this year!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The North American Dostoevsky Society stands with all the people of Ukraine, Russia, and the rest of the world who condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine.\u00a0Our statement can be read here. Following the success of our\u00a02021\u00a0and\u00a02022\u00a0Graduate Research Forum events, the North American Dostoevsky Society is delighted to announce the schedule for our upcoming 2-day\u00a02025 Student […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340,"featured_media":4671,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bloggers-karamazov"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dostoevsky.org\/society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dostoevsky.org\/society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dostoevsky.org\/society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dostoevsky.org\/society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/340"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dostoevsky.org\/society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dostoevsky.org\/society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dostoevsky.org\/society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dostoevsky.org\/society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dostoevsky.org\/society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dostoevsky.org\/society\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}