Housed within the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma, the Romanoff Center for Russian Studies promotes the interdisciplinary study of the Russian Federation and its larger historical precursors, the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire. Founded in 2022, thanks to the generous bequest of Princess Janet Romanoff, the Center is dedicated to informing both the University of Oklahoma community and the broader public about the history and culture of Russia, current events involving the Russian Federation, and Russia’s actions on the world stage. It sponsors lectures, symposia, and cultural events; engages with scholars and public figures nationally and internationally; and works to support excellence in teaching and research in Russian studies.
On Tuesday, February 13, 12:00-1:15 p.m. OU's Romanoff Center and the College of International Studies will hosted a Zoom talk by Dr. Cole Harvey, Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University.
Dr. Harvey earned his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill. His research focuses on non-democratic politics, especially the causes and consequences of election manipulation. His work has been published in the American Political Science Review, Electoral Studies, Democratization, and many other venues.
On Wednesday, November 15, 2023, Dr. Laurie Manchester (Associate Professor of history at ASU) delivered a talk titled "Russian Refugees and Displaced Persons: The Case of Harbin, China, Where an Alternative Russia Competed with the Soviet Union from 1917 to the 1950s."
Dr. Manchester is the author of Holy Fathers, Secular Sons: Clergy, Intelligentsia, and the Modern Self in Revolutionary Russia, which won the 2009 Vucinich Prize from the Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies for the most important contribution to Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies in any field of the humanities or social sciences. Her current book project is: The Real Russians Return: Repatriates from China to the USSR.
This event was co-sponsored by the Romanoff Center and the OU Department of History.
Wednesday, February 21, 6:00 p.m. in Farzaneh Hall 148. Please join the Romanoff Center for a free screening of the documentary film A Natural History of Destruction (2022) by world-renowned Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa. The film will be introduced by Dr. Dustin Condren, Assistant Professor of Russian at OU, and will be followed by a discussion. This is the first in a series of screenings that will be held at OU in the weeks leading up to the visit of Sergei Loznitsa, who will be on campus March 12-14, 2024. Loznitsa's visit is co-sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures & Linguistics, the Department of History, the Department of Film and Media Studies, the College of Journalism, and the Schusterman Center for Judaic and Israel Studies.
Wednesday, February 28, 6:00 p.m. in Farzaneh Hall 148. Please join the Romanoff Center for a free screening of the documentary film Babi Yar. Context. (2021) by world-renowned Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa. The film will be introduced by Dr. Dustin Condren, Assistant Professor of Russian at OU, and will be followed by a discussion. This is the second in a series of screenings that will be held at OU in the weeks leading up to the visit of Sergei Loznitsa, who will be on campus March 12-14, 2024. Loznitsa's visit is co-sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures & Linguistics, the Department of History, the Department of Film and Media Studies, the College of Journalism, and the Schusterman Center for Judaic and Israel Studies. This screening is co-sponsored by OU's Schusterman Center for Judaic and Israel Studies.
Co-directors:
Emily D. Johnson and Melissa K. Stockdale
Contact information:
Romanoff Center for Russian Studies
Attn: Prof. Emily Johnson
Department of Modern Languages, Literatures & Linguistics
University of Oklahoma
780 Van Vleet Oval, Room 206
Norman, OK 73019
Romanoffcenter@ou.edu
