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The Maya Brin Residency Program is pleased to welcome the Russian historian, journalist, radio host, and the author of many books about Russian history Lev Lurie, who will be visiting the University of Maryland, College Park, from October 9 to October 20, 2017.

The theme for this year's residency is “Russia: Looking Backward and Forward.” Lev Lurie will participate in a roundtable on October 13 and visit classes with lectures.

All events are free to students and the public.

Lurie's website: http://dklurie.ru/eng/

Read articles by Lurie (in English):

• Anna Akhmatova: the Poet Who Buried Stalin   
• Old Ladoga

Read a few chapters from a book by Andrew Meier: “Black Earth: a Journey through Russia after the Fall”

Watch YouTube video (in Russian):

“…Valera and Natasha work like sculptors: on an armature of historical structure, they drape layers of contemporary references.

In a phrase: their images reveal the transparency of time…”–Steven Ma