Russian

Chair: Milica Banjanin

Home Page: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~russian/index.shtml Email: russian@artsci.wustl.edu Telephone: (314) 935-5177

The first-rate Russian Department faculty can provide a wealth of information on Russian culture, language, history and politics.

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Milica Banjanin Chair of the Russian Department Banjanin Download Banjanin is an expert in 20th century Russian literature. Her main area of research is early 20th century Russian poetry. Her most recent articles are "The Mutual Reflection of Scene and Spectator in the Works of Aleksandr Blok" from The New Zealand Slovonic Journal. (2000) and "The City as a Framed ... Expertise: 20th century Russian literature, Russian modernism Direct contact: (314) 935-4557 / banjanin@artsci.wustl.edu

James V. Wertsch Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences James Wertsch Download James V. Wertsch, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences.In addition, he holds joint appointments in Education, the Russian Studies Program, and the Program in Philosophy, Neuroscience, and Psychology, all in Arts & Sciences. Heis the director of the McDonnell International ... Expertise: Russia and former Soviet Union, collective memory, identity, international studies, psychology, education Direct contact: (314) 935-9015 / jwertsch@wustl.edu

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