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- 19th Century Russian Short Fiction – Two Semesters in 2015 – 2016
- 2015 Summer Workshop: 19th Century Russian Supernatural Stories
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- 2015 Summer Workshop: Gogol’s The Government Inspector
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- 2016 Illinois ACTR Olympiada of Spoken Russian
- 2016 Amelia Parkes wins award at the XIV International Olympiada of Russian Language in Moscow
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- The Annotated Story: Narine Abgaryan’s “Manyunya Performs at an End-of-Year Recital, or an Original Cure for Fear of Heights”
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- Fall 2026 at the Newberry: Chekhov’s Plays
- Summer of 2026 at the Newberry: Chekhov’s World in 16 Stories
- At the Newberry in 2026: Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov
- Fall 2025 at the Newberry: Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and Eugene Vodolazkin’s The Aviator
- This Summer at the Newberry! Reading Russian Icons: From Byzantine Roots to Post-Soviet Context
- At the Newberry in 2025: Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” Part II and Alexievich’s “The Unwomanly Face of War”
- Coming in October: New Live, Online Course at Roundtable by The 92nd Street Y, New York
- This Fall at the Newberry: Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” Part I and Durova’s “The Cavalry Maiden”
- At the Newberry, Summer 2024: Dostoevsky’s Short Fiction and Film Adaptations
- Fall 2023 at the Newberry – New Soviet Women: History, Art, Fiction, and Film (1917-1940)
- Newberry course for 2023 – Focus on Ukraine: Gogol’s Ukrainian Tales, Babel’s Odessa Stories, and Bulgakov’s White Guard
- Registration opens August 24, 2022 for Newberry Seminar From Russian Folk Epics and Holy Fools to Putin’s Propaganda
- Summer of 2022 at the Newberry – Mikhail Vrubel: Fusion of Art and Literature
- Teen Literature Course for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022: 19th Century Russian Literature and Film Adaptations
- New and Unique Online Course for Fall of 2021 through Spring of 2022 – Russian History from Peter the Great to the 1910s: St. Petersburg’s Culture, Myth, and Everyday Life
- Announcing Teen Online Course for 2020-2021: 19th Century Russian Short Fiction
- Stella S. creates animation for “Baggage” by Samuil Marshak
- Life Readers Schedule for May and June, 2020
- Schedule Changes due to COVID-19 – Updated April 27, 2020
- Life Readers in 2020: Join us at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library to read and discuss Fyodor Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot”
- Join Frank Biletz and Julia Denne at the Newberry for a Free Program on Tuesday, September 10, 2019
- Life Readers for 2019: Chekhov’s Plays
- Leah A’s Interpretation of «Вот какой рассеянный»
- Jonah B’s presentation of “Багаж” (Самуил Маршак)
- Students’ Interpretations of «Вот какой рассеянный»
- Leah A’s presentation of “Багаж” (Самуил Маршак)
- Morgan E’s interpretation of “Багаж” (Самуил Маршак)
- New Life Readers Series begins in January, 2018
- Amelia Parkes Interviewed for CEERES Newletter
- New Format: Synchronous and Asynchronous Classroom for Fall 2017 Russian Lit Online
- Nina Wilson Receives Scholarship to Study in Russia
- Elizabeth D. recites “Вот какой рассеянный” (Самуил Маршак)
- Russian Language Lab Senior Projects – Celia M. Interviews a Native Russian Speaker and Amelia Parkes’ translates THE APPLES OF YOUTH AND THE WATER OF LIFE: A RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE (adapted by Aleksey Tolstoy)
- Life Readers 2016-2017
- Russian Language Lab: Amelia Parkes recites Pushkin’s “The Tale of the Dead Princess and the Seven Knights”
- Amelia Parkes wins award at the XIV International Olympiada of Russian Language in Moscow
- Life Readers January through May 2016
- Catching up with Students
- Interview by Leslie Schultz and Ten Great Works of Russian Literature to Round Out Your Reading List
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Recent Posts
- Fall 2026 at the Newberry: Chekhov’s Plays
- Summer of 2026 At the Newberry: Chekhov’s World in 16 Stories
- At the Newberry in 2026: Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov
- Fall 2025 at the Newberry: Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment and Eugene Vodolazkin’s The Aviator
- This Summer at the Newberry! Reading Russian Icons: From Byzantine Roots to Post-Soviet Context
- How to Register for Part II of Tolstoy’s War and Peace and Alexievich’s The Unwomanly Face of War at the Newberry
- Adult education classes to be listed on the Newberry’s website on December 13; registration begins on January 22, 2025
- At the Newberry in 2025: Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” Part II and Alexievich’s “The Unwomanly Face of War”
- Coming in October: New Live, Online Course at Roundtable by The 92nd Street Y, New York
- This Fall at the Newberry: Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” Part I and Durova’s “The Cavalry Maiden”
- Register for Newberry course “Dostoevsky’s Short Fiction and Film Adaptations” starting May 22, 2024
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