Historical Defiance: Narratives of
Social Discontent

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“Barge Haulers on the Volga: Social Activism Through Art in Repin’s Russia”

Pre-Recorded Lecture by Amy Groves

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“‘It’s the Price we Pay for These Times of Ours’: The Isolating Consequence of Liberal Thought in Natsume Soseki’s Kokoro and Albert Cossery’s Proud Beggars”
Short Essay by Mizuki Giffin

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“A Moon Made of Iron”

Short Essay by Taylor Lai

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“The Aesthetic Construction of Utopia: The Soviet
Avant-Garde and its Demise”

Podcast by Rita Rahmati

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“Omar Ba: Same Dream: An Open Statement of Defiance about the Inequality of Global Wealth and its Relationship to the Natural World”

Presentation by Sara

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“Resistance and Narrative: Defying Through Empathy in Svetlana Alexievich’s Boys in Zinc”

Short Essay by Anastasiia Lebedenko