MMC Assistant Professor of History Presents at Russian State University for the Humanities

Marymount Manhattan College Assistant Professor of History, Lauren Erin Brown, Ph.D. (center)

A specialist in Cold War diplomacy and dance history, Brown spoke about the Bolshoi Ballet’s production of “Spartacus,” during the company’s 1962 American tour, and the trope of revolution.

Attending the bilingual conference were not only Russian scholars from RSUH, Moscow State University, St. Petersburg State University, and other top Russian academies, but also representatives from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, the Kennan Institute, and the Russian Fulbright office.  American scholars came from Northwestern University, Princeton University, Brigham Young University, the University of Central Florida, Connecticut College, and Brown, representing Marymount Manhattan College.  The American Councils generously covered her travel to Moscow, in addition to conference support from the College.

This was not, however, Brown’s first visit to Russia; she was a Fulbright Scholar at the Russian State University for the Humanities in 2009, and presented work there in both 2007 and 2010.  Accordingly, it was a Russian homecoming, and she took time out after the conference to teach a class of Philology students at RSUH.

Stateside, Brown teaches MMC students in courses like American Foreign Relations and Cold War Cultural Diplomacy, which she will be offering next in Spring 2016.  Through MMC she received a generous Mellon grant to add a international study component to her Cold War course, and is excited about taking MMC students abroad as diplomats-in-training!

Published: June 04, 2015