The Texture of (Un)Remembrance: Immigrant Writing, Translingualism, and the Memory of the Shoah
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 4:30–6:00 PM
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Join Maxim D. Shrayer, bilingual author and professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies at Boston College, for a lecture and discussion, “The Texture of (Un)Remembrance: Immigrant Writing, Translingualism, and the Memory of the Shoah” on May 1. This event is sponsored by the the Center for Freedom and Western Civilization’s Forum on Security and Democracy and the Russia and Eurasian Studies Program. Shrayer will read from his new memoir, Immigrant Baggage.Register here to attend virtually via Zoom.
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