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SUMMARY:Focus on Faculty - Lonny Harrison - "When Books Go Underground: USSR" 
DESCRIPTION:
 When Books Go Underground: Censorship and Media 
 Control in Russia\n
 \n
 Central Library sixth 
 floor parlor\n
 noon - 1:30pm\n
 free and open to 
 all\n
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 Censorship is not unique to the US. Our 
 October 3 Focus on Faculty lecture by Assistant 
 Professor Lonny Harrison in the Russian 
 Section of the Modern Languages Department, 
 offers a look at the subject of government repression 
 of reading, and examines the practice 
 of and results surrounding state-banning of 
 books in Russia and the former USSR. Focus on 
 Faculty is a library speakers series and our 
 first talk of the 2012-13 year is at noon on 
 October 3, in the Central Library sixth floor 
 parlor and features a talk by Assistant Professor 
 Lonny Harrison, the Russian Section Head 
 of the Department of Modern Languages at 
 UTA. When Books Go Underground: Censorship and 
 Media Control in Russia addresses the role 
 of censorship in Russian cultural life, and how 
 some of the great works of political and artistic 
 expression flourished in spite of it. 
 \n
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 This lecture is part of the UT Arlington 
 Library Banned Books Week events (Sept. 29 - 
 Oct. 6) and is co-sponsored by the Friends of 
 the UT Arlington Library.  \n
 \n
 Lonny Harrison 
 received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University 
 of Toronto, and his B.A. in English from 
 Simon Fraser University. He was the acting 
 director of Russian Studies at DePauw University 
 before coming to UTA in 2007. At UTA his 
 professional service includes Study Abroad Coordinator, 
 linking UT Arlington and Voronezh 
 State University in Voronezh, Russia, where he 
 teaches an online class, and as faculty advisor 
 of the Russian Culture Society student organization.\n
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 His 
 academic publishing includes 
 serving as editorial assistant for Tolstoy 
 Studies Journal, where he has published translations 
 (from Russian). He has written many 
 scholarly articles and has numerous conference 
 presentations and invited speaking engagements. 
 Harrison has been an English as Second 
 Language instructor in Moscow, Russia, and Simferopol, 
 Ukraine. He is currently writing a 
 book, "Archetypes from Underground: Notes on 
 the Dostoevskian Self."\n
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 This lecture is free 
 and open to all and will be followed by a 
 reception with light refreshments. \n\n
 Price: free and open to all\n
 Sponsor: University of Arlington Library\n
 Homepage: http://www.uta.edu/library/\n
 Contact: Maggie Dwyer\n
 E-Mail:: dwyer@uta.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://www.uta.edu/library/events/focus.php\n
LOCATION:Central Library sixth floor parlor
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