Dear all: I am excited to share an interesting new joint initiative between our department (NFSPH) and the NYU Russian Studies program: Darra Goldstein founding editor of Gastronomica and Willcox B. and Harriet M. Adsit Professor of Russian at Williams College will be speaking on aristocratic dining in 19th-century St. Petersburg, based on a translation she has just finished with Marian Schwartz of Yuri Lotmans High Society Dinners, which looks at a years worth of menus (1878-1879) served in the home of the nobleman Petr Pavlovich Durnovo. Lotman was a founder of semiotics in Russia and was known for his brilliant cultural and literary criticism. She was thrilled when the book appeared in 1996, but as she began working on it, she discovered that Lotman had probably never stepped into the kitchen -- his commentary is filled with all kinds of interesting errors that she will be elaborating on. The book was published this summer and it is beautiful. ** The talk is scheduled for 11/13, Thurs, 3-5pm, in our Dept = NFSPH, NYU @ 411 Lafayette Str., 5th Floor., NY 10003. If you will be in NYC on November 13th you are invited to join us. ** Heres the link to the volume on which this talk is based: https://prospectbooks.co.uk/books/978-1-903018-98-9
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:03:49 +0000
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