On Monday, April 14, the Russian-Eurasian Student Organization is hosting a lecture by Professor Katherine Hill (Reischl; former prof. of Russian at Princeton and Stanford; Deloitte) at 5:30 p.m. in Gearhart 102. Titled "The Color of Propaganda: From the Cold War to Russia Today," the lecture explores the power of words in shaping opinion and inciting action. Combine those strong words with stirring images, and we have the embodied power of propaganda. The lecture will dive into a past history of "soft propaganda" in the latter half of the 20th century to better understand how today's propaganda war between Russia, Ukraine and the US grabs and holds hearts and minds. With a focus on periodicals, including Amerika and Soviet Life magazines, it will connect the printed page of yesteryear to the rapidly shifting landscape of social media today.

Besides the lecture, Hill is also giving a workshop on Monday, April 14, from noon-1 p.m. in J.B. Hunt 207. The workshop is titled "What Does It Mean to be Visually Literate in the Age of AI?" This workshop will provide a short practicum in looking at image manipulation within a longer history of image making. We will also focus on how visual studies can contextualize the rise of AI as a technology and discuss ways that this history, and strong visual analysis, can be used in classrooms today. Lunch will be provided.

These events will offer students a unique opportunity to learn from an expert in Slavic Studies. Don't miss out on this chance to expand your knowledge and gain new insights into the world of propaganda and photography in Russia.

Hill's book, Photographic Memory: Cameras in the Hands of Russian Authors, was published by Cornell University Press in 2018. She is also a creator of the Digital Humanities project on Playing Soviet on Soviet children's books. She currently works at Deloitte in San Francisco.  
RVSP to the lecture here: https://hogsync.uark.edu/reso/rsvp_boot?id=391490

RVSP to the workshop here: https://hogsync.uark.edu/reso/rsvp_boot?id=391491

Interested in reading Russian literature and learning Russian? Learn more about the Russian studies minor here:
https://wllc.uark.edu/undergraduate/minors/russian.php
https://catalog.uark.edu/undergraduatecatalog/coursesofinstruction/russ/

This event is co-sponsored by the Russian-Eurasian Student Organization; International and Global Studies Program; the Department of Political Science; the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures; and the Department of English.

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