Harry Potter, Russian Mass Culture, and the Turn to Militarism

Thu Apr 16 2026 at 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm UTC-04:00

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia | New York

NYU Russian and Slavic Studies Depart.  and Jordan Center
Publisher/HostNYU Russian and Slavic Studies Depart. and Jordan Center
Harry Potter, Russian Mass Culture, and the Turn to Militarism
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Prof. Eliot Borenstein will discuss the links between Harry Potter, Russian mass culture, and the turn to militarism.
About this Event

On April 16 @ 4 PM, join us for a conversation with Prof. Eliot Borenstein and Dr. Yevgenia Albats.

RSVP is required via Google Form for campus access: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTbd7278_ivBcmwEZTzejBKT2yPmiMUCKLLTCYLQ9Uwqbc3w/viewform


Professor Eliot Borenstein is NYU's Vice Chancellor and Vice Provost for Global Programs, and internationally acclaimed scholar of the Russian Internet and Mass Culture. He has authored 13 books, including Men without Women: Masculinity and Revolution in Russian Fiction, 1917-1929 , Soviet-Self-Hatred: The Secret Identities of Postsocialism in Contemporary Russia. His latest is Politics of Fantasy (2025).
This event is co-sponsored by the NYU Department of Russian and Slavic Studies.

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Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, 19 University Place, New York, United States

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