Slavic Studies

American scholar appointed new Dean of Faculty of Arts

13 May 2012

Professor Robert Greenberg, a high-ranking academic from the City University of New York (CUNY), has been appointed the new Dean of the Faculty of Arts. He takes up the post in February 2013.

Introduction to Antiphilosophy by Boris Groys - review

12 May 2012

An electrifying set of essays on continental thinkers Boris Groys, who has the trepidation-inducing title of Global Distinguished Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University, is the author of The Total Art of Stalinism , a provocative essay in which he argues that the avant garde desire to transform the entirety of reality, to make life itself into a unitary art work, found a ...

Income disparities contribute to obesity and other health issues; Cleveland health panel considers solutions

11 May 2012

"Place matters" was one of the themes at the first Healthy Cleveland summit, "Moving Obesity Prevention Ideas into Practice" at City Hall. Cheap, fatty foods like these are too prevalent in some Cleveland neighborhoods.