In the News
IRC Executive Director Anton Fedyashin and Professor Robb Hunter awarded prestigious Likhachev Foundation Summer Cultural Fellowships, "Experiencing Russia with the Likhachev Fellowships," 21 May 2012.
IRC Chair Susan Lehrman, Director Eric Lohr, Associate Director Anton Fedyashin, and Dean Peter Starr quoted in CAS Connections article, "From Russia with Love," Spring 2012.
IRC wraps up successful year with symposium and newly endowed chair in Russian history and culture; see details in "Making Russia Real," 04 April 2012.
IRC Associate Director Anton Fedyashin interviewed by Josh Halpren regarding this summer's Walking Dostoevsky's Petersburg course, "Experiencing Dostoevsky's Russia," 02 March 2012.
IRC Associate Director Anton Fedyashin interviewed by Svetlana Babaeva in Russkii mir, "Walking towards the Cold," 12 November 2011 (article is in Russian).
IRC Director, Associate Director, and Advisory Committee members featured in American Today article, "Initiative for Russian Culture Event Draws Hundreds," 14 October 2011.
IRC Advisory Committee and AU students featured in Diplomatic Courier article, "When Cultures Combine at the Library of Congress," 10 October 2011.
Jazz pianist Igor Bril interviewed by Yulia Savchenko and Svetlana Prudovskaia of Voice of America, "Igor Bril: Many Things Struck Me About America," 05 October 2011 (interview is in Russian).
IRC Advisory Committee and AU students featured in Washington Life article, "Access Pollywood: Exploring Russian Culture," 04 October 2011.
IRC Chair Susan Lehrman quoted in Bizbash article, "American University Launches Russian Film Series with Vintage Movie Screening," 03 October 2011.
IRC Chair Susan Lehrman and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak quoted in ITAR-TASS article, "A New Project to Promote Russian Culture in America Is Launched with a Screening of Karen Shakhknazarov's film We Are Jazzmen at the Library of Congress," 01 October 2011 (article is in Russian).
IRC Chair Susan Lehrman and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak quoted in Euronews article, "Culture: US-Russia-Culture-Initiative," 01 October 2011 (report is in Russian).
IRC Chair Susan Lehrman and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak featured in Vesti report, "American Students Are Shown Russian Films," 01 October 2011 (report is in Russian).
IRC Chair Susan Lehrman and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak quoted in Voice of America article, "Russian Film for American Students: 'The Initiative for Russian Culture' Has Been Launched in Washington," 01 October 2011 (article is in Russian).
IRC Chair Susan Lehrman and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak quoted in RIA Novosti article, "More than 500 People Came to the Library of Congress to Watch 'We Are Jazzmen,'" 01 October 2011 (article is in Russian).
IRC Chair Susan Lehrman and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak quoted in Kultura article, "We Are Jazzmen Will Be Shown in Washington," 30 September 2011 (article is in Russian).
IRC Advisory Committee and AU students featured in The Washington Scene article, "Launch Event for the US/Russian Initiative," 30 September 2011.
IRC Chair Susan Lehrman and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak quoted in RIA Novosti article, "'We Are Jazzmen' Will Be Shown as Part of Developing US-Russian Cultural Relations," 30 September 2011 (article is in Russian).
IRC Chair Susan Lehrman and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak interviewed by Voice of Russia, "IRC: for better understanding," 29 September 2011.
IRC Chair Susan Lehrman and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak quoted in RIA Novosti article, "American University Students Will Be Introduced to Russian Cinema," 29 September 2011 (article is in Russian).
Eric Lohr and Anton Fedyashin discuss the creation of the Initiative for Russian Culture at American University, "CAS Professors Create Initiative to Promote Russian Culture," 20 September 2011.
IRC Chair Susan Lehrman interviewed by Susan Ana Carcani Rold for Diplomatic Courier, "Madame Ambassador," 14 September 2011.
