Join MIT-Russia, Russian Studies, and the School of Architecture & Planning for a rich series of events exploring the history, architectural legacy and culture of the Russian North.  The lectures, gallery talks, and the film night will be held in conjunction with the exhibition “Architecture at the End of the Earth: William Craft Brumfield’s Photographs of the Russian North” on display at the Wolk Gallery (bldg. 7-338) from September 8, 2016 to January 13, 2017.

Exhibition: Architecture at the End of the Earth: William Craft Brumfield’s Photographs of the Russian NorthWolk Gallery (bldg. 7-338) September 8, 2016 to January 13, 2017.

Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 14, 7-9 pm.  Wolk Gallery (7-338)

Photographer’s Talk with William C. Brumfield (Tulane University) in discussion with Elizabeth Wood (MIT): Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 5-6:30pm.  Long Lounge (7-429)

Starr Forum “The Warming Arctic:  Site of a New ‘Cold War’?” Center for International Studies (CIS). Thursday, September 29, 2016, 4:30-6pm.  4-270

Film Night “Leviathan” (Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2014) Thursday, October 6, 2016, 5 pm.  4-370

Lecture: “Visualizing Early Russia,” Valerie Kivelson (University of Michigan) Thursday, October 27, 2016, 5-7pm.  4-270

Lecture: “The Blessed and the Damned: Solovetsky Islands from Monastery to Gulag,” Roy Robson (Penn State Abington) Wednesday, November 9, 2016, 5:30-7 pm. Long Lounge (7-429)

Gallery Talk (in Russian) with Nikolay Malinin, Architectural CriticWednesday, November 30, 2016, 5pm. Wolk Gallery (7-338)

Curator’s Talk with Ulrike HeineSaturday, December 17, 2016, 2pm.  Wolk Gallery (7-338)