Alumni Perspective
“I had three majors at Lawrence, but the Russian Department probably had the biggest long-term impact on my career. I use Russian every day in my Chicago community; in my role as a teacher, I use the same language acquisition techniques in my classes.”
John O'Neill ’18, teacher
Russian Studies, Government, Music Performance (Horn)
Northfield, Illinois
Unbagging First-Year Studies
Martyn Smith, director of First-Year Studies, unbags the 10 works being used in First-Year Studies during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Women and Gender in Russian Culture (in English)
An interdisciplinary survey course that examines femininity, womanhood and identity in Imperial, Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia. Materials include works of fiction, non-fiction, and film.
Choose from two major tracks, Russian Studies or Russian Language and Literature.
Community Connections
Sharing meals and conversations with native Russian speakers in the Appleton area helps build your conversational confidence.
The Chandler Senior Experience
The Russian department’s Senior Experience is the culmination of your work in the major.
Recent Senior Experiences include:
- Evolving to Save Ourselves: The Evolution of the Noosphere and Our Ability to Implement Change
- Black Holes and Misunderstandings: A Biographic Analysis of Rachmaninoff's All Night Vigil
- Opening up a Dark Corner of the Russian Canon: Kazakh Poetry and the Expanding Russophone Literary World
Russian Outcomes
Build off professional experiences and interdisciplinary education gained in the Russian program to pursue advanced study, educate others, or explore life in a Russian-speaking area.