Seminar in Ukrainian Studies

Lilia Shevtsova, Russian Political Analyst; Associate Fellow at the Russia and
Eurasia Program, Chatham House (London); Davis Center Senior Scholar, Harvard University

Seminar in Ukrainian Studies

Oleh Kotsyuba, Mihaychuk Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University

Special Event: MAPA Launch

Viktoriya Sereda, HURI MAPA Project Research Fellow; Kostyantyn Bondarenko, MAPA Project Director

Revolution and Ukraine

Andrea Graziosi, Professor, University of Naples; Associate, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University

Revolution and Ukraine Series

Mikhail Akulov, History Department, Harvard University

Revolution and Ukraine

Anne Applebaum, journalist and Pulitzer Prize–winning author

Revolution and Ukraine

Yuri Shevchuk, Lecturer, Department of Slavic Languages, Columbia University

Seminar in Ukrainian Studies

Margarita Balmaceda, Professor of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University

Book Talk

Serhii Plokhii, Director, Ukrainian Research Institute, and Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University

Ukraine Study Group

Olena Nikolayenko, Visiting Fellow, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

Seminar in Ukrainian Studies

Paul D'Anieri, Executive Vice Chancellor & Provost of University of California, Riverside

Seminar in Ukrainian Studies and Book Talk

Martin Blackwell, Associate Professor of History, University of North Georgia in Dahlonega

Seminar in Ukrainian Studies

Adam Teller, Associate Professor of History and Judaic Studies, Brown University

Abstract

When Ford Madox Brown first had the idea for his self-described “magnum opus” Work in 1852, it was a pioneering venture in the painting of modern life; by the time he finished it in 1863 and exhibited it in 1865, interest in this new type of subject matter had grown, flourished and then withered. In this talk, I read Work in the light of the history of the Victorian painting of modern life, arguing that in its very belatedness, it offers a meditation not only on the value and meaning of labor in the modern world, but also on the...