TY - CONF

T1 - Traditions of American Slavonic Studies and the "New Review/Novyi Zhurnal" during the Second World War

AU - Петров, Евгений Вадимович

AU - Petrova, Irina

PY - 2022/2/15

Y1 - 2022/2/15

N2 - The report aims to provide a novel interpretation of the social role and mission played by the editorial policy of the "The New Review/Novyi Zhurnal" in the development of the Info-Slavic resources in US during the Second World War. The history of the "The New Review/Novyi Zhurnal" is analysed against the background of the development of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages (AATSEEL). We argue that the journal, established initially as a periodical publication on the Russian diaspora, gradually turned into an academic outlet of the Slavic studies in USA. The report analyses the importance of the professional network of the Journal’s editorial board. We demonstrate the importance of such key figures as Professor Philip Moseley and Professor Geroid Robinson (Columbia University), who provided financial assistance and took editorial tasks in close contact with Professor M. Karpovich.We argue that the editorial policy of the ‘The New Review/Novyi Zhurnal’ should be studied not only as a phenomenon of science and culture of the Russia abroad, but it should also be cross-examined against other Slavic-focused periodicals in the USA. As a basis for comparison, we analyse the similarities and differences in the approaches of the editorial boards of such journals as Slavonic and East European Review, Russian Review, Ukrainian Quarterly Edition, Armenian Review, Novik: Journal of History and Genealogy / Russian Historical and Genealogical Society in America, Socialist Bulletin, etc.We conclude that the ‘The New Review/Novyi Zhurnal’ was not only the pinnacle of emigre periodicals, but also a significant milestone in the development of world Slavonic studies during the World War II and the post-war period. The Journal’s editors played a prominent role in consolidating organisational and personnel foundation of Slavistics studies, which ensured the leading positions of the American universities in international Slavonic Studies during the second half of the 20th century.

AB - The report aims to provide a novel interpretation of the social role and mission played by the editorial policy of the "The New Review/Novyi Zhurnal" in the development of the Info-Slavic resources in US during the Second World War. The history of the "The New Review/Novyi Zhurnal" is analysed against the background of the development of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages (AATSEEL). We argue that the journal, established initially as a periodical publication on the Russian diaspora, gradually turned into an academic outlet of the Slavic studies in USA. The report analyses the importance of the professional network of the Journal’s editorial board. We demonstrate the importance of such key figures as Professor Philip Moseley and Professor Geroid Robinson (Columbia University), who provided financial assistance and took editorial tasks in close contact with Professor M. Karpovich.We argue that the editorial policy of the ‘The New Review/Novyi Zhurnal’ should be studied not only as a phenomenon of science and culture of the Russia abroad, but it should also be cross-examined against other Slavic-focused periodicals in the USA. As a basis for comparison, we analyse the similarities and differences in the approaches of the editorial boards of such journals as Slavonic and East European Review, Russian Review, Ukrainian Quarterly Edition, Armenian Review, Novik: Journal of History and Genealogy / Russian Historical and Genealogical Society in America, Socialist Bulletin, etc.We conclude that the ‘The New Review/Novyi Zhurnal’ was not only the pinnacle of emigre periodicals, but also a significant milestone in the development of world Slavonic studies during the World War II and the post-war period. The Journal’s editors played a prominent role in consolidating organisational and personnel foundation of Slavistics studies, which ensured the leading positions of the American universities in international Slavonic Studies during the second half of the 20th century.

M3 - Abstract

Y2 - 2 May 2022 through 3 May 2022

ER -