The Cheaper, the Better: Obligation, Culture, and Russia’s 19th Century

Join the Jordan Center for the first 19v seminar of the new academic year! What defines Russia’s 19th century in the history of empire? And what relevance might this periodization have for analyses of cultural and literary production?  In this talk, building from my research into the history of communication in the Russian empire, 1500-1900, I will try to think through these questions.  Starting from early 19th century official anxieties about how Russia’s modern civilization came to be