Print Finds a Way: Russian and Belarusian Emigré Publishing Past and Present

Session Submission Type: Panel

Brief Description

This panel brings together four presentations about Russian and Belarusian émigré publishing. The panel offers perspectives from both the past and present, showing the continuities and changes in the development of publishing in exile. Natalia Barykina (University of Toronto) will address Belarusian émigré periodicals published in Toronto in the 1950s and early 1960s. Through thematic analysis, she will investigate how early émigré periodicals addressed experiences during and after the Second World War and the subsequent resettlement of immigrants in their host country. Angela Cannon (Library of Congress) will present an historical overview of Russian periodical publishing in the United States from the 19th century through the current day. The discussion will center on the collection of Russian American journals held by the Library of Congress and recent efforts to expand the collection. Anna Rakityanskaya (Harvard University) will discuss Harvard Library’s new plan to collect works by Belarusian publishers outside Belarus. She will discuss the challenges and discoveries of implementing the plan as well as the preliminary results of its first-year performance. Matthew Young (Library of Congress) will discuss contemporary Russian publishing in exile and provide an overview of major publishers and their output. He will also examine the challenges facing these publishers as well as the efforts of the Library of Congress to collect such material.

Sub Unit

• Library/Information Sciences

Papers

• Russian American Periodicals - Angela Cannon, Library of Congress

• Contemporary Russian Publishing in Exile - Matthew Young, Library of Congress

• Belarusian Emigre Periodicals - Natallia Barykina, U of Toronto (Canada)

• Collecting Contemporary Belarusian Emigre Materials - Anna Rakityanskaya, Harvard U

Discussant

• Thomas Francis Keenan, Princeton U