Jelena Pogosjan
Jelena Pogosjan received her PhD (1997) from Tartu University (Estonia). She taught at Tartu University from 1990 to 2002, and from 2002 onward at the University of Alberta. Her major areas of expertise lie in 18th century Russian literature and official culture, Early Modern image studies, in particular the history of Russian icon painting. Between 2016 and 2022, Jelena served as the director of the Peter and Doris Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore. Since 2016, Jelena has developed interests in the area of immigration and community studies, in particular, immigrant letter-writing and photography.
Session Five | 10:00AM, May 16, 2023
"“To Improve the Quality of Document Processing”: Transition from Military Postal Control to Secret Postal Control (1946) and its Impact on Letter-writing Practices."
“To Improve the Quality of Document Processing”: Transition from Military Postal Control to Secret Postal Control (1946) and its Impact on Perlustration Practices" - Jelena Pogosjan
“From World War II to the Cold War: Transformations of Postal Censorship as a Mirror of Social Change” - Andriy Kohut
"It Takes Three to Tango: Epistolary Transatlantic Adventure in Love, Art, and Diasporic Longing" - Natalia Khanenko-Friesen
Speakers: Andriy Kohut, Natalia Khanenko-Friesen, Jelena Pogosjan
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