RSACS L International Conference Program

L International conference  

«Sculpting the Future to Build the Present: American Culture and Democracy»  

December 4-8, 2024    

  

Opening Plenary Session 

December 4, Wednesday  2024     6.30 pm MSK 

 

Organizers’ Greetings to the Conference participants. 

Sergey Kislitsyn 

Director  

Russian Academy of Sciences Georgy Arbatov Institute for the USA and Canada Studies 

Natalya Gladysheva 

GAUGN Deputy Dean 

 Culture as an integral component of the student’s personality

  

  1. RAS Correspondent Member Valery Garbuzov 

Georgy Arbatov Institute for U.S. and Canada Studies,Russian Academy of Sciences (ISKRAN), Russia 

Democracy and Autocracy: Dichotomy of the Modern World 

 

2.Professor Olga Panova   

Philology Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University 

Gorky Institute of World Literature RAS, Moscow, Russia 

Bewteen West and East:  W.E.B. Du Bois on Democracy in Contemporary World 

 

3. RSACS Academic Secretary Larisa Mikhaylova 

Journalism Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

The Fiftieth Conference of American Culture Researchers: 

 Memories and Perspectives  

 

 

Section 1. USA Journalism   

Coordinator Dr. Andrey Ruskin 

(Journalism Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia) 

  December 5, Thursday  10.00 am – 1.00 pm MSK 

 1. Sofia Bukhantseva

The Moscow International University, Russia 

The Evolution of Political Commentary on the Example of Hunter Thompson’s works Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72 and Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie 

 

2. Alexander Chernavsky

The Moscow Pedagogical State University (MPGU), Russia   

The Crisis of Self-Censorship and the Problem of Ideological Polarization in Contemporary American Journalism  

 

3. Dmitry Donskoy

The Moscow International University, Russia 

The Role of Sports Journalism Language in US Political Discourse  

 

4. Marina Fedorina

Journalism Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

Digital Transformation of the Local Media in the United States and Current Trends in the American Regional Journalism 

 

5. Vladislav Fedorov

The Financial University, Moscow, Russia    

Black Lives Matter as a Factor in the Political Polarization of American Society 

 

6. Violetta Gerasina

The State Academic University for the Humanities (GAUGN), Russia 

The Media Image of Donald Trump in the 2024 Presidential Election 

 

7. Fedor Serdotetsky

Journalism Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

Tools for Promoting Channels of American Publications and Opinion Leaders on Telegram 

 

8. Nikolai Zykov

Journalism Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia  

Reflection of Democratic Values in the Materials of the Voice of America 

 

  1. Alexander Ayton

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Research University), Russia 

Comparative frame analysis of Jewish and American news media articles reporting on 2024 US presidential candidates’ views on Israel 

 

 

 

Section 2. American Culture of the 17th-19th Centuries 

Coordinator Dr. Boris Maksimov 

(Journalism Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia) 

 December 6, Friday 5.00 pm-8.00 pm MSK 

 

  1. Irene Khruleva

History Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

Democratic interpretation of the covenant doctrine by representatives of the radical movement of New England Puritanism of the 17th century 

 

  1. Dimitry Shcherbakov

HSE University, Moscow, Russia 

 “The Angel of Death stands with a drawn Sword over my sinful Family…”: the Category of Age and the Perception of Death in 17th Century New England 

 

  1. Yuri Polyakov, Tatyana Pavlova

Komi RAS Research Center, Syktyvkar, Russia 

Discussing the influence of North American legal culture on French Revolutionary Constitutionalism at the end of the 18th century 

 

  1. Aishat Ostanbekova

St-Petersburg State University, Russia 

All Roads lead to Rome: the Prevalence of Roman Heritage in the Culture of the Early American Republic 

 

  1. Narine Shakhnazaryan

Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus 

The origins of the policy of double standards (T. More’s Utopia and Pantisocraty by R. Southey) 

 

  1. Boris Maximov

Journalism Department. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

Slavery as a Mental Pathology in E. A. Poe’s ‘Gothic’ Tales 

 

7.Natalia Kuznetsova 

Journalism Department. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

The Methods of Team Management in H. Melville’s Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 

 

  1. Veronika Rodina

Financial Academy, Moscow Russia 

The Evolution of the concept of the “American Dream” as a Soft Power tool from the 17th century to the present 

 

9.Aisha Shakhjakhan 

RUDN University, Moscow, Russia 

Legal Culture of the USA:  History of Development  

 

Section 3. American Culture of the 20th and 21st Centuries 

Coordinator Prof. Dr. Elena Kornilova 

(Journalism Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

 December 8, Sunday, 10.00 – 17.00 (MSK) 

 1.Tatyana Kamarovska 

Belarusian Pedagogical University, Minsk, Belarus 

Democracy vs dictatorship: G. Vidal’s Novel Lincoln 

 

  1. Irina Kudryavtseva

Minsk State Linguistic University, Belarus 

Democratization of the genre system of American literature: flash fiction 

  

  1. Natalya Kopytko

Minsk State Linguistic University, Belarus 

From the USA to NAS-23:  

The Metamorphoses of American Democracy in J. C. Oates’s Novel Hazards of Time Travel 

 

  1. Irene Guseva

Philology Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

A Big Country and So Different:  

a novel by Joyce Carol Oates Night, Sleep, Death. The Stars. 

 

  1. Danila Krasnov

HSE University, Moscow Russia 

The Impact of the Neoconservative Movement on American Culture 1960-1980 

 

  1. Tatyana Belova

Philology Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia  

Pictorial Mode Delineating the Overcoming of the Race Conflict  

in W. Faulkner’s Novel Intruder in the Dust  

 

  7. Tatyana Alenkina

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Research University), Russia 

The Genre of American Political Thriller  

(on the example of the novel by Stephen King The Dead Zone ) 

 

8. Anastasia Koroleva

Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia 

Search for National Identity. Fight Scenes of George Wesley Bellows 

 

13.00 -14.00 Lunch Break 

 

  1. Alexandra Rogovtseva

RSHU, Moscow,Russia 

American Visionary Art: From Countercultural Roots to Technological Breakthroughs 

 

  1. Natalia Petrovskaya

ISKRAN ,Moscow, Russia 

Reflections of Social Inequality In American Cinema 

 

  1. Mikhail Zhuravlev

HSE University, Moscow, Russia 

Transformation of the hero’s image in the 2004 film Troy 

 

  1. Artem Rumyantsev

Presidential Academy, Moscow, Russia 

Hollywood and Democracy: The Political Influence of Cinema on Public Consciousness 

 

  1. Yegor Shapovalov

Journalism Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

The Role of the Narrator in a Documentary Somewhere in Detroit: Underground Resistance, Submerge, Techno and the Detroit Way, 2024 

 

  1. Yelena Polyudova

Russian University of Transport, Moscow, Russia 

General Streams of Art Education in the USA in 20th-21st Centuries 

 

  1. Yelena Shabashova

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Research University), Russia 

Academic Culture of Students: examples from the USA Universities 

 

  1. Milena Daguyeva

Lomonosov Moscow State Universuty, Russia 

Teaching American History at School as a Way to Implement Cultural Policy 

 

Section 4. Ethnic Aspects of American Culture 

 Coordinator Dr. Oksana Danchevskaya 

(Moscow State Pedagogical University, Russia) 

 December 6, Friday, 10.00 am – 4.30 pm (MSK) 

 1. Tatyana Burmetyeva

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

“Because I am a poor Indian”: the problems of the indigenous population of North America in the middle of the 18th century according to Samson Occom 

 

  1. Maria Chirich

Minsk State Linguistic University, Belarus 

The Nature of Ethnic Conflict in Louise Erdrich’s Novel “Tracks” 

 

  1. Oksana Danchevskaya

Moscow State Pedagogical University, Russia 

American Indian Myths about the Creation of Man 

 

  1. Inna Shchepacheva

Kazan Federal University, Russia 

Slavery and Its Apprehension in Jesmyn Ward’s Creativity 

 

  1. Yulia Kleyman

Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, Russia 

African Americans at the Federal Theatre Project 

 

  1. Alexander Alkhimov

HSE University Saint-Petersburg, Russia 

The influence of McCarthyism on the civil rights struggle in the South 1946-1954 

 

  1. Kirill Ignatov

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

Reflection as a stylistic dominant in the play “Topdog / Underdog” by Suzan-Lori Parks 

 

  1. Polina Shabrova

Center for North American Studies IMEMO RAS, Russia 

Removal of Confederate monuments in the United States: symbols of the past in contemporary battles for racial justice 

 

  1. Tatiana Ivanova

University of Science and Technology MISIS, Russia 

A Plague Saint and Doctor Death: The Spread and Transformation of the Santa Muerte Cult in the USA and Mexico 

 

  1. Marina Chernykh

Institute for US and Canadian Studies RAS, Russia 

The correlation between the “Melting Pot” concept and the culture resilience of Hispanics 

 

  1. Landysh Yuzmukhametova

Kazan Federal University, Russia 

Contemporary multicultural American literature: the novel Secret Son by L. Lalami 

 

  1. Dmitry Zubin

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

The position of Irish Americans on the Irish Civil War (1922-1923) 

 

  1. Nikita Senyushkin

State Academic University for the Humanities, Russia 

The French Spirit: How French immigrants have changed the cultural landscape of the United States 

 

  1. Shakhrom Samiev

The State University of Management, Russia 

Multiculturalism and Interethnic Interaction in U.S. Cities 

 

 

 

Section 5. Gender Aspects of American Culture 

Coordinators Dr. Nadezhda Shvedova (RAS Arbatov Institute of the USA and Canada, Russia) and Dr. Larisa Mikhaylova  (Journalism Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia) 

 December 7, Saturday 10.00 am – 1.00 pm (MSK) 

 1. Shvedova N.A.

ISKRAN ,Moscow, Russia 

Aftertaste of the 2024 US Presidential Campaign 

 

  1. Anna Martynova

Sakhalin State University, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia 

Neopatriarchy and Neo-capitalism:  

How Ecofeminism Masks Two Phenomena Using The Example of the USA 

 

  1. Alina Patric

St.-Petersburg State University, Russia 

Pop-culture Usage in Kamala Harris’ Election Campaign 

 

  1. Lyudmila Popkova

Korolev Samara National Research University, Russia 

“Riot girls” Culture: American Gender Protest of 1990s 

 

  1. Yulia Gerasimova

Journalism Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

Image of the First Female TV Journalist  Mary Richards in Mary Tyler Moore Show as a symbol of Feminism 

 

6. Tatjana Srceva-Pavlovska

American University of Europe – AUE, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia 

Using Humor as a Cover-Up: Misogyny and Sexism in Benjamin Franklin’s Old Mistresses’ Apologue and Donald Trump’s Public Statements 

 

7. Eva Makarova

ISKRAN \ GAUGN, Moscow, Russia 

The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Ratification in the USA 

 

8. Maria Zolotukhina

RSUH, Moscow, Russia 

The Culture of Estate Sales: Old Habits and New Opportunities 

 

9. Natalia Serzhant

Belarusian State Pedagogical University,  Minsk

New concepts of a family novel genre in the works by J. Franzen 

 

 

Section 6. Fantastic in the Arts 

Coordinator Dr. Larisa Mikhaylova 

(Journalism Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia) 

 December 7, Saturday, 2.15 pm – 5.30 pm (MSK) 

 1. Larisa Mikhaylova 

Journalism Department 

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here (1935) and Project-2025: Populism against Democracy 

 

2. Ksenia Vikhrova 

Stiglitz Academy  of Art, St.Petersburg, Russia 

Politics and metaphysics in Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle 

 

3. Ekaterina Abramova 

HSE University, Moscow, Russia 

Techniques of Satirical Depiction of Fictional Countries in American Popular Culture (on the Example of Lower Slobbovia from the Comics Li`l Abner by Al Capp) 

 

4. Yulia Khoroshevskaya 

Rostov State Transport University, Russia 

Non-utopian Future in O. Butler’s Xenogenesis trilogy: Hybridity as a Condition for Survival 

 

5. Yuliya Viarbitskaya 

Minsk State Linguistic University, Belarus 

Time travel and the change of axiological paradigms in the works of Diana Gabaldon 

 

6. Artem Nikulin 

Journalism Department 

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

Political Technology in the AI Version: Reflection of the Fake Information Role in The Video Game MGS2: Sons Of Liberty (2001) 

 

7. Elena Sidorova 

Turgenev Orel State University, Russia 

Functional Features of Cyberpunk and Post-cyberpunk in Neal Town Stephenson’s Novels 

 

8. Alexander Sluczkij  

Kuban State University, Krasnodar, Russia 

American Science Fiction and Cultural Crisis: Ways of Expression and Solutions  

(on the Example of William Gibson’s Novel Neuromancer) 

 

9. Olga Volodina 

RSHU, Moscow, Russia 

 With Liberty and Justice For All: Liberation of the Robot in the American SFCinema of the 21st century 

 

 

Section 7. Canadian Aspect of American Culture

Coordinator Dr. Konstantin Romanov 

(Department of Foreign Languages and Regional Studies,  Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia) 

 December 5, Thursday, 2.30 pm – 5.00 pm (MSK) 

 

  1. Yury Akimov 

Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia 

“Au Pays des Souverainistes”: Quebec politics in Songs 

 

2. Ivan Nokhrin 

Chelyabinsk State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia 

“True Northeners” in a “Peaceable Kingdom”: 20th-Century Canadian Historians and the Search for National Identity 

 

3. Kristina Minkova 

Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia 

Soviet-Canadian Cultural Relations During the Second World War 

 

4. Konstantin Romanov 

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 

The 2022 Canadian Trucker Protests: Reinterpreting the Concepts of Freedom and Democracy 

 

  1. Gorbunova Olga 

Chelyabinsk State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia 

Canadian Arctic Policy: features and key priorities 

  

 

Round Table “50 Years of RSACS December Conferences” 

Coordinator Professor Olga Nesmelova (Kazan Federal University, Russia 

 December 7, Saturday, 6 pm – 8 pm  (MSK) 

 

Tatyana Kamarovska 

Belarusian State Pedagogical University, Minsk, Belarus 

The First  Americanist conference in 1975 and the Role of the Society of American Culture Studies in the development of American studies in the USSR and Post-Soviet states  

 

Olga Nesmelova 

Kazan Federal University, Russia 

Tamara Denisova and her role in the formation of the concept of postmodernism in Russian American studies 

 

Yury Stulov 

Independent Researcher, Minsk, Belarus 

Ethnic literatures through the December conference lens 

  

Larisa Mikhaylova 

Journalism Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia 

Gender Studies Research and Fantastic in the Arts Section 1992-2024 

 

Also agreed to share their memories  Yelena Kornilova, Tatyana Belova, Luisa Bashmakova. 

 

 Round Table Discussion

Imprints: Image of Russia and Image of America 

In Memoriam of Professor Yassen Zassoursky 

 Coordinator RSACS Academic Secretary Dr. Larisa Mikhaylova 

 December 8, Sunday, 6 pm – 8 pm  (MSK) 

 

Carolyn Calloway-Thomas, Ph.D. 

Professor and Director of Graduate Studies 

Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies 

Indiana University, Bloomington, USA  

Beyond Us Versus Them: Using Repetition as a Tool for Understanding the Image of Russia in the American Mind 

 

Olga Litvinova 

Voronezh State Technical University, Russia 

American Culture as Seen by Bilingual Non-Americans and Americans 

 

Ekaterina Gudilina 

St.-Petersburg State University, Russia 

Presidential Discourse as the Basis for Constructing the Image of the Other (using the example of the Presidential Addresses to the Federal Assembly and the State of the Union Addresses) 

The work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (grant No 24-28-01309), https://rscf.ru/project/24-28-01309/  

 

Irvin Weil 

Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA 

Family Story 

 

Alena Vanova 

Independent researcher, Moscow, Russia 

How Do We Sculpt the Future: Stereotypes And Archetypes? 

 

Vladimir Pavlov 

MGIMO, Moscow, Russia 

Narratives and Trust: “Assembly Line” for the US Foreign-Policy Ideas 

 

Olga Zatsepina  

President, Russian American Cultural Heritage Center, New York, USA 

People’s diplomacy in practice: Saving and disseminating Russian language, history and Russian heritage in the US 

 

Alexandra Surkova 

Gorky RAS Institute of World Literature, Moscow, Russia 

The Story of the Non-Publication in the USSR of American Prose about the War: The Case of John Hersey 

 

Sherif Hassan Ged  

Secretary General of the Egyptian Russian Friendship Society  

Cairo, Egypt  

The Role of Cultural Interaction in Forming the Image of the State: Contemporary Russian Experience and Future Prospects  

 

Francesca de Bardin 

Writer, Lecturer, Russian Society “Znanie” 

Former board member, New York Board of Trade 

Co-founder, French American Friendship Foundation, USA 

Images of Russia by an American Living in Moscow