TMORA, in partnership with The Institute of Theological and Interdisciplinary Studies, The Center for the Study of Contexts, and East-West Connections presents a special presentation on the life and work of the great Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky by Anna Barker, Ph.D.  This presentation will put Dostoevsky into the context of the Russian 19th century and will be dedicated to his development as a writer and thinker and his uncanny and prophetic understanding of the human soul.

Celebrating Dostoevsky at 200

A Presentation by Anna Barker, Ph.D.

Friday, November 18 | Doors open at 6:00 PM, Presentation begins at 7:00 PM.

Seating is located in the main gallery and is general admission.

TMORA Shop will be open prior to the presentation. Free parking is available across the street from TMORA in the Mayflower Church parking lot.

TICKETS: $10 General Admission |  $8 TMORA Members  |  $5 Students (with ID)

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Anna Barker

Anna Barker received her Ph. D. in Comparative Literature in 2002 with a dissertation in translation studies. At the University of Iowa she has taught courses in the English Department, in Comparative Literature, in Russian Literature, and in the Honors Program. Her areas of interest include 19th-century Russian and European literature, Russian cultural history, and 19th century women writers, artist, and composers. In recent years, she has regularly taught the authors course “Tolstoy and Dostoevsky,” organizing a campus-community celebration to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Tolstoy’s death in 2010. The celebration featured an open-air reading of Anna Karenina in downtown Iowa City over three days with dozens of participants. Subsequent public readings and Iowa City UNESCO Book Festival collaborations included War and Peace (2012), Fathers and Sons (2013), Notes from Underground (2014), Don Quixote (2015), Crime and Punishment (2016), Moby-Dick (2017), and Frankenstein (2018). Several of these literary celebrations evolved into collaborations with the University of Iowa Symphony and University of Iowa Museum of Art.

The Institute Of Theological And Interdisciplinary Studies (THISTLE), directed by its founder Rev. R. Alan James, has been hosting monthly educational seminars since 1996, free and open to the public, for the purpose of heightening spiritual and institutional vitality in our community. Its presenters span the sciences, arts, medicine, and education. European trips explore the courageous and dissident energies that propel the continuing work-in-progress of the Enlightenment. A non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, the Institute is supported solely by voluntary contributions.

The Center for the Study of Contexts is dedicated to uncovering and examining the histories, ideologies, and collective experiences that are vital to our understanding of society and culture. Its founder, Dr. Stewart James-Lejárcegui, is an author, filmmaker, and professor of Film Studies and Spanish/Hispanic Studies at the University of St. Thomas. He hosts educational events at St. Thomas open to the entire community and propelled by the imperatives of activism called “Expeditions Into the Common Good.”