Join the Wilson Center for a talk with Lyudmila Ulitskaya on intellectuals in Russia. Intellectuals have played a central role in Soviet and Russian societies. Novelists, poets, and artists had a sense of higher social mission and were viewed as “the conscience of the nation.” In today’s Russia, the demand for public intellectuals who can serve as a moral compass seems to be changing. Celebrated Russian writer Lyudmila Ulitskaya will discuss the role of the intelligentsia in contemporary Russian society. RSVP is requested.

Speaker:

Lyudmila Ulitskaya, author; playwright; activist