Isabel García Valdivia, assistant professor of Sociology, speaks about her interest in older immigrants and their families. She also talks about the importance of mentorship.

Research Notes:

Katya Hokanson, professor of Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, talk about her recent book "A Woman’s Empire: Russian Women and Imperial Expansion in Asia" published by the University of Toronto Press in 2022.

Show notes:

"Russia's Empires" (2016) Valerie A. Kivelson and Ronald Grigor Suny

"Russian Colonial Society in Tashkent, 1865-1923" (2010) Jeff Sahedo

"Muslim Women of the Fergana Valley" (2016) Marianne Kamp, ed.

"Diary of a Russian Lady: Reminiscences of Barbara Doukhovsky" (1917)

Undergraduate Perspectives:

John Knutson, B.A. English, UO 2025; and 2025 Humanities Undergraduate Research Fellow