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The conversation will explore writing practice, finding a book\u2019s form and voice, and the possibilities that emerge when scholarly argument comes into dialogue with personal narrative, environmental witnessing, and other creative practices.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ECoffee and light refreshments will be provided.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe Humanities Institute will honor Tsymbalyuk at the book award ceremony later in the evening, Nov\u003C\/span\u003E.\u003Cspan\u003E 5 at 4 p.m.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/asuevents.asu.edu\/event\/2025-26-humanities-institute-book-award-ceremony?id=0\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ERegister for the ceremony online.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the speaker\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/slavic.uchicago.edu\/profiles\/darya-tsymbalyuk\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EDarya Tsymbalyuk\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp;is an interdisciplinary scholar whose practice includes writing and image-making. 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Thousands boarded ships heading for California. \u003Ci\u003EBefore We Disappear into Oblivion\u003C\/i\u003E chronicles the struggles of members of the Russian diaspora in San Francisco and northern California as they built communities and negotiated their acculturation into American society.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ENina Bogdan challenges the stereotype of the White Russian \u00e9migr\u00e9 as an aristocrat in exile, revealing the diversity within California\u2019s Russian communities in terms of social backgrounds, political affiliations, and geographic origins. Bogdan details the historic Russian presence in northern California, particularly Fort Ross, and examines how \u00e9migr\u00e9s incorporated this presence into their strategies and tactics used to establish a foundation for community while developing their Russian American identity. Consulting Russian-language sources generated by the diaspora alongside American public discourse and thousands of government documents, Bogdan traces the divergent paths Russian \u00e9migr\u00e9s took to become, or not become, middle-class white Americans, a century prior to the latest mass exodus of Russians from their homeland in 2022.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESet against a backdrop of national and global events \u2013 the Great Depression, World War II, McCarthyism, and the Cold War \u2013 \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ci\u003EBefore We Disappear into Oblivion\u003C\/i\u003E explores the factors that shaped the Americanization of one ethnic group in an environment where cultural affiliation became submerged in favour of a constructed racial identity.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-separator\u0022\u003E[Source: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.mqup.ca\/Books\/B\/Before-We-Disappear-into-Oblivion\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/www.mqup.ca\/Books\/B\/Before-We-Disappear-into-Oblivion\u003C\/a\u003E]\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-separator\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-separator\u0022\u003E\u201c[\u003Ci\u003EBefore We Disappear into Oblivion\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E] is dense and well researched, and utilizes a wide variety of sources, attempting to weave the general story of Russian emigration with case studies to present a thorough picture of the Russian immigrant\u2019s struggle with \u0027identity formation in an alien land.\u0027\u201d \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ci\u003ERussian Review\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAuthor:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-separator\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENina Bogdan\u003C\/strong\u003E earned her PhD in History at the University of Arizona, where she wrote her dissertation, \u0022Between Dreams and Reality: The Russian Diaspora in San Francisco, 1917-1957.\u0022 She currently works as an independent consultant and has served as translator and interpreter.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDiscussant and moderator:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022block-separator\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELaurie Manchester\u003C\/strong\u003E is an Associate Professor in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at ASU. 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