Russian/Eurasian Studies Program, Division of Social Studies, and Russian-Eurasian Club Present
New Life with Young Women in Middle Age
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Campus Center, Weis Cinema
6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
How Femen Changed My Life
Jeffrey Talyer, Contributing Editor at The AtlanticThe talk will discuss the author’s life changing experience in writing the book Topless Jihadis: Inside Femen, the World’s Most Provocative Activist Group (ebook, The Atlantic Books, 2013) about Femen, a group of Ukrainian feminist activists that promotes women’s rights in Ukraine.
Jeffrey Tayler is author of numerous books, including Murderers in Mausoleums (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009), River of No Reprieve (Houghton Mifflin; Boston, New York, 2006), Angry Wind (Houghton Mifflin; Boston, New York, 2005), Glory in a Camel’s Eye (Houghton Mifflin; Boston, New York, 2003), Facing the Congo (Hardcover: Ruminator Books; St. Paul, Minnesota, 2000), Siberian Dawn (Hungry Mind Press; St. Paul, Minnesota, 1999). His books have been translated in many languages.
In addition, Jeffrey Tayler is a regular contributor to numerous paper and online publications, including The Atlantic, The Atlantic.com, The American Scholar, Bloomberg Business Week, Bloomberg View: World View, Conde Nast Traveler, Foreign Policy, Harper’s Magazine, Los Angeles Review of Books, Marie Claire, Men’s Journal, National Geographic Magazine, National Geographic.com, New York Times Magazine, Salon.com, Smithsonian and many others.
He currently lives in Moscow, Russia.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 6:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Campus Center, Weis Cinema