{"id":753,"date":"2016-09-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/languages\/2016\/09\/22\/kourova-presented-book-em-picturing-russia-research-guide-to-russian-culture-em-at-the-embassy-of-the-russian-federation\/"},"modified":"2017-04-28T20:36:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T20:36:16","slug":"kourova-presented-book-em-picturing-russia-research-guide-to-russian-culture-em-at-the-embassy-of-the-russian-federation","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/languages\/news\/kourova-presented-book-em-picturing-russia-research-guide-to-russian-culture-em-at-the-embassy-of-the-russian-federation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kourova Presented Book <em> Picturing Russia: Research Guide to Russian Culture <\/em> at the Embassy of the Russian Federation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On September 22, 2016, Dr. Kourova presented her book, <em>Picturing  Russia: Research Guide to Russian Culture<\/em>, in Washington, D.C. at the  Embassy of the Russian Federation to the USA. She met with the head of the  Russian Cultural Center and the first secretary of the Embassy of the Russian  Federation to the USA, Oleg Zhiganov. Along with the presentation of her book,  Kourova and Zhiganov took part in a discussion regarding future collaboration  between the University of Central Florida and the Russian Culture Center of the  Embassy of the Russian Federation. <\/p>\n<p>During past weekend Kourova, together with her  student, Irina Pidberejna, also presented at the 34th ACM  International Conference on the Design of Communication. The topic of the  presentation was on &quot;From Orlando to Russia: Cross-Cultural Communication  through Gamemaking.&quot; The research was completed through collaboration with  Anastasia Salter, Rudy McDaniel, and UCF students. The topic generated great  interest and intensive discussion at the conference, reflecting well on the  international work at the College of Arts and Humanities at UCF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On September 22, 2016, Dr. Kourova presented her book, Picturing Russia: Research Guide to Russian Culture, in Washington, D.C. at the Embassy of the Russian Federation to the USA. She met with the head of the Russian Cultural Center and the first secretary of the Embassy of the Russian Federation to the USA, Oleg Zhiganov. 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