TheTicker.org – Hsi Chan
On March 27, Professor Hilde Hoogenboom from the University of Albany gave a presentation to Baruch students on Nadezhda Durova, a noblewoman who served in the Russian military during the early 18th century. Sponsored by Baruch’s History Department, Modern Languages Department and Woman Studies Program, the event, titled “A Cross-Dressing Woman Cavalry Officer in Russia’s War Against Napoleon: Nadezhda Durova’s Career as Aleksandr Aleksandrovich,” concluded Women’s History Month.
Hoogenboom, whose research interests include woman in power and Russian literature, previously translated “The Memoirs of Catherine the Great” from French in collaboration with Markus Cruse. During the event, Hoogenboom explored the themes of nobility, duty and honor in Russian society.