The seminar will explore the cultural/artistic contribution of the Russian emigration to contemporary American (and by extension, to modern Western, primarily European) culture from the early twentieth century to our own days. Although the greatest names (Nabokov, Brodsky, Solzhenitsyn, Stravinsky, Balanchine, Kandinsky, Chagall, and others) will be highlighted, an effort will be made to discover many lesser known Russian artists who lived in the West and made significant contributions in various areas (such as music, dance, design).