Kris Groberg, assistant professor of visual arts, organized a panel discussion at the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies conference in Boston from Nov. 11-15. The panel was titled “Russian Silver Age Artists: Reading Zhiznitvorchestvo.” Groberg also presented a paper titled “Mikhail Vrubel’s Shell Series: The Impact of Disease on the Artist’s Psyche.” NDSU art history student Carin Jorgenson attended the conference and assisted Groberg during the presentation.

During the conference, Groberg also served on a panel titled “Russian Religious Thinkers in Dialogue: Berdiaev and Bulgakov.” She is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies’ Committee of the Status of Women in the Profession and secretary-treasurer of the Association for Women in Slavic Studies, an organization that meets annually at the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies conference.