Audrey Culpepper is an expert on Russian literature. Originally, she was supposed to study Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy and Soviet conceptions of the Other in Russia, but given the current geopolitical situation in Central and Eastern Europe, she is conducting her research project at the Slavonic Library in Prague. In her research, Audrey focuses on the intersections of literature, visual art and science. She comes from the University of Tennessee, but her current host institution is located in Klementinum - the complex of the National Library, a medieval Jesuit college located in the heart of Prague. The Slavonic Library is one of the most important Slavistic research institutions in Europe. Established in 1924 as a Russian Library by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support Russian emigres, some of the gems that a visitor can study today include the correspondence of Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy and Fryodor Dostoevsky. During the fall, Audrey took a special walk "from the north...
Jaké je to být Fulbrighterem. What it is like to be a Fulbrighter.