Panel one of a conference that explores the intersections of literary culture and the scientific study of society in Russia and Eastern Europe.

Panel 1. Utopian Protocols

• "God-Builders Among the Godless: Gorky, Bogdanov, and Early Soviet Utopianism"
  Maya Vinokour, New York University
• "Marx Defends the Human: Pavel Gurevich’s Critique of Western Anthropocentrism in 1980s"
  Jinyi Chu, Yale University

Discussant: Jessica Merrill, Columbia University

Chair: Veniamin Gushchin, Columbia University