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Lion performs in
clubs, art
galleries and at
the Universities
in Russia,
Europe and America.
As a scholar,
university
professor and
literary critic,
he writes and
lectures on
Russian
literature,
modern art,
music and web
culture.
Lion received a
Ph.D. and M.A.
in Slavic
Studies from
Moscow State
University in
1997, and
completed a
dissertation on
"V.G.
Korolenko's
Literary
Position." From
1999-2000 he
participated in
the Junior
Faculty
Development
Program of the
ACIE at
University of
Kansas as a
Visiting
Scholar. In 2000
he was a
Visiting
Instructor of
Russian Language
and Culture,
Elementary and
Intermediate
Russian, and
Russian Culture
of the 60s-80s
at the Russian
School at
Norwich
University,
Northfield, VT.
He has been an
Instructor of
Russian
Literature since
1993 at Moscow
State
University. Lion
has recently
performed
"Russian Shtetl
Songs" at the
Art Club of St.
Petersburg,
"Singing in
Tongues" at DK
Berlin, and,
"Songs of
Russian Soul" at
the Club
Symposium Paris.
Lion is
currently
Patricia C. and
Charles H.
McGill III
Fellow in
International
Studies at
Trinity College.
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