WWU's Edward Vajda to discuss Russian fairy tales Feb. 1

Edward Vajda, director of Western Washington University’s Center for East Asian Studies, will present “The Russian Fairy Tale: Ancient Culture in a Modern Context” at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 1, in College Hall 131 on the WWU campus.

The event is free and open to the public and is a part of the WWU’s Center for International Studies International Lecture Series.

Fairy tales reflect back to the most ancient level of pre-Christian hunter-gatherer culture in Europe. Preserved in Eastern Europe, these tales have become part of the framework of modern Russia.

Vajda will be focusing on the origin, meaning and structure of these Eastern European fairy tales and presenting them as their own unique genre of folklore.

For more information on this presentation, contact Katrina Schaeffer, at WWU’s Center for International Studies, at (360) 650-7544 or katrina.schaeffer@wwu.edu