LAUREN KAMINSKY is the Director of Studies for the Committee on Degrees in History & Literature, a Lecturer on History & Literature, and a Faculty Associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. She received my Ph.D. in History from New York University, where she focused on modern Europe, the Soviet Union, and the history of women and gender. Her research has been funded by Fulbright-Hays, SSRC, NSEP, and NYU.