UK professor, expert on Russian language and culture, to speak at Midway Branch Library at 6:30 p.m. Monday

Rouhier-Willoughby

Dr. Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby, a University of Kentucky professor who has written extensively on Russian culture and is researching "holy waters," springs at former sites in Soviet gulags in Siberia, will speak at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, at the Midway Branch Library.

Rouhier-Willoughby is a professor of Russian studies and folklore, and chair of UK's Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures. Her research interests include religion and Russian rituals and holidays. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia.

Sign up to attend the event by calling the library at 846-4014.