The editors of Vivliofika: E-Journal of Eighteenth-Century Russian Studies http://vivliofika.library.duke.edu/ are pleased to announce the publication of the inaugural edition of the Eighteenth-Century Russian Studies Association’s open access, peer-reviewed journal. It is our hope that this new electronic publication will provide a forum for the promotion, dissemination, and critical analysis of original scholarly research on eighteenth-century Russian studies, based on a spirit of internationalism and a belief in the principle of accessibility. In line with this approach, the inaugural issue of Vivliofika is dedicated to the topic of French language acquisition in eighteenth-century Russia, and includes articles (in French) by Vladislav Rjéoutski, Ekaterina Kislova, and Serguey Vlassov, as well as a foreword (in English) by Derek Offord (see the Table of Contents ). All articles are free to download as PDF files.

For future issues, the editors are interested in submissions from any field, including the history of art and architecture, provided that it concerns the "long" 18th century in Russia.
Images are most welcome.

We would welcome feedback and comments on our inaugural issue.

Yours sincerely, Vivliofika Editorial Board

Ernest Zitser, Duke University (USA): ernest.zitser@duke.edu Robert Collis, The University of Helsinki (Finland): robert.collis@helsinki.fi Olga Tsapina, The Huntington Library (USA): otsapina@huntington.org
Gary Marker, State University of New York at Stony Brook (USA): gmarker@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Elena Smilianskaia, National Research University-Higher School of Economics (Russian Federation): esmilian@mail.ru
Igor Fedyukin, National Research University-Higher School of Economics (Russian Federation): fedyukin@yahoo.com
Vladislav Rjéoutski, The University of Bristol (United Kingdom): vladislav.rjeoutski@bristol.ac.uk