SHERA Bulletin

The Bulletin was an important vehicle for scholarly exchange and community-building during SHERA’s early years. Established by Karen Kettering, it was envisioned as a companion to the Institute of Modern Russian Culture (IMRC), with a broader scope that included East-Central Europe, Southeast Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, and extended beyond the modern period. It was also inspired by the College Art Association’s “State of the Field” series published in The Art Bulletin in the 1990s. The Bulletin was professionally designed by Prof. Jayne Matlack Whitaker, a graphic designer and Karen Kettering’s colleague at the University of Dayton. In the pre-digital era—before the advent of the web, Pages, or InDesign—she laid out each issue by hand, planned page spreads, and sent the files to the printer after selecting the cover color. It was an exceptional luxury to have a professionally designed periodical at no cost beyond printing. Jennifer Cahn, Pamela Kachurin, and Tamara Jhasi played key roles in editing and organizing the publication.

Here you can view a selection of the SHERA Bulletin.