Christesen, Nina M.

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Agent TypePersonPlace of BirthSt PetersburgPlace of DeathEltham, MelbourneActivities & OccupationsAcademics - RussianGenderFemaleHistoryNina Christesen, who pioneered the study of Russian in Australia, was born in St Petersburg in 1911. She was educated at a Russian secondary school in Harbin, Manchuria, the Commercial High School, Brisbane, and the University of Queensland. After some years as senior mistress at St Aidan's Girls' School and tutor at the Women's College, Brisbane, she was appointed tutor at the University of Melbourne's Extension Board, and then founding lecturer in Russian. In 1946 she established the University's Dept. of Russian Language and Literature which she headed until 1977. She was guest lecturer at Oxford and Moscow, founded and edited 'Melbourne Slavonic Studies' was on the executive committee on the International Slavists' Association and other scholarly bodies, spearheaded studies into Russians in Australia and published articles on pedagogy, Tolstoy and Pushkin in scholarly journals. Loved and admired equally for her scholarship, inspirational teaching and her warmth, kindness and generosity, Nina Christesen died on August 8, 2001.

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[2003.0047] Papers of Nina Mikhailovna Christesen

[1996.0025] Papers of Nina Mikhailovna Christesen

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Melbourne University History Interviews, Disc 2

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Date1911-2001

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Given NameNinaMiddle NameMikhailovnaFamily NameChristesen

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Christesen, Nina M.