Nathan Bourne Returns to Sewanee
Multiple generations of Russian students met at McClurg for lunch to hear about the exciting life and experiences of Nathan Bourne (C’11), a triple major (Russian/Philosophy/Environmental Studies) with special interest in environmental Russian literature and the culture and ecology of the Caucasus. During his time at Sewanee Nathan participated in the Sewanee Summer in Russia program and spent a summer living in St. Petersburg. After graduating, he spent a year teaching English in the Republic of Georgia and traveling around the Transcaucasus—including a thru-hike of the Janapar Trail in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh). Nathan is an Episcopal priest currently serving at St. George’s Church in Durham, NH, where he draws on his love of Russian literature, art, and iconography to inform his ministry. His Russian isn’t what it once was, but he still draws on it when the opportunity arises.