”Inconvenient Truths” talk by Jennifer Antill – author of Small Acts of Kindness, a tale of the first Russian Revolution
Vivien Stewart Room Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, Huntingdon Road, CambridgeSmall Acts of Kindness, is a novel set against the background of a revolt that took place in Saint Petersburg in December 1825. Imperial Russia still basks in the glory of victory over Napoleon, but, in the army and elsewhere, … Continue reading
Anti-War Poetry Evening – online
ONLINEPutin’s war in Ukraine has been met by outrage and disbelief around the world. Since the start of the war, writers in Russia, Ukraine and the Russian diaspora have been expressing their opposition to the invasion in an extraordinary outpouring … Continue reading
Geographies of Russia: Lecture 2 by Olga Petri “Places of Tenderness and Heat: The Queer Milieu of Fin-de-Siècle St. Petersburg”
Scott Polar Research Institute, Lecture Theatre Lensfield Road, CambridgeWe continue our series of lectures on Geographies of Russia that showcases various aspects of geography, covering environmental issues, socio-economic and cultural geography, the geography of the Arctic and the culture of the indigenous peoples of Siberia. Olga Petri This time … Continue reading
A Presentation of Dislocation: The Second Volume of Anti-War Poetry Anthology
ZoomJoin us for an inspiring and unique evening as editors Julia Nemirovskaya and Anna Krushelnitskaya, along with their team of translators, present Dislocation, the second volume in the groundbreaking anti-war poetry anthology series published by Slavica Publishers at Indiana University. … Continue reading
