“Russia in My Life.” Anthony Cross in conversation with Ksenia Afonina (CamRuSS).
Gordon Cameron Lecture Theatre, Fitzwilliam College Storey's Way, CambridgeSt Petersburg, 2010. The Second International Congress of Petrine Cities, organised by the Institute of Peter the Great. This is a special opportunity to meet and hear Anthony Cross, who was Professor of Slavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge … Continue reading
Irina Kirillova MBE in conversation with Rachel Polonsky, followed by Q&A and Drinks Reception
Murray Edwards College, Cambridge CB3 0JG Murray Edwards College, Huntingdon Rd, CambridgeJoin us for the latest instalment of our 'Russia in my Life' series. Irina Kirillova MBE is a Fellow Emerita of Newnham College, Dostoevsky scholar and translator to the royal family. She is also a member of the Board of … Continue reading
SONGS FROM THE SUITCASE: Inhabiting an Inheritance by Rosanna Moseley Gore, talk and book launch by the author with Q&As
Old Library, Pembroke College Trumpington Street, CambridgeThis presentation will be followed by a drinks reception. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. Rosanna grew up in suburban London in the 1960s and 1970s. But her background was very much not the typical English one … Continue reading
The Baltic Way Through A Witness’s Eyes – a talk by Marina Burrell, illustrated with period artefacts
St Andrews Street Baptist Church 40-43 St Andrew's St, CambridgeReflecting on her personal experience of living in Estonia and Lithuania in the 1970s-1990s, Marina will give some historical perspective and share her memories about her life in these two Baltic countries before and after the collapse of the Soviet … Continue reading
