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Read more at: Simon Franklin's book, The Russian Graphosphere, awarded prestigious book prize.
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Simon Franklin's book, The Russian Graphosphere, awarded prestigious book prize.

The Slavonic Section are delighted to congratulate Simon Franklin on his newest book, The Russian Graphosphere, 1450-1850 (Cambridge University Press, 2019), being awarded the prestigious University of Southern California Book Prize in Literary and Cultural Studies.


Read more at: The Annual Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film 2020
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The Annual Cambridge Festival of Ukrainian Film 2020

Cambridge Ukrainian Studies and the Ukrainian Institute London invite you to escape the woes of the second lockdown and immerse yourself in experiences beyond your borders - from a mystical thriller about life in the Chornobyl Zone, to a powerful documentary that follows a young footballer who fights for her dreams against...


Read more at: The CUS Conversation series: Conversation with Yurii Andrukhovych
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The CUS Conversation series: Conversation with Yurii Andrukhovych

The CUS Conversation-webinar series: Conversation with Yurii Andrukhovych, Ukraine's leading postmodern prose writer, poet & essayist. Yurii will discuss the creative process of being an author in the context of the constant endings and endless beginnings that mark contemporary life in Ukraine, Europe and the world. He...


Read more at: The CUS Conversation series: Conversation with Ambassadors Melinda Simmons and Vadym Prystaiko
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The CUS Conversation series: Conversation with Ambassadors Melinda Simmons and Vadym Prystaiko

On Wednesday 28 October 2020 (17:00 | GMT) you are cordially invited to join the Cambridge Ukrainian Studies conversation with Melinda Simmons, British Ambassador to Ukraine, and Vadym Prystaiko, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom . The online conversation is free and open to the public. Registration is required...


Read more at: CamCREES/Slavonic Studies Hosts Webinar on Anarchism in Russia
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CamCREES/Slavonic Studies Hosts Webinar on Anarchism in Russia

In October 2020 the CamCREES/Slavonic Studies community at Cambridge hosted an exciting webinar on Anarchism in Russia, with presentations by Ania Aizman (University of Michigan) and Maria Rakhmaninova (St. Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences). The event was free and open to the public. Followers of...


Read more at: The Robinson College Sykes Prize 2020
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The Robinson College Sykes Prize 2020

The Robinson College Sykes Prize has been launched for 2020. The winning prize is £1000, with runners-up awards of £500 and £250 also available. More information can be found here: https://www.robinson.cam.ac.uk/college-life/arts-literature-and-theology... All current students are welcome to enter, hopefully having read...


Read more at: Elena Sottilotta (PhD candidate, Italian) winner of the 2020 Polly Stewart Award 2020
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Elena Sottilotta (PhD candidate, Italian) winner of the 2020 Polly Stewart Award 2020

We are delighted to congratulate Elena Sottilotta (PhD candidate, Italian) for winning the 2020 Polly Stewart Award, for her research on women folklorists of Italy and Ireland. The award is given by the Women's Section of the American Folklore Society to support young scholars in the field (further details at: https://www...


Read more at: ​Student guidance for in person teaching

​Student guidance for in person teaching

Student guidance for in person teaching in the Lecture Block , Lady Mitchell Hall , and any of the Mill Lane Lecture theaters.


Read more at: Professor Abigail Brundin wins honorable mention for the SRS 2020 Book Prize
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Professor Abigail Brundin wins honorable mention for the SRS 2020 Book Prize

We are thrilled to announce that Professor Abigail Brundin was given an honourable mention for her jointly authored book The Sacred Home in Renaissance Italy (Oxford University Press, 2018) by the Society for Renaissance Studies 2020 book prize. The judges received over forty books this year and the standard was extremely...


Read more at: CPSL Mind Tools and Techniques Workshop

CPSL Mind Tools and Techniques Workshop

CPSL Mind (the local Cambridge Mind mental health charity) and the University of Cambridge have teamed up with Mind, the leading mental health charity, to pilot their new Mentally Healthy Universities programme. The programme offers a short four-part course designed specifically for undergraduates and delivered by...