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Read more at: Students Shine in Ionesco’s Bald Prima Donna
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Students Shine in Ionesco’s Bald Prima Donna

The Department of Slavonic Studies warmly congratulates Maria Montague and Danielle Craig (who are both studying Russian and Ukrainian) for their work on a virtuosic French-language production of Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist romp The Bald Prima Donna ( La Cantatrice Chauve , 1950) at the Corpus Playroom.

Read more at: 'The Construction of Authority in Early Russian Crime Fiction': Tuesday 25 Nov, 5pm

'The Construction of Authority in Early Russian Crime Fiction': Tuesday 25 Nov, 5pm

Are you suffering from Scandi withdrawal, hoping for just one more glimpse of The Jumper ? Or perhaps you're pining after news of Season 4 in the life of a certain death defying detective? Why not expand your international detection obsession to include Russia? Come join us for a riveting installment of the Departmental-CamCREES joint lecture series by Dr Claire Whitehead on the intrigues of power, crime and detection in early Russian crime fiction!

Read more at: So you want to be a Postgrad? Wednesday 19 Nov, 5:15pm

So you want to be a Postgrad? Wednesday 19 Nov, 5:15pm

Are you a final year student in the Slavonic Dept. thinking about continuing on to graduate school in Cambridge or elsewhere? Or perhaps considering a gap year in Russia ? Want to find out more about what it's like to do these things and get some tips for applications? If so, come meet the Cambridge Slavonic Postgrads as we hang out and answer your questions about the kinds of things you can do after undergrad with a Slavonic Studies degree. We're all MPhil and PhD students (with a couple of bonus early career academics thrown in), with a range of experiences of living, working, and studying in North America, Continental Europe, and Russia, and we're happy to offer any advice and share any contacts we might have.

Read more at: Screening of 'The Forty-First' (dir. Chukhrai, 1956) to Beat the Week 5 Blues
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Screening of 'The Forty-First' (dir. Chukhrai, 1956) to Beat the Week 5 Blues

Come beat the blues with the Week 5 Film Night special screening of The Forty-First (USSR, 1956), directed by Grigori Chukhrai. WHEN : Wednesday 12 November, 5-7pm WHERE : RFB Media Centre, 1st floor

Read more at: Cambridge Ukrainian Studies Hosts Conference on the ‘Global Information War’
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Cambridge Ukrainian Studies Hosts Conference on the ‘Global Information War’

On 31 October Cambridge Ukrainian Studies, an academic centre in the Department of Slavonic Studies, hosted a major international conference, ‘Ukraine and the Global Information War’ , at King’s College.

Read more at: 'Rivers of Blood': Illustrating Violence and Virtue in Russia's Early Modern Empire, Tuesday 11 November

'Rivers of Blood': Illustrating Violence and Virtue in Russia's Early Modern Empire, Tuesday 11 November

The Department of Slavonic Studies is delighted to host Professor Valerie Kivelson as the next speaker in the fortnightly joint Departmental & CamCREES seminar series, on Tuesday 11 November. Our distinguished guest will be speaking on a subject of particular relevance to students of SLA3/SL1 ( hint hint! ), providing copious illustrations in her fascinating exploration of the visual representation of Muscovite imperialism. See you there!

Read more at: 'The Life of a Cold-War Football Interpreter': Thursday, 23 October
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'The Life of a Cold-War Football Interpreter': Thursday, 23 October

The Department of Slavonic Studies will be hosting a talk by George Scanlan on Thursday, 23 October at 17.30 in the Gordon Cameron Theatre of Fitzwilliam College. Mr Scanlan matriculated at Christ’s College, Cambridge, in 1954, where he studied Russian, French, Arabic and Persian. He obtained a Soccer Blue in his first term and went on to captain the side at Wembley in 1957.

Read more at: New Staff in the Department of Slavonic Studies

New Staff in the Department of Slavonic Studies

The Department is pleased to welcome new members of staff with diverse backgrounds and fresh perspectives to the Slavonic Studies team.

Read more at: Department Greets New Freshers
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Department Greets New Freshers

The Department of Slavonic Studies was pleased to welcome its new, enthusiastic first-years to Cambridge at a start-of-term party in the Raised Faculty Building.

Read more at: Welcome, New and Returning Students in Slavonic Studies!
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Welcome, New and Returning Students in Slavonic Studies!

Only a week remains until the start of Michaelmas Term. A few quick pointers to help you navigate the madness…

 

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