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Read more at: The CUS Conversation Series: Conversation with Nina Jankowicz
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The CUS Conversation Series: Conversation with Nina Jankowicz

Join Cambridge Ukrainian Studies for an online conversation with Nina Jankowicz, who tackles Russian disinformation in her new book ‘How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict (2020). Please join the conversation on 24th November 2020 at 18:00 (GMT) Register in advance at: https://zoom...


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: Lessons from Russian Literature: In Praise of Everyday Life
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Lessons from Russian Literature: In Praise of Everyday Life

Professor in Russian and Film Studies, Emma Widdis offers the latest reflection in praise of everyday life. Her most recent book is Socialist Senses: Film, Feeling and the Soviet Subject, 1917-1939 (Indiana University Press, 2017) "I had planned a term of research leave this Easter 2020. I was supposed to be in Russia...


Read more at: Poet, essayist and journalist Maria Stepanova in Cambridge 2020
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Poet, essayist and journalist Maria Stepanova in Cambridge 2020

During February and March 2020 poet, essayist and novelist Maria Stepanova will be at Cambridge University as Visiting Bye-Fellow at Selwyn College. Maria Stepanova is a poet, essayist and journalist. She has published over ten collections of poetry in Russian, and several books of essay and criticism. Her most recent...


Read more at: LECTURE SERIES 2020: POST-SOCIALIST PRESENTS: CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN RUSSIA, POLAND AND UKRAINE: MEMORY
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LECTURE SERIES 2020: POST-SOCIALIST PRESENTS: CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN RUSSIA, POLAND AND UKRAINE: MEMORY

Lecture Series 2020: Post-Socialist Presents: Culture and Society in Russia, Poland and Ukraine: MEMORY The Slavonic Studies Section has organised a series of public events focusing on aspects of contemporary culture and society across Poland, Russia and Ukraine during the academic year 2019-20. Each event features two...


Read more at: Their Everything. The Pushkin Cult In Comparative Perspective.
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Their Everything. The Pushkin Cult In Comparative Perspective.

Their Everything. The Pushkin Cult In Comparative Perspective. In Russia, Pushkin is our everything, but he is not unique. Many nations are built on the cults of one or more national bards, from Virgil and Ferdowsi to Shota Rustaveli and Nguyễn Du. Most bards preside over alleged golden ages: "the Golden Age of Russian...


Read more at: Public Lecture Series:The Post-Socialist Presents: Culture and Society in Russia, Poland and Ukraine
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Public Lecture Series:The Post-Socialist Presents: Culture and Society in Russia, Poland and Ukraine

POST-SOCIALIST PRESENTS: CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN RUSSIA, POLAND AND UKRAINE The Department of Slavonic Studies has organised a series of public events focusing on aspects of contemporary culture and society across Poland, Russia and Ukraine during the academic year 2019-20. Each event will feature two speakers, whose talks...


Read more at: Public Lecture Series: ‘In memory of all who suffered and sacrificed’: a conversation with LUKE HULL, Production Designer of the HBO/Sky miniseries ‘CHERNOBYL’
‘In memory of all who suffered and sacrificed’: a conversation with LUKE HULL, Production Designer of the HBO/Sky miniseries ‘CHERNOBYL’

Public Lecture Series: ‘In memory of all who suffered and sacrificed’: a conversation with LUKE HULL, Production Designer of the HBO/Sky miniseries ‘CHERNOBYL’

Cambridge Ukrainian Studies and the Slavonic Studies Section invite you to join us for a conversation with LUKE HULL , PRODUCTION DESIGNER of the acclaimed and award-winning HBO/Sky miniseries ‘ CHERNOBYL ’ (2019) written by Craig Mazin and directed by John Renck.


 

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