Due to technical problems with the internet, we were unable to record Marina Burrell’s talk “The Baltic Way Through a Witness’s Eyes“ which was held on 27 September,

On request from those who registered for the online (Zoom) format and could not attend it or rejoin the talk after the interruption, Marina will repeat her talk on Zoom on 11 October at 18:30. New registrations are welcome.

When: Friday 11 October, 2024, 18:30-19:30
Language: English
Format: online (on Zoom)
Tickets: £5 standard, free for CamRuSS members
Booking: Please book via AllEvents

Those who registered for the talk on 27 September don’t need to register again. You should receive a link to a Zoom meeting.

Reflecting 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 Union. She will also talk about their culture, the role of music in their history, how these two small countries managed to preserve their identity and pioneer the process of disintegration from the USSR.

Marina Burrell, MA, MEd & PGCE

Marina was born in St Petersburg, brought up in the Soviet Union, resident of Estonia and Lithuania for 20 years. After finishing high school and music school in Siberia, studied pedagogy, languages, linguistics, history, literature, aesthetics, arts and economics in Moscow, Tallinn, Cambridge; obtained an MA in Applied Linguistics & a PGCE in Teacher Training in London.

Marina was one of the founders of the Cambridge Russian-Speaking Society being its first Chair in 1999-2002), and is still an active member of CamRuSS.

International work experience as a lecturer, translator & teacher trainer: Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Hungary, Germany, Holland, USA, UK and Kazakhstan.

Teaching experience: Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University (Cambridge), the University of Essex; Examiner & Teacher Trainer at the University of Cambridge & CUP, ESOL tutor at Huntingdon Regional College; WEA lecturer since 2015.