Tag Archives: literature
Blok in Pictures: A lecture marking the 145th anniversary of the poet by Kseniia Gondyreva
On 28 November, we celebrate the 145th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Blok, one of the most prominent poets of Russia’s Silver Age. We invite you to mark this occasion with an unusual lecture, “Blok in Pictures” — a … Continue reading
Vasily Grossman After Life and Fate with Robert Chandler
Vasily Grossman may always be best known as the author of his two great novels centered on the Battle of Stalingrad. His last, shorter works, however, are equally remarkable. If Stalingrad and Life and Fate are comparable to Shostakovich’s symphonies, … Continue reading
A Magic Mirror. An Evening of Poetry with Julia Nemirovskaya
An inspiring evening with renowned US-based poet, writer and literary scholar Julia Nemirovskaya, featuring readings, and discussions on Moscow’s New Wave poets, as well as reflections on the creative process, and an audience Q&A. Julia teaches and directs student theater at … Continue reading
Know You Her Secret – a book launch by Dr Merrilyn Thomas in conversation with Prof Anthony Cross
an Englishwoman’s fight for survival during the Russian Revolution Dr Merrilyn Thomas will be in conversation with Professor Anthony Cross who was one of her Russian history lecturers at the University of East Anglia many years ago. They will be … Continue reading
Geographies of Russia: Lecture 2 by Olga Petri “Places of Tenderness and Heat: The Queer Milieu of Fin-de-Siècle St. Petersburg”
We continue our series of lectures on Geographies of Russia that showcases various aspects of geography, covering environmental issues, socio-economic and cultural geography, the geography of the Arctic and the culture of the indigenous peoples of Siberia. This time we will … Continue reading
Anti-War Poetry Evening – online
Putin’s war in Ukraine has been met by outrage and disbelief around the world. Since the start of the war, writers in Russia, Ukraine and the Russian diaspora have been expressing their opposition to the invasion in an extraordinary outpouring … Continue reading
“Inconvenient Truths” talk by Jennifer Antill – author of Small Acts of Kindness, a tale of the first Russian Revolution
Small Acts of Kindness, is a novel set against the background of a revolt that took place in Saint Petersburg in December 1825. Imperial Russia still basks in the glory of victory over Napoleon, but, in the army and elsewhere, … Continue reading
An Evening of Poetry and Music marking Marina Tsvetaeva’s 130th anniversary
DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAMME and POEMS The Cambridge Russian-Speaking Society (CamRuSS) is delighted to bring you an evening of poetry and music marking Marina Tsvetaeva’s 130th anniversary with the readings of poems and excerpts from the works of Tsvetaeva by Maria … Continue reading
“Korney Chukovsky, the writer & translator. Then and Now”. A two-part talk marking Chukovsky’s 140th anniversary
Chukovsky, Then and Now with Dr. Megan Swift (You may DOWNLOAD the presentation by Dr Megan Swift here) Korney Chukovsky created a canon of Soviet children’s literature in the 1920s, but he was also the most popular children’s writer in … Continue reading
Literary Evening with Carina Cockrell-Ferre (in Russian)
You are invited to time-travel! “And here it’s still living history…” (Bill Bryson) Indeed, history is living in Britain. The past in this country has never gone away, it’s just become invisible and melted into the air we breathe. People find … Continue reading
