Tag Archives: Russian culture
July Rain (1966): Ksenia Golubovich on Marlen Khutsiev’s Masterpiece
This year marks the centenary of film director Marlen Khutsiev’s birth. We invite you to celebrate the anniversary of this outstanding figure of Soviet and Russian culture with cultural scholar Ksenia Golubovich, who will speak about one of the director’s … Continue reading
A Cultural History of the Russian Language – talk by Prof Simon Franklin marking the 25th anniversary of CamRuSS
This talk is about a book that is near to completion, on a subject which, rather surprisingly, seems not to exist. There are lots of histories of Russian culture (culture in Russian), but there is no general history of the … Continue reading
From Furs to Fabergé: Gifts, Diplomacy and British-Russian Artistic Relations by Dr Louise Hardiman
Since the escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian war in 2022, artistic and cultural relations between Russia and Britain have entered a difficult phase. However, when the longer historical picture is considered, there are countless examples of visual culture that can illustrate … Continue reading
Professor Dame Caroline Humphrey: “On the Edge: Life Along the Russia-China Border”
Presentation of the book “On the Edge: Life Along the Russia-China Border” Continue reading
