The Slavonic Studies Section of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ and the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Committee for Central and East European and Eurasian Studies (CamCCEEES) invite you to a series of guest speaker talks over the 2023-24 academic year, entitled
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New Work in Slavonic Studies
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The series aims to address urgent questions for the study of Slavonic cultures as well as Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia more generally in the context of Russia's ongoing war on Ukraine.
Among other subjects, this international and multi-disciplinary series will examine various imperial legacies and postcolonial (or decolonising) frames, with a particular emphasis on Ukrainian perspectives.
The talks will take place in Michaelmas and Lent Terms on Thursdays from 5.30pm at several venues (please see below for details).
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Download the programme here.
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12 October 2023 -ÌýSpectres of Sino-Soviet Socialism
Edward Tyerman (University of California, Berkeley) and Ed Pulford (University of Manchester)
Nihon Room, Pembroke College
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2 November 2023Ìý-ÌýChanges in Phase: Reading Climate Catastrophe in Russophone Literature
KatherineÌýBowers (University of British Columbia)
Nihon Room, Pembroke College
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16 November 2023Ìý-ÌýUkraine: Music in Wartime
Hobart Earle (Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra)
Umney Theatre, Robinson College
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18 January 2024Ìý-ÌýThe Web of Images: Rethinking the Place of Early Modern Ukraine in European Culture
ÌýMaria Grazia Bartolini (University of Milan)Ìý
Nihon Room, Pembroke College
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01 February 2024 -ÌýWhat is Russian Modernity? Beyond Orientalism, Huntington, and Other Sins
Nancy Condee (University of Pittsburgh)
Nihon Room, Pembroke College
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29 February 2024Ìý- Understanding The Zelensky Effect: A Story of the Ukrainian Civic Nation that Made Him
Olga Onuch (University of Manchester)
Nihon Room, Pembroke College
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14 March 2024Ìý-ÌýWhen Russian Poems Perform Freedom
Stephanie Sandler (Harvard University)
Winstanley Theatre, Trinity College
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