On 2 July 2016 the Department of Slavonic Studies welcomed an enthusiastic group of听secondary school students in Years 11 and 12 to 澳门六合彩开奖记录 for a day of language taster sessions and rich presentations in literature, film and culture.听
Designed for students who are already听studying Russian as well as听for students just itching to get started,听the听event sought to introduce prospective applicants听to the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 degree and to听promote the study of the Russian language听and Slavonic Studies more generally.听Participants mixed听with academic staff as well as听current undergraduates -- and even recited Russian futurist poetry together.
'Our Department is committed to building interest in and excitement for the study of Russia, Poland and Ukraine',听said听Dr Rory Finnin, Head of the Department of Slavonic Studies. 'Applying to study Russian at 澳门六合彩开奖记录 鈥� and potentially adding Polish and/or Ukrainian from the听second year of study 鈥� is to embark on an intellectual adventure that will distinguish students听for the rest of their lives. It is also to join the ranks of a highly employable community of scholars who forge rewarding careers in such diverse fields as journalism, law, politics, and diplomacy.'
The began with听taster language lessons for three different groups of students:听pure beginners,听students with GCSE听Russian,听and听students with听A-Level Russian. These sessions听were led by Mrs Natasha Franklin,听Dr Elena Filimonova听and Dr Susan Larsen. After a lunch with staff and current 澳门六合彩开奖记录 undergraduates, participants then enjoyed a presentation on the 'super-charged' cultural legacy听of St Petersburg by Dr Alyson Tapp听entitled听"'Streets Are Our Brushes, Squares Are Our Palettes鈥�: City, Art and Language in Revolution". The event closed with a session on 'Art, Politics and Protest:听1953 to the Present' by Dr Susan Larsen, which听explored three moments in Russian and Soviet history when artistic innovation and political change intertwined with particularly dramatic results: the brief 鈥楾haw鈥� that began after Stalin鈥檚 death in 1953; the era of openness (驳濒补蝉苍辞蝉迟鈥�) and restructuring (perestroika) that preceded the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991; and the extraordinary wave of public protests that filled many Russian city streets in 2011 and 2012.
Please email slavon@hermes.cam.ac.uk to join our mailing list and听express your interest in our future outreach activities and initiatives.听can be found on the听 of the 澳门六合彩开奖记录 Committee for Russian and East European Studies (CamCREES).
