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Subject: [BASEES-MEMBERS] 100 Years of Russian Studies at the University of
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Dear
colleagues,
We
are delighted to invite you to the events which will mark the centenary of
Russian studies at the University of Glasgow. The events, organised with the
help of the Russian General Consulate in Edinburgh and in collaboration with
Glasgow City Council and the Moscow-based Institute for Translation, will take
place in Glasgow between the 14th and the 17th of September. There will be an
exhibition, a workshop, a showcase of the Slavonic Collections at the
University of Glasgow Library, an academic conference and a rock concert, plus
events for invited guests only. Among the highlights of the celebrations is a
public lecture by Lyudmila Ulitskaya on Friday 15 September at 3pm.
Attached
you will find the programme of events and the conference programme, however if
you prefer not to download the attachment we are putting the list of events and
the conference programme below in this email in plain text format.
All
events are free of charge, although some are for invited guests only. We will try
to cover the events through social media, in particular through the facebook
page: https://www.facebook.com/ECEC.SMLC.UoG/
For
any further information, please contact Dr Margaret Tejerizo
([log in to unmask]) or Dr Andrea Gullotta ([log in to unmask]).
All
the best,
The
Russian team at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures of the University
of Glasgow
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EVENTS
PROGRAMME (TO SEE THE CONFERENCE PROGRAMME, PLEASE SCROLL DOWN)
100
Years of Russian Studies at the University of Glasgow
Programme
of the Celebrations and Side Events
14-17
September 2017
Organised
by the Russian team at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures
For
information please contact Dr Margaret Tejerizo
([log in to unmask]) or Dr Andrea Gullotta
([log in to unmask])
Thursday 14th September
17.30-19.00
Side
Event: Opening of the Exhibition “Beauty in Hell: Culture in the Gulag”
Venue:
Hunterian Museum
Brief
description: The first ever virtual exhibition of The Hunterian (the museum and
gallery of the University of Glasgow) will closely complement both the
centenary of Russian studies at GU and of the Russian Revolution. The theme of
the exhibition is culture within the so-called “first Gulag”, i.e.
the Solovki Prison Camp, and it is based on the research by Dr Gullotta,
Lecturer in Russian at the University of Glasgow.
REMARKS:
Organised by The Hunterian, all conference delegates welcome.
Friday 15th September
9.30
Side
Event: “Look East” Outreach Event for Schools
Venue:
Wolfson Medical Building 248 Seminar Room and Atrium
Brief
description: The Scotland-Russia Forum hosts this event on teaching Russian and
other Eastern European languages in primary schools. The event will involve
several Scottish schools.
REMARKS:
Organised by the Scotland-Russia Forum.
11.00
Official
Opening of the Centenary celebrations and of the academic conference “100
Years of Russian at the University of Glasgow – Teaching, Research,
Memory” with speeches by the Principal Prof Sir Anton Muscatelli, the
Consul General of Russia Mr Andrey A.Pritsepov and other invited guests
Presentation
of the results of the Chancellor’s Fund funded project “How it all
began”
Venue:
Main Building, Senate Room
Brief
description: The celebrations for the centenary of Russian studies at the
University of Glasgow will be solemnly opened by the Principal and by the
Consul General of Russia, who will read an address from the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Russian Federation, Mr Sergey Lavrov.
12.00
Official
Reception
Venue:
Principal’s Lodge
Brief
description: The Principal will host the delegates and the guests to his lodge
for an official reception during which the Consul General of Russia will give a
present to the University of Glasgow
REMARKS:
For invited guests only.
14.00
Showcase
of the Slavonic Collections
Venue:
Henry Heaney Room, Glasgow University Library, Floor 12
Brief
description: The University of Glasgow Library hosts one of the most important
collections of Slavonic items in the west. Some of the items will be displayed
and introduced by members of staff.
15.00
Public
Lecture by Lyudmila Ulitskaya
Venue:
Main Building, Senate Room
Brief
description: One of the most prominent, outstanding and inspiring Russian
writers will be at the University of Glasgow to celebrate the centenary of
Russian studies with a lecture entitled “From the Phenomenon of the
‘Serf-Artist” to Russian Avant-Garde: Interrelation between Power
and Artist in Russia”.
18.00
Civic
Reception
Venue:
Glasgow City Chambers
Brief
description: Glasgow City Council celebrates the centenary of Russian studies
at the University of Glasgow hosting a civic reception at Glasgow City
Chambers. During the event, there will be official speeches by the Vice Lord
Provost and the Vice-Principal of the University of Glasgow Prof Neal Juster, a
speech by the artist Tom Hubbard and a reading of Russian poetry by the
students of the University of Glasgow
REMARKS:
For invited guests only.
Saturday 16th September
09.00-18.00
Academic
Conference “100 Years of Russian Studies at the University of Glasgow
– Teaching, Research, Memory” – Day 1 (see programme attached)
Venue:
Main Building, Senate Room
Brief
description: The first day of the conference will be opened by a keynote
address by Dr John Dunn and will be devoted to the theme “Teaching,
Research, Memory”
18.30
Side
Event: Ludmila Ulitskaya and Elena Kostioukovitch Flige Meet the GU Students
Venue:
Wolfson Medical Building, Yudowitz Seminar Room
Brief
description: Two prominent Russian guests meet the students of the University
of Glasgow
REMARKS:
Organised by the GU students’ society “Glasgow Slavic Club”
Sunday 17th September
09.00-12.00
Academic
Conference “100 Years of Russian Studies at the University of Glasgow
– Teaching, Research, Memory” – Day 2 (see programme below)
Venue:
Main Building, Senate Room
Brief
description: The second day of the conference will be closed by a keynote
address by Elena Kostioukovitch and will be devoted to the theme “Russian
Glasgow”
12.30
Side
event: Special Performance at the Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre and buffet lunch
Venue:
Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre
Brief
description: The world-renowned Glasgow-based Russian kinetic theatre
“Sharmanka” offers a special performance and a lunch for the
conference speakers.
REMARKS:
For invited guests only.
19.30
Side
event: A Concert of Russian Rock by the Glasgow-based band Ignis
Venue:
Clutha Bar
Brief
description: The Russian community in Glasgow celebrates with the university
the centenary of Russian studies by organising a concert of Russian rock and a
quiz with prizes for the GU students.
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CONFERENCE
PROGRAMME
“100
Years of Russian Studies at the University of Glasgow – Teaching,
Research, Memory”
AN
ACADEMIC CONFERENCE TO CELEBRATE ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF RUSSIAN AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF GLASGOW - 1917-2017
16th September 2017
PART
1: “TEACHING, RESEARCH AND MEMORY”
Venue:
Main Building, Senate Room.
REGISTRATION
9.00
9.15:
OFFICIAL OPENING by the Head of SMLC, Professor Vicente Pérez de León. Dr
Margaret Tejerizo will read an address from BASEES written by the President
Prof Judith Pallot (University of Oxford)
9.30:
Keynote Address by Dr John Dunn (former Senior Lecturer in Russian and Section
Head): “Looking Back to Go Forwards: An Imaginary Russian Curriculum for
theTwenty-first Century”
10.30:
COFFEE/TEA
“100
Years of Russian Studies at the University of Glasgow - Teaching, Research,
Memory”
10.45:
PANEL 1 Chair Dr Margaret Tejerizo (University of Glasgow)
Professor
Tony Cross (University of Cambridge) “Glasgow University and Russia in
the Eighteenth Century; Glasgow University and Peter Henry in the
Twentieth”
Ms
Tania Konn-Roberts (formerly Slavonic Librarian, University of Glasgow)
“Hugh George Brennan: First Lecturer in Russian at the University of
Glasgow”
Dr
Andrea Gullotta (University of Glasgow) “Researching the Gulag,
Exhibiting the Gulag: Reflections on the Exhibition on the Solovki Prison Camp
at the Hunterian Museum”
Mr
Martin Dewhirst (former lecturer in Russian, University of Glasgow)
“Russia, Russian and Russians: The Next Hundred Years”
12.15:
TOAST AND WELCOME TO OUR RUSSIAN GUESTS FROM THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF TVER
“The
Changing Face of the Russian Year Abroad”
Dr.
Roy Bivon, (Director RLUS), Professor Dmitry Nikolaev, (Director of
International Programmes, State University of Tver)
1pm:
LUNCH (During the lunch break there will be a publishers’ exhibition and
a chance to view the latest numbers of Slavonica)
2pm:
PANEL 2 Chair Dr Andrea Gullotta (University of Glasgow)
Dr
Shamil Khairov (University of Glasgow) “The alphabet and ideology: the
disputes on the pre-reform Cyrillic letters in Russia before and after
1918.”
Professor
Michael Kirkwood (former Professor of Slavonic Languages and Literatures,
University of Glasgow) “Some Reminiscences on Learning Russian (1959-64)
and Teaching Russian (1993-98) at the University of Glasgow”
Ms
Jenny Carr (Chairperson of Scotland-Russia Forum) “The Current State of
Play – Russian in Scotland”.
Ms
Elizabeth Walker (Taylor and Francis Publications) “Russian Studies
Journals in the Digital Age”
3.30:
COFFEE
3.45:
PANEL 3 “The Importance of being Slavonic – and More…”
This Panel will be led and chaired by Dr Jan Culik (University of Glasgow)
Participants:
Professor Bob Porter (former Professor of Slavonic Languages and Literatures,
University of Glasgow); Dr Elwira Grossman, Dr Zsuzsanna Varga, Dr Mirna Solic
and Dr John Bates (University of Glasgow)
5pm:
STUDENT ROUND TABLE Chair Dr Shamil Khairov (University of Glasgow)
“The
Student Voice and Experience” (Various former and current students will
take part in this session)
5.30:
Final Remarks and Discussion
6pm:
CLOSE OF PART 1 OF CONFERENCE
17th September 2017
PART
2 “THE RUSSIAN GLASGOW”
Venue:
The Main Building, Senate Room
Chair
Dr Zsuzsanna Varga (University of Glasgow)
9
am: Dr Stuart Campbell (formerly Lecturer in Music, University of Glasgow)
“Russian Music: The University of Glasgow and Serendipity: A.M.
Henderson”
9.45:
Dr Margaret Tejerizo (University of Glasgow) “The Mystery of Alexander
Werth and Three Letters by Eugene Zamiatin in The Glasgow Herald”
10.30:
Coffee Break
Chair
Dr Luca Anceschi (University of Glasgow)
11.00:
Keynote Address by Elena Kostioukovitch (scholar, literary translator,
essayist, literary agent, novelist): “Russian Studies as a Profession,
Russian Studies as Social Commitment”
12.00:
END OF CONFERENCE and departure for a special performance at Sharmanka Kinetic
Gallery, 103 Trongate, Glasgow and LUNCH