Contemporary Russian Culture Study Group
Michaelmas Term 07
October 10
ART AS THERAPY: SOROKIN;S STALIN DIGESTIONS ACROSS MEDIA
Speaker: Ellen Rutten (University of Cambridge)
October 24
DIGITAL DOT RU. BLOGGING IN RUSSIA
The Stars of Russioan Blogsphere. Considering Issues of IKnternet Authorship and Fandom
Speaker: Vlad Strukov (University of Leeds)
November 7
FORMER SPACES AND FORGOTTEN BORDERS. ISSUES OF TRANSITION AND LIMINALITY IN RUSSIAN SPACES
The Sociology of Empty Buildings
Speaker: Mathijs Pelkmans (London School of Economics)
November 21
SCHIZO-CUM-RETRO. THE SOVIET EXPERIENCE IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN ART
Speaker: Stas Saviskii (Institute Pro Arte, St Petersburg)
Lent Term 08
January 23
POST-SOVETSKAYA KUL'TURA: MEZHDU ISTORIEJ I PROSHLYM
Speaker: Evgeny Dobrenko (University of Sheffield)
February 6
VIRTUAL DUCKLINGS AND VAMPIRE BATS: THE LITERARY MONSTERS OF PUTIN'S RUSSIA
Speakers: Oliver Ready (University of Oxford) and Sander Brouwer (University of Groningen)
February 20
MAKING THE CANON: RUSSIAN ROCK OF THE 1980S
Speakers: Polly McMichael (University of Nottingham) and Julia Friedman (University of Durham)
March 5
THE POLITICS OF LITERATURE IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA
Speaker: Konstantin Azadovskii (University of St Petersburg)
