Centenary of Russian Studies at the University of Glasgow
Centenary of Russian Studies at the University of Glasgow
The Russian team at the School of Modern Languages and Cultures of the Univeristy of Glasgow
Date: Thursday 14 September 2017 - Sunday 17 September 2017
Time: 17:30 - 21:00
Venue: Senate Room, Wolfsom Medical School, The Hunterian, Glasgow City Chambers, Sharmanka Theatre, Clutha Bar
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Speaker: Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Elena Kostioukovitch, the Principal Prof Sir Anton Muscatelli, the Consul General of Russia Mr Andrey A.Pritsepov and other invite
Website: www.facebook.com/ECEC.SMLC.UoG/
Document: 100 years of Russian Studies at GU
Dear colleagues,
I list below here all the events, but should you need more information, I can send you the pdf of all events to share on the website. All events are free of charge, although some are for invited guests only.
Best,
Andrea Gullotta
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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 (margaret.tejerizo@glasgow.ac.uk) or Dr Andrea Gullotta (andrea.gullotta@glasgow.ac.uk)
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
9.00
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 attached)
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 for Saturday and Sunday
“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.