RCS Haven E-Bulletin - November 2016

  

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Dmitrii Likhachev (1906-1999) was a Russian historian and philosopher who was a prisoner in Stalin’s Gulag (1928-1932), survived the Siege of Leningrad (1941-1942), and was an enormous influence in the field of Russian history.

He wrote over 500 academic publications on such varied topics as Russian medieval icons to the language of criminals and prisoners.

His books include Laughing World in Old Rus (1976), Reflections of Russian Soul – a Memoir (1981), and About the Intelligentsia (1997). Speakers will include Professor Vera Tolz, a historian and Likhachev’s granddaughter.

Princess Dashkova Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LN

 

Summerhall Café, Summerhall, Edinburgh EH9 1PL

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Author Simon Ings will discuss his newest book on the history of Soviet science during Stalin’s reign. He will be interviewed by journalist and novelist Marcel Theroux.

 

Copies of Ings’ book will be on sale at the event.

 

Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA

Tel: +44 020 7269 9770

 

 

Russian rock star is back to London.

Zemfira's concert tour in 2016 called "The little man." Earlier this year, the singer performed this program in twenty cities of Russia. In March the singer announced that the Tour 2016 will be the last large-scale in its creative biography.

The O2 Academy Brixton, 211 Stockwell Rd, London SW9 9SL

This year marks a quarter century since the dissolution of the USSR, an event so momentous that some even argued history itself had come to an end. Twenty-five years later, though, we find ourselves again in the horns of an increasingly violent and seemingly intractable conflict between Russia and 'the West'. What have we learned about Russia - and ourselves - since 1991? What did policymakers and academics alike get right and wrong? And what will Russia look like twenty-five years from now?

King's College London, Strand Building, Room S-1.04, Strand, WC2R 2LS

 

The programme of activities explores the life and legacy of the beloved and universal author in UK. Supported by University College London’s School of Slavonic and East European Studies (UCL SSEES), Barbican Cinema, The Likhachev Foundation-Cultural Fellowships in Russia, Rossotrudnichestvo in United Kingdom & the Bloomsbury Studio.The Inaugural Dostoevsky Day UK is dedicated toUCL-SSEES colleagues and dear friends: Professor Emeritus Isabel de Madariaga and the Poet Cameron Bain.

 

The Parliamentary Lunch will be held in the splendid surroundings of the House of Lords, overlooking the River Thames.

The host on this occasion is Lord Godfrey Cromwell. The guest speaker is Christopher Granville, former British diplomat in Moscow, Managing Director of Trusted Sources - an independent provider of research and consulting on emerging markets.

House of Lords, Parliament Square, Westminster, London SW1A 0PW

 

Andrea Gullotta is a lecturer in Russian at the University of Glasgow.

He will be at the Pushkin House to discuss his new book, Intellectual Life and Literature at Solovki 1923-1930, which describes the cultural history of the camp and analyses the literary works published in the press of the camp up to 1930.

Tickets are £7 full price, £5 for FOPH, students and seniors.

Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA

Tel: +44 020 7269 9770

 

This concert will celebrate the 150^th anniversary of the Moscow Conservatory, founded in 1866 by Nikolai Rubinstein. It will focus on Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov, both alumni of the Conservatory. Tickets are £20 full price, £16 for FOPH, students and seniors.

Pushkin House, 5a Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2TA

Tel: +44 020 7269 9770