This is a past event
Hosted by Anna Vaninskaya (University of Edinburgh)
Scotland and Russia Cultural Perception Since 1900
Co-cosponsored by the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies, and theSir Herbert Grierson Centre for Textual Criticism and Comparative Literary History
University of Aberdeen
10-11 April 2015
Part of the ‘Scotland and Russia: Cultural Encounters Since 1900’ Project
www.englit.ed.ac.uk/scotland-and-russia
‘Scotland and Russia: Cultural Perception Since 1900’ is the second event of the ‘Scotland and Russia: Cultural Encounters since 1900’ project, dedicated to uncovering the history of cultural exchange between the two countries over the last hundred years.
This two-day symposium at the University of Aberdeen will feature talks by historians, sociologists and literary scholars from both Scottish and Russian studies. It will explore the role of travel writing, poetry and art in cultural mediation, the experience of national bridge-building organisations, as well as political perceptions circa 1914 and 2014, in relation to the Great War and Revolution and the Scottish Independence Referendum. Speakers include Prof Anthony Cross and Lt Cdr Dairmid Gunn.
Sponsored by the University of Aberdeen Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies, the University of Edinburgh Challenge Investment Fund and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
The event is free and open to the public. Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scotland-and-russia-cultural-perception-since-1900-tickets-15802193787