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PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME 7 MAY RIISS THE DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON, AND ITS CONTEXT This meeting will celebrate the publication of the first volume of the Diary of Patrick Gordon and discuss vol. 1 along with vols. 2 and 3 already translated into Russian by Dmitry Fedosov and published by Nauka. 1030 Welcome by Principal C. Duncan Rice, Cairns Craig. Response –Dmitry Fedosov, Paul Dukes 1100-1145 Keynote Address, Paul Bushkovitch: Patrick Gordon and Russian Court Politics 1145-1230 Dmitry Fedosov: Treasure Appreciated at Last: Gordon’s Chronicle and Its Publication 1230-1330 Sandwich Lunch 1330-1415 Mikhail Ryzhenkov: Description of the Manuscript 1415-1500 Oleg Nozdrin: The Descendants of Patrick Gordon 1500-1530 Waldemar Kowalski: Patrick Gordon in His Own Words: a Soldier, a Scot, a Catholic 1530-1600 Tea, coffee break 1600-1730 Kowalski, continued, including Robert Frost and Karin Friedrich 1800 Buffet supper, RIISS 8 MAY RIISS THE SCOTTISH DIASPORA IN EASTERN EUROPE Participants will give report on their work in progress, suggesting topics for further research, with reference to the Scottish diaspora and/or its context. 0900-0945 Christoph Witzenrath: Cossacks in Siberia, with special reference to John E. Wills, 1688: A Global History, London, 2001, p. 99: ‘The greatest geopolitical transformation of the world of the seventeenth century was the explosive expansion of Russian trade and settlement across Siberia.’ 0945-1030 Steve Murdoch: The Scottish Diaspora in Maritime Warfare in the 17 and 18cc: Russia in the Baltic Context. 1030-1100 Tea/coffee break 1100-1230 Discussion introduced by Dmitry Fedosov, Oleg Nozdrin and Mikhail Ryzhenkov of the Prosopography entitled ‘Lion Rampant to Double Eagle: Scots in Russia, 1500-1700’ composed with a grant from the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 1230-1330 Sandwich lunch 1330-1415 Paul Dukes: Russia and the General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century Revisited 1415-1500 Concluding Discussion, including plans for publication of vols. 2-6 of the Patrick Gordon Diary 1730 Book Launch and Wine Reception : Dmitry Fedosov will give a short introduction to the launch of the Diary Volume 1. All welcome.
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- University of Aberdeen, Humanity Manse