100 Years of Russian and Other Slavonic Languages at Oxford

[Andy Byford]

TAYLOR INSTITUTION, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
100 YEARS OF RUSSIAN AND OTHER SLAVONIC LANGUAGES AT OXFORD

A CELEBRATION
Wednesday 16 November-Friday 18 November, 2005

Wednesday 16 November  5 pm  Lecture Room 3, Taylor Institution, St 
Giles

Ilchester Lecture     Mr Adam Zamoyski 
'The Polish Problem at the Congress of Vienna'

Followed by a Reception in the Taylor Institution

Thursday 17 November  10.30 a.m.-12.00 p.m. Seminar Room, Modern History
Research Centre, Radcliffe Infirmary (above the ENT Unit)

'Russian Culture in the Twenty-First Century'  
(Round Table with participation from former doctoral students at Oxford, 
now working professionally in Russian and Slavonic Studies)

Thursday 17 November  1.00 p.m.-2.00 p.m.   Holywell Music Room

Piano and vocal concert of Russian music (Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Medtner
and Shostakovich) by Dr Philip Bullock (piano) and Ms Helena Newsom
(mezzo-soprano)

Thursday 17 November  2.15 p.m.-5.00 p.m.  Magdalen College Auditorium

Showing of the film 'A Driver for Vera', by Pavel Chukhrai, 2004, a
spectacular, Oscar-nominated comedy thriller, followed by a panel 
discussion with Dr Birgit Beumers, Dr Reidar Due, Professor Julian Graffy, 
and the film's producer, Mr Mikhail Zil'berman.

Thursday 17 November  5.15 p.m. Lecture Room 2, Taylor Institution, St
Giles

Ilchester Lecture  Professor Nikolai Vakhtin (European University, St
Petersburg) 'Russians in Siberia: Language, Colonisation, and Identity'

Followed by a Reception in the Taylor Institution

Friday 18 November, 5-6.30 p.m., Taylorian Room 3.
 
Round Table: 'What is Slavonic Philology (and how has Oxford contributed 
to it)?'
(Chaired by Dr Jan Fellerer and Dr Mary MacRobert. Participants Professor 
Charles Drage, Mr Nigel Gotteri, Mr Mark Shuttleworth, and Dr David 
Willis.)

All events are free and open to all, including the general public;
pre-booking advisable (contact sigrun.frank at wolfson.ox.ac.uk). General
organiser: Professor Catriona Kelly, New College, Oxford.

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