SLOVO: The Russian Word in Scotland - Princess Dashkova Russian Centre

[Samantha Sherry]

SLOVO: The Russian Word in Scotland
13-15 March 2013

The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre at the University of Edinburgh
presents a fascinating series of academic and public events with the guest
participation of award-winning Russian writers and intellectuals renowned in
the homeland. It will feature an academic symposium,  evenings of readings
and discussions with the writers and broadcasters  Dmitry Bykov, Marina
Koroleva and Elena Fanailova and a screening of the film Short Stories with
Q&A session with the director and writer Mikhail Segal.

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Wednesday 13 March - An Evening with Dmitry Bykov, 
Presented by Svetlana Adjoubei, Director, Academia Rossica.
Time: 18:30-20:00	
Venue: McEwan Hall Reception Room, Bristo Square, the University of Edinburgh (entrance through Doorway 2 in the Medical Quad)
Tickets: £5, free for students of the University of Edinburgh. http://tinyurl.com/eveningbykov

In English and Russian with English translation.

Dmitry Bykov has published nine novels, several collections of short stories, three volumes of essays, eight collections of poetry and biographies of Pasternak and Bulat Okudzhava. In addition to his extensive literary work, he regularly works as a journalist, writing essays, articles and reviews for leading Russian publications. In English and Russian with English translation.

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Thursday 14th March - International Symposium “The Writer as ‘Language Laboratory’: Experiment, Reflection and Construction of Social Meaning”
Time: 9:00 – 17:45 
Venue: The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, The University of Edinburgh, 14 Buccleuch Place 

For more information and registration see: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/literatures-languages-cultures/dashkova/research-resources/current-research
Enquiries: Dashkova.Centre at ed.ac.uk

The symposium will bring together scholars of literary and socio-cultural linguistics, Russian writers and promoters of linguistic culture. The objective is to discuss the role of the contemporary public literary figure as a living ‘linguistic laboratory’, with a specific focus on the writer being an agent of linguistic culture who, in particular, manufactures and calibrates social and political values in language. 

Expected Participants: Roman Leibov (Tartu University), Lara Ryazanova-Clarke (Edinburgh University), Mikhail Epstein (Durham and Emory Universities), Tine Roesen (Aarhus University), Maxim Krongauz (Russian State Humanitarian University), Rose France (Edinburgh University)

Writers’ Round Table: Dmitry Bykov, Elena Fanailova, Mikhail Segal, Marina Koroleva

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Thursday 14th March – Film Screening “Short Stories”
Mikhail Segal presents his award-winning film “Short Stories” (Rasskazy) accompanied by a  discussion with the scriptwriter and director. Russian with English subtitles.
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Venue: LHC Screening Room 1.01 (First floor), The University of Edinburgh, 14 Buccleuch Place.
Tickets: £5 http://tinyurl.com/segalshortstories

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Friday 15th March - An evening with Elena Fanailova and Marina Koroleva. Presented by Dr. Billy Kay and Professor Roman Leibov
Time: 18:30-20:00 
Venue: Playfair Library, Old College, the University of Edinburgh
Tickets: £5 (University of Edinburgh students are admitted free on presentation of a student card but must book a place) 
http://tinyurl.com/fanialovakoroleva

Elena Fanailova is a poet and journalist. After training and working as a doctor, she moved to Moscow to Radio Liberty where she worked for seventeen years. She has published poetry and literary reviews in a variety of journals, and has won a number of literary prizes. 

Marina Koroleva is a writer, scholar and journalist. In addition to working as Deputy Chief Editor of the Ekho Moskvy radio station, she has written a play, “Poplar” (Topol) and a novel, “Concerto Grosso” (Vereshchagin). In English and Russian with English translation.

Dr Billy Kay is a writer, broadcaster and expert on the Scots language. As well as his radio broadcasts, he has written and extensively on Scots and is a member of the Cross Party Group on the Scots Language at the Scottish Parliament. His latest book is The Scottish World (2008).

Professor Roman Leibov is a docent in the department of Russian Literature at Tartu University. In addition to literature, his research interests concern the language and culture of the Russian Internet. 

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SLOVO is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies (CRCEES), University of Glasgow. CRCEES is funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. In association with Academia Rossica.

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