CONFERENCE | 'A Game in Hell. The Great War in Russia' | Saturday 27 September 2014 | Courtauld Institute, London

Thu Sep 11 11:36:17 UTC 2014

Please find below details of the forthcoming conference, entitled:

·         *‘A Game in Hell’: The Great War in Russia*, which will take
place on *Saturday 27 September 2014,* *10.00 – 17.15*(with registration
from 09.30) in the Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre at The Courtauld Institute
of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN.

*Ticket/Entry details:* *£16 (£11 students and concessions, £8 GRAD
members).*

*BOOK ONLINE:* http://courtauld-institute.digitalmuseum.co.ukor send a
cheque made payable to ‘Courtauld Institute of Art’ to Research Forum
Events Co-ordinator, Research Forum, The Courtauld Institute of Art,
Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN, stating the event title ‘A Game in
Hell’. For further information, email ResearchForumEvents at courtauld.ac.uk

Please scroll down for further information and a full event programme.

Research Forum

The Courtauld Institute of Art

Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN

Email: researchforum at courtauld.ac.uk

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*‘A Game in Hell’: The Great War in Russia*

*Saturday 27 September 2014, 10.00 – 17.15 (with registration from 09.30)*

Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset
House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN

This full-day interdisciplinary conference coincides with the opening of
the exhibition *‘A Game in Hell’: The Great War in Russia* at GRAD: Gallery
for Russian Arts and Design. Curated by two of today’s most prominent
Russian scholars, Professor John Bowlt and Dr Nicoletta Misler, the
exhibition examines the artistic and historical significance of the Great
War in Russia.

This year’s centennial commemoration is an opportune time to examine this
long-neglected period of Russian modern history. The Great War was
succeeded so swiftly by the 1917 Revolution and the Russian Civil War that
there was little time to process its impact during successive regimes.
Speakers will address the profound influence of the Great War on Russian
society and culture from new perspectives, discussing topics that include
the evaluation of military events on the Eastern Front; the response of
avant-garde artists to the war; the role of women during the conflict; the
changing uses of printed propaganda and photography; and the repercussions
of wartime on Russian literary circles.

*Ticket/Entry details:* £16 (£11 students and concessions, £8 GRAD
members). BOOK ONLINE: http://courtauld-institute.digitalmuseum.co.uk or
send a cheque payable to ‘Courtauld Institute of Art’ to Research Forum
Events Co-ordinator, Research Forum, The Courtauld Institute of Art,
Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN, stating the event title ‘A Game in
Hell’. For further information, email ResearchForumEvents at courtauld.ac.uk

Organised by GRAD (Alexandra Chiriac) and Cambridge Courtauld Russian Art
Centre (Natalia Budanova) in collaboration with The Courtauld Institute of
Art (Professor John Milner).

The exhibition 'A Game in Hell': The Great War in Russia is at GRAD:
Gallery for Russian Arts and Design, London, from 26 September to 27
November. Exhibits are on loan from the Sergey Shestakov Collection, the
State Mayakovsky Musem, the State Russian Archives of Film and Photography,
and private collections in London.

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*CONFERENCE PROGRAMME*

09:30 – 10:00 Registration

10:00 – 10:05 Welcome by Deborah Swallow

10:05 – 10:30 Introduction and opening remarks by John Bowlt

*10:30 – 12:00      Session 1: War chronicles. *Chair: John Bowlt

Elena Sudakova (GRAD: Gallery for Russian Arts and Design)
*Forgotten Heroes of the Great War*

Jonathan Black (Kingston University)
*'A Giant with a Head of Clay'? The Russian Army in the First World War*

12:00 – 12:30 COFFEE BREAK

*12:30 – 14:30* *Session 2: War and the visual arts*. Chair: Nicoletta
Misler

Christina Lodder (University of Kent)

*A Painting Fit for Heroes: Kazimir Malevich's* Reservist of the First
Division

Natalia Budanova (The Courtauld Institute of Art)
*'Who Needs the Art Now?': Russian Women Artists Representing the Great War*

Irina Nikiforova (Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts)
*Visual Propaganda at the Time of the Great War: The Case of International
War Posters*

14:30 – 15:00 LUNCH

*15:00 – 16:30* *Session 3: War and literature*. Chair: Natalia Budanova

John Milner (The Courtauld Institute of Art)
*A New Teaching about War: The Poet Khlebnikov and the Art of the Russian
Avant-Garde at War*

Valentina Parisi (Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Germany)
*Russian Avant-Garde Circles and the Literary Response to the Great War*

16:30 – 17:00 Concluding remarks by Nicoletta Misler

17:15                     Reception and book launch

The richly illustrated book accompanying the exhibition 'A Game in Hell’:
The Great War in Russia (288 pages, priced at £35) will be available to
conference attendees at the special price of £25.

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The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN

Tel +44 (0)20 7848 2785/2909   web:
www.courtauld.ac.uk/researchforum/index/shtml

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Conference: *A Game in Hell. The Great War in Russia*
27 September 2014, the Courtauld Institute of Art
Tickets £16, concessions £11

This full-day interdisciplinary conference coincides with the opening of
the exhibition 'A Game in Hell. The Great War in Russia' at GRAD. Speakers
will address the profound influence of the Great War on Russian society and
culture. Tickets available here <http://ci.tesseras.com/internet/shop>.

Exhibition: *A Game in Hell. The Great War in Russia*
26 September - 27 November 2014
Entry £5, concessions £3

Curated by two of today's most prominent scholars of Russian art, Prof John
Bowlt and Dr Nicoletta Misler, the exhibition examines the artistic and
historical significance of the First World War in Russia. More information
here
<http://www.grad-london.com/whatson/a-game-in-hell-the-great-war-in-russia/>
.

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