Recording: José Vergara on Joyce’s influence in Russian literature

The ARRN recently hosted Dr José Vergara on James Joyce’s influence in Russian literature. This talk, and the ensuing discussion, are now available to view on YouTube.

Professor Marina Tsvetkova, ‘The reception of Marina Tsvetaeva in Britain’ – Talk now available on YouTube

In our first seminar for Winter 2021-22, we were joined by Professor Marina Tsvetkova of the Higher School of Economics, Nizhni-Novgorod, for a fascinating (and somewhat provocative!) look at the reception of Marina Tsvetaeva in Britain. Professor Tsvetkova gave an overview of translations of Tsvetaeva, and then guided the group through a comparison of a particular English translation with the Russian original. This was followed by a long and varied discussion.

A recording of Svetlana Yefimenko’s 21 July talk on ‘Tolstoy on & In England’, is now available on YouTube

In the fifth ARRN seminar of 2021, we were joined by Svetlana Yefimenko for a look at Tolstoy on and in London.

The talk is now available on YouTube.

A recording of Dr Katherine Bowers’s 25 May talk on ‘Radcliffiana and the Russian Gothic Wave’, is now available on YouTube

In the third ARRN seminar of 2021, we were joined by Dr Katherine Bowers for a deep dive into the reception of the English Gothic novelist Ann Radcliffe in Russia. Why were so many novels falsely attributed to Radcliffe (alongside her actual work) in the early nineteenth century, and what can such publishing microhistories tell us about Russian, and transnational, literary culture at the time?

The talk is now available on YouTube.

Recording: Katya Rogatchevskaia on the ARRN of 100 years ago

Dr Katya Rogatchevksaia’s talk on Russian emigre academics in Britain, and Anglo-Russian social networks more broadly at the turn of the 20th century is now available on YouTube!

New Podcasts: Phillipa Burt and Kimberley Reynolds

Podcasts are now available for the reading groups conducted by Philippa Burt and Kimberley Reynolds, on Theodore Komisarjevsky and Children’s Literature on the Soviet Union respectively.

We hope to include more podcasts from reading groups as time goes on.