1 Oct 2024
The Slavonic Studies Section presents the 'Translation Speaker Series' 2024-2025
In conceptualising this lecture series, we conceived of 'translation' in the broadest of terms. That is, not just as the translation of words or texts from one language into another, but also as the much wider process of moving or conveying cultural material or information from one context or medium into another. Translation thus serves here as a g…
1 Oct 2024
A Series of International Events on 'The Adventures of Pinocchio
We are delighted to announce a series of academic and public engagement initiatives aimed at celebrating the legacy of Carlo Collodi’s literary masterpiece The Adventures of Pinocchio in contemporary culture, co-organized by Murray Edwards College Fellow Elena Sottilotta (Italian section, MMLL Faculty) with Pablo a Marca (Department of Italian Stud…
11 Nov 2023
Book Announcement: 'Multicultural Commonwealth: Poland-Lithuania and Its Afterlives'
The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795) was once the largest country in Europe — a multicultural republic that was home to Belarusians, Germans, Jews, Lithuanians, Poles, Ruthenians, Tatars, Ukrainians, and other ethnic and religious groups.Although long since dissolved, the Commonwealth remains a rich resource for mythmaking in its descenda…
1 Aug 2023
Conference July 6-7 2023: 'The Future of Polish Studies'
This interdisciplinary conference The Future of Polish Studies will take place on July 6 and 7, 2023 in Warsaw as a joint initiative of ÃÜÌÒÊÓÆµ Polish Studies and the University of Warsaw.The aim of the event is to bring together leading experts in multiple disciplines to discuss the state of their fields and directions for innovative development…
4 Oct 2022
The Slavonic Studies Section presents 'Rethinking Slavonic Studies' Lecture Series 2022-2023
The series aims to address urgent questions for the study of Slavonic cultures as well as Central and Eastern Europe and Eurasia more generally in the context of Russia's ongoing war on Ukraine.Among other subjects, this international and multi-disciplinary series will examine various imperial legacies, marginalised discourses, and postcolonial (or…
26 Feb 2021
Natasha Franklin: In Memoriam
It is with profound sadness that we in the Slavonic Studies Section announce the death of our beloved Natasha Franklin on Thursday 25th February 2021. It is very hard to put into words the loss that we all feel, and which we know is shared by our colleagues and friends, and by the many generations of students who have been nourished and challenged …