The Dashkova Centre has hosted a number of international conferences promoting research on Russian language and culture. Londongrad and Londongradians: Identities, Imaginaries, and Cultural Practices of Russians in the UK Podcasts from the Londongrad workshop, organised within the AHRC-funded, Edinburgh University based project ‘Global Russians: Transnational Russophone Networks in the UK’. (PI: Lara Ryazanova-Clarke). The Global Russian: International Travel as Cultural and Linguistic Practices On 26-27 November 2015 the Dashkova centre hosted an International Workshop "The Global Russian: International Travel as Cultural and Linguistic Practices". The writer as a 'language laboratory' A symposium bringing together scholars of literary and socio-cultural linguistics, Russian writers and promoters of linguistic culture. Global Russian podcasts On 24-25 January 2013 the Dashkova Centre hosted a conference on Global Russian. Putin's Russia? A Mid-Election Round Table Chaired by the Dashkova Centre's Deputy Director, Dr Luke March, this podcast examines different themes surrounding the 2012 Russian elections. This article was published on Tuesday 13 August 2024