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 2024-08-13