Showcasing Russian-Speaking Culture in the UK: Changing Communities As part of the AHRC-funded, University of Edinburgh-led project ‘Global Russians: Transnational Russophone Networks in the UK’ (2016-2021, Principal Investigator: Professor Lara Ryazanova-Clarke), delegates are welcome to this one day workshop bringing together leaders of Russian-speaking cultural entrepreneurship in the UK. With around 500,000 Russian-speaking migrants now living in the UK, the Russian-speaking community has a high cultural visibility in British urban landscapes, spanning from the War and Peace-styled Debutante Balls, film and book festivals to Victory Day marches. The Global Russians project aims to capture the transnational Russian-speaking identity and community construction organised around Russophone cultural entrepreneurship. Programme 09:45 – 10:00 Registration 10:00-11:20 Session 1 Discussants: Dina Berdnikova (Arbuzz), Larissa Itina (ARCC: Anglo-Russian Culture Club), Alexandrina Markvo (Bird&Carrot), Katerina Nikitina (former Zima) 11:20-11:40 Coffee 11:40-13:00 Session 2 Discussants: Vladimir Ashurkov, Irina Ioannesyan, Alexander Kan (BBC Russian Service) The event is free but booking is recommended via Eventbrite. Take me to Eventbrite to book my ticket About Global Russians: Transnational Russophone Networks in the UK As well as capturing the transnational Russian-speaking identity and community construction, the project aims to explore the discursive construction, articulation and transmission of transnational Russian-speaking self and community by agents of Russophone cultural production and gatekeepers of Russian cultural flows. It also aims to identify the community building potential of the discourse narratives under question and to establish forms in which Russian speakers culturally engage with the local and super-diverse communities in the UK. The project will provide insight into ‘transnational Britain’ itself, contributing new understandings as to what ‘community’ might mean in this context. The ‘Global Russians’ project is part of the multidisciplinary and multi-institutional ‘Cross-Language Dynamics: Reshaping Communities’ OWRI Programme (led by Manchester University). Celebrating 100 years of Russian lecturing at Edinburgh Image This event is one of a series taking place in 2019 to celebrate the centenary of Hugh G. Brennan’s first lecture on a graduating course in Russian at the University of Edinburgh. We are proud to be the oldest Russian department in Scotland, with non-graduating lectures starting in 1916, and our undergraduate degree course introduced in 1949. Today, we offer a range of undergraduate degrees, an MSc by Research, and a PhD in Russian Studies, as well as teaching in interdisciplinary masters programmes. The University also hosts the Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, an internationally recognised research and public engagement centre which runs a series of academic and cultural events, including conferences, lectures, film festivals, and events with Russian award-winning writers. #RussianatEd100 Find out more about Russian Studies at the University of Edinburgh Aug 24 2019 10.00 - 13.00 Showcasing Russian-Speaking Culture in the UK: Changing Communities Bringing together leaders of Russian-speaking cultural entrepreneurship in the UK for a knowledge exchange and networking workshop. The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre 19 Buccleuch Place Edinburgh EH8 9LN The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre Book for free on Eventbrite
Showcasing Russian-Speaking Culture in the UK: Changing Communities As part of the AHRC-funded, University of Edinburgh-led project ‘Global Russians: Transnational Russophone Networks in the UK’ (2016-2021, Principal Investigator: Professor Lara Ryazanova-Clarke), delegates are welcome to this one day workshop bringing together leaders of Russian-speaking cultural entrepreneurship in the UK. With around 500,000 Russian-speaking migrants now living in the UK, the Russian-speaking community has a high cultural visibility in British urban landscapes, spanning from the War and Peace-styled Debutante Balls, film and book festivals to Victory Day marches. The Global Russians project aims to capture the transnational Russian-speaking identity and community construction organised around Russophone cultural entrepreneurship. Programme 09:45 – 10:00 Registration 10:00-11:20 Session 1 Discussants: Dina Berdnikova (Arbuzz), Larissa Itina (ARCC: Anglo-Russian Culture Club), Alexandrina Markvo (Bird&Carrot), Katerina Nikitina (former Zima) 11:20-11:40 Coffee 11:40-13:00 Session 2 Discussants: Vladimir Ashurkov, Irina Ioannesyan, Alexander Kan (BBC Russian Service) The event is free but booking is recommended via Eventbrite. Take me to Eventbrite to book my ticket About Global Russians: Transnational Russophone Networks in the UK As well as capturing the transnational Russian-speaking identity and community construction, the project aims to explore the discursive construction, articulation and transmission of transnational Russian-speaking self and community by agents of Russophone cultural production and gatekeepers of Russian cultural flows. It also aims to identify the community building potential of the discourse narratives under question and to establish forms in which Russian speakers culturally engage with the local and super-diverse communities in the UK. The project will provide insight into ‘transnational Britain’ itself, contributing new understandings as to what ‘community’ might mean in this context. The ‘Global Russians’ project is part of the multidisciplinary and multi-institutional ‘Cross-Language Dynamics: Reshaping Communities’ OWRI Programme (led by Manchester University). Celebrating 100 years of Russian lecturing at Edinburgh Image This event is one of a series taking place in 2019 to celebrate the centenary of Hugh G. Brennan’s first lecture on a graduating course in Russian at the University of Edinburgh. We are proud to be the oldest Russian department in Scotland, with non-graduating lectures starting in 1916, and our undergraduate degree course introduced in 1949. Today, we offer a range of undergraduate degrees, an MSc by Research, and a PhD in Russian Studies, as well as teaching in interdisciplinary masters programmes. The University also hosts the Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, an internationally recognised research and public engagement centre which runs a series of academic and cultural events, including conferences, lectures, film festivals, and events with Russian award-winning writers. #RussianatEd100 Find out more about Russian Studies at the University of Edinburgh Aug 24 2019 10.00 - 13.00 Showcasing Russian-Speaking Culture in the UK: Changing Communities Bringing together leaders of Russian-speaking cultural entrepreneurship in the UK for a knowledge exchange and networking workshop. The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre 19 Buccleuch Place Edinburgh EH8 9LN The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre Book for free on Eventbrite
Aug 24 2019 10.00 - 13.00 Showcasing Russian-Speaking Culture in the UK: Changing Communities Bringing together leaders of Russian-speaking cultural entrepreneurship in the UK for a knowledge exchange and networking workshop.
