Research events aiming to interrogate the ways in which cultural encounters and cultural dialogues take place. Research strand leaders: Dr Eleoma Bodammer and Dr Alexandra SmithThe strand is part of a joint project with the Johann Gutenberg Universität Mainz.The aim of the strand is to interrogate the ways in which cultural encounters and cultural dialogues take place. It will study different modes of cultural and intercultural encounters; the interaction between cultural and linguistic phenomena; national canons; travel literature; translation, film adaptations and transposition of literary texts through performance; literature and the history of ideas; literature and visual arts; intertextuality; cultural identities and symbolic representations; interpretational forms through an international and cross-cultural perspective.The heart of the project will be a series of approximately 3-4 events per year for which we are now inviting proposals. The series of events will include workshops; film shows; exhibitions; talks by guest speakers (including academics, writers, critics, artists and translators); round table discussions; interviews with biographers; translators, directors; writers; musicians and artists. The project will also comprise the training and international networking of postgraduate students (both MSc and PhD) working on projects related to comparative literature; inter-cultural exchange; history of ideas; and translation studies. Events “And Again I Hear This Town’s Dancing, Intractable Tongue”: Arkady Dragomoshchenko’s Ukraine 20 November 2023 12.00 - 13.00An in-person lecture by Dr Evgeny Pavlov (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) on the work of prominent Russian-Ukrainian writer, Arkady Dragomoshchenko, and his relationship to Ukraine. Further information Re-translations and their Significance in a Literary System 2 March 2023 17.00 - 19.00Join us for a free seminar by Dr Natalia Kaloh Vid (University of Maribor) on re-translations, the causes and principles behind them, with a special focus on translations of Mikhail Bulgakov's literary works into English. Further information Fantastic Realism in Mikhail Bulgakov's Novel The Master and Margarita 1 March 2023 12.00 - 13.00Join us for a free lunchtime seminar on fantastic realism in Russian literature, focusing on Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita. Further information An Evolution of Joseph Brodsky’s Collaborative (Self)Translation: Dr Nataliya Rulyova 20 November 2020 14.10 - 15.45‘An Evolution of Joseph Brodsky’s Collaborative (Self)Translation: from remote control via combative collaboration towards self-translation and creative writing’. A free talk by guest speaker Dr Nataliya Rulyova (University of Birmingham). Further information Encounters with Nature and Animals in 20th-century Literature 13 November 2019 14.30 - 15.45Organised by Ana Calvete, visiting researcher at Edinburgh University, with the support of Cultural Encounters/Dialogues and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. Further information Russian Research Seminar: Dr Nina Scherbak 25 October 2019 12.00 - 13.00'Cultural Encounters/Dialogues'. A free seminar by guest speaker Dr Nina Scherbak (St Petersburg State University). Further information Russia and Europe: Linguistic and Cultural Encounters 30 May 2019 09.00 - 14.00A one-day conference on Russian and European cultural and linguistic encounters in the last 300 years. Further information Sovietisms as Cultural, Historical and Social Realia in English Translations of Mikhail Bulgakov's “A Dog’s Heart” 28 January 2019 12.00 - 13.00"Sovietisms as Cultural, Historical and Social Realia in English Translations of Mikhail Bulgakov's 'A Dog’s Heart'". A free guest seminar by Natalia Kaloh Vid (University of Maribor, Slovenia) Further information Translating Shakespeare’s Life into Russian 5 November 2018 12.00 - 13.00A free seminar by guest speaker, Dr Anna Rush (Edinburgh; Independent scholar and translator). Further information Recovering Women's Past 8-10 September 2016Learning to see the power of women in Europe and America from the Renaissance to the present. Further information Disseminating the message of the Holocaust for the Digital Generation 31 March 2016 17.30 - 18.30In conjunction with the Gathering the Voices exhibition, Angela Shapiro will give a public lecture on “Disseminating the message of the Holocaust for the Digital Generation”. Further information Russian Workshop: “Tolstoy in Different Contexts” 4 December 2015This one day mini-conference will focus on new work in Tolstoy studies. Further information ContactsIf you have any queries about the Cultural encounters/dialogues research strand or the events being organised please contact the Research strand leaders: Dr Eleoma Bodammer Reader German section School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures Contact details Work: +44 (0)131 650 3627 Email: Eleoma.Bodammer@ed.ac.uk Dr Alexandra Smith Reader Russian section School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures Contact details Work: +44 (0)131 651 1381 Email: Alexandra.Smith@ed.ac.uk This article was published on 2024-08-13
