Other events in Scotland
If you would like to have an event mentioned here, please email details to srfnews@scotlandrussiaforum.org. The SRF reserves the right to accept, reject or edit material sent in.8 February: Erickson Lecture: 'Modernisation in Russia: Things to Come, Things to be Overcome'
Dr. Igor Yurgens, Chairman of Management Board of the Institute for Contemporary Development, MoscowThe lecture will be followed by a drinks reception.
Entrance free but ticketed: tickets will be available at www.eventbrite.com
In association with the Europa Institute and Princess Dashkova Russia Centre
5:15pm, Playfair Library Hall, Old College, The University of Edinburgh
9 February: Putin's Russia? A Mid-Election Round Table
Princess Dashkova Russian Centre in cooperation with the Europa InstituteChaired by Luke March (University of Edinburgh)
The Parliamentary Elections and Party System (Paul Chaisty, University of Oxford)
The Presidential Elections and the Presidency (Stephen White, University of Glasgow)
Russia-EU Relations Post-Election (Derek Averre, CREES, University of Birmingham)
Followed by reception at the Princess Dashkova Russian Centre
Free.
3-5pm, Edinburgh University, David Hume Tower, Conference Room
16 February: The Dashkova Lecture: ‘Bez stali i leni: Aesopian Language and Legitimacy in Discourse’
Professor Irina Sandomirskaia (Sӧdertӧrn University). 5:15 pm, The Princess Dashkova Russian Centre, 14 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh. Free.
18 February: Russian Church Music
One day course from Edinburgh University Open Learning with tutors Svetlana Zvereva and Stuart Campbell.Russian church music has a particularly rich traditition of unaccompanied choral music for its services. This course will trace its historical path and examine the interaction with Russian folk music and influences from outside Russia. It will be abundantly illustrated with musical excerpts and video clips.
Tutors:
Svetlana Zvereva PhD is a leading scholar of Russian Church Music
Stuart Campbell MA, BMus, PhD has been a tutor with OLL for a number of years and is an enthusiast for Russian 19th century music.
Enrolment: Cost £30. Book early to avoid disappointment
In person: 11 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW. Mon-Fri 9.15-4.45. 0131 650 4400
Online: www.ed.ac.uk/openstudies
Note: if you are interested in early church music you might also like to check out the SRF's Byzantium exhibition and associated lectures. See Exhibitions
23 February: Concert - Russkaya Cappella: ‘Images of Russia in choral music’
Russkaya Cappella ('the choir that sings Russian music') presents sacred compositions by Bortnyansky, L'vov, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rakhmaninoff, Chesnokov, Gretchaninoff, secular music written by Glinka, Taneyev, Tchaikovsky and others as well as arrangements of folksongs. In the first half the choir will sing a short anthology of some of the finest examples of Russian sacred music, drawn from various seasons of the church calendar. The second half contains images from history, nature and folk celebrations.7:30pm – 8:45pm, St. Cecilia’s Hall, Niddry Lane, Cowgate, Edinburgh
Entry: £8. Free ticketed admission to students and children under 10
Tickets can be obtained here: http://www.epay.ed.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?compid=1&modid=2&catid=64
25 February: The 5th annual Burns/Shevchenko supper
7pm. The Ukrainian Club, 14 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh
Tickets £15 (includes 5 Course supper, wine and entertainment)
Admittance - ticket only!Book now to avoid disappointment!(there is limited seating capacity)
6pm - 6.30pm, complimentary drink on arrival!
Piped to supper!Finest Burns speakers!Readings, songs and music from both national poets!
For tickets please contact: Michael Ostapko tel: 01383410205, email: ostapko@btinternet.com
1 March: Translating Storytelling
Can storytelling connect us if we speak different languages? Can it cross geographic
frontiers and bring us closer together? Can we find ourselves in stories told by speakers
of other tongues? If you are curious and want to find out, join us for this special story
performance event. Storytellers, including Michal Malinowski, James MacDonald Reid and Ewan McVicar, present tales from Poland, Russia, Georgia and Scotland. It is a unique intercultural treat and it is all on us! This event is funded by a grant from the UK's Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and organized by the Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies.
7.30pm (2hrs) | Free (but ticketed) | 16+. Phone 0131 556 9579 to reserve. Scotttish Storytelling Centre, 43-45 High St, Edinburgh EH1 1SR
3 March: An Introduction to Russian Church Music
One day course at DACE University of Glasgow with tutors Svetlana Zvereva PhD and Stuart Campbell MA, BMus, PhD.
Russian
church music has a particularly rich traditition of unaccompanied
choral music for its services. This course will trace its historical
path and examine the interaction with Russian folk music and influences
from outside Russia. It will be abundantly illustrated with musical
excerpts and video clips.
Enrolment: Cost £30. Book early to avoid disappointment
Contact: DACE, 11 Eldon St G3 6NH. 0141 330 1860 (Mon-Fri 10am-4.30pm), dace-query@educ.gla.ac.uk
Website: www.glasgow.ac.uk/dace
Note:
if you are interested in early church music you might also like to
check out the SRF's Byzantium exhibition and associated lectures. See Exhibitions
7 and 8 March: SDI Doing Business in Russia events
7 March - Glasgow, 8 March Invernesss
Russia is the largest country in the world and now the UK's twelfth largest export market. In 2010 UK exports to Russia increased by 51% totaling £3.45bn. Since 2001 UK-Russia trade has been growing at an average of 21% year-on-year. The government's economy modernisation and infrastructure development agenda together with an increasing consumer appetite for quality services and goods make Russia a very attractive target for British exports.
These FREE events, organised by Scottish Development International (SDI), will help businesses find out about opportunities in the Russian market and the support available through the Smart Exporter international trade programme. Our research indicates the most promising opportunities exist in: Advanced Engineering, Financial Services, ICT, Power/Energy, Sports and Leisure Infrastructure (particularly with the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics), Airports, Construction, Creative Industries, Rail and Water.
Whether you are a small company new to exporting, or an established exporter, this event provides an ideal opportunity to increase your market knowledge and take part in one-to-one clinics with country specialists and commercial advisers.
This event is organised as part of Smart Exporter, a new international trade skills programme designed to increase exporting skills and knowledge amongst Scottish businesses through the provision of free and heavily subsidised trade support.
Programme and registration details:
7 March: Glasgow http://www.sdi.co.uk/events/2012/03/doing-business-in-russia.aspx
8 March: Inverness http://www.sdi.co.uk/events/2012/03/doing-business-in-russia-inverness.aspx
If you have a query related to international trade email enquiries@smartexporter.co.uk
8 March: Birgit Beumers "Sokurov’s Ark: Entrances to and Exits from a Film(ic) Museum". Edinburgh University Russian Studies Research Seminar.
Talk by Dr Birgit Beumers (Reader in Russian Studies, Department of Russian Studies, University of Bristol) about Alexander Sokurov's film "Russian Ark". The film has been highly praised as one of the 21st-century masterpieces and Sokurov is widely recognised as one of the most important living filmmakers in Russia. His list of prestigious international awards includes the Golden Lion award (Venice, 2011) -- for his latest film "Faust".
Dr Birgit Beumers is one of the leading specialists on Russian post-war theatre and film, specialising in contemporary Russian culture. Her research interests generally lie in contemporary culture, especially theatre and drama, and Russian and Central Asian cinema. She has written a monograph on Yuri Lyubimov at the Taganka Theatre and has co-authored a book on New Drama in Russia with Mark Lipovetsky. She has written on Russian cinema: her book on the filmmaker Nikita Mikhalkov was published in 2005, following her film companion on Burnt by the Sun; and on Russian popular culture Pop Culture Russia! (2005). She is the author of A History of Russian Cinema (2009) and has edited Russia on Reels: The Russian Idea in Post-Soviet Cinema (1999) and 24 Frames: The Cinema of Russia and the former Soviet Union (2007), as well as a two volumes on the post-Soviet Russian media (with Stephen Hutchings and Natalya Rulyova). During 2007-2009 she held a Leverhulme Research Fellowship to explore Russian animation. In 2011, together with Professor Nancy Condee, she published a book on Sokurov: The Cinema of Alexander Sokurov ( London: I.B.Tauris, 2011).
Appleton Tower LT2 5.15 pm. All welcome, no charge. More information: Alexandra.Smith@ed.ac.uk
18 March: Russkaya Cappella
3.00pm, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow. Details: http://russkayacappella.yolasite.com/news-and-concerts.php
23 March: Mike O'Mahony "Winter Sports through the Prism of Soviet Artists". Edinburgh University Russian Studies Research Seminar.
Dr Mike O'Mahony (Senior Lecturer, Department of History of Art, University
of Bristol) studied History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art (BA 1991, PhD 1998). His thesis examined representations of sport and physical culture in official Soviet art during the inter-war years.
Before joining the University of Bristol in 2000 he taught modern art at many institutions including Winchester School of Art and the Courtauld Institute of Art. He has also lectured at many London museums and galleries including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Tate Gallery, the Hayward Gallery, the Barbican Art Gallery, the Royal Academy of Arts and the Courtauld Gallery. He is founding editor of Art on the line.
His recent research and publications have examined: representations of sport and physical culture in official and unofficial Soviet art; the fate of Soviet public monuments in the post-Soviet era; the Moscow metro; the work of Aleksandr Deineka; and the films of Sergei Eisenstein. He is currently on a two-year Leverhulme Research Fellowship studying the representation of sport and the Olympic Games in visual culture. His list of main publications includes several books and edited volumes, incl Спорт в СССР (2008) and Sport in the USSR: Physical Culture – Visual Culture (2006).
Appleton Tower LT1, 5.15 pm. All welcome, no charge. More information: Alexandra.Smith@ed.ac.uk
19-22 April: Russia Week in St Andrews
Student members of St Andrews University Russian Society have some very exciting plans for a Russian Week in April. Provisional programme below - make a note in your diary now! If you have ideas / can offer funding they would love to hear from you. Contact Rebecca Emerick rae8@st-andrews.ac.ukProvisional Programme: Further details will be available soon
Mon-Wed 16-18 April: Schools programme (details tbc)
Norstein animation talk
Russian traditional dance show
Russian Language Taster Lessons
Thurs 19 April: Music.
Piano- Prokofiev/Shostakovitch
Eastern European Folk Singing/Russian Choral
Poetry
Tuvan Throat Singing
Friday 20 April: Literature
1. Three Authors in focus- slightly earlier than the evening event
Harvey Pitcher- Chekov
Dr Rosamunde Bartlett- Tolstoy
Dr Claire Whitehead/Dr Finer- Pushkin/Dostoevsky/Gogol
2. Friday Evening
Michelle Berdy
Oleg Borushko
Another speaker tbc
Saturday 21 April: Art
Courtauld Institute art experts
The Art of Russia- TV programme by Andrew Graham Dixon
Constructivism - speaker from the Royal Academy exhibition (tbc)
Questions to panel of all speakers, incl Andrew Graham Dixon
Sunday 22 April: Current Affairs
Round One: aspects of Russia
Teresa Cherfas’ film, "Grass roots Russia"
(tbc) Angus Roxburgh film
Questions from audience and discussion chaired by Bridget Kendall
Lunch
Round Two: Where is Russia headed?
Angus Roxburgh/Bridget Kendall/Dr John Anderson- 10 minutes on the podium each
Questions from audience
27 May: Russkaya Cappella
6.00pm, St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh. Details: http://russkayacappella.yolasite.com/news-and-concerts.php
Sept 14-17: The Alexander Men Conference 2012
A conference inspired by this great ecumenical 20th century Christian martyr. Alexander Men’s global vision, his fearlessness and understanding of the predicaments faced by people today, and above all his faith in the ultimate triumph of good over evil, are the springboards for The Alexander Men Conference 2012 which will be held in Moffat in the south of Scotland 14th – 17th September. A distinguished line up of speakers includes Revd Dr. John Polkinghorne; Dr Katya Genieva, Director General of the Library for Foreign Literature in Russia; Prof. Wallace L. Daniel (current major biographer of Fr Alexander); Russian poet Olga Sedakova, Bishop Seraphim Sigrist, Shirley du Boulay, and Revd Canon Dr. Michael Bourdeaux.
The conference format will include a weekend of papers, question and answer, dialogues and discussions covering four themes; ‘The Life and Significance of Fr Alexander Men’, ‘Religious Experience and Culture’, ‘Religious Experience and the Scientific Mind-set’ with the final plenary session looking forward to ‘Our Life Together; The Future.’
Conference tickets can be booked online at www.alexandermenconference.com