The University of Bristol is pleased to announce a one-day postgraduate conference which aims to explore the nature of cultural exchanges between Russia and the West. This unique conference is an opportunity to re-examine artistic creativity during the twentieth century, a time of revolutionary and ideological change, and to look at cultural connections between Russia, Europe and the United States.
Russian history is marked by key moments of contact and exchange which have shaped and transformed its cultural heritage. Our aim is to trace the history of cultural production during a period of artistic and political evolution within and outside of Russia. The development of Russian culture within national and international contexts will be considered with a focus on art, literature and music. We aim to challenge the idea that Russia was isolated by geography and politics.
A primary focus will be to examine key moments of contact between Russian artists, writers and composers in different contexts and to explore emigration and moments of cultural interaction. These contacts across geographic, political and cultural boundaries are essential to our understanding of the development of Russian art and culture.
Current postgraduate researchers or recent PhD recipients working on areas of Russian scholarship from a range of academic fields are invited to apply. Our aim is to allow the cross-pollination of ideas and foster debate across a number of different disciplines. We encourage postgraduates from a range of different disciplines including art history, history, literature, politics, film, music and cultural studies to apply.
Hosted by the Graduate School of Arts and Humanities and sponsored by the Bristol Institute for Research in the Humanities and Arts, the Transnational Modernisms Research Cluster, University of Bristol and the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies.
For further information please email hatrc@bristol.ac.uk.
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