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Russia Between East and West:
A Cultural History of
Pre-Revolutionary Russia
This multimedia lecture course offers an insight
into major developments in the history of
Russian culture from the icons of Kievan Rus’
to the ‘golden age’ of the nineteenth century.
The course is intended for a wide audience with
a general interest in pre-revolutionary Russian
culture. Lectures are delivered in English by
staff of Trinity College Dublin and special guest
lecturers on selected topics from literature;
music and film; painting, sculpture and
architecture; theatre, opera and ballet; as
well as crafts, costumes and food culture.
In 2014-15, the course focuses on some of the
ways in which Russia’s geographical location
between Europe and Asia has impacted on its
history and developing national identity, and
found expression through culture.
This course will normally run if there is a
minimum of ten students enrolled.
How to apply
Application forms are available from the
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
either in hard copy or electronic form
. The
completed application form accompanied by
payment in the form of a personal cheque,
postal money order or bank draft, payable to
Trinity College no. 1 account should be returned
to: The Executive Officer, Department of
Russian and Slavonic Studies, room 5045,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Phone: 01 896 1896, email:
Fee
€150 for ten ninety minute lectures, payable in
advance (by 19 September 2014). This fee is
non-refundable once the course has commenced.
A concession rate (€100) is available to Trinity
College Dublin undergraduate and postgraduate
students. The number of concession rate places in
any given class is restricted to twenty per cent.
Payment must accompany applications.
Time and place
Thursdays, 7 p.m. - 8.30 p.m., in room 5039,
Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
Duration
Teaching commences on Thursday, 2 October
2014
and ends on Thursday, 11 December
2014.
There is a one week break (3-7 November
2014)
when no lectures will take place.
Czech Literature and Culture
from the Nineteenth Century to
the Present
In this ten-week evening course we will explore
Czech literature and culture from the nineteenth
century to the present. The course will comprise
lectures and discussions on key moments in
Czech cultural history, such as the National
Revival, the creation of independent
Czechoslovakia in 1918, the flourishing of
culture in the First Republic, the oppression of
writers and artists under the Communist regime,
the ‘golden’ sixties and the New Wave in film,
the Velvet Revolution and the fall of communism
in 1989. At the same time, we will pay special
attention to certain major personalities of Czech
culture and society, including Tomáš Garrigue
Masaryk (philosopher and first Czechoslovak
president), Jaroslav Hašek (author of the most
famous Czech book,
The good soldier Schweik
),
Jaroslav Seifert (national poet and Nobel
Laureate), Miloš Forman (Oscar-winning film
