Michaelmas 2020

EARLY SLAVONIC WEBINAR

MICHAELMAS TERM 2020

Tuesdays at 5 pm (GMT+1) via Zoom

October 27

General Discussion for Postgraduates: Working with Slavonic Sources

Registration:

November 3

Adrian Jusupović (The Institute of History, Poland Academy of Sciences)

Basqaqs in Rus: A Social Strategy of Power

Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErceqqrj4uGtO8rkqwCYlsrPd4iUg-MHxU

November 10

Marika Mägi (Tallinn University)

The Role of the Chudi in the Formation of Kievan Rus

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November 17

Rima Greenhill (Stanford University)

From strange discovery to happy overture: Russian-English Relations, 1553-1613

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November 24

Denis Masliuzhenko (Kurgan State University)

The Conquest of Siberia

*This talk will be given in Russian with notes in English

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December 1

Valerie Kivelson (University of Michigan)

Magic and Empathy: Animals in Muscovite Spells

*This talk begins at 4 pm

Registration:

Please email questions to the convener

Dr Alexandra Vukovich

Zoom Webinar Instructions

Please join the webinar promptly at the scheduled start time (or a couple of minutes ahead of it) and you will be ‘let in’ by the convener.

Talks are scheduled to be up to 45 mins, followed by 20 mins for questions and discussion.

Towards the end of the talk, please use the Q&A or Chat function, to queue up questions. Write ‘Question’ in the Chat or Q&A if you want to participate in a live discussion.

Funding for this webinar was generously provided by the

Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research