Semester 2 2015-16
Semester Two
“A Conversation with…” Series
27 January 2016. A conversation with Peter Pomerantsev
Journalist Peter Pomerantsev (Nothing is True and Everything is Possible: Adventures in Modern Russia) in conversation with Boris Dralyuk (University of St Andrews)
10 February 2016. Screening of the film Circles (Serbia, 2013)
Followed by a conversation with Prof Dina Iordanova (University of St Andrews), Dr Milja Radovic (University of Edinburgh), and Catherine Carnie (UNICEF/UNESCO).
9 March 2016. A conversation with Ariane Chemin
Journalist Ariane Chemin (Le Monde) in conversation with Dr Gavin Bowd (University of St Andrews): ‘Public and Private Life in French Journalism Today’
13 April 2016. A conversation with Pablo Guimón de Ros
Journalist Pablo Guimón de Ros (El país) in conversation with Prof Catherine O’Leary
Literary Café Series
24 February 2016. 12 French poets of the Great War
Dr Ian Higgins (French Department, retired) presents a representative selection of poems in his own translation
20 April 2016. ‘The (useless) craft of poetry’, with Prof Jordi Larios (Spanish Department, St Andrews)
18 May 2016. Dr Boris Dralyuk (University of St Andrews), reading his translations of Russian literature
Film Series
3 February 2016. Cartel Land (2015)
10 February 2016. Circles (2013)
2 March 2016. The Square (2013)
6 April 2016. Stalker (1979)
4 May 2016. Wolf (2013)