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Conversations on Kafka
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Writing Back: Russian Literature

Although Kafka and his work was frowned on behind the iron curtain, his works had a remarkable subterranean currency. This podcast takes its cue from Kafka's story "The Judgement" to discuss the "letters" written back to Kafka from today's Russia.
Changing Character of War
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Reflexive Control Theory: a Soviet perspective on influence and why it matters in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Maria de Goeij provides a brilliant introduction to reflexive control theory, a Soviet theory of influence. Listen to learn more and appreciate how it can help us better understand today's world, including strategic decision making in hybrid warfare.
Asian Studies Centre
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From Russia to Bombay, from Bombay to Soviet Union and back: The journey of Annabhau Sathe’s Maza Russia cha Pravas.

Part of the International conference on Maharashtra in September 2021 - Anagha Bhat Behere, SPPU, Pune
Balliol Chapel

Soviet Supermen and the Autistic State

Interdisciplinary lecture given by Alex Popescu following his Tyler Research Fellowship at UTAS, Australia.
Staying Alive: Poetry and Crisis

Episode 2: We Grow out of the Past

Interview with UK poet and translator Sasha Dugdale, author of Red House (2011) and Joy (2017)
Asian Studies Centre

My Enemy's Enemy: India in Afghanistan from the Soviet Invasion to the US Withdrawal

Avinash Paliwal speaks at the South Asia Seminar on 20 February 2018.
Anthropology

Cleaning up and moving on

A discussion of Kazakhstan's 'nuclear renaissance' and the transformation of the region from nuclear test site to wasteland to a centre for civilian research. Anthropology Departmental Seminar by Catherine Alexander of Durham (28 November 2014)
Design for War and Peace: 2014 Annual Design History Society Conference

The secret dollhouse: craft and resistance in Stalinist Estonia

My presentation will focus on the subject of nonprofessional craft as a tool of resistance against the official power. I will be concentrating on one particular case study from Soviet Estonia, dating from the 1940s.
Mansfield College

How the Beatles Rocked The Kremlin: Tales in the Cultural Shifts that Brought Down the Soviet Union

Part of our lecture series for Hilary Term 2013, given in the JCR at Mansfield College by Leslie Woodhead.

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