Anna Kovalova’s Talk at the Tynianov Readings
On November 2nd Anna Kovalova presented a paper “The Anna Karenina Plot in Early Russian Cinema” at the 19th Tynianov Readings.
Anna Kovalova's Talk “The Picture of Dorian Gray written by Vsevolod Meyerhold”
On October 4th the head of the Research Group Anna Kovalova gave a paper on Vsevolod Meyerhold’s famous lost film The Picture of Dorian Gray (1915).
The First Seminar After the Summer Break
At the first seminar of the new academic year the results of the initial and most important stage of the research team project were discussed. A new detailed plan was drawn up for the remaining months of work.
A Talk by Professor Jeremy Hicks of Queen Mary University of London
The first stage of the Research Team Project was completed by Jeremy Hicks's talk "The Oedipal text in Pudovkin's 1926 adaptation of Gorky’s Mother". This talk led to a stimulating discussion in which our guests took part, among them the film historians Nikolai Izvolov, Svetlana Ishevskaia, Sergei Kapterev and Evgenii Margolit, and the film director Evgenii Tsymbal.
Two Articles by Our Team Members Are Published
An article written by all the research team project members is published in Seans, and another paper by the head of the team, Anna Kovalova is in the latest issue of the Slavonic and East European Review
Visiting Gosfilmofond of Russia at Belye Stolby
Colleagues from the largest film archive in Russia have conducted a tour for our research team and have demostrated how Gosfilmofond works
The Fourth Note in The Research Team Project Journal
The new note "Labour Day" investigates the theme of the working class in early Russian librettos
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Film Screenings Seminars
Two research team project seminars in April and in May were devoted to film screenings and discussions
April Theses
In April the members of the research team project presented papers at four conferences
The Third Note is Published in the Research Team Project Journal
Following the centenary of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk centenary the Research Team Project Journal publishes a new note on the first Russian war comedies