100 years since the Russian Revolution

The Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the International Conference "100 years since the Russian Revolutions" to be held at the University of Granada, November 15-17, 2017. The Conference's main goals are to promote multidisciplinary research on this crucial period of modern history and to bring together researchers and scholars interested in the conference topics:

1. Women in Russian Revolution

2. Interpretations of the Russian Revolution 

3. Russian Revolution and the World: impact, relevance and reception 

4. Russian Revolution and Spain: impact, relevance and reception 

5. Way of Thinking, Schools of Thought and Ideas from the Russian Revolution

6. Revolution and artistic expressions

7. Revolution and/in Literature

8. From USSR to Russia

9. Memory and commemoration of the 1917

10. Discourse and Language in/of Russian revolution 

11. Religion, Thinking and Daily Life in the Russian revolution

12. Revolution and counterrevolution

13. Nationalities in the USSR 

14. Revolutionaries? Leaders, Figures and Key People during the Russian Revolution

15. Studying the Russian Revolution: reviews and new directions 

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The official languages of the symposium are English, Russian and Spanish.

Plenary Speakers will be confirmed by the end of February. In addition to scheduled sessions, two round tables on “The Russian revolutions and Spain” and "The impact of Russian Revolution on China" are planned during the symposium.

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Important dates:

· Abstract submission deadline: May 14, 2017.  Via https://goo.gl/forms/LmSEyAeXNtovojjt2

· Notification of acceptance: May 31, 2017.

· Program Announcement: mid-September.

· Conference dates: November 15-17, 2017.
 

Venue: University of Granada (Spain).

 

Organizing Committee:

Simón Suárez Cuadros (Chair. University of Granada)

Enrique Quero Gervilla (Co-chair. University of Granada),

Benamí Barros García (Co-chair. Russkiy Mir Foundation / University of Granada),

Miguel Ángel del Arco Blanco (Co-chair. University of Granada), 

Andrés Santana Arribas (University of Cadiz), 

Natalia Arsentieva (University of Granada),

Marta Rebón (University of Granada), 

Tatiana Chaikhieva (University of Granada), 

Enrique J. Vercher García (University of Granada),

Gloria Román Ruíz (University of Granada),

Juan Miguel Valdera Gil (University of Granada),

Pavel Marynenko (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv), 

Tatjana Portnova (University of Granada),

Tamara Gorozhankina (University of Granada),

Tamara Djermanovic (Pompeu Fabra University),
Alba Adamuz Osuna (University of Granada)

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Scientific Committee

Michael Nicholson (University College, Oxford)

Pierre Gonneau (Paris-Sorbonne University) 

Sergey Zhuravlev (Institute of Russian History, Russian Academy of Sciences)

Juan Gay Armenteros (University of Granada) ​

Miguel Gómez Oliver (University of Granada) 

Yuri Shevchuk (Columbia University) 

Teresa María Ortega López (University of Granada) 

Juan Antonio Pérez Tapias (University of Granada) 

Vsevolod Bagno (Institute of Russian Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences)

Francisco Cobo Romero (University of Granada)

Margaret Tejerizo (University of Glasgow) 
Stefano Aloe (University of Verone) 

Ricardo Martín de la Guardia (University of Valladolid)

Carlos Taibo (Autonomous University of Madrid)

Alicia Relinque Eleta (University of Granada) 

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For any other questions or concerns, please email russrevugr17@gmail.com.

We look forward to seeing you in Granada!

Organizing Committee of RussRevUGR17