Representative offices
Young Filmmakers on the Historical Past: Kantemir Balagov’s Beanpole
St Petersburg University Representative Office in Barcelona invites you to take part in the online lecture "Young Filmmakers on the Historical Past: Kantemir Balagov’s Beanpole". This will be a continuation of the new series of lectures on contemporary Russian cinema. The lecture will be delivered by Liubov Bugaeva, Professor in the Department of the History of Russian Literature at St Petersburg University, author of Literature and rite de passage (2010) and more than 200 articles on the theory and history of literature and cinematography.
Modern art films: "Faust" by Aleksandr Sokurov
St Petersburg Representative Office in Barcelona holds the first lecture of the "Films from Russia: talking of cinematography" series.
Postcolonial English literature: traditions and development
St Petersburg University and its Representative Office in Barcelona invite you to an online lecture on the traditions and development of postcolonial English literature, which emerged from the interaction of European literature and the literature of those countries that were conquered and developed in spite of adversity. The lecture will be delivered by Nina Shcherbak, Candidate of Philology.
Catherine II
The Representative Office of St Petersburg University in Barcelona will host a lecture dedicated to Russian Empress Catherine II. The lecture will be held as a part of the series of lectures "Woman. Epoch. Fate". The lecture will be delivered by Anna Silyunas, theater critic, art critic and director of the Cultural Foundation "Russian House in Barcelona".
Oxbridge Literature
The St Petersburg University Representative Office in Barcelona will host a lecture on the literary works of Oxbridge and their authors. The lecture will be delivered by Nina Shcherbak, PhD in Philology.
English language prose by women
St Petersburg University and SPbU Representative Office in Barcelona will hold an online lecture "English language prose by women". During the lecture main feminist literature influenced women’s prose in English literature will be discussed. The lecture will be delivered by PhD in Philology Nina Shcherbak.
Encyclopedia of Russian and European culture: the novel “Ada” by Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov had repeatedly admitted that he had no ear for music. ‘Solving chess problems’ was his way to substitute music. Elaborateness of the chess game is similar to the infinite number of verbal, graphic, and sound combinations in which the author operates. That is why every thought, every memory in the novel “Ada” is clothed in a number of symbols.
Pablo Picasso and Olga Khokhlova: burning of the "last one"
The Representative office of Saint Petersburg University in Barcelona continue the series of lectures "The Story of One Love" with an online lecture "Pablo Picasso and Olga Khokhlova: burning of the "last one". The lecture will be read by Anna Silyunas, theater critic, art critic and director of the Cultural Foundation "Russian House in Barcelona".
The image of the narrator in the prose of Vladimir Nabokov and Joaquim Machado de Assis
St Petersburg University, together with the Representative Office in Barcelona, will host an online lecture "The Image of the Narrator in the Prose of Vladimir Nabokov and Joaquim Machado de Assis", which will be read by Andrey Zhukov, Associate Professor of the Department of the History of Foreign Literature at St Petersburg University.