Representative offices
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.
Gala and Dali: creature of grandeur
St Petersburg University continue the series of lectures "The Story of One Love" with an online lecture "Gala and Dali: creature of grandeur". The lecture will be read by Anna Silyunas, theater critic, art critic and director of the Cultural Foundation "Russian House in Barcelona".
Angels and Demons: Andrey Bely, Valery Bryusov, Nina Petrovskaya
The Representative office of Saint Petersburg University in Barcelona continue the series of lectures "The Story of One Love" with an online lecture "Angels and Demons: Andrey Bely, Valery Bryusov, Nina Petrovskaya". The lecture will be read by Anna Silyunas, theater critic, art critic and director of the Cultural Foundation "Russian House in Barcelona".
Mikhail Glinka and Igor Stravinsky
St Petersburg University and the Representative office of Saint Petersburg University in Barcelona invite you to an online-conference, dedicated to Mikhail Glinka and Igor Stravinsky, outstanding composers and graduates of St Petersburg Imperial University. The lecture will be read by Galina Zhukova, SPbU Associate Professor, pianist, director of the “Academic singing” programme.