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Eurasian States and Societies: Past and Present

Intelligentsia and Intellectuals, Community and Individuals: The Defence in the Joseph Brodsky Affair and After

  • Olga Rosenblum, Philology and History, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow
    Coach House, Green College, UBC
    Monday, April 11, 5-6:30 pm
    in the series
    Eurasian States and Societies: Past and Present
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  • This talk will focus on the emergence of "public opinion" around the Joseph Brodsky affair and how and why the intelligentsia defended Brodsky. Moreover, the presentation will compare the Brodsky affair with events in the 1960s and 1970s involving the intelligentsia's defence of intellectual freedom.
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April 11, 2016
10:00 am to 11:30 am

Coach House

6201 Cecil Green Park Rd

Speakers

Olga Rosenblum, Philology and History, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow
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