Round Table "Shmeleviana: Continuation"
On February 21, 2025, at 5:00 PM, we invite you to participate in the round table "Shmeleviana: Continuation." The next meeting of Shmelev scholars will take place on the occasion of the publication of two new editions, which will be presented during the proceedings. These are: the first volume of the series I.S. Shmelev. Materials and Studies and the two-volume anthology I.S. Shmelev: Pro et Contra.
Program of the round table:
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Tatiana Vyacheslavovna Marchenko (DRZ) will talk about the work on the new edition, the interesting discoveries made, and the difficulties faced by the authors and editors of the volume;
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Aleksei Markovich Lyubomudrov (IRLI RAN) will present his anthology I.S. Shmelev: Pro et Contra, discussing its structure and publication principles;
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Svetlana Vsevolodovna Sheshunova (Dubna State University) will talk about the influence of foreign prose on the writer’s works;
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Anastasia Nikolaevna Grebneva (I.S. Shmelev Writer’s Museum in Alushta) will analyze five letters from S.N. Sergeyev-Tsensky to I.S. Shmelev (from the DRZ archive);
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Alexander Sergeevich Kapustkin (Vladimir-Suzdal Museum-Reserve) will share new discoveries, showing autographs of I.S. Shmelev and artifacts related to the writer;
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Irina Vladimirovna Chikina (MOO "Union of Guides") will traditionally explain Shmelev's toponymy in Moscow.
Two other new editions related to the work of Ivan Shmelev will be presented by:
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Dmitry Dmitrievich Nikolaev (IMLI RAN) will introduce his monograph From Blok to Shmelev: Russian Writers in the Mirror of Emigration Criticism and Journalism (M.: MAKs Press, 2024. 340 pages);
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Elena Anatolyevna Osminina (MGLU) will discuss her work on the most comprehensive collection of W.A. Nikiforov-Volgin's works — the one-volume Ancient City: Stories, Novels (compilation, introduction, text preparation, and comments by E.A. Osminina. M.: Russian Path; Vikmo-M, 2024. 600 pages).
The round table will involve the authors of both editions, specialists in 20th-century Russian literature and Russian emigration, researchers, archivists, textologists, and bibliographers. Presentations will address the results and issues of Shmelev studies, and outline future publishing and research perspectives. The main theme will be commentary — on the writer's literary works and archival materials.
Details of the event and a link to join online can be found at:
https://www.domrz.ru/event/61932_kruglyy_stol_shmeleviana_prodolzhenie_/
The Exhibition about Nadezhda Teffi
We are delighted to announce the opportunity to visit the online virtual exhibition "The Only Lady of Literary Paris" (Through the Pages of Illustrated Russia), which unveils little-known aspects of the life and work of the famous Russian émigré, Nadezhda Teffi. The exhibition was organized on the initiative of the Avangard School-Studio in Lyon, based on the monograph "Fashion in the Life and Work of Teffi" (Olsztyn: University of Warmia and Mazury Publishing House, 2024).
The concept of this project is founded on the belief that Teffi's creative personality left a vivid mark on the history of Russian culture. Meanwhile, the weekly literary and artistic journal Illustrated Russia (La Russie Illustrée in French), published in Paris from 1924 to 1939, serves as a unique chronicle of the cultural life of "Russian Paris" and an important source of knowledge about the daily lives of Russian émigrés. Therefore, this exhibition presents fascinating material that can be effectively used in the educational process and in working with pupils and students.
Link to the materials: https://bit.ly/3VJhdAp