RECORDED PRESENTATIONS
UC Berkeley – Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
April 7, 2022
“James Joyce’s Russian Odyssey”
Join us for a tour of the Joycean strains in the work of several writers who drew from their predecessor’s texts, particularly Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, to address the volatile questions of lineages in their respective Soviet, émigré, and post-Soviet contexts.
New York University – The Jordan Center
February 4, 2022
“The Five Joyces: How James Joyce was Read in Russia”
With a focus on Vladimir Nabokov and Mikhail Shishkin, this talk explores how James Joyce has shaped and influenced the work of several writers and what his art represents to various generations of Russian literature.
Anglo-Russian Research Network
January 25, 2022
“All Future Plunges to the Past: James Joyce in Russian Literature”
While James Joyce’s place in the modernist pantheon is firmly entrenched, its resonances continue to be uncovered. This talk traces the development not of a monolithic Joyce, but rather of multiple Russian Joyces — the versions of the author imagined by his Russian readers. Selections from interviews with contemporary authors will show how the debates regarding Joyce’s legacy are no less settled a century after Ulysses.
Globus Books
November 11, 2021
“All Future Plunges to the Past: James Joyce and/in Russian Literature” ft. Aleksei Sal’nikov and Armen Zakharyan
What happens to the ideas of the arch modernist James Joyce when they are translated, imbibed, and creatively transformed in the work of Russian authors throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first?
New Directions in Research: Russian Literature in the 19th and 20th Centuries
February 15, 2021
“On How to Choose One's Ancestors: James Joyce in Russian Literature”
This event was part of the series “Race in Focus: From Critical Pedagogies to Research Practice and Public Engagement in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies.” This series is designed to elevate conversations about teaching on race and continued disparities in our field while also bringing scholars from underrepresented minorities and/or research on communities of color to the center stage.