II International Conference of the Study Group on Eighteenth-Century Russia (Norwich)
University of East Anglia, Norwich
17th-22nd July 1981
Friday 17th July
16.00 - Tea
17.00 - Opening ceremony
17.15 - Lecture by Paul Dukes (University of Aberdeen): 'How the Eighteenth Century Began'
19.00 - Dinner
20.00 - Formal Opening by the Rt. Hon. the Lord Henniker, KCMG, CVO, MG of the Exhibition 'The 1780s: Russians under Western Eyes'
Saturday 18th July
09.30-12.30 - Panel I: Printing, Publishing & Journalism
Chair: W. G. Jones (UCW, Bangor)
Discussant: Gary Marker (SUNY)
12.30 - Lunch
14.00-16.30 - Panel II: Ideas
Chair: K. Papmehl (University of Western Ontario)
Discussant: Isabel de Madariaga (SSEES, London)
16.30 - Tea
17.00 - Lecture by Isabel de Madariaga (SSEES, London): 'Catherine & the philosophes'
18.15 - Lecture by V. D. Levin (Hebrew University, Jerusalem): 'Язык литературы и русский литературный язык во второй половине XVIII века'
19.30 - Dinner
Sunday 19th July
09.30 - Departure for Norfolk Tour
10.30 - Arrival at Holkham Hall, home of the Earls of Leicester
12.30 - Beach picnic
14.30 - Arrival at Beeston Hall, home of Sir Ronald Preston, 7th Baronet
16.00 - Tea at Beeston Hall
19.30 - Dinner
Monday 20th July
09.30-12.30 - Panel III: Literature
Chair: G. S. Smith (Liverpool)
Discussant: G. S. Smith (Liverpool)
12.45 - Lunch
14.00 - Panel IV: Transactions with the West
Chair: P. Longworth (London)
Discussant: M. Katz (University of Alberta)
16.30 - Tea
17.15 - Lecture by I. Z. Serman (Kennan Institute, Washington): 'Сопоставление Россия - Запад'
19.00 - Dinner
20.00 - Concert by the Bridewell Consort (dir. Malcolm Ecclestone)
Tuesday 21st July
09.30-12.30 - Panel V: The Armed Forces, Government & Society
Chair: J. Keep (University of Toronto)
Discussant: H. Ragsdale (University of Alabama)
12.45 - Lunch
14.00-16.30 - Panel VI: Commerce & Industry
Chair: P. Dukes (Aberdeen)
Discussant: G. Jackson (Strathclyde)
17.15 - Lecture by Helmut Grasshoff (Academy of Sciences, Berlin): 'The Reception of Russian Literature in Eighteenth-Century Germany'
19.15 - Conference Photograph (click below for larger photo):
19.30 - Sherry Reception, hosted by University of East Anglia
20.00 - Conference Banquet
