Days from the Reigns of Eighteenth-Century Russian Rulers
An International Workshop dedicated to the Memory of Professor Lindsey Hughes
12th-13th September 2007. Biblioteca de Storia Contemporanea 'A Oriani', Ravenna, Italy.
Organisers: Anthony Cross (Cambridge) and Maria di Salvo (Milan)
Wednesday 12th September
10.00 - Welcome
10.15 - Session 1: Reign of Peter I (Chair - Maria di Salvo)
- Paul Dukes - 1 September 1689: A Very Good Day for Peter the Great
- Maria Cristina Bragone - 17 May 1698: Peter Supports Secular Printing
11.15 - Coffee
11.45 - Session 2: Reign of Peter I (Chair - Roger Bartlett)
- Nancy Kollman - 27 October 1698: Buried Alive
- Robin Milner-Gulland - 16 May 1703: St Petersburg - the Foundation Myth
13.00 - Lunch
14.30 - Session 3: Reigns of Peter I and Peter II (Chair: Gareth Jones)
- Gary Marker - 30 October 1708: A Very Bad Day for Peter
- Denis Shaw - 2 November 1716: Publishing Geographies for Peter
- Maria di Salvo - 30 November 1729: The Betrothal of Peter II and Ekaterina Dolgorukaia
16.00 - Tea
16.30 - Session 4: Reign of Elizabeth (Chair: Tony Cross)
- Paul Keenan - 23 December 1742: Elizabeth returns to Petersburg after Her Coronation
- Simon Dixon - 30 July 1752: The Opening of the Peter Canal at Kronstadt
- Polly Blakesley - 23 October 1757: Lomonosov, Shuvalov and the Foundation of the Academy of Arts
Thursday 13 September
10.00 - Session 5: Reigns of Peter III and Catherine II (Chair - Denis Shaw)
- Ron Vroon - 9 June 1762: The Toast that toppled an Emperor
- Roger Bartlett - 30 October 1763: The Beginning of Abolitionism in Russia
11.15 - Coffee
11.45 - Session 6: Reign of Catherine II (Chair - Gary Marker)
- Wendy Rosslyn - 5 May 1764: The Founding of the Smol'nyi Institute
- Elise Wirtschafter - 20 September 1765: Tsesarevich Paul's Eleventh Birthday and Platon's 'Sermon on Learning'
13.00 - Lunch
14.30 - Session 7: Reign of Catherine II (Chair: Simon Dixon)
- Anthony Cross - 8 August 1768: The Laying of the Foundation Stone of Rinaldi's St Isaac's Cathedral
- Robert Dimsdale - 20 October 1768: Dr Dimsdale Spends a Day with the Empress
- Gareth Jones - 22 September 1769: Latest News!
16.00 - Tea
16.30 - Session 8: Reigns of Catherine II and Alexander I (Chair: Paul Dukes)
- Mark Altshuller - 12 February 1785: Premiere of Nikolev's Tragedy 'Sorena i Zamir'
- Patrick O'Meara - 27 September 1825: The Funeral of the Duellist Konstantin Chernov
20.00 - End of Conference Dinner, Trattoria al gallo
