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SUMMARY:A Cultural History of the Russian Language – talk by Prof Simon 
 Franklin marking the 25th anniversary of CamRuSS - Simon Franklin is a pro
 fessor of Slavonic Studies at the University of Cambridge\, and fellow of 
 Clare College.
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CONTACT:Ksenia Afonina
DESCRIPTION:This talk is about a book that is near to completion\, on a su
 bject which\, rather surprisingly\, seems not to exist. There are lots of 
 histories of Russian culture (culture in Russian)\, but there is no genera
 l history of the culture of Russian\, no cultural history of the language 
 itself. This history follows the emergence of Russian as a language of cul
 ture\, and explores the changes in how it has been imagined\, debated\, di
 sputed and manipulated in response to changing cultural fashions\, politic
 al circumstances and technological means. The story begins in the late 17t
 h century\, before there was any formal notion of what Russian was (no pri
 nted grammars\, no dictionaries\, no courses of study)\, and it continues 
 down to the present.
LOCATION:Latimer Room\, Old Court Clare College\, Trinity Lane\, Cambridge
  CB2 1TL
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