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Wednesday 12 September

Plenary lecture

Peter Burke (University of Cambridge): 'Diglossia in early modern Europe' (mp3, 12.1 Mb)

 

A. The language situation

B. Russian writing in French in private genres

 

Thursday 13 September

D. French in public genres in Russian society

Plenary lecture

Wladimir Berelowitch (EHESS, University of Geneva): « La francophonie dans la Russie de la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle : tendances collectives et cas individuels » (mp3, 14.8 Mb)

 

E. Code-switching and language choice

F. French as an instrument of enlightened absolutism

G. Karamzin and the French language

H. Wartime Gallophobia in literature and thought

 

Friday 14 September

I. Foreign languages besides French in pre-revolutionary Russia

J. Francophonie in classical Russian prose fiction

K. Cultural and linguistic borrowing: fashion and architecture

L. Foreign-language education in eighteenth-century Russia

M. Language and culture in the life of the Russian nobility

N. French concepts, metaphors and types in European literature

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