Far Rainbows: Russian and Soviet Science Fiction on Screen
Published: 12 April 2013
A one-day workshop that explores the political and cultural resonance of Russian and Soviet film adaptations of science fiction novels. 12 April 2013.
This one-day workshop, jointly funded by CEELBAS and CRCEES, aims to explore the political and cultural resonance of Russian and Soviet film adaptations of science fiction novels with special emphasis on screen versions of sci-fi novels by the brothers Arkadii and Boris Strugatskii.
Areas to explore include intertextuality, representations of utopia and dystopia, auteur cinema versus Soviet censorship, how symbolism and meaning change between media (and over time), casting, and film theory.
Bringing together a core group of scholars working on this topic, the workshop will focus academic attention on how late-Soviet and post-Soviet directors re-imagined on-screen the often heavily coded ‘forbidden’ ideas expressed in Soviet science fiction.
Confirmed speakers include Professor Yvonne Howell (Richmond), Professor Sofya Khagi (Michigan), Henriette Cederlöf (Stockholm), Dr Andrei Rogatchevski (Glasgow), Dr Muireann Maguire (Oxford) and Dr Matthias Schwartz (Berlin).
Further interaction around the workshop will also be encouraged through the collaborative blog dedicated to Russian and Eastern European science fiction, Snail on the Slope.
Date: 12 April 2013
Location: University of Oxford
Registration: Contact Dr Muireann Maguire (University of Oxford)
Event Programme: Far Rainbows Event Programme [PDF]
First published: 12 April 2013