Connor Doak
@docdoak.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Russian, University of Bristol
Languages, literature, travels, gardens
Posts in a personal capacity
Languages, literature, travels, gardens
Posts in a personal capacity
HOW I BECAME A CELT
For St. Patrick's Day, I brought my Irish heritage into the Russian language classroom, assigning our second-year students part of Vladimir Gorban's memoir "Как я стал кельтом" [How I Became a Celt] to translate.
There's a little excerpt below for those who know Russian...
For St. Patrick's Day, I brought my Irish heritage into the Russian language classroom, assigning our second-year students part of Vladimir Gorban's memoir "Как я стал кельтом" [How I Became a Celt] to translate.
There's a little excerpt below for those who know Russian...
March 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
HOW I BECAME A CELT
For St. Patrick's Day, I brought my Irish heritage into the Russian language classroom, assigning our second-year students part of Vladimir Gorban's memoir "Как я стал кельтом" [How I Became a Celt] to translate.
There's a little excerpt below for those who know Russian...
For St. Patrick's Day, I brought my Irish heritage into the Russian language classroom, assigning our second-year students part of Vladimir Gorban's memoir "Как я стал кельтом" [How I Became a Celt] to translate.
There's a little excerpt below for those who know Russian...
Compartment No. 6, dir. Juho Kuosmanen
I introduced this movie in our LGBTQ+ film festival last week. It's a Finnish-Russian co-production made when such things were possible, and a great slow burn set on Russian rails.
It's currently available on BBC iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
I introduced this movie in our LGBTQ+ film festival last week. It's a Finnish-Russian co-production made when such things were possible, and a great slow burn set on Russian rails.
It's currently available on BBC iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
March 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Compartment No. 6, dir. Juho Kuosmanen
I introduced this movie in our LGBTQ+ film festival last week. It's a Finnish-Russian co-production made when such things were possible, and a great slow burn set on Russian rails.
It's currently available on BBC iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
I introduced this movie in our LGBTQ+ film festival last week. It's a Finnish-Russian co-production made when such things were possible, and a great slow burn set on Russian rails.
It's currently available on BBC iPlayer:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Eric Naiman discusses The New Cambridge History of Russian Literature on the CUP blog:
cambridgeblog.org/2025/02/back...
cambridgeblog.org/2025/02/back...
March 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Eric Naiman discusses The New Cambridge History of Russian Literature on the CUP blog:
cambridgeblog.org/2025/02/back...
cambridgeblog.org/2025/02/back...
Queer Creativity: Bringing Eastern European and Central Asian LGBTQ+ Research to Life
Excellent conference yesterday at Wadham College, Oxford, that brought together artists and scholars come together to discuss queer creativity across the East European, Eurasian, and Slavic regions.
Excellent conference yesterday at Wadham College, Oxford, that brought together artists and scholars come together to discuss queer creativity across the East European, Eurasian, and Slavic regions.
February 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Queer Creativity: Bringing Eastern European and Central Asian LGBTQ+ Research to Life
Excellent conference yesterday at Wadham College, Oxford, that brought together artists and scholars come together to discuss queer creativity across the East European, Eurasian, and Slavic regions.
Excellent conference yesterday at Wadham College, Oxford, that brought together artists and scholars come together to discuss queer creativity across the East European, Eurasian, and Slavic regions.
Today Bristol SML hosted a talk by the UK ambassador to Latvia, Paul Brummell. He discussed the strong cooperation between the UK and Latvia, Latvian history, and the challenges facing the country today. Many of our students go to Latvia on Year Abroad; they valued the opportunity to talk with him.
February 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Today Bristol SML hosted a talk by the UK ambassador to Latvia, Paul Brummell. He discussed the strong cooperation between the UK and Latvia, Latvian history, and the challenges facing the country today. Many of our students go to Latvia on Year Abroad; they valued the opportunity to talk with him.
My review of Global Russian Cultures, ed. Kevin M.F. Platt, is in this month's Slavic Review:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 3, 2023 at 9:24 AM
My review of Global Russian Cultures, ed. Kevin M.F. Platt, is in this month's Slavic Review:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
PhD Scholarships at Bristol -- September 2024 entry
Bristol is offering fully-funded scholarships for PhDs in the Arts & Humanities, September 2024 entry:
shorturl.at/aePT3
Anyone interested in doing a PhD based in Russian or Czech studies should check out our department:
bristol.ac.uk/russian/
Bristol is offering fully-funded scholarships for PhDs in the Arts & Humanities, September 2024 entry:
shorturl.at/aePT3
Anyone interested in doing a PhD based in Russian or Czech studies should check out our department:
bristol.ac.uk/russian/
October 8, 2023 at 12:38 PM
PhD Scholarships at Bristol -- September 2024 entry
Bristol is offering fully-funded scholarships for PhDs in the Arts & Humanities, September 2024 entry:
shorturl.at/aePT3
Anyone interested in doing a PhD based in Russian or Czech studies should check out our department:
bristol.ac.uk/russian/
Bristol is offering fully-funded scholarships for PhDs in the Arts & Humanities, September 2024 entry:
shorturl.at/aePT3
Anyone interested in doing a PhD based in Russian or Czech studies should check out our department:
bristol.ac.uk/russian/
Poet Iryna Shuvalova and her translator Uilleam Blacker will be giving a reading in Swedenborg House, London on 13 October.
I heard Iryna reading via Zoom a couple of weeks ago at an event in New York -- her poetry is powerful yet often intimate and playful.
ukrainianinstitute.org.uk/events/
I heard Iryna reading via Zoom a couple of weeks ago at an event in New York -- her poetry is powerful yet often intimate and playful.
ukrainianinstitute.org.uk/events/
October 3, 2023 at 4:08 PM
Poet Iryna Shuvalova and her translator Uilleam Blacker will be giving a reading in Swedenborg House, London on 13 October.
I heard Iryna reading via Zoom a couple of weeks ago at an event in New York -- her poetry is powerful yet often intimate and playful.
ukrainianinstitute.org.uk/events/
I heard Iryna reading via Zoom a couple of weeks ago at an event in New York -- her poetry is powerful yet often intimate and playful.
ukrainianinstitute.org.uk/events/
The special issue of /AvtobiografiЯ/ on 'Queer Life Writing in Russia and Beyond' has now been published and is available open access:
tinyurl.com/avtobiografija
tinyurl.com/avtobiografija
September 22, 2023 at 1:58 PM
The special issue of /AvtobiografiЯ/ on 'Queer Life Writing in Russia and Beyond' has now been published and is available open access:
tinyurl.com/avtobiografija
tinyurl.com/avtobiografija