Was there a Russian Enlightenment? What's the problem and why does it matter?

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European authors and Russian nuns. An Enlightened girl takes a monastic oath

8/8. Andrei Zorin (Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, Oxford) delivers a talk for "Was there a Russian Enlightenment?", a one-day seminar held at Ertegun House, Oxford in November 2012. 

Intervention in space and affirmation of self: the ethics of improvement

7/8. Andreas Schönle (Queen Mary, University of London) delivers a talk for "Was there a Russian Enlightenment?", a one-day seminar held at Ertegun House, Oxford in November 2012. 

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