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Sparks of HistoryLeo Tolstoy #2 - Professor Andrei ZorinProfessor Andrei Zorin, Professor and chair of Russian at the University of Oxford, and award winning author of Leo Tolstoy, Critical Times, offers his unique deeply researched perspective on the life and times of Leo Tolstoy.What were the main influences on Tolstoy?What social positions did Tolstoy advocate?What made Tolstoy such a historic writer?How did Tolstoy view Jews and the Jewish people?Was Tolstoy an anti-Semite? 2022-03-2015 minSparks of HistoryLeo Tolstoy #1 - Professor Andrei ZorinProfessor Andrei Zorin, Professor and chair of Russian at the University of Oxford, and award winning author of Leo Tolstoy, Critical Times, offers his unique deeply researched perspective on the life and times of Leo Tolstoy.What were the main influences on Tolstoy?What social positions did Tolstoy advocate?What made Tolstoy such a historic writer?How did Tolstoy view Jews and the Jewish people?Was Tolstoy an anti-Semite? 2022-03-2017 min
10KAndrei Zorin | Андрей ЗоринAndrei Zorin is a Professor and Chair of Russian, Fellow of New College at the University of Oxford, and the Professor and the Academic Director of the program "Public History: Historical Knowledge in Modern Societies” at the Moscow School of Economics and Social Sciences (Shaninka). He received his degree of Ph. D. in 1983 and Habilitation in 2001 from Moscow State University. Since the early 1990s, he has taught as visiting professor and lecturer at Harvard, Stanford, NYU, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, University of California- Berkley, University of Helsinki (Finland), L’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris) a.o. An...2021-10-061h 57
The ForumTolstoy: War and Peace'War and Peace' by the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy charts the story of Russia during the Napoleonic wars of the early 19th century, covering the pandemonium and brutality of the battlefield, as well as the equally intense dramas and loves of several families. It is a monumental novel, tracking the fortunes of dozens of brilliantly drawn individuals, with a cast of more than six hundred characters, both historical and fictional. So why is 'War and Peace' still such a compelling masterpiece, and why did Tolstoy later disown it?Joining Bridget Kendall are Dr Galina Alexeeva, head of...2020-07-2340 min
The TLS PodcastBringing Tolstoy downCaryl Emerson on Tolstoy’s art, ideas and life, and the extent to which these came together; Benjamin Markovits returns to a treasured childhood book: The Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook; Eve Babitz – a “fizzy”, “fabulous” chronicler of 1960s and 70s Los Angeles – is mid revival. Megan Marz fills us in.Lives and Deaths: Essential stories by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Boris DralyukLeo Tolstoy: A very short introduction by Liza KnappLeo Tolstoy by Andrei ZorinThe Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Players Handbook by Gary GygaxI Used To Be Char...2020-02-0646 minThe ForumCatherine the Great of RussiaFamous for her lovers and satirised for her colourful personal life, Catherine the Great was in many ways one of Russia’s most progressive and moderate rulers, modernising 18th century Russia, improving educational standards and creating a flourishing arts and literature scene. But she also turned Russia into the biggest Empire on earth since the Roman Empire, which included the annexation of Crimea. So how far has her imperial mind set influenced Russia’s modern rulers, like President Putin? Joining Bridget Kendall to discuss the life and legacy of Catherine II of Russia, is Professor Andrei Zorin, cult...2018-05-1940 min
Was there a Russian Enlightenment?European authors and Russian nuns. An Enlightened girl takes a monastic oath8/8. 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 2012.2012-12-0335 min
Cantemir InstituteTransformational Leap as the basic Metaphor of Russian Sonderweg TheoriesProfessor Andrei Zorin presents the third East and East Central Europe seminar lecture for the Cantemir Institute on Thursday 7 June.2012-06-2846 min