News DOVLATOV: film screening | May 19, 2026 On Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at 3:30 p.m., the film Dovlatov: The Invisible Books will be screened in its original language in the CARMS classroom. The 2017 film, directed by Aleksej German Jr., portrays six days in the life of journalist and writer Sergej Donatovič Dovlatov in 1971 Leningrad. EASTERN ORTHODOXY IN KYIV: a lecture by Prof. Simona Merlo | April 28, 2026 On Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at 12:00 in the Aula Magna of Palazzo Boilleau (Via Santa Maria, 85), a meeting with Professor Simona Merlo (Roma Tre University) will be held. The title of the lecture is Kyiv and Eastern Slavic Orthodoxy. TOLSTOY AND THE COURSE OF HISTORY: a lesson by Andrei Zorin | March 31, 2026 On Tuesday, March 31, at 12:00 p.m., Professor Andrei Zorin (University of Oxford) will hold a lecture in the Aula Magna of Palazzo della Sapienza. The lecture will focus on the influence of the events surrounding the Decembrist uprising on Tolstoy’s seminal novel, War and Peace. The lecture will be introduced by Professors Cinzia Cadamagnani… LEV TOLSTOJ: a book by Andrei Zorin | March 30, 2026 On Monday, March 30, at 6:00 PM, the presentation of Lev Tolstoy (WriteUp Books, 2025), by Andrei Zorin, will take place at Libreria Pellegrini (Piazza San Frediano 10, Pisa). The volume recounts the life of the celebrated writer. The meeting will feature the author, as well as Cinzia Cadamagnani (translator) and Marco Sabbatini (director of… RUSSIAN EMIGRATION LITERATURE (1920-1991): a lecture by Evgenij Ponomarëv | March 10, 2026 On Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at 5:30 PM in Room C1 of Palazzo Curini (Via Santa Maria, 85), Professor Evgenij Rudol’fovič Ponomarëv will give a lecture in Russian entitled The Literature of Russian Emigration (1920–1991) as Another Russian Literature of the 20th Century. The lecture will be introduced by Marco Sabbatini. FORGOTTEN ARTISTS IN THE USSR (1920-1950): a lecture by Nadia Podzemskaja | February 25, 2026 On Wednesday, February 25, at 10:15 AM, in the Aula Magna of Palazzo Boilleau, Nadia Podzemskaja will give a lecture in Italian entitled “Forgotten Artists in the USSR – 1920–1950“The lecture will be introduced by Professor Marco Sabbatini. The talk is based on issue XCVI of the journal “Revue des études slaves” published in 2025.… SNEGOVIK-POČTOVIK: Christmas screening | December 3, 2025 In celebration of the upcoming Christmas holidays, a screening of the Soviet animated short film Snegovik-počtovik (The Postman Snowman), directed by Leonid Amal’rik, with Italian subtitles by Jacopo Baroni, is scheduled.The screening will take place on December 3rd at 3:30 PM. AKHMATOVA “13 VERDICTS”: meeting with Alessandro Niero (unibo) | November 27, 2025 Professor Alessandro Niero (University of Bologna) will give a lecture on the 13 versions of Anna Akhmatova’s famous poem “Prigovor” (The verdict). The lecture will be introduced by Professor Marco Sabbatini. UNDERSTANDING WAR TO BUILD PEACE: the translation of an essay by Lev L. Tolstoy | November 19, 2025 On Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at 4:00 PM, in lecture room 3 of Palazzo Boilleau (Via Santa Maria, 85), a presentation of Lev L’vovič Tolstoy’s essay The Abolition of Wars and the Building of Peace (Besa muci, 2023) will take place. COSMISM AND THE AVANT-GARDE: meeting with the artist Tatiana Daniliyants | November 5, 2025 On Wednesday, November 5, 2025, at 12:00 p.m., in lecture room 1D of Palazzo Curini (Via Santa Maria, 89), a meeting with Tatiana Daniliyants (Moscow) will take place, entitled My Life and Poetry between Russian Cosmism and the Avant-Garde. RUSSIA AGAINST MODERNITY: book presentation with Alexander Etkind | November 4, 2025 On Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at 12:00 p.m., in the Aula Magna of Palazzo Boilleau (Via Santa Maria 85), Alexander Etkind (CEU, Vienna) will present his book La Russia contro la modernità (Russia Against Modernity, Bollati Boringhieri, 2025). The event will be held in English and will also be accessible remotely — please refer to… THE IMPLICIT IN RUSSIAN POLITICAL DISCOURSE: a lecture with A. Bonola and V. Noseda | October 31, 2025 On October 31st, at 10:15 AM, in the Music Hall of Palazzo Matteucci, a conference entitled “Implicit in Russian Political Discourse” will be held, given by Anna Bonola and Valentina Noseda (Università Cattolica, Milan). IDENTICAL VIEW: book presentation with Semen Chanin | October 29, 2025 Semen Chanin will be in Pisa to present the book Identical View: Poetic Views and Voices, Hinges between East and West (Joker Edizioni, 2024). The event will take place at the Libreria Pellegrini (Piazza San Frediano, 10) on October 29th at 6:00 PM. SLAVIC LITERATURES AND EUROPEAN CULTURE: a meeting with Professor Garzaniti | October 16, 2025 On October 16, Marcello Garzaniti (University of Florence) will be in Pisa to host a lecture titled “Slavic Literatures and the History of European Culture”. VYACHESLAV IVANOV IN CHANGING CULTURAL CONTEXTS: International Conference | October 8 and 9, 2025 On October 8th and 9th, an international conference entitled Vyacheslav Ivanov changing cultural contexts will be held at our university at Palazzo Matteucci in the Aula Magna “Francesco Orlando”. PISA BOOK FESTIVAL: WriteUp Books presents the series “Masterskaja20. Studies and Research on Russia” | October 3, 2025 As part of the Pisa Book Festival, on Friday, October 3, at 6:00 PM, at the Fortilizio della Torre Guelfa, WriteUp Books will present the Masterskaja 20: Studies and Research on Russia series. MEETING CURRENTS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND EUROPE: presentation of the book series | May 6, 2025 On Tuesday, May 6, volumes 1 and 2 of the bookseries Meeting Currents between Russia and Europe (Valore Italiano Editore, Rome, 2024) will be presented in Room D1 of Palazzo Curini, in the presence of Professor Andrej Chichkine (University of Salerno, Director of the Vjačeslav Ivanov Study Center). RIVOLUZIONE.DOC: presentation and poetry reading with Sergej Birjukov | April 24, 2025 On April 24, at 2:15 PM, poet and literary historian Sergei Biryukov (Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg) will be in Pisa for the presentation and reading of poems from the collection Rivoluzione.doc (Queen Kristianka Edizioni, 2023). WORDS AND MUSIC FROM THE SOVIET UNDERGROUND: bards and rock artists | April 10, 2025 On April 10th, at 9:15 AM, a meeting entitled Words and music from the Soviet Underground: a retrospective from bards to rock artists will be held in the Aula Magna of Palazzo Boilleau. The meeting will be followed bya performance by Polina Barankova at 7 PM at Caffè Letterario “Volta Pagina” (via San Martino, 71).… VESELOVSKY AND HIS WORKS: book presentation with Sergio Mazzanti | April 10, 2025 On April 10, at 3:00 PM, Sergio Mazzanti will be in Pisa for the presentation of his book “Veselovsky and His Works. From early formation to the Alberti Paradise (1857-1867)” (Castelvecchi Editore, 2025).