Ekaterina Schulman is a well-known
political scientist and publicist, PhD in political science and a
popular speaker on Russian lawmaking. Her ability to
talk in simple language, reasonably but
with characteristic humour about complex things happening in the political world has gotten her
millions of viewers in different countries. Ekaterina is the rare speaker
who receives a standing ovation at the beginning of the event when she takes the stage and at the end of the meeting.
Together with
journalist Maksim Kournikov (ex-deputy editor-in-chief of Ekho Moskvy, head of ECHO), she hosts
the weekly author programme Status on the YouTube channels Bild and Jivoy Gvozd. In The Hague, Ekaterina Shulman and Maxim Kuornikov will give a lecture entitled
The Captain's Daughter as an example of colonial prose. What do
Pushkin's prose and Walter Scott's Scottish novels have in common, and what were those lands where the story is set? The speakers will talk about
“Captain's Daughter,” the Orenburg region and the artistic and political in the works of
Alexander Pushkin. After the presentation you will have the opportunity to ask your questions. Save the date!
The language of the event is Russian.February 22th, Hague, Hotel NH Den Haag Pr. Margrietplantsoen 100, 2595 BR Den Haag, NetherlandsShow on mapShow: 20:00