Before Russia, Ukraine and Belarus: Medieval Rus and a World of Diversity

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• Prof Valerie Kivelson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor co-author of Russia’s Empires (2017)
• Thursday 01 February 2018, 17:30-19:00
• William Mong Hall, Sidney Sussex College.

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Public lecture

In the centuries before the Tatar conquest, a vibrant society flourished in the East Slavic lands, but it is difficult to put a name on its political system or to pinpoint the elements that united it into a cohesive entity. Defying just about every modern convention for understanding states and peoples, Rus’ destabilizes expectations and demands that we think outside of standard categories. In this lecture, we will try to make sense of the disorderly and fascinating world of Rus’ through use of a variety of visual, textual, and material sources.

This talk is part of the Slavonic Studies series.

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