Andrei Zorin: Leo Tolstoy’s Spatial Imagination / PANEL 3: Space, Politics, and Imagination / DAY 1

PANEL 3: Space, Politics, and Imagination / DAY 1

Andrei Zorin (Oxford University / Uniwersytet Oksfordzki): Leo Tolstoy’s Spatial Imagination / Przestrzenna wyobraźnia Lwa Tołstoja

Join us for an enlightening session with Andrei Zorin, a distinguished professor specializing in literature and the history of culture. Since 2004, Zorin has been a prominent member of the Chair of Russian at the University of Oxford. With a PhD and habilitation from Moscow State University, he has an extensive teaching background that includes the Russian State University for Humanities, Moscow School of Social Economic Sciences (Shaninka), and prestigious US institutions like Harvard, Stanford, and NYU.

Author of over 200 works on Russian culture and literature history, his notable publications include:

- The Emergence of a Hero. The Tale of Romantic Love in Russia around 1800 (OUP, 2023)
- Leo Tolstoy. A Critical Life (London, 2020)
- On the Periphery of Europe: The Self-Invention of the Russian Elite, 1762–1825 (De Kalb, 2018, with A. Schönle)
- By Fables Alone. Russian Literature and State Ideology of the Last Third of the Eighteenth Century – First Third of the Nineteenth Century (Boston, 2014)

Zorin's contributions to the field have been recognized with the Gamov Prize by the Russian American Science Association (RASA) in 2023. In this session, he will explore Leo Tolstoy’s spatial imagination, providing unique insights into how space and geography influenced Tolstoy's literary creations. Don’t miss this opportunity to delve into the intricate intersections of space, politics, and imagination in Russian literature.

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