Please note: this event will be held exclusively in Russian. All discussion, Q&A, and materials will be in Russian only, and no translation will be provided.
On October 15, we invite you for a special event: a public recording of the literary podcast Закладка (Bookmark), hosted by Ekaterina Schulmann and Galina Yuzefovich. Закладка is a podcast by the ЭХО (Echo) project about books and their authors, where each conversation is dedicated to one writer or literary theme. The hosts talk about biographies, contexts and keyworks, share their views and offer recommendations for further reading. Their talks blend literary knowledge with lively discussion: Yuzefovich brings a critical and literary perspective, Schulmann adds a broad cultural and social context – together they make the texts comprehensible and engaging.
For this special London episode, Schulmann and Yuzefovich will discuss Былое и думы (My Past and Thoughts) by Alexander Herzen. This monumental autobiographical work, at once a personal memoir and a sweeping reflection on history, philosophy, and society, offers a rich field for conversation.
This is a unique opportunity to see and hear both presenters together, become part of a live recording, and watch how one of the most popular podcasts about books in Russian is created.
Doors open 10 minutes before the event begins, at 6:50pm.
Ekaterina Schulmann is a leading Russian political scientist, Pushkin House trustee and book lover whose research focuses on legislative institutions, bureaucracy, and policy-making in modern autocratic systems, particularly in Russia. Since relocating to Berlin in 2022, she has held a non-resident fellowship at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center and lectures in political science at Freie Universität Berlin's Osteuropa Institut. Schulmann is the author of several political science publications in Russian and a co-author of The New Autocracy: Information, Politics, and Policy in Putin’s Russia (Brookings Institution Press, 2018).
Galina Yuzefovich is a literary critic, researcher, author of collections of essays and ex-professor of the Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia). One of the most influential voices in the Russian-language literary world, she is well-known for her lectures on a variety of educational platforms and critical reviews of contemporary literature. Her works have been published in many media, but she is best known for her weekly columns for the independent online news outlet Meduza and for her popular podcast Knizhny Bazar (Book Bazaar).
The Brewer & Smith Room at Mary Ward House, 5–7 Tavistock Place London WC1H 1SN
