BEARR Lectures

Dr Genieva is Director-General of the Russian State Library for Foreign Literature and a major player on the Russian socio-cultural scene.  She was appointed to her current position following the collapse of the Soviet Union after a distinguished career as a literature specialist at the Library. She has,  for example, written extensively on writers such as Thackeray, Dickens and Waugh.  Her appointment as Director-General of the Library catapulted her to the heart of Russian cultural life, and she has remained an important and outspoken figure over the subsequent years. 

The lecture was held at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on 19 September 2007.

Dr Pravda is one of the UK's pre-eminent experts on Russian foreign policy in the period after the Cold War, and a lively speaker. He is currently a Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford, and previously worked at Chatham House, at universities in the UK and USA, and as adviser to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.

The lecture was held on Monday 26 June 2006 at the Foundling Museum in London.

The event marked the launch of the paperback of Kate Adie’s book “Nobody’s Child”, which looks at the plight of abandoned children around the world. Kate Adie takes a particular interest in this subject as she was herself adopted at birth. The author kindly signed copies of her book after the lecture.

Given by Sir Roderic Lyne, British Ambassador in Moscow 2000-2004,
on 27 June 2005 at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Report in Newsletter No 45.

Given by Simon Sebag-Montefiore on 21 June 2004 at King’s College, London.
Review in Newsletter No 43.

Given by Professor Geoffrey Hosking on 6 November 2002, and kindly hosted by the European Bank for Recontruction and Development.

                   The BEARR Trust Annual Lecture 2009

The lecture was held at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on 27 April 2009.

The BEARR Trust's 2010 Annual Lecture was held on 24 May 2010 at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

See below for a report of the lecture.