Free

For the centenary of the Russian Revolution, the University of Lyon has organises a 2-day scientific event (symposium), exhibitions and film projections.
Exhibition at the Diderot Library
With documents from the Russion collections of the Diderot Library revealing the memory of the Russian exiles after the revolution and publications dealing with the perception of the Russian revolution in the world from 1917 up to now.
Symposium
The symposium will address the Russian Revolution through the prism of memory and exile, and through the study of emigrants' writings over the past century.

• Tuesday 24 October 2017, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  ENS de Lyon, French Institute of Education, Conference room
• Wednesday 25 October 2017, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  Maison Internationale des Langues et des Cultures (International Center for Languages and Culture, amphitheater)

Free and compulsory registration – contact Anne Maître, responsible for the Slavic collection of the Bibliothèque Diderot in Lyon.