Highlight events of the Transnational Communities Strand (https://www.dur.ac.uk/owri/) for 2017 have been:
29 September – 8 October 2017: What’s Left? A Century in Revolution, a special programme of screenings, talks and discussion, co-curated by Durham’s OWRI team and presented at the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle.
14-16 September 2017: Transnational Russian Studies, international symposium at Durham University.
21-30 July 2017: ‘I am waiting for you’, a play on Arab women’s experiences of cancer, written by Abir Hamdar, based on interviews with female cancer patients, performed at the Madina Theater in Beirut, Lebanon. See further details.
16 March 2017: Language Ideologies within, across and against Borders, Russkii Mir Centre, Durham University. See poster, programme and abstracts.