Society and culture: International conference “Dostoevsky and World Culture” in Saint-Petersburg

From 10 to 13 November 2012 in the F. M. Dostoevsky Literary-Memorial Museum (St. Petersburg) are held the XXXVII International Readings "Dostoevsky and World Culture".

The purpose of the conference is to consider and discuss the fundamental problems associated with the perception of creativity of F. M. Dostoevsky in the modern world, the influence of his spiritual legacy for artists, thinkers, religious and political figures of the XIX-XX century, the study of the issues and problems of poetic works, theater and film interpretations that are little-known biography of the writer.

The conference "Dostoevsky and World Culture" brings together annually at the St. Petersburg Museum of Dostoevsky experts in literature and scientific of the museums of the many cities in Russia and abroad. "Dostoevsky readings" in the house where the writer lived and died, are considered to be the most authoritative and representative scientific meeting devoted to the classics of world literature.

As part of the conference on November 13, 2012 two exhibitions will be open.

The exhibition "No man is a prophet in his own country" is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of Alexander Herzen. It was prepared jointly with the State Literary Museum (Moscow), the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House), the Russian National Library.

The exhibition will feature a documentary film by Alexander Archangelsky "Exile Alexander Herzen" (Russia, 2012), dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the Great Russian writer and public figure. The film is about the life of "revolutionary democrat", which is full of dramatic turns. The shooting took place in Moscow, Paris, London and Nice. It includes fragments of the "Past and Thoughts", and excerpts of articles and letters to Herzen, which are read by Andrei Smirnov.

The second exhibition - "Dostoevsky. House on Kuznechny" - tells the story of the writer's life in the house on the corner of Kuznechny Pereulok, № 5/2, where Dostoevsky lived twice, a few months in 1846, at the time of his triumphal entry into the literature, and in 1878-1881. - In the last years of his life, during the creation of the novel "The Brothers Karamazov." The exhibition shows the writer's social circle in these years, with his family life, creative work, and speech at literary soirees. The old photographs and engravings can show a number of places of Petersburg of Dostoevsky's epoch which are important for a writer's biography.