Europe and the Challenge of Russia

Award-winning author Orlando Figes hopes to remind us of “the unifying force of European civilisation, which Europe’s nations will ignore at their peril”. He discusses the place of Russia in the making of modern Europe with Robert Dessaix.

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Orlando Figes is a Professor of History. Previously, he was a lecturer in history and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. His book A People’s Tragedy received a number of awards, and he is the author of many other books on Russian history.

Robert Dessaix is best known as a writer of literary non-fiction, as embodied by his new book of memories, Chameleon, but he has also published two novels, several short stories and one play. His passions, as is evident in all his writing, are travel and language. Robert is the recipient of the 2022 Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature.

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