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Patrick Gordon Conference

PATRICK GORDON, 1635-1699,AND THE SCOTTISH DIASPORA IN EASTERN EUROPE

RIISS, 7-8 MAY 2009

PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

7 MAY RIISS
THE DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON, AND ITS CONTEXT
This meeting will celebrate the publication of the first volume of the Diary of Patrick Gordon and discuss vol. 1 along with vols. 2 and 3 already translated into Russian by Dmitry Fedosov and published by Nauka.

1030
Welcome by Principal C. Duncan Rice, Cairns Craig. Response –Dmitry Fedosov, Paul Dukes

1100-1145
Keynote Address, Paul Bushkovitch: Patrick Gordon and Russian Court Politics

1145-1230
Dmitry Fedosov: Treasure Appreciated at Last: Gordon’s Chronicle and Its Publication

1230-1330
Sandwich Lunch

1330-1415
Mikhail Ryzhenkov: Description of the Manuscript

1415-1500
Oleg Nozdrin: The Descendants of Patrick Gordon

1500-1530
Waldemar Kowalski: Patrick Gordon in His Own Words: a Soldier, a Scot, a Catholic  

1530-1600
Tea, coffee break

1600-1730
Kowalski, continued, including Robert Frost and Karin Friedrich

1800
Buffet supper, RIISS




8 MAY RIISS
THE SCOTTISH DIASPORA IN EASTERN EUROPE
Participants will give report on their work in progress, suggesting topics for further research, with reference to the Scottish diaspora and/or its context.

0900-0945
Christoph Witzenrath: Cossacks in Siberia, with special reference to John E. Wills, 1688: A Global History, London, 2001, p. 99: ‘The greatest geopolitical transformation of the world of the seventeenth century was the explosive expansion of Russian trade and settlement across Siberia.’

0945-1030
Steve Murdoch: The Scottish Diaspora in Maritime Warfare in the 17 and 18cc: Russia in the Baltic Context.

1030-1100
Tea/coffee break

1100-1230
Discussion introduced by Dmitry Fedosov, Oleg Nozdrin and Mikhail Ryzhenkov of the Prosopography entitled ‘Lion Rampant to Double Eagle: Scots in Russia, 1500-1700’ composed with a grant from the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

1230-1330
Sandwich lunch

1330-1415
Paul Dukes: Russia and the General Crisis of the Seventeenth Century Revisited

1415-1500
Concluding Discussion, including plans for publication of vols. 2-6 of the Patrick Gordon Diary

1730
Book Launch and Wine Reception : Dmitry Fedosov will give a short introduction to the launch of the Diary Volume 1. All welcome.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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