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There is a legend that Mikhail Lermontov began learning English by reading Byron's poetry in the original
There is a legend that Mikhail Lermontov began learning English by reading Byron's poetry in the original. And within a few months the fifteen-year-old Mikhail Yuryevich was supposedly a fine master of English, or at least understood it remarkably well. Like all legends, this tale sounds
Coming Up · Moscow · Observations · Education
Friends, next Tuesday, 19 July, I am speaking in Moscow
Friends, next Tuesday, 19 July, I am speaking in Moscow. I shall be giving a lecture at the “Pryamaya Rech” lecture hall, on the difference between history and memory, how the two complement each other, and who really shapes our notions of the past. Do come, there are still tickets
NB! · Archive · Science · Education · People
Richard Feynman at His Famous Lectures on Physics
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Learning Latin with Winnie-the-Pooh
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Rumours of a Return to the Soviet System of Higher Education Turn Out to Be Somewhat Exaggerated
Coming Up · Science · Education · Society
📌 Friends, this Friday we shall talk about public history
📌 Friends, this Friday we shall talk about public history. At 19:00 the final open lecture of the "Public History Workshop" project will take place. Battles for History and Public History: The Place of Historical Enlightenment in Modern Media The lecture will be given by me. Please register
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The Very Form Teacher Who Promised to Help You in the Unified State Exam
Books · Education · Society
On 10 March 1933, a show burning of books of "un-German spirit" took place in the 21 largest cities of Germany
On 10 March 1933, a show burning of books of "un-German spirit" took place in the 21 largest cities of Germany. From March onwards, theses calling for the "purification" of culture and language and the exaltation of German nationalism were circulated among the universities. Students
Observations · Education · Society · Humour
I'd heard that getting British citizenship was hard, but THIS hard!
The test that forms a compulsory part of the application for British citizenship asks which language was spoken by the inhabitants of Iron Age Britain. Do you still think that history will never come in useful in real life?
Books · Observations · Education
The French Are Good at Talking About the Past, and It Occurs to No One That Children Should Not Be Told About the First and Second World Wars
The French are good at talking about the past, and it occurs to no one that children should not be told about the First and Second World Wars. Here, for example, are two volumes from the series "Mes petits documents" ["My Little Documents"], devoted to the
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