1917-2017
CENTENARY OF
THE RUSSIAN
REVOLUTION
27 October 2017
FREE ADMISSION
All Welcome
Queen’s Lecture Theatre
Emmanuel College
Cambridge CB2 3AP
DEPARTMENT of SOCIOLOGY
Schedule
9.45 Arrival and Registration
10.00–11.30 The October Revolution, Russia and the USSR
Chairman: Jeff Miley (Cambridge)
David Lane (Cambridge), October Revolution: Overview
John Barber (Cambridge), October Revolution and the Second World War
Martin Myant (European Trade Union Institute, Brussels), October and Marxist Economics
11.30–13.00 Impact on the People
Katy Turton (Belfast), Women in the Russian Revolution and After
Mary Davis (Royal Holloway), Impact on the British Labour Movement
Emily Lygo (Exeter), Impact on Public Opinion
13.00–13.45 Break
13.45–15.00 October and its Limits
Chairman: David Lane
Dimitri Roussopoulos (Montreal), The Bolshevik Insurrection, the Soviets and
the Third Revolution
Jeff Miley (Cambridge), Dictatorship of the Proletariat and National Self-Determination
15.00–16.15 October, Empire and Colonialism
Radha D’Souza (University of Westminster), The Impact and Legacy
of October in the Indian Sub Continent
Ken Olende (Workers’ Educational Association), The Impact and Legacy
of October in Africa
16.15–17.15 October and World Politics
Andrey Kolganov (Moscow State University), October Revolution: Lessons for the Future
17.30 Drinks Reception
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ORGANISERS: Jeff Miley (tjm52@cam.ac.uk) and David Lane (dsl10@cam.ac.uk)
