Webinar

Yves Montand 100 Years Webinar

On October 13th, 2021 at 1.00-2.30pm EEST (at 11 am in London, 12 am in Paris, 1pm in Moscow, and 9pm in Sydney) we will celebrate Yves Montand’s 100th birthday by organizing an online seminar. The event is based on the book Yves Montand in the USSR. Cultural Diplomacy and Mixed Messages (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2021).

Program

Yves Montand: Film Star, Singing Star – Ginette Vincendeau, Professor, King’s College

Yves Montand in the USSR: The Book – Hannu Salmi, Professor, University of Turku

Montand and Jazz – Bruce Johnson, Professor, University of Turku & University of Technology Sydney

The Interview Project: the inspiration of Oral History – Ekaterina Lapina-Kratasyuk, Associate Professor, Higher School of Economics in Moscow

Montand and the Soviet Audiences – Mila Oiva, Senior Research Fellow, Tallinn University

Q&A, discussion

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Organized together with the International Institute for Popular Culture at the University of Turku and CUDAN Open Lab and Tallinn University.