Stumbled upon an old FB comment by philologist Kirill Ospovat. He wrote:
"Grandfather of mine was invited to Lubyanka [the KGB HQ] once to give lectures on Latin American literature. He did not dare to refuse, so he came and began lecturing. He started with biographies: "co-operated with the local communist party" and so on. A senior officer in the audience politely interrupted: "Lev Samoilovich, you can leave that out, this we already know".
🆕 Raquel Ribeiro was one of the people involved in the development of the bilingual audiovisual platform Creole Connections / Conexiones Creoles, launched during the Festival Internacional de Cine Comunitario Afro (FICCA) KUNTA KINTE (Medellín, Colombia).
🆕 British historian Sue Onslow is the third IHC Visiting Scholar, an IHC initiative whose aim is to promote a short programme of research and advanced training activities each year by an international historian.
On the morning of 29 September, Sue Onslow, IHC’s 2023 Visiting Scholar, will presente a seminnar on her experience as an #OralHistory practitioner, namely interviewing actors in the Zimbabwe independence process.