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Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong; credit Michael Lionstar

Catch up: Prokhorov Lecture by Karen Armstrong - Sacred Nature

Religious affairs commentator Karen Armstrong examines the ways in which we can relate to the natural world at a deeper level by adopting attitudes that were assiduously cultivated in the religious traditions of China, India, Greece and Islam.
Professor Evgeny Dobrenko

Evgeny Dobrenko wins AATSEEL award

Professor Evgeny Dobrenko receives the Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship Award of the American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages.
Akala

Race, class, and imperialism – Akala

Akala took a historical look at the development of racism and race science in the context of class development and European Imperialism for this lecture (Friday 18 October 2019) at the Prokhorov Centre. The event was attended by 400 people.
Lionel Shriver

Catch up: Literature and freedom of speech – Lionel Shriver

Lionel Shriver gave the first 2018-19 Arts and Humanities Prokhorov Lecture on the topic: Literature and freedom of speech (1 November 2018).
Mona Siddiqui OBE delivers a lecture at Sheffield Cathedral

Catch up: Diatribe, dialogue, and difference – Mona Siddiqui

Mona Siddiqui OBE gave a lecture on 'Diatribe, dialogue, and difference: reflections on Christian-Muslim relations' (2 October 2018, Sheffield Cathedral).
Martin Luther

Conference on Luther as Philosopher

Prokhorov Centre member Robert Stern organised an international conference on 'Luther as Philosopher', which took place in Sheffield on 11–12 September 2018.
Miranda Carter

Catch-up: A conversation with the historian Miranda Carter on Anthony Blunt – art historian and spy

Historian and biographer Miranda Carter discusses the life of Anthony Blunt, as well as her own Victorian detective fiction, with the Prokhorov Centre's Henk de Berg.
Grand hotels and spas: Marienbad, Czech Republic

Catch up: Ritzy, recuperative, critical

The Prokhorov Centre hosted a colloquium on hotels, spas, and resorts in cultural critiques (17-18 May 2018) called 'Ritzy, recuperative, critical: The representation of Central European hotels, spas and resorts in cultural critiques since c.1900.