Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 5th May 2026

Time: 4.30

Venue: Exeter College Exeter, Hele Road, Exeter, Devon, EX4 4JS (tel:+441392400500)Tower Lecture Theatre (use reception entrance at Hele Road site; directions will be given). Parking is available in the roads around the College but is metered.

Description: Details Professor Katharine Hodgson will be talking about what it was like to be a writer in the Soviet Union in the 1930s and 1940s, describing the mechanisms used to exert state control over literature, and the various ways in which writers responded to this challenging environment.

How to book: Arrive at Reception at Exeter College and sign in. You will be directed to the right room or lecture theatre. Please arrive 10-15 minutes early to allow time to sign in and find the lecture venue.

Price: free

Tel: 07894583691

Email: guyverrobert@gmail.com

Organiser: Mark Kerslake (Exeter College Exeter) and Robert Guyver (Secretary Exeter and District Branch of the Historical Association)

Lecturer: Professor Katharine Hodgson who teaches within the Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies Department which is part of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Exeter.

Region: South-West England

Branch: Exeter & District