An event with leading scholars and the novelist Alex Christofi, to mark the bicentenary of Dostoevsky's birth by discussing new approaches to the work and life of this titanic figure. Speakers:Professor Yuri Corrigan (Boston University),Professor Lynn Ellen Patyk (Dartmouth College),Alex Christofi (Author, 'Dostoevsky in love: an intimate life')Discussant: Professor Caryl Emerson (Princeton)Chair: Dr Oliver Ready (St Antony's College, Oxford)