Book Launch: Revolution, She Wrote: Historical Fiction and Radical Knowledge in Interwar Europe

What can historical fiction reveal about the political possibilities of the past and the futures people imagine for themselves? Revolution, She Wrote: Historical Fiction and Radical Knowledge in Interwar Europe, a new monograph by Ksenia Shmydkaya, explores how three women writers used fictional accounts of earlier revolutions to engage with the political, intellectual, and cultural struggles of their own time.

Join us for an event bringing together scholars from different fields offering their perspectives on the central themes of the book. Liisi Keedus and Julia Kuznetski will provide introductory remarks. Kapitolina Fedorova, Piret Peiker, and Miriam Anne McIlfatrick-Ksenofontov will share their comments and questions on the selected chapters, followed by an open discussion with the audience.
All interested participants are welcome. Please register via link by 30 October 2026.

Invited speakers

Dr Kapitolina Fedorova, Professor of Russian Studies
Dr Liisi Keedus, Professor of Political Philosophy
Dr Julia Kuznetski, Professor of English
Dr Miriam Anne McIlfatrick-Ksenofontov, Lecturer of English Language and English Language Literatures
Dr Piret Peiker, Independent scholar and author of Discourses of Modernity: The Case of Estonian Literature

Author

Dr Ksenia Shmydkaya, Lecturer of Slavic and Russian Studies