Dostoevsky Society

The society was created in 1971 by Western Slavists at the founding symposium in Bad Ems , Germany . Irina Akhundova wrote that the initiators of the creation of the MOD were emigrants from Russia Dmitry Grishin ^[1] , Nadin Natova, Vladimir Seduro, Prince Alexei Gedroits and others ^[2] . Among the founding members of the society, outstanding dignitaries Reinhard Lauth , Jan van der Eng, Dominique Arban, Joseph Frank , Nadin Natova (Natova, Nadezhda Anatolevna - Nadine Natov , 1918-2005 were listed ), Rudolf Neuhäuser (Austria) and Malcolm Jones ( Malcolm Jones , United Kingdom).

Since the late 80s of the XX century , researchers from Russia have been participating in the work of the society. The Russian Dostoevsky Society was created in the early 1990s and then became a member of the MOD ^[2] . The national representative of Russia in the MOD was K. A. Stepanyan ^[3] .

The goals of society are to establish ties and cooperation between researchers of the works of F. M. Dostoevsky all over the world and to organize every three years international conferences dedicated to the Russian writer.

Every three years, MOD symposia are held - International Dostoevsky Symposium :

• I 1971 - Bad Ems (about 60 participants from 14 countries)
• II 1974 - St. Wolfgang, Austria
• III 1977 - Copenhagen ( Rungstedgård )
• IV 1980 - Bergamo
• V 1983 - Cerisy-la-Salle ( Cerisy-la-Salle , Normandy . 70 participants)
• VI 1986 - Nottingham (80 participants, first scientists from the USSR) ^[4]
• VII 1989 - Ljubljana
• VIII 1992 - Oslo
• IX 1995 - Gaming
• X 1998 - New York
• XI 2001 - Baden-Baden
• XII 2004 - Geneva
• XIII 2007 - Budapest
• XIV 2010 - Naples (100 scientists from 22 countries)
• XV 2013 - Moscow (142 participants from 26 countries)
• XVI 2016 - Granada

The reports of each MODU Symposium are devoted to a specific main topic, for example:

• XIII in Budapest - “F. M. Dostoevsky in the context of the dialogical interaction of cultures ”
• XIV in Naples - “Dostoevsky - philosophical thinking, the view of the writer”
• XV in Moscow - Dostoevsky and Journalism

Between symposia, international conferences are held. Since 1971, the Society has been publishing the leading journal in the field of pre- military studies , Dostoevsky Studies , in which articles are partially published in English, German, Russian and French. Since 1997, the journal began to be published in the "New Series" with an update to the numbering of volumes - Dostoevsky Studies . New Series . Volume 1, 1997.

Domestic dignitaries have become regular participants in the Symposiums since 1989. The work of some Symposiums was attended by the great-grandson of the writer Dmitry Dostoevsky: VIII - in Oslo, IX - in Gaming, XIV - in Naples ^[5] .

The President is elected at the General Assembly of the MOD, which meets every 3 years simultaneously with the International Symposium. The term of office of the president is 3 years and can only be extended once. Some founders of the MOU were subsequently elected to the presidency, for example: Rudolf Neuheuser and Malcolm Jones. The scientists who served as president of the Dostoevsky Society become his honorary presidents for life. In July 2013, the Russian philologist V.N. Zakharov was elected president of the company ^[6] .

Presidents elected:

• 1983-1986   Robert Louis Jackson
• 1986-1989   Michel Cadot
• 2009—2011   Deborah A. Martinsen ^[7]
• 2011—2013   Deborah Martinsen
• 2013—2016   Vladimir Zakharov

A researcher who made a significant contribution to the study of Dostoevsky's work or to the development of society can be elected an honorary president. In 1983, at the V Symposium, G. M. Friedlander was elected honorary president of the MOD ^[8] . Subsequently, D.S. Likhachev also became the honorary president of the MOD.

MOU has a network of regional branches in more than 18 countries: in Australia, Brazil, Great Britain, Hungary, Germany, Spain, Italy, Canada, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, the USA, France, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia and Japan. Regional branches are named according to the host country, for example: the German Dostoevsky Society ( German: Deutsche Dostojewskij-Gesellschaft (DDG) ) ^[9] , the North American Dostoevsky Society ( English North American Dostoevsky Society ) - in Canada, Mexico and the USA ^[10] . Regional offices elect their own president.

• Dostoevistika

• Akhundova, Irina. Dostoevsky in Naples (Neopr.) . ANO "Orthodoxy and Peace" (July 5, 2010). Date of treatment May 5, 2016.

• International Dostoevsky Society (English) (inaccessible link) . International Dostoevsky Society. Date of treatment October 18, 2014. Archived February 11, 2014.
• Dostoevsky Studies . International Dostoevsky Society. Date of treatment March 21, 2016. Publications of the journal of the International Society of Dostoevsky Dostoevsky Studies 1980-1988
• Efremova, Daria. Lessons of shame from Dostoevsky (neopr.) . The newspaper "Culture" (July 12, 2013). Date of contact May 5, 2016. Interview with Deborah Martinsen