The Australian Dostoevsky Society
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Research
“The ADS promotes research into Dostoevsky’s links with the thinkers of his time, inside and outside Russia, and champions innovative theoretical approaches to the study of Dostoevsky’s works. The ADS supports The Dostoevsky Journal: A Comparative Literature Review as one of the main resources and publication outlets for international Dostoevsky research.”
Modernism
Dostoevsky’s innovative poetics pre-empted the appearance of avantgarde movements such as literature of the Absurd and European Modernism. With his exemplary life as a political and social activist, political prisoner, philosophical and religious thinker, Dostoevsky can also serve as a window on the moral and political preoccupations of his time – not only those in 19th century Russia and Europe, but also in the New World (America) which was not beyond his horizon.
Who we are
The Australian Dostoevsky Society is a not-for-profit cultural organisation, promoting the study of the life and works of the Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821 – 1881), who has made a lasting impact on the European literary canons and European aesthetics of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Melbourne
The ADS promotes research into Dostoevsky’s links with the thinkers of his time, inside and outside Russia, and in particular Dostoevsky’s declared interest in Hegel and the philosophy of history, which has been little studied to date.
The ADS is proud to be associated with the tradition of Dostoevsky studies in Australia, going back to the 1950s at the University of Melbourne and now in its 71st year.
Upcoming Events
In Memoriam
IN MEMORIAM Arpad Kovacz (1944-2025) We are sad to report that on the 10 October 2025, Emeritus Professor Arpad Kovacz, University of Pannonia, Veszprem, passed away. He was the founder of the literary-theoretical school of the “poetics of discourse” and
Events
Events Rountable – Online Being of Light ‘One should not only photograph things for what they are but for what else they are.’ — Minor White Being of Light exhibition by Zo Damage is an installation of black and
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Our People
Patron:
Alexander (Sasha) Grishin AM, FAHA, Emeritus Professor, ANU
Executive Board
President:
Slobodanka Millicent Vladiv-Glover (Monash U)
Membership Secretary:
Luba Cowall
Vice Presidents
Nicholas Ulbrick (VP Public Relations)
Nikolai Gladanac (VP Research)
Legal Advisor:
John Glover (Victorian Bar)
Members of Executive:
Edward Ascroft (Monash U)
James Jackson (Melbourne U)
Tom Sharkie
Irene Zohrab (New Zealand Affiliate)
Members:
Natalia Batova (Melbourne U)