D. Savelli
Dany Savelli is a senior lecturer (maîtresse de conférences) in Russian literature and civilization at the Université Toulouse – Jean Jaurès, where she is a member of the research laboratory LLA-CREATIS (Lettres, Langages et Arts – Création, Recherche, Émergence en Arts, Textes, Images, Spectacles).
Her research focuses on the exoticism and imaginary of Asia (Mongolia, China, Japan, Tibet) in Russian literature and thought, Buddhism in Russia, and esotericism in Russia — particularly around the painter and mystic Nicholas Roerich. She has served as director of publication of the Slavic studies journal Slavica Occitania since 2007.
Savelli edited the 2019 issue of Slavica Occitania (no. 48), Autour de Nicolas Roerich : art, ésotérisme, orientalisme et politique, for which she wrote the introductory essay Why Study Nicholas Roerich (Opening).
Selected publications on Roerich
- Savelli, Dany. « Pourquoi s'intéresser à Nicolas Roerich ? (Ouverture) ». Slavica Occitania, n°48, 2019, pp. 11–61.
- Savelli, Dany. « L'Expédition Roerich au prisme de deux revues antijudéo-maçonniques, anti-communistes et anti-occultistes de la fin des années 1920 ». Slavica Occitania, n°48, 2019, pp. 265–304.
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