Spring 2011

Seminar programme


Venue:
Gamla Torget 3, 3rd floor, The Library
Time: Tuesdays, 15.15-17.00 (if not otherwise indicated) 

NB! The programme is subject to change.

17 Jan Round table discussion "Perspectives on elections. Presidential elections in Belarus". Participants: Gregory Nizhnikau (UCRS) and Martin Uggla (Östgruppen). Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: English.  

18 Jan
Stig Fredriksson, journalist: "Rysslands väg leder bort". Chairman: Stefan Hedlund. Language: Swedish.

20 Jan (OBS! Torsdag, kl.15:15) Andrei Rogatchevski, UCRS, Uppsala University: “Eduard Limonov’s National Bolshevik Party and the Nazi Legacy: The Titular Nations vs. Ethnic Minorities”. Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: English.

25 Jan Mykola Ryabchuk, UCRS, Uppsala University: “Flawed by Design, or Coming Back to the Power Politics”. Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: English.

1 Feb Konstantin von Eggert, journalist, Moscow/London: "Russian mass media". Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: English.

8 Feb NB! POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING Vladislava Vladimirova, UCRS, Uppsala University: "Political Creativity in Russian North: Indigenous ethnic organizations in law and in practice". Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: English.

8 Feb (15:15) Discussion about legal nihilism in Russia. Elena Namli (UCRS) will initiate the discussion with a brief reflection on " Att tolka och förstå den ryska rättsnihilismen: från Dmitrij Karamazov till Chodorkovskij ". Language: Swedish

15 Feb Martin Kragh, Stockholm School of Economics: "Economics of Coercion: Studies on Soviet Labour Legislation". Chairman: Stefan Hedlund. Language: English.

22 Feb Igor Torbakov, German Council on Foreign Relations (Berlin): "Russia and Turkey: Making Sense of the "Intriguing Relationship". Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: English.

1 Mar CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS. The seminar will be rescheduled at a later point this spring. Bo Petersson, Chair Professor of Global Political Studies at Malmö University: "The Construction of Political Myth: Great Power Conceptions in Russia after 1991". Chairman: Stefan Hedlund. Language: English.

15 Mar Prof. Anders Kasekamp, University of Tartu: "The Politics of History and the ‘War of Monuments’ in Estonia". Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: English.

16 Mar Round table discussion "Perspectives on elections. Parliamentary elections in Estonia". Participants: Håkan Holmberg – political editor-in-chief (Uppsala Nya Tidning), Prof. Raimo Raag (Department of Modern Languages, Finno-Ugric Languages, Uppsala University) and Marje Luup - Deputy Chief of Mission (Political Affairs) (Estonian Embassy in Stockholm). Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: English.  

22 Mar NB! Changes in the programme Professor Lars Kleberg: "Tjechov och den svåra friheten". Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: Swedish.

29 Mar Maria Engström, Department of Modern Languages, Uppsala University: "Ortodoxi eller död: den ortodoxa extremismen i dagens Ryssland". Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: Swedish.

7 Apr (NB! Thursday) Dr. Gabriela Popa, European University Institute, Florence: “National Identity in Moldova”. Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: English.

12 Apr Irina Karlsohn, UCRS, Uppsala University: "Aleksandr Solzjenitsyn: drömmen om den etiska staten." Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: Swedish.

19 Apr Prof. in Ethics Ruben Apressyan, Academy of Sciences of Russia: "Has the Concept of Civil Society Exhausted Itself?" Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: English.

26 Apr NB! CANCELLED Jakob Hedenskog, FOI. Title TBA. Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: TBA.

3 May Prof. Marie Mendras (Sciences Po University): "Russian system of rule: strong power, weak state". Chairman: Stefan Hedlund. Language: English.

4 May (NB! Wednesday) Lucan Way, University of Toronto: "Russia as a Black Knight: Russia's Impact on Regime Change in the Near Abroad". Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: English.  

5 May (NB! Thursday) Lucan Way, University of Toronto: "Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes After the Cold War". Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: Engelska.

10 May Julie Hansen, UCRS, Uppsala University: "Remembering the Communist Past Through Literary Fiction: Theoretical Approaches". Discussant: Helen Andersson. Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: English.

12 May One-day SYMPOSIUM on icons. Programme TBA.

17 May Dr. Vaida Obelene, UCRS, Uppsala University: "And a few hammer blows from within …. Reflections of former Lithuanian Komsomol functionaries on their role in the unraveling of the Soviet regime". Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: English.

18 May Russia's Ambassador Igor. S. Neverov: "Russo-Swedish relationships". Moderator: Elena Namli. Language: English. 

19 May NB! Thursday at 15:15 Professor Daniel Waugh (Seattle): "From the Argonauts to Supertankers: The Black Sea in History and Today". Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: English.

24 May Leo Granberg: "Siberian villages". Chairman: Stefan Hedlund. Language: English.

31 May Mark Bassin, Södertörn University College: "Whose Eurasia? Contending Visions of Russia's Geographical Destiny". Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: English.