Spring 2012
Seminar Programme
Venue: Gamla Torget 3, 3rd floor, The Library
Time: Tuesdays, 15.15-17.00 (if not otherwise indicated)
NB! The programme is preliminary and subject to change.
24 Jan Ildiko Asztalos Morell (UCRS): "The fish, the net and the sea: Processes of multiple marginalisation of Romani in the context of post-socialist rural transition in rural Hungary". Chairman: Stefan Hedlund. Language: English.
31 jan Mattias Viktorin (Stockholm University): "Re-reading the GULAG: literature, art, anthropology". Discussion of a project proposal. Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: English.
7 Feb Gabriela Popa (UCRS): “War Dead and the Restoration of Military Cemeteries in Eastern Europe. A comparative perspective”. Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: English.
9 Feb (NB! Thursday, 15:15-17:00) Fredrik Fabian Heffermehl (UCRS): "Иван Карамазов как математик". Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: Text and presentation - in Russian, discussion - in English.
14 Feb Stefan Hedlund (UCRS): ”Invisible Hands, Russian Experience, and Social Science”. Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: English.
21 Feb Igor Torbakov (UCRS): ”The Parting of Ways: The Russian (imperial) state and Russian nationalism in historical perspective”. Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: English.
28 Feb Michael Gorham: "On Bots, Bloggers and Bureaucrats: Web-based Strategies of Political Communication in Contemporary Russia". Chairman: Stefan Hedlund. Language: English.
6 Mar Markku Lonkila: "The role of social media in Russian democratization". Chairman: Stefan Hedlund. Language: English.
13 Mar Round table discussion "Perspective on Elections. Presidential Elections in Russia" with Stefan Hedlund (UCRS), Elena Namli (UCRS), Pär Gustafsson (UCRS) and Martin Kragh (UCRS). Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: English
15 Mar (NB! Thursday, 15:15-17:00) Johan Dietsch (Lund University): "In Search of a National History Abroad - The Ukrainian Diaspora Between Ethnopolitics and Moral Responsibility". Chair: Li Bennich-Björkman.
Language: English.
20 Mar Julie Hansen (UCRS): "History and the Detective in Aleksandr Terekhov's Novel Kamennyi most' ". Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: English.
27 Mar Johan Engval (UCRS): “The State as Investment Market: An Analytical Framework for Interpreting Politics and Bureaucracy in Kyrgyzstan” . Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: English.
10 Apr CANCELLED due to illness. Maria Engsröm (Department of Modern Languages, Slavic Languages, Uppsala University): ”Neokosmismen i samtida rysk politik, konst och litteratur”. Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: Swedish.
12 apr (NB! Thursday, 15:15-17:00) Martin Kragh (UCRS): "De ekonomiska idéernas historia" - a book launch. Chairman: Stefan Hedlund. Language: English.
17 Apr Vaida Obelene (UCRS): “Do their Communist lives count? The relevance of Communist functionaries during and after the Communism”. Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: English.
19 Apr (NB! Thursday, 15:15-17:00) Prof. Dimitry Strovsky (Ural Federal University): "Russian Journalism as a Fourth Estate?: An Evaluation of the Performance of Journalists During the 2011-2012 State Duma and Presidential Elections." Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: English. The seminar is arranged with the financial support from Uppsala Forum on Peace, Democracy and Justice.
24 Apr Mark Harrison: "Accounting for Secrets". Chairman: Stefan Hedlund. Language: English.
26 apr Prof. Ivan Boldyrev (Higher School of Economics) and Dr. Martin Kragh (UCRS): "The Fate of Social Scientists in Soviet Russia: The Case of Isaac llyich Rubin". Chairman: Stefan Hedlund. Language: English. Lecture is arranged by Uppsala Forum on Peace, Democracy and Justice.
3-4 May Workshop on "Multiculturalism in Russia". The workshop is open for PhD students and researchers. For more information please see the programme.
8 May Susanna Witt (UCRS): ”Om "poety-perevodčiki" — en sovjetisk bindestrecksidentitet”. Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: Swedish.
10 May Olga Vendina (Academy of Sciences of Russia): ""Migration and social segregation". Chair: Elena Namli. Language: English. The seminar is financed by Uppsala Forum on Peace, Democracy and Justice.
15 May Joshua Tucker (New York University): "Communist Socialization and Post-Communist. Economic and Political Attitudes" Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: English.
22 MayVeli-Pekka Tynkkynen: "Russian Energy Policy". Chairman: Stefan Hedlund. Language: English.
29 May Matthew Kott (UCRS): "Civil Society' as an Analytical Concept for Comparing Non-Democratic Regimes in Latvia 1934-1949". Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: English.
5 Jun Stefan Hedlund (UCRS): "When the Bills Come Due: Can Russia Afford Mr. Putin?" Chairman: Elena Namli. Language: English.
12 Jun Disa Håstad."Temptations of freedom: is the former Soviet Union becoming more similar to neopatriomonial Africa?". Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: English.
19 Jun Mykola Riabchuk (UCRS): "What has left of the "Orange" Ukraine? Authoritarian consolidation under Viktor Yanukovych, 2010-2012 - and beyond". Chairman: Li Bennich-Björkman. Language: English.